...abhor him1." And if this be done as a worship of God, you may hence judge how acceptable it will be : " Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil ; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter"'." To make people believe that holiness...

...alone can prevent their misery hereafter. Justly therefore doth the Prophet denounce : Wo unto them that call evil good, and good evil : that put darkness for light, and light for darkness. Wo unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight. Therefore,...

...themselves dislike ; and so possess them with the same dislike from generation to generation. " Woe to them that call evil good, and good evil, that put darkness for light, and light for darkness, that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter'." Direct. vin. ' Let it be the principal...

...his duty. But all these things must be judged over again, by him that hath denounced a " woe to them that call evil good and good evil ; that put darkness for light and light for darkness6." " He that saith to the wicked, thou art righteous, people shall curse him, nations...

...devices and works; by which captivity none but the wicked are punished : as Isaiah saith, v. 20, " Woe unto them that call evil good and good evil ; that put darkness for light and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter." — Here, mark, that the first destruction...

...devices and works ; by which captivity none but the wicked are punished : as Isaiah saith, v. 20, " Woe unto them that call evil good and good evil ; that put darkness for light and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter." — -Here, mark, that the first destruction...

...for there may be apparent blossoms and fruit where the root is rottenness (see Isa. v, 20 — 2i). " Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil ; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter ! Woe unto them that are wise in their...

...read the words, without perceiving the importance of the subject which now occupies our attention. Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for siveet, and sweet for bitter. . . . Which justify the wicked for...

...not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. ISAIAH x. VER. 1 — 5. The woe of tyrants. 1 Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and § that write grievousness which they have prescribed ; 2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take 1 *• 1 away the right from the...

...to such times the words of the Holy Ghost, as spoken by the Prophet, are peculiarly applicable ; " Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil, that put darkness for light, and light for darkness, that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter," (Is. v. 20.) Ought we not rather to...