Sermons Translated from the Original French of the Late Rev. James Saurin, Pastor of the French Church at the Hague: On the attributes of GodW.J. M'Cartee, 1813 - Sermons, English |
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Page 126
... idolatry . Not content to punish the ambitious , he will destroy even the instruments of ambition , and overturn those thrones and palaces which have caused it . Not content to punish the voluptuous , he will destroy even objects of 126 ...
... idolatry . Not content to punish the ambitious , he will destroy even the instruments of ambition , and overturn those thrones and palaces which have caused it . Not content to punish the voluptuous , he will destroy even objects of 126 ...
Page 169
... idolatry , of which there are two sorts . The first , I call religious idolatry , which consists in rendering that religious worship to a creature , which is due to none but God . The second , I call moral idola- try , which consists in ...
... idolatry , of which there are two sorts . The first , I call religious idolatry , which consists in rendering that religious worship to a creature , which is due to none but God . The second , I call moral idola- try , which consists in ...
Page 187
... idolatry odious : idolatry in religion ; and idolatry in morals . Idolatry in religion consists in rendering those re- ligious homages to creatures , which are due to the Creator only . To discredit this kind of idolatry , the prophet ...
... idolatry odious : idolatry in religion ; and idolatry in morals . Idolatry in religion consists in rendering those re- ligious homages to creatures , which are due to the Creator only . To discredit this kind of idolatry , the prophet ...
Page 189
... idolatry , when , in dangerous crises , he says , " My way is hid from the Lord ; my judgment is passed over from my God . " Be not surprized at my giving so odious a name to a disposition of mind , which is too common even among those ...
... idolatry , when , in dangerous crises , he says , " My way is hid from the Lord ; my judgment is passed over from my God . " Be not surprized at my giving so odious a name to a disposition of mind , which is too common even among those ...
Page 190
... idolaters . The Jews were often guilty of the first sort of idolatry . The captivity in Babylon was the last curb to that fatal propensity . But this miserable people , whose existence and preservation , whose prosperities and ...
... idolaters . The Jews were often guilty of the first sort of idolatry . The captivity in Babylon was the last curb to that fatal propensity . But this miserable people , whose existence and preservation , whose prosperities and ...
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Page 305 - Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
Page 165 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Page 305 - See that ye refuse not him that speaketh : for if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven...
Page 349 - That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation...
Page 331 - And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years. And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Page 118 - But beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Page 305 - For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words...
Page 107 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God ; all things were made by him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Page 254 - Bacon, that the words of prophecy are to be interpreted as the words of one 'with whom a thousand years are as one day, and one day as a thousand years.
Page 153 - Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there : if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea ; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, "Surely the darkness shall cover me," even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and...