...me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me y ." And Isaiah, " When you spread forth your hands, I will hide mine...prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood * ." And again, "When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they will offer burnt-offerings...

...justify the wicked for a reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from himb. And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from...prayers, I will not hear : your hands are full of blood c. Wash ye, make ye clean, put away the evil of your doing from before mine eyes, cease to do evil...

...ye, therefore, and pray always. Our sins are one great reason why our prayers are notoftener heard. " When you spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you ; yea, when you make many pravers I will not hear; your hands are full of blood. Remember St. John's remark : " If our heart...

...your^ppointed feasts, my soul hateth : they are a trouble to me ; I am weary to bear them. Therefore, when you spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you, and, as it were, turn my back upon you with disdain. But, if you will wash you, and make you clean,...

...stranger, all the land of Canaan for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God. 8. And when ye spread forth your hands I will hide mine eyes from you, yea when ye make many prayers 1 will not hear. Isa. i. 15. Now when Pharaoh heard this thing lie sought to slay...

...your appointed feasis my soul hateth. They are a trouble to me ; I am weary to bear them; and when ye spread forth your hands I will hide mine eyes from you ; yea, when ye make many prayers I will not hear ; your hands are full of blood,"* But mark what follows: " Wash...

...oblations; to what pur" pose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me ? saith the Lord: " when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from " you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear."* These, and many other severe reproofs, clearly show that God...

...am weary to bear them. And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you ; when ye make many prayers I will not hear : your hands are full of blood." The sense of all this, and much more which the prophet adds, to the same purpose, is too obvious to...

...Your sabbaths, and calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. When you make many prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood.' You join iniquity, concupiscence, and oppression to my institution, and think to make it a cloak for...

...weary to bear them. And, when " ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes " from you : when ye make many prayers, I will " not hear. Your hands are full of blood. Wash " you, make you clean, put away the evil of your " doings from before mine eyes ; cease to do evil...