 | Timothy Dwight - Theology - 1824 - 636 pages
...jcas to instruct the people in the knowledge of the divine law. ' The priest's lips,' says Malachi, ' should keep knowledge ; and they should seek the law...mouth ; for he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts.' Of all the parts of this office the offering of sacrifices and other oblations is undoubtedly the most... | |
 | Christian life - 1839 - 248 pages
...the priest's lips shall keep knowledge, they keep it to impart, not to smother : " The people shall seek the law at his mouth ; for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts." From Bp. CALLS OF USEFULNESS. A Call on an aged but desponding Christian. AH Andrew, I see how it is... | |
 | Joseph Hall - Bible - 1824 - 526 pages
...for this faculty we must look higher ; " The priest's lips are to preserve knowledge, and they shall seek the law at his mouth ; for he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts," Mai. ii. 7. XLV. When we see the year in its prime and pride, decked with beautiful blossoms and all... | |
 | Thomas Ward - Bible - 1824 - 120 pages
...shall" seek the law at his mouth ; because he is the " angel" of the Lord of Hosts. (a) The priests lips " should" keep knowledge, and they "should" seek the law at his mouth ; because he is the " Messenger" of the Lord of Hosts. For " shall" they translate " should." And for... | |
 | Richard Baxter - Christian life - 1825 - 506 pages
...PRACTICAL DIVINITY, AND CASES OF CONSCIENCE. BY THE REV. RICHARD BAXTER. IN FIVE VOLUMES. VOL. III. The priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they...mouth ; for he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts. But ye are departed out of the way : ye have caused many to stumble at the law ; ye have corrupted... | |
 | Robert Gray (bp. of Bristol.) - 1825 - 854 pages
...emphatically adds, with intimation it might seem of ordinances to be established for a purer ministry, " for the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they...mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts [Y]." The style of Malachi has been represented as of the middle kind ; it is not remarkable for beauty,... | |
 | Richard Baxter - Christian life - 1825 - 572 pages
...OF PRACTICAL DIVINITY, AND CASES OF CONSCIENCE. BY THE REV. RICHARD BAXTER. IN FIVE VOLUMES. VOL. V. The priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they...mouth ; for he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts. But ye are departed out of the way : ye have caused many to stumble at the law ; ye have corrupted... | |
 | Baptists - 1825 - 582 pages
...if it is his business to dispense to others, he must have a treasure from which he can communicate. "The priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they...mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts." Mai. ii. 7. Let us attend, i. To the nature of this qualification, " instructed unto the kingdom of... | |
 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 630 pages
...MATT. XV. 6 — 9. AD 32. gotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children, Hos. iv. 6. For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they...mouth : for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts. But ye are departed out of the way ; ye have caused many to stumble at the law ; ye have corrupted... | |
 | Richard Hele - Devotional literature - 1825 - 598 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...mouth ; for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts. But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the... | |
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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. 
