Sermons Translated from the Original French of the Late Rev. James Saurin ..., Volume 7L. Nichols, 1808 |
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... scriptures ; and from experience . We shall have recourse in order , to religion , histo- ry , and experience , to make us sensible of the dan gerous consequences of deferring the work . In the first 10 ON THE DELAY OF CONVERSION .
... scriptures ; and from experience . We shall have recourse in order , to religion , histo- ry , and experience , to make us sensible of the dan gerous consequences of deferring the work . In the first 10 ON THE DELAY OF CONVERSION .
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... scripture for examination and be- lief , are not presented to excite vain speculation , or gratify curiosity . They are truths designed to produce a divine influence on the heart and life . He that saith , I know him , and keepeth not ...
... scripture for examination and be- lief , are not presented to excite vain speculation , or gratify curiosity . They are truths designed to produce a divine influence on the heart and life . He that saith , I know him , and keepeth not ...
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... Scriptures from his infancy ! Having consecrated his early life to the study of truth , he has only , in a dying and retiring age to collect the consolations of a religion magnificent in its promises , and incontestible in its proofs ...
... Scriptures from his infancy ! Having consecrated his early life to the study of truth , he has only , in a dying and retiring age to collect the consolations of a religion magnificent in its promises , and incontestible in its proofs ...
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... Scriptures . We shall then affirm that when a sinner groans under the burden of his corruption , and sincerely desires conversion , God affords his aid , and gives him supernatural power to vanquish his sinful propensities . But we will ...
... Scriptures . We shall then affirm that when a sinner groans under the burden of his corruption , and sincerely desires conversion , God affords his aid , and gives him supernatural power to vanquish his sinful propensities . But we will ...
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... scripture .... and from ex . perience . We began by the first of these points ; to - day we intend to discuss the second : and if Pro- vidence call us again into this pulpit , we will explain the third , and give the finishing hand to ...
... scripture .... and from ex . perience . We began by the first of these points ; to - day we intend to discuss the second : and if Pro- vidence call us again into this pulpit , we will explain the third , and give the finishing hand to ...
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Page 152 - And these all, having obtained a good report through faith received not the promise, God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
Page 121 - Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more? Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore? Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies?
Page 119 - Well ; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not high-minded, but fear : for if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest He also spare not thee.
Page 113 - He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses : of how much sorer punishment suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace...
Page 251 - But he answered and said unto him that told him, " Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?" And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, "Behold my mother and my brethren! For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister and mother.
Page 79 - Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Page 119 - The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.
Page 285 - Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these ? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord ; thou knowest that I love thee.
Page 93 - For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water, the mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, the captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
Page 110 - And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah ; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.