...have once been guilty of it ? Again, it may be objected farther, that the apostle says, verse 9, " But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we speak thus." True : but then the question is, What does he mean ? It is impossible he should mean,...

...Christian Hebrews, as having that saving grace, which is better than all these common illuminations) " but beloved, we are persuaded better things of you,...things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak." And then, in the next verse, he tells them what was the reason he had such good thoughts of them: he...

...God afresli, and putting him to an open shame : This the Apostle assures will never take place : " But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you,...things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak. For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which y« have shewed towards his...

...puffed up, beareth all things, beiieveth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Heb. vi. 9. But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you,...things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak. Prov. xvii. 9. He that cavereth a transgression seeketh love : but he that repeateth a matter separate*...

...that place of torment prepared for the damned? God forbid that such should be your character ! We hope better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak. 5*6 THB Dtrrr or CONSIDERATION, &c. WeT)csecch you then, by the tenderness we flatter ourselves you...

...which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing ; whose end z> to be burned. 9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you,...things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak. 10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his...

...who have had great illuminations, who afterward fall away ; and then, in the ninth verse, he adds, " But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation;" and then, in the next verse, he assigns the reason of his good opinion of them. He does not say that...

...that place of torment prepared for the damned? God forbid that such should be your character? We hope better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak. We beseech you then, by the tenderness we flatter ourselves you still have for us ; by the good will...

...knowing-, brethren beloved, your election of God,' 1 Thess. i. 4. To the Hebrews he writes, ' Brethren, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation,' Heb. vi. 9. St. James, speaking of himself, and of the churches to whom he wrote, says, ' Of his own...

...beareth thorns and briers is rejected, ' and is nigh unto cursing ; whose end is to be burned 7. 9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you,...things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak. 10 For God is not unrighteous, to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward...