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THE MINISTERIAL OFFICE
Isaiah 58:1. _Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet,
and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their
sins._
CERTAINLY, one of God’s richest mercies unto man has been the
appointment of an order of men to be his ambassadors... [ Continue Reading ]
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THE SERVICES WHICH GOD REQUIRES
Isaiah 58:5. Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to
afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to
spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Wilt thou call this a fast, and
an acceptable day to the Lord? Is not this the... [ Continue Reading ]
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OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH ENJOINED
Isaiah 58:13. _If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing
thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, The holy
of the Lord, Honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own
ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor... [ Continue Reading ]