...feeling of the joys, and taste of the powers of the world to come; as the apostle speaks : " Itp is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost," &c. There is a supernatural work wrought in them, and they have...

...gift, and were partakers of the Holy Ghost, and had tasted of the good word of God, and of the power of the world to come, if they shall fall away, to...repentance ; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to open shame ? " Heb. vi. And were not these spiritual, eternal, and divine...

...become of such a senseless, stupid, dead creature as I am 1 If they that have been enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers...of the Holy Ghost, and have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, may, notwithstanding, so fall away, that it shall be impossible...

...passages : " It is impossible for those, who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, and have tasted...of the world to come ; if they shall fall away, to jcnew them again unto repentance ;• seeing they crucify to themselves the Sou of God afresh, and...

...Ghost, and have tasted of the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come» and have fallen away, to renew them again unto repentance ; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh," &c. This translation, which is certainly more literal than that of the Bible, naturally...

...it is impossible for those, who have been once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, 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 open shame." MEN of different religious sentiments, do not agree in their...

...and were made partaken of the Sola Ghost, and hate tatted the good word of God, and thepowen of t/u world to come, if they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance ; teeing they crucify to themselves the Son of Ood afresh, and put him to an open thame. For the earth...

...gift, and were made *' partakers of the Holy Ghost, and have .** talsted the good word of God, and the " powers of the world to come, if they ** shall...repentance; seeing they crucify to " themselves the Son of God afresh, and " put him to an open shame." The sense of which words I apprehend to be this: it is...

...once enlightened, and 5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, 6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance ; seeing they crucify to themselves he Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. 7 For the earth, which drinketh n the rain that...

...Another text supposed to imply that true believers may fall finally, is Heb. vi. 4, 5, 6, " For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and...fall away, to renew them again unto repentance."' Expositors who hold the doctrine now insisted on, have generally supposed that the persons here described,...