 | Jeremy Taylor, Thomas Smart Hughes - 1831 - 444 σελίδες
...These are the proportions and measures of every Christian ; for ' from the days of John the Baptist, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force ;' that although ' John the Baptist was the greatest that ever was born of woman,' yet he that... | |
 | Thomas Smart Hughes - 1831 - 460 σελίδες
...if the world persecuted him, they will also persecute us:' and 'from the days of John the Baptist, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force ;' not ' the violent doers,' but ' the sufferers of violence :' for though the old law was established... | |
 | Abraham Tucker - 1831 - 536 σελίδες
...and is by that error too frequently corrupted into righteousness overmuch : but it is not thus that the kingdom of heaven suffers violence and the violent take it by ' force ; for the incense of thanksgiving casts up the sweetest odor when streaming spontaneously from... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor - 1834 - 658 σελίδες
...if the world persecuted him, they will also persecute us;" and "from the days of John the Baptist, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force. " For though the old law was established in the promises of temporal prosperity ; yet the Gospel... | |
 | Lorenzo Dow - 1834 - 268 σελίδες
...tempt the mind upon our Fast days, than at any other time, to prevent the exercise of Faith. But as ' the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force,' we should; spend more time in private devotion then, than what we com/ monly do. OF PRAYER.... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor - 1836 - 624 σελίδες
...if the world persecuted him, they will also persecute us:' and ' from the days of John the Baptist, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force ; ' not ' the violent doers,' but ' the sufferers of violence.' For though the old law was established... | |
 | John Warburton - 1837 - 154 σελίδες
...And I thought there was no other way but to keep 011 crying for it night and day; for, thinks I, " the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force." I went several times to supply at this chapel, and every time I went, I was more and more in... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor - 1838 - 390 σελίδες
...if the world persecuted him, they will also persecute us:' and ' from the days of John the Baptist, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force ;' not ' the violent doers,' but ' the sufferers of violence.' For though the old law was established... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1838 - 642 σελίδες
...which has been given of the text. 1. From what has been said, we may perceive, that when our Lord says, the kingdom of heaven " suffers violence, and the violent take it by force ;" the primary meaning of " the kingdom of heaven" is " the kingdom of God" under the Messiah,... | |
 | William Bates - 1838 - 456 σελίδες
...proportion to the desires. Our Saviour tells us,, ' That from the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.' Some previous rays of the Sun ot righteousness appeared in his ministry, and produced such... | |
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And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force. 
