Sermons Translated from the Original French of the Late Rev. James Saurin ..., Volume 2L. Nichols, 1804 - Sermons, French |
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... heart ; if ardent prayers to the God of truth ; if these dispositions can obtain the know- ledge of truth , and the power of imparting it , we may venture to hope that we shall not preach in vain . May God himself crown our hopes with ...
... heart ; if ardent prayers to the God of truth ; if these dispositions can obtain the know- ledge of truth , and the power of imparting it , we may venture to hope that we shall not preach in vain . May God himself crown our hopes with ...
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... heart . If the knowledge of truth be exquisitely pleasing when human sciences are the objects of it , what delight is it not attended with , when the science of salvation is in view ? My brethren , forgive me , if I say , the greater ...
... heart . If the knowledge of truth be exquisitely pleasing when human sciences are the objects of it , what delight is it not attended with , when the science of salvation is in view ? My brethren , forgive me , if I say , the greater ...
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... heart , and with the general concert of all creatures . There , we admire to see the God of na- ture in harmony with the God of religion ; or ra- ther , we see religion is the renovation and embel- lishment of nature . There , we ...
... heart , and with the general concert of all creatures . There , we admire to see the God of na- ture in harmony with the God of religion ; or ra- ther , we see religion is the renovation and embel- lishment of nature . There , we ...
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... heart , nor that denial of self , nor that mortification of the passions , without which every desire of being sanctified is nothing but an artifice of corruption , which turns over a work to God , that he hath imposed on man . Are we ...
... heart , nor that denial of self , nor that mortification of the passions , without which every desire of being sanctified is nothing but an artifice of corruption , which turns over a work to God , that he hath imposed on man . Are we ...
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... hearts , which evince , by a kind of reasoning superior to all argument , su- perior to all scholastic demonstrations , that religion is made for man , that the Creator of man is the au- thor of religion . 4. The fourth artifice is an ...
... hearts , which evince , by a kind of reasoning superior to all argument , su- perior to all scholastic demonstrations , that religion is made for man , that the Creator of man is the au- thor of religion . 4. The fourth artifice is an ...
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Page 182 - For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
Page 408 - Samuel said, hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord ? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken, than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.
Page 382 - If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more.
Page 228 - I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain :" yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.
Page 119 - These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not; but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Page 201 - The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly.
Page 185 - He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
Page 122 - But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me. 21. But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.
Page 63 - For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
Page 265 - They have Moses and the Prophets ; let them hear them . . . If they hear not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead.