...lost, who shall finally be saved ? So it is said in Ilcb. vi. 8, That which beareth thorns and brien 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 expectation of the wicked...

...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...blessing from God : But that which beareth thorns and briersis rejected, and is nigh unto cursing, whose end is to be burned." As this passage is connected...

...crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. For the earth, which drinkcth in the rain, that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed* rcceiveth blessing from God : But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto...

...the rain that often cometh upon it, and produceth herbage § useful to those for whom it is 8 tilled, receiveth blessing from God : but that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is near being cursed : whose end is to be burned. 9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you,...

...those men who bring forth nothing but briers and thorns is to be burned, as in Heb. vi. 7, 8. " For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft...is nigh unto cursing ; whose end is to be burned." S^ we read »f the tares, Matth. xiii. SO. "Let both grow together until the harvest ; and in the time...

...shall it be with the wicked that are among God's people and grow in God's field. Heb. vi. 7, 8. For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft...bring•eth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receivetii blessing from God : But that which beareth thorns and triers, is rejected, and is nigh unto...

...fruit, will be hewn down and cast into the fire. The field, which bringeth forth herbs, meet for him by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God. But that which beareth thorns and briars, is nigh unto cursing, whose end is to be burned. Lastly. Harvest reminds us of our obligation...

...BETWEEN FRUITFUL AND BARREN PROFESSORS. Heb. vi. 7, 8. The earth, which drinketh in the rain that cometfi oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them...is nigh unto cursing; •whose end is to be burned* COMPARISONS, when just, have the double effect of illustrating, and of confirming, any truth, which...

...repent. The Novations therefore shewed great ignorance, as well as great uncharitablevoi.. v. 16 7 For the earth, which drinketh in the rain that cometh...bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receive h blessing from God : 8 But that which beareth thorns and briers it rejected, and it nigh unto...

...faith, and uses the following remarkable language, ' For the earth wbich drinketh in the rain whicb. ' cometh oft upon it¿ and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by ' whom it is dressed, recelveth blessing of God ; but that which bear' eth thorns and briars is nigh -unto cursing,' &c....