...those who are born free, is to remember their responsibility to God. Reason and religion both say, that to whom much is given, of him shall much be required. Whatever the privilege may be, it is a trust confided to our hands. It is not ours; it is given with...

...teaching which alone shakes the dominion of sin, and enables us to bring forth acceptable fruit. " To whom much is given, of him shall much be required," is a portion of scripture demanding deep and heartfelt conviction from every one, that they have examined...

...insensible ; and the latter he considered as his bounden duty to Him, who has emphatically declared, that to whom much is given of him shall much be required. Yet, sensible that the preservation of health, no less than a due consideration for the wishes of his...

...been committed in a state of nature, on the general principle so often laid down in holy Scripture, that "to whom much is given, of him shall much be required;" that, in short, responsibilities are proportioned to gifts: yet, on the other hand, this sound and...

...useful member of society. See that you go on as I have taught you to act in the world. For remember, that ' to whom much is given, of him shall much be required.' God has blessed you with pious parents, and I hope with a pious schoolmaster ; and if you do not profit...

...that you are living branches of " the True Vine " — Christians " in deed and in truth," remember that " to whom much is given, of him shall much be required." APPENDIX. SUBJOINED is a list of several valuable works, which are quoted in these Lectures. The pages-...

...Men must be tried according о the advantages which they have possessed. The law is in« violable, that " to whom much is given, of him shall much be required." According to this law, and it is a just one, how great a the condemnation of those who are content...

...little labour, is able to surpass Ыоц and takes the medal Now the former descrees in a far higher degree the encouragement of the reward ; yet it is...which announces that " to whom much is given, of him »hall much, be required," is violated, and he is rewarded for producing but little more than the one...

...imposed upon his creatures, proportionately to their endowments and opportunities, himself telling us, that to whom much is given, of him shall much be required. To the young, eager, and ambitious lawyer, the contemplation of Sir William Follett's career is fraught...

...law. They rashly transgressed and died. Should any one think the judgment severe, let him remember, that to whom much is given, of him shall much be required. The greater the elevation in office, the more fearful will be the doom, if men abuse their privileges....