...should we make the ungodly and profane skulk into corners, and hide their impious heads! But, alas! how is the gold become dim, how is the most fine gold changed! for from the prophet* of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land'. Dissenters are increasing,...

...we obey, in order to our final acceptance through his merits," with disappointment and regret I cry, How is the gold become dim ! how is the most fine gold changed ! A foundation, for what? Aspasio would reply, For pardon, for reconciliation, and for everlasting...

...espousals, and the peacefulness and holy quiet which they then enjoyed, we are ready indeed to say, " how is the gold become dim, how is the most fine gold changed." How many are there, who, deceived by specious pretences to greater spirituality, and to the guidance...

...sorrow led him to plead in their behalf, and to intercede for them, that they died not. Alas, 'ho\v is the gold become dim, how is the most fine gold changed !' That heart which once bore Israel upon it, in prayer to the throne of God, is now filled with wrath...

...bewailcth her pitiful .estate. 13 Slie confaieth her tint. 21 Edm. it threatened. 22 Zion it comforted. 1 How is the gold become dim ! how is the most fine gold changed ! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. 2 The precious sons of Zion,...

...that sorrow led him to plead in their behalf, and to intercede for them, that they died not. Alas, " how is the gold become dim, how is the most fine gold changed ! " That heart which once bore Israel upon it, in prayer to the throne of God, is now filled with wrath...

...this mournful catastrophe, and saying, " How art thou fallen from heaven, O son of the morning!" " How is the gold become dim ! how is the most fine gold changed ! The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the...

...feappy pair after their awful fall, we are constrained to use the language of the weeping Prophet: "how is the gold become dim, how is the most fine gold changed ir The sin of Adam was a compound of unbelief, pride, sensuality, ingratitude, and rebellion. Unbelief,...

...stranger would you find yourself in the midst of those things among which you were perfectly at home ! " How is the gold become " dim, how is the most fine gold changed !" " How are the riches corrupted, and the gar" ments moth-eaten !'' How poor is wealth, and how mean...

...spiritual prosperity in those primitive ages, we may with too much justice take up the lamentation—• " How is the gold become dim: how is the most fine gold changed!" But, blessed be God, his holy word cheers us with the prospect of better times—sets before us, as...