| Thornhill Kidd - 1817 - 804 pages
...(PREACHED IN TIME OF HARVEST.) MARK iv. 26—29. And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; and should sleep,...and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoiceth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself: first the blade, then the ear, after... | |
| Rammohun Roy - 1820 - 100 pages
...him .shall be taken even 1'iaf. which he hath. And he said, So. is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground ; and should sleep,...and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth riot how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the Hade, then the ear, after that the... | |
| Congregational churches - 1837 - 552 pages
...writes, under the same date — In our houses the work of Cod goes on its course gradually, as if a man should cast seed into the ground, and should sleep...and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knowelh not how; for the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself, first the blade, then the ear. afterward... | |
| Thomas Adam - Theology - 1822 - 562 pages
...comparison, Mark, iv. 27; " so is the kingdom of God" — in the world, and in every soul — " as if a man should cast seed into the ground, and should sleep...seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how ;" that is, as it keeps going forward and attains its full growth imperceptibly, so is a work of grace... | |
| Rammohun Roy (Raja) - Unitarianism - 1823 - 358 pages
...from him shall be taken even that which he hath. And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground ; and should sleep,...fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come. And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God ? or... | |
| 1824 - 172 pages
...a man should cast seed into the ground, and should sleep or rise night and day, yet the seed would spring and grow up, he knoweth not how, for the earth...fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come." In this progressive state we are told to consider ourselves.... | |
| Theology - 1824 - 314 pages
...not preceded by heralds, crying, 'lo here or lo there" Again, "so is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground, and should sleep,...seed should spring and grow up he knoweth not how." As th« grain progresses in growth, tho nobody sees it grow, so the advances we make in knowledge,... | |
| James Nichols - Arminianism - 1824 - 562 pages
...of,) " cometh not (always) with observation :" (Luke xvii, 20.) but (many times) it is "as if a man should cast seed into the ground, and should sleep,...seed should spring, and grow up, he knoweth not how." (Mark iv, 26, 27.) And therefore, I observe, our Saviour and £his]] Apostle do direct us to make our... | |
| James Nichols - 1824 - 554 pages
...of,) " comoth not (always) with observation :" (Luke xvii, 20.) but (many times) it is "as if a man should cast seed into the ground, and should sleep,...seed should spring, and grow up, he knoweth not how." (Mark iv, 26, 27.) And therefore, I observe, our Saviour and £his3 Apostle do direct us to make our... | |
| Rammohun Roy (Raja) - Unitarianism - 1825 - 356 pages
...from him shall be taken even that which he hath. And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground ; and should sleep,...corn in the ear. But when the fruit is brought forth, im46 mediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come. And he said, Whereunto shall... | |
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