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The Works of Joseph Butler, D.c.l.; Sometime Lord Bishop of Durham, Divided Into Sections; With Some Occasional Notes, Also Prefatory Matter
The Works of Joseph Butler Dcl Sometime Lord Bishop of Durham Divided Into Sections With Some Occasional Notes Also Prefatory Matter Author:Joseph Butler General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1896 Original Publisher: Clarendon press Subjects: Christianity Apologetics Analogy (Religion) Natural theology Eschatology Sermons, English Religion / Christianity / Anglican Religion / Sermons / Christian Religion / Christian Theology / General Religi... more »on / Christian Theology / Apologetics Religion / Christian Theology / Eschatology Religion / Eschatology Religion / Theology 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: SERMON X UPON SELF-DECEIT And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. -- 2 Samuel xii. 7. $ I. Nathan charges the self-complacent David. rPHESE words are the application of Nathan's -I parable to David, upon occasion of his adultery with Bathsheba, and the murder of Uriah her husband. The parable, which is related in the most beautiful simplicity, is this: a There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children: it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his oien flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him. And David's angerwas greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die : and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity. David passes sente...« less