Discourses Delivered in the Parish Church of All Saints, Poplar
by Samuel Hoole (9781459064959)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: DISCOURSE IIT. " HEARERS, NOT DOERS OF THE WORD." EZEKIEL, CHAP. XXIII. VER. 31, 32. " And they come unto thee, as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people; and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. And lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely sound of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well upon an instrument; for they hear thy words, but they do them not." The Jewish prophets, as you must often have remarked, are continually lamenting the errors and vices of that obstinate and perverse people, who were rebellious, even while they were visited with peculiar marks of Divine favour, and warned by especial messengers, delegated by Heaven; messengers, whose sacred authority they did not dispute, though they so little regarded their admonitions. " They come unto Thee, as the people cometh;"?they enter the house of prayer, as pious worshippers who seek the Lord; " and they sit before Thee, as my people;"?they range themselves round the pulpit of instruction, as the congregation of the Lord; " and they hear thy words;"?they listen, or affect to listen, to the expounder of the oracles of God; " but they will not do them." Nay, they exhibit some external signs of zeal and devotion; " for with their mouth they show much love;" but it is only the homage of the lip; for " their heart goeth after their covetousness." Avarice, sensuality, and the world's vanities and delights, have engrossed their minds and captivated their affections. Would to heaven this inconsistency and folly could only be charged on that age and nation But it is the picture of all times. Christian churches, as well as Jewish synagogues, are too often frequented by lukewa...

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