| Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 pages
...children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven. Ver. 16. And he took them in his arms, and blessed them, and said, of such is the kingdom of heaven. LXXX. T/ie grief of parents at parting with their children. Gen. xliii. 14. Jacob said, If I am bereaved... | |
| Samuel Bulfinch Emmons - 1857 - 302 pages
...for a moment, could believe that he would torment little children in this way, when our Savior took them in his arms, and blessed them, and said, " Of such is the kingdom of heaven " ? No, we must attribute such things to any other source than as proceeding from the throne of God.... | |
| John Wesley - 1812 - 452 pages
...them. Christ received the children that were brought by their parents, and ' laid his hands on them, and blessed them, and said, Of such is the kingdom of heaven,' (Mark x. 13 — 16.) The promises of the Old Testament, wherein children are included in some of the... | |
| Isaac Watts - 1813 - 622 pages
...brought to him that he should touch them, his disciples rebuked those that brought them : but Jesus took them in his arms and blessed them, and said, " Of such is the kingdom of God;" Mark x. 13 — 16. 13. When a rich young man enquired of him what he should do to obtain eternal... | |
| James BOWDEN (Minister at Tooting.) - 1814 - 634 pages
...presented by their loving parents : " And he took them up in his arms, and put his hands upon them and blessed them, and said, Of such is the kingdom of heaven." Their Hosannas hailed his public entry into Jerusalem, and resounded in the temple. And while scribes... | |
| Nathaniel Lardner - 1815 - 616 pages
...And when little children were brought unto him, he expressed affection for them. He embraced them, and blessed them, and said, " Of such is the kingdom of heaven." They who vilify nature, do, in effect (though perhaps unwittingly, and undesignedly) reproach the Author... | |
| Richard Baxter - 1817 - 510 pages
...death, which are the fruits of sin. And were they not presented to Christ as a Saviour, when he took them in his arms and blessed them, and said, ' of such is the kingdom of God ':' Certainly, none that never were guilty, or miserable, are capable of a place in the kingdom... | |
| Hosea Ballou - 1818 - 432 pages
...before the Lord." Come then, my friends, to the peaceful doctrine of Jesus, who took little children in his arms and blessed them, and said, " of such is the kingdom of heaven." O the peace there is in believing this testimony ? It overcomes the plague of unbelief, and fills the... | |
| Hosea Ballou - 1818 - 448 pages
...the Lord." Come then, my friends, to the peaceful doctrine of Jesus, who took little children in bis arms and blessed them, and said, " of such is the kingdom of heaven." O the peace there is in be413 lieving this testimony ? It overcomes the plague of unbelief, and fills... | |
| Isaac Watts - 1819 - 316 pages
...brought to him that he should touch them, his disciples rebuked those that brought them : but Jesus took them in his arms and blessed them, and said, Of such is the kingdom of God. Mark x. 13— 1C. 13. When a rich young man inquired of him what he should do to obtain eternal... | |
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