Sermons on the following subjects .. . Deduftion. And the like would bethe Argument, of Him who, from th«Parable of the Talents\ (wherein theServants, who with Ten^ and with Five^ and regard his own proper Duty. 67 and with l^wo Talents committed to S e r m,them are reprefented as being proportion- ^^^•ally rewarded for their proportional Im- ^^^^*^provement of thefe refpedtive Sums ^ whileHe only was punijhedy who hid in a Nap-kin his One Single Talent^) fhould infer,that Thofe only will perifh, who have butSmall Abilities y though the Scripture onthe contrary exprefsly declares, that towhom
Sermons on the following subjects .. . Deduftion. And the like would bethe Argument, of Him who, from th«Parable of the Talents\ (wherein theServants, who with Ten^ and with Five^ and regard his own proper Duty. 67 and with l^wo Talents committed to S e r m,them are reprefented as being proportion- ^^^•ally rewarded for their proportional Im- ^^^^*^provement of thefe refpedtive Sums ^ whileHe only was punijhedy who hid in a Nap-kin his One Single Talent^) fhould infer,that Thofe only will perifh, who have butSmall Abilities y though the Scripture onthe contrary exprefsly declares, that towhom much is given, of Him will be themore required. All Arguings, I fay, ofThis Kind, from fingle incidental Expref-fions of Scripture j are mere groundlefsImaginations: Nor can Any thing ever beof real Ufe in the Religion of a Chriftian,but our being careful in the Trofeffion of*Thofe DoBrineSy and in the PraBice ofThofe Duties, which are evidently the in-tentional Aim and View of our Lordswhole Difcourfes. Vol. VII. F2 S E R-^ [«9]. SERMON IV. The Folly of lofing ones Soul to^ gain the whole World. Matt. xvi. 26. For what is a man profited^ if he jhallgain the whole Worlds and lofe his ownSouH U R Saviour in his Parable of S e r Sower, reprefents to us ^^•the incredible Carelefsnefs q£ ^^^^f^^men, in the moil importantmatters of Religion, by avery remarkable Comparifon : As fomefeeds, fays he, fall by the way-fide, andthe fowls come and devour them up; fjwhen any one heareth the Word of theF 3 King-
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