...said one of them. And it was the spirit of the whole party to say to God, as the elder brother did to his father, lo, these many years do I serve thee,...neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment. Luke xv. For they were in their own eyes, righteous men who needed no repentance. And this encouraged...

...said one of them. And it was the spirit of the whole party to say to God, as the elder brother did to his father, lo, these many years do I serve thee,...neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment. Luke xv. For they were in their own eyes, righteous men who needed no repentance. And this encouraged...

...known duty,' but the Pharisees. They could say, AH these things have I done /rum my youth vp: and, /o, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment. And the very reason and ground of their confidence was their ignorance of the true nature of the divine...

...servants, and asked what these things meant. And he said unto him, Thy brother is come, and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound. And he answering, said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any...

...brother is come ; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him in health. 28 And he was angry, and would not go in : therefore came his father out, and intreated him29 And he answering, said to his father, Lo, these many years I have served thee, neither transgressed...

...servants, and asked what these things meant. And he said unto him, Thy brother is come ; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received...And he was angry, and would not go in : therefore came-Jiis father out, and entreated him. And he answering, said to his father, Lo, these many years...

...blessing on repentance, are all strongly expressed in his boastful, unkind, and envious reply — " And he answering, said to his father, Lo, these many...serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandments : and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends : but as...

...steward. 28 And he was angry, and would not go in; therefore eame his father out and intreated him. 29 And he answering, said to his father, Lo, these many...serve thee; neither transgressed I at any time thy eommandment; and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with Biy friends: 30 But as...

...servants, and asked what these things meant. And he said unto him, Thy brother is come ; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received...would not go in : therefore came his father out, and entreated him. And he, answering, said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither...

...white boys, that always kept close to his will, abode with him, or, as the prodigal's brother said, "Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandments," Luke xv. 29. But alas ! poor Publican thy guilt, as to these pleas, stops, thy mouth;...