| Samuel Seabury - 1815 - 316 страница
...whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required" — A maxim of such acknowledged justice, that " to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more." Happy would it be for them, did the plain meaning of this maxim always regulate their conduct : But... | |
| Robert Walker, Hugh Blair - 1816 - 488 страница
...strong and obvious than that uttered by our Saviour, (Luke xii. 48.), " Unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required ; and to whom men have committed much, of him will they ask the more." And certainly if benefits conferred deserve any return, they at least deserve... | |
| Sarah Trimmer - 1817 - 456 страница
...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. .- : ANNOTATIONS AND REFLECTIONS. • When we read an account of the destruction of the Jewish nation,... | |
| Adam Clarke - 1817 - 726 страница
...shall — — —L. 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. 49 ^[ b I am come to send fire on the earth ; and what will I, if it be already kindled? 50 But c I... | |
| Edward Cooper - 1818 - 366 страница
...general proportion to their number and value. " 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."t How should this consideration keep down every envious and repining thought at the supposed... | |
| Edward Cooper - 1808 - 344 страница
...general proportion to their number and value. " 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."* How should this consideration keep down every envious and repining thought at the supposed scantiness... | |
| Rammohun Roy - 1820 - 100 страница
...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. I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will 1 if it be already kindled ? But I have a baptism... | |
| Joseph Lathrop - 1821 - 436 страница
...commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For, to whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required ; and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more." The farther prosecution of oar subject will be deferred to another season. SERMON XV1I1. THE CAUSES... | |
| Hugh Worthington - 1822 - 556 страница
...part, and you will perceive an answer to this inquiry ; " Unto whomsoever much is given, of him will much be required ; and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more." Our Saviour (who well knew what was in man) has founded his observation on this very principle ; and... | |
| Hosea Ballou - 1822 - 362 страница
...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." If there be more committed to the believer than there is to the unbeliever, then certainly more is... | |
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