...Scripture. I shall only mention one, which is pretty remarkable, and well merits our attention : " For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened,...God, and the powers of the world to come, if they should fall away, to renew them again unto repentance ; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of...

...the power of the Christian to apostatize, is the remarkable passage in the Epistle to the Hebrews : "For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened,...repentance ; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God alresh, and put him to an open shame." That reference is here made to real Christians is evident...

...Spirit of God to do them any good. The following passage asserts this : Heb. 6 : 4, 5, 6. " Fur it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and...repentance ; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame." It appears from this passage, that men may so resist the...

...much more they have known of the good things of the heavenly kingdom. Hence, says the apostle, " it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and...renew them again unto repentance ; seeing they crucify unto themselves the son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame." Heb. vi. 4, 5, 6. We cannot reasonably...

...he describes it, in his strong language, as an actual impossibility : " it is impossible, (he says) for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted...shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance ;"f and then he adds the reason, " seeing they crucifyto themselves the Son of God afresh, and put...

...enlightened, and now wilfully cast off God and religion. Pray read these scriptures, Heb. vi. 4, 5, 6. " For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened,...of the world to come, if they shall fall away, to reaew them again unto repentance ; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put...

...For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gin, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, and have tasted...repentance ; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame." Thirdly : however this may be — though they hover between...

...we wonder that the Sacred Writer in the text should apply the very term " impossible " to such as " were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly...of the world to come, if they shall fall away;"—? In further considering what this passage really imports, we cannot pass over the term "falling away...

..." it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and hgtfp tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the holy ghost, and have tasted...renew them again unto repentance ; seeing they crucify unto themselves the son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame." Heb. vi. 4, 5, 6. We cannot reasonably...

...believers 1 Nothing like this is intimated. 7. We are referred to that noted passage, Heb. vi. 4 — 6. " For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened,...fall away, to renew them again unto repentance."* * If this text proves that real Christians ever fall from grace, it as derisively proves, that they...