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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: SERMON VI. On Luxury and Licentiousness. Isaiah, v. 12. 7Z'? harp, at: d the viol, the tabret and pipe, and wine, arc in their feasts; but they r/- gard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands. IT appears from many passages in' the writings of this prophet, that in his days great corruption of manners had begun to take place among the people of Israel. Originally a sober and a religious nation, accustomed to a simple and pastoral life, after they had enlarged their territories by conquest, and acquired wealth by commerce, they gradually contractedJ 105 tracted habits of luxury; and luxury soon, . ...., . J SERMON introduced its usual tr.am or attending evils. vl In the history of all nations the same cir - culation of manners has been found; and the age in which we live resembles, in this respect, the ages which have gone before it. Forms of iniquity may vary; but the corrupt propensities of men remain at all times much the same; and revolutions from primitive simplicity to the refinements of criminal luxury have been often exhibited on the stage of the world. The reproof directed in the text to the Jews of that antient age will be found equally applicable to the manners of many in modern times. In discoursing from it, I shall first consider the character of those who are described in the text, and shew the guilt that is involved in it. I shall next consider the duties which persons of that character are supposed to have neglected; to regard the 'work of the Lord, and to consider the operation of his hands. I. When we take into view the character pointed at in the text, it is evident Sermon that what the prophet means to reprove is Vt' the spirit of inconsiderate dissipation, of intemperate indulgence, and irreligi...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217992916 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217992919 |
| Weight | 0.51 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.35 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 150 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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