Sermons Translated from the Original French of the Late Rev. James Saurin, Pastor of the French Church at the Hague: On the attributes of GodW.J. M'Cartee, 1813 - Sermons, English |
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Page xviii
... sometimes by his queen Catharine de Medicis , niece of Pope Cle- ment VII . who , it is said , never did right except she did it by mistake : often by the constable de Montmorenci , whom , contrary to the express com- mand of his father ...
... sometimes by his queen Catharine de Medicis , niece of Pope Cle- ment VII . who , it is said , never did right except she did it by mistake : often by the constable de Montmorenci , whom , contrary to the express com- mand of his father ...
Page xix
... sometimes at the court of France . The house of Guise , Dukes of Lorraine , a very rich and powerful family , to whose niece , Mary Queen of Scots , the young king was married , pretended to make out their descent from Charles the Great ...
... sometimes at the court of France . The house of Guise , Dukes of Lorraine , a very rich and powerful family , to whose niece , Mary Queen of Scots , the young king was married , pretended to make out their descent from Charles the Great ...
Page xxxv
... sometimes granted in favor of the protestants , though his only aim was to weaken the Guises . The Ladies held him in execration for his unnatural practices : and the dutchess of Mont- pensier talked of clipping his hair , and of making ...
... sometimes granted in favor of the protestants , though his only aim was to weaken the Guises . The Ladies held him in execration for his unnatural practices : and the dutchess of Mont- pensier talked of clipping his hair , and of making ...
Page liii
... Sometimes we were forbidden to convert infidels ; and sometimes to confirm those in the truth , whom we had instructed from their infancy , and our pastors were forbidden to ex- ercise their pastoral office any longer in one place than ...
... Sometimes we were forbidden to convert infidels ; and sometimes to confirm those in the truth , whom we had instructed from their infancy , and our pastors were forbidden to ex- ercise their pastoral office any longer in one place than ...
Page lv
... sometimes general benefits , and the excision of a part may be essential to the preservation of the whole . The inflicting of these punishments on the French protestants , might pos- sibly be essential to the safety of the whole nation ...
... sometimes general benefits , and the excision of a part may be essential to the preservation of the whole . The inflicting of these punishments on the French protestants , might pos- sibly be essential to the safety of the whole nation ...
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Amorites apostles art thou atheist attributes behold blood body brethren Canaan Christians church consider creatures crimes disposition divine doctrine doth Duke of Guise earth edict endeavour eternity existence fear thee felicity finite France give glory gospel grandeur happiness harmony hath heart heaven holy house of Bourbon house of Guise ideas idolatry infinite intelligence Jesus Christ Jews justice king of nations king of Navarre knowledge laws libertines ligion Lord mankind manner mean meditation mercy mind misery morality nature ness notions objects ourselves pardon perfections pleasure praise preach princes principle prophet protestantism protestants prove Psal punishment Queen of Navarre reason reformation religion render repentance saith Saurin scripture self-efficient sense sermons sinner sins soul speak spirit Supreme things thou art thou hast thoughts thousand tion truth ture unto vengeance virtue whole wisdom words
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Page 305 - Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
Page 165 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Page 305 - See that ye refuse not him that speaketh : for if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven...
Page 349 - That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation...
Page 331 - And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years. And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Page 118 - But beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Page 305 - For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words...
Page 107 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God ; all things were made by him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Page 254 - Bacon, that the words of prophecy are to be interpreted as the words of one 'with whom a thousand years are as one day, and one day as a thousand years.
Page 153 - Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there : if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea ; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, "Surely the darkness shall cover me," even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and...