...master ; " I knew thee that thou art an austere man," one of a bad spirit, destitute of candour, " reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strewed." You see this man contended for candour, though he owned the Lord had never sown or strewed...

...of the Creator, as a severe and unjust master, are thus recognized. " We knew thee that thou wert a hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strewed," &c. Mat. xxv. The Scribes and Pharisees placed the whole of religion in ceremonial observances,...

...discouraged from diligence in his service. " I knew that thou wast an hard man," or an austere severe man ; " and I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth," Matt. xxv. 24, 25. Luke xix. 22. His undue apprehensions of Christ, the proper effect of unbelief,...

...with a shameful falsehood, to excuse his vile indolence, said, " Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering...in the earth : lo, there thou hast that is thine." Matt. xxv. 24, 25. This perversion of even the smallest portion of grace greatly excited the resentment...

...that had received the one talent came, and, with a shameful falsehood, to excuse his vile indolence, said, " Lord, I knew thee that thou ** art an hard...not strawed; and I was " afraid, and went and hid the talent in the earth; lo, " there thou hast that is thine." This perversion greatly excited the...

...things, I will make thee ruler over many .things : enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 24 Then he who had received the one talent came, and said, Lord,...thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not 25 strawed : And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth : lo, there thou hast 26 thai...

...power, pretends to have thought that God would require more than was in his power: Lord, saith he, " I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where...thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strewed," Mat. xxv. 24. I knew! And where didst thou learn this*? What infernal body of divinity hast...

...talent? " Lord, I knew thee that them art an hard man," or, as it may be better translated, a barbarous man, " reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed." I return to my subject. When we have examined two contradictory doctrines, and can obtain no reasons...

...talents; behold, I have gained l>esides them five talents more !" How sad his case who had to say, " I hid thy talent in the earth ; lo, there thou hast that is thine !" To him his muster said, " Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten...

...Sovereignty in salvation from it, read his character and his doom in these words : " Then he who had received one talent, came and said, Lord I knew thee that thou...and gathering where thou hast not strawed; and I was qfraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth : lo, there thou hast what is thine. His lord answered...