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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... never forgotten , always is to preserve , or to obtain pos- session of , that which of right and injustice does not belong to the hypocrite . JEZEBEL saw clearly that it was useless to endeavour to prevail upon NABOTH by temptations of ...
... never forgotten , always is to preserve , or to obtain pos- session of , that which of right and injustice does not belong to the hypocrite . JEZEBEL saw clearly that it was useless to endeavour to prevail upon NABOTH by temptations of ...
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... never entered his ima- gination ; and , at last , after a series of proceedings , the iniquity and flagrancy of which make us shudder as we read , the man was brought to the stake , and burnt to ashes amidst the plaudits of the people ...
... never entered his ima- gination ; and , at last , after a series of proceedings , the iniquity and flagrancy of which make us shudder as we read , the man was brought to the stake , and burnt to ashes amidst the plaudits of the people ...
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... never be a justifi- cation of misconduct . The Bible , from one end to the other , enjoins tempe- rance and sobriety . SOLOMON , in Prov . Ch . xxiii . V. 31 , says , that the " drunkard and the glutton shall come " to poverty ; " and ...
... never be a justifi- cation of misconduct . The Bible , from one end to the other , enjoins tempe- rance and sobriety . SOLOMON , in Prov . Ch . xxiii . V. 31 , says , that the " drunkard and the glutton shall come " to poverty ; " and ...
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... never been put in prac- tiće , except in a state of things where bribery was the pivot of power . " Gather not " says DAVID ( Psalm , 26 , V. 8 and 9 ) my soul with sinners , nor my life with bloody men , " in whose hands is mischief ...
... never been put in prac- tiće , except in a state of things where bribery was the pivot of power . " Gather not " says DAVID ( Psalm , 26 , V. 8 and 9 ) my soul with sinners , nor my life with bloody men , " in whose hands is mischief ...
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... never be practised extensively without producing the two former . Hateful , therefere , as the thing is in itself , it be- comes still more hateful when we take its conséquences into view . When we reflect on the state of depravity , at ...
... never be practised extensively without producing the two former . Hateful , therefere , as the thing is in itself , it be- comes still more hateful when we take its conséquences into view . When we reflect on the state of depravity , at ...
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