 | Edward Williams - 1812 - 582 pages
...and that " many are they that go in thereat;" and, on the other hand, that in fact, " straight is the gate and narrow is, the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." On any scheme of thought whatever, the fact is the same. The question then returns to... | |
 | John Wesley - 1812 - 446 pages
...which go in thereat ;" yea, and excuse themselves in so doing, " Because strait is the gate and narrow the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." It follows, Beware of false Prophets; of those who speak as from God, what God hath not spoken ; those... | |
 | John Murray - 1812 - 426 pages
...; no man can know the things of God but by the spirit of God. It is elsewhere said, "Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." Few indeed ; if thou wouldst enter into life keep the commandments. No man, save the... | |
 | John Witherspoon - 1812 - 214 pages
...way that leadetu " 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." Matt. vii. 13, 14. And as none can attend the stage, but those in higher life, and more... | |
 | J S. Pipe - 1813 - 646 pages
...eternally. 2. The road leading to it. — Our Lord, describing it, inforuis us that " Strait ii the gate, and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." By this way we are to understand the path of holiness, without walking in which no man... | |
 | John Murray - 1813 - 438 pages
...if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out and shall find pasture." Secondly, Narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. What are we to understand by this way ? Our Saviour himself has answered this question.... | |
 | William Jay - 1814 - 552 pages
...way which leadeth to destruction, B " 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." Is it possible, however, to fall into another extreme, and to draw an unwarrantable... | |
 | Samuel Lavington - 1815 - 640 pages
...for otherwise we should never have found it. So said He who well knew the difficulty. " Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." (Matt. vii. 14.) When we first set out in the world, we see various paths before us,... | |
 | Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck - 1816 - 404 pages
...door of entrance is Christ. Nor can any man enter that door without repentance ; for strait is the gate, and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. 297 strait gate ; for many shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able; for the kingdom... | |
 | William Beveridge (bp. of st. Asaph.) - 1816 - 436 pages
...from heaven to earth, on purpose to shew us the way from earth to heaven, saith, that strait is the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. x4 And let not any think that Christ spoke these words in vain, or that it is no great... | |
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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... 
