Sermons on 1. Hypocrisy and Cruelty: 2. Drunkenness. 3. Bribery. 4. Oppression. 5. Unjust Judges. 6. The Sluggard. 7. Murder. 8. Gaming. 9. Public Robbery. 10. The Unnatural Mother. 11. Forbidding Marriage. 12. Parsons and TithesC. Clement, 1822 - 295 pages |
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Page 34
... precepts ? Can it be believed that the hearers will be deterred from indulging in drunkenness , when the sermon ... precept be , if contradicted by the example ? We are told some- times , that we are to attend to what the Priest says ...
... precepts ? Can it be believed that the hearers will be deterred from indulging in drunkenness , when the sermon ... precept be , if contradicted by the example ? We are told some- times , that we are to attend to what the Priest says ...
Page 38
... precepts of fasting and abstinence from a lump of mortality weazing and choaking with fat ; these are too much for common sense to endure they over- come the powers of habit and the injunctions of law . The flock is disgusted . It ...
... precepts of fasting and abstinence from a lump of mortality weazing and choaking with fat ; these are too much for common sense to endure they over- come the powers of habit and the injunctions of law . The flock is disgusted . It ...
Page 46
... precept , upon which we ought to rely . By precept you may teach your son that drunkenness is sinful and leads to misery ; but the precept will have little force when contradicted by your example . You may preach , you may warn , you ...
... precept , upon which we ought to rely . By precept you may teach your son that drunkenness is sinful and leads to misery ; but the precept will have little force when contradicted by your example . You may preach , you may warn , you ...
Page 77
... The BIBLE is strenuously recommended to our pe- rusal , it is highly extolled , it is widely distributed . But , to what purpose , unless we attend to its contents , and act up to its precepts ? And , amongst PUNISHMENT OF OPPRESSORS . 77.
... The BIBLE is strenuously recommended to our pe- rusal , it is highly extolled , it is widely distributed . But , to what purpose , unless we attend to its contents , and act up to its precepts ? And , amongst PUNISHMENT OF OPPRESSORS . 77.
Page 78
... precepts ? And , amongst all the numerous precepts that it contains are there any en- joined with so much force and so frequently repeated , as those of acting justly towards the labourer and mildly and tenderly towards the destitute ...
... precepts ? And , amongst all the numerous precepts that it contains are there any en- joined with so much force and so frequently repeated , as those of acting justly towards the labourer and mildly and tenderly towards the destitute ...
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