...represented as fearfully withstanding His glorious cause : " for," said He to them, " ye shut up the kingdom against men : for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in." When hypocrisy was in the camp of Israel, the Lord refused to go with the host to battle. Hence they...

...nothing is impossible with thee, and great as this mountain is, thou canst remove it. Ver. 13. But wo unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ; for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men, &c. — Christ's kingdom of grace and help ; by a false conceit of a righteousness of their own,...

...heap up wrath. (36 Job, 13.) 24. How did Christ expose the hypocrisy of the Scribes and Pharisees ? Wo unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ; for ye are like unto waited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones and...

...if this conduct be persisted in, we must expect to incur the wo pronounced by our blessed Lord : " Wo unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for...yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.'1 (Matt, xxiii. 13.) For if every one that nameth the name of Christ is to depart from iniquity,...

...shall exalt himself shall be abased ; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. But woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye shut...neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence...

...hypocrisy, vanity, pride, malice, covetousness, and ignorance ; and particularly tells them, ver. 13, " Ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men : for ye neither go in yourselves, nor suffer ye them that are entering, to go in.*' Whereby he plainly declares to them, that the Messiah...

...hypocrisy, vanity, pride, malice, covetousness, and ignorance ; and particularly tells them, ver. 13, " Ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men : for ye neither go in yourselves, nor suffer ye them that are entering, to go in." Whereby he plainly declares to them, that the Messiah...

...retence, make long firayers : greater damnation. 14 Mas for you. Scribes and Pharisees, hyfiocrites!] for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men : for ye neither enter in yourselves, nor suffer those that are entering in to enter. 15 Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees,...

...WHITE-WASHING OF SEPULCHRES. [" The general meaning of a comparison used by our Lord is obvious, when he said, Wo unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye are like unto whittd sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones,...

...the synagogues, and greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi, &c. But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye shut...neither suffer ye them that are entering, to go in, &c. Ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers, &c. Ye compass sea and land to...