CONTENTS The same precious Subject is continued through this whole Chapter. The Lord's People are here shewn, that Christ is their Rest. Christ having passed into the Heavens, is made an unanswerable Argument, to come unto him boldly.... [ Continue Reading ]
(4) Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. (2) For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. (3) For we which... [ Continue Reading ]
(12) For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (13) Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his s... [ Continue Reading ]
(14) Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. (15) For we have not a high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. (1... [ Continue Reading ]
REFLECTIONS How shall I properly prize my mercies, in the grace the Lord gives me, to receive and believe in Jesus; when I am told, as in this Chapter, that the professing Israel of old, to whom the Gospel was preached, found no profit, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. Oh! how plai... [ Continue Reading ]