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Page 1 - For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to Godward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.
Page 72 - But that all may have a successful and happy issue, let us raise our eyes to the most blessed Virgin Mary, who alone destroys heresies, WHO is OUR GREATEST HOPE, YEA, THE ENTIRE GROUND OF OUR HOPE.
Page 70 - Now, it is important to insist on this circumstance, because it suggests the reality and permanence of inward knowledge, as distinct from explicit confession. The absence, or partial absence, or incompleteness of dogmatic statements is no proof of the absence of impressions or implicit judgments, in the mind of the Church. Even centuries might pass without the formal expression of a truth, which had been all along the secret life of millions of faithful souls.
Page 64 - ... thoughts present themselves, his mind cannot throw them off, any more than if it were some dead thing, and not spirit ; but they then make an impression on him which he is not able to resist. Or again, weakness of body often hinders him from fixing his mind on his prayers, instead of making him pray more fervently ; or again, weakness of body is often attended with languor and listlessness, and strongly tempts a man to sloth. Yet, I have not mentioned the most distressing of the effects which...
Page 63 - ... he is not. Again, weakness of body may deprive him of self-command in other ways : perhaps he cannot help smiling or laughing, when he ought to be serious, which is evidently a most distressing and humbling trial, — or when thoughts present themselves, his mind cannot throw them off, any more than if it were some dead thing...
Page 74 - ... bodies, so also there is One Sacrifice. Our High Priest is He, Who offered the Sacrifice which cleanseth us. That same Sacrifice which was then also offered, we offer now too, That, the inexhaustible. For this is for a Memorial of That Which took place then. For, He saith, "This do, as a Memorial of Me.
Page 63 - Thus it makes him seem to be out of temper when he is not. . . . because his tongue, his lips, nay his brain are not in his power. He does not use the words he wishes to use, nor the accent and tone. He seems sharp when he is not .... Again, •weakness of body may deprive him of self-command in other ways ; perhaps he cannot help smiling or laughing when he ought to be serious . . or when thoughts present themselves his mind cannot...
Page 66 - ... a spiritual benefit to our hearts eventually, and improves them, — through Him who worketh all in all ; and it often is a sensible benefit to us at the time. Still it is often otherwise ; often it but increases the excitability and susceptibility of our hearts ; in all cases it is therefore to be viewed, chiefly as an approach to God — an approach to the powers of heaven — yes, and to the powers of hell.
Page 70 - ... judgments, in the mind of the Church. Even centuries might pass without the formal expression of a truth, which had been all along the secret life of millions of faithful souls. Thus, not till the thirteenth century was there any direct and distinct avowal, on the part of the Church, of the numerical Unity of the Divine Nature, which the language of some of the principal Greek fathers, prima facie, though not really, denies.
Page 64 - ... resist : or again ; weakness of body often hinders him from fixing his mind on his prayers, instead of making him pray more fervently: or again, — weakness of body is often attended with languor and listlessness, and strongly tempts a man to sloth. Yet, I have not mentioned the most distressing of the effects which may follow from even the moderate exercise of this great Christian duty. It is undeniably a means of temptation ; and I say so lest persons should be surprised, and despond when...