Mediæval Preachers and Mediæval Preaching: A Series of Extracts, Translated from the Sermons of the Middle Ages, Chronologically Arranged; with Notes and an IntroductionJ. C. Mozley, 1856 - 340 pages |
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Abbat ADAM SCOTUS Advent angels Antony Apostle ascend behold beloved brethren Bishop blessed body called Christian Church confession Cross death desire devil didst disciples discourses Divine earth eternal evil eyes faith FATHER fear fishes flesh Fulbert of Chartres give glory Gospel grace Guarric hand hath hear heart heaven heavenly hell Hildebert HOLY GHOST honour HRABANUS MAURUS humility hyæna Isaiah Jerusalem JESUS CHRIST Jews King kingdom labour live LORD JESUS LORD's medieval mercy Passion Passover peace penitence Peter Peter of Blois Peter the Venerable praise preached preacher Priest Prophet Psalm pulpit receive rejoice repentance Resurrection righteous saints saith salvation SAVIOUR sermon servant shalt signifies sinner sins soul speak spirit suffer Sunday thee thine things Thomas à Kempis thou art Thou hast tion to-day truth unto virtue Vulgate Whence wicked wisdom words writers written
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Page 92 - And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?
Page li - For ye have need of patience; that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
Page 229 - And he dreamed, and behold, a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven, and behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it. And behold, the Lord stood above it and said, "I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac.
Page xxxiv - For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
Page 88 - And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.
Page 217 - Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
Page xxxvii - WHO can find a virtuous woman ? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships ; she bringeth her food from afar.
Page 86 - And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit ; and they cried out for fear. But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer, it is I, be not afraid.
Page 113 - Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. And when they saw him they worshipped him; but some doubted.
Page 255 - And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. From henceforth let no man trouble me, for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.