Religious DiscoursesHenry Colburn, 1828 - 68 pages |
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Page 34 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not...
Page 11 - Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets ; I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Page 75 - Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous : but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Page 51 - BLESSED is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
Page 44 - Jesus, beginning at Moses and all the prophets, expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
Page 60 - ... formed the poignant sauce with which infidels have seasoned their abstract reasoning, and voluptuaries the swinish messes of pollution, which they have spread unblushingly before the public. It is a weapon suited to the character of the Apostate Spirit himself, such as we conceive him to be — loving nothing, honouring nothing, feeling neither the enthusiasm of religion nor of praise, but striving to debase all that is excellent, and degrade all that is noble and praiseworthy, by cold irony...
Page 45 - Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.
Page 59 - ... more formidable mode of seduction, arising from evil communication. It is the fear of ridicule, a fear so much engrafted on our nature, that many shrink with apprehension from the laugh of scorners, who could refute their arguments, resist their example, and defy their violence. There has never been an hour or an age, in which this formidable weapon has been more actively employed against the Christian faith than our own day. Wit and ridicule have formed the poignant sauce with which infidels...
Page 63 - ... into their secret, nor yield thy part of the promised blessing, for the poor gratification of sitting in the seat of the scorner, and sharing in the unprofitable mirth of fools, which is like the crackling of thorns under the pot ! The second verse contains the positive employment of the righteous man. His delight is in the law of the Lord, and in his law doth he meditate day and night. The object of the righteous is to fulfil what the patriarchs of our church have well termed •k the chief...
Page 64 - ... realm ; and is it then to be imagined that the laws of the Supreme are to be understood at a slighter expense of leisure than those of earthly legislators ? Be assured, that when we have meditated upon them, as in the text, by day and night, our time will even then have been lost, unless faith hath been our commentator and interpreter. The third verse describes, by a beautiful eastern simile, the advantages with which the forbearance from evil counsel, from the company of sinners, and from the...