Sermons Translated from the Original French of the Late Rev. James Saurin ..., Volume 5L. Nichols, 1806 - Sermons, French |
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... maxims , which I am going to propose to you as the conclusion of this discourse . First maxim . Delays , always dangerous in cases of practical religion , are peculiarly fatal in the case of education . As soon as children see the light ...
... maxims , which I am going to propose to you as the conclusion of this discourse . First maxim . Delays , always dangerous in cases of practical religion , are peculiarly fatal in the case of education . As soon as children see the light ...
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... maxim . A procedure , wise in itself , and proper to inspire children with virtue , may some- times be rendered useless by symptoms of passions , with which it is accompanied . We cannot edu- cate them well without a prudent mixture of ...
... maxim . A procedure , wise in itself , and proper to inspire children with virtue , may some- times be rendered useless by symptoms of passions , with which it is accompanied . We cannot edu- cate them well without a prudent mixture of ...
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... maxim . A liberty , innocent when it is taken before men , becomes criminal , when it is taken before tender minds , not yet formed . What circumspection , what vigilance , I had almost said , what niceties doth this maxim engage us to ...
... maxim . A liberty , innocent when it is taken before men , becomes criminal , when it is taken before tender minds , not yet formed . What circumspection , what vigilance , I had almost said , what niceties doth this maxim engage us to ...
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... maxim . The best means for the education of children must be accompanied with fervent pray- er . If you have paid any attention to the max- ims we have proposed , I shall not be surprised to hear you exclaim , Who is sufficient for ...
... maxim . The best means for the education of children must be accompanied with fervent pray- er . If you have paid any attention to the max- ims we have proposed , I shall not be surprised to hear you exclaim , Who is sufficient for ...
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... maxims ge + nerally received . Fourthly , In regard to the splen- did actions , which they celebrate . And lastly , In regard to certain decisive occasions , that like touch- stones discover their principles and motives . 1. Consider ...
... maxims ge + nerally received . Fourthly , In regard to the splen- did actions , which they celebrate . And lastly , In regard to certain decisive occasions , that like touch- stones discover their principles and motives . 1. Consider ...
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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.