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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Page 26
... moral good- ness ; and , therefore , to be religious , a man must be morally good ; and , to be morally good , he must , at the least , abstain from doing that which is morally wicked . Religion calls upon him to go much further than ...
... moral good- ness ; and , therefore , to be religious , a man must be morally good ; and , to be morally good , he must , at the least , abstain from doing that which is morally wicked . Religion calls upon him to go much further than ...
Page 27
... moral character and conduct of the party that forms the subject of inquiry ? Who , when forming a scheme of matrimonial connection , ever made the faith of the other party the chief subject of previous inves- tigation ? What mau , in ...
... moral character and conduct of the party that forms the subject of inquiry ? Who , when forming a scheme of matrimonial connection , ever made the faith of the other party the chief subject of previous inves- tigation ? What mau , in ...
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... morals of the people . If it is becoming in all men , whether as neighbours , whether as mas- ters , or parents , to look well to the effects of their ex- ample , is it not becoming in a Priest to be unconi- monly scrupulous on this ...
... morals of the people . If it is becoming in all men , whether as neighbours , whether as mas- ters , or parents , to look well to the effects of their ex- ample , is it not becoming in a Priest to be unconi- monly scrupulous on this ...
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... morals of the people ? Where was the city , the town , and almost - the village , which had not witnessed the gluttony and drunkenness of the Priests ; and where was the family that had not been robbed of it's patrimony or the fruits of ...
... morals of the people ? Where was the city , the town , and almost - the village , which had not witnessed the gluttony and drunkenness of the Priests ; and where was the family that had not been robbed of it's patrimony or the fruits of ...
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... morals , and which religion imperiously demand at their hands . They are not at liberty to say , that their children ... moral conduct . It is very certain that children are , in general , prone to follow , and with great exactness , the ...
... morals , and which religion imperiously demand at their hands . They are not at liberty to say , that their children ... moral conduct . It is very certain that children are , in general , prone to follow , and with great exactness , the ...
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