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NPNF1-09. St. Chrysostom: On the Priesthood; Ascetic Treatises; Select Homilies and Letters; Homilies on the Statutes by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
. An exhortation to virtue—and particularly upon the passage, “God was walking in Paradise in the cool of the day:”—and again on the subject of abstaining from oaths.
Sermons on Several Occasions by Wesley, John (1703-1791)
“What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” Matthew 16:26 1. There is a celebrated remark to this effect, (I think in the works of Mr.
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 35: 1889 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise."’Luke 23:42-43.
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 35: 1889 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"Until he finds it. And when he has found it. And when he comes home." Luke 15:4,5, 6. THE love of Jesus, the Great Shepherd, is very practical and active.…
Little Book of Eternal Wisdom by Suso, Henry (c. 1296-1366)
. On The Immeasurable Joys of Heaven. Eternal Wisdom.—Now lift up thy eyes and see where thou dost belong. Thou dost belong to the Fatherland of the celestial paradise.
St. Anselm's Book of Meditations and Prayers. by Anselm, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury (1033-1109)
[§ 66.] Set as we are in the midst of snares, we all too easily grow cold and remiss in our longings after heaven. We have need, therefore, of some constant monitor, whose use shall be that when we have relaxed our efforts and lost ground, we may presently be roused from sloth, and may return to God, our true and highest good.
St. Anselm's Book of Meditations and Prayers. by Anselm, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury (1033-1109)
WE SHALL WITHOUT DOUBT FIND TRUE MERCY FOR ALL OUR SINS IF WE DO TRUE PENANCE. [§ 25. The condition of the sinner.] I feel no little fear when I look back upon the sins I have committed,…
History of the Origins of Christianity. Book IV. The Antichrist. by Renan, Joseph Ernest (1823-1892).
The times were strange, and perhaps the human race had never passed through a more extraordinary crisis. Nero was in his twenty-fourth year. The head of this wretched young man, placed by a wicked mother at the age of seventeen at the head of the world, finished by losing itself.
Fountain of Life Opened Up by Flavel, John (1627-1691)
Sermon 32. The third of Christ’s last Words upon the Cross, illustrated. Luke 23:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.
Tryal & Triumph of Faith: or An Exposition of the History of Christ's dispossessing of the daughter of the woman of Canaan by Rutherford, Samuel (1600-1661)
QUESTION. But cannot Christ be hid? Answer. Not of himself. It is hard to hide a great fire, or to cast a covering upon sweet odours, that they smell not. Christ’s name is as a sweet ointment poured out: he is a mountain of spices, and he is a strong savour of heaven, and of the higher paradise.
