...We will consider Chap. iii. vcr. 6. " But Christ as a Son over his own house, whose house are we,ir WE HOLD FAST the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope FIRM UNTO THE END." By the end the apostle certainly meant, the end of life. And" when he said that we are the house of...

...house; whose house are we:" but mark what follows; we only continue a part of that house, by holding " fast the confidence, and the rejoicing of the HOPE firm unto the end."§ If " Tribulation worketh patience, and patience experience, and experience HOPE, and HOVE maketh not...

...the shadow of death," he, notwithstanding, '• rejoices in hope of the glory of God," and " holds fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end." But let us make ourselves acquainted, Thirdly, with the fruits of this " lively hope." We are said...

...faith resisted and overcame. Unmoved, undismayed, unashamed, he stood firm, and without fainting held fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. In his faith, on thai trying occasion, the words of Isaiah, recited above, were verified and exemplified....

...commission, and the authority, of the Prophet promised by Moses. And hence may we see, that while " Moses was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a...testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; yet that Jesus was so, as a Son over his own house"." But, by a third witness of the Father concerning...

...partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus ; But Christ as a Son over his own house ; whose house...confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. Matt. xvii. 5. While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them : and, behold, a voice...

...house; whose house are we:" but mark what follows; we only continue a part of that house, by holding " fast the confidence, and the rejoicing of the HOPE firm unto the end."|| If " Tribulation worketh patience, and patience experience, and experience HOPE, and HOPE maketh not...

...it as true. " Then they that gladly received " his word, were baptized," and added to the church.p " Whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence, " and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end."q And we call it a society of holy men ; " An holy na" tion ;"r " Called to be saints."6 They...

...as true. " Then they that gladly received " his word, were baptized," and added to the church. P " Whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence, " and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end."i And we call it a society of holy men ; " An holy na" tion ;"' " Called to be saints."8 They...

...made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning " of our confidence stedfast unto the end *." " If we " hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope " firm unto the end Y." Some perhaps may presume to say, we can hold fast our confidence, our strong assurance of our own...