So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. Anniversary Addresses - Page 136by Samuel Colcord Bartlett - 1894 - 517 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Beloe, Thomas Fanshaw Middleton, William Rowe Lyall, Robert Nares - 1823 - 700 pages
...directly on the subject which I am now considering. ' So tV says the evangelist, ' the kingdom of God as if a man should cast seed into the ground, and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed shuuld spring and grow up he ktioweth not hole.' This parable, which must relate... | |
| James Nichols - 1824 - 562 pages
...work we speak of,) " cometh not (always) with observation :" (Luke xvii, 20.) but (many times) it is "as if a man should cast seed into the ground, and...seed should spring, and grow up, he knoweth not how." (Mark iv, 26, 27.) And therefore, I observe, our Saviour and £his]] Apostle do direct us to make our... | |
| 1824 - 314 pages
...observation. It is not preceded by heralds, crying, 'lo here or lo there" Again, "so is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground, and...seed should spring and grow up he knoweth not how." As th« grain progresses in growth, tho nobody sees it grow, so the advances we make in knowledge,... | |
| James Nichols - 1824 - 554 pages
...work we speak of,) " comoth not (always) with observation :" (Luke xvii, 20.) but (many times) it is "as if a man should cast seed into the ground, and...seed should spring, and grow up, he knoweth not how." (Mark iv, 26, 27.) And therefore, I observe, our Saviour and £his3 Apostle do direct us to make our... | |
| 1824 - 462 pages
...is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; 27 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not now. 28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the... | |
| 1824 - 172 pages
...by grace, to the progressive growth of a plant from a seed, "And he said, so is the kingdom of God. As if a man should cast seed into the ground, and should sleep or rise night and day, yet the seed would spring and grow up, he knoweth not how, for the earth bringeth... | |
| Joseph John Gurney - 1825 - 588 pages
...the regenerate man himself, and to the persons by whom he is surrounded. " So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground, and...seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself, first the blade, then the car, after that the full corn... | |
| 1825 - 398 pages
...heart and life. So our Saviour has assured us, in (he parable of the sower. " So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground, and...and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoueth not how. For the earth briugeth forth fruit of herself, first the blade, then the ear, after... | |
| Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825 - 972 pages
...is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground ; 27 And should sleep, and rise 5 28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full... | |
| John Pridham - 1826 - 438 pages
...in three measures of meal till the whole was leavened 0 ." "And he'said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground, and...seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn... | |
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