 | William Russell Macdonald - 1829 - 286 pages
...assisting us to win those graces. Christ himself tells his disciples (Luke xvii. 10), " So, likewise, when ye shall have done all those things which are...unprofitable servants ; — we have done that which was our duty to do." When Paul desires Timothy to "stir up the gift of God," &c. it is a proof that he possessed... | |
 | John Everitt Good - 1829 - 692 pages
...in themselves. Let us, therefore, follow the direction of our blessed Instructor: "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."* The method of salvation is fully stated by St. Paul, in the words which I now utter,... | |
 | 1829 - 740 pages
...entirely ignorant of, that Isaiah says, " all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags;" and St. Luke, " Ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are...unprofitable servants, we have done that which was our duty to do." Chap. xvii. 10. The attack upon Prayer-meetings might, with a little pruning, pass for... | |
 | John Monaghan - 1829 - 144 pages
...good work cannot atone for the neglect of another. Where then is boasting ? for our Lord says, — " 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. Of the sacrifice of the Mass, its nature and origin. BUT this vain and... | |
 | 1829 - 742 pages
...says, " all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags ;" and St.. Luke, " Ye, when ye shall have clone all those things which are commanded you, say, We...unprofitable servants, we have done that which was our duty to do." Chap. xvii. 10. The attack upon Prayer-meetings mkjit, with a little pruning, pass for... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | William Paley - 1830 - 392 pages
...of Christian characters ? Now, one precept, and that of Christ himself, you find to be this: ' 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. 1 0. It is evident, that this strong admonition was intended, by our Saviour,... | |
 | Charles James Blomfield (bp. of London.) - 1832 - 502 pages
...notion of a meritorious obedience on our parts, is for ever excluded, by our Saviour's emphatic words, When ye shall have done all those things which are...unprofitable servants, we have done that which was our duty to do* We can, therefore, put no confidence in our very best works, as having in themselves any... | |
 | Hallifield Cosgayne O'Donnoghue - 1830 - 366 pages
...man can by any means give a ransom for his brother's soul." (Ps. xlix. 7.) And Christ says plainly, (Luke xvii. 10,) " When ye shall have done all those...which are commanded you, say, we are unprofitable servants." (3.) Boniface VIII. granted " a most full Indulgence, Remission, and Pardon of all sins... | |
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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. 
