...cleanfing. Lord give me delight in approaching to thee ; — delight to be at a throne of grace. O that I could make my bed there, lie and die there. • The kingdom of heaven fuffers violence, and the violent take it by force. O for ftrength to offer a holy violence by faith...

...heaven, in the midst of a course of indolence and sloth, we are expressly told in the word of God, that The kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force * ; and are therefore exhorted to Strive, with the greatest intenseness, and eagerness of mind,...

...heaven, in the midst of a course of indolence and sloth, we are expressly told in the word of God, that The kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force * ; and are therefore exhorted to Strive, with the greatest intenseness, and eagerness of mind,...

...impieties of Christians, which give the enemies of the gospel such .advantages over it. For though the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force, yet the weapons of our warefare are not carnal but spiritual. When the conversations of those...

...tempt the mind upon our Fast days, than at any other time, to prevent the exercise of Faith. But as ' the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force,' we should spend, more time in private devotion then, than what we commonly do. OF PRAYER. The...

...foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life." And our Saviour tells us, " The kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force." All these scriptures I adduce to show you, with what vigour, and diligence, and zeal, you should...

..." himself. It follows in the words of the text : " And from the days of John the Baptist until now, of eternal life, to whicli thou art called in the force." As if he said : « However 'after all, it is not everyone that will attain to this excellence...

...: if the world persecuted him, they will also persecute us : and from the days of John the baptist the kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force ; not the violent doers, but the sufferers of violence : for though the old law was established...

...kingdom of heaven, and taking it by force. Matt. xi. 12. " From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force." The DOCTRINE that I observe from the words is this. " It concerns every one that would obtain...

...These are the proportions and measures of every Christian ; for " from the days of John the Baptist, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force ;" that although " John the Baptist was the greatest that ever was born of woman," yet he that...