| Richard Lucas - 1710 - 382 Seiten
...off every weight. Strive, faid our bleffed 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 fltength, affifted by the Spirit of God, will be little enough... | |
| William Beveridge - 1712 - 400 Seiten
...himfelf, that came from Heaven to Earth , on purpofe to mew us the way from Earth to Heaven , faith, That ftrait is the gate and 'narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. r . [.'.. AND let not any think' that Chrift fpoke thefe Words in vain, or that it is... | |
| James Gardiner - 1720 - 448 Seiten
...fate : for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to deftruttion, and many there be that go in thereat. Becaufe ftrait is the gate, and narrow...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 ftrictnefs and... | |
| William Law - 1726 - 552 Seiten
...to be along with the many, though God himfelf has told you, upon Chriftian Perfection. 545 you, that narrow is the Way, that leadeth unto Life, and few there be. that find it. LASTLT, one Word more and I have done, think with your fel£ what a Happinefs it is,... | |
| Richard Bundy - 1740 - 478 Seiten
...the Way, that leadeth to Dejlrutticn, and many there be that go in thereat : becaufe jlrait is the Gate, and narrow is the Way, that leadeth unto Life, and few there be that find it. — From which Words, thus underftood, I fhall take Occafion, I. To enquire wherein the... | |
| Jean-Frédéric Bernard - 1765 - 266 Seiten
...and broad " is 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... | |
| George Whitefield - 1772 - 490 Seiten
...enfnaring world, and above all, the treachery of our own hearts, to withftand and ftrive againft. " For ftrait is the gate, and narrow is the way that leadeth unto eternal life." But wherefore fliould we fear, fmce he that is with us is far more powerful, than all... | |
| Thomas Boston - 1773 - 630 Seiten
...wide is the gate, and broad is the -way that leadeth to deftruction, and many go in thereat; but that ftrait is the gate, and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it, Matth. vii. i2. i3. Many art called, but few are chofen. So that Chrift did not offer... | |
| John Bunyan - 1775 - 456 Seiten
...to enter in at the jtrait gate, Luke xiii. 24. The gate to which I fend thee: Forjirait is the gate that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it, Matt. Vii. i3, 14. From this little Wicket-gate, and from the way thereto, hath this wicked man turned thee, to... | |
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