Advent readings from the fathers, selected from 'The library of the fathers' [by W.J.E. Bennett]. |
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adultery Ahab Angels Apostle Archangel art thou Babylon behold believe blessed body Book of Job CHRYSOSTOM Church clay committed confession CYRIL OF JERUSALEM dead death desire despised devil Divine dost thou doth earth Elias Epicureans eternal evil eyes faith Father fear fire flesh fornication fruit give glory gold grace happy hath hear heart heaven hell herald Holy honour hope Jeroboam Jesus Christ Jews John Judge judgment king kingdom Kingdom of heaven Lazarus lest live Lord Jesus Christ loving-kindness mercy Michaiah mind ness ourselves palęstra passions Paul penitence Prophet punishment Rahab repentance righteous saith salvation Scripture seen Seest thou shew sinners sins soul speak Spirit stone suffer TERTULLIAN thee thine things thou art thou hast thou mayest thou seest thou shalt thou wilt thou wouldest threatened thyself ungodly unto vengeance virtue Wherefore whilst wickedness words worm
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Page 23 - Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
Page 23 - For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven ; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble ; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Page 53 - Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.
Page 163 - Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth : who, when he was reviled, reviled not again ; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously...
Page 199 - Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever.
Page 215 - And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
Page 111 - And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming...
Page 93 - For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first.
Page 215 - Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
Page 61 - ... (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.) 26 For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him. 27 But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.