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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... fathers . " 66 What could be more reasonable ; what more praise- worthy than the ground of this refusal ? Here was disinterestedness ; for there can be no doubt that NA- BOTH might have received double the real worth of his Vineyard ...
... fathers . " 66 What could be more reasonable ; what more praise- worthy than the ground of this refusal ? Here was disinterestedness ; for there can be no doubt that NA- BOTH might have received double the real worth of his Vineyard ...
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... fathers of NABOTH , were not allowed to have weight with him . His truly pious sentiments with re- spect to ancestry and posterity were not listened to . The Lord , therefore , cut off the posterity of AHAB . JEHU slew his son , in the ...
... fathers of NABOTH , were not allowed to have weight with him . His truly pious sentiments with re- spect to ancestry and posterity were not listened to . The Lord , therefore , cut off the posterity of AHAB . JEHU slew his son , in the ...
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... fathers , whether for money , or in the way of barter ; they did not let it transpire , that his life was sought because he would not part with his property ; they took extremely good care to invent HYPOCRISY AND CRUELTY . 13.
... fathers , whether for money , or in the way of barter ; they did not let it transpire , that his life was sought because he would not part with his property ; they took extremely good care to invent HYPOCRISY AND CRUELTY . 13.
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... father or his mother ; yet neither of these is more unnatural than for a man to speak evil of God . It is wrong , per- haps , to say that any thing can be more unnatural than for a son to murder his mother ; yet , if it be possible , it ...
... father or his mother ; yet neither of these is more unnatural than for a man to speak evil of God . It is wrong , per- haps , to say that any thing can be more unnatural than for a son to murder his mother ; yet , if it be possible , it ...
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... mankind are the creatures of habit ; they generally follow in the track of their fathers ; and to shake things long established is , therefore , diffi- cult . Yet , the Christian world has been continually KINGS , PRIESTS AND PEOPLE . 37.
... mankind are the creatures of habit ; they generally follow in the track of their fathers ; and to shake things long established is , therefore , diffi- cult . Yet , the Christian world has been continually KINGS , PRIESTS AND PEOPLE . 37.
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abstain AHAB amongst Apostle arise bible blasphemy blood Book of Job Book of Kings breast bribe bribery called cause Chap child Christ Christian Church committed conduct consequences corrupt crime cruel cruelty death deed detestable doctrine drunkard drunkenness duty effect Ephah evil eyes faith false father feelings filthy lucre flock food and raiment fraud fruit gamester gaming give gluttony God's guilty hands hath heart honour human hypocrisy hypocrite impious injustice JEZEBEL judge judgment justice killing Kings labour laws lives Lord Magistrates mankind marriage matter means mind misery moral mother motive murder NABOTH nature neighbour offence oppression parents persons piety pious ancestors poor poverty precepts pretended Priests prophet public robber punishment receive regard religion rich robbery Saint Paul Samaria Shekel sluggard sluggishness thee thing thou shalt tion tithes unjust unjust Judges unto vengeance vice wicked word wretches