...neither is there knowledge nor understanding, to say, I have burnt part of it in the fire, &c. He feedeth on ashes. A deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Js there not a lie in my right hand ?"* St. Paul asserts the same of the Gentiles in general. They...

...godliness without the power. The heretic feedeth on ashes ; a deceived heart hath turned him aside, so that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? Isaiah xliv. 20. Of Ephraim it is said, when he went to idolatry, that he feedeth on wind, and followeth...

...upon as his sufficient excuse and justification. Thus a deceived heart hath turned him aside, th^t he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand. 4. We may hence learn, what alone is sufficient to convince a man that his utter impotence does not...

...lie in his word: he has none to the sinner, because, though he has led him to trust in himself, yet " he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?" Isaiah xliv. 20. Nor has he any love to himself, for his false testimony makes him one that God hates....

...and tumble him further and further, till he is bound both hand and foot, so that he cannot delivev his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? A deceived heart hath turned him aside, and he feedeth upon ashes. Hence the cautions that God gives...

...a lie. You feed upon ashes: a deceived heart hath turned you aside; so that you cannot deliver your soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? Isa. xliv. 20. The unerring Spirit of God, and the scriptures of truth, are our infallible guides....

...without due evidence, and stopping there, like the person of whom it is said, Isa. xliv. 2O. ' He feedeth on ashes : a deceived heart hath turned him aside,...soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand ?' That is an easy way indeed, but very unsafe ; as was the case of Laodicea, Rev. iii. 17. unto whom...

...— He that is of God heareth God's words : ye therefore hear them not because ye are not of God," " A deceived heart hath turned him aside that he cannot...soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand ?" " If — thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light ; but if thine eye be evil,...

...make the residue thereof an abomination ? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree ? 20 He feedeth on ashes : a deceived heart hath turned him aside,...soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? 21 Remember these, O Jacob and Israel ; for thou art my servant : I have formed thee; thou art my servant...

...truth: nay, one, who is already himself hound hand and foot with the silken cords of errour, and whose "deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot...soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?" And let this opinion and feeling generally prevail, and where shall we find those who will be "valiant...