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Treatise on Relics by Calvin, John (1509-1564)
ractices By The Iconoclast Emperors Of The East. The worship of images, as well as other Pagan practices, introduced into the church during the fourth and fifth centuries, were prevailing in the east as much as in the west; and I have mentioned, p.
Doctrinal Divinity by Gill, John (1697-1771)
Chapter 5 Of the Burial of Christ. The last degree of Christ’s humiliation, and which it ended in, is his burial, or his being laid in the grave; where he continued under the dominion of death for a time.
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 19: 1873 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"Through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ." Philippians 1:19. THE Apostle was in prison, in great jeopardy of his life. He was much troubled by many who had begun to preach Jesus Christ but did not preach Him in a proper spirit.
Sermons of John Owen by Owen, John (1616-1683)
Sermon I. The furnace of divine wrath. “And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.
Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 04. by Tillotson, John (1630-1694)
SERMON LVI. [Preached at Whitehall 1686, before the Princess Anne.] THE EXCELLENCY OF ABRAHAM’S FAITH AND OBEDIENCE. By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son: of whom it was said that in Isaac shall thy seed be called: accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead;…
Expositor's Bible: The Book of the Twelve Prophets, Volume I by Smith, George Adam (1856-1942)
CHAPTER XIV THE STORY OF THE PRODIGAL WIFE Hosea i.-iii. It has often been remarked that, unlike the first Doomster of Israel, Israel's first Evangelist was one of themselves, a native and citizen, perhaps even a priest, of the land to which he was sent.
Music in the History of the Western Church by Dickinson, Edward
[70] CHAPTER III THE LITURGY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH There is no derogation of the honor clue to the Catholic Church in the assertion that a large element in the extraordinary spell which she has always exercised upon the minds of men is to be found in the beauty of her liturgy, the solemn magnificence of her forms of worship,…
Systematic Theology - Volume III by Hodge, Charles (1797-1878)
This commandment, as we learn from our Lord’s exposition of it, given in his sermon on the mount, forbids all impurity in thought, speech, and behaviour. As the social organization of society is founded on the distinction of the sexes, and as the well-being of the state and the purity and prosperity of the Church rest on the sanctity of the family relation,…
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 18: 1872 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?" Acts 26:8. CONCERNING the souls of our believing friends who have departed this life we suffer no distress, we feel sure that they are where Jesus is and behold His Glory according to our Lord's own memorable prayer.
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 59: 1913 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"I went by the field of the lazy mam, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; and lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered its surface, and the stone wall was broken down.