...shall be destroyed. Wherefore, enter not thou into the council of the scorner, Walk not in the way with evil men ; avoid it ; pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away *. * Prov. iv. 14. ; xiii, 20. ii2 On the Progress of Vice. SERMON IN order to prevent the influence...

...shall preserve thee, Ver. 12. To deliver thee from the way of the evil man. Pp Ps. ir. 14. Enter not in the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Ver. 15. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn away from it, and pass away. xvii. 1 1 . An evil man seeketh...

...numberless individuals. To this " path of the wicked" we may emphatically refer the wise man's exhortation: "Avoid it^ pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away !" Art. XI. A Tour through some of the Islands of Orkney and Slietlancf, with a View chiefly to Objects...

...your bed, you say, without doing it. Very probable truly; for I read of some persons, Prov. i\-. \6. " They sleep not except they have done mischief: and...sleep is taken away unless they cause some to fall." However, I shall .secure myself, by only transcribing what one Henricus Stephanus saith (as you will...

...8. Hemove thy way fyr from her: come not nigh the door of her house. And, again, Prov. iv. 14, 15. Enter not into the path of the wicked; and go not...it : pass not by it : turn from it, and pass away. Here is earnestness, even to tautology, as some may prophanely think : but Sacred Writ can admit of...

...xlix. 6. Ceafe to hear the inftru&ion that caufeth to err from the words of knowledge. Prov. xix. 27. Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. • Avoid it, pafs not by it, turn from it, and pafs away. Prov. iv. 14, 15. Have no fellowfhip with the unfruitful...

...exhortation with which I begun — " Be not deceived : evil communications corrupt good manners. " — " Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men ; avoid it, pafs not by it, turn from it, and pafs away." Prov. iv. 14, 15. " Hear ye children, the inftruftion...

...nol stumble. 13 Take fast hold of instruction ; let her not go : keep her ; for she is thy life. 14 y stones, and a time to gather stones together ; a time to embrace, and a 15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. 16 For they sle'ep not, except they have,...

...thy mind ; keep it as a most precious treasure, for all thy happiness depends upon it. Yer. 14. ^f Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men] H And if thou' really intendest to be guided by me, remember the advice I gave thee in the beginning,...

...straitened ; when thou runnest, thy feet shall not stumble. Enter not into the path of the wicked, go not in the way of evil men ; avoid it,, pass. not by k, turn from it, and pass away." IV. We see the meanness of vice, and itt<whatr a despicable light...