...language of the scripture to them all, under the several names of Patriarchs, Jews, or Christians — My son despise not thou the -chastening of the Lord,...rebuked of him : for whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, andscourgeth every son whom he receiveth -\. 7. What I proposed to consider in this lecture hath been...

...that the great duty of the afflicted is expressed by two negatives, Heb. xii. 5. from Prov. iii. 11. My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him. What then is the positive duty ? It is that which is neither of these two. If the affliction be light,...

...Sure you need no other argument to be content, or shall I say, to rejoice, and be exceeding glad ? " My son, despise not thou " the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art " rebuked of him." Heb. xii. Be it in poverty or losses, in body or mind, in your own person or another's, it is all appointed...

...through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Heb. xii. 5. MY son, despise not thou the chastemngof the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him. For whom the Lord loveth, he chasteneth; and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. The Gospel. St. John v. 24. T 7"ERILY, verily, I say unto...

...resisted unto blood, striving against sin. 5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation, which apeaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor fuint when thou art rebuked of him : 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every...

...comfortable words, Even the hairs of your head are all numbered. And in the morning, on Despise not thott the chastening of the Lord) nor faint when thou art rebuked of him. Thursday 3, in the evening I read to the whole congregation, a plain state of the case, with regard...

...them, by sharp trials and conspicuous deliverances, by severe chastisements and strong consolations. " My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord,...chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth; if ye be without chastisements, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards and not sons; for what son...

...character or title, which is that of a son ; My son, &c. In the proverbs, says Paul, God speaks to us as to children; "My son, despise not thou the chastening...the Lord ; nor faint when thou art rebuked of him," &c. But, as there are various classes of sonship in scripture, I must distinguish this from others....

...Paul as describing both the one and the' other, in the epistle to the Hebrews. — Ye have for' gotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children...— My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, neit.her faint.'when thou art rebuked of him: for ®hom"fhe Lord loveth he chasteneth, and every...

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