A commentary on the Gospel according to st. MatthewG. Scratton, 1874 |
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... enter that good land but die in the wilderness . That was a temporal chastisement , and perhaps there are others of a like nature that befall other persons ; owing to the same evidence after trial , of the weak quality of their godly ...
... enter that good land but die in the wilderness . That was a temporal chastisement , and perhaps there are others of a like nature that befall other persons ; owing to the same evidence after trial , of the weak quality of their godly ...
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... enter into life , but only in a maimed state , and suggests that he might have entered with more that once belonged to him . The variety of things around in themselves innocent and lawful , is ample , so that a mind , most resolved ...
... enter into life , but only in a maimed state , and suggests that he might have entered with more that once belonged to him . The variety of things around in themselves innocent and lawful , is ample , so that a mind , most resolved ...
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... enter into thy closet ; and , when thou hast shut thy door , pray . Upon these directions some perplexities may arise , not merely as to the possibility , but as to the obligation , of private prayer before wit- nesses , especially ...
... enter into thy closet ; and , when thou hast shut thy door , pray . Upon these directions some perplexities may arise , not merely as to the possibility , but as to the obligation , of private prayer before wit- nesses , especially ...
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... enter themselves runners for the prizes of worldly wealth and advancement , with no alternative to success but disgrace placed before them , no clear teaching of the duty of exertion quite independently of being winners of such prizes ...
... enter themselves runners for the prizes of worldly wealth and advancement , with no alternative to success but disgrace placed before them , no clear teaching of the duty of exertion quite independently of being winners of such prizes ...
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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 : 14. Because strait is the gate , and narrow is the way , which leadeth unto life , and ...
... 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 : 14. Because strait is the gate , and narrow is the way , which leadeth unto life , and ...
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Page 299 - Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? 46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
Page 289 - But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day : for then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
Page 240 - Ye lust, and have not ; ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain ; ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not ; ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
Page 302 - But the wise answered, saying, Not so : lest there be not enough for us and you : but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
Page 30 - Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. % But let your communication be, Yea, yea ; nay, nay : for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Page 54 - But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness...
Page 16 - Alas ! alas ! Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once; And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy: How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are? O, think on that; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Page 128 - A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
Page 343 - In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.
Page 339 - Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 46 Rise, let us be going; behold, he is at hand that doth betray me.