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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... precepts ? Can it be believed that the hearers will be deterred from indulging in drunkenness , when the sermon ... precept be , if contradicted by the example ? We are told some- times , that we are to attend to what the Priest says , V ...
... precepts ? Can it be believed that the hearers will be deterred from indulging in drunkenness , when the sermon ... precept be , if contradicted by the example ? We are told some- times , that we are to attend to what the Priest says , V ...
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... precepts of fasting and abstinence from a lump of mortality weazing and choaking with fat ; these are too much for common sense to endure they over- come the powers of habit and the injunctions of law . The flock is disgusted . It ...
... precepts of fasting and abstinence from a lump of mortality weazing and choaking with fat ; these are too much for common sense to endure they over- come the powers of habit and the injunctions of law . The flock is disgusted . It ...
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... precept , upon which we ought to rely . By precept you may teach your son that drunkenness is sinful and leads to misery ; but the precept will have little force when contradicted by your example . You may preach , you may warn , you ...
... precept , upon which we ought to rely . By precept you may teach your son that drunkenness is sinful and leads to misery ; but the precept will have little force when contradicted by your example . You may preach , you may warn , you ...
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... . The BIBLE is strenuously recommended to our pe- rusal , it is highly extolled , it is widely distributed But , to what purpose , unless we attend to its contents , and act up to its precepts ? And , amongst PUNISHMENT OF OPPRESSORS . 77.
... . The BIBLE is strenuously recommended to our pe- rusal , it is highly extolled , it is widely distributed But , to what purpose , unless we attend to its contents , and act up to its precepts ? And , amongst PUNISHMENT OF OPPRESSORS . 77.
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... precepts ? And , amongst all the numerous precepts that it contains are there any en- joined with so much force and so frequently repeated , as those of acting justly towards the labourer and mildly and tenderly towards the destitute ...
... precepts ? And , amongst all the numerous precepts that it contains are there any en- joined with so much force and so frequently repeated , as those of acting justly towards the labourer and mildly and tenderly towards the destitute ...
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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.