...of the ceremonies of the Jews might well be applied to those of the church of Rome, that they were ' a yoke which neither they nor their fathers were able to bear: ' that it was not by means of ceremonies, but by the promulgation of the word of God, after the example...

...the British sovereigns of those days, who, in bowing their necks to Rome, imposed on their subjects a yoke which neither they nor their fathers were able to bear. The history of our country, from that period up to the time of the Reformation, exhibits many and frequent...

...Peter bore witness before the first Council of Jerusalem that the bondage of Jewish ordinances was a yoke " which neither they nor their fathers were able to bear." When the Son of God came, the souls that he made free were " free indeed," but their bodies were often...

...they could not live; Ezek. xx. 25; and the whole of their ecclesiastical economy, which was a burden times shivered into a multitu Schoettgen contends that the word Trovijpoc, which we translate evil, should be translated laborious...

...to the apostles; and they decided that this yoke was not to be put upon the Gentiles, because it was a yoke which neither they nor their fathers were able to bear. This passage of course decides the case of the Gentiles. Circumcision is certainly abolished, so far...

...were of a very antient date. It was undoubtedly upon their account, that St. Peter said ', The law was a yoke, which neither they, nor their fathers, were able to bear. 2. In judging also of the things and persons devoted to God, and to appoint the price of their redemption....

...religion were held in high estimation. In the language of the Apostle, the religion of the Jews imposed a yoke which neither they nor their fathers were able to bear. It was a ceremonial religion — a religion which principally consisted in the observance of certain...

...the British sovereigns in those days, who, in bowing their necks to Rome, imposed on their subjects a yoke, which neither they nor their fathers were able to bear. The history of our country, from that period up to the time of the Reformation, exhibits many and frequent...

...to be pursued, was needed to induce many to attempt the emancipation of themselves and others from " a yoke which neither they nor their fathers were able to bear." Some efforts had been made in previous ages to assert their rights, and secure the advantages of christian...

...often remind Christians, that they are delivered from the ceremonies of the law, which are styled by Peter " a yoke which neither they nor their fathers were able to bear."J The whole tenor of our Lord's discourse, and of the writings of his apostles, elevates the...