A Collection of Sermons and Other Treatises: From the Works of the Author of the Imitation of Christ. Newly Translated from the Edition of Sommalius. S.J. Never Before Printed in the English Tongueprinted in the year, 1765 - 302 pages |
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Page 70
... fweet : bleffed is the man who hopes in him ; then he will willing ly dwell in his interiour folitude , and fre- quently meditate on eternal goods . Amen . SER- SERMON VIII . Of Silence , and the good Fruit 70 SERMONS to.
... fweet : bleffed is the man who hopes in him ; then he will willing ly dwell in his interiour folitude , and fre- quently meditate on eternal goods . Amen . SER- SERMON VIII . Of Silence , and the good Fruit 70 SERMONS to.
Page 71
... Silence , and the good Fruit thereof . SIL ILENCE is a friend to folitude as one who observed it ftrictly , faid : The folitary will fit filent , ( Thren . 3 : 29. ) for it is feldom well kept but in folitude , and is more eafily kept ...
... Silence , and the good Fruit thereof . SIL ILENCE is a friend to folitude as one who observed it ftrictly , faid : The folitary will fit filent , ( Thren . 3 : 29. ) for it is feldom well kept but in folitude , and is more eafily kept ...
Page 126
... Silence is an ancient Statute of the Re ligious , introduced by our holy fathers , and has ever been with great care preferv- ed . He who does but flightly break it is guilty of no flight offence , both against God , and the holy ...
... Silence is an ancient Statute of the Re ligious , introduced by our holy fathers , and has ever been with great care preferv- ed . He who does but flightly break it is guilty of no flight offence , both against God , and the holy ...
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Page 104 - For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me...
Page 115 - I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
Page 27 - Let your light fo fhine before men, that they may fee your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Page 253 - God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ: by whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world
Page 79 - I will adore thee, because thou art my God, in whom I have believed, whom I have loved, whom I have sought after, and whom always I have wished for. " Show me then some token for good," that mine eyes shall behold thy beautiful countenance in heaven.
Page 106 - God's favour is obtained. 17 Obey your prelates, and be subject to them. For they watch, as being to render an account for your souls; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief: for this is not expedient for you.
Page 200 - Thou (halt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole foul, and with all thy ftrength, and with all thy mind ; and thy neighbour as thyfelf.
Page 29 - Still, however, it will hold true, that there is not a juft man upon earth, who doeth good, and finneth not.