Sermons Translated from the Original French of the Late Rev. James Saurin, Pastor of the French Church at the Hague: On various subjectsW.J. M'Cartee, 1813 |
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... examines the subject , and with the fidelity of an upright soul openly declares in the face of the sun that he hath sentiments of his own , which are those of his own community , and he thinks those of the inspired writers . On the ...
... examines the subject , and with the fidelity of an upright soul openly declares in the face of the sun that he hath sentiments of his own , which are those of his own community , and he thinks those of the inspired writers . On the ...
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... examine this , and I fear I shall be able to prove to you , that our multitude is a dangerous guide to shew us the way to heaven ; and , to confine ourselves to a few articles , I shall prove that they are bad guides to direct us ...
... examine this , and I fear I shall be able to prove to you , that our multitude is a dangerous guide to shew us the way to heaven ; and , to confine ourselves to a few articles , I shall prove that they are bad guides to direct us ...
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... examine the truth , when we arrive at an age capable of discussion . The funda- mental points of religion , I grant , lie in the scriptures clear and perspicuous , and within the comprehension of all who choose to attend to them : but ...
... examine the truth , when we arrive at an age capable of discussion . The funda- mental points of religion , I grant , lie in the scriptures clear and perspicuous , and within the comprehension of all who choose to attend to them : but ...
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... soldiery , blood shed and to be shed , are esti- mated and rewarded ? Is it there that the cries of the wretched are heard , tears of the oppressed wiped VOL . V. 8 away , the claims of truth examined and granted ? General Mistakes . 57.
... soldiery , blood shed and to be shed , are esti- mated and rewarded ? Is it there that the cries of the wretched are heard , tears of the oppressed wiped VOL . V. 8 away , the claims of truth examined and granted ? General Mistakes . 57.
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Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson. away , the claims of truth examined and granted ? Is it in the palaces of the great that benevolence reigns , that benevolence without which a man is only a wild beast ? Is it there that the young ravens ...
Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson. away , the claims of truth examined and granted ? Is it in the palaces of the great that benevolence reigns , that benevolence without which a man is only a wild beast ? Is it there that the young ravens ...
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Page 329 - Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night : ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence, and give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
Page 332 - They that turn many to righteousness, shall shine as the stars for ever and ever.
Page 179 - All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Page 103 - There was a certain creditor which had two debtors : the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me, therefore, which of them will love him most 1 Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most.
Page 272 - O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee ? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee ? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
Page 104 - Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
Page 361 - Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
Page 199 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
Page 319 - I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
Page 442 - Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin — ; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.