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 11
... reasons which are obvious enough . In the first place , this crime consists in the utterance of word merely . If the crime , falsely imputed , had been tha of robbery , or murder , it would have been more diffi- cult to satisfy the ...
... reasons which are obvious enough . In the first place , this crime consists in the utterance of word merely . If the crime , falsely imputed , had been tha of robbery , or murder , it would have been more diffi- cult to satisfy the ...
Page 12
... reason has much less to do , with the populace , than passion . Men do not reason upon subjects where their hopes and fears are deeply en- gaged . The mass of mankind , having adopted certain opinions with regard to their eternal ...
... reason has much less to do , with the populace , than passion . Men do not reason upon subjects where their hopes and fears are deeply en- gaged . The mass of mankind , having adopted certain opinions with regard to their eternal ...
Page 13
... reasons , and many others that might be mentioned , blasphemy is always the crime , which hypocrisy will select , to be falsely imputed , as the means of accomplishing it's plundering purposes . Accuse men of robbery , of murder , of ...
... reasons , and many others that might be mentioned , blasphemy is always the crime , which hypocrisy will select , to be falsely imputed , as the means of accomplishing it's plundering purposes . Accuse men of robbery , of murder , of ...
Page 14
... reason and of conscience , but very little difference indeed be- tween the crime of the unjust Judge and that of the persons who wink at , or approve of , his conduct , such persons being , in fact , his aiders and abettors . It is ...
... reason and of conscience , but very little difference indeed be- tween the crime of the unjust Judge and that of the persons who wink at , or approve of , his conduct , such persons being , in fact , his aiders and abettors . It is ...
Page 18
... 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 take care of these two things , and he ...
... 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 take care of these two things , and he ...
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abstain AHAB amongst Apostle arise bible blasphemy blood Book of Job Book of Kings breast bribe bribery called cause Chap child Christ Christian Church committed conduct consequences corrupt crime cruel cruelty death deed detestable doctrine drunkard drunkenness duty effect Ephah evil eyes faith false father feelings filthy lucre flock food and raiment fraud fruit gamester gaming give gluttony God's guilty hands hath heart honour human hypocrisy hypocrite impious injustice JEZEBEL judge judgment justice killing Kings labour laws lives Lord Magistrates mankind marriage matter means mind misery moral mother motive murder NABOTH nature neighbour offence oppression parents persons piety pious ancestors poor poverty precepts pretended Priests prophet public robber punishment receive regard religion rich robbery Saint Paul Samaria Shekel sluggard sluggishness thee thing thou shalt tion tithes unjust unjust Judges unto vengeance vice wicked word wretches