Identifier: lifeofourlordsav00flee (find matches)
Title: The life of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ : containing a full, accurate, and universal history from his taking upon himself our nature to his crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension: together with the lives, transactions, and sufferings of his holy evangelists, apostles, disciples, and other primitive martyrs. To which is added the history of the Jews
Year: 1830 (1830s)
Authors: Fleetwood, John Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885, engr
Subjects: Jesus Christ Apostles Martyrs Jews -- History
Publisher: New Haven, Conn. : Nathan Whiting
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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o account after death :— Therefore, be ye alsoready ; for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of mancometh. Who then is a fathful and wise servant, whom hisLord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat indue season ? Blessed is that servant, whom his Lord, when hecometh, shall find so doing. Verily, I say unto you, that heshall make him ruler over all his goods. Matt. xxiv. 44, Uc,As if he had said. You, who are ministers of religion, oughtto be particularly attentive in discharging the important trustcommitted to your care; you are the stewards to whom are in-trusted the whole household of the church ; and you would dowell to remember, that ;your example will have a great effectupon the minds of those employed under you. It is jour dutyto be well acquainted with the stores of evangelical truths, andto understand how they may be applied to the best advantage ;you should be also careful to know the characters of the different THE WISE AND FOOLISH VIRGINS. (Page 309.)
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Aftertvard came also the oilier virgins^ saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.^^ But he answered and said, Kerilij I say unto you, I know you not.^—Matt.XXV. 11, 12. LIFE OF CHRIST. 309 persons under your directions, that you may be able to give ev-ry one of them his portion of meat in due season ; and if I findyou thus employed at my coming-, I will reward you with thejoys of my kingdom, even as an eartlily master bestows particu-lar marks of respect on such servants as have been remarkablyfaithful in any important trust. But on the other hand, if you are not true to the trust reposedin you ; if you pervert your oflice and watch not over the soulscommitted to your care, I will come unto you unexpectedly, andmake you dreadful examples of mine anger, by the severe pun-ishments which I will inliict upon 3ou. * But and if that evilservant shall say in his heart. My lord delayeth his coming, andshall begin to smite his fellow servants, and to eat and drink withthe drunken : the lord of that s

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