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 47
... you have paid any attention to the maxims we have proposed , I shall not be surprised to hear you exclaim , Who is sufficient for these things ? 2 Cor . ii . 16. But , if it be the fear The fatal Consequences of a bad Education . 47.
... you have paid any attention to the maxims we have proposed , I shall not be surprised to hear you exclaim , Who is sufficient for these things ? 2 Cor . ii . 16. But , if it be the fear The fatal Consequences of a bad Education . 47.
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... exclaim , What benevolence ! What liberality ! What genero- sity ! I inquire for the evidences of these virtues , on which such lavish encomiums are bestowed ; I expect to find another St. Paul , who wished himself accursed for his ...
... exclaim , What benevolence ! What liberality ! What genero- sity ! I inquire for the evidences of these virtues , on which such lavish encomiums are bestowed ; I expect to find another St. Paul , who wished himself accursed for his ...
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Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson. horse . I hear the world exclaim in some circum- stances , What friendship ! What tenderness ! I in- quire for this tender , zealous , generous friend . I expect to find such an original as I have seen de ...
Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson. horse . I hear the world exclaim in some circum- stances , What friendship ! What tenderness ! I in- quire for this tender , zealous , generous friend . I expect to find such an original as I have seen de ...
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... exclaims , O Lord , my Lord , how excel- lent is thy name in all the earth ! When I consider thy heavens , the work of thy fingers , the moon and the stars which thou hast ordained , Psal . viii . 1 , 3. I cannot help crying , What is ...
... exclaims , O Lord , my Lord , how excel- lent is thy name in all the earth ! When I consider thy heavens , the work of thy fingers , the moon and the stars which thou hast ordained , Psal . viii . 1 , 3. I cannot help crying , What is ...
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... , and desperately wicked ! Jer . xvii . 9. Who would not think , to hear some men exclaim , Ah hu- man life , I only wish to free myself from thy connections , and thou , wicked world , I detest thee ! Disgust with Life . 203.
... , and desperately wicked ! Jer . xvii . 9. Who would not think , to hear some men exclaim , Ah hu- man life , I only wish to free myself from thy connections , and thou , wicked world , I detest thee ! Disgust with Life . 203.
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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.