...upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God 5 but that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected,...and is nigh unto cursing: whose end is to be burned. But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we...

...soweth to the spirit shall of the spirit reap life everlasting. — That which beareth thorns and briars is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing, whose end is to be burned : But beloved we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation. To them,...

...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...is nigh unto cursing, whose end is to be burned." The wicked, then, are like thorns and briers, whose end is to be burned. Does this imply eternal torture,...

...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 nigh unto cursing ; whose end is to be burned"— then also to the fructifying of the seed ought the...

...herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: but of that which, bearing thorns and briers, is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing ; whose end is to be burned ."•)• • Heb. vi. 4—C. t Heb. vi.7,8.—See Note [H.] The second passage is,—" For if we sin...

...briers, but to the earth which beareth them. The earth, ver. 7. which bringeth forth herbs, is blessed; but that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing, %s TO re'Ao? eiV KHVa-iv, whose end (or the end of which earth) is to be burned. Num. LXXV. Heb. ix....

...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...is nigh unto cursing, whose end is to be burned." The first part of this illustration represents the elect, in whom a divine nature is created as a principle...

...favor appears from many other explicit assertions. In proof of this, I subjoin the following. 1. " That which beareth thorns and briers is rejected,...is nigh unto cursing : whose end is to be burned." " For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies...

...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 8 nigh unto cursing ; whose end is to be burned. But, beloved, we are 9 persuaded better things of...

...dressed, receiveth blessing from God ;" — this refers to the real disciples of the gospel ; — " but that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected,...and is nigh unto cursing, whose end is to be burned ;" — this refers to the parties just exposed : and a striking illustration does the whole comparison...