Sermons Translated from the Original French of the Late Rev. James Saurin, Pastor of the French Church at the Hague: On the truth of revelationW.J. M'Cartee, 1813 - Sermons, English |
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... proof at all . There are certain pre - requisites essential to the investigation of truth , and it is hardly credible , that all who examined , or who pretended to examine , the divinity of the christian canon , possessed them , No ...
... proof at all . There are certain pre - requisites essential to the investigation of truth , and it is hardly credible , that all who examined , or who pretended to examine , the divinity of the christian canon , possessed them , No ...
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... mind which makes us give to every question , that is proposed to us , the time and attention which it deserves ; to each proof its evidence ; to each difficulty its weight ; to every good its real value . He means to 30 The Price of Truth .
... mind which makes us give to every question , that is proposed to us , the time and attention which it deserves ; to each proof its evidence ; to each difficulty its weight ; to every good its real value . He means to 30 The Price of Truth .
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... proof of that admirable di- versity of judgment , which God will observe at the last day . He will make a perfect distribution of the various circumstances of mankind ; and to whom he hath committed much , of him he will ask the more ...
... proof of that admirable di- versity of judgment , which God will observe at the last day . He will make a perfect distribution of the various circumstances of mankind ; and to whom he hath committed much , of him he will ask the more ...
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... proofs , and all the difficulties , on which the eclaircissement of this question depends . Wisdom requires , that my mind should remain undetermined on this question ; that I should neither affirm , 38 The Price of Truth .
... proofs , and all the difficulties , on which the eclaircissement of this question depends . Wisdom requires , that my mind should remain undetermined on this question ; that I should neither affirm , 38 The Price of Truth .
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... proofs . Let us not incorporate our fancies with religion . The belief of a truth , without evidence , can render us no more agreeable to God than the belief of a falsehood . A truth , received without proof , is , in regard to us , a ...
... proofs . Let us not incorporate our fancies with religion . The belief of a truth , without evidence , can render us no more agreeable to God than the belief of a falsehood . A truth , received without proof , is , in regard to us , a ...
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Page 205 - For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
Page 176 - ... having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace...
Page 227 - The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.
Page 77 - And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a Son, and shalt call His Name JESUS. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God shall give unto Him the throne of His father David.
Page 285 - They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. 30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham : but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. 31 And he said unto him. If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
Page 155 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
Page 422 - If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.
Page 344 - I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed to Him against that day.
Page 390 - And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard : I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; And break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down...
Page 70 - Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith ; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth and length, and depth and height, and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.