...ruins. I stood under a large tree, on the side of it, and called to most of the inhabitants of the town, The kingdom of heaven is at hand: repent, and believe the gospel. It seemed, as if all that heard, were, for the present, almost persuaded to be Christians. Here an...

...heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. Cast off then every hindrance. Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand ; repent, and believe the Gospel. Reader, whosoever thou mayest be, however amiable thy character before men, and comparatively of good...

...Saviour himself and hie forerunner, John the Baptist, proclaimed, vvhen entering on their ministry — " The kingdom of heaven is at hand; repent and believe the gospeL" Here we would inquire — Were not the Jews as dead in sin, as incapable of repentance as are men in...

...we can call our own, — " now is the day of salvation," — " acquaint now thyself with God;" — " the kingdom of heaven is at hand ; repent, and believe the Gospel." Such are the declarations of the Bible, and everlasting condemnation will be the portion of all who...

...me, and believed that I came forth from God >' Nay, did he not send them two and two, to preach, ' The kingdom of heaven is at hand : Repent and believe the gospel !' And would he have sent them to preach a gospel to which they were utter strangers ) But were they...

...same time, and in the same place, according to St. Mark, i. 15 — " The time is accomplished, and the kingdom of heaven is at hand. repent and believe the gospel." The same confusion between penance and repentance occurs in other places of Scripture 3 as, for example,...

...I stood under a large tree, on the side of it, and called to most of the inhabitants of the town, " The kingdom of heaven is at hand : repent, and believe the Gospel." It seemed as if all that heard were, for the present, almost persuaded to be Christians. • Here an...

...you say — -'He styles them living witnesses, who stand as in Christ's stead. Who preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand: repent and believe the gospel. According to these characteristics, we should first conclude, that they are false witnesses; because...

...I stood under a large tree, on the side of it, and called to most of the inhabitants of the town, " The kingdom of heaven is at hand ; repent, and believe the Gospel." It seemed as if all that heard were, for the present, almost persuaded to be Christians. Here an eminently...

...for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." So too, what Christ and his disciples first preached, was, " The kingdom of heaven is at hand, .repent and believe the gospel." If we truly repent, we are prepared; it is natural to fly from " dead works" to a living' Saviour....