| Richard Lucas - 1710 - 382 pages
...off every weight. Strive, faid our bleffed Saviour, to enter in At the ftrait Gate; for jlrait is the Gate, And narrow is the way that leadeth unto Life, and few there be that fnd it. All our Vigour, all our fltength, affifted by the Spirit of God, will be little enough... | |
| William Beveridge - Christian life - 1712 - 400 pages
...himfelf, that came from Heaven to Earth , on purpofe to mew us the way from Earth to Heaven , faith, That ftrait is the gate and 'narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. r . [.'.. AND let not any think' that Chrift fpoke thefe Words in vain, or that it is... | |
| James Gardiner - Sermon on the mount - 1720 - 448 pages
...gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to deftruttion, and many there be that go in thereat. Becaufe ftrait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. UR Saviour having explain'd the precepts of the moral law to a degree of ftrictnefs and... | |
| William Law - Christian ethics - 1726 - 552 pages
...to be along with the many, though God himfelf has told you, upon Chriftian Perfection. 545 you, that narrow is the Way, that leadeth unto Life, and few there be. that find it. LASTLT, one Word more and I have done, think with your fel£ what a Happinefs it is,... | |
| Richard Bundy - 1740 - 478 pages
...the Way, that leadeth to Dejlrutticn, and many there be that go in thereat : becaufe jlrait is the Gate, and narrow is the Way, that leadeth unto Life, and few there be that find it. — From which Words, thus underftood, I fhall take Occafion, I. To enquire wherein the... | |
| Jean-Frédéric Bernard - Hell - 1765 - 266 pages
...and broad " is the way, that leadeth to deftruction, and many ." there be which go in thereat ; but ftrait is the " gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life, " and few there be that find it J." In fhort, there are thoufands who travel there at every hour and every minute, fome... | |
| John Witherspoon, William Shenstone - Grace (Theology) - 1765 - 332 pages
...way that leadeth " to deftru&ioh, and many there be which go .** in thereat : Becaufe flrait is the gate, and " narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and ** few there be that find it * ." Arid as none can attend the ftage, but thofe in higher life* and more affluent circumflances... | |
| James Burgh - Conduct of life - 1767 - 526 pages
...who, after he has killed the body, " can likewife deftroy the foul in hell. Let the " Chriftian ftrive to enter in at the ftrait gate. " For ftrait is the gate, and narrow the way, " which leads' to life ; and few there be that find "it; and wide is the gate, and broad the... | |
| James Burgh - Conduct of life - 1767 - 516 pages
...who, after he has killed the body, " can likewife deftroy the foul in hell. Let the " Chriftian ftrive to enter in at the ftrait gate. " For ftrait is the gate, and narrow the way, " which leads to lire ; and few there be that find " it; and wide is the gate, and broad the... | |
| George Whitefield - Presbyterian Church - 1772 - 490 pages
...enfnaring world, and above all, the treachery of our own hearts, to withftand and ftrive againft. " For ftrait is the gate, and narrow is the way that leadeth unto eternal life." But wherefore fliould we fear, fmce he that is with us is far more powerful, than all... | |
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