...: the excellence of which rule, may be exemplified by the practice even of an inspired Apostle j " I have fed you with milk and not with meat, for hitherto...not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able." The general conversion of the Hindoos appears, under present circumstances, at an immense distance....

...God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. u 1 Cor. iii. 2. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat : for...not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. Heb. v. 1 2. For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which...

...; neither had they conquered their evil passions, as appeared from their strifes and division». 2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat : for...not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. 3 For ye are yet carnal : for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye...

...after speaking of spiritual men as " judging all things," -and as "having the mind of Christ," adds, " And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto...but as unto carnal ; even as unto babes in Christ." And this, their carnality, is represented as rendering them unable to understand the great doctrines...

...careless and ignorant. " I have many things " to say unto yon, but ye cannot bear them now." — " I have fed you with milk, and not with meat ; for...bear it ; neither yet *' now are ye able, for ye are carnal, &c." " Strong " meat belongeth to them who are of full age ; even " to those, who by reason...

...consolations: that ye may milk out and be delighted with the abundance of her glory," Isaiah lxvi 1 1. '" I have fed you with milk, and not with meat; for hitherto...not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able," 1 Cor. iii. 2. The Holy Bible, Luther's Commentary on the Galatians, Mr. Bunyan's Discourse on the...

...of consolation; such as Paul was, who fed the Lord's infants like a wet nurse; as it is written, " I have fed you with milk, and not with meat, for hitherto ye were not able to bear it," 1 Cor. iii. 2. Young Christians, being called growing calves, are said to desire the sincere milk of...

...strong and wholesome doctrines, which the apostle calls meat. " I have fed you," saith he, " with milk, not with meat, for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able." " Strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, who by reason of use have their senses exercised...

...to the believers at Corinth, to those who were " sanctified in Christ Jesus, i Cor. i. 2, he says, " I brethren, could not speak unto you, as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as unto babes in Christ : Ye are yet carnal : for whereas there is among you envying and strife, are...

...yet, were not capable of higher mysteries. So our apostle useth the same similitude, 1 Cor. iii, 1,2. "And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto...not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able." Such doctrines of truth as he calls the "first principles of the oracles of God," plain and fundamental...