 | William Paley - 1823 - 362 sivua
...difficulty, trial, and temptation; that "many are called, but few are chosen;" that "strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth to life, and few there be that find it:" and lastly, that, "if the righteous themselves shall scarcely be saved," there will be no place... | |
 | William Paley - 1823 - 326 sivua
...and temptation : that "many arc called, but few are chosen;" that "strait is the gate, and Darro w is the way, that leadeth to life, and few there be that find it:" and lastly, that, " if the righteous themselves shall scarcely be saved," there will be no place... | |
 | William Paley - 1825 - 436 sivua
...difficulty, trial, and temptation: that " many are called, but few are chosen;" that " strait is the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth to life, and few there be that find it:" and lastly, that, " if the righteous themselves shall scarcely be saved," there will be no place... | |
 | John Edward Nassau Molesworth - 1825 - 478 sivua
...spiritual interests, harmonizes very closely with Christ's declaration, that " strait is the gate, and narrow is the way that leadeth to life, and few there be that find it"." It is a description which merits our serious attention. It brings to view points in our characters... | |
 | 1826 - 398 sivua
...is indeed small, but surely, sir, this is not to their discredit, especially when it is considered that, narrow is the way that leadeth to life, and few there are who find it — while broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go... | |
 | John Angell James - 1827 - 196 sivua
...attracts the eye ; no syren songs of worldly pleasure allure the ear : " but strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth to life, and few there be that find it." Hence the admonition — *' Strive to enter in at the strait gate ; for many shall seek to enter... | |
 | 1828 - 446 sivua
...lamentable that so few, comparatively, are engaged in this journey ; for " strait is the gate, and narrow is the way that leadeth to life, and few there be that find it." 2. To this journey we require to be stirred up. Exhausted by fatigue of body, or anxiety of mind,... | |
 | Thomas Scott - 1828 - 522 sivua
...denomination, to the exclusion of others. Alas ! in all these respects, -' strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth to life, and few there be that find it;" for but few "strive," or wrestle, "to enter in" (Matt. vii. 13, 14; Luke xiii. 23—30). A vast... | |
 | 1828 - 580 sivua
...lamentable that so few, comparatively, are engaged in this journey ; for " strait is the gate, and narrow is the way that leadeth to life, and few there be that find it." 2. To this journey we require to be stirred up. Exhausted by fatigue of body, or anxiety of mind,... | |
 | 1829 - 838 sivua
...evident, that as no persons whatever act on such precepts, they must he fools, with very few exceptions. " Narrow is the way that leadeth to life, and few there be that find it." Then why was the way made so narrow, and the way to destruction so broad ? We see all men find... | |
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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 that go in thereat : because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way that leadeth to life, and few there be that find it. 
