...are prepared for his public appear-nces on earth, Matth. iii. 3. Men make straight tiathy for their feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way, when they take care of adding to, or taking from tiie rules of God's word, and study to walk exactly...

...them, but from their end and use, which are blessed and glorious. VERSES 12, 13. Wherefore lift ufi the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; and...lest that which is lame be turned out of the way, but let it rather be healed, §1, Introduction. $2,3. (1.) The several parts of the words explained....

...tends unto backsliding. The effect of such discouragements our apostle expressed), chap. xii. 12, 13. " Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the...paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned o«t of the way." Having laid down the afflictions and persecutions which they were to meet withal,...

...words of the apostle to the Hebrews, " Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin : Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees," Heb. xii. 4, 12. At other times we summon you to suffer a death more painful than your own ; we require...

...are prepared for his public appearances on earth, Matt. iii. 3. Men make straight pailis for their feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way, when they take care of adding to, or taking from, the rules of God's word, and study to walk exactly...

...whatsoever worketh abomination, or make.th a lie ; but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees. Follow after peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord. John 3. 3,...

...beginning to seize your faculties, employ them immediately and diligently, and as the Apostle advises: " Lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble...lest that which is lame be turned out of the way.; but let it rather be healed. Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see...

...ourselves together, as the manner of some is; Heb. x. 23 — 25; and onwards to ver. 39- And ch. xii. 12. " Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees." In ch. vi. 4 — 9, he shews the great guilt, and the deplorable condition, of such as apostatize....

...son is he whom the Father chasteneth not ? — Wherefore, says the Apostle, lift up the hands ivhich hang down, and the feeble knees, and make straight...lest that which is lame be turned out of the way, but let it rather be healed. " But," say you, " I am more distressed, because a good man is the cause...

...experience hope; and hope maketh not ashamed, because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts." " Wherefore, lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees." "For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry." "Behold the tabernacle...