...liveth and believeth in me, shall never die !' You fee) that you are lost. Jesus says expressly, ' I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.' ' The Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.' Do you doubt if he will...

...that Jesus would send her away, for she cried after them. To this cold intercession Jesus replied, " I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel ; let the children first be fed. It is not meet to take the children's bread, and cast it...

...repeatedly rejected by our Lord as an unfit person to enjoy the blessing which she solicited,—(" I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel ;" k " I cannot take the children's bread, and cast it unto dogs," 1 )— shewed, by her...

...usual application of the parable. But did Jesus mean to teach any such doctrine ? Did he who said, " I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel," mean to teach that those " lost sheep" never would be restored? We think not. Did he mean...

...repeatedly rejected by our Lord as an unfit person to enjoy the blessing which she solicited— (" I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel ;"* " I cannot take the children's bread, and cast it unto dogs,"t) — showed, by her persevering...

...knowledge of the Lord more than burnt offerings." Thus, again, to the woman of Canaan, our Saviour says:— "I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." Where the meaning is not absolute, (as, from the former part, it might appear), not that...

...disciples' sake, though not for hers, he would be gracious to her. But upon this, he answered and said, I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. He perceived, either by her habit or her dialect, that she was no Jew ; and therefore told...

...only fair spot on the moral surface of the world ; there alone a race of men dwelt ference, saying, " I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." " It is not meet to take the children's bread, and give it to dogs." And when he originally...

...violence, both to earth and heaven. But who can tell whether the silence or the answer is most grievous? " I am not sent, but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." Has not this poor woman yet done P Can neither the silence of Christ, nor his denial, silence...

...Jerusalem the fountain from which the streams of divine mercy were to flow, was continually kept in view. " I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel," 4 was the Redeemer's own expression; and after his resurrection, he commanded the apostles...