 ... just because they were so submissive to the Law ! Jesus was not thinking of the number but of the nature of good works, not of religious observances themselves, but of the principle that ought to underlie them, when he said to his followers, " I tell...  The Marrow of Modern Divinity: In Two Parts - Page 68by Edward Fisher - 1837 - 350 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Owen - Puritans - 1826 - 548 pages
...proposition which our Saviour makes good, establisheth, and confirmeth therein ; which is laid down, ver. 21. 'Except your righteousness exceed the righteousness...and pharisees, you cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven.' In pursuit of this proposition, he manifesteth what their righteousness was, by examining... | |
 | Donald Fraser - 1831 - 656 pages
...hear it told ? And it is certain and true, as God is true, that except your righteous. ness exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, you cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven, but shall be thrown into hell, where the smoke of your torment shall ascend for ever and ever.... | |
 | Ammah Philom - Church finance - 1832 - 198 pages
...for the traditions and outward pomp of the church, which was reproved by our Lord in these words : " Except your righteousness exceed the righteousness...and Pharisees you cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven." The peculiar experience of St. Paul taught him the great evil of an ill-placed zeal in doctrines... | |
 | John Howe - 1832 - 548 pages
...As to the former, our Saviour expressly tells his disciples, and all that will be his followers, " Except your righteousness exceed the righteousness...and pharisees, you cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven." Matt. 5. '20. And yet they were the strictest sect of the Jews, as St. Paul intimates when... | |
 | John Howe - Puritans - 1835 - 662 pages
...As to the former, our Saviour expressly tells his disciples, and all that will be his followers, " Except your righteousness exceed the righteousness...and Pharisees, you cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven," Matt. v. 20. And yet they were the. strictest sect of the Jews, as St. Paul intimates when... | |
 | John Howe - Puritans - 1838 - 662 pages
...As to the former, our Saviour expressly tells his disciples, and all that will be his followers, " Except your righteousness exceed the righteousness...and Pharisees, you cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven," Matt. v. 20. And yet they were the strictest sect of the Jews, as St. Paul intimates when... | |
 | Thomas Boston - Presbyterian Church - 1850 - 664 pages
...their approbation. And thus I went on bravely a great while, even until I read in Mr. Bolton's works, the outward righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees...Pharisees, you cannot enter into the kingdom of God, Matth. v. 20 ; yea, and I also considered that the apostle says, " He is not a Jew that is one outwardly,... | |
 | Atonement - 1860 - 450 pages
...declare, and woe is to him if he does not, Except your righteousness, (not, be that,) but exceed that, of the Scribes and Pharisees, you cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven. Certainly morality is more than re-ยป ligion; but mind that you are jnoral. See that u. S.... | |
 | Thomas Goodwin - Religion - 1863 - 546 pages
...righteousness than the Pharisee had. ' Except your righteousness,' says he, to his disciples, ' exceeds that of the Scribes and Pharisees, you cannot enter into the kingdom of God ;' and yet they were civil men, and lived soberly and justly, were no adulterers. And yet who greater... | |
 | Thomas Goodwin - Puritans - 1863 - 544 pages
...righteousness than the Pharisee had. ' Except your righteousness,' says he, to his disciples, ' exceeds that of the Scribes and Pharisees, you cannot enter into the kingdom of God ;' and yet they were civil men, and lived soberly and justly, were no adulterers. And yet who greater... | |
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