 | Jonathan Edwards - 1817 - 616 pages
...proper perfection 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 should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how: for the earth bringeth forth Fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn... | |
 | Samuel Holland - 1817 - 344 pages
...almost needless to observe, is taken from a beautiful Parable of our Saviour related by St. Mark iv. 26. So is the kingdom of God, as if a Man should cast...seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. And can it be supposed that our Lord's own Doctrine " has a tendency rather to discourage than to ani*... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1817 - 590 pages
...kingdom of God as to its manifestation in the heart of a convert, as is said, Mark iv. 26, 21, 28. So •is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast...and day, and the seed should spring, and grow up, he knowth not how; for the earth bringeth forth of herself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full... | |
 | Samuel Holland - 1817 - 344 pages
...taken from a beautiful Parable of our Saviour related by St. Mark iv. 26. So is the kingdom of God, us if a Man should cast Seed into the ground, and should...and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he kiwweth not how. And can it be supposed that our Lord's own Doctrine " has a tendency rather to discourage... | |
 | 1817 - 680 pages
...shall be taken even that which he hath." 26 He said also, " So is the kingdom of God, as if a man 27 should cast seed into the ground; and should sleep...and day; and the seed should spring and grow up, he 28 knoweth not how. (For the earth bringeth forth fruit of itself; first the blade, then the ear, then... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1817 - 726 pages
...be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath. 26 f And he said, " So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground ; 27 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knowcth not... | |
 | Thornhill Kidd - 1817 - 804 pages
...effects, and glorious in its result. I. God carries on his work of grace by THE INSTRUMENTALITY OF MEN. " So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground." — The practice of the husbandman is well known : it is here noticed for the purpose of illustrating... | |
 | Rammohun Roy - 1820 - 100 pages
...shall be given; and .be that hath uot, from him .shall be taken even 1'iaf. which he hath. And he said, So. is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast...and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth riot how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the Hade, then the ear, after that the... | |
 | 1837 - 552 pages
...Iseuberg writes, under the same date — In our houses the work of Cod goes on its course gradually, as if a man should cast seed into the ground, and...and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knowelh not how; for the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself, first the blade, then the ear. afterward... | |
 | Thomas Adam - 1822 - 562 pages
...own comparison, Mark, iv. 27; " so is the kingdom of God" — in the world, and in every soul — " as if a man should cast seed into the ground, and...seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how ;" that is, as it keeps going forward and attains its full growth imperceptibly, so is a work of grace... | |
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And He said, 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. 
