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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... has got the riches ; thus ; " he hath oppressed , and , " hath forsaken , the poor ; he hath violently taken away " an house which he builded not . " Thus , as was before observed , hypocrisy has gene- HYPOCRISY AND CRUELTY .
... has got the riches ; thus ; " he hath oppressed , and , " hath forsaken , the poor ; he hath violently taken away " an house which he builded not . " Thus , as was before observed , hypocrisy has gene- HYPOCRISY AND CRUELTY .
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... oppression even to the shed- ding of the blood of his unoffending neighbour These truths might be illustrated by thousands , of examples ; and , I may , hereafter , show the desolation which hypocrisy has occasioned in the latter ages ...
... oppression even to the shed- ding of the blood of his unoffending neighbour These truths might be illustrated by thousands , of examples ; and , I may , hereafter , show the desolation which hypocrisy has occasioned in the latter ages ...
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... oppressed ? or of whose hand have I received any brile to blind mine eyes therewith ? and I will " restore it to you ... oppression of partial laws and a partial administra- tion of public affairs : a mockery of freedom and of justice ...
... oppressed ? or of whose hand have I received any brile to blind mine eyes therewith ? and I will " restore it to you ... oppression of partial laws and a partial administra- tion of public affairs : a mockery of freedom and of justice ...
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... oppression ; and , hence the prophet observes , that , in such a state of things , the prudent will be silent : which may well be called the last stage of human endurance and degra- dation ; for , to suffer , however acutely , is a ...
... oppression ; and , hence the prophet observes , that , in such a state of things , the prudent will be silent : which may well be called the last stage of human endurance and degra- dation ; for , to suffer , however acutely , is a ...
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... oppression and bloody - mindedness associated with bribery ; and , it really does seem , that they are inseparable , and that , while oppression and cruelty cannot be carried to any great extent without britery , this last can never be ...
... oppression and bloody - mindedness associated with bribery ; and , it really does seem , that they are inseparable , and that , while oppression and cruelty cannot be carried to any great extent without britery , this last can never be ...
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