...gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things." But alas ! of this country it must be said, " the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means, and the people love to have it so." Among the many who call themselves Christians, it is to be feared,...

...if he had said with Jeremiah, v. 30, 31, "A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land ; the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear...have it so : and what will ye do in the end thereof?" For who can resist those who are defended by the voice of the common people, and by the great ? Yet...

...if he had said with Jeremiah, v. 30, 31, "A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land ; the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear...have it so : and what will ye do in the end thereof? " For who can resist those who are defended by the voice of the common people, and by the great ? Yet...

...and the taught, in all religions not truly modelled upon the word of God : " The prophets prophecy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means ; and my people love to have it so." A collection of correspondent texts would readily detect the causes and consequences of such combinations...

...beam in ourselves. Moreover, it was a charge brought against Israel of old, " The prophets prophecy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means ; and my people love to have it so " (Jer. v. 31). Oh, remember the fault is with the people no less than the prophet ; the charge is...

...such a nation as this ? AC6U. 31 The prophets prophesy * falsely, and the priests *bear tch XT |4i' rule by their means ; and my people love to have it so : and &xxiti.is,s& what will ye do in the end thereof? Eiek. xiii. 6. ' t Or, tat f into tharkands. JEREMIAH...

...to carry into execution fraudulent purposes; and, in general, the complaint of the Prophetistootrne: "the Prophets prophesy falsely, and the Priests bear rule by their means; and the people love to have it so!" * But let all that would profit by reading, the holy Scriptures, show...

...day, in which he proved, to the conviction of many handicraftsmen, that the passage in Jeremiah, " The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means," was directly applicable to the Presbyterian system of church government. The clergyman dispatched an...

...day, in which he proved, to the conviction of many handicraftsmen, that the passage in Jeremiah, " The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means," was directly applicable to the Presbyterian system of church government. The clergyman dispatched an...

...day, in which he proved, to the conviction of many handicraftsmen, that the passage in Jeremiah, " The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means," was directly applicable to the Presbyterian system of church government. The clergyman dispatched an...