Sermons by J. B. Massillon, Bishop of Clermont: To which is Prefixed, the Life of the Author, Volumen2M. Carey and son, 1818 |
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... death surprise you in that de- plorable state ? You would not dare to say so . That you have only to live tranquil in your debaucheries till God shall touch you , and till grace shall be given to you ? But it is the height of folly to ...
... death surprise you in that de- plorable state ? You would not dare to say so . That you have only to live tranquil in your debaucheries till God shall touch you , and till grace shall be given to you ? But it is the height of folly to ...
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... death is determined , and that such madness will neither hasten nor retard it a single instant . " O man ! " cries the apostle , in replying to the folly and to the impiety of this pretext , " is it thus that thou con- " temnest the ...
... death is determined , and that such madness will neither hasten nor retard it a single instant . " O man ! " cries the apostle , in replying to the folly and to the impiety of this pretext , " is it thus that thou con- " temnest the ...
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... death so uncertain , eve- ry instant so precious , conversions so rare , the exam- ples of those who are taken unawares so frequent , and futurity so awful , so many frivolous pretexts can be arged for delaying a change of life . In all ...
... death so uncertain , eve- ry instant so precious , conversions so rare , the exam- ples of those who are taken unawares so frequent , and futurity so awful , so many frivolous pretexts can be arged for delaying a change of life . In all ...
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... death in that unprepared state as the worst of evils ; and , never- theless , that they all defer withdrawing from it , under pretexts so childish , that even the gravity of the Chris- tian pulpit suffers in refuting and overthrowing ...
... death in that unprepared state as the worst of evils ; and , never- theless , that they all defer withdrawing from it , under pretexts so childish , that even the gravity of the Chris- tian pulpit suffers in refuting and overthrowing ...
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... death shall not surprise you in the course of those years which you still allot to the world and to the passions ; and that the Lord , whom you do not expect till the evening , shall not arrive in the morning , and when you least think ...
... death shall not surprise you in the course of those years which you still allot to the world and to the passions ; and that the Lord , whom you do not expect till the evening , shall not arrive in the morning , and when you least think ...
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 65 - And those who are as little children receive it, not as the word of man, but as the word of God.
Página 278 - Say not thou. What is the cause that the former days were better than these ? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.