...not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes." The same prophet asserts ; "- The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond :" it is marked before the Lord in indelible characters. When God speaks of pardon, it is under the idea of...

...refresh his memory ; he has a strong memory, to remember the sins which are written by him in his book, with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond. Matt. xxv. 37. 3. The book of the creatures, or creation, will be opened, and which will be produced...

...indispensable ! In this solemn ordinance, these truths are in a sense visible. The guilt of sin is here written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond, Christ, in a sense, ascends the Cross ; is nailed to the accursed tree ; is pierced with the spear...

...they may not hearken unto me : therefore will I cast you out of this land, &c. — Jer. xvi. 1 2, &c. The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron ; and with a point of a diamond, it is graven upon the tables of their hearts, &c. — Jer. xvii. 1. 23. 27. Return...

...indispensable ! In this solemn ordinance these truths are in a sense visible. The guilt of sin is here ' written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond.' Christ, in a sense, ascends the cross, is nailed to the accursed tree, is pierced with the spear, and...

...they may not hearken unto me : therefore will I cast you out of this land, &c. — Jer. xvi. 1 2, &c. The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron ; and with a point of a diamond, it is graven upon the tables of their hearts, &c. — Jer. xvii. 1. 23. 27. Return...

...back. Un the term rfon&/e, see Note un chan. \l. 9. The barefaced idolatry} JEREMIAH. CHAP. XVII. rj^HE tiblc of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars ; 2 Whilst their children remember their altars...

...their secret wickedness, and will bring it forth before angels and men at the great day of reckoning. The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond,* and it can never be erased but by the b!ood of Christ; though, by multiplied acts of notori• .'er....

...to produce the fruit of sin. Soon after the prophet Jeremiah had described the " sin of Judah," as " written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond," he was led to point out the true source of the transgressions which he thus lamented ; and that source...

...lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgressions and their sins which are written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond." This is indeed painful: the Prophet Jeremiah felt it deeply when he said, " Oh that my head were waters...