...such persons the Author of the Epistle to the Hebrews makes this observation : " It is," says he, " impossible for those who were once enlightened, and...shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance :" they having already resisted all that evidence, which God saw fit to afford them of the truth ;...

...throw some light on it. The next passage under consideration is in the Epistle to the Hebrews :*—" For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened,...repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame." We must examine these expressions separately. The persons...

...descriptions of the character of those who fall away is that given by the apostle, Heb. vi. 4 — 6. " For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened...repentance, seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him loan open shame." This passage has been confidently appealed to as a decisive...

...employs JK^TTWJ, or, what is equivalent to it, oirw£ /ji). M/) K Ttjc. CEdip. Tyran. ver. 1093, 1094. for those, who were once enlightened, and have tasted...repentance, seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame *. Such persons seem to be pointed out by our Lord in his...

...Whoso committeth wickedness, comiiiittct.h it against his own soul. Ib. p. 1 16. THE KORAN. BIBLE. For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened,...shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance. Heb.vi. 4— 6. Think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our Father : for T say unto...

...Hebrews: "It is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gifts, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, and have tasted...shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance." This is probably the strongest passage to be found in the Bible. Now does this speak of real Christians?...

...Speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward . 150 SERMON VII. APOSTASY. Hebrews vi. 4—6. For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened,...repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame 179 SERMON VIII. THE MARTYRDOM OF STEPHEN. Acts vii. 59. And...

...telleth them, that if any man draw back, his soul shall have no pleasure in him. (Heb. x. 38.) That it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and...repentance, seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. (Heb. vi. 4, 5, 6.) I see no necessity that this must be...

...how many are fallen to damnable heresies! 2 Pet. ii. 1. Meditate seriously on that scripture, " It is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and...shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance," Heb. vi. 4, 5, 6. A man may be enlightened, and that from a double lamp—the word and Spirit; but...

...Scripture. I shall only mention one, which is pretty remarkable, and well merits our attention : " For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened,...God, and the powers of the world to come, if they should fall away, to renew them again unto repentance ; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of...