...rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day : there remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. For he that is entered into his rest, he also • .• . ii . permission; accordingly, whenever mankind shall become worthy to understand it more...

...expressly spoken of as being parallel with God's resting from the work of creation. Heb. iv. 10. " For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his." Now, Christ rested from his works when he rose from the dead, on the first day of the week. When he...

...beautiful and instructive, on this subject, in the fourth chapter of the Epistle to the Hebrews — " He that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased. from his own works, as God did from his." In which the Apostle means, that the Christian who is departed, and hath ceased from the works of life,...

...have spoken of another day. I There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. ' For he that 9 is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his:) — let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any 11 man fall after the same example of...

...afterward have spoken of another day. b 9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. 10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from ni s own works, as God did from his.) d 11 Let us lahour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any...

...spoken of another day. Pow.r of God's word. 9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. 10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from CHAP. V. The priesthood of Christ ed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts...

...rest, then would he not afterwards have spoken of another day : there remaineth therefore a Rest to the people of God. For he that is entered into his...hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his." Here it is remarkable, that take these words of the apostle with the foregoing context, he seems to...

...Lord your God giveth you. (Deut. xii. 8, 9.) I conclude, therefore, with the words next to my text ; " For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his." (Heb. m 10.) So that there is a perfect rest from sin. Sect. IX. 2. It is a perfect rest from suffering...

...the Hebrews, where he says, " There remaineth therefore a rest for the people of God : For he (Jesus) that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his." Nor is it unworthy of remark, that so early a writer as Justin Martyr, has expressly said, that the...

...sabbatism, or ///'; keeping of a sabbath : And this reason is given for it, " For he that entered into bis rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his." These three things at least we are taught by these words : (1.) To look upon Christ's rest from his...