...of hearing the word's of the Lord. — Moreover herdy is a harlot, as Ifaiah exprefletK himfelf — How is -the faithful city become a harlot? • — And as harlots, when paft their beauty, take np the trade of procurefies, fo daemons, (as thefe good catholics inform us)...

...directed itf, to another kind of scarcity, |V / ' even that of which the prophet Amos speaks, " Not a '^i "famine of bread, nor a thirst of water, but of > - " hearing the words of the Lord §." This kind of . x scarcity is frequently lamented by the prophetical * ' writers,...

...for heresy is nothing else but a famine, as described by the prophet Amos, chap. viii. verse 11. ' Not a famine of bread, nor a thirst of water, but...hearing the word of the Lord.' — Moreover heresy isaharlot, as Isaiah expresseth himself — ' How is the faithful city become a harlot?' — And as...

...bread, nor a thirst of water, but of hearing the word of the Lord.' — Moreover heresy isaharlot, as Isaiah expresseth himself — ' How is the faithful...become a harlot ?' — And as harlots, when past their beauty, take up the trade of procuresses, so daemons, (as these good catholics inform us) turn old...

...from many a highland glen, and many a lowland cottage, there will be heard the cry of famine, — " not a famine of bread, nor a thirst of water, but of hearing the word of the Lord." Be it so that they are good men, yet to them chiefly is it owing now, that from every sincere lover...

...Amos, (viii. 11.) " Behold the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine on the land ; not a famine of bread, nor a thirst of water, but of hearing the words of the Lord." As man must spiritually live " by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of...

...neither go to them, nor meet them upon common ground: And the result is, that they all experience alike, "not a famine of bread, nor a thirst of water, but of hearing the word of the Lord." Sanctuary they have none. They lose, by degrees, their anxiety for the institutions of Christ. Their...

...without Pastors to attend them ; it is to prevent the threatened calamity of a famine in the land, " not a famine of bread, nor a thirst of water, but of hearing the word of GOD" — it is to secure the preaching of the Truths of Salvation, to secure the participation of the...

...viii. verse 11, speaks, " Behold the days «ome, saith the Lord, that J will send a faming in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst of water, but of hearing the word of the Lord." How singularly applicable appears this prophecy to our highly favoured country ! While almost all Europe...

...Lord has directed it, to an" other kind of scarcity, even that of which the " prophet Atnos speaks ; ' Not a famine of " bread, nor a thirst of water, but of hearing the " words of the Lord 1.' ' I am the bread of life, " saith the Lord ; he that cometh to me shall " never...