The Charges of Jean Baptiste Massillon, Bishop of Clermont, Addressed to His Clergy: Also, Two Essays: the One on the Art of Preaching, from the French of M. Reybaz, and the Other on the Composition of a Sermon, as Adapted to the Church of England ... by the Rev. Theops. St. John [pseud.] ... |
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... mind with comfort , and sometimes filled me with reproof ; I was induced to translate such of them as are more immediately applicable to the ministry of the Church of England ; after which , thinking that other men might , like my- self ...
... mind with comfort , and sometimes filled me with reproof ; I was induced to translate such of them as are more immediately applicable to the ministry of the Church of England ; after which , thinking that other men might , like my- self ...
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... mind . I was , there- fore , reduced to this delimma - either to abridge and translate the author - and of consequence , sometimes unavoidably , to weaken his sense , and retain , to a certain degree , the * idiom of his lan- guage or ...
... mind . I was , there- fore , reduced to this delimma - either to abridge and translate the author - and of consequence , sometimes unavoidably , to weaken his sense , and retain , to a certain degree , the * idiom of his lan- guage or ...
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... minds with a sense of the awful obligations , on which they are about to enter . It may also be equally serviceable to con- scientious men , who , disappointed in other profes- sions , or not succeeding in trade , enter , if they have ...
... minds with a sense of the awful obligations , on which they are about to enter . It may also be equally serviceable to con- scientious men , who , disappointed in other profes- sions , or not succeeding in trade , enter , if they have ...
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... minds from the service of their Maker ; and the absence of his parisioners from the House of God is to be attributed , either to his want of seriousness , of consideration , or of judg . ment : next let him enquire - whether the dis ...
... minds from the service of their Maker ; and the absence of his parisioners from the House of God is to be attributed , either to his want of seriousness , of consideration , or of judg . ment : next let him enquire - whether the dis ...
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... mind of the inquisitive , hearer - he may engage by his example , edify by his conver- sation , and instruct by his writings , but he will not be an useful Preacher , Solicitous to uphold the credit of the Church , and to promote the ...
... mind of the inquisitive , hearer - he may engage by his example , edify by his conver- sation , and instruct by his writings , but he will not be an useful Preacher , Solicitous to uphold the credit of the Church , and to promote the ...
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Page 146 - and knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; "and art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, 20an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
Page 158 - Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul ; having your conversation honest among the Gentiles : that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
Page 166 - If ye were of the world, the world would love his own ; but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Page 203 - For the love of money is the root of all evil, which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Page 41 - And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord; (As it is written in the Law of the Lord, Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;) And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the Law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.
Page 239 - And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night...
Page 142 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
Page 147 - And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness. 20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge, and of the truth in the law : 21 Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself?
Page 328 - Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live...