...hear the wretchedness of the idolater described by the prophet in the following terms, ' he feedeth of ashes : a deceived heart hath turned him aside that he cannot deliver his soul:' Isa. xliv. 20. — and when we hear David singing the triumphs of his son, to whom the everlasting...

...afford no nourishment, but is ?ery hortful to the body ) a deceived heart has turned him aside, that be cannot deliver his soul, nor say, is there not a lie in mj rizkt hand?" Thus carnal men are so blinded with their affections to these short-lived pleasures,...

...•serve. As the prophet saith, " A deceived heart will turn them aside, that they cannot deliver their own soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand ?" (Isa. xliv. 20.) 2. It will take away the efficacy of means that should do them good ; nay, it will...

...estimation undoubted additions to the sum of his merit and the lustre of his holiness. But alas ! " he feedeth on ashes ; a deceived heart hath turned...soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand ?" ' 7 All this is nothing better than spurious sanctity, and the hope which it engenders is false...

...still, awful to think! the Saviour is rejected for perishable interests and sensual indulgences. " He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned...soul, nor say, is there not a lie in my right hand ?"•)• Men walk on in darkness because they love it; and they "love dark-, ness rather than light,...

...lover of the world is an idolater) the prophet Isaiah says (chap. xliv. 20.) He feedeth on nslit-s : a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot...soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand. Let the worldling compare his past experience with this description ; and then let him attend to the...

...falleth down unto it and worshippeth and prayeth unto it and saith, Deliver me, for thou art my god ! He feedeth on ashes, a deceived heart hath turned...soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand ? And then comes the recollection how the same question of preparation had come of old, and how it...

...narrow-mindedness and bigotry. He wants smooth things, and says, "Prophesy peace." He chooses deceit. So God says, "A deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot...soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand ? " God says that he feedeth on ashes; and if he knows no more of the truth than what I have hinted...

...the foundations of your hope ; for you may be like him of whom it is written, (Isaiah, xliv. 20,) ' He feedeth on ashes : a deceived heart hath turned...soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand ? ' " The Doctor delivered this address to his man of influence with the calmness of an ambassador...

...I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree? 20 lie fccdcth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside,...soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? THE ANOINTED GENTILE: CYRUS OF PERSIA 24 Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, And he that formed tlice...