...predictions of Moses and the prophets ; so that Stephen had reason enough to say to them, " Ye stiff necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost, as your fathers did, so do ye.— 1*85,3 . On the Promise of the Holy Ghtxt. Which of the prophets...

...thee.". Hear also the words of faithful Stephen, when going to his own martyrdom : Acts vii. 51, 52, "Ye stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears ; ye do always resist the Holy Ghost ; as your fathers did, so do ye. Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted ? and they...

...Lord: or what is the place of my rest ? 50 Hath not my hand made all these things? 5 1 Ye stiffhecked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost : as your fathers did, so do ye. 52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they...

...Well might St. Stephen, therefore, say unto the Jews as he did, in Acts vii. 5i....T<:stijj-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the holy Ghost : as your fathers did, so do ye : nor had they any reason to be angry with him therefor. And as all,...

...and in their hearts turning back again into Egypt ; so you have icjected your great Deliverer. "Ye uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost : as your fathers did, so do ye. Which THE PORTRAIT OF ST. PAUL. 241 ' ' . ersecuted ? And they have...

...Stephen acknowledges the teachings of the Spirit, both in his own time and in that of his ancestors. " * Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do ye." The Quakers also conceive it to be a doctrine of the Gospel....

...xxxi. 18. Ephraim said, thou hast chastised me as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke. Acts vii. 5 1. Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost. Deut. x. 16. 2 Chron. xxx. 8. The same thing is anfitied in those expressions of walking after the...

...the Sanhedrim, in very severe but just terms, with imitating the conduct of ' their ancestors. 51. Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did so do ye. These are figurative or metaphorical terms, borrowed by Stephen...

...apostate Jews, who were of those times, the pompous, ceremonious, worldly worshippers : "Ye stiff- necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost ; as did your fathers, so do ye." As if he had told them, no matter for your outward temple, rites,...

...and, under his conduct, into the promised land, which irasthen the possession of the Gentiles. VII. 51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost : as your fathers did, so do ye. Ye stubborn and perverse people, men whose hearts are corrupt and...