 | 1811 - 406 pages
...there few that be saved? he did not assert the contrary, but answered and said, '• Strive to enter in at the strait g-ate : for many, I say unto you, will sef?k to enter in, and shall not be able." In another place he says, " Enter ye in at the strait gate... | |
 | John Wesley - 1811 - 454 pages
...their not being able to enter in, in the words which immediately follow these. For after he had said, " Many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall noc be able," he subjoins, " When once the master of the house is risen up and hath shut to the door,... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 464 pages
...shall seek me, and shall not find me," John vii. 34, "Ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins." " Many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able." All these seek for happiness in God, but find it not; therefore are not partakers of... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 522 pages
...be imreated, when abused patience will break forth into fury, Luke xiii. 24, 25. ' Strive to enter in at the strait gate : for many, I say unto you,...the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 560 pages
...time comes, they must apply for his mercy. Hence, our Lord exhorts, Luke xiii. 25. ' Strive to enter in at the strait gate : for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.' 4. A secret fear that all is wrong. This frights them from self-examination ; and they... | |
 | Seth Williston - 1812 - 252 pages
...be the means of greatly exciting it. " Strive to enter in at the strait gate," said the Saviour : " for many I say unto you will seek to enter in, and shall not be able." If there is great danger of a mistake, then there is great need of close and prayerful... | |
 | John Jones - 1812 - 1054 pages
...him, Are there few who will be saved ? And he said unto them, Strive to enter in by the narrow door : for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able : when once the master of the house hath risen up, and ye begin to stay without, and... | |
 | John Fleetwood - 1813 - 558 pages
...offers, but should be denied their request. " Strive to enter in at the strait gate ; for many, ³ say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not...once the Master of the house is risen up and hath ahut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open... | |
 | Alden Bradford - 1813 - 544 pages
...24 said unto them, Strive to enter in at the strait gate : I assure you, that many will seek to 25 enter in, and shall not be able. When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us... | |
 | James Wilson - 1814 - 342 pages
...lost ?" To such queries, perhaps the best reply occurs in Luke xin, 23, 24. " Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved ? And he said unto...many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able." Should this admonitory reply not silence the caviling objector, then let him reply to... | |
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Strive to enter in at the strait gate : for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. 
