Twelve Sermons on Hypocrisy and Cruelty: Drunkenness, Bribery, the Rights of the Poor, Unjust Judges, the Sluggard, Murder, Gaming, Public Robbery, the Unnatural Mother, Forbidden Marriage, Parsons and TithesAuthor, 1828 - 240 pages |
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... killed by his enemies in battle ; aud according to the sentence passed upon him , the dogs licked up his blood , as they had licked up the blood of NABOTH . The fore - fathers of NABOTH , were not allowed to have weight with him . His ...
... killed by his enemies in battle ; aud according to the sentence passed upon him , the dogs licked up his blood , as they had licked up the blood of NABOTH . The fore - fathers of NABOTH , were not allowed to have weight with him . His ...
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... killed . The bare words , or bare oaths , of two wit- nesses , would not have been sufficient to justify in the minds of the people the horrible act of stoning a man to death . Besides it was necessary to select a crime , with regard to ...
... killed . The bare words , or bare oaths , of two wit- nesses , would not have been sufficient to justify in the minds of the people the horrible act of stoning a man to death . Besides it was necessary to select a crime , with regard to ...
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... killed his father or his mother ; yet neither of these is more unnatural than for a man to speak evil of God . It is wrong , per- haps , to say that any thing can be more unnatural than for a son to murder his mother ; yet , if it be ...
... killed his father or his mother ; yet neither of these is more unnatural than for a man to speak evil of God . It is wrong , per- haps , to say that any thing can be more unnatural than for a son to murder his mother ; yet , if it be ...
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... kill " is one of God's commands ; but that killing may take place without murder is very clear , for , in the continuation of those very commands , it is provided , that in some cases the punishment of death shall be inflicted ; and ...
... kill " is one of God's commands ; but that killing may take place without murder is very clear , for , in the continuation of those very commands , it is provided , that in some cases the punishment of death shall be inflicted ; and ...
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... killing is unhappily necessary to the safety of every community . Nor was Moses a murderer , when he killed the ... killing of the tyrant's instrument of oppression was not à criminal killing ; and , of course , that it was not a murder ...
... killing is unhappily necessary to the safety of every community . Nor was Moses a murderer , when he killed the ... killing of the tyrant's instrument of oppression was not à criminal killing ; and , of course , that it was not a murder ...
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abstain AHAB amongst Apostle arise bible blasphemy blood Book of Job Book of Kings breast bribe bribery called cause Chap child Christ Christian Church committed conduct consequences corrupt crime cruel cruelty death deed detestable doctrine drunkard drunkenness duty effect Ephah evil eyes faith false father feelings filthy lucre flock food and raiment fraud fruit gamester gaming give gluttony God's guilty hands hath heart honour human hypocrisy hypocrite impious injustice JEZEBEL judge judgment justice killing King labour laws lives look Lord Magistrates mankind marriage matter means mind misery moral mother motive murder NABOTH nature neighbour offence oppression parents persons piety pious ancestors poor poverty precepts pretended Priests prophet public robber punishment receive regard religion rich Saint Paul Samaria Shekel sluggard sluggishness thee thing thou shalt tion tithes unjust unjust Judges unto vengeance vice wicked word wretches
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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 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 73 - Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn ? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat...
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 147 - And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
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.
Page 27 - Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith and I have works ; show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works.
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 200 - And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
Page 3 - Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?