 | Ann Taylor - 1825 - 276 pages
...vestige of them remain ! ' Your fathers, where are they ? ' Our Lord assures us, that ' strait is the gate, and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it :' if so, it might be inferred of our departed ancestors, that the number of those who... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1825 - 426 pages
...of this truth which Christ teachcth you, " 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 ; but wide is the gate and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there... | |
 | 724 pages
...is' the road, that leadeth to destruction, and many there are that walk therein ; and straight is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life, and few there are that 'find it. It is good for me to keep in view the end of the church and the world.- " The wicked... | |
 | 1826 - 794 pages
...that to ascend the hill of virtue was a work of difficulty; and our Lord says, that " strait is the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." Now is it not the fashion of the present day to place goodness in act« of very easy... | |
 | George Fulton - 1826 - 224 pages
...be of good comfort, for they should sup with CHB.IST that night. His last words were, Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. It would be tedious to give a particular account of the many who suffered upon this occasion... | |
 | 1871 - 592 pages
...Christian masses in oar day, the answer may be soon given in our Lord's own words : " Strait is the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there le that find it" Now these words are in direct antagonism to the religion of the day. Christ in His... | |
 | George Bull - 1827 - 518 pages
...of the catechism, wherein the Fathers seem to have forgotten the words of our Saviour, Strait is the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it, Matt. vii. 14. And that therefore he hath appointed the sacrament of penance, as a help... | |
 | John Platts - 1827 - 676 pages
...carry them in his bosom, and shall eently lead those that are with young. MAT. vii. 14: Strait is me gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life; and few there be that find it. JOHN, x. 27, 28: My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me : and I... | |
 | Thomas Shaw B. Reade - 1827 - 484 pages
...Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and ending of all our desires and affections. 0 ! how strait is the gate and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life ; and few there be that find it. May I never forget this unchangeable truth ; that Jesus is the only way of escape from... | |
 | William Beveridge (bp. of st. Asaph.) - 1827 - 538 pages
...from heaven to earth, on purpose to show us the way from earth to heaven, saith, that " strait is the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be thaj find it." 420 And let not any think that Christ spake these words in vain, or that it is no great... | |
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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 which go in thereat : because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it... 
