Sermons Translated from the Original French of the Late Rev. James Saurin ..., Volume 7L. Nichols, 1808 - Sermons, French |
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... the first and second Sermon , are executed in such a style of superior merit , that I lament the deficiency of lan guage to convey his sentiments with adequate effect . True eloquence is the voice of nature , so rich.
... the first and second Sermon , are executed in such a style of superior merit , that I lament the deficiency of lan guage to convey his sentiments with adequate effect . True eloquence is the voice of nature , so rich.
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... effect delivered at once than divid- ed , and I would wish to dismiss the hearer con- vinced , persuaded , and overpowered with the mass of argument ; but we must proportion the discourse to the attention of the audience , and to our ...
... effect delivered at once than divid- ed , and I would wish to dismiss the hearer con- vinced , persuaded , and overpowered with the mass of argument ; but we must proportion the discourse to the attention of the audience , and to our ...
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... effects subside , the preacher is silent , and the devo- tion is closed . Whereas the actions of life , pro- ceeding from a source of worldly affections incess- antly return , just as a torrent , obstructed by the raising of a bank ...
... effects subside , the preacher is silent , and the devo- tion is closed . Whereas the actions of life , pro- ceeding from a source of worldly affections incess- antly return , just as a torrent , obstructed by the raising of a bank ...
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... effect of sin vanishes away , but the principle remains . A particular act of the bad habit is ceded to weakness and necessity , but the source still subsists , and wholly predominates in the man . 5. In fine , a man whose life has been ...
... effect of sin vanishes away , but the principle remains . A particular act of the bad habit is ceded to weakness and necessity , but the source still subsists , and wholly predominates in the man . 5. In fine , a man whose life has been ...
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... effect the most terrific truths of reli- gion . In seasons of prosperity , the gospel supplies us with sweet and consoling passages , but we should now urge the most efficacious ; we should not stay to adorn the house of God , when ...
... effect the most terrific truths of reli- gion . In seasons of prosperity , the gospel supplies us with sweet and consoling passages , but we should now urge the most efficacious ; we should not stay to adorn the house of God , when ...
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Page 152 - And these all, having obtained a good report through faith received not the promise, God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
Page 121 - Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more? Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore? Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies?
Page 119 - Well ; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not high-minded, but fear : for if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest He also spare not thee.
Page 113 - He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses : of how much sorer punishment suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace...
Page 251 - But he answered and said unto him that told him, " Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?" And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, "Behold my mother and my brethren! For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister and mother.
Page 79 - Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Page 119 - The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.
Page 285 - Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these ? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord ; thou knowest that I love thee.
Page 93 - For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water, the mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, the captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
Page 110 - And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah ; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.