 | Joshua Spalding - 1812 - 340 páginas
...final victory* Our Lord alludes to this three-fold state of the church in his parable, Mark iv. 26. " And he said, So *' is the KINGDOM OF GOD, as if a...of herself; First, the " BLADE, then the EAR, after that the FULL CORK ** IN THE EAR." The same view of the gospel church is particularly given by the... | |
 | 1812 - 594 páginas
...in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens." The Lord saith, The Kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed into the ground, and...fruit of herself, first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear ; hut when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he puttcth iu the... | |
 | William Jay - 1812 - 284 páginas
...it to the ground, and then pursues his other business—and what can his anxiety do afterwards ? " So " is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast...spring and grow up, he " knoweth not how. For the earth briugeth forth fruit " of herself, first the blade, then the ear, after that the " full corn in the... | |
 | 1805 - 672 páginas
...that word of our Lord, in Mark iv. 16, 17, wat strikingly realized," So is the king.dom of God ; as it a man should cast seed into the ground, and should...seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how." About Christmas 1803, it pleased the Lord to visit her with a disor. der of the pulmonary kind, which... | |
 | John Fleetwood - 1813 - 558 páginas
...rapid success did not attend their labours. " So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast need into the ground, and should sleep, and rise night...fruit of herself, first the blade, then the ear, after that the iull corn in the ear. But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he pattern m the sickle... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 640 páginas
...kindly conduct of a heavenly daily life. His career is a long succession of good harvests. Our Lord said, " So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should...of herself ; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear" (Mark iv. 26-28). The object of this paper will be obtained if the young... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1879 - 622 páginas
...whence it cometh, and whither it goeth : so is every one that is born of the Spirit '' (John iii. 8). " So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast...and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he kuoweth not how. For the •earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after... | |
 | Richard Chapple Whalley - 1815 - 122 páginas
...progress, by mortal eyes. We have our Lord's warrant for it, that the kingdom of God within us" is as if a man should cast seed into the ground, and...seed should spring and grow up he knoweth not how (advancing gradually), first the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear ;" and our experience... | |
 | Samuel Charters - 1815 - 110 páginas
...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... | |
 | Robert Morehead - 1816 - 492 páginas
...destruction, 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...in the ear. " But when the fruit is brought forth, im" mediately he putteth in the sickle, be" cause the harvest is come." A similar image is applied... | |
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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, then the ear,... 
