 | Saint Robert Southwell - 1822 - 228 pàgines
...Whoever loveth father, mother, wife, children, house, or living more than me, is not worthy of me; and ha that taketh not up his cross and followeth me, cannot...the Israelites did, of whom Hosea speaketh, In their jlocks and herds shall they seek our Lord. Moses saw him in the desert, amidst fire and thorns, and... | |
 | Herbert Thorndike - 1845 - 448 pàgines
...and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, yea and himself, cannot be My disciple. And whoso taketh not up his cross and followeth Me, cannot be My disciple." To the same purpose, Matt x. 38; xvi. 24; Mark viii. 34; x. 21; Luke ix. 23. And St. Paul plainly declareth... | |
 | Mary Atkinson Maurice - 1849 - 156 pàgines
...made it honourable, and to each of His followers He says, " Take up your cross and follow me;" " Whoso taketh not up his cross and followeth me cannot be my disciple. What cross is fittest for us to bear He knows who appoints it, knowing our frame and remembering that... | |
 | Henry Augustus Rowland - 1855 - 208 pàgines
...you cannot enter into life. " For he that loveth father or mother more than me," said Christ, " is not worthy of me ; and he that taketh not up his cross and followeth me, cannot be my disciple." Instances are not rare where he who had been deterred from Christ through fear of being obliged to... | |
 | Azel Stevens Roe - 1862 - 470 pàgines
...far it is your duty to yield to them ? you know. ' He that loveth husband or wife better than me is not worthy of me ; and he that taketh not up his cross and followeth me, cannot be my disciple.' " " Yes, that is very true, Mrs. Bustle ; but it is a serious question to ask ourselves, and for us... | |
 | Johann Peter Lange - 1864 - 508 pàgines
...to their own eternal and essential forms. Jesus added the old law of discipleship : ' And whosoever taketh not up his cross and followeth Me cannot be My disciple.' After this, under parabolic forms, He twice advises them to weigh well, whether they are prepared to... | |
 | Edmond de Pressensé - 1866 - 638 pàgines
...is needful to count the cost, and see whether there be enough to finish it (Luke xiv. 28 — 33) " He that taketh not up his cross and followeth me, cannot be my disciple."* Assuredly such words were well calculated to alienate all who were not prepared to enrol under this... | |
 | Edmond de Pressensé - 1866 - 638 pàgines
...it is needful to count the cost, and see whether there be enough to finish it (Luke xiv, *2&—&>^ " He that taketh not up his cross and followeth me, cannot be my disciple."* Assuredly such words were well calculated to alienate all who were not prepared to enrol under this... | |
 | Edmond de Pressensé - 1868 - 526 pàgines
...build this tower, it is needful to count the cost, and see whether there be enough to finish it. I " He that taketh not up his cross and followeth me, cannot be my disciple. "§ Assuredly such words were well calculated to alienate all who were not prepared to enrol under... | |
 | Edmond de Pressensé - 1871 - 340 pàgines
...build this tower, it is needful to count the cost, and see whether there be enough to finish it.2 " He that taketh not up his cross and followeth me, cannot be my disciple."3 Assuredly such words were well calculated to alienate all who were not prepared to enrol... | |
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He that taketh not up his cross and followeth me, cannot be my disciple."* Assuredly such words were well calculated to alienate all who were not prepared to enrol under this banner of renunciation. And yet, if there was one lowly and willing heart, one... 
