...done so much in giving us the light both of reason and revelation, " The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib, but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider." (Isa.i.3.) How then can we best obtain a saving knowledge of Christ and his Gospel...

...pass ; — every animal knows the home which kind nature has provided — ' the ox knoweth his owner, the ass his master's crib : but Israel doth not know ; my people doth not consider.' Among all the creatures that surround us, me are the only beings that look not...

...pass ;— every animal knows the home which kind nature has provided — " the ox knoweth his owner, the ass his master's crib : but Israel doth not know; my people doth not consider." Among all the creatures that surround us, we are the only beings that look not...

...these words, Nanny, when 1 have seen the cattle following their feeder, ' the ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib, but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.' " Nanny was struck with this : she had never remembered such a text as this, but...

...— every animal knows the home that kind nature has provided — " the ox knoweth his owner, and " the ass his master's crib : but Israel doth " not know ; my people doth not consider." Among all the creatures that surround us, we are the only beings that look not...

...the admonitions of the great teacher, Death. You have leaned on the world, and the broken reed has pierced you to the heart. You have chased a shadow,...year, he has committed no actions which his conscience feproves, and omitted no duty, which reason and religion required him to perform ? Who has so bridled...

...by means of some additional connexion ; as, in the following example : The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib ; but Israel doth not know, my people do not consider. This sentence consists cf two compound members, each of which is subdivided into two simple members,...

...the dutiful behaviour and fidelity of domestic animals. ' The ox,' says he, ' knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib ; but Israel doth not know, my people will not consider.' And the Wise man sends the indolent and slothful, to learn industry from the example...

...against the untractable and rebellious nature of his people : saying, " The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib ; but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider." Most idly, therefore, do they speak, who represent the natural state of the creatures...

...mistaking it for empire ; clanking his chains, and calling it harmony. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib, but Israel doth not know ; my people doth not consider. 4thly. With what eagerness, according to this doctrine, ought mankind to embrace...