 | Catholic Church - 1763 - 576 pages
...in your hands; and be you like men looking for their Lord, when he fhall return from the wedding : that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open to him immediately. Blefled are thofe fervants, whom the Lord, when hecomeih, {hall find watching. Aaien, I fay to you,... | |
 | Thomas Boston - Salvation - 1787 - 470 pages
...you ready to anfwer its call. Secondly, He always watchful, waiting for your change, " Like " unro men that wait for their Lord, that when he cometh and " knocketh, they may open unto him immediately," Lukexxi. 36. Beware of (lumbering find fleeping, while the bridegroom tarries.... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 578 pages
...flumbers on his poft, when his loins ought to be girded about, and his lights burning, like unto them that "wait for their Lord, that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately ? Blejftd are thofe fervants, "whom the Lord "when he cometh Jhall jind watching... | |
 | John Willison - 1798 - 644 pages
...directs, Luke xii. ^5. 36. " Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; and ye yourfelves like unto men that wait for their Lord, that, when he cometh and knocketh, you may open to, him immediately." Now, if your hearts be incumbered with wordly things, you cannot... | |
 | 310 pages
...are altogether inconsistent with the attitude of those who are taught by their Eedeemer, — " Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning, and ye yourselves like unto nun that wait for their Lord.1' (Luke xii 35, 36.) If a loving subject were about to emigrate to a... | |
 | William Jones - Theology - 1801 - 354 pages
...vigilant and devout. The duty of a good servant is expressed in those words of our blessed Master, let your loins be girded about and your lights burning, and ye yourselves like unto men, that wait for the Lord, when he shall return from the wedding ; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto... | |
 | Thomas Thirlwall - 1803 - 324 pages
...For " \vhereyour treasure is, there will your heart be " also. " Let your loins be girded about, b and your " lights burning; and ye yourselves like unto " men that wait for their lord, when he will re" turn from the wedding; that when he cometh " and knocketh, they may open unto him... | |
 | Thomas Scott - Religion - 1805 - 566 pages
...heed that you do not slacken your diligence, or yield to unwatchfulness : " Let " your loins be girded and your lights burning ; " and ye yourselves like unto men that wait for " their Lord :" for blessed are those servants whom " the Lord when he cometh shall find watching ; " verily I say... | |
 | John Watkins - 1809 - 454 pages
...thou hast provided ? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. - Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;...yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - Congregational churches - 1809 - 432 pages
...loins be girded about," says our Lord, " and your lights burning, and ye yourselves like unto men, who wait for their Lord, that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open to him immediately. Blessed are those servants, whom the Lord, when he cometh, shall find watching. And if he come in the... | |
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Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. 
