...BOSTON. YOUNG PERSONS, BY THE LATE REV. JOHN CLARKE, DD ^ ' — MINISTER OF THE FIRST CHURCH IN BOSTON. " For precept MUST BE upon precept, precept upon precept ; line upon line, tine upon line." ISAIAH xxviii. 10. THY even thoughts with fo much plaiiuiels flow,' Their fenfe untutored...

...' , BY THE LATE • REV. JOHN CLARKE, DD -MINISTER OF THE FIRST CHURCH IN BOSTON, ' For precept mud be upon precept, precept upon precept ; line upon line, line upon line." ISAIAH xxviii. 10. THY even thoughts with fo much plainnefs flow, Their fenfe untutored infancy may...

...them rest and refreshment, yet they would not hear. But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept ; line upon line, line upon line ; here a littlej [and] there a little ; that they might go, and fall backward, and be- broken, and snared, and...

...refreshment, yet they would not hear. But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon prt-cept, precept upon precept ; line upon line, line upon line ; here a little, • Tho »jmtlr applies this to the ,-.bue of the glfi ef '.ar.ji.cs, whibfc nuilc ibat a curs« which...

...in explaining the whole counfel of God, in letting forth the fincere word of Jefus Chrift, precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line ; here a little, and there a little, in meeknefs injlructing thofe that oppofe them/elves; in humble hope that peradventure...

...counsels to a child new weaned from the breast; so uncapable are thev of wholesome doctrine. XXVIII. 10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept;...line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: To them, as unto new weaned children, there must be both leisure and assiduity in teaching,...

...others ; yet they would not understand him. XXVIII. 13 But the word of the LORI> was unto them precept •upon precept, precept upon precept ; 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. strnction,...

...Isa. xxviii. 16. In ver. 1 3, preceding, it is said, " But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept ; line upon line, line upon line ; here a little, and there a little, that they might go, and fallbackward, and be broken, and snared and taken." And accordingly...

...manner similar to that in which the Prophet addressed the Israel of Goo in their corrupt state '. — Precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept ; line upon line, line npon line ; here a little and there a little; as opportunity may offer. To enforce these sentiments...

...that made him fall. Man of Sin, B. ii p. 58. • . " But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, and there a little." — It was cautiously dealt out to them in piecemeal, by scraps, garbled extracts,...