...think ye have eternal life; and they are they which testify of me. (5Jn. 39.) 6. What was the character of the Bereans ? These were more noble than those...things were so ; therefore many of them believed. (17 Ac. II, 12.) 7. /* Divine help necessary to underetand the Scriptures ? Then opened he their understanding,...

...of the Lord, and that therein doth he meditate day and night. The Bereans are especially commended, in that they received the word with all readiness...•Scriptures daily whether those things were so. Has such been our conduct ? Has there been in us that continual reference to the word of God? that...

...Almost the whole city came together to hear the word of God, &c.— Acts. xiii. 7. 44 — 46. xix. 20. These were more noble than those in Thessalonica,...the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so. — Acts xui. 11. Apollos, Sic. mighty in the Scriptures, &c. mightily convinced the Jews and that...

...Almost the whole city came together to hear the word of God, &c.— Acts. xiii. 7. 44 — 46. xix. 20. These were more noble than those in Thessalonica,...the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so. — Acts xvii. 11. Apollos, &c. mighty in the Scriptures, &c. mightily convinced the Jews and that...

...SERMON XV. ON TRUE GKEATNESS OP MIND, AS EXEMPLIFIED IN THE CHARACTER OF THE BEREANS. ACTS XVII. 11. " These were more noble than those in Thessalonica,...mind, and searched the " Scriptures daily, whether these things were so." 1 HIS comparison rs made, between the Thessalonianfe and Bereans. Paul, in company...

...the scriptures," as to this very question : and the Bereans, who are highly commended. " re" ceived the word with all readiness of mind, and " searched...whether those " things were so : therefore many of them be" lieved." 3 It is however merely a single insulated clause, and may admit pf a candid construction...

...Bereans, the inspired writer says, " These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, as they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched...the scriptures daily, whether those things were so." Acts xvii. 11. The Apostle Paul, also, says, " Prove all things — hold fast that which is good."...

...Bereans were more noble than the people of Thessalonica," and the reason which he gives is this, " in that they received the word with all readiness...of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether these things were so." It is earnestly to be wished, that all the nobles of this Christian land, as...

...the synagogue of the Jews. 11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in lhat they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched...the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. 12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men not a few....

...the anchor of hope in the mercies of God, through Jesus Christ." SERMON XVIII. CONCLUDING REMARKS. " These were more noble than those in Thessalonica,...the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so." — ACTS xvii. 1 1 . * IN the Sermons which have been delivered on the truth of the Christian religion,...