...The key which unlocks this treasury of sacred truth lies in ch. ii. 1 — 3. Therefore we [believers] ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should run out, [as leaking vessels, (margin.)] For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression...

...scope of a whole epistle, the Epistle to the Hebrews, is grounded on the defectibilitv of the saints. heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should run out, [as leaking vessels, (margin.)] For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression...

...rendering is scarcely intelligible : For this cause we ought the more eminently to restrain ourselves to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we may be borne away beyond these. The explanation is yet worse. The 1 8th verse of this chapter is one...

...penalties. We have often told you this, and shall dismiss you at present with these words: ''Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the "things...heard, lest at any time we should "let them slip. For if the word spoken by angels was "stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience rc"ceivcd a just...

...lest, a promise being left us of entering to his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. We ought to give the more earnest heed to the things...heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just...

...his final exaltation to the throne of glory, he goes on to exhort them in these words : " Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard. 2G lest at any time we should let them slip : for if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every...

...Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. lleb. ii. 1, 9, 3, 4. Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things...heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. For if the word spoken by angel* was s ted fast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just...

...received it not as the word of men, hut. as it is in truth, the word of God. 1 Thess. ii, 13. Tht refore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things...heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. For if the uord spoken hy angels was steadfast, &c. how shall we escape if we negh;ct so great salvation...

...even of the crumbs which perhaps you, in your fulness, have allowed to fall to the ground. " Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things...heard, lest at any time we should let them slip." Hear, then, the Saviour's words : " Before" that disciple " called thee, when thou wast under the fig-tree,"...

...against neglecting divine service ? 10. Is great attention necessary in improving the means of grace? We ought to give the more earnest heed to the things...have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. (2 Heb. 1.) 1t. Is praise one peculiar duty of the public assembly ? Praise ye the Lord: I will praise...