 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are...  Sermons to country congregations - Page 15by George Haggitt - 1796Full view - About this book
 | 1824 - 400 pages
...several days, when reading the 13th of Luke at the 24th which is--" Strive to enter in at the straight gate, for many I say unto you will seek to enter in and shall not be able ;" and considering that the word strive was not so emphatical as it ought to be rendered... | |
 | 1824 - 418 pages
...celebrating the eucharist, in conferences, in exhortations, in preaching, in an affectionate * Lnke liii. 24. " Strive to enter in at the strait gate, for many, I say unto jon, will seek to enter in and shall not be able." Dr. Campbetl has expressed the meaning of the Greek... | |
 | James Nichols - 1824 - 562 pages
...unto sin. Ecclesiasticus v, 5. — Despisest thou the riches, <$'C. Rom. ii, 4, 5. Strive to enter in at the strait gate ; for many, I say unto you, will strive to enter in and shall not be able. Luke xiii, 24. TENET V. TJiey hold, that tlie true believer... | |
 | James Nichols - 1824 - 554 pages
...sin unto sin. Ecclesiasticus v, 5. — Despisest thou the riches, $c. Rom. ii, 4, 5. Strive to enter in at the strait gate ; for many, I say unto you, will strive to enter in and shall not be able. Luke xiii, 24. TENET V. They Jtold, that the true believer... | |
 | George Townsend - 1825 - 680 pages
...Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be Near Jerasaved ? And he said unto them, salem. 24. Strive to enter in at the strait gate : for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. 26. Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast... | |
 | Thomas Secker - 1825 - 568 pages
...Then said one unto him^ Lord, are there fem that be saved ? And he said unto them, Strive to enter in at the strait gate : for many I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able 41 1 SERMON XXIX. JAMES V. 12. But above all things, my brethren, swear not ; neither by... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1825 - 612 pages
...find it." When Christ was asked, " Lord, are there few that be saved ?" he answered, " Strive to enter in at the strait gate ; for many I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able." But, alas ! we need no other information than common experience, to tell us whether thegreatest... | |
 | George Paxton - 1825 - 552 pages
...in his answer to one who idly inquired, Are there few that be saved? " Strive," said he, " to enter in at the strait gate ; for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin... | |
 | Richard Hele - 1825 - 598 pages
...love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me s. Strive to enter in at the strait gate; for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able '. This people draweth nigh unto Me with their mouth, and honoureth Me with their lips... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - 1825 - 528 pages
...seeketh, findeth : and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened. — Matt. vii. 7, 8. Strive to enter in at the strait gate; for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. — Luke \_\ii. 24. SOME have supposed a difference in the latter passage, between seeking... | |
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