...equal to himself, while the reverence, or the contempt that is done to them, he takes unto himself; saying* ' He that heareth you, heareth me, and he that despiseth you, despiseth me.' But if you say, that men may be deceived in their inquest after the will of God, and may deceive others...

...apostles, and through- them, to " all ministers, who, by a regular ordination, succeed to them, he that " heareth you, heareth me, and he that despiseth you, despiseth me. " (Luke, x. 16.) And thence have schisms and heresies arisen, when " the bishop, who is one, and who presides over the...

...Matt, xxviii, 19, 20. Our Lord told the seventy disciples whom he sent out as teachers — He that heareth you, heareth me : and he that despiseth you, despiseth me. Luke x, 16. 'The whole dispensation of the Gospel is a divine message, an embassy from God to man. What the Apostles...

...equal to himself, while the reverence, or the contempt that is done to them, he takes unto himself; saying, ' He that heareth you, heareth me, and he that despiseth you, despiseth me.' But if you say, that men may be deceived in their inquest after the will of God, and may deceive others...

...embracing all the ordinances and constitutions of the Church. Because Christ has so commanded. " He that heareth you, heareth me ; and he that despiseth you, despiseth me," Luke x. 16. " As my Father hath sent me, even so I send you," John xx. 24. Hence St. Paul, Heb. xiii. 17, tells...

...Lord, and unto us, by the will of God." (2 Cor. viii. 5.) See Acts xx. 28 ; 1 Thess. v. 12. " He that heareth you heareth me, and he that despiseth you despiseth me." (Luke x. 16.) And yet the leaven of the Pharisees must be avoided : And " an angel from heaven be held as accursed,...

...Lord, and unto us, by the will of God." (2 Cor. viii. 5.) See Acts xx. 28 ; 1 Thess. v. 12. " He that heareth you heareth me, and he that despiseth you despiseth me." (Luke x. 16.) And yet the leaven of the Pharisees must be avoided : And " an angel from heaven be held as accursed,...

...messengers and officers to proclaim his law unto the world, and tender them his grace, and saith, " He that heareth you heareth me ; and he that despiseth you despiseth me" (Luke x. 16.), and he that " despiseth, despiseth not manbut God ;" 1 Thess. iv. 8. And he that will not now believe...

...do," xxiii. 2, 3 ; " Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world," xxviii. 20 ; " He that heareth you, heareth me ; and he that despiseth you, despiseth me," Luke x. 16 ; " When the spirit of truth is come, he will guide you into all truth," John xvi. 13 ; " If any man...

...What he said to his disciples, is in a measure, applicable to all his faithful ministers : "He that heareth you, heareth me; and he that despiseth you, despiseth me." Luke x. 16. When they deliver the pure, uncorrupted word of truth, it should be received, as the apostle said the...