Lent readings from the fathers, selected from 'The library of the fathers' [by W.J.E. Bennett and E.B. Pusey].J. H. Parker, 1852 - 270 pages |
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... doth not however stop at the rebuke , but having by this reproved and roused them , and shamed them with all strength of expres- sion , by another argument He also comforts them , saying , " For your Heavenly Father knoweth that ye have ...
... doth not however stop at the rebuke , but having by this reproved and roused them , and shamed them with all strength of expres- sion , by another argument He also comforts them , saying , " For your Heavenly Father knoweth that ye have ...
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... doth all , to deliver us from things unnecessary , and from our affection for the earth . For this cause He mentioned the heathens also , saying that " the Gentiles seek after these things ; " they whose whole labour is for the present ...
... doth all , to deliver us from things unnecessary , and from our affection for the earth . For this cause He mentioned the heathens also , saying that " the Gentiles seek after these things ; " they whose whole labour is for the present ...
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... doth not bid us so much as ask for them , but while we ask for other things , to have confidence , as though these also were added to those . Seek then the things to come , and thou wilt receive the things present also ; seek not the ...
... doth not bid us so much as ask for them , but while we ask for other things , to have confidence , as though these also were added to those . Seek then the things to come , and thou wilt receive the things present also ; seek not the ...
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... doth not prosper for ever , neither can this be for ever . Homil . in S. Matt . xxii . 66 First Friday in Lent . THE TEMPTATION . THEN was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil . " The Lord being ...
... doth not prosper for ever , neither can this be for ever . Homil . in S. Matt . xxii . 66 First Friday in Lent . THE TEMPTATION . THEN was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil . " The Lord being ...
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... thus neither in the other sort of things shall we be able to tolerate them . For whoso when he doth right , judges them unworthy to know his good deeds , and contents himself with the suffrage 32 ESTEEMING GOD MORE THAN MAN .
... thus neither in the other sort of things shall we be able to tolerate them . For whoso when he doth right , judges them unworthy to know his good deeds , and contents himself with the suffrage 32 ESTEEMING GOD MORE THAN MAN .
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Page 128 - And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church : but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
Page 161 - For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ : whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.
Page 53 - Thou art, of what sort the eternal life of the saints was to be, which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive.
Page 144 - Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly of heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Page 171 - But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; who will render to every man according to his deeds...
Page 205 - Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, so shall thy seed be.
Page 118 - But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.
Page 95 - Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Page 108 - And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all : for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts.
Page 231 - Behold, we go up to Jerusalem ; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes ; and they shall condemn him to death...