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Introduction to the Devout Life by Francis of Sales, St. (1567-1622)
THE first purification to be made is from sin;—the means whereby to make it, the sacrament of penance. Seek the best confessor within your reach, use one of the many little books written in order to help the examination of conscience.
Beatitudes: An Exposition of Matthew 5:1-12 by Watson, Thomas (c. 1620-1686)
Blessed are the poor in spirit. Matthew 5:3 Having done with the occasion, I come now to the sermon itself. ‘Blessed are the poor in spirit’. Christ does not begin his Sermon on the Mount as the Law was delivered on the mount, with commands and threatenings, the trumpet sounding, the fire flaming, the earth quaking, and the hearts of the Israelites too for fear;…
Body of Divinity by Watson, Thomas (c. 1620-1686)
'Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.' John 5:58, 29.
Body of Divinity by Watson, Thomas (c. 1620-1686)
Q-35: HOW DOES CHRIST EXECUTE THE OFFICE OF A PRIEST? A: In his once offering up of himself a sacrifice to satisfy divine justice, and reconcile us to God, and in making continual intercession for us.
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 58: 1912 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"I know whom I have believed." 2 Timothy 1:12. THE text is wholly taken up with three things—with knowing, with believing and with the Person who is known and believed.
Complete Works of Thomas Manton, D.D. Vol. II by Manton, Thomas (1620-1677)
Let, therefore, as many as be perfect be thus minded; and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.—Phil. III. 15. THESE words are inferred out of the foregoing context, as the illative particle therefore showeth.
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 31: 1885 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God has before ordained that we should walk in them." Ephesians 2:10. THIS text is written by the Apostle as a reason why salvation cannot be a thing of human merit—"not of works, lest any man should boast, for we are His workmanship." The for indicates an argument.
Ten Commandments by Watson, Thomas (c. 1620-1686)
‘Thou shalt not commit adultery.’ Exod 20: 14. God is a pure, holy spirit, and has an infinite antipathy against all uncleanness. In this commandment he has entered his caution against it; non moechaberis, ‘Thou shalt not commit adultery.’ The sum of this commandment is, The preservations of corporal purity.
Christian View of God and the World by Orr, James (1844-1913)
“Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all have sinned.”—Paul. “This is a wonder to which the worshippers of reason have not yet given a name—the story of the fall of the first man.
NPNF1-09. St. Chrysostom: On the Priesthood; Ascetic Treatises; Select Homilies and Letters; Homilies on the Statutes by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
. Abel, beloved of God, yet slain, 342; more blessed in his death than Cain, 374; died the first to instruct Adam, 414; his sacrifice good, 422. Abraham, rich but not covetous: entertaining angels, 349; tent of, stronger than Sodom, 456.