...what can he propose to gain ? He feedeth on ashes : A deceived heart hath turned him aside, that .be cannot deliver his soul, nor say, is there not a lie in my right hand*,.? * Isaiah, Ttlir. 20. THUS SERMON THUS I have set before you some of TV those great objects which ought...

...will tnen be his faith ; but " he ftedeth upon 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. These things are so plain and palpable, that they who are such persons, as we have...

...Ghost, '• feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart " hafh turned him aside, so that he cannot de" liver his soul, nor say, Is there not a, lie in my "right hand?' He " spends his money for that " which is not bread, and his labour for that which " satistieth not,"...

...upon as his sufficient excuse and justification. Thus a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that 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...

...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...

...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....

...whom it is said, Isa. xliv. 2O. ' He feedeth on ashes : a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his 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...

...ye therefore hear them not because ye are not of God," " A deceived heart hath turned him aside that he cannot deliver his 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,...

...afford no nourishment, but are very hurtful to the body) '" a deceived heart has turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, is there not a lie in my right hand ?" Thus carnal men are so blinded with their affections to these short-lived pleasures, that they cannot...