...them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing; from God; but that which beareth thorns and briars is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned. Heb. vi. 7, 8. There are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly...

...ripe corn in the ear. O! that this were the happy attainment of every Sabbath scholar; that they, like the earth, which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs and fruits meet for him by whom it is dressed, might also bring forth fruits of righteousness; which...

...repentance ; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put Him to an open shame. For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft...is nigh unto cursing ; whose end is to be burned." Yes ! many have been the occasions when, on the mountain and the moorland, in the deep glen and the...

...destruction and wrath. It is such a stroke of God upon the souls of men, as immediately foreruns damnation. That which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is " nigh unto cursing, whose end is to be burnt." As some saints in this world have had a forestate of heaven, which the scripture " calls the...

...men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. Heb. vi. 8. But that which bearelh thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned. Matt. xx. 16. So the last shall be first, and the first last : for many be called, but few chosen....

...Son of God, and making a mockery of. him. For the earth that drinketh in the rain that cometh often upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is tilled, receiveth blessing from God : but that which bringeth forth thorns and briars is rejected,...

...repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft...unto cursing; whose end is to be burned. (Heb. vi. 4—8.) while I wondered at this, it became evident to me, that he was no less engaged in performing...

...way, be rejected, destroyed, and lost, who shall finally be saved? So it is said in Heb. vi. 8. — " That which beareth thorns and briers is rejected,...is nigh unto cursing, whose end is to be burned." How is it the end of any man to be burned, if all shall finally be saved? The figurative descriptions...

...answer to that striking description of the apostle,* where he speaks of them as ground which, bearing thorns and briers, is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing, whose end is to be burned. But there are some •who, though partakers with others of the general depravity, are yet of a nature...

...destroyed, and lost, who shall finally be saved? So it is said in Heb.vi. 8. — " That which beareth thorus and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing, whose end is to be burned." How is it the end of any man to be burned, if all shall finally be saved? The figuratire descriptions...