The Works of Francis Bragge, B.D. Vicar of Hitchin in Hertfordshire, and Prebendary of Lincoln: On the parables of Our LordUniversity Press, 1833 |
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Page v
... lest at any time they should see with their eyes , and hear with their ears , and understand with their heart , and should be converted , and I should heal them ; to such as these , as very unworthy of the favour , it is not given to ...
... lest at any time they should see with their eyes , and hear with their ears , and understand with their heart , and should be converted , and I should heal them ; to such as these , as very unworthy of the favour , it is not given to ...
Page vii
... lest we fall after the same example of unbelief and disobedience ; lest we so long reject that light which is come into the world , and prefer darkness before it , as to become utterly unworthy of it , and it be quite hid from our eyes ...
... lest we fall after the same example of unbelief and disobedience ; lest we so long reject that light which is come into the world , and prefer darkness before it , as to become utterly unworthy of it , and it be quite hid from our eyes ...
Page ix
... lest they should not be apprehended aright , we find our Lord , when in private , explaining them to his disciples , and giving them command to speak in the light what he told them in darkness ; and by this means , that impression which ...
... lest they should not be apprehended aright , we find our Lord , when in private , explaining them to his disciples , and giving them command to speak in the light what he told them in darkness ; and by this means , that impression which ...
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... lest he should believe and be saved . This is he who received seed by the way side . But he that received the seed into rocky or stony places , is he that heareth the word , and presently with joy re- ceiveth it ; yet hath not root in ...
... lest he should believe and be saved . This is he who received seed by the way side . But he that received the seed into rocky or stony places , is he that heareth the word , and presently with joy re- ceiveth it ; yet hath not root in ...
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... lest he should believe and be saved . This is he that received seed by the way side ; or , this is that seed which fell by the way side . The word of God is compared to seed , because of its fructifying , growing , and increasing nature ...
... lest he should believe and be saved . This is he that received seed by the way side ; or , this is that seed which fell by the way side . The word of God is compared to seed , because of its fructifying , growing , and increasing nature ...
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Page 254 - And he said, This will I do : I will pull down my barns, and build greater ; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my gooils.
Page 226 - Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents : behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant ; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things : enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
Page 330 - There was a certain rich man which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day ; And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate full of sores. And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table : moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
Page 136 - And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment...
Page 226 - And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one ; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
Page 282 - Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: and if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
Page 136 - And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
Page 305 - Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son : make me as one of thy hired servants. And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
Page 29 - The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
Page 101 - Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. And he would not : but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt. So when his fellow-servants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.