Sermons of the Rev. James Saurin: Late Pastor of the French Church at the Hague, Volume 2Harper & Brothers, 1836 |
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... ideas to this metaphorical expression , " ponder the path of thy feet . " It is one of those singular figures of speech , which agrees better with the genius of the sacred language than with that of ours . Remark this once for all ...
... ideas to this metaphorical expression , " ponder the path of thy feet . " It is one of those singular figures of speech , which agrees better with the genius of the sacred language than with that of ours . Remark this once for all ...
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... idea adopted by St. Paul , Rom . xii . 3 . " Be not righteous overmuch , neither make thyself over - wise " in regard to the mysteries of religion . As people sometimes lose their lives by diving , so sometimes people become unbelievers ...
... idea adopted by St. Paul , Rom . xii . 3 . " Be not righteous overmuch , neither make thyself over - wise " in regard to the mysteries of religion . As people sometimes lose their lives by diving , so sometimes people become unbelievers ...
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... idea of his own duty . Consider Paul as a zealot . Perhaps you may be surprised at our passing an encomium on this part of his life . Certainly we shall not undertake to make an apology for that cruel and barbarous zeal which made use ...
... idea of his own duty . Consider Paul as a zealot . Perhaps you may be surprised at our passing an encomium on this part of his life . Certainly we shall not undertake to make an apology for that cruel and barbarous zeal which made use ...
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... idea of a church , it is said , it has such and such advantages , so much in cash , so much in small tithes , and so much in great tithes . St. Paul saw the ministry only as a path full of thorns and briars , and he experienced ...
... idea of a church , it is said , it has such and such advantages , so much in cash , so much in small tithes , and so much in great tithes . St. Paul saw the ministry only as a path full of thorns and briars , and he experienced ...
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... ideas , which the Holy Spirit gives us of life . Sometimes it is a state of traffic , in which eternal reward is ... idea which we have given you of it , you cannot value it too highly . This world then is a place of exercise , life ...
... ideas , which the Holy Spirit gives us of life . Sometimes it is a state of traffic , in which eternal reward is ... idea which we have given you of it , you cannot value it too highly . This world then is a place of exercise , life ...
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Page 205 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago (whether in the body I cannot tell; or whether out of the body I cannot tell: God knoweth); such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth); How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
Page 250 - For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
Page 409 - But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Page 91 - I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
Page 368 - ... 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; 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 394 - The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth ; so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
Page 205 - For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
Page 153 - In all their affliction he was afflicted, And the angel of his presence saved them : In his love and in his pity he redeemed them ; And he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
Page 109 - Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
Page 35 - And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts : for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.