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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Page viii
... knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ , and his ministry was attended with abundant success . As I have been speaking of what I judge his defects , it is but fair to add a few words of what I account his excellencies ...
... knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ , and his ministry was attended with abundant success . As I have been speaking of what I judge his defects , it is but fair to add a few words of what I account his excellencies ...
Page xvi
... knowledge and virtue lie infinite degrees of im- provement , one above another in a scale of excel- lence up to the first born of every creature , the perfect teacher sent from God . In this scale our author oc- cupies a high place in ...
... knowledge and virtue lie infinite degrees of im- provement , one above another in a scale of excel- lence up to the first born of every creature , the perfect teacher sent from God . In this scale our author oc- cupies a high place in ...
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... knowledge are praised for the depth of their understanding , and when such as perform very small and inconsiderable actions of virtue are considered as the wonders of the world . Sometimes I hear the world exclaim , What benevolence ...
... knowledge are praised for the depth of their understanding , and when such as perform very small and inconsiderable actions of virtue are considered as the wonders of the world . Sometimes I hear the world exclaim , What benevolence ...
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... knowledge ; like them you are able to know the Su- preme Being ; you can love like them ; you can form tender and delicate connections as they can ; and like them you are destined to eternal duration and felicity . Do not say then , I ...
... knowledge ; like them you are able to know the Su- preme Being ; you can love like them ; you can form tender and delicate connections as they can ; and like them you are destined to eternal duration and felicity . Do not say then , I ...
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... knowledge in the mind - rectitude in the conscience - sacrifice in the life - and zeal in the heart . By the knowledge , that guides it , it is distinguished from the visions of the superstitious ; by the rectitude , from whence it ...
... knowledge in the mind - rectitude in the conscience - sacrifice in the life - and zeal in the heart . By the knowledge , that guides it , it is distinguished from the visions of the superstitious ; by the rectitude , from whence it ...
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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.