...Lord, thou knowest all things, thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, " Feed my " sheep. Verily, verily I say unto thee, when " thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walk" edst whither thou wouldest : but when thou shalt " be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands,...

...unto me ; let it be bestowed upon those tender converts, which shall come under thy charge. XXI. 18 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, anawalkedst whither thou wouldest : but when thou shall be old, thou shall stretch forth thy hands,...

...saith unto him, Feed my sheep. 18 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast youngi thou girdest thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest : but...shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, MATT. MARK. LUKE. JOHN. CHAP. XXI. and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest...

...girded his fisher's coat upon him : but -when thou shall be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy handi, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee -whither thou wouldest not: Instead of that liberty which in thy youth thou enjoyedst, thou shalt in thine old age be a prisoner...

...(though in anoth'er sense, and with widely different emotions) as our Lord addressed Peter : — " When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest ; hut when thon shalt he old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and...

...withered branches, and burnt. And, lastly, after his resurrection he thus prophesied of Peter's death, " p Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young...gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not :" beautifully alluding to the circumstance that Peter, when he received an intimation that Jesus was...

...withered branches, and burnt. And, lastly, after his resurrection he thus prophesied of Peter's death, 'lp Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young...and walkedst whither thou wouldest : but, when thou shall be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, ' and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither...

...withered branches, and burnt. And, lastly, after his resurrection he thus prophesied of Peter's death, "' Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wonkiest : but, when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird...

...I say the Lord takes notice of this; and well he might: "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, [Peter,] when thou wast young thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst...gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not," John xxi. 18. Such poor miserable sinners as Peter, Prodigalis, and myself, have a deal to suffer;...

...To this the blessed Jesus alludes, when he forewarns Peter, that he should one day be crucified ; ' When thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shalt gird thee and carry thee whither thou wouldest not,' (John xxi. 18.) And in this manner, we may...