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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... ancestors , refused , saying , " the Lord forbid it me , that I should give unto thee the inhe- " ritance of my fathers . " 66 What could be more reasonable ; what more praise- worthy than the ground of this refusal ? Here was ...
... ancestors , refused , saying , " the Lord forbid it me , that I should give unto thee the inhe- " ritance of my fathers . " 66 What could be more reasonable ; what more praise- worthy than the ground of this refusal ? Here was ...
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... ancestors hath " dedicated to Him . Alas ! it is what I never had a " right to and when I set forth the tithe , I give him " that which never was mine . I never bought it in any purchase , nor do I pay for it any rent . . What then ? 6 ...
... ancestors hath " dedicated to Him . Alas ! it is what I never had a " right to and when I set forth the tithe , I give him " that which never was mine . I never bought it in any purchase , nor do I pay for it any rent . . What then ? 6 ...
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... ancestors dedicated tithes to God ; " and then he exclaims : " shall our ancestors engross the whole reward of this piety ! " He omits to tell his parish- ioners , that these " pious ancestors " of ours were Roman Catholics , against ...
... ancestors dedicated tithes to God ; " and then he exclaims : " shall our ancestors engross the whole reward of this piety ! " He omits to tell his parish- ioners , that these " pious ancestors " of ours were Roman Catholics , against ...
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... ancestors ; " and this brings us to the second topic , of my discourse ; namely , the Duties of the Parsons . 7 II . The very motives for building churches and en- dowing them with tithes prove , that the constant resi- dence of the ...
... ancestors ; " and this brings us to the second topic , of my discourse ; namely , the Duties of the Parsons . 7 II . The very motives for building churches and en- dowing them with tithes prove , that the constant resi- dence of the ...
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... ancestors as examples for us to follow as to this great matter of tithes , we have to remind it and the parsons of these , eight things : -1 . That the doctrines of the Ca- tholic Church , which our pious ancestors endowed with the ...
... ancestors as examples for us to follow as to this great matter of tithes , we have to remind it and the parsons of these , eight things : -1 . That the doctrines of the Ca- tholic Church , which our pious ancestors endowed with the ...
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