...sheepskins and goatskins ; being destitute, afflicted, tormented ; (of whom the world was not worthy :) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth." (Hcb. xi.) These are " witnesses " — a " great cloud ; " they witness that, as they overcame, so...

...the sword : they wandered about, destitute, afflicted, tormented (of whom the world was not worthy) : they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth*." Compare now, with these vivid pictures of the primitive martyr*, the actual state of Christians in...

...sheepskins, and goat-skins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented ; 38 (Of whom the world wa not worthy ;) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens, and caves of the earth. 39 And these all, having ob tained a good report thrqugl faith, received not the promise 40 God having...

...sheepskins, and goat-skins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented : 38 (Of whom the world was not worthy ; ) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens, and caves of the earth. 39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: 4-0 God having...

...formidable only from the resistance of despair. The early Christians were exposed to similar sufferings. " They wandered in deserts and in mountains, and in " dens and caves of the earth ;" and the parallel could not fail to occupy the imagination of the oppressed Presbyterians, as conferring...

...sheepskins and goat-skins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented, of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens, and caves of the earth ; and these all have obtained a good report." Methinks this should a little abate the intemperance...

...asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword ; they wandered about in sheep skins and goat skins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented : they wandered...in mountains, and in dens, and caves of the earth." And since the apostle's day, what dreadful accounts does history afford of the cruelties exercised...

...sheep-skins and goat-skins ; being destitute, afflicted, tormented, of whom the world was not worthy : they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth." But they were not moved from their steadfastness.- — We observed above, that wicked men often sink...

...were ** slain with the sword: they wandered ahout *< in sheep-skins and goat-skins, being desti" tute, afflicted, tormented. They wandered " in deserts,...mountains, and in dens " and caves of the earth." Powerful inducements these to embrace a system of which they Were the inevitable consequence! Nothing...

...sheep-skins and goat-skins : being destitute, afflicted, tormented ; 36 (Of whom the world was not worthy,) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. 39 And these all, having obtained a good report, 36 'Erepoi $C Gttipav ehafiov, xai xai 37 E/U$a<rS»j(7a7',...