...the faith, as it was preached to them by the apostles after the resurrection. Christian axiom, " To him that hath shall be given, and from him that hath not, shall be tnken away even what he hath." His servants having thus accounted with him, he proceeds to take cognizance...

...Prov. xxviii. 9. the help of divine grace, we must l>e ready to co-operate and concur with it ; for to him that hath shall be given, and from him that hath not, shall be taken away even that which he Jiatli./ When we pray for any temporal blessings, we must take all prudent...

...is a sign of weakness that it should be irritable. Nothing is more true than the Scripture — " To him that hath shall be given, and from him that hath not shall be taken that which he seemeth to have." It is the fate of a weak Government to grow in weakness, and...

...them that thus ask it. Secondly, That we improve and make use of the grace which he affords us ; to him that hath shall be given ; and from him that hath not, shall be taken away even that which he seems to have; that is, to him who useth that grace, and those advantages...

...way-side ;" and " espying Zaccheus, the chief of the publicans, upon a tree, (that he, being " low of stature," might, upon that advantage of station, see...forth of Jericho, he cured two blind men upon the way. by Lazarus, who " sat at the table with Jesus." But " Mary brought a pound of nard pistic *," and,...

...Prov. xxviii. ». the help of divine grace, we must be ready to co-operate and concur with it ; for to him that hath shall be given, and from him that hath not, shall be taken away even that 'which he hath.i When we pray for any temporal blessings, we must take all prudent...

...dea», when. rejected, that men's hearts are hardened, and not before. Thus that saying is verified, To him that hath shall be given ; and from him that hath not, shall be taken away even that which he hath. This may seem a riddle, yet it is according to this doctrine easily...

...him " salvation to his house." There it was that he spake the parable of the king, who con credited divers talents to his servants, and having at his...After this, going forth of Jericho, he cured two blind msn upon the way. 6. Six days before Easter, " Jesus came to Bethany,'' where he was feasted by Martha...

...create a filial fear ? grace on those tfho perform them f ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION. Christ says, " To him that hath shall be given, and from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath." Not, indeed, because such is the worthiness and the excellence...

...blesseth himself complacently, and says, " It is an everlasting law of our excellent society, that to him that hath, shall be given, and from him that hath not, shall be taken the little that is left." And thus,' said I, after I had got home, and sat gazing on my family,...