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Page 110
On the one hand , we can hardly persuade ourselves that an intelligent creature ,
who is capable of governing a state , regulating a large and extensive commerce
, and of arranging a variety of systems , should entertain notions seemingly ...
On the one hand , we can hardly persuade ourselves that an intelligent creature ,
who is capable of governing a state , regulating a large and extensive commerce
, and of arranging a variety of systems , should entertain notions seemingly ...
Page 113
How should we correct ourselves without knowing ourselves ? How should we
acquire real wisdom without knowing precisely what our folly is , and by what
means to get rid of it ? It should seem , we ought to search for a solution of these
...
How should we correct ourselves without knowing ourselves ? How should we
acquire real wisdom without knowing precisely what our folly is , and by what
means to get rid of it ? It should seem , we ought to search for a solution of these
...
Page 220
When we treat of a point of doctrine , we may persuade ourselves it hath been
understood . When we explain a difficult text we flatter ourselves we have thrown
some light upon it . When we urge a moral duty , we hope the next occasion will ...
When we treat of a point of doctrine , we may persuade ourselves it hath been
understood . When we explain a difficult text we flatter ourselves we have thrown
some light upon it . When we urge a moral duty , we hope the next occasion will ...
Page 242
We do well to be attentive to this sermon : but after we have heard it , we violate
all the rules , if we be corrupt judges , ungrateful friends , faithless depositaries ,
and if because we have heard our duty we think ourselves discharged from the ...
We do well to be attentive to this sermon : but after we have heard it , we violate
all the rules , if we be corrupt judges , ungrateful friends , faithless depositaries ,
and if because we have heard our duty we think ourselves discharged from the ...
Page 356
It means that we should not estimate ourselves by such titles and riches , such
dignities and exterior things , as we have in common , with men like Caligula ,
Nero , Heliogabalus , and other monsters of nature , scourges of society .
It means that we should not estimate ourselves by such titles and riches , such
dignities and exterior things , as we have in common , with men like Caligula ,
Nero , Heliogabalus , and other monsters of nature , scourges of society .
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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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