 | Timothy Kenrick - 1807 - 684 pages
...shall in no wise pass from the law, until all be fulfilled;" which Luke explains, by saying, " it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tittle of the law to fail. In the same manner, Christ, in the text, seems to say that every other kind of evil speak- I ing may... | |
 | William Chillingworth - 1820 - 510 pages
...the evangelical writings. Now, that these duties are not enforced upon us as conditions of the whole covenant of works, is evident, because by Christ we...destroyed. 34. In like manner, saith St. Paul, (Rom. -Hi. ult.) " Do we make void the law through faith? God forbid ! Yea, we establish the law." Now if... | |
 | William Chillingworth - 1820 - 508 pages
...by, and overlooked by Almighty God, as if he had lost his eyes to see them, or his memory to temember them. 33. The substance then of the moral law is enjoined...(Rom. iii. ult.) " Do we make void the law through faith ? God forbid ! Yea, we establish the law." Now if a succeeding covenant establisheth any part... | |
 | Thomas Southwood Smith - 1822 - 464 pages
...from the law, till all be accomplished;" which Luke explains, chap. xvi. 17, by saying, 329 " It is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fail." In the same manner Christ, in the text, seems to say, that every other kind of evil-speaking may be... | |
 | 1843 - 1028 pages
...kingdom of God [the Christian dispensation] is proclaimed, and every one presseth into it. Yet, it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fail;" meaning, as stated in a parallel passage, "till the whole is fulfilled." — When explaining to the... | |
 | William Huntington - 1827 - 268 pages
...change and waver, that a traitor may stand in judgment? Nay, divine veracity hath affirmed that " it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fail," Luke xvi. 17. Now Justice began to vindicate truth aad law;-1have said that "the soul that sinneth... | |
 | George Townsend - 1827 - 722 pages
...why the Pharisees came and tempted Christ with this question. He had just before declared that it was easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tittle of the law to fail. Upon which they put the case of divorces to him ; concluding that he would resolve it contrary to the... | |
 | 1828 - 396 pages
...is not required to observe these rituals literally, yet they are to be observed spiritually. "It is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fail." There is evidence, from the Scriptures, that a revealed Word, now lost, was given by Jehovah to his... | |
 | 1831 - 312 pages
...precisely as I have proposed to explain the text, by throwing it into. the form of a comparison. 'It is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fail.* Besides, we know that the language of our Saviour and the Apostles, especially when, as in the text,... | |
 | 1831 - 604 pages
...precisely as I have proposed to explain the text, by throwing it into the form of a comparison. 'It is easier for heaven and, earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to. fai^*' Besides, we know that the language of our Saviour and the Apostles, especially when, as in the... | |
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But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fall. 
