...knoweth your hearts: for what is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. 16. The law and the prophets were until John; since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man (Gentile as well as Jew) presseth into it. (Men of every kind enter into it). 17. And...

...Luke xiv. 1 6, where he same fact is stated by Christ, the same word is transated presseth." — " The law and the prophets were until John ; since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it." Here the word rendered firettetfi, is precisely the same in the original,...

...by our infinite guilt have brought DISCOURSE II. PRESSING INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOU. LUKE xvi. 16. The law and the prophets were until John : since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it. la these words two things may be observed ; First, Wherein the work...

...beginning of the gospel, the epoch from which the New Testament dispensation is to be computed. The law and the prophets "were until John : since that time the kingdom of God is preached (1). This came to pass in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cesar, when Pontiue Pilate was...

...beginning of the gospel, the epoch from which the New Testament dispensation is to be computed. The taw and the prophets -were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached ( 1 ). This came to pass in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cesar, when Pontius Pilate...

...to the signification of the present prophecy, is evident from other: Scriptures, for we read, " The law and the prophets were until John : since that time the kingdom of God is preached." Luke xvi. 16. And again, " All the prophets and the law prophesied until John.- - Matthew xi. 13. The...

...to the signification of the present prophecy, is evident from other Scriptures, for we read, " The law and the prophets were until John : since that time the kingdom of God is preached." Luke xv.i. 16. And again, " All the prophets and the law prophesied until John." Matthew xi. 13. The...

...your hearts; for that which is highly esteemed amongst men is abomination in the sight of God. The law and the prophets were until John : since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man preeseth into it. And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the...

...annulled. To this purpose are those frequent discourses of the holy Scriptures of the New Testament : " The law and the prophets were until John ; since that time the kingdom of God is preached ' :" where the two terms of the law and the Gospel are expressly described ; John the Baptist being...

...Observe the 16th and 17th verses?, by which the parable and its true application may be understood. "The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presscth into it. And it is easier for heaven and eartif to pass, than one tittle of...