...producing bad effects; —except in the way the Saviour himself says his own coming would operate : "I came not to send peace but a sword, for I am come to set...against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in law, and a man's foes shall be they of his own household." And may it not be considered rather...

...designs by force. " Think not," said he to his apostles, " that I am come to send peace on earth : I came not to send peace but a sword. For I am come to set...her mother-in-law, and a man's foes shall be they of his own household," Matt. 10: 34 — 36. This passage, considered by itself as many, with great...

...peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter ag-ainwt her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-inlaw. And a man's foes shall be they of his own household." So was it in the trying day when a nation was to be boru again, politically...

...with the world. This he himself tells us : " Think not that I am come to send peace on earth : I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set...her mother-in-law : and a man's foes shall be they of his own household." Accordingly we find universally, that where a person begins to live by faith...

...kingdom of heaven is at hand, proclaimed — " Think not that I am come to send peace on earth ; I come not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set...her mother-in-law; and a man's foes shall be they of his own household." Matthew 10 : 34 — 36. The gracious Saviour also confirmed the same truth,...

...nature, which delights in orderly connexions, and is extremely disgusted with every thing incongruous. daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law...her mother-in-law. And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not wortby of me ; and he that...

...the first three centuries of the Christian era, when " a man was at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, and a man's foes were they of his own household " — when the " brother delivered up the brother to death, and the...

...up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death ; the daughter would be set at variance against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law ; and a man's foes would be they of his own household." Children would be unprovided with proper food, clothing, and instruction,...

...that which the Saviour employed. "Think not," said he, "that I am come to send peace on earth : I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set...her mother-in-law : and a man's foes shall be they of his own household. He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that...

...and kingdom. " Think not that I am come to send peace on earth ; I came not to send peace on earth, but a sword ; for I am come to set a man at variance...her mother-in-law : and a man's foes shall be they of his own household." After quoting this passage, with some of my expressions annexed in your note,...