...mountains, ye strong foundations of the earth, and put my people to the blush. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib : but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider, Isa. i. 3. Israel hath forgotten the God, that formed him, and is unmindful of the...

...nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider." The goodness of God to a sinner, in the way of providence, may well excite this...

...reproof, too, is daily brought before tho eyes of the agriculturist ! " The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib, but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider." Are ire wiser, are we more thoughtful, than the people of (iod wore then? How many...

...nourished and brought up chil' dren, and they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth ' his owner, and the ass his master's crib, but Israel doth not * know, my people doth not consider.' It is strange, and yet most true, that the ox and ass, irrational and stupid creatures,...

...nourished and brought up chil* dren, and they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth • his owner, and the ass his master's crib, but Israel doth not ' know, my people doth not consider.' It is strange, and yet most true, that the ox and ass, irrational and stupid creatures,...

...children, says he by the mouth of Isaiah, and they have rebelled against me. The ox knowcth his owner, and the ass his master's crib : but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. [z] And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalern? and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt...

...connexion ; as in the following example : " The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's ci ib ; but Israel doth not know, my people do not consider."...simple members, which are properly called clauses. An explicative sentence is when a thing is said to be or not to be, to do or not to do, to suffer or...

...connexion ; as in the following example : " The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib ; biu Israel doth not know, my people do not consider."...which is subdivided into two simple members, which arc properly called clauses. There are three sorts of simple sentences; the 'xpftcative, or explaining...

...nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.— The ox knows his owner, and the ass his master's crib, — but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. — There is nothing in all the eloquence of the heathen world, conparable to the...

...nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. The ox knovveth his owner, and the ass his master's crib ; but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider !" 2. We infer the duty, necessity and advantage of religious consideration. Were...