Sermons by J. B. Massillon, Bishop of Clermont: To which is Prefixed, the Life of the Author, 1. köideM. Carey and son, 1818 |
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... passion trop sion de périls trop frequentée , & c . A birth of passion too feebly rejected ; an occasion of danger too much frequented . The growth of passion too fee- bly checked ; occasions of dan- ger too little avoided . Et qu'ils ...
... passion trop sion de périls trop frequentée , & c . A birth of passion too feebly rejected ; an occasion of danger too much frequented . The growth of passion too fee- bly checked ; occasions of dan- ger too little avoided . Et qu'ils ...
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... passions ; -that is the time of man : but the time of Jesus Christ , that is to say , the time of working out their salvation , is never ready ; they delay , they put it off ; they always expect its arrival , and it never arrives . Vol ...
... passions ; -that is the time of man : but the time of Jesus Christ , that is to say , the time of working out their salvation , is never ready ; they delay , they put it off ; they always expect its arrival , and it never arrives . Vol ...
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... passions set every thing in motion ; where tranquility is the only pleasure unknown ; where cares are honourable ; where those who are at rest think themselves unhappy ; where all is toil and affliction of spirit ; in a word , where all ...
... passions set every thing in motion ; where tranquility is the only pleasure unknown ; where cares are honourable ; where those who are at rest think themselves unhappy ; where all is toil and affliction of spirit ; in a word , where all ...
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... passions , and , borne upon the wings of grace , enter , in our sight , into the path of salva- tion , whilst they leave us behind them , to wander still at the pleasure of our illicit desires . We view with a tranquil eye the prodigy ...
... passions , and , borne upon the wings of grace , enter , in our sight , into the path of salva- tion , whilst they leave us behind them , to wander still at the pleasure of our illicit desires . We view with a tranquil eye the prodigy ...
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... passions and pleasures , have their times and their moments marked in our days . Where do we place the work of salvation ? What rank do we give to this special care , above our other cares ? Do we even make a business of it ? And , to ...
... passions and pleasures , have their times and their moments marked in our days . Where do we place the work of salvation ? What rank do we give to this special care , above our other cares ? Do we even make a business of it ? And , to ...
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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.
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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.