Jeremiah 2:35-37 Yet you say, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with you, because you say… At one of our seaside resorts, a cab proprietor was fined £10 and costs for not having licences for twenty-seven carriages. His excuse was that they were relics of antiquity, kept to lend out while others underwent repair. Some make a like plea when their sins are discovered: they do not sin as a regular business, though it is true they keep some of the old relics of antiquity. If we keep the devil's carriages, even under such a pretence, we will find them turn into funeral cars ere long. Do not keep wine in the cellar, and you will not drink it. He who has a pistol may shoot. "Make not provision for the flesh" (Romans 13:14). "Neither give place to the devil" (Ephesians 4:97). Do not keep even an old stool for him. Away with all his furniture. "Old things are passed away." Parallel Verses KJV: Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned. |
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