Sermons Translated from the Original French of the Late Rev. James Saurin ..., Volume 4 |
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MY BRETHREN , V E RE I obliged to give a title to this episW tle , from which I
have taken my text , to distinguish it from the other books of our sacred canon , I
would call it the paradoxes of St . James . It should seem , the apostle had no
other ...
MY BRETHREN , V E RE I obliged to give a title to this episW tle , from which I
have taken my text , to distinguish it from the other books of our sacred canon , I
would call it the paradoxes of St . James . It should seem , the apostle had no
other ...
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which seems to aim at no less than the exclusion of the greatest saints on earth
from heaven , and to oblige Maşes , Eliąs , David , Paul , and other such eminent
men to exclạim , Who then can be saved ? Matt . xix . 25 . This principle is , that to
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which seems to aim at no less than the exclusion of the greatest saints on earth
from heaven , and to oblige Maşes , Eliąs , David , Paul , and other such eminent
men to exclạim , Who then can be saved ? Matt . xix . 25 . This principle is , that to
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Some Jews , soon after the apostle ' s time , and very likely in his days , affirmed ,
that God gave a great many précepts to men , not that he intended to oblige them
to the observance of all ; but that they might have an opportunity of obtaining ...
Some Jews , soon after the apostle ' s time , and very likely in his days , affirmed ,
that God gave a great many précepts to men , not that he intended to oblige them
to the observance of all ; but that they might have an opportunity of obtaining ...
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We do not examine , whether prudence could not in all cases suggest proper
means to free men from a tyrannical point of honor , or whether there really be
any case , in which gentlemen are indispensibly obliged either to quit the army ,
or to ...
We do not examine , whether prudence could not in all cases suggest proper
means to free men from a tyrannical point of honor , or whether there really be
any case , in which gentlemen are indispensibly obliged either to quit the army ,
or to ...
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... that they should enjoy the produce of the land : but should be strangers and
pilgrims , and have no absolute disposal of the lands themselves . In the quality
of sole proprietor he obliged them to pay him homage , and this is the true origin
of ...
... that they should enjoy the produce of the land : but should be strangers and
pilgrims , and have no absolute disposal of the lands themselves . In the quality
of sole proprietor he obliged them to pay him homage , and this is the true origin
of ...
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Page 31 - Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Page 218 - And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews : to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law ; To them that are without law...
Page 318 - For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death : for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
Page 68 - For thus saith the LORD of hosts, yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land. And I will shake all nations, and the Desire of all nations shall come, and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts, the silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.
Page 65 - I have set the LORD always before me : Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Page 351 - I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation; I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
Page 30 - And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord's: it is holy unto the Lord.
Page 306 - I therefore so run, not as uncertainly ; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air : but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection : lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Page 245 - And all that believed were together, and had all things common ; and sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
Page 273 - He that ruleth his spirit, is better than he that taketh a city,