 | Religion - 1836 - 432 pages
...flowery avenue 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... | |
 | William Paley - Theology - 1836 - 626 pages
...difficulty, trial, and temptation : that " many are called, but few are chosen ;" that " strait is the {ate, 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,1' there will be no place... | |
 | Christian biography - 1836 - 436 pages
...avenue attracts the eye ; no syren songs of worldly pleasure allure the ear; "but strait is the Rate, 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... | |
 | William Paley - Theology - 1836 - 628 pages
...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 Lie that find it :" and lastly, that, "if the righteous themselves shall scarcely be saved, '* there... | |
 | William Paley - 1837 - 504 pages
...difficulty, trial, and temptation ; that "many are called, but few are chosen;" that " straight 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... | |
 | Joseph Hall - Brownists - 1837 - 604 pages
...outward calling should carry it from election ; for many are called, few are chosen. Hell from Heaven ; for strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life. Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil, saith God : but, if any have a mind to do... | |
 | Caroline Wilson - 1837 - 320 pages
...the few and not the many that with a true and living faith accept the promises and enter into rest. " For strait is the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." Few was the church of God when it floated over the waters... | |
 | Joseph Hall - Bishops - 1837 - 610 pages
...outward calling should carry it from election ; for many are called, few are chosen. Hell from Heaven ; for strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life. Tliou shall not follow a multitude to do evil, saith God : but, if any have a mind to do... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - Presbyterian Church - 1838 - 552 pages
...heard the Lord saying, " Many are called, but few chosen." And again : " Strait is the gate, and narrow the way, that leadeth to life : And few there be that find it." [Matth. vii. 13, 14.] Who that is in his senses would not wish to be of the few that enter through... | |
 | John Leifchild, Redford (Rev. Dr.) - Sermons - 1838 - 586 pages
...way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 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." The command is, " Seek, and ye shall find—knock, and it... | |
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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. 
