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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... practice of real virtue . This is not the place to enter into disputes ; we will content ourselves with a few plain remarks on the nature and obligations of men , and on the moral influence of the gospel ; and , for this purpose , we ...
... practice of real virtue . This is not the place to enter into disputes ; we will content ourselves with a few plain remarks on the nature and obligations of men , and on the moral influence of the gospel ; and , for this purpose , we ...
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... practice , in the christian religion , are inseparably connected ; for as there can be no true morality without faith in the doctrines of Christ , so there can be no true faith without christian morality ; and it is for this reason ...
... practice , in the christian religion , are inseparably connected ; for as there can be no true morality without faith in the doctrines of Christ , so there can be no true faith without christian morality ; and it is for this reason ...
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... practice , sins against all the precepts of the law , while he seems to offend only in one point , because there is sufficient reason to believe , he will some time or other actually break those laws , which now he breaks only ...
... practice , sins against all the precepts of the law , while he seems to offend only in one point , because there is sufficient reason to believe , he will some time or other actually break those laws , which now he breaks only ...
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... practice of small virtues cannot sup- ply the want of the chief ; and that the performance of the chief virtues cannot make up for the omission of the least . These points are determined by Jesus Christ in the text . On the one hand ...
... practice of small virtues cannot sup- ply the want of the chief ; and that the performance of the chief virtues cannot make up for the omission of the least . These points are determined by Jesus Christ in the text . On the one hand ...
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... practices , to which , indeed , you are obliged , but which are not to be compared with other great virtues , of the excellence of which we have been speaking , and which are weightier matters of the law . All these particular ...
... practices , to which , indeed , you are obliged , but which are not to be compared with other great virtues , of the excellence of which we have been speaking , and which are weightier matters of the law . All these particular ...
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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.