 | Samuel Clarke - 1736 - 376 pages
...faying, he went away forrowful: for he had great pofleffions. 23 J Then faid Jefus unto his difcir pies, Verily I fay unto you, that a rich man fhall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. 24 And again I fay unto you, It is eafter for a camel 20. The young Man, rejoycing at his Anfwer, and... | |
 | John Tillotson - 1757 - 498 pages
...fatal to men. So our SAVJOUR tells us 5 ER M. us elfewhere very emphatically, Matth. xix. 23, 24. " Verily I fay unto you, that a rich man fhall hardly ** enter into the kingdom of heaven : and again I " fay unto you, it is eaficr for a camel to go through " the eye of a needle, than for... | |
 | Jonathan Mayhew - 1763 - 378 pages
...riches, the danger attending them, and the fatal confequehces of a worldly mind ; faying, " Verily, I {ay unto you, that a rich man fhall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven." Or, as it is expreffed in another evangelift, " How hardly {hall they that have riches, enter into... | |
 | John Witherspoon, William Shenstone - 1765 - 332 pages
...a greater proportion of them who are enemies to pure and undefiled religion. Thus, fays our Saviour to his difciples, *' Verily I fay unto you, that a...fhall *' hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. And " again I fay unto you, it is eafier for a camel " to go through the eye of a needle^ than for... | |
 | Henry Stebbing - 1788 - 518 pages
...fide, which mew that religion is not only neglected but defpifed. — It is our Saviour's obfervation,i that *' a rich man fhall hardly enter into the " kingdom of heaven:" — there are difficulties in a high and wealthy ftate, with refpect to thofe attainments that are... | |
 | David Hartley - 1801 - 362 pages
...obtain and fecure that righfeoufm-fs, and perfection, neceffjry to all the difciples and foltowers of Jefus. This is clear from what follows. When this...uttered, had not the young man, by declining to obey Chrift's injunction, excluded himfelf from the kingdom of heaven, and not merely from an extraordinary... | |
 | David Hartley - 1801 - 364 pages
...eternal life ; he only directed him to do what would enable him to obtain and fecure that righteoufnefs, and perfection, neceflary to all the difciples and...difciples : verily I fay unto you, that a rich man (hall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven: a fentence that certainly would not have been uttered,... | |
 | Robert Fleming - 1801 - 448 pages
...near and ferioufly pondered , 1. That it is fo exprefsly told us by the Lord, Matth. xix. 23, 24. " Verily, I fay unto you, that a rich man fhall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. And again, I fay unto you, that it is eafier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for... | |
 | John Witherspoon, John Rodgers - 1802 - 600 pages
...no " fruit to perfection." Matt. xix. 23, 24. " Then faid " Jefus unto his difciples, Verily I lay unto you, that a " rich man fhall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. " And again I fay unto you, It is eafier for a camel to go " through the eye of a needle, than for... | |
 | John Witherspoon, John Rodgers - 1802 - 604 pages
...a greater proportion of them who are enemies to pure and undefikd religion. Thus, fays our Saviour to his difciples, " Verily I fay unto you, that a rich man ILill " hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. And again "I fay unto you, it is eafier for a camel... | |
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... of Jefus. This is clear from what follows. When this young man, who thought the injunction too hard, went away forrowing, Jefus faid to his difciples: verily I fay unto you, that a rich man fhall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven... 