Sermons by J. B. Massillon, Bishop of Clermont: To which is Prefixed, the Life of the Author, Volume 1M. Carey and son, 1818 - Sermons, English |
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... sinner hath abused , & c . Behold the divine secret of penitence ! As it performs here below , says Tertullien , the office of God's justice towards the cri- minal soul , and as the justice of God shall one day punish guilt by the ...
... sinner hath abused , & c . Behold the divine secret of penitence ! As it performs here below , says Tertullien , the office of God's justice towards the cri- minal soul , and as the justice of God shall one day punish guilt by the ...
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... sinner converted . Lewis XIV . died ; and the Regent , who honoured the talents of Massillon , and despised his enemies , named him to the bishopric of Clermont ; he wanted , moreover , that the court should hear him once more , and ...
... sinner converted . Lewis XIV . died ; and the Regent , who honoured the talents of Massillon , and despised his enemies , named him to the bishopric of Clermont ; he wanted , moreover , that the court should hear him once more , and ...
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... Sinner , and of the Righteous , 281 · XI . On Charity , 316 • XII . On Afflictions , 353 XIII . On Prayer , 383 · XIV . Forgiveness of Injuries , 411 XV . The Woman who was a Sinner , 443 XVI . The Word of God , 478 SERMON I. ON ...
... Sinner , and of the Righteous , 281 · XI . On Charity , 316 • XII . On Afflictions , 353 XIII . On Prayer , 383 · XIV . Forgiveness of Injuries , 411 XV . The Woman who was a Sinner , 443 XVI . The Word of God , 478 SERMON I. ON ...
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... sinners whose names adorn the present age , will be effaced from the remembrance of men ; the works of the just alone will be immortal , and , written for ever in the book of life , will survive the entire ruin of the universe . Is it ...
... sinners whose names adorn the present age , will be effaced from the remembrance of men ; the works of the just alone will be immortal , and , written for ever in the book of life , will survive the entire ruin of the universe . Is it ...
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... sinners are only superficially agreeable ; the first mo- ments alone are pleasant ; descend deeper , you find but gall and bitterness ; and the deeper you go , the more will you perceive the void , the weariness , and the satiety that ...
... sinners are only superficially agreeable ; the first mo- ments alone are pleasant ; descend deeper , you find but gall and bitterness ; and the deeper you go , the more will you perceive the void , the weariness , and the satiety that ...
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afflictions Almighty ancholy Apostle appear become behold believe bestow bitterness brethren brother Cardinal de Noailles censure charity chimeras Christian complain conscience consolation continually corruption crimes criminal danger dear hearer demnation desires discourse disgust divine dread duties earth effeminacy errors eternal evil excess eyes faith fathers favour feel formerly fortune freethinker glory gospel grace guilt happy hath heart heaven holy Holy Spirit honour immortal indolence infidelities innocence Jesus Christ Lastly les créatures live longer Lord lukewarm manners Massillon maxims melancholy ment mercy merit mind misery misfortunes nature ness never occasion ourselves passions penitence perhaps Pharisee piety pleasures pray prayer pretext pride punishment re-animates reason regard religion render reproach riches righteousness salvation secret self-love shame sight sinner sions sorrow soul specta stancy suffer tears thee thing thou tion tranquil truth vanity virtue weakness wish word worldly worthy yoke
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Page iv - An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned." And also to the act, entitled " An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled, " An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and...
Page 84 - I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man; but I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
Page iv - An act supplementary to an act, entitled, * An act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Chans, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned,* and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other Prints.
Page 447 - And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
Page 130 - So he turned and went away in a rage. And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
Page 84 - Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
Page iv - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 489 - Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said ; It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you ; but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
Page 382 - Reproach hath broken my heart ; and I am full of heaviness: And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none ; And for comforters, but I found none.
Page 308 - Awake, awake ; put on thy strength, O Zion ; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city : for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. Shake thyself from the dust ; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem : loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.