...Christ as foretelling the persecution ol his followers : — " Then shall they deliver you up to bo ons from its authority. And this effect being exerted upon the sensitive part of our fram " When affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended."? " They...

...deaths. Our Lord foretold to his disciples, " Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and they shall kill you : and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake." (Mat. xxiv. 9.) We have ample evidence of the fulfilment of this prediction in the Acts of the Apostles,...

...deaths. Our Lord foretold to his disciples, " Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and they shall kill you : and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake." (Mat. xxiv. 9.) We have ample evidence of the fulfilment of this prediction in the Acts of the Apostles,...

...famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorsow. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and...of all nations for my name's sake. And then shall manybe offended, and betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall...

...judgments, vet are they- the forerunners of worse judgments. All these are the beginning of ¡orrtras. 9 shall be a sweet savour unto God, as well in them...that are saved. 7 And in the same house remain, eat 10 And then 121 shall many be offended, and shali betray one another, and shall hate one another. 1...

...abhorred me, and they whom I loved are turned against me. Job xix. 19. 22 Sliall be hated of all men.] . i. 13, 14. Arise, and take the young child, &c.]...in this city, flee ye into another. Mat. x. 23. An Mat. xxiv. 9. Hear the word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his word, Your brethren that hated you,...

...in divers places, but these are only the beginning of their sorrows, says our heavenly Teacher, for then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and...kill you, and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name sake; and then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another,...

...ye shall be beaten : and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my name's sake ; and they shall kill you : and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. — And it shall turn to you for a testimony against them. But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up,...

...to be afilicted, and shall kill you : and ye shall be hated of all nations lur iny name's sake. 10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. . 11 And many false prophets shall rise, and síonl deceive many. 12 And h«cause iniqnity shall ahound,...

...all these are the beginning of sorrows. Then shall they deliver you up," our blessed Redeemer adds, " to be afflicted, and shall kill you; and ye shall be hated of all nations, for the Saviour's sake;" and then shall many be offended, and their love wax cold. They shall betray one...