...ordinary employment. To convince them how necessary it is for them to be watchful, He spoke unto them a parable to this end, that men ought always to pray and not to faint : — " There was in a city a judge, who feared not God The Unjust Judge. 255 neither...

...enter into thy closet." " Pray to thy Father which is in secret," and so forth. At another time He spake a parable to this end, " That men ought always to pray, and not to faint ; " and another for the special instruction of those " that trusted in themselves that...

...will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.' Bear in mind also that the Lord Jesus ' spake a parable to this end that men ought always to pray and not to faint.' In connection then with 'the sword of the spirit,' take what Bunyan calls ' the weapon...

...Sect. 3381." Luke xvii. 31—37. Pray always : Parable of the Unjust Judge. — Our Lord now 282 spoke a parable to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint ; saying, " There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man :...

...continuance in prayer, since it is this that He requires of His people. For He gives us (Luke xviii. 1) "a parable, to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint." We know that Jesus Himself fulfilled what He requires of His people. He has given us...

...Friends, — In my last letters I have been led to treat a little of the blessed privilege of prayer. Our Lord spake a parable to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint. (Luke xviii. i .) The men intended, are described in the 7th verse, as God's elect. The...

...reason of the parable of the unjust judge and the poor widow ; namely, to encourage men to pray. He spake a parable to THIS END, that men ought always to pray and not to faint. And a most sweet parable for that purpose it is : For if through importunity, a poor...

...shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?" In another place he spoke a parable to this end : "That men ought always to pray, and not to faint; saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man ; and...

...involves and teaches the abiding power of prayer. Jesus said, " Ask, and it shall be given you." " He spake a parable to this end, that men ought always to pray and not to faint." He said, " Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my...

...the very end or design for which Christ spoke the first parable in the chapter; We are told that " He spake a parable to this end," " that men ought always to pray and not to faint." Who was the cause of this vast multitude assembling together ? Was it merely the son...