| Joanna Southcott - 1813 - 626 pages
...him mustard-seed, which a man took and sowed in his field; which,.indeed, is the least of allseeds ; but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs,...of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof." as one of the judges; but no one knew for what ends I ordered this to be done, as the type and shadow... | |
| William Clayton - Sermons, English - 1814 - 420 pages
...be extinguished; the spark of grace shall become a light to the world ; the grain of mustard seed, " which indeed is the least of all seeds ; but when...the air come" " and lodge in the branches thereof."* The struggling- desires after holiness; the feeblest religious impressions ; the scanty and slender... | |
| William Jay - Sermons - 1814 - 552 pages
...after that the full corn in the ear." Is it the mustard-seed? What though its beginning be small, " when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs,...the air " come and lodge in the branches thereof." Is it leaven? It pervades "the meal, till the whole be Icav" ened." Is the christian a scholar ; and... | |
| Paul Wright - Christian biography - 1814 - 428 pages
...like to a grain of mustard seed, which « man took tnd sowed in his field , which indeed is th • least of all seeds: but when it is grown it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh airee so> that the birds of (he aireóme and lodge, in the branches thereof." This may be considered... | |
| Nathaniel Lardner - Dissenters, Religious - 1815 - 616 pages
...which a man took and sowed in his field; which indeed is the least of all seeds; but when it is grown, is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree,...the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches of it." This text is another clear proof of the same thing. And his prediction is- delivered with some... | |
| Adam Clarke - 1817 - 726 pages
...kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field : 32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds : but when...of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. 'Estli. 7. 6. "Luke 9. 54. 1 PeL 1. S3. «Ch.3. 12. " fsai. 2. 9, 3. Mic. 4. 1. Metk 4. 30. Luke 13.... | |
| Joseph Benson - Christian literature, American - 1817 - 630 pages
...to a grain of mustard-seed, which a man took and sowed in his field, which, indeed, is a small seed, but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs,...of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof." 10. Now all this will redtmnd to our benefit. Hereby, first, our joy and happiness must be increased... | |
| Theology, Doctrinal - 1819 - 488 pages
...you*. The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field ; which indeed is the least of all seeds : but when...of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof b. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every... | |
| Emanuel Swedenborg - 1819 - 768 pages
...otherwise than by the minute particles . exhaled from it; as into a " grain of mustard seed, which is the least of all seeds, but when it is grown it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, " Matt. xiii. 31, 32. Since then all created objects are endowed with freedom of deter- '. mination,... | |
| Rammohun Roy - 1820 - 100 pages
...The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard-seed, which a man took and sowed in his field : which indeed is the least of all seeds ; but when...of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. Another parable spake he unto them : the kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took,... | |
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