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 |
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... appears to me erroneous , for I think infant baptism an innovation . When he speaks of the Lord's sup- per , and talks of a holy table , consecration , august symbols , and sublime mysteries of the sacrament , I confess , my approbation ...
... appears to me erroneous , for I think infant baptism an innovation . When he speaks of the Lord's sup- per , and talks of a holy table , consecration , august symbols , and sublime mysteries of the sacrament , I confess , my approbation ...
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... appears in character , beautiful because in the service and livery of truth . Mere essays of gen- ius are for schools and under graduates : they ought never to appear in the christian pulpit ; for sensible people do not attend sermons ...
... appears in character , beautiful because in the service and livery of truth . Mere essays of gen- ius are for schools and under graduates : they ought never to appear in the christian pulpit ; for sensible people do not attend sermons ...
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... appearing before thee for our depravity , than for our natural meanness . But , O Lord ! though our sins and mis- eries depress us , yet thy mercy lifts us up . Thou art a God merciful and gracious , slow to anger and abundant in ...
... appearing before thee for our depravity , than for our natural meanness . But , O Lord ! though our sins and mis- eries depress us , yet thy mercy lifts us up . Thou art a God merciful and gracious , slow to anger and abundant in ...
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... appear , that they had the honour of being his domestics , and , so to speak , that they lived on his revenue . This was a benevolent design . God also , by appointing the priests to eat after they had sacrificed , intended to make them ...
... appear , that they had the honour of being his domestics , and , so to speak , that they lived on his revenue . This was a benevolent design . God also , by appointing the priests to eat after they had sacrificed , intended to make them ...
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... appears as their ideas unfold themselves . Sin in them is a fire at first concealed , next emitting a few sparks , and at last bursting into a great blaze , unless it be prevented in time . Whence do they derive so great an infection ...
... appears as their ideas unfold themselves . Sin in them is a fire at first concealed , next emitting a few sparks , and at last bursting into a great blaze , unless it be prevented in time . Whence do they derive so great an infection ...
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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.