...the fruits thereof. JOHN, i. 11: He came unto his own, and his own received him not. ACTS, vii. 51: Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. ROM. x. 19 : Did not Israel know 1 First Moses saith, I will provoke...

...fathers, and their own stubbornness, what was the effect? Read and learn for yourself. " Ye stiff necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost : as your fathers did, so do ye. Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted ? and they...

...There is a sin unto death : I do not say that he shall pray for it. A ACTS, vii. 51 : Ye stifihecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost : a» your fathers did, so do ye. the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him : but whosoever speaketh...

...saith the Lord; or, what Í4 the place of my rest ? 50 Hath not my hand made all these things ? 51 H Ye stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. 52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they...

...will?" (Heb. ii, 2 — 4.) To these let another passage be subjoined from the Acts of the Apostles, " Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost : As did your fathers, so do ye." (Acts vii, 51.) But about the same persons it was said, in a preceding...

...nation; for St. Stephen, in his bold speech before the High Priest and Jewish council, exclaims, " Ye stiff-necked " and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye " do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your " fathers did, so do ye. Which of the " prophets have not your fathers perse" cuted ? and they...

...reproach the Sanhedrim, in very severe but just terms, with imitating the conduct of their ancestors. 51. Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit : as your fathers did, so do ye. These are figurative or metaphorical terms, borrowed by Stephen...

...the very time of their selling Joseph into Egypt, he concludes, (ver. ril — 53.) Yc ttiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do ALWAYS resist the Holy Ghost. As your Fathers did, so do ye. Which of the Prophets have not your fathers persecuted ! And they have...

...salvation. 3. Persecution is a resisting or fighting against the Holy Ghost. Saith Stephen to the Jews, " Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears ; ye do always resist the Holy Ghost : as your fathers did, so do ye k." If you silence the ministers who are the means by which the Spirit...

...not the spirit.' Grieve not the holy spirit of God.' And this charge was boldly made to the Jews; ' Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the holy ghost.' If they had power to withstand its influence, we must surely possess the same power, for human nature...