 | William Carus Wilson - 1824
...these things as I have done." — " Mrould our blessed Saviour himself have said (continued Mr. W.) 'narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it,' if every careless sinner was in the path which leads to heaven ? Again, l entreat you,... | |
 | Charles Richard Sumner - 1824 - 474 pàgines
...entertain hopes which the course of events would not finally justify. He told them without disguise, that narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be thatjind it, and that many were called, but few chosen •". It is true he promised his disciples that... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1825 - 426 pàgines
...of this truth which Christ teachcth you, " Strive to enter in at the strait gate : for strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it ; but wide is the gate and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there... | |
 | 1825 - 140 pàgines
...crowd, the voices of their serious converse alone broke upon the solemn stillness. " Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life ; and few there be that find it." These words were uttered with great solemnity by one of them, and replied to by the... | |
 | Ann Taylor - 1825 - 276 pàgines
...vestige of them remain ! ' Your fathers, where are they ? ' Our Lord assures us, that ' strait is the gate, and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it :' if so, it might be inferred of our departed ancestors, that the number of those who... | |
 | 724 pàgines
...is' the road, that leadeth to destruction, and many there are that walk therein ; and straight is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life, and few there are that 'find it. It is good for me to keep in view the end of the church and the world.- " The wicked... | |
 | George Fulton - 1826 - 224 pàgines
...be of good comfort, for they should sup with CHB.IST that night. His last words were, Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. It would be tedious to give a particular account of the many who suffered upon this occasion... | |
 | 1826 - 794 pàgines
...that to ascend the hill of virtue was a work of difficulty; and our Lord says, that " strait is the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." Now is it not the fashion of the present day to place goodness in act« of very easy... | |
 | 1871 - 592 pàgines
...Christian masses in oar day, the answer may be soon given in our Lord's own words : " Strait is the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there le that find it" Now these words are in direct antagonism to the religion of the day. Christ in His... | |
 | George Bull - 1827 - 518 pàgines
...of the catechism, wherein the Fathers seem to have forgotten the words of our Saviour, Strait is the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it, Matt. vii. 14. And that therefore he hath appointed the sacrament of penance, as a help or crutch to a lame and defective... | |
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Enter ye in at the strait gate ; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat, because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it, 
