Sermons by J. B. Massillon, Bishop of Clermont: To which is Prefixed, the Life of the Author, Volume 2M. Carey and son, 1818 |
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... hand , to enlighten your way through the obscurities and the dangers of this life ? Why , then , accuse God of that waste which you have made of his favours ? To him belongs the right of reclaiming his own gift ; to him it belongs to ...
... hand , to enlighten your way through the obscurities and the dangers of this life ? Why , then , accuse God of that waste which you have made of his favours ? To him belongs the right of reclaiming his own gift ; to him it belongs to ...
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... hands , or that the time for our penitence hath been promised to us , or that to die impenitent is no great misfortune , so strongly do all sinners lull themselves with this hope of being one day converted , without ever attempting a ...
... hands , or that the time for our penitence hath been promised to us , or that to die impenitent is no great misfortune , so strongly do all sinners lull themselves with this hope of being one day converted , without ever attempting a ...
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... hand , considers himself as a child of wrath , and doomed to perish ; not one who doth not flatter himself , that , at last , the Lord will one day have pity upon him : the lewd , the ambitious , the worldly , the revengeful , the ...
... hand , considers himself as a child of wrath , and doomed to perish ; not one who doth not flatter himself , that , at last , the Lord will one day have pity upon him : the lewd , the ambitious , the worldly , the revengeful , the ...
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... hands , these chains ? Look around see , if so many righteous , who bear the yoke from their earliest youth , are even tempted in situations in which you are always certain to perish . Why then should you , and you complain of a ...
... hands , these chains ? Look around see , if so many righteous , who bear the yoke from their earliest youth , are even tempted in situations in which you are always certain to perish . Why then should you , and you complain of a ...
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... hands of the Lord , clay can give sight to the blind ; and , when he pleaseth , the walls of Jericho fall at the sound of the weakest trum- pets . I trust then in the Lord for you , my brethren , that having received his word with ...
... hands of the Lord , clay can give sight to the blind ; and , when he pleaseth , the walls of Jericho fall at the sound of the weakest trum- pets . I trust then in the Lord for you , my brethren , that having received his word with ...
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Page 442 - All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
Page 473 - Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; a blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day: and a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.
Page 535 - The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.
Page 417 - Then said Martha unto Jesus ; Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee.
Page 259 - Verily, verily, I say unto you that ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice; and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
Page 135 - And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, and said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer ; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Page 259 - If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Page 366 - John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose : he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire...
Page 65 - And those who are as little children receive it, not as the word of man, but as the word of God.
Page 278 - Say not thou. What is the cause that the former days were better than these ? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.