...Corinth, that they were of little growth in grace ; such as were not past the child's spoon and meat : " I have fed you with milk, and not with meat; for hitherto...neither yet now are ye able, for ye are yet carnal." 1 Cor. iii. 2. Nay, he conceives this to be so clear evidence, that he appeals to their consciences...

...connexion plainly shows means the same, as spiritual men and natural men, in the foregoing verses; " And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal;" ie as in a great measure unsanctified. That by carnal the apostle means corrupt and unsanctified, is...

...you, but ye cannot bear them now." — St. Paul calls the Corinthians " Babes in Christ*1," adding, " I have fed you with milk, and not with meat ; for...not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able." — We are told, not to give " that which' is holy to the dogs ;" nor cast our " pearls before Swine...

...with almost as little reason, " I could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but asunto " carnal. — I have fed you with milk, and not with meat, for "...hitherto ye were not able to bear it ; neither yet are ye " now able : " and he gives a reason for this conduct, which proves that many in our congregations...

...be wise in their own conceits — / could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal : I have fed you with milk, and not with meat, for hitherto ye were not able to bear it : neither yet are ye wv able : and he gives a reason for this conduct, which proves that many in most congregations...

...life. The same method was pursued by St. Paul, with respect te the Corinthians: / toufd not, says he, speak' unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ— I have fed t/ou iritfi milk, and not with meat, for hitherto ye litre not eble to bear it. , Now a belter way...

...not speak unto them, as unto Spiritual, but as unto carnal. "1 have fed you with milk," says he, " and not with meat ; for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able " The apostle begins the llth chapter, to the Corinthians in matters of indulgence, and about things...

...good and evil ;" that is, truth and error. To the same purpose the apostle speaks in 1 Cor. iii. 2 ; " I have fed you with milk, and not with meat ; for hitherto ye were not able to bear it." Art thou a weak unstudied Christian, a babe in Christ '( Then the easier and more nutritive milk of...

...be wise in their own conceits — / cowld not speak unto you as vnto spiritual, but as unto carnal. I have fed you •with milk, and not •with meat, for hitherto ye were not able to bear it^aeither yet are ye now able: and he gives a reason for this conduct, which proves that many in most...

...speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, cren as unto babes in Chris! — / have fed yon with milk, and not with meat, for hitherto ye were not able to bear it. Now a better way of carrying this pnrpose into effect could uot be imagined than by parables. Let us...