 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1827 - 638 halaman
...improvements. It is a general maxim, mentioned by our Lord, Luke xii. 48, " Unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required. And to whom...have committed much, of him they will ask the more." The doctrine of the text is to the like purpose. Our Lord pronounceth a special blessing upon such... | |
 | Jacques Saurin - 1827 - 522 halaman
...committed to the Christian. Thus Jesus Christ, ' Unto whomsoever much is given, of him much shall be required ; and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more,' Luke xii. 48. Thus again Jesus Christ teaches Us, that God will require an account of five talents of him to... | |
 | John Rogers Pitman - 1828 - 606 halaman
...mentioned by our Saviour being of eternal equity in cases of this nature, ' Unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required ; and to whom...committed much, of him they will ask the more.' [Luke xii. 48.] And this is the consideration which brings the matter home to our own case. The advantages of... | |
 | James Matheson - 1828 - 248 halaman
...commit things worthy of few stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required ; and to whom...have committed much, of him they will ask the more."* Here, the mere omission of duties which men owe to God, by those who know or ought to know the divine... | |
 | Hervey Wilbur - 1828 - 588 halaman
...commit things worthy of stripes, shall be bi'aten \\ i'th few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom...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... | |
 | John Rogers Pitman - 1828 - 620 halaman
...the reason, which our Saviour urges upon us : ' unto whomsoever much is given, of him much will be required; and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.' It was, no doubt, a great discouragement and disadvantage to the heathens, that they were so doubtful... | |
 | William Orme - 1828 - 276 halaman
...stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required; and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more." But this doctrine of a gradation in rewards and punishments has been thought, by some, inconsistent... | |
 | John Everitt Good - 1829 - 692 halaman
...did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required : and to whom...have committed much, of him they will ask the more."* Hence it is to be inferred, that there are shades in the moral turpitude of sinful actions, lighter... | |
 | James Nourse - 1829 - 292 halaman
...did commit things worthy of stripes, 48 shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required ; and to whom...have committed much, of him they will ask the more. I am come to send fire on the earth, 49 and what will I, if it be already kindled ? But I have a baptism... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 554 halaman
...proportionable improvement. It is a great deal of good that they must do. " For to whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required ; and to whom...committed much, of him they will ask the more ;" Luke xii. 48. Direct. XVII. ' Redeem your time, and highly value every minute ; and spare for no labour in the... | |
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But he that knew not. and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required; and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. 
