...REFLECTION. The proceeding, respecting catechumens, rests upon this observation of our Lord. " Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God ; but unto them that are without (an expression denoting generally the heathens and unconverted),...

...that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable. 1 1 And he • ii'l unto them, 1'iito apers in his bands, an unpublished letter of I.ardner God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables : 12 That seeiug ihcy may...

...those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein, xxxv. 8. And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God : but unto them that are without, all these things are dobe in parables, Mark iv. 11. And he said,...

...given." To this import of the word our Saviour "probably alluded when he said to his disciples, To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God ; but, to them that are without, all these things are äonc in parables. (Mark iv. 11.) The secret...

...hearing, they hear not : neither do they understand. МАЯК iv. ver. 11. 11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God— JLCKE viii. part of ver. 9. and ver. 10. 10 And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries...

...which none of the princes of this world knew: but God has revealed zYunto us." *4 Having made Jcnoten unto us the mystery of his will," (his secret intention)...not in his Epistles, nor in those of Peter, James or Jude; nor in the Old Testament. In the texts quoted from St. Paul, there is nothing unintellio gible,...

...sure they never were. " For to you, (said he to his disciples, that is, you know, to the Clergy) unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God : (that is,f I'ma Clergyman myself, and I won't tell ! ! .') but unto them that are without (that...

...applicable, afterward believed to the saving of the soul. It was said by Jesus Christ, (Mark iv. 11.) " Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God ; but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables : that seeing they may...

...alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable. And he said unto them; Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God ; but unto them that are without all these things are done in parables ; that seeing they may see,...

...from the foundation of the world."—Matthew, xiii. 34, 35. And more pointedly by Saint Mark; " Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God, but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables; that seeing they may see...