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I . The multitude is a bad guide to direct our faith . We will not introduce here the
famous controversy on this question , whether a great number form a
presumption in favor of any religion , or whether universality be a certain
evidence of the true ...
I . The multitude is a bad guide to direct our faith . We will not introduce here the
famous controversy on this question , whether a great number form a
presumption in favor of any religion , or whether universality be a certain
evidence of the true ...
Page 27
Do not think , my brethren , that this reflection concerning that spirit of negligence
, which retains most men in a profession of their own religion , regards only such
communions as lay down their own infallibility for a fundamental article of faith ...
Do not think , my brethren , that this reflection concerning that spirit of negligence
, which retains most men in a profession of their own religion , regards only such
communions as lay down their own infallibility for a fundamental article of faith ...
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I compare it to the faith of the man , who believes the truths of the gospel only
through a headstrong prejudice , only because , by a lucky chance , he had a
father or a tutor , who believed them . As such a man cannot have a faith
acceptable to ...
I compare it to the faith of the man , who believes the truths of the gospel only
through a headstrong prejudice , only because , by a lucky chance , he had a
father or a tutor , who believed them . As such a man cannot have a faith
acceptable to ...
Page 73
And he said unto her , thy sins are forgiven . And they that sat at meat with him ,
began to say within themselves , who is this that forgiveth sins also ? And he said
to the woman , thy faith bath saved thee : go in peace . TET me fall into the hands
...
And he said unto her , thy sins are forgiven . And they that sat at meat with him ,
began to say within themselves , who is this that forgiveth sins also ? And he said
to the woman , thy faith bath saved thee : go in peace . TET me fall into the hands
...
Page 245
You know our commission , is to preach peace to such as return to God with
sincerity and good faith . The marks of sincerity and good faith are good works ,
and where circumstances render good works impossible , protestations and
promises ...
You know our commission , is to preach peace to such as return to God with
sincerity and good faith . The marks of sincerity and good faith are good works ,
and where circumstances render good works impossible , protestations and
promises ...
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| Title | Sermons Translated from the Original French of the Late Rev. James Saurin ..., Volume 5 Sermons Translated from the Original French of the Late Rev. James Saurin, Joseph Sutcliffe |
| Authors | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson |
| Publisher | L. Nichols, 1806 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 22 Aug 2008 |
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