DISCOURSE: 1026 THE INGRATITUDE OF MEN Jeremiah 2:4. _Hear ye the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? Nei... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1027 THE FOUNTAIN OF LIVING WATERS Jeremiah 2:12. _Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord. For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1028 THE EVIL OF BACKSLIDING Jeremiah 2:19. _Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see, that it is an evil thing, and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God_. SIN and misery are very nearly connected; and the nearer... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1029 SELF-VINDICATING SINNERS REPROVED Jeremiah 2:23. _How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? See thy way in the valley; know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways; a wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1030 THE FOLLY OF NEGLECTING GOD Jeremiah 2:27. _They have turned their back unto me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us! But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? Let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble_... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1031 GOD’S COMPLAINT AGAINST THE REBELLIOUS Jeremiah 2:31. _O generation, see ye the word of the Lord; Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? Wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee? Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire?... [ Continue Reading ]