Sermons on several important subjects of religion and morality : to which are added two tracts ... . N III. The Scripture-Do^lrine of the Unprofi-tablenefs of Mans befl Performances^an Argument againft Spiritual Pride,jtt no Excufe for Slachiefs in goodWorks and Chriftian Obedience. Luke xvir. lo. So likewife Ye^ when Ye poall have doneall thofe Things which are commandedYou^ fajy We are tmprojitable Ser-vaiits : We have done That which wasour Duty to do, H E S E Words are the Conclu-iion of a Parable, a Kind oi Mo-ral fubjoined to it, to fignify theUfe and Application of it. OurBlefTed Lord h
Sermons on several important subjects of religion and morality : to which are added two tracts ... . N III. The Scripture-Do^lrine of the Unprofi-tablenefs of Mans befl Performances^an Argument againft Spiritual Pride,jtt no Excufe for Slachiefs in goodWorks and Chriftian Obedience. Luke xvir. lo. So likewife Ye^ when Ye poall have doneall thofe Things which are commandedYou^ fajy We are tmprojitable Ser-vaiits : We have done That which wasour Duty to do, H E S E Words are the Conclu-iion of a Parable, a Kind oi Mo-ral fubjoined to it, to fignify theUfe and Application of it. OurBlefTed Lord had put the Cafeof a labouring Servant coming Home from theC 4 Field,. 40 The DefeBs of Majts Service, an Field, to wait upon his Mailer at the Table,performing that additional Service after his o-ther Labours of the Day ; providing a Sapperfor his Mafter, in the iirfl Place, and attend-ing Him patiently all the Time,and after That,content to provide for Himfelf After ourLord had thus reprefented the Cafe, He makeshis Reflexions upon it, in thefe Words : DothHe (that is, the Mafter) thank that Servant,hecaiife He did the Things that were com?nandedhim ? I trow not : I fuppofe not. So likewijeTe^ with regard to your Heavenly Mafter, whenTe jhall have done all thofe things, %vhich are com-mandedyou^ it will become, it will behove Youto fay ; TVe are unprofitable Servants; We haveOnly done That which it was our bounden Dutyto do. Therefore We deferve no Thanks fromHim, nor have any flrid: Claim to a Kewardfrom Him : But it is fuflicient if our Serviceis but accepted; for to have negleded it whereit was due, would have deferved Stripes. ThisI take to be the
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