Sermons, tr. by R. Robinson (H. Hunter)1800 |
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Page v
... truth , to countenance error , I thought it necessary to make this remark . Indeed , I have always flattered my- self for differing from Saurin ; for I took it for probable evidence that I had the virtue to think for myself , even in ...
... truth , to countenance error , I thought it necessary to make this remark . Indeed , I have always flattered my- self for differing from Saurin ; for I took it for probable evidence that I had the virtue to think for myself , even in ...
Page vi
... truth against error , probability against proof , conjecture against demonstration , and despised the miserable sophisms of those , who defended truth with the arms of error . " We have a fine example of this in the eleventh sermon , on ...
... truth against error , probability against proof , conjecture against demonstration , and despised the miserable sophisms of those , who defended truth with the arms of error . " We have a fine example of this in the eleventh sermon , on ...
Page viii
... truths , and there are various falli- ble inferences derived by different christians : in the first all agree , in ... truth and the reason of things , but so high only as to elevate and animate his hearers . By the most exact rules of ...
... truths , and there are various falli- ble inferences derived by different christians : in the first all agree , in ... truth and the reason of things , but so high only as to elevate and animate his hearers . By the most exact rules of ...
Page x
... truth and virtue , he is a foreigner worth our acquaintance , and the gallic in his appearance will not dis- gust a friend to the best interests of mankind . I say no- thing of the translation : it does not become me . Let those who are ...
... truth and virtue , he is a foreigner worth our acquaintance , and the gallic in his appearance will not dis- gust a friend to the best interests of mankind . I say no- thing of the translation : it does not become me . Let those who are ...
Page xi
... truths they contain , before we propose them to others , and may we anounce them in a manner suitable to their excellence . But suffer us not to labour in vain ; dispose our hearers to receive thine orders with submission , and to ...
... truths they contain , before we propose them to others , and may we anounce them in a manner suitable to their excellence . But suffer us not to labour in vain ; dispose our hearers to receive thine orders with submission , and to ...
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Popular passages
Page 57 - I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
Page 86 - And he turned to the woman, and said unto 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 witli the hairs of her head.
Page 232 - Lo, these are parts of his ways; but how little a portion is heard of him?
Page 181 - I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
Page 212 - To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus
Page 213 - Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations : that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ...
Page 69 - And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
Page 75 - Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, And let them say, Spare Thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach...
Page 69 - There was a certain creditor which had two debtors : the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. And * Luke, chap. vii. 36. 61 when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me, therefore, which of them will love him most ? Simon answered and said, I suppose that he to whom he forgave most.
Page 212 - 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.