 | James Morison - 1810 - 292 pagine
...faith, and uses the following remarkable language, ' For the earth wbich drinketh in the rain whicb. ' cometh oft upon it¿ and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by ' whom it is dressed, recelveth blessing of God ; but that which bear' eth thorns and briars is nigh -unto cursing,' &c.... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 436 pagine
...the most desperate enemies to Christ and his people. Paul goes on to touch upon God's husbandry. " For the earth, which drinketh in the rain that cometh...whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God." Here is the good ground, the honest and good heart, upon which Christ comes down as showers upon the... | |
 | 1811 - 708 pagine
...proceeds : we act as men do in cultivating their fields. " For the earth which drinketh in the rain which cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing irom God. But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing, whose end... | |
 | 1811 - 982 pagine
...proceeds : we act as men do in cultivating their fields. " For the earth which drinketh in the rain which cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessings from God. But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing,... | |
 | Joseph Field - 1811 - 358 pagine
...; or that they are not, in all cases, the instruments of his providence. The earth which receiveth the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth • herbs meet for him, by whom it is dressed, or tilled, is the Lord's, subserving his will, neither more nor less, than... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 416 pagine
...worst that is said of the worst of hypocrites and apostates is, " That which beareth thorns and hriars is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned," Heb. vi. 8. But there is a material difference between a deep sense of this curse already applied,... | |
 | 1811 - 600 pagine
...worthy of the dresser, receives blessiags from God ; but that which bears nothing but thorns and briars is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing, whose end is to be burned.' The next three sermons, on the divine agency in war and revolutions, must be perused by all serious... | |
 | Henry Kollock - 1811 - 414 pagine
...towards our race. Read that familiar and striking comparison employed by St. Paul, (Heb. vi. 7, 8.) " The earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and beareth thorns and briars, is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing, whose end is to be burned." This... | |
 | 1811 - 706 pagine
...proceeds : we act as men do in cultivating their fields. " For the earth which drinketh in the rain which cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by xvhom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God. But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected,... | |
 | John Owen, Edward Williams - 1812 - 672 pagine
...i. for the earth whieh drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringfth forth herbs mcet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: But that which beareth thorns and briars, is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whuse end is to be burned. $1. Introduction. $2. (I.)... | |
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For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God ; but that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is... 
