 | Thomas Olivers - Bible - 1818 - 232 pages
...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,...is nigh unto cursing, whose end is to be burned." That falling away is the evil in- , tended in this passage, is evident from verse 6, where the apostle... | |
 | Thomas Olivers - Bible - 1818 - 234 pages
...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,...is nigh unto cursing, whose end is to be burned." That falling away is the evil intended in this passage, is evident from verse 6, where the apostle... | |
 | 1819 - 402 pages
...it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receivelh blessing from God : but that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected,...is nigh unto cursing ; whose end is to be burned.'' In this passage, the earth, or soul, and the rain, or grace, are treated as distinct and separate.... | |
 | Theology - 1823 - 314 pages
...aiul 'enliven his feelings, as to save him from impending destruction and misery. As the earth that beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing, whose end is to be burned, in like manner is represented their deplorable situation. But as bad as their situation may be, itis... | |
 | Church of England articles - 1821 - 234 pages
...them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing; from God; but that which beareth thorns and briars is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned. Heb. vi. 7, 8. There are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation,... | |
 | Arminianism - 1857 - 1196 pages
...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,...is nigh unto cursing ; whose end is to be burned." Yes ! many have been the occasions when, on the mountain and the moorland, in the deep glen and the... | |
 | Charles Bradley - 1822 - 340 pages
...destruction and wrath. It is such a stroke of God upon the souls of men, as immediately foreruns damnation. That which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is " nigh unto cursing, whose end is to be burnt." As some saints in this world have had a forestate of heaven, which the scripture " calls the... | |
 | Edward John Burrow - 1822 - 594 pages
...men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. Heb. vi. 8. But that which bearelh thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned. Matt. xx. 16. So the last shall be first, and the first last : for many be called, but few chosen.... | |
 | Hannah Adams - 1823 - 494 pages
...way, be rejected, destroyed, and lost, who shall finally be saved? So it is said in Heb. vi. 8. — " That which beareth thorns and briers is rejected,...is nigh unto cursing, whose end is to be burned." How is it the end of any man to be burned, if all shall finally be saved? The figurative descriptions... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - Children - 1823 - 258 pages
...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 to be burned. (Heb. vi. 4—8.) while I wondered at this, it became evident to me, that he was no less engaged in... | |
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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... 
