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NPNF-212. Leo the Great, Gregory the Great by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
I. The Lenten fast is incumbent on all alike. On all days and seasons, indeed, dearly-beloved, some marks of the Divine goodness are set, and no part of the year is destitute of sacred mysteries, in order that, so long as proofs of our salvation meet us on all sides, we may the more eagerly accept the never-ceasing calls of God’s mercy.
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 18: 1872 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"For you have not passed this way before." Joshua 3:4. THEY had come out of Egypt. They had gone up and down in the wilderness, but they had never before crossed the Jordan.
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 16: 1870 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"He is precious." 1 Peter 2:7. "Precious promises." 2Peter 1:4. "Precious faith." 2Peter 1:1. THESE three precious things, when put together, present to us a treasure of priceless things, altogether without parallel.
Expositor's Bible: The Acts of the Apostles, Volume I by Stokes, George Thomas (1843-1898)
THE ORIGIN AND AUTHORITY OF THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. "The former treatise I made, O Theophilus, concerning all that Jesus began both to do and to teach, until the day in which He was received up, after that He had given commandment through the Holy Ghost unto the apostles whom He had chosen."—Acts i.
Sermons. Volume Third. by Manning, Henry Edward (1808-1892)
PROVERBS xxviii. 26. “He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool.” BY these words the inspired writer condemns the folly of those who take counsel of no one but themselves.
Provincial Letters by Pascal, Blaise (1623-1662)
LETTER V Paris, March 20, 1656 SIR, According to my promise, I now send you the first outlines of the morals taught by those good fathers the Jesuits, "those men distinguished for learning and sagacity, who are all under the guidance of divine wisdom- a surer guide than all philosophy." You imagine, perhaps, that I am in jest, but I am perfectly serious; or rather,…
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 20: 1874 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"That I might, by all means, save some." 1 Corinthians 9:22. THE Apostle speaks very broadly and talks about saving men. Some of our extremely orthodox Brothers would say at once, "You save men? How can man do that? The expression is inaccurate in the extreme.
Expositor's Bible: The Book of Isaiah, Volume II by Smith, George Adam (1856-1942)
We have been listening to the proclamation of a Monotheism so absolute, that, as we have seen, modern critical philosophy, in surveying the history of religion, can find for it no rival among the faiths of the world.
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 35: 1889 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"But He knows the way that I take: when He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold." Job 23:10 On several Sabbath mornings of late I have earnestly handled spiritual subjects which I trust may have been for the edification of the people of God.
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 38: 1892 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by His hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern." 1 Chronicles 28:19. THE Temple was not to be built according to the designs of David, or Solomon, or any other man.