| Sarah Trimmer - 1811 - 396 pages
...oil. And he said rtnto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. 7 Then said be to another, And how much owest thou ? And he said, An...said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore. 8 And the lord rain-mended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely : for the children of this... | |
| Henry Card - 1811 - 304 pages
...with the service of God, Jesus might have looked to that maxim, when he made the above declaration. " And the Lord commended the unjust Steward because he had done wisely." — Luke ami. 8. \ IT is the characteristic mark of excellence in the parables of our Saviour, to be... | |
| John Fleetwood - 1813 - 558 pages
...of oil. And he said unto htm-, take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. Then said he to another, And how much owest thou ? And he said an...said unto him, take thy bill, and write fourscore." Luke xvi. 4, &c. • To il lustrate this parable, we beg leave to observe, that t he riches a ml trade... | |
| Edward Kimpton - 1813 - 534 pages
...oil ; and he said unto him, take " thy bill and sit down quickly, and write fifty. Then (t said he to another, And how much owest thou? And (( he said,...<( unto him, take thy bill, and write fourscore." The instruction our Lord gave to his disciples from this parable was, not that they should imitate... | |
| Alden Bradford - 1813 - 544 pages
...bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. 7 Then said he to another, And how much owest thoti ? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill 3 and write fourscore. And the master commended the unjust steward ; because he had done wisely:* for... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1874 - 608 pages
..."Who are meant here by the "children of this world 1 " Their character is declared in Luke xvi. 8 : "And the lord commended the unjust steward, because...done wisely ; for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light." Here the words " children of this world " are evidently... | |
| 1814 - 570 pages
...and said unto the first, How mueh owest thou unto my lord? - 7 Then said he to another, And how mueh owest thou ? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill-, and write fourseore. 8 And the lord eommended the unjust steward, b beeause he had done wisely; for the ehildren... | |
| Paul Wright - 1814 - 428 pages
...Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. Then said lu- to another, And how much invest thou? And he said, An hundred measures, of wheat. And he said utit.o him. Take thy bill, & write four-score. And the Lord commended the unjust steward, because he... | |
| Church of England - 1815 - 450 pages
...of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. Then said he to another, And how much owest thou ? And he said, An...the lord commended the unjust steward, because he children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. And I say unto you,... | |
| Pennsylvania. Supreme Court, Horace Binney - 1815 - 626 pages
...measures of oil. And he " said take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write ffty. " Then said he to another, and how much owest thou? And he " said an hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, u take thy bill and write four scvre. And the lord commend1814. " ed the unjust steward, because he... | |
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