...experimental acquaintance with the subject; and will not readily enter into the apostle's feelings, when he says, " My little children, of whom I travail in " birth again, till Christ be formed in you." 2 — As for those, who " had made shipwreck of their " faith," before it is allowed that they...

...gives the most affecting touches to the heart. Such a tender, passionate address is this in my text. " My little children, of whom I travail in birth again, till Christ be formed in you, I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice ; for I stand in doubt of you." What...

...this subject! " God is " my record, how greatly I long after you in the " bowels of Jesus Christ." " My little children, " of whom I travail in birth again till Christ be " formed in you." This was indeed the mind " which was in Christ Jesus," and which should be in us all. There is...

...groans, crieth, and hath hard labour in her ministers and members, to bring forth children to her Lord: " My little children, of whom I. travail in birth again till Christ be formed in you." And never was a mother more feelingly touched with joy, " that a man-child was born into the...

...heart that had to be wrought through fuith, Paul, adopting the very figure which is used in the vision, says, My little children, of whom I travail in birth again till Christ be formed in you. In similar significancy, the woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and who...

...in ourselves, yet it is the greatest honour to be instrumental to work it in others, Gal. iv. 19, " Of whom I travail in birth again till Christ be formed in you." Such as are masters of a family should endeavour to see the kingdom of grace set up in their...

...that unceasing anxiety which filled Mr. Richmond's mind ; not that love which made St. Paul exclaim, " My little children, of whom I travail in birth again, till Christ be formed in you ! " From these feeble hopes and languid wishes flow cold and formal prayers, offered as a duty,...

...inference on this subject can perhaps be drawn from what St. Paul says to the Galatians, chap iv. 19,20 : My little children, of whom I travail in birth again, till Christ be formed in you — / stand in doubt of you. But the apparent inference, from the Apostle's words, is certainly...

...In Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature." " My little children of whom I travail in birth again, till Christ be formed in you," &c. It is remarkable, however, that the divinity hitherto prevalent amongst pious Protestants,...

...Hear how he writes to those Galatians, whom, but a little time before, he had himself instructed. " My little children, of whom " I travail in birth again, till Christ be formed in " you: I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed " upon you labour in vain; lest you have heard the...