 | Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah), Sarah Trimmer - 1811 - 436 páginas
...secret,' some of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, which Christ came to reveal. The parables of -the treasure hid in the field and the pearl of great price are designed to shew us that nothing in this world can be so valuable to us as salvation, and that... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1869 - 636 páginas
...presented by faith rise on the troubled soul like an oasis in the desert, we are, like the men who found the treasure hid in the field and the pearl of great price, ready for joy thereof to part with all we possess, both our fancied good and our real evil, that we... | |
 | Robert Hall - 1832 - 516 páginas
...should be not a little surprised at the prevalence of a contrary persuasion ; we should probably think it strange that such an anxiety should be evinced...the Scriptures, by men, who at the same time feel no scrnple in insinuating that this boasted communication from heaven contains no truths beyond the limits... | |
 | William Burkitt - 1832 - 780 páginas
...46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. By the treasure hid in the field, and the pearl of great price, are understood, Christ, the grace of the gospel, and the way to life and salvation therein discovered... | |
 | Robert Hall - 1833 - 522 páginas
...should be not a little surprised at the prevalence of a contrary persuasion ; we should probably think it strange that such an anxiety should be evinced...reason, and that what the bulk of christians in our age hare deemed such, are the distempered visions of enthusiasm, if they are not, rfl s6me instances,... | |
 | Robert Hall - 1834 - 524 páginas
...should be not a little surprised at the prevalence of a contrary persuasion ; we should probably think it strange that such an anxiety should be evinced...reason, and that what the bulk of christians in our age have deemed such, are the distempered visions of enthusiasm, if they are not, in some instances,... | |
 | William Burkitt - 1844 - 744 páginas
...40 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. By are understood, Christ, the grace of the gospel, and the way to life and salvation therein discovered:... | |
 | William INNES (D.D., Baptist Minister.), Mrs. Martha INNES - 1844 - 234 páginas
...one of sweet refreshment and joy. Mr Thomson from Aberdeen preached to us from ]3th of Matthew, on the treasure hid in the field, and the pearl of great price ; the former he thought to refer to the gospel, — salvation by grace ; the other, to the fruits of... | |
 | Robert Hall - 1846 - 596 páginas
...should be not a little surprised at the prevalence of a contrary persuasion ; we should probably think it strange that such an anxiety should be evinced...reason, and that what the bulk of Christians in our age have deemed,such are the distempered visions of enthusiasm, if they are not, in some instances,... | |
 | sir Thomas Phillips - 1850 - 236 páginas
...I have done. No ; I thought you were the humble self-denying follower of the Saviour. Having found the treasure hid in the field, and the pearl of great price, you had sold all you had to purchase them — that is, having found the Saviour, you had given up all... | |
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He judges it necessary to spend some time and some labour in considering what it is that is true, what it is that is revealed. Were we not familiar with the fact, we should be not a little surprised at the prevalence of a contrary persuasion ; we should... 
