 | John Bird Sumner (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1831 - 722 sider
...dreary season sometimes passes, till at last the seed springs and grows up, we " know not how :" " first the blade, then the ear, afterwards the full corn in the ear." * Christ foresaw, however, that there would be many who " received the grace of God in vain." When... | |
 | 1849 - 1188 sider
...mustard-seed growing to a tree ; of leaven leavening the whole lump ; of grain in the progress of growth : " first the blade, then the ear, afterwards the full corn in the ear." The figure of a warfare, too, under which his life is represented, and in which he is the habitual... | |
 | Maria Stevens - 1832 - 234 sider
...Consequently we find that it is in accordance with the divine arrangement, that in spiritual life there is, " first the blade, then the ear, afterwards the full corn in the ear." It is requisite to be wellinformed upon this point equally with those preceding. We talk of growing... | |
 | 1833 - 968 sider
...but the nicest art in the detail and application of means for its successful prosecution ; because there is a natural order and progression in the development of the faculties, a principle running through every mental operation, without a knowledge of which, and how to apply... | |
 | 1833 - 360 sider
...should spring, and grow up whilst he knoweth not. 28 For the earth of itself bringeth forth fruit, first the blade, then the ear, afterwards the full corn in the ear, 29 And when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is... | |
 | 1834 - 428 sider
...the soul, yet those parts or members admit of growth, see 2 Thess. i. 3. As in the field we behold, first the blade, then the ear, afterwards the full corn in the ear ; so in the work of sanctification, we see, first the blade of evangelical repentance, the ear of spiritual... | |
 | Maria Stevens - 1837 - 186 sider
...despise the day of small things — not to be disquieted in spirit — to remember that there must be first the blade, then the ear, afterwards the full corn in the ear : and above all, to rest upon the assurance that he is faithful, who, having begun the good work, will perform... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1845 - 830 sider
...individual believer, it is a " seed which remaineth in him;" a plant also, in progressive development, " first the blade, then the ear, afterwards the full corn in the ear." Every Christian is a " branch," and through all Christians one life is diffused, by virtue of their... | |
 | 1845 - 818 sider
...individual believer, it is a " seed which remaineth in him ;" a plant also, in progressive development, " first the blade, then the ear, afterwards the full corn in the ear." Every Christian is a " branch," and through all Christians one life is diffused, by virtue of their... | |
 | 1845 - 816 sider
...individual believer, it is a " seed which remaineth in him ;" a plant also, in progressive development, " first the blade, then the ear, afterwards the full corn in the ear." Every Christian is a " branch," and through all Christians one life is diffused, by virtue of their... | |
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... first the blade, then the ear, afterwards the full corn in the ear. 
