...is refused.* When one said to him, Lord are there fere that be saved? he answered, Strive to enter in at the strait gate : for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be uWe.t There is nothing in the scriptures tending, in its own nature, to excite levity or folly....

...which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." At another time lie said, " Strive to enter in at the strait gate : for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able." The great difficulty that lies in the •way of men's obtaining the enjoyments of hearen,...

...way which leadeth unto life, and few there be that Jind it." (Matt. vii. 13, 14.) " Strive to enter in at the strait gate ; for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able." (Luke xiii. 24.) And likewise we have in the parable of the sower and the seed, four...

...few that be saved ?" He bade the inquirer, and ourselves in him, look to himself: " Strive to enter in at the strait gate : for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able."* Many will seek other ways, different from that which God hath provided in and through...

...will and to do of His good pleasure." ' And the words of Christ Himself, who says, " Strive to enter in at the strait gate : for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able." 7 1 Isa. lv. 1. 2 Heb. ix. 27. 3 Eccl. ix. 10. * Isa. lv. 6. b 2 Pet. i. 10. 6 Philip,...

...their salvation, who seem to have taken some pains to obtain it : as in thase words : " Strive to enter in at the strait gate ; for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able." Here our blessed Lord commands us to strive to enter in, because many will fail who only...

...of heaven suffereth " violence, and the violent take it by force." l " Strive (dysw'fy<rte) to enter in at the strait 'gate, " for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in " and will not be able." 2 " The kingdom of God " is preached, and every man presseth into it" — t\s dim-,*...

...it is refused.* When one said to him, Lord are there few that be saved? he answered, Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and ihall not be «/)/(.'.! There is nothing in the scriptures tending, in its own nature, to excite levity...

...of his supper," the rich provision which he has made for the eternal entertainment of his guests. " When once the Master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door," you will in vain stand without, and knock for admission. In a word, Now he declares by his servants...

...several days, when reading the 13th of Luke at the 24th which is--" Strive to enter in at the straight gate, for many I say unto you will seek to enter in and shall not be able ;" and considering that the word strive was not so emphatical as it ought to be rendered...