Twelve Sermons: On 1. Hypocrisy and Cruelty. 2. Drunkenness. 3. Bribery. 4. The Rights of the Poor. 5. Unjust Judges. 6. The Sluggard. 7. Murder. 8. Gaming. 9. Public Robbery. 10. The Unnatural Mother. 11. Forbidden Marriage. 12. Parsons and TithesJ.M. Cobbett, 1823 - 295 pages |
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... bible , in numerous cases , condemns the prin- ciples and practices of the hypocrite . It in almost every instance associates malice with hypocrisy . It almost every where assumes that the hypocrite is both cruel and perfidious ; and ...
... bible , in numerous cases , condemns the prin- ciples and practices of the hypocrite . It in almost every instance associates malice with hypocrisy . It almost every where assumes that the hypocrite is both cruel and perfidious ; and ...
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... Bible does not tell us what were the feelings with which these base Nobles and these unjust Judges retired to their homes and laid their heads upon their piows They had succeeded in accomplishing their bloody work ; and we are left to ...
... Bible does not tell us what were the feelings with which these base Nobles and these unjust Judges retired to their homes and laid their heads upon their piows They had succeeded in accomplishing their bloody work ; and we are left to ...
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... Bible and the praising of the Bible that such persons deem matters of importance ; and not the studying of , and the adherence to , the pre- cepts of the Bible . But , this is not the light in which religion ought to be viewed . To ...
... Bible and the praising of the Bible that such persons deem matters of importance ; and not the studying of , and the adherence to , the pre- cepts of the Bible . But , this is not the light in which religion ought to be viewed . To ...
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... Bible : vain is the notion that what is generally called faith consti- tutes religion . It , in fact , makes but a very small part of what constitutes religion , properly so called . The Word of God has been given for a rule of conduct ...
... Bible : vain is the notion that what is generally called faith consti- tutes religion . It , in fact , makes but a very small part of what constitutes religion , properly so called . The Word of God has been given for a rule of conduct ...
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... bible , with such spiritual guides , " the people became luke - warm , ' doubting , unbelieving , and even profligate and reprobate ; if they became impatient , resentful , vindictive and bloody , at whose door lay the sin ? Who had set ...
... bible , with such spiritual guides , " the people became luke - warm , ' doubting , unbelieving , and even profligate and reprobate ; if they became impatient , resentful , vindictive and bloody , at whose door lay the sin ? Who had set ...
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