Sermons Translated from the Original French of the Late Rev. James Saurin ..., Volume 5L. Nichols, 1806 |
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Page 56
... Consider St. Paul , We glory in tribula- tions , because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts , by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us , Rom . v . 3 , 5 . Do you imagine you truly love God , while you have only languid ...
... Consider St. Paul , We glory in tribula- tions , because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts , by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us , Rom . v . 3 , 5 . Do you imagine you truly love God , while you have only languid ...
Page 57
... consider these two objects in this point of view , his eyes could hardly get sight of the one , it was so very diminutive , and his mind reckoned the whole as nothing : Our light affliction , which is but for a moment , worketh for us a ...
... consider these two objects in this point of view , his eyes could hardly get sight of the one , it was so very diminutive , and his mind reckoned the whole as nothing : Our light affliction , which is but for a moment , worketh for us a ...
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... consider these as eternal advantages , which nothing can alter : but when old age comes , when by continual languors , and by exquisite pains , men expiate the disorders of an irregular life , then that fear of God is respected , which ...
... consider these as eternal advantages , which nothing can alter : but when old age comes , when by continual languors , and by exquisite pains , men expiate the disorders of an irregular life , then that fear of God is respected , which ...
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... Consider next how piety influences our repu- tation . I am aware , that worldly men by decry- ing piety endeavor to avenge themselves for the want of courage to practise it . I am aware , too , that practise wickedness as much , as ...
... Consider next how piety influences our repu- tation . I am aware , that worldly men by decry- ing piety endeavor to avenge themselves for the want of courage to practise it . I am aware , too , that practise wickedness as much , as ...
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... Consider what an influence godliness hath in our happiness by calming our passions , and by set- ting bounds to our desires . Our faculties are finite : but our desires are boundless . From this.dispro- portion between our desires and ...
... Consider what an influence godliness hath in our happiness by calming our passions , and by set- ting bounds to our desires . Our faculties are finite : but our desires are boundless . From this.dispro- portion between our desires and ...
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Page 371 - Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.
Page 377 - Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin — ; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
Page 71 - And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
Page 226 - O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee ? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee ? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
Page 86 - Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him, for she is a sinner.
Page 266 - Christ: who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 156 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
Page 45 - As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken unto thee. But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth...
Page 95 - And he turned to the woman and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet; but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
Page 266 - And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.