Sermons Translated from the Original French of the Late Rev. James Saurin, Pastor of the French Church at the Hague: On Christian moralityW.J. M'Cartee, 1813 |
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... vice while he commits it , cannot in this manner violate one sin- gle article of the law without enervating the whole of it . A man cannot be truly chaste without being humble , nor can he be truly humble without being The Necessity of ...
... vice while he commits it , cannot in this manner violate one sin- gle article of the law without enervating the whole of it . A man cannot be truly chaste without being humble , nor can he be truly humble without being The Necessity of ...
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... vice , while he commits it , sins against all the precepts of the law , while he seems to sin against only one . 1. Because he subverts , as far as he can , the foundation of the law . 2. Because , although he may not actually violate ...
... vice , while he commits it , sins against all the precepts of the law , while he seems to sin against only one . 1. Because he subverts , as far as he can , the foundation of the law . 2. Because , although he may not actually violate ...
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... vice with error , heresy with disobe- dience . There are two sorts of errors and heresies ; there are some errors which do not subvert the foun- dation of faith , and there are other errors that do sub- vert it . If , after I have ...
... vice with error , heresy with disobe- dience . There are two sorts of errors and heresies ; there are some errors which do not subvert the foun- dation of faith , and there are other errors that do sub- vert it . If , after I have ...
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... vice while he commits it , breaks all the precepts of the law , because , whether he do actually break them or not , he breaks them virtually , and intentionally . He violates precepts of generosity , but he does not fall into de ...
... vice while he commits it , breaks all the precepts of the law , because , whether he do actually break them or not , he breaks them virtually , and intentionally . He violates precepts of generosity , but he does not fall into de ...
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... vice , al- though we have only laid aside this one to make room for another that seemed opposite to it , but which was a natural consequence of the first . What ele- vates you to - day into excesses of ungoverned joy , is your excessive ...
... vice , al- though we have only laid aside this one to make room for another that seemed opposite to it , but which was a natural consequence of the first . What ele- vates you to - day into excesses of ungoverned joy , is your excessive ...
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Page 377 - I therefore so run, not as uncertainly ; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air : but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection : lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Page 98 - Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name; for thou only art holy : for all nations shall come and worship before thee : for thy judgments are made manifest.
Page 271 - I SAID, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue : I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
Page 267 - And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews : to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law ; To them that are without law...
Page 76 - But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
Page 19 - For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; and ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, "Sit thou here in a good place;" and say to the poor, "Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:" are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?
Page 92 - For thus saith the LORD of hosts, yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land. And I will shake all nations, and the Desire of all nations shall come, and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts, the silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.
Page 404 - Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Page 359 - Unto the pure all things are pure : but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure ; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.