...of the church. Alas, for them ! By the Head of the Church they must be judged; even by Him who said, It is impossible but that offences will come: but...were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea *. In 1147 Matilda withdrew to Normandy; but an attempt to break down the power of two wealthy barons,...

...passage in Clement agrees more exactly with Luke xvii. 2 : "It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he •hould offend one of these little ones." t Romans i. 29. words from the apostles or first teachers...

...the present state of being, it will happen, says our blessed Master, " that offences come, but woe to him through whom they come ; it were better for him...hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea." And surely this may be said with truth of those contentious spirits, who are ever ready to take affront...

...VITIATING INFLUENCE OF THE HIGHER UPON THE LOWF.U ORDERS OF SOCEITY. " Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come : but...through whom they come ! It were better for him that a millstone were Uanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these...

...: but wo unto him through whom ix. 4-i they coine ! It were better for him that a millstone were 2 hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. ' Take heed to yourselves ! If thy 3 brother trespass against thee, rebuke him ; and if he repent,...

...is precisely the doctrine of Scripture. " The Judge of the whole earth, shall he not do right?" — "It is impossible but that offences will come ; but woe unto him through whom they come." * It is of great importance to attend to the distinction between these two systems, because it is customary...

...vitiating Influence of the higher upon the lower Orders of Society. 271 " Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come : but...millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into thesea, than that he should offend one of these little ones." — LvJteivli. 1,2. Disc. VIII.— On...

...useful at home, into a legislature to govern mankind." Burke. " It were better for him that a milstone were hanged about his neck and he cast into the sea...than that he should offend one of these little ones." Luke xvii. 2. " Yet soon enforced to fly Thence into Egypt, till the murderous king Were dead, who...

...passage in Clement agrees more exactly with Luke xvii. 2 : ' It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea,...than that he should offend one of these little ones.' t Rom. i. 29. gular sentiments in the epistle to the Hebrews. Secondly, that there are many sentences...

...done, in the diocese of Norwich. It were better for this unhappy bishop that a mill-stone had been hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should /iave put a stumbling-block in the way of one of Christ's little ones *. But the same Saviour who looked...