 | Saint Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino - 1710 - 318 pages
...? Tis eajler for a Camel to gi thro' a Needle1 tEye.And Mat. 7. 14. Strait. is the Gate and Narrow the Way that leads to Life, and few there be that find it. Again, Mat. 13. 44. He compares the Kingdom of Heaven to a Treafure hid in a Fseld, and a Pearl... | |
 | John Piggott - 1714 - 554 pages
...ever we attend into the Mount of God. Our Saviour affures us, That ftrait is the Gate, and narrow if the Way that leads to Life, and few there be that find it. What with the Corruption of our Natures, the Frowns and Flatteries of the World, and the Malignity... | |
 | John Tillotson - 1748 - 448 pages
...life, keep the commandments. We may eafily miftake our way ; for ftrait is the gate, and narrow it the way that leads to life, and few there be that find it. Therefore we fhould often pray to God as David does, Pfal. exix. 19. I am a ftranger in the earth,... | |
 | Ralph Erskine - 1777 - 528 pages
...all were faved, that dream they mall be fo, furely there would be few that Jhould be damned : but, narrow is the way that leads to life, and few there be that find it. 4. Another caufe of felf-conceit is Satan, who hath a great hand herein. This is one of the great... | |
 | Ralph Erskine - 1794 - 540 pages
...all were faved, that dream they fhall be fo, furely there would be few that fhould be damned ; but, " Narrow is the way that leads to life, and few there be that find it." 4. Another caufe of felf-conceit is Satan, who hath a great hand herein. This is one of the great... | |
 | 1796 - 616 pages
...fhe higheft authority that mnny are called, but few are chofen ? That ftraight is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and few there be that find it ? Are there many in the circle of your acquaintance concerning whom you can pronounce with confidence... | |
 | Joseph Bellamy - 1804 - 454 pages
..." For," say they, f if these things be true, who then shall be saved ?" — I answer, Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way that leads to life ; and few there be thatfind it : But wide is the gate, and broad is the zyay thatleadu to destruction, andmany go in thereat.... | |
 | Thomas Belsham - 1805 - 320 pages
...who have attained that perfe<?.icn of virtue which will exempt them from all painful apprehenfipns with regard to their future ftate of being. " Strait...leads " to life, and few there be that find it," But oa the contrary, the preponderance of virtuous affections, even in characters contaminated with g;ofs... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1808 - 512 pages
...that divide the Christian world ; making manifest the truth of that of our Saviour, " Strait is the gate and narrow is the way, that leads to life, and few there be that find it." The consideration of these things has long engaged me to attend to this matter, with the utmost... | |
 | Joseph Bellamy - 1811 - 554 pages
...so. " For," say they, " if these things be true, who then shall be saved ?" I answer, Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way that leads to life ; and few there be that find it- But wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many go in thereat. Mat. vii.... | |
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Strait is the gate and narrow is the way, that leads to life, and few there be that find it. 
