 So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants : we have done that which was our duty to do.  The English Review - Page 4991849Full view - About this book
 | William Ashmead - 1830 - 522 pages
...merit formed by Him who came into the world to expiate human guilt. Says our Lord to his disciples : " When ye shall have done all those things which are...unprofitable servants; we have done that which was our duty to do." Here, then is the fundamental principle of Christianity — the article by which true... | |
 | Church of England - 1830 - 548 pages
...any, than what is expressed in this article itself, even that saying of our Saviour, " So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are...unprofitable servants, we have done that which was our duty to do 1" Luke, xvii. 10. If whatsoever commands we perform, it is but still our duty to perform... | |
 | John Mockett Cramp - 1831 - 468 pages
...is the doctrine of human merit, so explicitly and shamelessly set forth. Our blessed Saviour said, "When ye shall have done all those things which are...unprofitable servants ; we have done that which was our .02 Ephes. ii. 8—10. o3 Rom. v. 1. duty to do." « 4 The glorified spirits in heaven, the confessors... | |
 | John Gregory Pike - 1831 - 396 pages
...o:' the contrite ones."' " Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."" " When ye shall have done all those things which are...unprofitable servants : we have done that which was our duty to do."1 " Be clothed with humility."™ § 6. The Lord Jesus was humble. He left a spotless pattern,... | |
 | 1831 - 296 pages
...thank that servant, because he did the things that were commanded ? I 10 trow not. So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are...unprofitable servants ; we have done that which was our duty to do. H» And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - 1831 - 308 pages
...Spirit : and with these views he frequently reminded her of those words of our Lord — So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are...unprofitable servants : we have done that which was our duty to do. (Luke xvii. 10.) Very little change took place in the state of Mr. Williams's circumstances... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1831 - 334 pages
...sentiment very like that of our Lord, Luke xvii. 10. So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all these things which are commanded you, say, we are unprofitable servants; we have done that which was our duty to do. Taken in this sense, the words intimate, that the man who is truly pious, who is a proper... | |
 | George Fox - 1831 - 512 pages
...;' to wit, doing the will of God. Christ said to his disciples, 'When ye shall have done all these things, which are commanded you, say, we are unprofitable servants, we have done that which was but our duty to do.' Luke xvii. So here you may see, that which would boast of his doings is to be... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - 1832 - 586 pages
...thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him ? I trow not. So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are...unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do. Let us renew our guard against every thing in our conduct, which might give offence to... | |
 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 486 pages
...me (said Peter to Jesui) ; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. /./<. v. 8. So likewise (said Jesus}, ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are...unprofitable servants : we have done that which was our duty to do. Lu. xvii. 10. I am become a fool in glorying : ye have compelled me : for I ought to have... | |
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