When the door is shut
It is true, he intimates what may seem another reason for this, for their not being able to enter in, in the words which immediately follow these. For after he had said, Many, I say to you, will seek to enter in and shall not be able, he adds: When once the master of the house has risen up and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside (Rather, You stand outside; for the word seems to be only an elegant expletive) and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us: he shall answer and say to you, I do not know you. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity (Luke 13:26 and following).
1771 text
2. ’Tis true, he intimates what may seem another reason for this, for their not being able to enter in, in the words which immediately follow these. For after he had said, Many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able, he subjoins, When once the master of the house is risen up and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without (ἄρξησθε ἔχω ἐστάναι. Rather, Ye stand without; for ἄρξησθε seems to be only an elegant expletive) and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us: he shall answer, and say unto you, I know you not. Depart from me all ye workers of iniquity. Luke xiii. 26, &c.
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Sermon 31 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 7:13-14.
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