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Sermons to Asses, to Doctors in Divinity, to Lords Spiritual and to Ministers of State
Sermons to Asses to Doctors in Divinity to Lords Spiritual and to Ministers of State Author:James Murray Subtitle: With an Engraved Portrait of the Author and an Original Sketch of His Life General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1819 Original Publisher: Printed for W. Hone Subjects: Dissenters, Religious Sermons, English Dissenters Sermons Religion / Sermons / General Religion / Sermons / Christian Rel... more »igion / Christian Ministry / Preaching Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: SERMONS DOCTORS IN DIVINITY. SERMON I. Matthew, xxiii. 7- And love to be called of men Rabbi. IT is hard to say, what will be the use of degrees from universities at the day of judgment. It is pity if they are not for some service in the next life, that they should be so much in fashion in the present world. The minds of men are very capricious with regard to the objects of their pleasure. Mankind are like children, -- want to have every hobby-horse that is in fashion. If once they take a fancy for a thing, no matter what it be, they are uneasy till they obtain it. But who would think that reasonable creatures would be so fond of empty titles which can do no good ? To be called Rabbi of men, is but an airy entertainment. A few common people might be excused for having foolish desires; but for learned men to be so weak, is not so easily accounted fcr. It is very likely human nature does not grow morally better by improvement in literature; for, unless vanity be one of the virtues, we will not find morality much improved by university education. There is not a more childish desire among the vulgar than this which prevails among the learned -- -to be called of men Rabbi. The world have always had some hobby-horse which they have been fond of: but to desire praise of men is an old foible. This passion ...« less