 | William Carus Wilson - 1828 - 328 pàgines
...that looks so fair, And seek thy hetter portion there." IOTA. MATTHEW Vli. 14. " Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there he that find it." The narrow path that leads to God Is found where few repair , Unlike the road so... | |
 | William Jay - 1828 - 408 pàgines
...when we are rebuked of him. The evils to be avoided in all these cases come so near together, that "narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." Let us take this general reflection, and apply it to a particular case. Our Lord said... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1829 - 250 pàgines
...of this truth which Christ teacheth 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 which leadeth to destruction, and many there... | |
 | John Everitt Good - 1829 - 692 pàgines
...proceed to set before you, II. THE PATH OF CHRISTIAN HOLINESS WHICH WE ARE TO PURSUE: — "STRAIT IS THE GATE AND NARROW IS THE WAY THAT LEADETH UNTO LIFE, AND FEW THERE BE THAT FIND IT." Here we perceive that this road is put in complete contrast with the former, as it regards... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1829 - 588 pàgines
...portion in this matter ; seeing there are but few that have. Christ has told us, that straight is the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. There have been but few in all ages of the world. Many seek ; and many hope that they... | |
 | John Sheppard - 1829 - 416 pàgines
...supposition that the profligate Oppianicus had gone to a place and state of suffering after death.* gate and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it ;" and which invested the future state of all the excluded, — the idolatrous, the proud,... | |
 | John Gregory Pike - 1830 - 380 pàgines
...God and his righteousness. Enter ye in at the strait gate. Strive to enter in ; because strait is the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Ye must be born again. Behold the Lamb of God. Believe on the Lord Jesus Job, xxviii.... | |
 | John Brewster - 1830 - 602 pàgines
...numbers, but the excellency of any society, which recommends it to public notice. " Straight is the gate, and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be who find it 1." But though diffi1 Matt. vii. 14. culties will arise in working out our salvation, it... | |
 | London metrop. tabernacle - 1881 - 654 pàgines
...entered he felt it could not be the house of God because there were so many present, and '' Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." When he looked at me he felt sure that I was unsound, for I should not look so cheerful... | |
 | 1996 - 452 pàgines
...(destruction) of the sinner, but that all shall be saved." And it is elsewhere declared that " strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life ; and few there be that find it." According to the first text, God desires to save all; but, according to the second,... | |
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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, 
