...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...condition. For if they desired the honours of his kingdom, such as they were, they should have them, unless themselves did decline them ; they " should drink...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...

...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,...

...spreading over the whole character and conduct: and by this may be explained that text which says, To him that hath shall be given, and from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. 6. We have seen that, faith is an habitual persuasion, therefore...