...works, nor to miracles, but are that adulterous generation spoken of Matt. xi. 17, " We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced : we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented :" as this, I say, is their state, it only remains that we pray zealously for them, that they may be...

...'• like children sitting in the markets and calling unto their felluws, and saying, we have piped unto you and ye have not danced, we have mourned unto you and ye have not wept." And with respect to principles, doctrines, and matters of opinion, there is no salvation to...

...like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned...came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a man gluttonous, and a wine-bibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her...

...unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, 17 And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced ; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, THe hath a devil. 19 The Son of man came...

...streets in play, and the rest not following their leader, gave occasion to this speech:—' We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not wept.'"—Burder in Newcomb. " Shew-bread." Some read, bread of the presence; others, face-bread.—A...

...sitting in the mar- Lu»e»».3». ket place, and calling one to another, and saying, We nave piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not wept. The Son of man is come eating and drinking; m and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a wine...

...then will I profess unto them, I never knew you. — Matt. vii. 3—5. 21—23. Luke xiii. 26, 27. John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say,...man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a wine-bibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. — Matt. xi. 18, 19. When the...

...character and conduct. They are, says he, like children sitting in the market-place, and saying to their fellows, We have piped unto you, and ye have...danced ; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not wept. To see the force and appositeness of this comparison, it is necessary to recollect the manner,...

...unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, 17 And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced ; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. 19 The Son of man came...

...parable is what we have too just occasion to apply to our respective congregations : ' We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced ; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.' [Luke vii. 32.] We tell men of the glorious privileges and promises of holiness, but these do not make...