 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1815 - 644 pages
...Christ, or of the multitude, this passage is peculiar to St. Mark. . . 12.) Ch. iv. 26. " And he said: So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast his seed into the ground, 27- And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring... | |
 | Samuel Lavington - 1815 - 622 pages
...or upward, in the branches of fervor or holy activity* " So is the kingdom of God," says Christ, " as if a man should cast seed into the ground, and should jsleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring, and grow up, he knoweth.not how. So the... | |
 | Robert Morehead - 1816 - 492 pages
...is sent by a watchful Providence to complete the great object of his destination. — " And he said, So is the kingdom of " God, as if a man should cast...in the ear. " But when the fruit is brought forth, im" mediately he putteth in the sickle, be" cause the harvest is come." A similar image is applied... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1817 - 616 pages
...proper perfection gradually; and so Christ tells us, is the kingdom of God. Mark iv. 26, 27, 28. " So is the kingdom of God ; as if a man should cast...Fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the enr." The imprudences and errors that have attended this work, are the less... | |
 | Samuel Holland - 1817 - 344 pages
...almost needless to observe, is taken from a beautiful Parable of our Saviour related by St. Mark iv. 26. So is the kingdom of God, as if a Man should cast...seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. And can it be supposed that our Lord's own Doctrine " has a tendency rather to discourage than to ani*... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1817 - 590 pages
...kingdom of God as to its manifestation in the heart of a convert, as is said, Mark iv. 26, 21, 28. So •is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast...and day, and the seed should spring, and grow up, he knowth not how; for the earth bringeth forth of herself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full... | |
 | Samuel Holland - 1817 - 344 pages
...taken from a beautiful Parable of our Saviour related by St. Mark iv. 26. So is the kingdom of God, us if a Man should cast Seed into the ground, and should...and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he kiwweth not how. And can it be supposed that our Lord's own Doctrine " has a tendency rather to discourage... | |
 | 1817 - 680 pages
...shall be taken even that which he hath." 26 He said also, " So is the kingdom of God, as if a man 27 should cast seed into the ground; and should sleep...and day; and the seed should spring and grow up, he 28 knoweth not how. (For the earth bringeth forth fruit of itself; first the blade, then the ear, then... | |
 | Thornhill Kidd - 1817 - 804 pages
...effects, and glorious in its result. I. God carries on his work of grace by THE INSTRUMENTALITY OF MEN. " So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground." — The practice of the husbandman is well known : it is here noticed for the purpose of illustrating... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1817 - 726 pages
...be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath. 26 f And he said, " So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground ; 27 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knowcth not... | |
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And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground ; and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade,... 
