Jeremiah 18:12 And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart. Bunyan very aptly pictures Diabolus when he was attacking the town of Mansoul, as making Captain Past-hope unfurl the red colours which were carried by Mr. Despair, and he also speaks of the roaring of the tyrant's drum, which sounded forth terribly, especially by night, so that the men of Mansoul had always in their ears the sound of hell fire. Hell fire and all this to keep them from submitting to their gracious prince. Thus, for once, the devil craftily cooperates with the law of God and conscience; these would drive men to self-despair, but Satan would go farther, and compel them to despair as touching the Lord Himself, so as to believe that pardon for transgression is quite impossible. ( C. H. Spurgeon.) Parallel Verses KJV: And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart. |
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