 | William Gilpin - 1821 - 448 pages
...these sayings of mine, and doth them not,, shall be likened unto ft foolish man, who "built his house upon the sand: and the rains descended, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it Jell; and great was the fall thereof. That is, he who leaves the practice... | |
 | 1841 - 406 pages
...feelings, is therefore, it seems to us, like the house built by the foolish man, upon the sand. When the rains descended, and the winds blew, and the floods came, and beat upon that house, it fell, and great was the fall of it. But the reason, the judgment, the conscience, endure... | |
 | Sabine Baring-Gould - 1866 - 260 pages
...West. But the Nestorian Church was not founded on the Rock, it rested on Nestorius, and when the' rain descended, and the winds blew, and the floods came, and beat upon that house, it fell, leaving scarce a fragment behind. Rubruquis the Franciscan, who in 1253 was sent... | |
 | Sabine Baring-Gould - 1873 - 688 pages
...West. But the Nestorian Church was not founded on the Rock, it rested on Nestorius, and when the rain descended, and the winds blew, and the floods came, and beat upon that house, it fell, leaving scarce a fragment behind. Rubruquis the Franciscan, who in 1 253 was sent... | |
 | 1892 - 648 pages
...that heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them not is like unto a foolish man who built his house upon the sand, and the rains descended, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house and it fell, and great was the fall thereof." From the foregoing we gather this... | |
 | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints - 1905 - 530 pages
...those sayings and do them not, are like unto a foolish man who built his house upon the sand, and when the rains descended, and the winds blew, and the floods came, and beat upon the house, it fell because it was built upon sand ; but all those who hear those sayings and do them, are like... | |
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... more extensive than that ever obtained by the successor of S. Peter. The number of Christians belonging to that communion probably exceeded that of the members of the true Catholic Church in East and West. But the Nestorian Church was not founded... 