...darkness, and darkness of the worst kind. Ignorance, utter ignorance, is far better. " If ye were blind, ye should have no sin ; but now ye say, We see ; therefore your sin remaineth." Little need be added on the third clause of the text. If it be " sweet" to meditate on the precepts...

...occasion of demonstrating it. It is thus that Jesus himself expounds his own words : " If ye were blind, ye should have no sin : but now ye say, We see ; therefore your sin remaineth," John ix. 39,41. The case is as clear as it is melancholy: slighted mercy shews how far the hardened...

...their guilt attached to them in all its heinous aggravation : " Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin : but now ye say, We see ; therefore your sin remaineth." On reviewing this copious narrative, the following lessons of instruction are suggested. 1. In the...

...knowledge of the Scriptures, on a level with the vulgar ? To which Jesus answered, "If ye were blind, ye should have no sin ; but now ye say, We see, therefore your sin remaineth." If ye had not enjoyed the faculties and opportunities of discerning the proofs of my mission, you might...

...him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? Jesus said unto them. If ye were blind, th your Matter, &c.] The Son John ix. 39, 40, 41. Professing themselves to be wise, " they" (" «>Ao t*f* God, yet glorified him...

...heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? 41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin : but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth. Observe here, 1. How the Pharisees, who watched all opportunities to ensnare our Saviour, look upon...

...him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin : but now ye say, We see ; therefore your sin remaineth. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up...

...words, and they said unto him, "Are we also blind?" Jesus said unto them, " If ye were blind, ye would have no sin; but now ye say, 'We see;' therefore your sin remaineth." PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN. (Luke x. 25—370 AND behold a certain lawyer stood up, and tried him,...

...determine the quality of the tree. Yes, brethren, " if you were indeed blind, you would comparatively have no sin : but now ye say, We see ; therefore your sin remainethc." Your conceit and self-sufficiency render your blindness tenfold more odious, more incurable,...

...sufficiently clean from sin already. These are the people of whom our Lord says — "If ye were blind, ye should have no sin : but now ye say, we see, therefore your sin remaineth ;" and elsewhere — " They that be whole need not a physician : but they that are sick." And again...