 | New Church gen. confer - 1879 - 622 страници
...whence it cometh, and whither it goeth : so is every one that is born of the Spirit '' (John iii. 8). " So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast...and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he kuoweth not how. For the •earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1861 - 626 страници
...love and wisdom in the human soul, is compared to seed ; for thus it is written in the parable, — " So is the kingdom of God as if a man should cast seed into the ground, and should deep and rise, night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up he Itnoweth not how ; for the... | |
 | 1814 - 570 страници
...So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should east seed into the ground, 27 And should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. 28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the... | |
 | William Clayton - 1814 - 420 страници
...corn, it may chance of wheat or some other grain, you depend on God for the event; and so it is in the Kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into his ground ; he sleeps, he rises, night and day — but whether cheerfully trusting to the Divine promise,... | |
 | Richard Chapple Whalley - 1815 - 122 страници
...progress, by mortal eyes. We have our Lord's warrant for it, that the kingdom of God within us" is as if a man should cast seed into the ground, and...the seed should spring and grow up he knoweth not how (advancing gradually), first the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear ;" and our... | |
 | Samuel Charters - 1815 - 110 страници
...fruitfess labours, finds comfort in the parable preserved by Mark : " So is the kingdom of " God, as a man should cast seed into the " ground, and should...the seed should spring and * grow Up he knoweth not how." TACITURNITY renders them less instructive, less social, and at times wearisome. They are afraid... | |
 | Samuel Lavington - 1815 - 622 страници
...or upward, in the branches of fervor or holy activity* " So is the kingdom of God," says Christ, " as if a man should cast seed into the ground, and should jsleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring, and grow up, he knoweth.not how. So the... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1815 - 644 страници
...Christ, or of the multitude, this passage is peculiar to St. Mark. . . 12.) Ch. iv. 26. " And he said: So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast his seed into the ground, 27- And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring... | |
 | Robert Morehead - 1816 - 492 страници
...is sent by a watchful Providence to complete the great object of his destination. — " And he said, So is the kingdom of " God, as if a man should cast...the seed should " spring and grow up, he knoweth not " how. For the earth bringeth forth " fruit of herself, first the blade, then the " ear, after that... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1817 - 616 страници
...proper perfection gradually; and so Christ tells us, is the kingdom of God. Mark iv. 26, 27, 28. " So is the kingdom of God ; as if a man should cast...the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how: for the earth bringeth forth Fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full... | |
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And He said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. 
