Sermons, tr. by R. Robinson (H. Hunter)1800 |
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... penitent ? Ah ! victims of my depravity , unhappy heirs of the crimes of your parents , innocent creatures born only to suffer , methinks , I ought to reproach myself for all the pains you feel , all the tears you shed , and all the ...
... penitent ? Ah ! victims of my depravity , unhappy heirs of the crimes of your parents , innocent creatures born only to suffer , methinks , I ought to reproach myself for all the pains you feel , all the tears you shed , and all the ...
Page 72
... penitent . The question most controverted by inter- preters , and very differently answered by them , is that , which in our opinion is the least important , that is , who was this woman ? Not that a perfect knowledge of her per- son ...
... penitent . The question most controverted by inter- preters , and very differently answered by them , is that , which in our opinion is the least important , that is , who was this woman ? Not that a perfect knowledge of her per- son ...
Page 75
... penitent had been guilty of adultery . What idea must a woman form of herself , if she have committed this crime , and considers it in its true point of light ? Let her attentively observe the dangerous condition , into which she hath ...
... penitent had been guilty of adultery . What idea must a woman form of herself , if she have committed this crime , and considers it in its true point of light ? Let her attentively observe the dangerous condition , into which she hath ...
Page 76
... penitent : we may suppose her unchaste , as the evan- gelist leads us to do , without supposing her an adulteress or a prostitute . She might have fallen once , and only once . Her sin , however , even in this case must have become a ...
... penitent : we may suppose her unchaste , as the evan- gelist leads us to do , without supposing her an adulteress or a prostitute . She might have fallen once , and only once . Her sin , however , even in this case must have become a ...
Page 77
... penitent . This heart , the heart that my God demanded with so much con- descension and love , I have denied him , and given up to voluptuousness . This body , which should have been a temple of the holy Ghost , is become the den of an ...
... penitent . This heart , the heart that my God demanded with so much con- descension and love , I have denied him , and given up to voluptuousness . This body , which should have been a temple of the holy Ghost , is become the den of an ...
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Page 57 - I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
Page 86 - 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 witli the hairs of her head.
Page 232 - Lo, these are parts of his ways; but how little a portion is heard of him?
Page 181 - I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
Page 212 - To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus
Page 213 - Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations : that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ...
Page 69 - 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 75 - Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, And let them say, Spare Thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach...
Page 69 - There was a certain creditor which had two debtors : the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. And * Luke, chap. vii. 36. 61 when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me, therefore, which of them will love him most ? Simon answered and said, I suppose that he to whom he forgave most.
Page 212 - I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.