...Luke xiv. 1 6, where he same fact is stated by Christ, the same word is transated presseth." — " The law and the prophets were until John ; since that...God is preached, and every man presseth into it." Here the word rendered firettetfi, is precisely the same in the original, that in Matthew is rendered...

...God knoweth your hearts: for what is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. 16. The law and the prophets were until John; since...time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man (Gentile as well as Jew) presseth into it. (Men of every kind enter into it). 17. And it is easier...

...with wonderful ra-' pidity: this was eminently fulfilled under the preaching of the apostles: for " since that time the {kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it." (Luke xvi. 16.) And it is so still, when there is any remarkable out-pouring of the Spirit ; when the...

...those, who had received John's baptism, were afterwards baptised in the name of the Lord Jesus.* tince that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it. Jlnd it i> ea•ier for heaven and earth to pass than one tittle of the la-a t» fail. Luke xvi. 16,17....

...first appearance of his kingdom here on earth. And this Christ himself tells us : for his words are, (Luke xvi, 16,) "The law and the prophets were until John; since that the kingdom of God is preached." That is, the Jewish economy, under the law and the prophets, lasted...

...that of Augustine there is this difference; that ours (according to this declaration of Christ, " the law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God m is preached") (z) distinguishes between the glory of the gospel and the more obscure dispensation...

...God's sight, and by our infinite guilt have brought DISCOURSE II. PRESSING INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOU. LUKE xvi. 16. The law and the prophets were until...of God is preached, and every man presseth into it. la these words two things may be observed ; First, Wherein the work and office of John the Baptist...

...kingdom of heaven suffercth violence, and the violent take it by force." And in Luke xvi. 1(5. " The law and the prophets were until John : Since that...God is preached, and every man presseth into it." Here the expression is no less universal, than that which is objected in M ;ii'li. in. 5, 6. As to...

...beginning of the gospel, the epoch from which the New Testament dispensation is to be computed. The law and the prophets "were until John : since that time the kingdom of God is preached (1). This came to pass in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cesar, when Pontiue Pilate was...

...beginning of the gospel, the epoch from which the New Testament dispensation is to be computed. The taw and the prophets -were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached ( 1 ). This came to pass in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cesar, when Pontius Pilate...