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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... matters . It is a pretending to feel what we do not feel , to believe what we do not be- lieve , to practise what we do not practise . It is an odious vice : it is greatly mischievous , because , by as- suming the garb of , it reflects ...
... matters . It is a pretending to feel what we do not feel , to believe what we do not be- lieve , to practise what we do not practise . It is an odious vice : it is greatly mischievous , because , by as- suming the garb of , it reflects ...
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... matter , but who had sanctioned the pro- ceedings of his wife , by making no remonstrance against her conduct , and , still more explicitly , by going in person and taking possession of the vineyard of the murdered NABOTH ; the King ...
... matter , but who had sanctioned the pro- ceedings of his wife , by making no remonstrance against her conduct , and , still more explicitly , by going in person and taking possession of the vineyard of the murdered NABOTH ; the King ...
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... matters of this kind . When we hear our neigh- bour railed against as a blasphemer , and especially when we see him seriously arraigned upon such an imputation , we ought not to decide hastily against him : common justice demands that ...
... matters of this kind . When we hear our neigh- bour railed against as a blasphemer , and especially when we see him seriously arraigned upon such an imputation , we ought not to decide hastily against him : common justice demands that ...
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... matter that it is intended to describe . It is the having of the 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 ...
... matter that it is intended to describe . It is the having of the 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 ...
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... matter of uncertainty or of mere chance , when , dependant upon his will or his co - operation . • Is it possible to imagine a being more contemptible , and at the same time more hateful than this ? Well , therefore , may the inspired ...
... matter of uncertainty or of mere chance , when , dependant upon his will or his co - operation . • Is it possible to imagine a being more contemptible , and at the same time more hateful than this ? Well , therefore , may the inspired ...
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