...he, by the grace of God, should taste death for every man. Heb. ii. 9. •'*,*'' '.• ' • Stephen being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God. Acts vii. 55. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ...

...perpetrated. We are prepared for the fact mentioned in the record at the conclusion of his address, that " when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and gnashed on him with their teeth."* They gave sign of a brutal fury that was raging in their bosoms,...

...who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it/ This was intolerable. " When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth." " The word of God is quick and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the...

...whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers, who received the law, &.c. and have not kept it? When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and gnashed on him with their teeth, and stoned Stephen to death, Stephen calling upon God, saying, Lord...

...this charge by asserting, at some length and with great solemnity, the divine authority of the Mosaic Law ; he inveighed against the antient Jews for persecuting...teeth. But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, and...

...betrayers and murderers ; ye, who received the law by the ministry of angels, and have not kept it." When they heard these things, they were cut to the...him with their teeth. But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right...

...saw hi* face as had been the face of an angel, When he had reasoned with them out of the Scriptures, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him...teeth. But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfaatly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God. Then...

...receive with joyful welcome His chosen and His faithful servant : being full of the Holy Ghost, he looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory...God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, and he cried out, in the words of my text, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing...

...his face as it had been the face of an angel. When he had reasoned with them out of the Scriptures, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth. But he, being full of the * Sir Walter Scott's Life of Napoleon, pp. 275—277. t Ib. p. 287. Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly...

...ears," &c. So unable were they to contradict him, that the same scripture goes on to say, (v. 54,) " When they heard these things they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth." Here, then, we have at once a proof of the loving mercy of God, that inasmuch as it exceeded the sinfulness...