 | 1827 - 316 pages
...deter from transgression ; — examples of obedience, and its reward, to allure to duty. — We have" precept upon precept, precept upon precept ; line upon line, line upon line ; here a little and there a little ;" in every varied form of address, to attract attention and reach the heart. What diversified... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - 1827 - 270 pages
...doctrines on the minds of young people, according to that scriptural direction: For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. (Isaiah xxviii. 10.) Now although," continued Mrs. Teachum, " it is not found that... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - 1827 - 244 pages
...doctrines on the minds of young people, according to that scriptural direction : For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line ; here a little, and there a little. (Isaiah xxviii. 10.) Now although," continued Mrs. Teachum, " it is not found that... | |
 | William Huntington - 1827 - 268 pages
...understand doctrine ? Them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts; for precept must be upon precept; precept upon precept; line upon line; line upon line; here a little, and there a little," Isaiah xxviii. 9, 10. This is an humbling delaration for a counsellor, an astrologer,... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1828 - 318 pages
...doubts it is surely desirable to prevent, or to remove. At all events, we know where it is written, " Precept upon precept, precept upon precept ; line upon line, line upon line ; here a little, and there a little. And who can tell whether, under the blessing of the Almighty, this delightful picture... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1828 - 318 pages
...is surely desirable to prevent, or to remove. At all events, we know where it is written, " Preempt upon precept, precept upon precept ; line upon line, line upon line ; here a little, and there a little. And who can tell whether, under the blessing of the Almighty, this delightful picture... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1829 - 548 pages
...in the context of that forementioned place, •Isa. xxviii. 16. In ver. 13. preceding, it is said, " But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon...line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken." — Accordingly,... | |
 | R. Mills - 1829 - 330 pages
...terms, and in terms sufficiently familiar to those •who take a pleasure in the study of the Bible : " But the " word of the LORD was unto them precept upon...line upon line, line upon line ; " here a little, and there a little." If the writer of the Epistle to the Hebrews had intended to say, that G> d communicated... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards, John Pye Smith - 1829 - 526 pages
...see in the context of that forementioned place, Isa. xxviii. 16. In ver. 13. preceding, it is said, " But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon...line upon line, line upon line ; here a little, and there a little ; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken." —... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 612 pages
...see in the context of that forementioned place. Isa. xxviii. 16. In ver. 13. preceding it is said, " But the word of the Lord was unto them, precept upon...line upon line, line upon line, here a little and there a little ; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared and taken." And accordingly,... | |
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For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. 
