| Richard Lucas - 1710 - 382 Seiten
...off every weight. Strive, faid our blefled 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 ftrength, aflifted by the Spirit of God, will be little enough... | |
| James Gardiner - 1720 - 448 Seiten
...is the way, that leadeth to deflruttion, and many there be that go in thereat. Becaufe flrait 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 ftricTrncfs... | |
| Jean-Frédéric Bernard - 1765 - 266 Seiten
...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 - 1765 - 332 Seiten
...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... | |
| Thomas Boston - 1773 - 630 Seiten
...broad is the -way that leadeth to deftruflion, and many go in thereat \ but that flrait is the gafe, and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it, Matth. vii. 12. 13. Many an- called, but few are chofen. So that Chrift did not offer... | |
| William Howell - 1789 - 272 Seiten
...other. See "lit. ii. 11, 12. 8. \\ e learn, the truth and reafon of our Lord's remark, " ftrait is the gate, and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it:" it is difagreeable to flefh and blood, has the difapprobation of the world at large,... | |
| Richard Baxter - 1791 - 212 Seiten
...this truth which Chrift teacheth you : " Strive to enter in at the ftrait gate ; for ftrait 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 leads to deftruftion, and many there... | |
| Augustus Toplady - 1794 - 526 Seiten
...leadeth to deftrudlion, and many there be that go in thereat: while on the other hand, ftraight" is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life, and few there ~be that find it.—Many are called, but few <hofen.—rFear not, little flock ; for it is your Fa- ther's... | |
| Joseph Priestley - 1799 - 504 Seiten
...is the way way that leadeth to deftrudtion, and many there be that go in thereat; but ftrait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it;" the great bulk of mankind being governed by views of prefent eafe, pleafure, or advantage;... | |
| Johannes Evangelist Gossner - 1799 - 202 Seiten
...care whether it pleases the people ? ' Woe to him of whom all men speak well.' Christ also says, ' Narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.'—' Many arc called, but few chosen.' If he was so plain spoken as to call his hearers... | |
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