 | Edward Irving - 1828 - 504 pages
...and from the whole drift of the New Testament. " Many are called, but few chosen." " Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." And, even in the church, both Christ and his Apostles testified of an apostasy that... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - 1828 - 328 pages
...that looks so fair, And seek thy hetter portion there." IOTA. MATTHEW Vli. 14. " Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there he that find it." The narrow path that leads to God Is found where few repair , Unlike the road so... | |
 | Extracts - 1828 - 786 pages
...promised land ; for" broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there be that go that way; but narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." Matt. vii. 13. This will be Christian's trying hour: though he may have passed through... | |
 | William Jay - 1828 - 408 pages
...when we are rebuked of him. The evils to be avoided in all these cases come so near together, that "narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." Let us take this general reflection, and apply it to a particular case. Our Lord said... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1829 - 250 pages
...of this truth which Christ teacheth you: ' Strive to enter in at the strait gate; for strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life,...be that find it; but wide is the gate and broad is the way which leadeth to destruction, and many there be that go in thereat, ' Luke xiii. 22-34. Fear... | |
 | John Sheppard - 1829 - 416 pages
...supposition that the profligate Oppianicus had gone to a place and state of suffering after death.* gate and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it ;" and which invested the future state of all the excluded, — the idolatrous, the proud,... | |
 | John Everitt Good - 1829 - 692 pages
...proceed to set before you, II. THE PATH OF CHRISTIAN HOLINESS WHICH WE ARE TO PURSUE: — "STRAIT IS THE GATE AND NARROW IS THE WAY THAT LEADETH UNTO LIFE, AND FEW THERE BE THAT FIND IT." Here we perceive that this road is put in complete contrast with the former, as it regards... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1829 - 588 pages
...portion in this matter ; seeing there are but few that have. Christ has told us, that straight is the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. There have been but few in all ages of the world. Many seek ; and many hope that they... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 606 pages
...this truth which Christ teacheth you ; " Strive to enter in at the straight gate ; for straight is the gate, and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life,...that find it : but wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there be that go in thereat f." " And fear not little... | |
 | London metrop. tabernacle - 1881 - 654 pages
...entered he felt it could not be the house of God because there were so many present, and '' Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." When he looked at me he felt sure that I was unsound, for I should not look so cheerful... | |
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Strive to enter in at the strait gate ; for strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it... 
