...Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. 1 Sam. ii. 30. Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy...they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. 1 Cor. xi. 22. What ! have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and...

...Spirit to our detriment or undoing. The great principle of God's government is applicable here : " Them that honour me, I will honour ; and they that despise me, shall be lightly esteemed." This should encourage faith, and admonish negligence. Spirituality of mind is only produced by the...

...depriving them of all its advantages. " I said indeed that thy VOL. XIX. Third Serier. APRIL. :J84tt, Y house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever : but BOW the Lord saith, Be it far from me ; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise...

...Father. Does God here bring himself, In consequence, to a level with a parent ? 1 Samuel II. 30. " But now the Lord saith. Be it far from me; for them that honour me, I will honour." — Here the manifestation of honour between God and men is reciprocal ; but in any sense whatsoever...

...are forgiven. " Wednesday, 10th. I rode to Manchester, and at 5 o'clock I preached on 1 Sam. ii. 30. For them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me, shall be lightly esteemed. After I had gone through my text, I spoke half an hour on the possibility of falling from grace. I...

...manifest, that he who does not honour God the Father cannot be saved ; for his own words are as follows : " Them that honour me, " I will honour; and they that despise me shall be " lightly esteemed."0 No one, however, rightly honours the Father, who does not, also, honour the Son. " The...

...forgiven. " Wednesday, 10th, I rode to Manchester, and at 5 o'clock I preached on 1 Sam. ii. 30. For ihem that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me, shall be lightly esteemed. After I had gone through my text, I spoke half an hour on the possibility of falling from grace. I...

...bring himself, in consequence, to a level with a parent? 1 Sam. ii. 30: " But now the Lord 636 sailh, Be it Far from me ; for them that honour me> I will honour." — Here the manifestation of honour between God and men, is reciprocal ; but in any sense whatsoever,...

...have thus presumptuously offended ; according as it is written, ' Them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed :' 1 Sam. ii. 30. And, however different the appearance of things may now be, this will certainly be found true,...

...chiefest of all " the offerings of Israel my people ?" 30. " Wherefore the LORD God of Israel " saith, " I said indeed that thy house, " and the house of thy...it far from me ; " for them that honour me, I will ho" nour, and they that despise me, shall " be lightly esteemed. 31. Behold, the " days come that I...