 | Selina Bunbury - 1827 - 252 pages
...necessary, for it is written, " Without holiness no man shall sec the Lord;1' and again," Strait is the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." " Oh then, I could not read such things, for they would make me melancholy and miserable.''... | |
 | George Bull - 1827 - 514 pages
...of the catechism, wherein the Fathers seem to have forgotten the words of our Saviour, Strait is the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it, Matt. vii. 14. And that therefore he hath appointed the sacrament of penance, as a help... | |
 | George Peck - 1827 - 166 pages
...broad is the way thatleadeth to destruction and many there be who go in thereat : because strait is the gate, and- narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. — Not every one that sayeth unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven... | |
 | 1827 - 590 pages
...and the Omega ; the beginning and ending of all our desires and affections. О ! how strait is the gate and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life ; and few there be that find it. Lord, let thy good Spirit lead me forth into the land of uprightness. Hold thou me up,... | |
 | Edward Craig - 1828 - 378 pages
...men in general may think or say, or whatever may be their habits, the Saviour says, " Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it :" — " Strive to enter in at the strait gate ; for many shall seek to enter in, and... | |
 | Edward Irving - 1828 - 504 pages
...and from the whole drift of the New Testament. " Many are called, but few chosen." " Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." And, even in the church, both Christ and his Apostles testified of an apostasy that... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - 1828 - 328 pages
...that looks so fair, And seek thy hetter portion there." IOTA. MATTHEW Vli. 14. " Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there he that find it." The narrow path that leads to God Is found where few repair , Unlike the road so... | |
 | Extracts - 1828 - 786 pages
...promised land ; for" broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there be that go that way; but narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." Matt. vii. 13. This will be Christian's trying hour: though he may have passed through... | |
 | William Jay - 1828 - 408 pages
...when we are rebuked of him. The evils to be avoided in all these cases come so near together, that "narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." Let us take this general reflection, and apply it to a particular case. Our Lord said... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1829 - 250 pages
...of this truth which Christ teacheth you: ' Strive to enter in at the strait gate; for strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it; but wide is the gate and broad is the way which leadeth to destruction, and many there... | |
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Enter ye in at the strait gate : for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat : because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it... 
