 | Hannah Adams - 1817 - 392 pages
...lost, who shall finally be saved ? So it is said in Heb. vi. 8, « That which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and 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... | |
 | Thomas Olivers - 1818 - 234 pages
...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." That falling away is the evil intended in this passage, is evident from verse 6, where the... | |
 | Thomas Olivers - 1818 - 232 pages
...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." That falling away is the evil in- , tended in this passage, is evident from verse 6, where... | |
 | 1819 - 402 pages
...them by whom it is dressed, receivelh blessing from God : but that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and 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... | |
 | 1823 - 314 pages
...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... | |
 | Church of England articles - 1821 - 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 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... | |
 | 1857 - 1196 pages
...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." Yes ! many have been the occasions when, on the mountain and the moorland, in the deep glen... | |
 | Edward John Burrow - 1822 - 594 pages
...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... | |
 | Charles Bradley - 1822 - 340 pages
...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... | |
 | Samuel Stennett - 1823 - 342 pages
...striking description of the apostle,* where he speaks of them as ground which, bearing thorns and briers, is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing, whose end is to be burned. But there are some •who, though partakers with others of the general depravity, are yet of... | |
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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... 
