It deserves especial notice, that the Apostle does not say, -Ye have need-- but, -Ye are become such as have need.- They were once in more favourable circumstances for spiritual instruction. They had, by their indolent neglect of the proper nourishment of the mind, spoiled their spiritual appetite and power of digestion, bringing themselves back as it were to a state of second childhood. They had forgotten what they had learned,-they had lost in a good measure the habits they had acquired.