Sermons Translated from the Original French of the Late Rev. James Saurin, Pastor of the French Church at the Hague: On various subjects: with a general indexW.J. M'Cartee, 1816 - Sermons, English |
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... requires the erudition of the interpreter . It is a text fertile in instructions for our conduct : it illus- trates the sentiments with which we should be inspir- ed in all the afflictive circumstances through which Providence may call ...
... requires the erudition of the interpreter . It is a text fertile in instructions for our conduct : it illus- trates the sentiments with which we should be inspir- ed in all the afflictive circumstances through which Providence may call ...
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... require further illustration , they shall be incorporated in what we shall say when discussing the subjects . II . We have said , that this text is difficult , be- cause it refers to certain notions peculiar to Chris- tians in the ...
... require further illustration , they shall be incorporated in what we shall say when discussing the subjects . II . We have said , that this text is difficult , be- cause it refers to certain notions peculiar to Chris- tians in the ...
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... requires only that Christians should not be inconsolable in these circumstances , as those who have no hope.- Hence there is both a criminal and an innocent sor- row . The criminal sorrow is that which confounds us with those who are ...
... requires only that Christians should not be inconsolable in these circumstances , as those who have no hope.- Hence there is both a criminal and an innocent sor- row . The criminal sorrow is that which confounds us with those who are ...
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... requires that our strongest passion , our warmest attachment , and our firmest support , should ever have God for their object : and being on- ly in the life to come that we shall be perfectly joined to God , religion prohibits the ...
... requires that our strongest passion , our warmest attachment , and our firmest support , should ever have God for their object : and being on- ly in the life to come that we shall be perfectly joined to God , religion prohibits the ...
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... requires that we should presume charitably concerning the salvation of others . But people are urgent , and being unable to find any mitigation in a doubtful case , against which a thousand circumstances seem to militate , they ask ...
... requires that we should presume charitably concerning the salvation of others . But people are urgent , and being unable to find any mitigation in a doubtful case , against which a thousand circumstances seem to militate , they ask ...
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Page 159 - And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
Page 168 - ... then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord ; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father : for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 135 - Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? Behold, and see, if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow which is done unto me, wherewith the Lord hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
Page 46 - And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee...
Page 54 - Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad...
Page 239 - Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh ; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
Page 215 - My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips : When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
Page 239 - There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God : for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
Page 23 - But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
Page 153 - If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord...