...evince the possibility of a final defection in the saints, openeth itself in vOL. vII. U these words ; For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened,...made partakers of the Holy Ghost, and have tasted of the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, if they shall fall away, to renew them...

...sacrifice for sin, but a certain fea;ful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation — and that it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and...and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, and have taxted the good word of God and the powers of the world to come, if they shall fall away, to renew...

...remembered;'— and as a climax to the whole, St. Paul further declares, — ' It is impossible for them who were once enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were j>arfakers of the Holy Ghost, if they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance, seeing...

...remembered ;' — and as a climax to the whole, St. Paul further declares, — ' It is impossible for them. who were once enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and -were partakers of the Holy Gfhost, if they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance, seeing...

...done shall he die." The next passage which Mr. H. is cheerful to acknowledge speaks danger, is Heb. vi, 4, 5, 6. " For it is impossible for those who...made partakers of the Holy Ghost, and have tasted of the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, if they shall fall away, to renew them...

...gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition." (Verse 19.) Fifthly, "It is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, — if they shall fall away, to renew them again to repentance ;...

...so fall from God, as to perish everlastingly. For thus saith the writer to the Hebrews, — " It is impossible for those who were once enlightened, -and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, — If they fall away, to renew them again to repentance ; seeing...

...unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven. HKB. vi. 4, &c : It is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, — if they shall fall away to renew them again unto repentance,...

...circumstances, which time docs not permit me here to enumerate. The ecnse is asserted in these words : ' It is impossible for those, who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gilt, and were nade partakers of the Holy Ghost, and have tnsted of the good word of God, and the powers...

...which some passages of Scripture seem to raise against our doctrine ; as this of St. Paul, ' It is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the hoavenly doctrine of our churches, once a -_ gift, and were partakers of the Holy Ghost, and always...