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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... natural tendency is to produce injury to our neigh- bour and to dishonour real religion : accordingly , numerous are God's denunciations against it , and nu- merous 1st Naboth's Vineyard; or, God's Vengeance against Hypocrisy and ...
... natural tendency is to produce injury to our neigh- bour and to dishonour real religion : accordingly , numerous are God's denunciations against it , and nu- merous 1st Naboth's Vineyard; or, God's Vengeance against Hypocrisy and ...
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... natural and laudable desire to preserve in his family that which had descended to him from his ancestors , refused , saying , " the Lord forbid it me , that I should give unto thee the inhe- " ritance of my fathers . " 66 What could be ...
... natural and laudable desire to preserve in his family that which had descended to him from his ancestors , refused , saying , " the Lord forbid it me , that I should give unto thee the inhe- " ritance of my fathers . " 66 What could be ...
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... nature ; but , thus it is . For the reasons before stated , the hypocrite has only to persuade the people that he is actuated by pious motives , and that the punishment he is inflicting is for the support of religion ; he has only to ...
... nature ; but , thus it is . For the reasons before stated , the hypocrite has only to persuade the people that he is actuated by pious motives , and that the punishment he is inflicting is for the support of religion ; he has only to ...
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... nature . But , on that very account , we ought to be extraordinarily careful how we impute it to any one ; and not less careful to ascertain the Aruth of the charge , when the crime is imputed by others . We are always slower to believe ...
... nature . But , on that very account , we ought to be extraordinarily careful how we impute it to any one ; and not less careful to ascertain the Aruth of the charge , when the crime is imputed by others . We are always slower to believe ...
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... natural to uncorrupted and under- verted human beings . That which strengthens this natural propensity.
... natural to uncorrupted and under- verted human beings . That which strengthens this natural propensity.
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