...life, and growth of his sufferings and glory. " My little children," (saith St. Paul, Gal. iv. 19,) " of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you." Lo here, Christ both conceived and born in the faithful heart. — Formation follows conception ; and...

...spirit, perfecting holiness, in the fear of God.'" J "Whereupon, Paul, also writing to the Galatians, says, 'My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you.' "§ " Whereupon the blessed apostle says, 'I testify in the Lord that ye walk not as other Gentiles...

...sermon before the ordination was preached by the minister of Wells Street, from Galatians, iv. 19, — " My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you." The diary refers to this subject in the following terms : — " January 14, 1793. Published, at the...

...for the life ; they, the letter. He for the substance ; they, the symbols. Do but hear him, v. ID, " My little children, of whom I travail in birth again, until Christ be formed in you." He knew " the letter killeth," and that zeal in the sign often obstructs the growth and formation of...

...is a good trial, and a manifestation. 1 John v. 1. And Paul saith to the Galations, in chap. iv. ' My little children, of whom I travail in birth again, until Christ be formed in you.' This is a good travail, which should be every true Christian's, and not to travail to persecute Christ,...

...Then, if ever, he is prepared to meet them with the Apostle's expression of parental interest — " My little children, of whom I travail in birth again, until Christ be formed in you."f The rite of Confirmation, if not of express Apostolical Origin, was at least derived from Apostolical...

...instructed : " I am afraid of you," quoth he, " lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.—My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until CHRIST be formed in you—I sland in doubt of you." " Ami as for the Church of the Corinthians, how foully it was defiled,...

...masculine gender evidently refers to a neuter noun as its antecedent. The same apostle (Gal. 4:19,) says: " My little children, of whom I travail in birth again, until Christ be formed in you." Here the word whom (in the original ous, a masculine pronoun,) refers to little children, which in...

...spiritual father long for their restoration, that he used the strongest metaphor to express his feelings: " My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you, I desire to be present with you, and to change my voice, for I stand in doubt of you." Who can question...

...then Christ is formed, and Ihen Christ is born, and then Christ grows in me to a blessed fulness: " fھ7 sF ]L O Z >c _ ;> $ ]l^ ? <sT t A a [ W8 ^ A t xC Gal. 4:19. Formation follows conception, and travail implies birth; then after this we are " babes...