Sermons Translated from the Original French of the Late Rev. James Saurin ..., Volume 2L. Nichols, 1804 |
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... sions , which we cherish , even while they divert our attention from the great end to which we ought to direct all our thoughts , designs , and views . I would fain shew you the road to truth to - day , my brethren ; open to you the ...
... sions , which we cherish , even while they divert our attention from the great end to which we ought to direct all our thoughts , designs , and views . I would fain shew you the road to truth to - day , my brethren ; open to you the ...
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... sions . We comprise the matter in seven precepts . 1. Be attentive . 2. Do not be discouraged at labor . 3. Suspend your judgment . 4. Let prejudice yield to reason . 5. Be teachable . 6. Restrain your avidity of knowing . 7. In order ...
... sions . We comprise the matter in seven precepts . 1. Be attentive . 2. Do not be discouraged at labor . 3. Suspend your judgment . 4. Let prejudice yield to reason . 5. Be teachable . 6. Restrain your avidity of knowing . 7. In order ...
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... sions , and readily join our voices to all those that cry , Vanity of vanities , all is vanity , and vexa- tion of spirit ? Eccles . i . 2. Whence is it , on the contrary , that in the gaiety of youth , and in the vigor of health , the ...
... sions , and readily join our voices to all those that cry , Vanity of vanities , all is vanity , and vexa- tion of spirit ? Eccles . i . 2. Whence is it , on the contrary , that in the gaiety of youth , and in the vigor of health , the ...
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... sion . We must then suspend our judgments , what- ever inclination we may naturally have to determine at once , in order to save the attention and labor , which a more ample discussion of truth would re- quire . By this mean , we shall ...
... sion . We must then suspend our judgments , what- ever inclination we may naturally have to determine at once , in order to save the attention and labor , which a more ample discussion of truth would re- quire . By this mean , we shall ...
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... sions which envelope and obscure the truth ? 6. The last artifice is this . Objections which are made against the truth , derive their force , not from their own reasonableness , but from the superiority of the genius of him who ...
... sions which envelope and obscure the truth ? 6. The last artifice is this . Objections which are made against the truth , derive their force , not from their own reasonableness , but from the superiority of the genius of him who ...
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Page 182 - 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 408 - Samuel said, hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord ? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken, than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.
Page 382 - 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 228 - I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain :" yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.
Page 119 - These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not; but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Page 201 - The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly.
Page 185 - He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
Page 122 - But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me. 21. But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.
Page 63 - For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
Page 265 - They have Moses and the Prophets ; let them hear them . . . If they hear not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead.