 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade,...  A Narrative of Surprising Conversionsby Jonathan Edwards - 2000 - 116 pagesNo preview available - About this book
 | Samuel Charters - Bashfulness - 1815 - 110 pages
...fruitfess labours, finds comfort in the parable preserved by Mark : " So is the kingdom of " God, as a man should cast seed into the " ground, and should...seed should spring and * grow Up he knoweth not how." TACITURNITY renders them less instructive, less social, and at times wearisome. They are afraid of... | |
 | Samuel Lavington - Sermons, English - 1815 - 622 pages
...or upward, in the branches of fervor or holy activity* " So is the kingdom of God," says Christ, " as if a man should cast seed into the ground, and should jsleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring, and grow up, he knoweth.not how. So the... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - Dissenters, Religious - 1815 - 644 pages
...Christ, or of the multitude, this passage is peculiar to St. Mark. . . 12.) Ch. iv. 26. " And he said: So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast his seed into the ground, 27- And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring... | |
 | Robert Morehead - 1816 - 492 pages
...is sent by a watchful Providence to complete the great object of his destination. — " And he said, So is the kingdom of " God, as if a man should cast...of herself, first the blade, then the " ear, after that the full corn in the ear. " But when the fruit is brought forth, im" mediately he putteth in the... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1817 - 616 pages
...proper perfection gradually; and so Christ tells us, is the kingdom of God. Mark iv. 26, 27, 28. " So is the kingdom of God ; as if a man should cast...Fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the enr." The imprudences and errors that have attended this work, are the less... | |
 | Samuel Holland - 1817 - 344 pages
...almost needless to observe, is taken from a beautiful Parable of our Saviour related by St. Mark iv. 26. So is the kingdom of God, as if a Man should cast...seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. And can it be supposed that our Lord's own Doctrine " has a tendency rather to discourage than to ani*... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1817 - 590 pages
...kingdom of God as to its manifestation in the heart of a convert, as is said, Mark iv. 26, 21, 28. So •is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast...and day, and the seed should spring, and grow up, he knowth not how; for the earth bringeth forth of herself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full... | |
 | Samuel Holland - 1817 - 344 pages
...taken from a beautiful Parable of our Saviour related by St. Mark iv. 26. So is the kingdom of God, us if a Man should cast Seed into the ground, and should...and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he kiwweth not how. And can it be supposed that our Lord's own Doctrine " has a tendency rather to discourage... | |
 | Unitarianism - 1817 - 680 pages
...shall be taken even that which he hath." 26 He said also, " So is the kingdom of God, as if a man 27 should cast seed into the ground; and should sleep...and day; and the seed should spring and grow up, he 28 knoweth not how. (For the earth bringeth forth fruit of itself; first the blade, then the ear, then... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1817 - 726 pages
...be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath. 26 f And he said, " So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground ; 27 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knowcth not... | |
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