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 39
... suffered to proceed till the disgust at , and hatred of , this inso- lent and debauched body became universal , and until the resentment against it became irresistable . " If , with such a Priesthood , with such expounders of the bible ...
... suffered to proceed till the disgust at , and hatred of , this inso- lent and debauched body became universal , and until the resentment against it became irresistable . " If , with such a Priesthood , with such expounders of the bible ...
Page 41
... suffers all its pains and penalties without receiving and without meriting compassion ; because he has sinned , as was before observed , against nature as well as against rea- son and the word of God . Drowsiness , " says Solo- mon ...
... suffers all its pains and penalties without receiving and without meriting compassion ; because he has sinned , as was before observed , against nature as well as against rea- son and the word of God . Drowsiness , " says Solo- mon ...
Page 42
... suffer , if possible , ten thousand deaths of these fatal effects drunkenness in the husband is more frequently the cause than all other causes put together . In the house of a drunkard there is no happiness for any ore . All is ...
... suffer , if possible , ten thousand deaths of these fatal effects drunkenness in the husband is more frequently the cause than all other causes put together . In the house of a drunkard there is no happiness for any ore . All is ...
Page 43
... suffered to go un- punished , he foresaw must be productive of the most . injurious consequences to the Community of which he was the law - giver . In the xxi . Chap . DEUTERONOMY , he commands the parents of a stubborn and rebellious ...
... suffered to go un- punished , he foresaw must be productive of the most . injurious consequences to the Community of which he was the law - giver . In the xxi . Chap . DEUTERONOMY , he commands the parents of a stubborn and rebellious ...
Page 54
... suffer , however acutely , is a trifle , compared with the necessity of smothering one's groans ; a species of torture which has never been put in prac- tiće , except in a state of things where bribery was the pivot of power . " Gather ...
... suffer , however acutely , is a trifle , compared with the necessity of smothering one's groans ; a species of torture which has never been put in prac- tiće , except in a state of things where bribery was the pivot of power . " Gather ...
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