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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... speak evil of Blasphemy , used by itself , means to speak evil of God . This offence is perfectly monstrous , It is really out of nature . But , on that very account , we ought to be extraordinarily careful how we impute it to any one ...
... speak evil of Blasphemy , used by itself , means to speak evil of God . This offence is perfectly monstrous , It is really out of nature . But , on that very account , we ought to be extraordinarily careful how we impute it to any one ...
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... speaking to him . All be- comes matter of uncertainty or of mere chance , when dependant upon his will or his co - operation . Is it possible to imagine a being more contemptible , and at the same time more hateful than this ? Well ...
... speaking to him . All be- comes matter of uncertainty or of mere chance , when dependant upon his will or his co - operation . Is it possible to imagine a being more contemptible , and at the same time more hateful than this ? Well ...
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... speak daggers , but uses them . " Sin , in all cases , endeavours to disguise itself . Sa- tan is too crafty to present the wages of perdition in its naked form . A bribe , like poison , is frequently ten- dered , and as frequently ...
... speak daggers , but uses them . " Sin , in all cases , endeavours to disguise itself . Sa- tan is too crafty to present the wages of perdition in its naked form . A bribe , like poison , is frequently ten- dered , and as frequently ...
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... speaking of them , with respect . 66 The Psalmist has clearly taught us our first duty with regard to these corrupt wretches : " Gather not " my soul with sinners , nor my life with bloody men , " in whose hands is mischief , and whose ...
... speaking of them , with respect . 66 The Psalmist has clearly taught us our first duty with regard to these corrupt wretches : " Gather not " my soul with sinners , nor my life with bloody men , " in whose hands is mischief , and whose ...
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... speak of them , and , in some re- spects treat them , as a distinct and degraded kind of beings ? And , if this insolence fills us with indigna- tion and calls aloud for punishment , are even the thunders of Omnipotence too terrible for ...
... speak of them , and , in some re- spects treat them , as a distinct and degraded kind of beings ? And , if this insolence fills us with indigna- tion and calls aloud for punishment , are even the thunders of Omnipotence too terrible for ...
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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?