...heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost : as your fathers did, so do ye — Acts vii. 51. " I have laboured in vain : I have spent my strength for. nought, and in vain : yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God — Isaiah xlix. 4."...

...power make him to fall off, John vi. 44. " No man can come unto me, except the Father, which hath eent me, draw him." And, chap. v. 40. " Ye will not come...that people remained in infidelity, Rom. x. 16. " Who hiith believed our report ?" Yea, Christ himself, who spoke as never man spoke, saith concerning the...

...that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth : but God that giveth the increase." The apostles preached to the Jews, yet the body of that people...have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for naught," Isa. xlix.A4. The branches may be hacked by the preaching of the word : but the stroke will...

...hid me. And said unto me, thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified. Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought and in vain, yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God. And now saith the Lord,...

...enquires, " Who will shew me any good ?" And at times he has drawn the conclusion of the prophet, " I have laboured in vain ; I have spent my strength for nought, the work of the Lord is not prospering in my hands." I doubt not these have often been the reflections...

...INCREASE of his government and peace, there shall be no end ;" and represents the Messiah as saying, " I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain ;" and again says, "He shall rebuke many people, and smite the earth with the Rod OF -HIS...

...seeing his seed, the travail of his soul, shall be satisfied to eternity; and never once shall say, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought. Secondly, From what was said on the doctrinal part of the subject, be persuaded, my brethren, to examine...

...2O. compared with Matt. xxii. 5, 6. .And the prophet introduces our Saviour himself as complaining, / have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, Isa. xlix. 4, S. And the reason- hereof is, because Israel is not gathered ; which words are to be understood...

...20. compared with Matt. xxii. S, G. And the prophet introduces our Saviour himself as complaining, / have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, Isa. xlix. 4, 5. And the reason hereof is, because Israel is not gathered ; which words are to be understood in...

...will be glorified." And after complains of the obstinacy of the ungrateful synagogue; " Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought and in vain, yet sui^ly my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with God." And immediately after...