 | 1806 - 508 pages
...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... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1806 - 416 pages
...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. • But ye are departed out of the way... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - Bible - 1807 - 550 pages
...9. 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 law at his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts. John viii. 47. He that is of God heareth Cod's words. Matt. xxiii.... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - Reformed Church - 1807 - 384 pages
...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... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 550 pages
...doubts, but to our counsel, learned in the laws of God ; of whom God himself hath said, by his Prophet, The priest's lips should keep knowledge ; and they should seek the Law at his mouth : for he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts ; Mai. ii. 1. The second is, in the irresoluble condition of our souls,... | |
 | Charles O'Conor - Bishops - 1810 - 896 pages
...? What are our Caravats and Shanavests f Are not more murders -committed now in one * Tit. c. 1. " The Priest's lips should keep knowledge, and " they should seek the law at his mouth, for he is the mes" senger of the Lord." Rial. ii. 7. It is observable that the people's errors are laid to the charge... | |
 | Church of Scotland - Presbyterianism - 1810 - 636 pages
...me ; seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. Mai. ii. 7. For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth : for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts. 2 Cor. iii. 6. Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament,... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 434 pages
...found in his lips ; he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity. For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth : for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts." Now, reader, observe, here is, in the first place, a commandment mentioned,... | |
 | William Mason - English literature - 1811 - 304 pages
...AyytAos Kv^is Trai/Toxeolopo? iriv. Of the whole verse our translators give the following version, " The " Priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they...should " seek the law at his mouth, for he is the Messenger of " the Lord of Hosts." The same Prophet, in the next chapter, verse 1, has this expression,... | |
 | John Brown - Congregationalism - 1812 - 338 pages
...this maxim is mentioned by Malachi, chap. ii. 7, as established in every age of their church, that " the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and ". they should seek the law at his month ; for he was the* " messenger of the Lord of hosts." But how could they so conveniently communicate... | |
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For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts. 
