 | Thomas Secker - 1825 - 568 pàgines
...unto him^ Lord, are there fem that be saved ? And he said unto them, Strive to enter in at the strait gate : for many I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able 41 1 SERMON XXIX. JAMES V. 12. But above all things, my brethren, swear not ; neither by... | |
 | Josiah Hopkins - 1825 - 322 pàgines
...conscientious reader, than it would have been on that supposition ? " Strive to enter in at the strait gate, for many I say unto you, will seek to enter in and shall not be able." If it be said that the Saviour means any thing by the phrase strait gate, - but the gate... | |
 | Thomas William Lancaster - 1825 - 494 pàgines
...more beneficial to the querist, than the information desired : " Strive to " enter in at the strait gate : for many, I say unto " you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able"'." On another occasion, when he is interrogated rek Matth. xix. 16, 17. ' Acts xvi. 30,... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - 1825 - 528 pàgines
...and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened. — Matt. vii. 7, 8. Strive to enter in at the strait gate; for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. — Luke \_\ii. 24. SOME have supposed a difference in the latter passage, between seeking... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1825 - 612 pàgines
...Christ was asked, " Lord, are there few that be saved ?" he answered, " Strive to enter in at the strait gate ; for many I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able." But, alas ! we need no other information than common experience, to tell us whether thegreatest... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1825 - 630 pàgines
...him ; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon, Isa. Iv. 6, 7. Strive to enter in at the strait gate : for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and «hall not be able. When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye... | |
 | David Russell - 1825 - 372 pàgines
...used to enforce the exhortation of our Lord ; to " strive to enter in at the strait gate;" namely, " For many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able." Luke xiii 24. But there are two considerations which show that they mistake the meaning... | |
 | William BISHOP (Rector of Ufton Nervet.) - 1825 - 364 pàgines
...unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved ? And he said unto them, Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and SERMON Page 863. ; 3FJC1TTB:, HOPE, AND CHARITY. For Quinquegesima Sunday Morning. iw<\ ^',:^.^5 ,:-l-Cbr.... | |
 | John Wesley - 1825 - 742 pàgines
...their not being able to enter in, in the words which immediately follow these. For after he had said, " Many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able," he subjoins, " When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door,... | |
 | Oliver Reywood - 1826 - 626 pàgines
...you think to get heaven without diligence? "Strive to enter in at the strait gate,"saith our Lord, " for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able." Sluggish seekers are final losers. " Work out your own salvation : labour not for the... | |
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Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. 
