Sermons Translated from the Original French of the Late Rev. James Saurin ..., Volume 4 |
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Observe that man , say they , what a pattern of piety he is ! The church doors are
hardly opened before he rushes into his seat with eagerness and transport . In
approaching the Lord ' s table he discovers by every look and gesture a heart all
...
Observe that man , say they , what a pattern of piety he is ! The church doors are
hardly opened before he rushes into his seat with eagerness and transport . In
approaching the Lord ' s table he discovers by every look and gesture a heart all
...
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... might have an opportunity of obtaining salvation by observing any one of them
; and , it was one of their maxims , that he , who diligently kept one command ,
was thereby freed from the necessity of observing the rest . Agreeably to this
notion ...
... might have an opportunity of obtaining salvation by observing any one of them
; and , it was one of their maxims , that he , who diligently kept one command ,
was thereby freed from the necessity of observing the rest . Agreeably to this
notion ...
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But , as we observed just now , St . James did not intend to restrain what he said
to love . If he had a particular view to the theological system of some Jews , he
had also a general view to the morality of many christians , whose ideas of ...
But , as we observed just now , St . James did not intend to restrain what he said
to love . If he had a particular view to the theological system of some Jews , he
had also a general view to the morality of many christians , whose ideas of ...
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... without which they cannot either be good christians , or , what are called in the
world , men of honor and probity ; we have demonstrated this assertion by an
unexceptionable argument taken from experience ; we have said , Observe 22 .
... without which they cannot either be good christians , or , what are called in the
world , men of honor and probity ; we have demonstrated this assertion by an
unexceptionable argument taken from experience ; we have said , Observe 22 .
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argument taken from experience ; we have said , Observe that man , who was
formerly so very scrupulous of retaining the property of his neighbor , see , he
retains it now without any scruple : observe those parents , who were formerly so
...
argument taken from experience ; we have said , Observe that man , who was
formerly so very scrupulous of retaining the property of his neighbor , see , he
retains it now without any scruple : observe those parents , who were formerly so
...
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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,