...name. This idea is almost explicitly asserted in the instructions given on this occasion. Hethalheareth you, heareth me, and he that despiseth you, despiseth...he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me." From this nothing can be plainer, than that the ministers of Christ are to act as his representatives...

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...days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you," Acts xiii. 41. " He that despiseth you, despiseth me; and he that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me," Luke. X. 16. To the openly profane : " Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom...

...not to them alone, but to them and their successors in the ministry to the end of time. So again ; " he that despiseth you despiseth me, and " he that despiseth me despiseth him that " sent me*." This is not to be understood of the Apostles alone, but also of their successors in after-ages. Let...

...one with him, as he was one with the Father, Hence he said to them, He that hearethyou, heareth me ; He that despiseth you, despiseth me ; and he that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me.—To language so simple, it would be useless to add any comment. In the very remarkable prayer...

...20. AHliat time: Jem* raid to tut disciples : He that heareth you, heareth me : and he that dospiseth you, despiseth me : and he that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me. And the seventy-two returned with joy, saying: ( . c -I . the devils also are subject to us in thy...

...was one with the Father. Hence he said to them, He that hear tth you, heareth me ; He that despiselh you, despiseth me ; and he that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me. — To language so simple, it would be useless to add any comment. We are not greatly surprised, that...

...than for you. And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell. He that heareth you, heareth me ; and he that despiseth you,...he that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me. * And, behold, a certain Lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit...

...despiseth not man, but God." Christ intimated the same thing to his disciples, when he said : "He, that heareth you, heareth me; and he, that despiseth you,...he, that despiseth me, despiseth him, that sent me." The circumstance, that in opposing faithful ministers, we oppose God himself, renders such conduct...

...than for you. And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell. He that heareth you, heareth me : and he that despiseth you,...he that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me." Our Saviour's commission here to the seventy, whom he sent to preach, is so exactly conformable to...