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 36
... existence , to what a desperate condition have you reduced me ? See , wretch that you are , see these flames which burn and consume me . Observe this thick smoke which suffocates me . Behold the heavy chains with which I am loaded down ...
... existence , to what a desperate condition have you reduced me ? See , wretch that you are , see these flames which burn and consume me . Observe this thick smoke which suffocates me . Behold the heavy chains with which I am loaded down ...
Page 37
... existence you gave me . Shew me mountains and hills to fall on ine , and hide me from the anger of my judge ; or , if that divine vengeance which pursues thee , will not enable thee to do so , I myself will become thy tor- mentor ; I ...
... existence you gave me . Shew me mountains and hills to fall on ine , and hide me from the anger of my judge ; or , if that divine vengeance which pursues thee , will not enable thee to do so , I myself will become thy tor- mentor ; I ...
Page 74
... existence . " He sitteth upon the circle of the earth , whence the inhabitants appear to him as grass- hoppers . He bringeth princes to nothing , he con- sidereth the judges of the earth as vanity . He shall blow upon them and they ...
... existence . " He sitteth upon the circle of the earth , whence the inhabitants appear to him as grass- hoppers . He bringeth princes to nothing , he con- sidereth the judges of the earth as vanity . He shall blow upon them and they ...
Page 78
... existence of a first cause , he engraves it on every particle of the universe . If he would have us believe the divinity of revelation , he makes some character of that divinity shine in every part of it . Would he have us believe the ...
... existence of a first cause , he engraves it on every particle of the universe . If he would have us believe the divinity of revelation , he makes some character of that divinity shine in every part of it . Would he have us believe the ...
Page 160
... existence to a Supreme Being , and that he is under infinite obligations to him ; there he is made to feel that he hath no assurance of living four days , that within fifteen , twenty , or thirty years , he will be taken out of this ...
... existence to a Supreme Being , and that he is under infinite obligations to him ; there he is made to feel that he hath no assurance of living four days , that within fifteen , twenty , or thirty years , he will be taken out of this ...
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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.