...having, on one occasion, received from the brethren a correct and judicious exposition of that passage, " Whosoever shall confess me before men, him will I...also confess before my Father, which is in heaven;" he observed, " I am now convinced that it is better for me, at present, to be silent than to speak....

...in the cause of Christianity. See ante, 163. And this is agreeable to Matt, x. 32. & Luke xiv. 26. " Whosoever shall " confess me before men, him will I also " confess before my Father which is in " glory and honour and power ; " for thou hast created all things, " and for thy pleasure they are...

...having, on one occasion, received from the brethren a correct and judicious exposition of that passage, " Whosoever shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father, which is m heaven ;" he observed, " I am now convinced that it is better for me, at present, to be silent than...

...saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven ;" he has also said, " Whoever shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father which is in heaven." Is not the gilt of speech .one of the noblest grants we have received from God ? the source of our...

...yourselves under the banner of the Cross. And is this a slight blessing? Has not our Lord promised, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father which is in Heaven9? And has he not threatened, Whosoever shall be ashamed of me, and of my words, of him also...

...Hence Christ in describing true love to himself, represents it as absolutely and necessarily supreme. " Whosoever shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who...

...profession of the faith. It seems to be of a verbal profession also that our Lord speaks, when he says, " Whosoever shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father, and the holy angels." Of the same subject also the apostle treats, when he says, " If thou shall confess...

...oaths that others " did ?" III. Consider the time when our Saviour pronounced those words, Matt. x. 32. "Whosoever shall confess me before " men, him will...confess before my " Father which is in heaven : but whoso" ever shall deny me before men, him will " I also deny before my Father which is in " heaven."...

...from above, that you can be safe. Be not ashamed of the name and cause of Christ. He has said, '• Whosoever shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven ; but whosoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of Man be ashamed,...

...see their Saviour, their Friend, their Head, whose love for them passeth knowledge, and who has said, whosoever shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father and the holy angels. But, 2. While all the faithful servants of Christ will contemplate him with joy...