Homilist Jeremiah 22:21 I spoke to you in your prosperity; but you said, I will not hear. This has been your manner from your youth… I. ADDRESSED BY ALMIGHTY GOD. 1. Be humble. "Charge them that are rich," etc. Through the depravity of the heart, wealth has a tendency to fill the soul with self-sufficiency and pride. 2. Be spiritual. Through the depravity of the heart, wealth is often used so to pamper the appetites as to carnalise the soul. 3. Be generous. There is a tendency in wealth so to feed selfishness. II. REFUSING AN AUDIENCE WITH HIS MAKER. Material indulgence deadens the moral tympanum of the heart. "I will not hear" though Thou speakest in nature, in Providence, in the Bible, in conscience, in a thousand holy ministries, I will not hear. Why? — 1. Because I am happy as I am. I have all that I want; not only to supply my needs, but to gratify my passions, to satisfy my vanity and ambition. 2. Because Thy voice will disturb me. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice. |
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