...; and when he faithfully charged them, in those memorable words; Ye stiff-necked, and undraimcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost : as yourfathers did, so do ye ; which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted ? and they have...

...the teachings of the spirit, both in his own time and in that of his ancestors. u " Ye stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the holy spirit. As your fathers did, so do ye." The Quakers also conceive it to be a doctrine of the gospel....

...thejr not only abuse than, but liarden themselves against them. Ye stiff-necked and ttncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the holy Ghost : as your fathers did, so do ye. Prov. i. 24 — 28. Acts vii. 5 1 . II. Improve the subject. 1 . Let those who attend the gospel consider...

...place of my rest ? 50 Hath not my hand made all these things? 51 Ye stiff-necked, and uncircumcistd in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. 52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted ? and they have slain them which shewed before...

...upon those apostate Jews, who were of those times, the pompous, ceremonious, worldly worshippers : "Ye stiff- necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost ; as did your fathers, so do ye." As if he had told them, no matter for your outward temple, rites, and...

...said, thou hast chastised me as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke. Acts vii. 5 1. Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost. Deut. x. 16. 2 Chron. xxx. 8. The same thing is anfitied in those expressions of walking after the...

...in very severe but just terms, with imitating the conduct of ' their ancestors. 51. Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did so do ye. These are figurative or metaphorical terms, borrowed by Stephen...

...converted to Christianity. In no softer language than the following, does Stephen speak to tiie people, Te stiff. necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears,...always resist the Holy Ghost : as your fathers did, so da ye. Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted ? and they have slain them which shewed...

...conduct, into the promised land, which irasthen the possession of the Gentiles. VII. 51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always...resist the Holy Ghost : as your fathers did, so do ye. Ye stubborn and perverse people, men whose hearts are corrupt and graceless, and whose ears are wilfully...

...than the following, docs Stephen speak to the people, Ye stiffnecked, and uncircumeised in heart ahd ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost : as your fathers did, so da ye. Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed...