...not to them alone, but to them and their successors in the ministry to the end of time. So again ; " he that despiseth you despiseth me, and " he that despiseth me despiseth him that " sent me*." This is not to be understood of the Apostles alone, but also of their successors in after-ages. Let...

...one with him, as he was one with the Father, Hence he said to them, He that hearethyou, heareth me ; He that despiseth you, despiseth me ; and he that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me.—To language so simple, it would be useless to add any comment. In the very remarkable prayer...

...Thess. iv, 8. And onr Lord says, He that heareth yon, hearptu me; and he thai despiseth yon, deapi, seth me ; and he that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me. Luke x, :6. 4. We are to suhmit ourselves to our masters. Servants owe very important duties to their masters...

...was one with the Father. Hence he said to them, He that hear tth you, heareth me ; He that despiselh you, despiseth me ; and he that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me. — To language so simple, it would be useless to add any comment. We are not greatly surprised, that...

...20. AHliat time: Jem* raid to tut disciples : He that heareth you, heareth me : and he that dospiseth you, despiseth me : and he that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me. And the seventy-two returned with joy, saying: ( . c -I . the devils also are subject to us in thy...

...despiseth not man, but God." Christ intimated the same thing to his disciples, when he said : "He, that heareth you, heareth me; and he, that despiseth you,...he, that despiseth me, despiseth him, that sent me." The circumstance, that in opposing faithful ministers, we oppose God himself, renders such conduct...

...than for you. And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell. He that heareth you, heareth me ; and he that despiseth you,...he that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me. * And, behold, a certain Lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit...

...than for you. And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell. He that heareth you, heareth me : and he that despiseth you,...he that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me." Our Saviour's commission here to the seventy, whom he sent to preach, is so exactly conformable to...

...receiveth me ; and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me." Matth. x. 40. John xiii. 20. " He that despiseth you, despiseth me ; and he; that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me." In which words there seems to h phiin gradation from the lesser to the greate1 that receiveth me, receiveth...

...Saviour's address to them, immediately after they were selected, to go two and two, before him. " He that heareth you, heareth me ; and he that despiseth you,...me, despiseth him that sent me." — Luke, x. 16. Now, say the friends of Episcopacy, that these Seventy occupied the place of Presbyters or Elders,...