...become " established in the faith 5w to " continue in the faith grounded and settled m ;" and to " hold fast the confidence, and the rejoicing of the hope, firm unto the end "." By being established in the assurance or confi' Acts xv. 11. k 1 Thess. i. 5. ' Heb. x. 22. "'...

...fellowship will be with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ." Thus we may indulge the hope, and hold fast the confidence, and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end, that death will not be the final severing of the ties which connect our affections and hearts as one....

...than the household. •*. For every house h,ath some builder; but he that built all things is God. 5. And Moses verily was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of things afterwards to be spoken (or revealed). 6. But Christ as a son in his own house, whose household...

...on, is taken from what the apostle says, " Moses* verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant. But Christ, as a Son, over his own house : whose house are we." From which it is thus argued, that to limit the sonship of Christ to his complex character as Emanuel,...

...marks, or that he has been the subject of this or the other change, but in holding fast the beginning of the confidence, and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end ; and like the Apostle Paul, in forgetting the things that are behind, and pressing forward to the...

...Gospel of the kingdom of Christ. He shows the Messiah was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, who was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a...after ; but Christ, as a son, over his own house. Our Apostle carries on his argument, c. it. and says, that Christ has revealed a much better covenant,...

...influence aiul dependence, seems manifest by many scriptures; I would mention two or three; Heb. iii. 6. "Whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence,...and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end." Verse 14. " For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast...

...persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him agamst that day. Heh. iii. 6. Whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence, and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. Heh. xi. 1. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things not seen : together...

...builded by some nxm ; but lie that built ail things is God. 5 And Moses verily v>as faithful in ail his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after ; 6 But Christ as a Son over his own house ; whose house are we, if we hold fast thé confidence and...

...honour than the house. For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all tilings is God. And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as...and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end," Heb. iii. 1 — 6. " We ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest...