Sermons Translated from the Original French of the Late Rev. James Saurin, Pastor of the French Church at the Hague: On Christian moralityW.J. M'Cartee, 1813 - Sermons, English |
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... mankind in general , in all ages and countries , sought rational happiness in worshipping the One great Supreme ? Whence , then , is idolatry , and whence that neglect of the Father of universal nature , or what is worse , that direct ...
... mankind in general , in all ages and countries , sought rational happiness in worshipping the One great Supreme ? Whence , then , is idolatry , and whence that neglect of the Father of universal nature , or what is worse , that direct ...
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... mankind . Ah ! " Woe be to you ! you pay tithe of mint , anise , and cummin ; " but " you omit the weightier matters of the law . " I ask again , Do I impose on you ? What rank , then , in your system does discretion occupy ? Where is ...
... mankind . Ah ! " Woe be to you ! you pay tithe of mint , anise , and cummin ; " but " you omit the weightier matters of the law . " I ask again , Do I impose on you ? What rank , then , in your system does discretion occupy ? Where is ...
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... mankind . I. The first prejudice which we intend to attack is this , A life spent in ease and idleness is not incompat- ible with salvation , if it be free from great crimes . Against this we oppose this part of our text , “ He that ...
... mankind . I. The first prejudice which we intend to attack is this , A life spent in ease and idleness is not incompat- ible with salvation , if it be free from great crimes . Against this we oppose this part of our text , “ He that ...
Page 118
... Mankind have the highest reason to wish that the hopes excited by religion may be well grounded ; that we may be formed for eternity ; that we may enjoy an endless felicity after death . If these be chimeras , behold man stripped of his ...
... Mankind have the highest reason to wish that the hopes excited by religion may be well grounded ; that we may be formed for eternity ; that we may enjoy an endless felicity after death . If these be chimeras , behold man stripped of his ...
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... mankind , is , however , one of the most corrupt . 5. In fine , we require an unbeliever , on supposi- tion that his system were probable , that the plan of religion were only probable , that had his a hundred degrees of probability and ...
... mankind , is , however , one of the most corrupt . 5. In fine , we require an unbeliever , on supposi- tion that his system were probable , that the plan of religion were only probable , that had his a hundred degrees of probability and ...
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Page 377 - I therefore so run, not as uncertainly ; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air : but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection : lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Page 98 - Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name; for thou only art holy : for all nations shall come and worship before thee : for thy judgments are made manifest.
Page 271 - I SAID, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue : I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
Page 267 - And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews : to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law ; To them that are without law...
Page 76 - But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
Page 19 - For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; and ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, "Sit thou here in a good place;" and say to the poor, "Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:" are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?
Page 92 - For thus saith the LORD of hosts, yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land. And I will shake all nations, and the Desire of all nations shall come, and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts, the silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.
Page 404 - Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Page 359 - Unto the pure all things are pure : but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure ; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.