...words of our Saviour breathe an " abominable spirit of infinite domestic unhappiness," when he says : Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth ?...divided against the son, and the son against the father, fyc. But it cannot possibly escape the observation of the enlightened reader. that Mr. S. and the Reviewers...

...words of our Saviour breathe an " abominable spirit of infinite domestic unhappiness," when he says : Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth ?...divided, three against two, and two against three. Tht father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father, fyc. But it cannot possibly...

...find in the writings of St. Luke, xii. 51 — 53. " Suppose ye that 1 am come to give peace on earth 1 I tell you, Nay; but rather division: for from henceforth...be divided against the son, and the son against the talker/' &c. Further Malachi states, ii. 5. "And I gave them to him for the fear wherewith Ite ' feared...

...men were partakers of the Spirit of Christ, and obedient to his commandments. But hath not he said, " Suppose ye that I am " come to give peace on earth...house divided, three against " two, and two against three."1 To this it may be answered, that predictions of future events must be distinguished from commands,...

...against her mother in law ; and a man's foes have been those of his own household."* " There have been five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. The father divided against the son, and the son against the father ; the mother against the daughter, and the...

...which foretold the divisions and dissensions that should accompany the propagation of the Gospel. " Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth ?...rather division. For from henceforth there shall . be Jive in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. The father shall be divided against...

...50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with ; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished ! 51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth ? I tell you, Nay ; but rather division 52 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against...

...disciples that the effect of his gospel would often be to create divisions in families — that there would be " five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three ;" adding that " the father should be divided against the son, and the son against the father ; the...

...kindled ? But Í have a baptism to be baptized with ; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished ! Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth ?...The father shall be divided against the son, and the eon against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother ; the...

...men were partakers of the Spirit of Christ, and obedient to his commandments. But hath not he said, " Suppose ye that I am " come to give peace on earth...house divided, three against " two, and two against three."1 To this it may be answered, that predictions of future events must be distinguished from commands,...