 | Richard Lucas - 1710 - 382 pagina’s
...off every weight. Strive, faid our bleffed Saviour, to enter in At the ftrait Gate; for jlrait is the Gate, And narrow is the way that leadeth unto Life, and few there be that fnd it. All our Vigour, all our fltength, affifted by the Spirit of God, will be little enough... | |
 | James Gardiner - 1720 - 448 pagina’s
...gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to deftruttion, and many there be that go in thereat. Becaufe ftrait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. UR Saviour having explain'd the precepts of the moral law to a degree of ftrictnefs and... | |
 | William Law - 1726 - 552 pagina’s
...to be along with the many, though God himfelf has told you, upon Chriftian Perfection. 545 you, that narrow is the Way, that leadeth unto Life, and few there be. that find it. LASTLT, one Word more and I have done, think with your fel£ what a Happinefs it is,... | |
 | Richard Bundy - 1740 - 478 pagina’s
...the Way, that leadeth to Dejlrutticn, and many there be that go in thereat : becaufe jlrait is the Gate, and narrow is the Way, that leadeth unto Life, and few there be that find it. — From which Words, thus underftood, I fhall take Occafion, I. To enquire wherein the... | |
 | Jean-Frédéric Bernard - 1765 - 266 pagina’s
...and broad " is the way, that leadeth to deftruction, and many ." there be which go in thereat ; but ftrait is the " gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life, " and few there be that find it J." In fhort, there are thoufands who travel there at every hour and every minute, fome... | |
 | John Witherspoon, William Shenstone - 1765 - 332 pagina’s
...way that leadeth " to deftru&ioh, and many there be which go .** in thereat : Becaufe flrait is the gate, and " narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and ** few there be that find it * ." Arid as none can attend the ftage, but thofe in higher life* and more affluent circumflances... | |
 | George Whitefield - 1772 - 490 pagina’s
...enfnaring world, and above all, the treachery of our own hearts, to withftand and ftrive againft. " For ftrait is the gate, and narrow is the way that leadeth unto eternal life." But wherefore fliould we fear, fmce he that is with us is far more powerful, than all... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1773 - 630 pagina’s
...that wide is the gate, and broad is the -way that leadeth to deftruction, and many go in thereat; but that ftrait is the gate, and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it, Matth. vii. i2. i3. Many art called, but few are chofen. So that Chrift did not offer... | |
 | Matthew Mead - 1788 - 222 pagina’s
...it is imagined to be : This is attefted by our Lord Chrift himfelf. Matth. vii. 14. "Straight is the gate, and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." The gate of converfion is a very ftraight gate, and yet every man that would be faved... | |
 | William Howell - 1789 - 272 pagina’s
...one than the other. See Tit. ii. 1 1, 12. 8. We learn, the truth and reafon of our Lord's remark, " ftrait is the gate, and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it :" it is difagreeable to flefh and blood, has the difapprobation of the world at large,... | |
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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... 
