Sermons Translated from the Original French of the Late Rev. James Saurin, Pastor of the French Church at the Hague: On Christian moralityW.J. M'Cartee, 1813 |
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... obliged to seek its own happiness , and it is natural to man to do so . The condition of man in regard to the Supreme Being , his Creator , is that of absolute dependence ; and hence comes the first distribution of the duties of life ...
... obliged to seek its own happiness , and it is natural to man to do so . The condition of man in regard to the Supreme Being , his Creator , is that of absolute dependence ; and hence comes the first distribution of the duties of life ...
Page x
... allow the divinity of his mission . This is one motive , or one class of mo- tives to moral obedience . By observing the mira- cles which he wrought , we are obliged to exclaim with Nicodemus , No man can do what thou doest X PREFACE .
... allow the divinity of his mission . This is one motive , or one class of mo- tives to moral obedience . By observing the mira- cles which he wrought , we are obliged to exclaim with Nicodemus , No man can do what thou doest X PREFACE .
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... obliged to give a title to this epistle , from which I have taken my text , to distinguish it from the other books of our sacred canon , I would call it the paradoxes of St. James . It should seem , the apostle had no other design in ...
... obliged to give a title to this epistle , from which I have taken my text , to distinguish it from the other books of our sacred canon , I would call it the paradoxes of St. James . It should seem , the apostle had no other design in ...
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... oblige them to the observance of all , but that they might have an opportunity of obtaining salvation by observ- ing any one of them ; and it was one of their max- ims , that he who diligently kept one command , was thereby freed from ...
... oblige them to the observance of all , but that they might have an opportunity of obtaining salvation by observ- ing any one of them ; and it was one of their max- ims , that he who diligently kept one command , was thereby freed from ...
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... cases suggest proper means to free men from a tyrannical point of honour ; or whether there really be any cases , in which gentle- men are indispensibly obliged , either to quit the ar- 38 The Necessity of Universal Obedience .
... cases suggest proper means to free men from a tyrannical point of honour ; or whether there really be any cases , in which gentle- men are indispensibly obliged , either to quit the ar- 38 The Necessity of Universal Obedience .
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Page 377 - I therefore so run, not as uncertainly ; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air : but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection : lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Page 98 - Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name; for thou only art holy : for all nations shall come and worship before thee : for thy judgments are made manifest.
Page 271 - I SAID, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue : I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
Page 267 - And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews : to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law ; To them that are without law...
Page 76 - But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
Page 19 - For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; and ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, "Sit thou here in a good place;" and say to the poor, "Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:" are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?
Page 92 - For thus saith the LORD of hosts, yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land. And I will shake all nations, and the Desire of all nations shall come, and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts, the silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.
Page 404 - Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Page 359 - Unto the pure all things are pure : but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure ; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.