 | Thomas Cogan - Christianity - 1813 - 606 pages
...God afresh, and put him to open shame."f He illustrates his position by the following allusion, " for the earth, which drinketh in the rain that cometh...bringeth forth herbs meet for them, by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God ; but that which * Heb. x. 28, ig. f Heb. vi. 4, Sec. beareth... | |
 | Sermons, American - 1813 - 502 pages
...eireumspeetion and fear : For the earth, saith the Holy Ghost, whieh drinketh in the rain that eometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, reeeiveth blessing from God : but that whieh teareth thorns and briers is rejeeted, and is... | |
 | Missions - 1839 - 702 pages
...preached iu the evening from Heb. vi. 7, 8—" For the earth which drinketh in the rain which falleth upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing of God," showing the responsibility attached to those who enjoy the privileges... | |
 | William Clayton - Sermons, English - 1814 - 420 pages
...and terrible is the destiny to which all impenitent sinners are doomed. Their end is destruction. " The earth which drinketh in " the rain that cometh...bringeth " forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, " receiveth blessing from God ; but that which " beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1817 - 568 pages
...those men who bring forth nothing but briers and thorns, is to be burned, as in Heb. vi. 7, 8. " For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft...and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God : but that which beareth thorns and briers, is rejected, and is... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1817 - 538 pages
...shall it be with the wicked that are among God's people, and grow in God's field. Heh. vi. 7, 8. For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft...and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, recetveth blessing from God : bat that which bcareth thorns and briers, is rejected, and is... | |
 | Future punishment - 1817 - 334 pages
...God afresh, and put Him to an open shame. 7. For the earth which drinketh in the rain that comet h oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God : 8. But that which beareth thorns and briars is rejected, and... | |
 | Peter Smith - Sermons - 1818 - 510 pages
...the globe, deserves our gratitude to the Giver of every good and perfect gift, as we perceive that " the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft...and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God." The next constituent part of the earth, is the dry land. This... | |
 | Thomas Olivers - Bible - 1818 - 232 pages
...equally impossible, and their damnation equally sure. Hence it is that theapostle compares them to the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, yet beareth thorns and briers ; on which account it is, first, rejected ; secondly, it is nigh unto... | |
 | Thomas Olivers - Bible - 1818 - 234 pages
...equally impossible, and their damnation equally sure. Hence it is that the apostle compares them to the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, yet beareth thorns and briers ; on which account it is, first, rejected ; secondly, it is nigh unto... | |
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For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God : but that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing ; whose end is... 
