...ance ? Didst thou wickedly imagine, that I would ' not resent, or punish the iniquity of those, who draw * near to me with their lips, while their hearts are far ' from me ? Do not I search the heart ? Do not I re' quire truth in the inward parts ? Answer me now, if ' thrtu...

...proved acceptable. It was a charge against them of old, " This people honour me with their mouths, and draw near to me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me." It remains now for us to consider, II. That family religion is a duty of the highest importance. It...

...spiritual, are but an abomination: for that God thus complained of his own Israel : " This people draweth near to me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me. " He observed further on the same subject, that forms of prayer can never create, though they may lead...

...spiritual, are but an abomination : for that God thus complained of his own Israel : " This people draweth near to me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me." He observed farther on the same subject, that forms of pra\'er can never create, though they may had...

...sought it even in the midst of the ritualism of Judaism. He said of formalists, " In vain do this people draw near to me with their lips while their hearts are far from me." The whole of the fiftieth Psalm is one long protest upon the part of God against formalism. In it he...

...of them ; for they have all gone out of the way; they teach for doctrine the commandments of men ; they draw near to me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me; they have a form of Godliness, but they deny the power thereof." He told the boy that the time was...

...condemning human wisdom: Then the LORD said: Because this people approach me with their mouths and honour me with their lips while their hearts are far from me, and their religion is but a precept of men, learnt by rote, therefore I will yet again shock this people,...

...which pervaded the minds of mankind." The Lord gave Joseph less to hope for with regard to mankind. "Behold the world lieth in sin at this time and none...kindling against the inhabitants of the earth...." The Lord promised "to visit them acording to this ungodliness and to bring to pass that which hath...

...says, "I cannot read." 13 And the Lord said: "Because this people draw near with their mouth and honour me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men learned by rote; "therefore, behold, I will again do marvellous...

...Jesus, using uncited expressions from throughout the KJV: "none doeth good no not one" (Ps. 14:1); "they draw near to me with their lips while their hearts are far from me" (Isa. 29:13); "lo I come quickly" (Rev. 3:11); and many others. Referring to the same occasion, Smith...