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 viii
... believe and approve , that I never thought to remark any of these articles in translating and prefacing the first four volumes : but lest I should seem , while I am propagating truth , to coun- tenance error , I thought it necessary to ...
... believe and approve , that I never thought to remark any of these articles in translating and prefacing the first four volumes : but lest I should seem , while I am propagating truth , to coun- tenance error , I thought it necessary to ...
Page xi
... believe because we understand : but beyond this we have no faith , because we have no understanding , and can have no conviction , because we have no evi- dence . This point differs in different men according to the different strength ...
... believe because we understand : but beyond this we have no faith , because we have no understanding , and can have no conviction , because we have no evi- dence . This point differs in different men according to the different strength ...
Page xviii
... believe they will effectually contri- bute to edify the church , and to render more and more respectable the memory of this worthy servanț of God , whose death the examination of his works hath given us a fresh occasion to lament , We ...
... believe they will effectually contri- bute to edify the church , and to render more and more respectable the memory of this worthy servanț of God , whose death the examination of his works hath given us a fresh occasion to lament , We ...
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... believe a tradition of the Jews , this threatening was accomplished many ages after it was uttered . We are told in the Talmud , that there was at Jerusalem a family , in which no one outlived the eighteenth year of his age ; and that a ...
... believe a tradition of the Jews , this threatening was accomplished many ages after it was uttered . We are told in the Talmud , that there was at Jerusalem a family , in which no one outlived the eighteenth year of his age ; and that a ...
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... believe that they will return in bene- dictions upon them . Let each parent collect togeth- er all his piety , and then let him give himself up to the tenderest emotions towards his children . O God ! who didst present thyself to us ...
... believe that they will return in bene- dictions upon them . Let each parent collect togeth- er all his piety , and then let him give himself up to the tenderest emotions towards his children . O God ! who didst present thyself to us ...
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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.