Matthew 13:13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. The presages and symptoms of the approach of the tremendous judgment — the judgment of having the ministry of the gospel continued, not as the means of salvation, but as the occasion of more aggravated sin and punishment. 1. The abuse or neglect of the ministry of the gospel in time past. 2. Incorrigible obstinacy under chastisements. 3. Growing insensibility or hardness of heart. 4. Repeated violences to the motions of the Holy Spirit, and convictions of conscience, or obstinate sinning against knowledge. 5. The withdrawing of Divine influences. 6. And, as the consequence of all, a general decay of religion. (President Daries.) Parallel Verses KJV: Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. |
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