"When this is the case the hedge (to our feelings) is broken down, and we lie exposed to every temptation; as says the Psalmist--'Why hast thou broken down her hedges, so that all they that pass by the way do pluck her?' Psal. lxxx. 12"
— Huntington, William (1745-1813)
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Date
1784, 1804
Metaphor
"When this is the case the hedge (to our feelings) is broken down, and we lie exposed to every temptation; as says the Psalmist--'Why hast thou broken down her hedges, so that all they that pass by the way do pluck her?' Psal. lxxx. 12"
Metaphor in Context
When this is the case the hedge (to our feelings) is broken down, and we lie exposed to every temptation; as says the Psalmist--Why hast thou broken down her hedges, so that all they that pass by the way do pluck her? Psal. lxxx. 12. When thus entangled we try to resist, but are still rebuffed or beaten back; this causes rebellion and murmuring to take possession of our hearts; and it is thus that the foolishness of man perverteth his way, and his heart fretteth against the Lord. Prov. xix. 3.
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Provenance
Reading
Citation
3 entries in ESTC (1784, 1787, 1790).
See A Sermon on the Dimensions of Eternal Love. From Ephesians III. 18,19. By Wiliam Huntington, S.S. Minister of the Gospel at Providence Chapel, Little Titchfield-Street, Cavendish-Square, and Author of the Spiritual Sea-Voyage-The Arminian Skeleton-The Naked Bow of God-The Poor Christian’s Last Will and Testament-The Divine Poem on a Spiritual Birth-God the Guardian of the Poor, and the Bank of Faith-And the Kingdom of Heaven Taken by Prayer. (London: Printed by J. Rozea, No. 91, Wardour-Street, Soho: to be sold at Providence Chapel; at Mr. Baker’s, No. 226, Oxford-Street; at Mr. Byrchmore’s, No. 63, the Corner of Wells-Street, Margaret-Street; and at Mr. Stevenson’s, Grocer, Duke-Street, Corner of Henrietta-Street, 1784). <Link to ESTC
Text from A Sermon on the Dimensions of Eternal Love, 3rd ed. (London: Printed for E. Huntington, 1804). <Link to Google Books>
See A Sermon on the Dimensions of Eternal Love. From Ephesians III. 18,19. By Wiliam Huntington, S.S. Minister of the Gospel at Providence Chapel, Little Titchfield-Street, Cavendish-Square, and Author of the Spiritual Sea-Voyage-The Arminian Skeleton-The Naked Bow of God-The Poor Christian’s Last Will and Testament-The Divine Poem on a Spiritual Birth-God the Guardian of the Poor, and the Bank of Faith-And the Kingdom of Heaven Taken by Prayer. (London: Printed by J. Rozea, No. 91, Wardour-Street, Soho: to be sold at Providence Chapel; at Mr. Baker’s, No. 226, Oxford-Street; at Mr. Byrchmore’s, No. 63, the Corner of Wells-Street, Margaret-Street; and at Mr. Stevenson’s, Grocer, Duke-Street, Corner of Henrietta-Street, 1784). <Link to ESTC
Text from A Sermon on the Dimensions of Eternal Love, 3rd ed. (London: Printed for E. Huntington, 1804). <Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
04/24/2014
