...And is it nothing, my brethren, to dishonour God ? Hear his own declaration : " Him that honoureth me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed." If Churchmen of this kind multiply, we shall need no enemies to ruin us. God himself will become our...

...268—272 iv. 6 169 11 329—331 To the above passages, I must add one, not cited in the Text of this work: Them that honour me, I WILL honour; And they that despise me, slmll be lightly esteemed. 1 Sam. ii. 30. This fine example of Euphemism has been just pointed out...

...of thy fathers, should walk before " me for ever : but now the Lord saith, " Be it far from me ; for them that honour " me I will honour, and they that despise " me shall be lightly esteemed." The real immutable purpose of God is contained in m 1 Sam. ii. 30. the last words, that He would bestow...

...sons above God, and they proved the greatest of his crosses ; " for them that honour me," says God, " I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed." Ver. 18. Where there is no vision, the people perish* : but he that keepeth the law happy is he. It...

...house of thy father, should walk before me for ever : but BOW the Lord saith, Be it far from me ; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed." (1 Sam. ii. 30.) " Be not deceived, God is not mocked." He gave office to the family of Aaron, for the good of the people...

...house of thy father, should walk before me for ever : but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me ; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. 1 Cor. xi. 22. What ! have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and...

...Spirit to our detriment or undoing. The great principle of God's government is applicable here : " Them that honour me, I will honour ; and they that despise me, shall be lightly esteemed." This should encourage faith, and admonish negligence. Spirituality of mind is only produced by the...

...forgiven. " Wednesday, 10th, I rode to Manchester, and at 5 o'clock I preached on 1 Sam. ii. 30. For ihem that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me, shall be lightly esteemed. After I had gone through my text, I spoke half an hour on the possibility of falling from grace. I...

...manifest, that he who does not honour God the Father cannot be saved ; for his own words are as follows : " Them that honour me, " I will honour; and they that despise me shall be " lightly esteemed."0 No one, however, rightly honours the Father, who does not, also, honour the Son. " The...

...have thus presumptuously offended ; according as it is written, ' Them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed :' 1 Sam. ii. 30. And, however different the appearance of things may now be, this will certainly be found true, in every...