 | Hervey Wilbur - 1828 - 588 pages
...shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. r 49 Ц I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will 1, ii'it lie already kindled? 50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened... | |
 | 1829 - 592 pages
...God ;" would be converled inlo proofs of insolence and imperioasness : which, wilh the sentence, " I am not come to send peace upon earth, but a sword :" " I am come to send fire ou the earth, and what will I if it be already kindled?" would be considered as avowals, thai the Author... | |
 | Christian life - 1830 - 400 pages
...under his royal banners. " Think not that I come to send peace on the earth; 1 came not to send peace, but a sword ; I am come to send fire on the earth, and what will if it be already kindled ?" Sacred history is full of the crafty and cruel schemes which wise and unwise,... | |
 | Job Scott - Theology - 1831 - 556 pages
...and it shall be no more till he come, whose right it is, and I will give it him." And Christ says, " I am come to send fire on the earth ; and what will I if it be already kindled?" Forever lauded be his goodness to the souls of men, it was, it is already kindled ; it burns as an... | |
 | John Foxe - Church history - 1831 - 608 pages
...to consume himself and followers ? Jesus knew it was such a fire, as would first consume himself. " I am come to send fire on the earth ; and what will I, if it be already kindled ?" or, as the words should be translated, " How do I wish it was already kindled ? How do I wish it... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - 1832 - 586 pages
...confusion and anguish on what is now their honour and their joy 1 SECTION XLII. LUKE xH. 49 — 59. I AM come to send fire on the earth ; and what will I, if it be already kindled. But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished! Suppose... | |
 | William Cuninghame - Bible - 1832 - 698 pages
...expressions in Luke xii. 49, and Matthew x. 34, 36. In the former of these passages our Saviour says, " I am come to send fire on the earth, and what " will I if it be already kindled." In the passage last-mentioned his words are, " Think not that " I am come to send peace on earth ;... | |
 | Thomas Shaw Bancroft Reade, Thomas S. B. Reade - 1832 - 436 pages
...the innocent occasion of this fiery opposition, agreeably to our blessed Saviour's own declaration: " I am come to send fire on the earth ; and what will I, if it be already kindled ? Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth ? I tell you nay, but rather division. Think not... | |
 | William Burkitt - 1832 - 780 pages
...thou slrauldest do more good than others, hi where much is given, much will be required. . 49 I am 573 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden ; an ? 50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with ; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished ! 51... | |
 | Richard Watson - Bible - 1833 - 786 pages
...shall be much required : and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. 49 ^[ . * Or, cut him off. Verse 4?. And the servant which knew offence is less, the punishment is milder;... | |
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I am come to send fire on the earth ; and what will I, if it be already kindled? 
