_THE SIN OF PRIDE_
‘Be not proud.’
Jeremiah 13:5
The heart is not pure that is not cleansed from pride.
I. HOW LIGHTLY WE TREAT THIS SIN OF PRIDE!—What is pride? It is the
sin that leads me to look contemptuously, or, if you like,
compassionately, upon those whom I imagine to be more feebly gift... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN!_
‘That they might be … but they would not.’
Jeremiah 13:11
I. THIS PARABLE OF THE GIRDLE MAY REALLY HAVE BEEN TRANSACTED.—By
some such striking symbol, enacted before the people, their attention
must have been powerfully arrested. Or, it may be that this is only a
vivid sty... [ Continue Reading ]