...fuddenly be " deftroyed, and that without remedy." And Heb. vi. 7, 8. " For the earth thatdrinketh in the " rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth " herbs meet for them by whom it is drefled, re" ceiveth bleffing from God : but that which " beareth thorns and briars is rejected, and...

...for nought, our word return unto us empty: but 0 what a ftupendous judgment is herel Heb. vL 7, 9- " The earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon " it, and bringth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dret " fed, receiveth bleffing from God ; but that...

...everywhere favorable seasons and bountiful harvests have rewarded the faithful toils of the husbandman. "The earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth fruits meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God." It is fitting that our hearts...

...if an actual curfe had been laid upon it. When the ground is barren it is faid to be curfed. * Bui that which beareth thorns and briars is rejected, and is nigh unto curftng. The learned men, and rabbies among the Jews, had fuch a contemptible notion of the vulgar,...

...God afrefh, and put him to an open fhame. 7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh foft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dreffed, receiveth bleffing from God. 8 But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is...

...the Hebrews; they mould be read with. fear and trembling by fuch perfons as we are now addreffing; " The earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft...and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is drefied, receiveth bleffing from God ; but that which beareth thorns and briers, is rejefted, and is...

...the Hebrews ; they mould be read with fear and trembling by fuch perfons as we are now addreffing ; " The earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet meet for them by whom it is dreffed, receiveth bleffing from God; but that which bcareth thorns and...

...them it i- only a savour of death unto death. •' The earth which driuketh in the rain that cometb oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them...beareth thorns . and briars is rejected, and is nigh uuto cursing ; whose end is to be burned.'' Whai a lively representation is this of listless unprofitable...

...and put him to an open shame." Verses 7-8. — " For the earth which drinketh in the rain that comcth oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them...whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God : but thut which beareth thorns and briars is rejected, and nigh unto cursing ; whose end — to be burned."...

...applies it to illustrate ihe case of such as had misimproved the blessings of the gospel. " The earth which beareth thorns and briars, is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to he burned." What if an Universallst, following, aj you have done, the figure, should say, though such...