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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... respecting either the delivery or composition of a discourse , I offer to the reader , a Translation of a Letter on the Art of Preaching , by M. Reybaz , a Minister of Geneva . I also subjoin such senti- ments as have occurred to my ...
... respecting either the delivery or composition of a discourse , I offer to the reader , a Translation of a Letter on the Art of Preaching , by M. Reybaz , a Minister of Geneva . I also subjoin such senti- ments as have occurred to my ...
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... respect for virtue ; it compels them at least to acknowledge that there are still some righteous men upon earth ; it repairs the injury which is done to the sacred character in the public estima- tion by unworthy Ministers , and rescues ...
... respect for virtue ; it compels them at least to acknowledge that there are still some righteous men upon earth ; it repairs the injury which is done to the sacred character in the public estima- tion by unworthy Ministers , and rescues ...
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... respect from others , and by that degree of veneration which is necessary to give solemnity to his admonitions , and effect to his exhortations . II . The spirit of our ministry is , in the second place , a Spirit of Prayer * : prayer ...
... respect from others , and by that degree of veneration which is necessary to give solemnity to his admonitions , and effect to his exhortations . II . The spirit of our ministry is , in the second place , a Spirit of Prayer * : prayer ...
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... respect - but piety , alone , can render us res- pectable ; and so long as men shall not perceive it to be the predominating principle in our behaviour , their contempt will encrease , in proportion to the reverence which they conceived ...
... respect - but piety , alone , can render us res- pectable ; and so long as men shall not perceive it to be the predominating principle in our behaviour , their contempt will encrease , in proportion to the reverence which they conceived ...
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... respect to that precious treasure of the grace attendant upon baptism , which they still preserve , and which we all have lost . Let us look upon them as holy temples , where the glory and majesty of God reside , which the breath of ...
... respect to that precious treasure of the grace attendant upon baptism , which they still preserve , and which we all have lost . Let us look upon them as holy temples , where the glory and majesty of God reside , which the breath of ...
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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...