...vou in word only, but also in power, a;id in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance.'' Chap. ii. 13. " When ye received the word of God, which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of man, but, (as it is in truth,) the word of God, which eft'ectaally worketh also in you that believe."...

...pick not up this seed from you as it is so\\n. Give thyself wholly to it, 1 Tim. iv. 15. " Receive it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth the word of God," 1 Thess. ii. 13. Ai:d hear it with application, looking on it as a message-pent from...

...which is due unto the word of God. For this cause also, says he, thank we God without ceasing, because when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men ; but (as it is truth} the word of God which effectually worketh also in you that believe. If we advert to...

...which is due unto the word of God. For this cause also, says he, thank we God without ceasing, because when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men ; but (as it is truth) the word of God which effectually worketh also in you that believe. If we advert to...

...that their word came to them—not in word only, but in power: and that they received it, not jfe the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God,...which effectually " worketh also in you that believe." And thus, to view the subject more separately and in parts, we read of the Observe the subjects of...

...power and efficacy of the word is derived from, the Spirit of the Lord. It is said, 1 Thess. ii. 13, ' When ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as th,e word of meq, but (as it is in truth) the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.'...

...pick not up this seed from you, as it is sown. " Give thyself wholly to it) 1 Tim. iv. 15. " Receive it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God," 1 Thess ii. 13, And hear it with application, looking on it as a message sent from heaven,...

...duty expressed, in the instance of the Thessalonians, 1 Thess* ii. 13. " When ye received the wonl of God, which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the won! of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh in you that believe."...

...sacrament is an holy ordinance instituted by Christ in his church ', to signify, seal, and exbecause when ye received the word of God which ye heard of...which effectually worketh also in you that believe. o Luke ix. 44. Let these sayings sink down into your ears : for the Son of man shall be delivered into...

...through the word which I have spoken unto you." " Sanctify them throvgh thy truth, thy word is truth." " Ye received it not as the word of men ; but, (as it...which effectually worketh also in you that believe." Hence the dispensation of the Word is compared to planting and watering seed in the earth, and they...