Excerpt from Sermon on the Repentance of the Unchaste Woman: Translated From the Original French of the Rev. James Saurin, Pastor of the French at the Hague My brethren, the wish of David under direct ours in regard to all the Spots that have defiled our lives. True, the eyes of God are infinitely more pure than those of men. He indeed discovers frailties in our lives, which have escaped our notice, and if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart. It is true, he hath punishments to inflict on us infinitely more dread fu! Than any mankind can invent, and if men can kill the body, God is able to destroy bath soul and body in hell. However, this Almighty God, this terrible, this avenging God is a merciful God, great are his tender mercies: but men, men are cruel, yea, the very men, who allow themselves to live in the most shameful licentiousness, men who have the most need of the patience of] others, men who them selves deserve the most rigorous punishment, these very men are usually void of all pity for their fellows. Behold a famous example. The unchaste woman in the text experienced both, and by turns made trial of the judgment of God, and the judgment of men. But she met with a very didor-ent treatment. In Jesus Christ she found a very severe legislator, who left her awhile to shed tears, and very bitter tears; aglegislator, who left her awhile to her own grief, and sat and saw her hair dishevelled, and her features distorted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.