| Thomas William Lancaster - Bible - 1825 - 494 pages
...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 pages
...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 - Christian life - 1825 - 612 pages
...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... | |
| Josiah Hopkins - Presbyterian Church - 1825 - 322 pages
...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... | |
| John Wesley - Methodist Church - 1825 - 742 pages
...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,... | |
| George Townsend - 1825 - 680 pages
...that be Near Jerasaved ? And he said unto them, salem. 24. Strive to enter in at the strait gate : for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. 26. Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast... | |
| David Russell - 1825 - 372 pages
...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 pages
...? What says our Lord upon this subject ? " Strive to enter in at the strait (or narrow) gate : for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be ablef." A few faint endeavours, used now and then, you see, will not be sufficient ; we must... | |
| William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 698 pages
...Col. iii. 1,2. See also on Matt. vi. ver. 25. clause 9. ь 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 xiii. 24. c I am the living bread which came down from heaven : if any man eat of... | |
| Thomas Secker - Sermons, English - 1825 - 568 pages
...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... | |
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