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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... crime in the eyes of all good men ; and , therefore , the best calculated for the effecting of her nefarious purpose . But , now , mark well the dreadful means that she resorted to . She wrote letters in her husband's name to the ...
... crime in the eyes of all good men ; and , therefore , the best calculated for the effecting of her nefarious purpose . But , now , mark well the dreadful means that she resorted to . She wrote letters in her husband's name to the ...
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... crime ; and finally the signal and awful punishment of the crimi- nals . At first sight we are striken with horror at the punishment inflicted upon JEZebel . But , looking back at her offence ; viewing the coolness of her cruelty ...
... crime ; and finally the signal and awful punishment of the crimi- nals . At first sight we are striken with horror at the punishment inflicted upon JEZebel . But , looking back at her offence ; viewing the coolness of her cruelty ...
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... crime of blas- phemy was selected , in preference to any other crime , for reasons which are obvious enough . In the first place , this crime consists in the utterance of word merely . If the crime , falsely imputed , had been tha of ...
... crime of blas- phemy was selected , in preference to any other crime , for reasons which are obvious enough . In the first place , this crime consists in the utterance of word merely . If the crime , falsely imputed , had been tha of ...
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... crime , with regard to which reason has much less to do , with the populace , than passion . Men do not reason upon subjects where their hopes and fears are deeply en- gaged . The mass of mankind , having adopted certain opinions with ...
... crime , with regard to which reason has much less to do , with the populace , than passion . Men do not reason upon subjects where their hopes and fears are deeply en- gaged . The mass of mankind , having adopted certain opinions with ...
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... crime ; and the people wait patiently for the trial and the prof . These are crimes , which their brother christians frequently commit . But accuse men of blasphemy ; take that word for your means ; mark the victim with blasphemy on his ...
... crime ; and the people wait patiently for the trial and the prof . These are crimes , which their brother christians frequently commit . But accuse men of blasphemy ; take that word for your means ; mark the victim with blasphemy on his ...
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Page 117 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Page 246 - Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their conscience seared with a hot iron...
Page 41 - Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? They that tarry long at the wine ; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Page 152 - Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
Page 121 - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep : so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Page 82 - It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.
Page 245 - Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them ; Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters ; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters ; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.
Page 265 - The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
Page 9 - Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him; 26 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD.
Page 288 - Lord; thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.