...bid you observe, that observe and do ; but do not ye al'ter their works : for they say, and do not. 4 For they bind heavy burdens, and grievous to be borne,...themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. 5 But ail their works they do for to be seen of men : they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge...

...PHARISEES.. From Matthew, Chap. xxiii. THEN spake JESUS to the multitude, and to his disciples, saying, The Scribes and the Pharisees sit in. Moses' seat....that observe and do; but do not ye after their works i for they say, and do not. For they bind heavy burdens, and grievous to be borne, and they lay them...

...love. Those who sit in Moses's seat are not on that account examples of the "life;" on the contrary, " whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and...not ye after their works, for they say and do not." Above all, do not confound the Pharisee with the religion, or suppose that an attack on the one in...

...Those who sit in Moses's seat are not on that account examples of the " life ;" on the contrary, " whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and...not ye after their works, for they say and do not." Above all, do not confound the Pharisee with the religion, or suppose that an attack on the one in...

...us in absenting ourselves from it. " The Scribes and Pharisees," says our Saviour, " sit in Moses's seat ; all therefore whatsoever they bid you observe,...not ye after their works ; for they say, and do not (c)." In the same manner Christians are bound to observe whatever their ministers shall deliver out...

...humbleth himself shall be exaltedg. Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat....observe and do ; but do not ye after their works. For all their works they do for to be seen of men. They make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the...

...priests come upon you ; which God of bis infinite mercy prevent. Amen. SERMON II, MATTHEW, xxiii. 4. For they bind heavy burdens, and grievous to be borne,...themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. ONE of their nngers would be insufficient to move them; the whole strength of .their bodies would not...

...them, I never knew you ; depart from me, ye that work, iniquity. Matt. vii. 23, 23. c The Scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses' seat : all therefore whatsoever...not ye after their works : for they say, and do not. Matt. xxiii. 2, 3. Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves. Heb. xiii. 17. What...

...our Lord confirmed the authority of the Jewish priesthood, while he condemned their degeneracy — " The Scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat :...whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do."* St. Paul also respected the office of God's high priest, at the moment when it was perverted into an...

...with God : ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. Matt, xxiii. 2, 3. Saying, The Scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses' seat : all therefore whatsoever...not ye after their works : for they say, and do not. Phil. i. 15. 18. Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife ; and some also of good will : what...