Sermons Translated from the Original French of the Late Rev. James Saurin, Pastor of the French Church at the Hague: On various subjectsW.J. M'Cartee, 1813 - Sermons, English |
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Page 63
... doth not outlive her income , and who teaches her children only the little course of domes- tic economy . All these actions are praise - worthy . All these examples ought to be imitated . But is there any ground for exclaiming as if ...
... doth not outlive her income , and who teaches her children only the little course of domes- tic economy . All these actions are praise - worthy . All these examples ought to be imitated . But is there any ground for exclaiming as if ...
Page 69
... doth not require of a dying person connected meditations , accurate reflections , precise and formal prayers , for one sigh , one tear , one ejaculation of your soul to God , one serious wish rising from the bottom of your heart will be ...
... doth not require of a dying person connected meditations , accurate reflections , precise and formal prayers , for one sigh , one tear , one ejaculation of your soul to God , one serious wish rising from the bottom of your heart will be ...
Page 78
... doth not require us to admit any truth without evidence . If he would have us believe the existence of a first cause , he engraves it on every particle of the universe . If he would have us believe the divinity of revelation , he makes ...
... doth not require us to admit any truth without evidence . If he would have us believe the existence of a first cause , he engraves it on every particle of the universe . If he would have us believe the divinity of revelation , he makes ...
Page 79
... doth not derive his principles from the source of knowledge . A family tradition , a tale , a legend , a monkish fable , the reverie of a confes- sor , the decision of a council , this is his law , this is his light , this is his gospel ...
... doth not derive his principles from the source of knowledge . A family tradition , a tale , a legend , a monkish fable , the reverie of a confes- sor , the decision of a council , this is his law , this is his light , this is his gospel ...
Page 82
... doth not break out into unbridled mirth , and excessive pleasures . As he is naturally collected in himself , and not commu- nicative , he doth not follow the crowd through the turbulance and tumult of the world . As he is natu- rally ...
... doth not break out into unbridled mirth , and excessive pleasures . As he is naturally collected in himself , and not commu- nicative , he doth not follow the crowd through the turbulance and tumult of the world . As he is natu- rally ...
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Page 329 - Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night : ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence, and give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
Page 332 - They that turn many to righteousness, shall shine as the stars for ever and ever.
Page 179 - All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Page 103 - There was a certain creditor which had two debtors : the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me, therefore, which of them will love him most 1 Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most.
Page 272 - O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee ? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee ? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
Page 104 - Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
Page 361 - Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
Page 199 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
Page 319 - I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
Page 442 - Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin — ; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.