...Christ is speaking of false prophesying and false working of miracles : as he is speaking also, Matt. xxiv. 24, " For there shall arise false Christs and...false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders : insomuch that if it were possible they shall deceive the very elect." And Paul, 2 Thess. ii. 9, 10,...

...16. " Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own ? Is thine eye evil because I am good ? So the last shall be first, and the first last : for many be called, but few chosen." The former of these verses is the conclusion of a parable, and the latter contains a doctrine which...

...disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. q MAT. xx. 16: So the last shall be first, and the first last : for many be called, but few chosen, do. xxv. 10 — 12: And they that were ready went in with him to the marriage : and the door was shut....

...not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Matt. 20. 16. So the last shall be first, and the first last; for many be called but few. chosen. of them. All creatures, things, and events, exist in exact accordance with the pleasure, will, or choice...

...Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own ? Is thine eye evil, because I am good ? m So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen 30 . SECTION XLI. Christ is informed of the Sickness of Lazarus". JOHN xi. 1—17. on a tour. Now a...

...thee ; is it not lawful for me to do what I wilt with mine own ? Is thine eye evil because I am good ? So the last shall be first, and the first last. For many be called, but few chosen. 43 And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them...

...thee. Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own ? Is thine eye evil because I am good ? So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen." Our Lord in this parable is describing the nature of the kingdom of heaven — by which he means the...

...Gentiles. 7. Whatimprovement did Christ make of the parable of the labourers in the vineyard ? The last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen, (verse 16.) 8. What lessons may we learn from the parable of the labourers? That it is our duty to...

...be shortened. 2S Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there ; believe it not. 24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders ; insomuch that, (if it were possible,) they shall deceive the very elect. 25 Behold, I have told you...

...thee. Is it not lawful forme to do what 1 will with mine own ? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen, &c. To sit on my right ro 71 hand, and on my left, is not mine to give ; but it shall be given to them...