...2. As new-born babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby. Luke viii. 18. Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath,...shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have. g Psal. cxix. 18. Open thou mine eyes, that 1 may behold wondrous things out of thy law. Eph. vi. 18....

...they hear, they may not understand. neither any thing hid that shall not be known, 18 and come abroad. Take heed therefore how ye hear : for whosoever hath,...shall be taken, even that which he seemeth to have. 19 Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come near him for the 20 crowd. And...

...the man that heareth me, watehing daily at my gates, waiting at the post of my doors ff) Luke 8. 18. Take heed, therefore, how ye hear : for whosoever...whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that whieh he seemeth to have. (5•) Paul. 119. 18. Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things...

...the man that heareth rae, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the post of my doors (f} Luke 8. 18. Take heed, therefore, how ye hear : for whosoever hath, to him shall he given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall he taken even that which he seemeth to have. (5-)...

...putteth it under a bed; but setteth it. on a eandlestiek, that they whieh enter in may see the light. 18 Take heed, therefore, how ye hear; for whosoever hath,...whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that whieh he seemeth to have. 19 1 Then eame to him his mother and his brethren, and eould not eome at...

...man. Now the Lord plainly establishes this doctrine of devastations, when He says, — " Whosoever hath, to him shall be given ; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he seemeth to have." (Luke viii. 18.) These words, as is evident from the...

...for whosoever hath" (so as to improve it to the purposes for which he hath it) " to him shall" more " be given ; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have." The text, therefore, relates to the temper with which we hear religious instruction, especially from...

...had ? But if compare this with a parallel scripture, in Luke viii. 18. there it is said, Whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken, even that -which he seemeth to have ; or, as it is in the margin, that which he thinketh he hath. Now, though a man cannot lose grace,...

...attainments; " but from him that hath not" — from him who can show no fruits of his own industry—" from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have." This unprofitable servant, in the natural course of things, and by the just judgment of God, shall...

...This, in another place, is explained thus, " Whosoever hath, to him shall be giTen ; and whosoever hnth not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have;" Luke viii. 18. Being a righteous man, does indeed commonly signify to be one that is truly and sincerely...