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Jeremiah 2:6-8

There are three shameful possibilities in life.

I. The possibility of dishonouring the great memories of life. The great memories of life are dishonoured (1) when the vividness of their recollection fades; (2) when their moral purpose is overlooked and misunderstood; (3) when their strengthening and stimulating function is suspended.

II. The possibility of under-estimating the interpositions of God.

III. The possibility of the leading minds of the Church being darkened and perverted. The priests, the pastors, and the prophets, all out of the way. How easy it is for such men to succumb in periods of general corruption is too evident from universal history. The leader is often but the adroit follower. (1) Such men should watch themselves with constant jealousy; (2) such men should never be forgotten by those who pray.

Parker, Pulpit Analyst,vol. ii., p. 569.

References: Jeremiah 2:10-11. Parker, The Ark of God,p. 77. Jeremiah 2:11. J. G. Rogers, Christian World Pulpit,vol. xvii., p. 345.Jeremiah 2:12; Jeremiah 2:13. W. A. Essery, Ibid.,vol. i., p. 481.

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Jeremiah 2:6-8

6 Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?

7 And I brought you into a plentifulb country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.

8 The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.