 | Jesus Christ, John Henderson Thomson - 1871 - 720 halaman
...of backdrawing, for He hath said, If any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. And he that putteth his hand to the plough and looketh back, is not fit for the kingdom of heaven ; but he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved. Be not ashamed of Him, for if any... | |
 | James Lackington - 1792 - 556 halaman
...brother, do remember Lot's wife.'' Another would interrupt me in my bufinefs, to tell me, that '.' he that putteth his hand to the plough, and looketh back, is unfit for the kingdom.'* Another had juft called as he was paffing by,^ to caution me againft the bewitching... | |
 | James Lackington - 1795 - 562 halaman
...Pray brother, do remember Lot's wife." Another would interrupt me in my bufinefs, to tell me, that " He that putteth his hand to the plough, and looketh back, is unfit for the kingdom." Another had juft called as he was pafTing by, to caution me againft the bewitching... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1849 - 494 halaman
...made a public profession of religion ; since, as our Lord tells us—" He that putleth his hand lo the plough, and looketh back, is not fit for the kingdom of heaven." (Luke ix. 62.) For, in the words of our text, to " sow and not to reap," denotes to be instructed... | |
 | Alexander Proudfit - 1815 - 406 halaman
...had known it to turn aside from the holy commandment?" Is there nothing awful in that asseveration, " he that putteth his hand to the plough, and looketh back, is not fit for the kingdom of God." Consider not this admonition as harsh. The Lord God bears witness that I wrote it with emotions «f... | |
 | William Butcher (rector of Ropsley.) - 1816 - 272 halaman
...faithful, saith God, until death, and I will give thee a crown of life. Again, he saith in another place, He that putteth his hand to the plough and looketh back, is not meet for the kingdom of God. Therefore let us be strong, steadfast, and unmoveable, always abounding... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - 1831 - 516 halaman
...fill it" abundantly, with copious streams from the fountain of "living waters." O! H — , remember, "he that putteth his hand to the plough and looketh back, is not fit for the kingdom of God." Indecision in religion is ruin to the toul! There, it may most truly be said, "the woman (or man) that... | |
 | Charles Robert Maturin - 1819 - 500 halaman
...as positive as it is simple — it declares that " he that is not with them is against them" — " he that putteth his hand to the plough, and looketh back, is not fit for the kingdom of God." Felix, who probably perished in his sins, was " almost persuaded to be a Christian" — the young man,... | |
 | Thom Scott - 1824 - 680 halaman
...are divided may be induced to decline the employment, when they perceive how perilous it is : but " he that putteth his hand to the plough, " and looketh back, is not fit for the kingdom of " God." When Israel went forth to war, the priest was ordered to proclaim that the cowards might return home... | |
 | Joseph Wolff - 1824 - 374 halaman
...rich, and then they are not permitted to return to their parents any more, because Christ said, Whoso putteth his hand to the plough and looketh back is not fit for the kingdom of God. They did so with two young gentlemen of Alsace, who were only fifteen years of age. And when these... | |
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And he that putteth his hand to the plough and looketh back, is not fit for the kingdom of heaven ; but he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved. 
