hardness of heart, is a disposition to disobey what we know to be the command of God. If not checked, it grows into actual contempt of His Word and Commandment.
Obsecrations. (Entreaty mentioning the plea.)
7 and 8. Incarnation: S. John i. 14; Rom. i. 3.
Nativity: S. Luke ii. 11. Circumcision: S. Luke ii. 21.
Baptism: S. Matth. iii. 16.
Fasting and Temptation: S. Luke iv. 1, 2.
Agony and Bloody Sweat: S. Luke xxii. 44.
Cross and Passion: S. Matth. xxvii. 41-46; Heb. v. 7.
Death and Burial: S. Mark xv. 44, 45.
Resurrection: S. Matth. xxviii. 5-7.