Sermons of the Rev. James Saurin, Late Pastor of the French Church at The Hague, Volume 1D.A. Borrenstein, 1827 - Sermons, English |
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Page xxvii
... suppose that these philosophers would have rejected revelation , had it been proposed to them , and then they speak of them as if they had actu- ally rejected it . But , if the gospel be not a system of absurdity , adapted to credulity ...
... suppose that these philosophers would have rejected revelation , had it been proposed to them , and then they speak of them as if they had actu- ally rejected it . But , if the gospel be not a system of absurdity , adapted to credulity ...
Page xxxii
... Suppose the God of nature should think pro- per to reveal a simple system of astronomy , and to require all mankind to examine and be- lieve this revelation on pain of his displeasure . Suppose one civil government , having examin ...
... Suppose the God of nature should think pro- per to reveal a simple system of astronomy , and to require all mankind to examine and be- lieve this revelation on pain of his displeasure . Suppose one civil government , having examin ...
Page xxxiii
... suppose a hundred absurdities ? Does it not imply the imperfection of the revealed system , the infallibility of Ptolemy , the erroneousness of the other astronomers , the folly of examina- tion , or the still greater madness of ...
... suppose a hundred absurdities ? Does it not imply the imperfection of the revealed system , the infallibility of Ptolemy , the erroneousness of the other astronomers , the folly of examina- tion , or the still greater madness of ...
Page xxxv
... suppose him capable of proposing plans impossible to be executed , and then punishing his creatures for not executing them , we should attribute to the best of beings the most odious dispositions of the most infamous of mankind . Heaven ...
... suppose him capable of proposing plans impossible to be executed , and then punishing his creatures for not executing them , we should attribute to the best of beings the most odious dispositions of the most infamous of mankind . Heaven ...
Page xxxvi
... suppose the boundless wisdom of the gospel , and the innumerable ideas of inspired men concerning it , shrivelled up into the narrow compass of one human creed ; let us suppose liberty of thought taken away ; and the peace of the world ...
... suppose the boundless wisdom of the gospel , and the innumerable ideas of inspired men concerning it , shrivelled up into the narrow compass of one human creed ; let us suppose liberty of thought taken away ; and the peace of the world ...
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Page 62 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Page 251 - Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Page 50 - Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat...
Page 77 - 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 70 - 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 229 - For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
Page 123 - 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 xxxvii - Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection ; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
Page 85 - THUS saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: Where is the house that ye build unto me? And where is the place of my rest ? For all those things hath mine hand made...
Page 262 - Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly ; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another; in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs singing with grace, in your hearts to the Lord...