...habit which they wore. Oar prophet upbraids them with this gross and criminal ignorance : The priests lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the...the way: ye have caused many to stumble at the law : chap, ii. 7, 3. They had not only conceived false ideas of religion themselves, but they communicated...

...place, and gives instruction to those who are desirous of learning the way of truth and righteousness. " For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth *." He must be well qualified to execute this trust, inasmuch as "in Him are hid all the treasures...

...traces and mixtures, which preclude me from ascribing to it unsullied purity! " The lips ot the priest should keep knowledge; and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he i< '.lie messenger of the Lord of hosts." Never may the pastor teed hi» flock with an intermixture...

...messenger of the LORD of hosts ; or, the angel of the church. 8 But ye are departed out of the way j ye have caused many to stumble at the law : ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, by a misrepresentation of it, saith the LORD of hosts. 9 Therefore have I also made you contemptible...

...iniquity. For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, he should be able and ready to instruct others, and they should seek the law at his mouth : for he [is] the messenger of the LORD of hosts ; or, the angel of the church. t But ye are departed out of the way ; ye have caused many to stumble...

...Mr. Win i i •".;,, of Norwalk, from Malachi ii. 7, for the pries fi lips should ieep tniK: /edge, and they should seek the law at his mouth : for he is the messenger of the Lord nf hosts. It is but lustice to say, that a crowded and uncommonly attentive assembly bore testimony,...

...Knowledge. " The lips of the " priest," says the Scripture, " should keepknow" ledge, and the people should seek the law at " his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord " of Hosts." We are commanded to read, with attention, the Sacred Volume, devoting to it all the labour of application,...

...0. 2 Chron. xx. 20. Believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper. Ch. XXx. 22. Mai. ii. 7. The priests lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the...mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts. John viii. 47. He that is of God heart t!i God's words. Matt. xxiii. 2. The scribes and Pharisees sit...

...habit which they wore. Our prophet upbraids them with this gross and criminal ignorance : The priests lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth : for he is (he messenger of the Lord of Hosts : but ye are departed out of the way : ye have caused many to stumble...

...preservation and welfare ; yea, the life of grace, and true spiritual peace. II. 7 For the priest" s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the...mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts. For it is required and expected of the priests of God's Sanctuary, that they -should be men of knowledge...