 | Richard Lucas - 1710 - 382 pages
...we muft put 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 pages
...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 pages
...is the way that leadeth to deftruction, and many there be that go in thereat. £ecaufe ftrait is the gate , and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it* , PCHAP. CHAP. XXIII. Of Falfe Teachers. MATT. vii. if, i<J, 17, 18, ip, zo. Beware of... | |
 | William Law - 1726 - 552 pages
...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,... | |
 | Jean-Frédéric Bernard - 1765 - 266 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1773 - 630 pages
...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... | |
 | Matthew Mead - 1788 - 222 pages
...it is imagined to be : This is attefted by our Lord Chrift himfelf. Matth. vii. 14. "Straight is the gate, and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." The gate of converfion is a very ftraight gate, and yet every man that would be faved... | |
 | William Howell - 1789 - 272 pages
...other. See Tit. ii. 1 1, 12. 8. We learn, the truth and reafon of our Lord's remark, " ftrait is the gate, and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it :" it is difagreeable to flefh and blood, has the difapprobation of the world at large,... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1791 - 212 pages
...this truth which Chrift teacheth you : " Strive to enter in at the ftrait gate ; for ftrait 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, that leads to deftruftion, 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... 
