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Page 53
In compliance with the customary language and opinions of the Jews the
Prophets had frequently described him under all such images , as belong to
worldly dignities and opulence . But the passions of the people led them to
accept in a literal ...
In compliance with the customary language and opinions of the Jews the
Prophets had frequently described him under all such images , as belong to
worldly dignities and opulence . But the passions of the people led them to
accept in a literal ...
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SERM . to our temporal comfort , and contributes rather to enlarge than to
diminish every worldly possession . While it forbids what is unlawful , and
restrains what is intemperate or excessive , it enhances our enjoyment of every
worldly ...
SERM . to our temporal comfort , and contributes rather to enlarge than to
diminish every worldly possession . While it forbids what is unlawful , and
restrains what is intemperate or excessive , it enhances our enjoyment of every
worldly ...
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It is here to be noted that Mammon SERM . in the figurative language of the Jews
XI . was the Genius or Demon of worldly w wealth . Hence in the gospel it stands
either for riches in themselves , or an inordinate love of riches in the hearts of ...
It is here to be noted that Mammon SERM . in the figurative language of the Jews
XI . was the Genius or Demon of worldly w wealth . Hence in the gospel it stands
either for riches in themselves , or an inordinate love of riches in the hearts of ...
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In all this discourse our Lord reconiXI . mends an application of worldly wealth to
the improvement of our eternal interest . Thus also he directs his Hearers ,
whenever there is a competition of interest between temporal and spiritual
concerns ...
In all this discourse our Lord reconiXI . mends an application of worldly wealth to
the improvement of our eternal interest . Thus also he directs his Hearers ,
whenever there is a competition of interest between temporal and spiritual
concerns ...
Page 357
The poor , being disengaged from worldly wealth , were more disposed for the
reception of his doctrines , and were consequently better qualified for the
attainment of his beatitudes . And the rich , being entangled with the cares of
worldly ...
The poor , being disengaged from worldly wealth , were more disposed for the
reception of his doctrines , and were consequently better qualified for the
attainment of his beatitudes . And the rich , being entangled with the cares of
worldly ...
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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.
Bibliographic information
| 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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