| William Eames - 1817 - 330 pages
...will not ; 'tis because, as I then taught, they resist God's grace ; — alledging, Acts vii.51. ' Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost ; as your fathers did, so do ye.' — This, and much more, he then declared ; and, in fine, concluded... | |
| Sarah Trimmer - 1817 - 456 pages
...Stephen said, Though your fathers received the law by the disposition of angels, ye have not kept it. Ye stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and... | |
| 1818 - 826 pages
...of this argument. We proceed to notice the only remaining passage on this subject. Acto vii. 31 : * "Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears,...resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do ye." " The Holy Spirit is here represented," says MrWardlaw, " as the object of resittance; one whose testimony,... | |
| William Barlass, Peter Wilson - 1818 - 688 pages
...not comply are said to resist them. Thus Stephen in pointed language addressed the Jews, Acts vii. 51, " Ye stiffnecked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost : as your fathers did, so do ye." The Holy Spirit is always in the church, convincing of sin... | |
| Johann Georg Lochman - 1818 - 178 pages
...complained of the people of Jerusalem, that they \vould not. Math. xxiii. 37.— Stephen said to the Jews, Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost, as your fathers did, so do ye. Acts vii. 51. - And we are called upon not to harden our hearts... | |
| Joseph Milner, Rev. Isaac Milner - 1821 - 494 pages
...up and directed to preach to and warn them, how were they treated ? Hear Saint Stephen's account, " 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 ? " It... | |
| David Harrowar - 1822 - 440 pages
...every age, have greatly withstood this kind of divine influence. This made the apostle say to them, " Ye stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye." As this is the general character of men, we have that solemn... | |
| First Church (Dedham, Mass.) - 1822 - 40 pages
...they may behold my glory. John 17. 24. When he is come, he will reprove the world of sin. John 16. 8. Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost. Acts 7. 51. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power. Ps. 110. 3. For God hath not... | |
| 1824 - 172 pages
...clearest view, by relating their actions, as the seed of the serpent. Acts vii. si. " Ye stiff- necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always...resist the Holy Spirit : as your fathers did, so do ye. Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? And they have slain them which shewed before... | |
| Philip Skelton - 1824 - 1044 pages
...was born, and are so called by St. Stephen, who, speaking to the unbelieving Jews, saith, Acts vii. ' Ye stiff-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? and... | |
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