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Page 19
But the poor man had nothing save one little ewe - lamb , which he had bought
and nourished up : and it grew up together with him und with his children ; it did
eat of his own meat , and drank of his own cup ; and lay in his bosom , and was ...
But the poor man had nothing save one little ewe - lamb , which he had bought
and nourished up : and it grew up together with him und with his children ; it did
eat of his own meat , and drank of his own cup ; and lay in his bosom , and was ...
Page 346
Wherever he sojourned , he was always ready to redress the wrongs of the
injured , and to relieve the wants of the poor . The door of his tent was always
open to the stranger and the way faring man , and he sought occasions of
exercising the ...
Wherever he sojourned , he was always ready to redress the wrongs of the
injured , and to relieve the wants of the poor . The door of his tent was always
open to the stranger and the way faring man , and he sought occasions of
exercising the ...
Page 347
Poor man , yet their conduct in life must be understood from the nature of their
recompence after death . When therefore we find the Rich man tormented , it is to
be inferred that he had viciously enjoyed his good things in life ; and when we
find ...
Poor man , yet their conduct in life must be understood from the nature of their
recompence after death . When therefore we find the Rich man tormented , it is to
be inferred that he had viciously enjoyed his good things in life ; and when we
find ...
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And this we may presume is the reason , why our Lord ascribes a blessing to the
poor and a woe to the rich . The poor , being disengaged from worldly wealth ,
were more disposed for the reception of his doctrines , and were consequently ...
And this we may presume is the reason , why our Lord ascribes a blessing to the
poor and a woe to the rich . The poor , being disengaged from worldly wealth ,
were more disposed for the reception of his doctrines , and were consequently ...
Page 359
In another world the rich and the poor will indifferently meet together ; all
distinctions of this life will be for ever set aside : but the account of their works will
follow them beyond the grave ; and according as they have improved or wasted
that ...
In another world the rich and the poor will indifferently meet together ; all
distinctions of this life will be for ever set aside : but the account of their works will
follow them beyond the grave ; and according as they have improved or wasted
that ...
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Page 49 - But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
Page 221 - And on the morrow, when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him ; Take care of him ; and whatsoever thou spendest more when I come again, I will repay thee.
Page 261 - And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. So that servant came and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
Page 19 - There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds : but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children ; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom and was unto him as a daughter.
Page 257 - But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room ; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee. For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased ; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Page 132 - Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: 25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
Page 208 - And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews ; to them that are under the law...
Page 188 - For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: It shall not return unto me void, But it shall accomplish that which I please, And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Page 339 - There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day : and there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table : moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
Page 166 - Thou preparedst room before it, And didst cause it to take deep root, And it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, And her branches unto the river.
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| Title | Sermons on the Parables |
| Author | John Farrer |
| Publisher | F. and C. Rivington, 1801 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 13 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 371 pages |
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