...salvation. 3. Persecution is a resisting or fighting against the Holy Ghost. Saith Stephen to the Jews, " Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears ; ye do always resist the Holy Ghost : as your fathers did, so do ye k." If you silence the ministers who are the means by which the Spirit...

...prophets have spoken: nor25 like the Jews, with whom St. Stephen thus expostulates ; Ye stiffriecked and uncircumcised in heart \ and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost. \0°\\. 4.' They should speak with power and efficacy ; we therefore should not by our indispositions...

...from the very time of their selling Joseph into Egypt, he concludes, (ver. 51 — 53.) Ye stif-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do ALWAYS resist the Holy Ghost. As your Fathers did, so do ye. Which of the Prophets have not your fathers persecuted ! A?id they have...

...all that the prophets have spoken :' nor like the Jews, with whom St. Stephen thus expostulates; ' Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost.' They should speak with power and efficacy ; we therefore should not by our indispositions (by obstinacy...

...it.' Neh. ix. 20. And Stephen said to the high-priest and council of the Jews, in his examination, ' ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost, as your forefathers did, so do ye.' Actt ix. 51. And therefore, let all Christians take heed of resisting...

...We read that Stephen, in his answer to the accusation of blasphemy before the High Priest, said, " Ye stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost."** To turn to the Epistles; if the Apostles who wrote them under the immediate direction of the Holy Spirit,...

...judged it wise to draw towards a conclusion, by a short but faithful address to their consciences. " Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Hely Ghost : as your fathers did, so do ye. Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted...

...uncircumcised, " and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the " heart."(z) " Ye stiiFnecked and uncircumcised in " heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost ; " as your fathers did, so do ye. "(a) " And thou shalt " say to the rebellious, even to the house...

...world. Mournfully just was the striking appeal of the first Christian martyr to this deluded people, " Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, Ye do always resist the Holy Ghost : as your fathers did, so do ye. Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted ? and they...

...return towards Him, and sums ill up in these emphatic words, making this God to be the Holy Spirit. "Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did so do ye."3 4- We notice but one more title, viz., Jehovah Most High, or emphatically...