...Why, it is like that named in St. Paul's letter to the Hebrews: 6th chapter, 7th and 8th verses: " For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft...is nigh unto cursing, whose end is to be burned." Your hearts, my dears, as gardens grow Two Spirits work within; The Holy Ghost good seed doth sow,...

...of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. For the earth, which drinketh in the rain that cometh upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by...is nigh unto cursing ; whose end is to be burned.' . It will be unnecessary for me to determine here, who are the persons meant by the apostle in this...

...ance ; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame, 7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft...by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: N 8 But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing ; whose end z> to...

...work of his grace and Spirit. — For the earth which drinketh in the rain, and bringeth forth fruit receiveth blessing from God. But that which beareth...and is nigh unto cursing, whose end is to be burned. Heb. vi, 7, 8. ---Because I have called and ye refused, &c. Prov. i, 24 &c. — Therefore came a great...

...unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses." Heb. vi. 8 ; " That which beareth thorns and briers, is rejected,...is nigh unto cursing ; whose end is to be burned." — How is the end of any man to be burned, if all shall finally be saved? Luke xiv. 24 ; " For I say...

...Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, &c. — 2 Tim. iv. 10. The earth, which, &c. bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God.— Heb. vi. 7. Ye, &c. took joyfully the spoiling of your goods ; knowing in yourselves that ye have in...

...filled"; and O, may » Matt. v. 6. our hearts be as the earth, which drinketh in the rain that comet h oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, that we » Heb. vi. 7. may receive blessing from GodT. May our affections be daily more and more weaned...

...more promising soil. "For the land which drinketh in the rain that comelh oft upon it, and bringet h forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God." Heb. vi. 7. There are, then, many bold speculations which, to the Christian, are forbidden fruit. Under...

...for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing of God ; but that which beareth thorns and briars is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing ; whose end is to be burned. II. Let us then, in the second place, endeavour to prescribe such rules as may have a tendency to preserve...

...to the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. — That which beareth thorns and briars is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing ; whose end is to be burned. But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things which accompany salvation."* I consider...