...Again, chap. iv. 5, " Judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come," &c. And again, ver. 9 — 13, "For I think that God hath set forth us the Apostles last, as it were appointed to death," and so on. In 1 Thess. v. 1 — 4, we have a marked allusion to the period mentioned in our Lord's...

...in you, you might imitate him in a holy contempt of all the slanders and revilings of the world : " For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were men appointed to death : for we are made a spectacle to the wqrld, and to angels, and to men : We are...

...in you, you might imitate him in a holy contempt of all the slanders and revilings of the world : " For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were men appointed to death : for we are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men : We are...

...likelihood that the first publishers of Christianity would share the same. ' I think,' says St Paul, ' that God hath set forth us the apostles last as it were appointed unto death ; for we are made a spectacle to the world, to angels and to men ; even in this present...

...in fastings often, in cold and nakedness," 2 Cor. ch. xi. 23—28. Can it be nectssary to add more t e highest veneration by every description of his hearers,...a popular missionary, prevail to the extent in wh and to angels, and to men. Even unto this present hour we both hunger and thirst, and are naked, and...

...offscouring of all things. Let us hear one of them speaking in the name of the whole apostolic college : " I think that God hath set forth us, the apostles,...were appointed to death ; for we are made a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ: we...

...condition, was in many particulars more strikingly true of the Master whom he served : " For I think God hath set forth us the Apostles last, as it were appointed to death ; for we are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ...

...life, sets it forth as the most grievous to which God had ever exposed any of his faithful servants : " For I think that God hath set forth us, the apostles, last, 1270 The Revelation of Jesus Christ. [LECT. as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle...

...must also see, whether the primitive Christians could stand this test of their faith. St. John says ' we are made a spectacle unto the • world, to angels, and to men,1 (I. Cor. iv. 9.) — and how the world treated him, we see in this passage, — ' even unto this...

...their converts; and unquestionably the apostles were the most likely to fall first. Hear St. Paul: " For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles...death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak,...