...those in an earlier age, of whom Inspiration hath declared the world was not worthy) to wander about in deserts and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth, she sympathised with him, and never, says her son, was heard or seen to show the least discontent with...

...the Kingdom of God. That thofe Perfons the Apoftle fpeaks of (/) who •waridred about in Defarts, and in Mountains, and in Dens and Caves of the Earth, of whom he fays the World -was not -worthy, were all that Time deftitute of tHe Divine Ordinances, fuch of...

...Condition he was one of thofe who are ' difcrib'dinthe ilth £feb, 38. They wtntlred about e in Defarts and in Mountains, and in Dens and * Caves of the Earth^ of whom the World was not * worthy, and thus he lived, Suffering as we may « fay, all kjnds of Diftrefs, from the Year 1679...

...goat-fkins, being deftitute, " afflicted, tormented : " They wandered in deferts, and moun" tains, and dens, and caves of the earth ; " of whom the world was not worthy." In thefe three verfes all the difgrace and misfortunes, that can attend humanity, are pointed...

...sheepskins and goatskins ; being destitute, afflicted, tormented ; (of whom the world was not worthy :) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth." (Hcb. xi.) These are " witnesses " — a " great cloud ; " they witness that, as they overcame, so...

...the sword : they wandered about, destitute, afflicted, tormented (of whom the world was not worthy) : they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth*." Compare now, with these vivid pictures of the primitive martyr*, the actual state of Christians in...

...sheepskins, and goat-skins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented ; 38 (Of whom the world wa not worthy ;) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens, and caves of the earth. 39 And these all, having ob tained a good report thrqugl faith, received not the promise 40 God having...

...sheepskins, and goat-skins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented : 38 (Of whom the world was not worthy ; ) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens, and caves of the earth. 39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: 4-0 God having...

...formidable only from the resistance of despair. The early Christians were exposed to similar sufferings. " They wandered in deserts and in mountains, and in " dens and caves of the earth ;" and the parallel could not fail to occupy the imagination of the oppressed Presbyterians, as conferring...

...sheepskins and goat-skins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented, of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens, and caves of the earth ; and these all have obtained a good report." Methinks this should a little abate the intemperance...