| Hosea Ballou - 1822 - 362 pages
...stony places, the same is h' that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it: Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while; for when...and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choak the word, and he becometh unfruitful. But he that receivfcth seed into the good ground... | |
| Henry Kollock - 1822 - 510 pages
...that heareth the word, and anon with joy, receiveth it, and for a time believeth : yet he hath not root in himself, but dureth for a while ; for when...ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended." Nothing can be more precise or accurate, than this delineation. These persons are compared to stony... | |
| Edward John Burrow - 1822 - 594 pages
...heareth the word, and anon with joy receive! h it ; yet hath he not root in himself, but durethfor a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. Heb. vi. 4, 5, 6. For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the... | |
| Charles Bradley - 1822 - 504 pages
..." But they went out, that they might be made manifest, that they were not of us," 1 John ii. 19. " For when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended," Matth. xiii. 21. But should one have told them in the days of their first profession, that all their... | |
| 1838 - 1014 pages
...choked it." The word had been heard anil understood, feelings and habits of piety were produced ; but the " care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful." Beds of thorns, however, are not brought to maturity in a day. They first... | |
| 1822 - 872 pages
...good seed on stony ground, though they rejoice for a season, having no root in themselves, endure but for a while; for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, immediately they are offended. This, however, in our circuit, has been but very partially the case... | |
| 1821 - 992 pages
...: but as he hath not root in himself, he dureth only for a while: for when tribulation, temptation, or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended," and falleth back to the world. These sinners are the most unhappy of all : they enjoy neither the pleasures... | |
| Samuel Stennett - 1823 - 342 pages
...heareth the word, and anon -with joy receiveth it : yet hath he not root in himself, but durethfor a while .-for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and byhe is offended. Here are four things to be distinctly considered, I. The character of these hearers,... | |
| Beilby Porteus - 1823 - 458 pages
...is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; yet hath he' not root in himself tout dureth for a while; for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, VOL. I. Z byby-and-by he is offended. He also that received seed among the thorns, is he that heareth... | |
| John Bird Sumner (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1824 - 454 pages
...stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it : yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while ; for when...ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended 4." There is also a numerous class who persevere through life with no doubt upon their minds of the... | |
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