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He will revive us."--HOS. Enter your email address and we will send you a link to reset your password. The brilliant searchlight sweeping the broad ocean and revealing even the smallest craft on its surface is but a faint type of the Eternal Light from which no sinner can hide his sin. It is a simple question of time; a simple question whether it shall come here in this world, where the blood of Christ "freely" flows, or in the future world, where "there remaineth no more sacrifice for sin."(W. "Forsake not the work of Thine own hands. (Admonition 23.) Therefore the first natural bond of human society is man and wife. sighs one troubled heart, "I fear I shall fall into many sins between here and heaven." 5, 6. Rom. "I dwell with him that is of a humble and contrite heart, to revive the heart of the contrite ones."--ISA. Denomination: This is the communion with Him, and with Christ, which unquestionably helps the struggling, the penitent, the praying, more than anything else. : While the Americans were blockading Cuba, several captains endeavoured to elude their vigilance by night, trusting that the darkness would conceal them as they passed between the American war-ships. Differently to be admonished are those that are at variance and those that are at peace. God has made us so. Our relation toward such a God should be 1. "God is a Spirit," etc. AugustineOf Holy Virginity. Thomas AquinasOn Prayer and The Contemplative LifeEpistle Xlvii. 19-22).3. We could never discharge our duties properly if we were to be perpetually distracted by the consciousness of what was around us: and, above all, we might be daunted by the perpetual thought of the presence of God, and so be paralyzed instead of helped. And the hour of death will come. But there are other reasons for the comparative neglect into which he has fallen. That of siding with Him against evil (vers. A History of the Half-Way Covenant. The right state of mind plainly is to have the thought of God's presence so perpetually at hand that it shall always start before us whenever it is wanted. 1. So, too, by living in the presence of God and, as it were, in the courts of heaven, we shall assuredly learn something of a heavenly tone, and shake off some of that coarse worldliness, that deeply ingrained selfishness, that silly pride and conceit which now spoils our very best service. Before the Searcher of hearts all mankind must appeal to mere and sovereign mercy. Who conceived the character of Christ, in an age overlaid and penetrated through and through with error? 15. Being rich he becomes richer; being already high born, of still nobler lineage; being illustrious, he gains greater renown; and--what is more than all--once a sinner he is now a saint. The proposals of that Covenant include its promises and its duties. Does the Contemplative Life consist solely in the Contemplation of God, or in the Consideration St. Forasmuch as each man is a part of the human race, and human nature is something social, and hath for a great and natural good, the power also of friendship; on this account God willed to create all men out of one, in order that they might be held in their society not only by likeness of kind, but also by bond of kindred. AugustineOn the Good of MarriagePrayer Out of the Deep. lxxxv. Hoyt, D. D.)God's knowledge of manW. 19-22).3. In my trouble I will call upon the Lord, and complain unto my God; so shall He hear my voice out of His holy temple, and my complaint shall come before Him; it shall enter even into His ears.--Ps. It is here proposed to show, that every incumbent duty ought, in suitable circumstances, to be engaged to in the exercise of Covenanting. What are those things you are standing for and believing that the Lord will bring to pass concerning you, beloved take the Word of God as it and with a simple faith believe in your heart that His promises will not fail to the ground but will fulfill all it intend to do in your life and situation in Jesus Name. Its words are as simple and unaffected as human words can be, for it is the genius John Edgar McFadyenIntroduction to the Old TestamentLinksPsalm 138:8 NIVPsalm 138:8 NLTPsalm 138:8 ESVPsalm 138:8 NASBPsalm 138:8 KJVPsalm 138:8 Bible AppsPsalm 138:8 ParallelPsalm 138:8 Biblia ParalelaPsalm 138:8 Chinese BiblePsalm 138:8 French BiblePsalm 138:8 German BiblePsalm 138:8 CommentariesBible Hub, (2)There is the error that imagines that death will make some fundamental alteration in their relation to God.2. But while all held their peace, the Son [441] said, AthanasiusSelect Works and Letters or Athanasius, Covenant Duties. Thomas AquinasOn Prayer and The Contemplative LifeEpistle Xlvii. He compasseth man's path, and his lying down, and is acquainted with all his ways. The word, "me," in the text, cannot be appropriated by any man, unless he, in some respects, resembles the character of David, who penned this psalm. Hoyt, D. D.: This psalm sings of I. Forasmuch as each man is a part of the human race, and human nature is something social, and hath for a great and natural good, the power also of friendship; on this account God willed to create all men out of one, in order that they might be held in their society not only by likeness of kind, but also by bond of kindred. But this is more especially true in the work of grace in the heart. 13-16).4. iii. xviii. GOD ACCURATELY AND EXHAUSTIVELY KNOWS ALL THAT MAN KNOWS OF HIMSELF. That of a prayerful seeking of the Divine guidance (ver. iii. I. Nay, more, this process of self-inspection may go on indefinitely, and the man grow more and more thoughtful, and obtain an everlastingly augmenting knowledge of what he is and what he does, so that it shall seem to him that he is penetrating so deeply into those dim and shadowy regions of consciousness where the external life takes its very first start, and then he may be sure that God understands the thought that is afar off, and deep down, and that at this lowest range and plane in his experience he besets him behind and before.II. We become unconscious of everything by long use. The Lord is nigh unto them that call upon Him; He also will hear their cry, and will help them.--Psalm cxlv. Wherefore a few witnesses, which the Lord deigns to suggest to my mind, I proceed to mention, from out the teaching of Christ concerning humility, such as perhaps may be enough for my purpose. Differently to be admonished are those that are at variance and those that are at peace. Justice, in this reference, is out of the question. A Consolatory Letter to the Parents of Geoffrey. 18 " Ep., cxxx. 3. But in almost every case the dazzling rays of a searchlight frustrated the attempt, and the fugitives' vessel was captured by the Americans. His discourse, the first which He delivered to His disciples at greater length, began from this. Our lives would be radiant with joy, and our lips filled with praise; the joy of the Lord would be our strength. That of adoring and constantly thoughtful reverence (vers. It constitutes the response of the Church to the divine demands of prophecy, and, in a less degree, of law; or, rather, it expresses those emotions and aspirations of the universal heart which lie deeper than any formal demand. 24). S. Thomas, On the Beatific Vision, I., xii. 24).(W. There is, therefore, nothing wrong in our forgetting that we are in the presence of God any more than there is anything foolish in our forgetting that we need air to breathe or light to see by, or that if we fall we may hurt ourselves: just in the same way as we very often, and quite rightly, forget that we are in the company of men who will take notice of our faults. For those that are at variance are to be admonished to know most certainly that, in whatever virtues they may abound, they can by no means become spiritual if they neglect becoming united to their neighbours by concord. Does the Contemplative Life comprise many Acts? Then is the moment to choose whether or not we will live in the presence of God; then when the finger of conscience is pointing to Him and saying, "He is looking at you. If something is concerning or upsetting to you right now, know that God will take care of it. We have received with the utmost gratification the letters of your Fraternity, which have reached us somewhat late by the hands of Donatus and Quodvultdeus, our most reverend brethren and fellow-bishops, and also Victor the deacon with Agilegius the notary. The proposals of that Covenant include its promises and its duties. Decision # 5: Choosing Daily to Serve the Lord. Let the path I daily walk in not be a crooked, corrupt and perverse path. 2. Take heed unto me and hear me; how I mourn in my prayer and am vexed.--Psalm iv. Though the transgressor is ignorant of much of his sin, because, at the time of its commission, he sins blindly as well as wilfully, and unreflectingly as well as freely; and though the transgressor has forgotten much of that small amount of sin, of which he was conscious, and by which he was pained, at the time of its perpetration; though, on the side of man, the powers of self-inspection and memory have accomplished so little towards this preservation of man's sin, yet God knows it all, and remembers it all. The word, "me," in the text, cannot be appropriated by any man, unless he, in some respects, resembles the character of David, who penned this psalm. "(Archbishop Temple. In my trouble I will call upon the Lord, and complain unto my God; so shall He hear my voice out of His holy temple, and my complaint shall come before Him; it shall enter even into His ears.--Ps. Do the Moral Virtues pertain to the Contemplative Life? Ps. Thomas AquinasOn Prayer and The Contemplative LifeEpistle Xlvii. Of course, ere ever this be possible, the Lord's work must have begun in us; we must have yielded ourselves up to him in real repentance and faith; but if we have done that, why, instead of our too common misgiving and fear, have we not this glad persuasion that is expressed in our text? That God had made the light, but had not made the sun? The man replies, "I mean that whatever really concerns me the Lord will see after, and bring it to a perfect issue, whether it be what has to do with my outward circumstances, or with what is of far more importance - my standing in his sight, the condition of my soul. He then that has no care to keep peace refuses to bear the fruit of the Spirit. The proposals of that Covenant include its promises and its duties. 8). lvii. GOD ACCURATELY AND EXHAUSTIVELY KNOWS ALL THAT MAN MIGHT, BUT DOES NOT, KNOW OF HIMSELF. Is the Contemplative Life wholly confined to the Intellect, or does the Will enter into it? He must be prepared for the Kingdom that has been prepared for him Saint Bernard of ClairvauxSome Letters of Saint Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, That the Ruler Should be Always Chief in Action. Does the Contemplative Life consist solely in the Contemplation of God, or in the Consideration St. Our hearts will put us in mind of God's eye being upon us every now and then involuntarily. (1)He knows our actions, ways, words, thoughts. And lest the presence of God should be too much for us, Christ has taken human nature on Him, and has provided that He will be always with us as long as the world shall last. vi. vi. Take heed unto me and hear me; how I mourn in my prayer and am vexed.--Psalm iv. Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage [1454] . Nay, more, this process of self-inspection may go on indefinitely, and the man grow more and more thoughtful, and obtain an everlastingly augmenting knowledge of what he is and what he does, so that it shall seem to him that he is penetrating so deeply into those dim and shadowy regions of consciousness where the external life takes its very first start, and then he may be sure that God understands the thought that is afar off, and deep down, and that at this lowest range and plane in his experience he besets him behind and before. vi. (1)He knows our actions, ways, words, thoughts. --The Life and Writings of St. Hilary of Poitiers. III. Here, then, is your confidence. Do the Moral Virtues pertain to the Contemplative Life? 5, 6. There must be a foundation for the promise. The self-knowledge, remember, must come in the one way or the other. S. Thomas, On the Beatific Vision, I., xii. He compasseth man's path, and his lying down, and is acquainted with all his ways. And though we thought that we had suffered loss from the tardiness of their coming, yet we find gain from their more abundant charity; seeing that from this delay in point Saint Gregory the Greatthe Epistles of Saint Gregory the GreatThe Coming Revival"Wilt Thou not revive us again: that Thy people may rejoice in Thee?"--PS. iii. 1. This is living with God. These included visiting the second longest beach in the world called lvii. Does the Contemplative Life comprise many Acts? Hence Paul. The law and covenant of God are co-extensive; and what is enjoined in the one is confirmed in the other. The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works thy own hands. 2. None other can be fit sinners; nay, and none other can be fit, grateful saints. S. Augustine, Of the City of God, xix. He then that has no care to keep peace refuses to bear the fruit of the Spirit. October 27th, 2022 The LORD will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy, O LORD, endures forever; Do not forsake the works of Your Hands. vi. It is perfectly plain from the elevated central point of view where we now stand, and in the focal light in which we now see, that no man can be justified before God upon the ground of personal character; for that character, when subjected to God's exhaustive scrutiny, withers and shrinks away. 1. (1)He knows our actions, ways, words, thoughts. Hoyt, D. D.)God's knowledge of manW. The Lord turned and looked at Peter. To Dominicus, Bishop. vi. Nay, more, this process of self-inspection may go on indefinitely, and the man grow more and more thoughtful, and obtain an everlastingly augmenting knowledge of what he is and what he does, so that it shall seem to him that he is penetrating so deeply into those dim and shadowy regions of consciousness where the external life takes its very first start, and then he may be sure that God understands the thought that is afar off, and deep down, and that at this lowest range and plane in his experience he besets him behind and before.II. AugustineOf Holy Virginity. He learnt his theology, as we shall see, from Eastern authorities, and was not content to carry on and develop the traditional teaching of the West; and the disciple St. Give me to see, and know that I am thine in an everlasting Covenant, which cannot be broken: that from having committed my soul-concerns into thy hands; all my earthly interests I may safely leave at the disposal; and that . In my trouble I will call upon the Lord, and complain unto my God; so shall He hear my voice out of His holy temple, and my complaint shall come before Him; it shall enter even into His ears.--Ps. In the day when I cried Charles KingsleyOut of the Deep. Some are too small and some too distant. A Consolatory Letter to the Parents of Geoffrey. lxxxv. He will revive us."--HOS. Is the Contemplative Life wholly confined to the Intellect, or does the Will enter into it? To Dominicus, Bishop. If we had such a window we should pray for shutters, and should keep them closed.God omniscientWeekly Pulpit. His discourse, the first which He delivered to His disciples at greater length, began from this. (1)Atheism.(2)Indifferentism.3. 6. 15. 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