...the same presence and assistance to every sincere member of his church, in the performance of duty. He will not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax. He takes peculiar care of the weak, the fetbls1, and the faint-hearted, and gives them that aid and...

...he " knoweth whereof we are made, he remembereth that we are but dust;" nay, he hath assured us that he " will not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax :" that all sins shall be forgiven the sons of men, except one, which is the sin against the Holy Ghost;...

...apprehension. Jesus Christ is the tender and gracious Shepherd; he feeds his flock with all care and affection. He will not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax. He presents himself in the Sacrament, not in the terrors of the Judge, but in the condescension and...

...but in one single sigh, or groan ; and that thou assure thyself, that, according to Isaiah xlii. 3, " He will not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax." And I will say one thing more in my free and bold way. — There are none nearer to God in this life than...

...front ranks of believers ? Come, my soul, Jesus has said, " he will not cast me out," and we know " he will not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax." I am weak, let me go to him for strength. Let all my complaints drive me to him. If I be in darkness,...

...in one single sigh, or groan ; and that thou assure thyself, that, according to Isaiah xlii. 3, " Me will not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax." And I will say one thing more in my free and bold way.' — There are none nearer to God in this life than...

...him in pieces like a potter's vessel 1 ;" but he will shew the utmost compassion to the penitent; " he will not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax m ;" he will not scatter and destroy, but " feed his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs...

...all the windows of the preaching-house to be set open,, so that mpst could hear without as well Us within. I preached, on, " He will not break the Bruised reed, nor quench the smoaking flax." And again God applied his word, both to wound, and to heal them that were already wounded....

...the means of grace. In the evening I endeavoured to lift up the hands that hung down, by declaring, " He will not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax." the other,' the thinking when they were in heaviness, that it was not begun, because they found it...

...means of grace. In the evening, I endeavoured to lift up the hands that hung down, by 'ledaring, " He will not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax." Mon. 19. I earnestly exhorted those who had believed, " To beware of two opposite extremes : The one,...