 | Jonathan Edwards - Religion - 1830 - 610 pages
...its manifestation in the heart of a convert, as is said, Mark iv. 20, 27, 28. " So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground,...the seed should spring, and grow up, he knoweth not ho\' ; for the earth bringeth forth of herself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1830 - 642 pages
...gradually ; and so Christ tells us, is the kingdom of God. Mark iv. 26, 27, 28. "So is the kingdom of God ; as if a man should cast seed into the ground,...and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knovveth not how : for the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after... | |
 | Rev. John BARR (of Glasgow.) - Christian life - 1831 - 348 pages
...Redeemer beautifully illustrates this in one of his parables : " And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;...of herself ; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear."* After the seed is sown, the husbandman, attentive though he be, cannot... | |
 | William Jay - Families - 1833 - 518 pages
...then pursues his other business — and what can his anxiety do after wards 7 So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground,...the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not iow. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of ierself, first the blade, then the ear, after that lie full... | |
 | James Bassnett Mills - Dissenters - 1831 - 434 pages
...He affirms that " the kingdom of God cometh not with observalion,"t and that more frequently it is "as if a man should cast seed into the ground, and...the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how."J And, therefore,, the mere fact of laying claim to the operation of the Spirit in Conversion... | |
 | John Fleetwood - Apostles - 1831 - 676 pages
...when they saw that an immediate and rapid success did not attend their labors. " So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground,...and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knowcth not how. For the earth bringing forth fruit of herself: first the blade, then the ear, after... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - 1832 - 586 pages
...holiness. Amen. SECTION XXI. MATT. xm. 31—35. MARK iv. 26 — 34. AND he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground...putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come. And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare... | |
 | Hosea Ballou - Sermons, American - 1832 - 376 pages
...God is at hand ; repent ye, and believe the gospel ;" iv. 26, &c. " And he said, so is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground...of herself ; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear." — "And he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God ? or with... | |
 | William Burkitt - 1832 - 780 pages
...should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. 28 acquainted us with a famous encounter which the Pharisees...from the temple, he saw a man lying, possibly by the Tim parable of our Saviour's is an instructive lesson to the ministers of the gospel, faithfully to... | |
 | John Relly Beard - Families - 1831 - 492 pages
...the ground, that he might satisfy himself in what manner the process of vegetation was carried on. " For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first...putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come." It may sometimes happen, that when the Divine counsels are explicit, and the means by which they will... | |
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So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear,... 
