 | 1837 - 486 pages
...rubies ;" and in Matthew our Saviour said, " The kingdom of heaven is like a merchantman seeking goodly pearls, who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold ill he had and bought it." Poets of every nation, ml particularly those of the enstern nations,... | |
 | Reginald Heber (bp. of Calcutta.) - 1837 - 256 pages
...Luke, is. 23. 4 St. Matthew, vii. 14. " The kingdom of God is like unto a merchant man seeking goodly pearls, who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it."1 "If any man come to me, and hate not," in comparison, " his... | |
 | Edward William Grinfield - 1837 - 220 pages
...knowledge of Christ Jesus our Lord." — " The kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchantman seeking goodly pearls, who when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it." It is thus that Christ Jesus — " the perfect man" — becomes... | |
 | Henry Woodward - 1838 - 438 pages
...ST. MATTHEW, xiii. 45, 46. Pllg.< The kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchantman, seeking goodly pearls : who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it 227 SERMON XVII. GALATIANS, vi. 14. God forbid that I should... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1838 - 642 pages
...xxiii. 23. And says our Lord himself: " The kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchantman, seeking goodly pearls ; who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went, and sold all that he had, and bought it," Matt. xiii. 45, 46. " Gold tried in the fire:" that is, the... | |
 | 1838 - 492 pages
...greatly surpass them in value. "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man seeking goodly pearls: who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it," Matt. xiii. 45, 46. One may easily gather from the prices... | |
 | 1838 - 944 pages
...rubies :" and in Matthew,our Saviour said, " The kingdom of heaven is like a merchantman seeking goodly pearls, who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all he had and bought it." Poets of every nation, but particularly those of the eastern nations,... | |
 | David Aitchison - 1839 - 156 pages
...mass of evidence? " The kingdom of heaven," said our Lord, " is like unto a merchantman seeking goodly pearls, who when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it." The church is a pearl of great price, for to it were committed... | |
 | William Merry - 1839 - 112 pages
...kingdom of their Father. 45, 46. " The kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man seeking goodly pearls : who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. 47 to 49. " The kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that... | |
 | John Rogerson Cotter - 1840 - 316 pages
...world. 90. To what does he next compare the kingdom of heaven ? A. To a merchantman seeking goodly pearls, who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. — v. 45. 91. Who is meant by the merchantman? A. Any sincere... | |
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Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls : who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. 
