...contempt offered to them, is an affront to God. As our Saviour has expressed it " He that despiseth you, despiseth me ; and he that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me/* But as I am now called upon to address myself more immediately to those who have the rule over you,...

...faithful ministers their successors — " go, preach the gospel to every creature. He that despiseth you despiseth me, and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me." Besides, the glory of God claims our chief, our pre-eminent regard ; this ought uniformly to be prefered...

...rejected his messenger,, though a mere man. As our Lord himself says, Luke x. 6, He that despiseth you despiseth me ; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me. On this ground you might rank both the Nazarenes and all the modern professed Unitarians with believers...

...that of which Christ spake (Luke, x.) : " He that heareth you, heareth me ; and he that despiseth you, despiseth me ; and he that despiseth me, despiseth Him that sent me." And (John, xx.), " Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they...

...whose ministers they were. So Luke x. l(j, our Lord says to his apostles, '' He that despiseth you, despiseth me ; and he that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me." Now although he that despised the apostles, despised not only Christ, but God himself, it did not hence...

...Master. Jesus himself said to them, " He that heareth you, heareth me ; and he that despiseth you, despiseth me ; and he that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me." " As my Father hath sent me, even so send I you." " Receive ye the Holy Spirit." " He will guide you...

...man but God. Remember Who hath said, " He that heareth you, heareth Me ; and he that despiseth you, despiseth Me ; and he that despiseth Me, despiseth Him that sent Me." * But, in the second place, the Objectvfliich the Minister has in view, strongly obliges the people...

...Friends of Peace and Piety of every Denomination. p. 13. Q4 he, " heareth me; and he that despiseth " you despiseth me; and he that despiseth " me despiseth him that sent me q ." After his resurrection, he renewed and ratified the powers of his Apostles: " Peace be unto "...

...to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell. He that heareth you heareth rne; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me. * And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, an4 tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit...

...and he that " receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me." Matt. x. 40.— "and he that despiseth you, despiseth me; and he that " despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me." Luke x. 16. A super-eminent instance is this, and of infinite weight, as our blessed Lord, besides...