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Excerpt from Sermons on Moral Subjects
Love not the world, nor those things which are in the world.
What is it, my brethren, that is so Often pointed at and condemned in the Gospel, under the name Of the world? Our Divine Redeemer informs His apostles, that the Spirit Of Truth, whom He would send down upon them, could not be known by the world; (john, xiv. 17) that the peace which He bestowed upon them was not that which it bestowed. He forewarns them that the world would hate them as it had first hated Him, (xv. 18) and the prophets before them; (xvii. 14) that it had not even known His eternal Father: (25) and He couse quently excludes it from the pathetic prayer which He makes for His apostles. They, in their turn, were no less careful to caution their followers against the same opposition between their doctrine and the world. St. Paul makes them re?ect that it is not the spirit of the world which they have received in Christianity, (1 Cor. Ii. 12) that its wisdom is only folly in the eyes Of God; (iii. 19) and that his great study was to crucify.
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Love not the world, nor those things which are in the world.
What is it, my brethren, that is so Often pointed at and condemned in the Gospel, under the name Of the world? Our Divine Redeemer informs His apostles, that the Spirit Of Truth, whom He would send down upon them, could not be known by the world; (john, xiv. 17) that the peace which He bestowed upon them was not that which it bestowed. He forewarns them that the world would hate them as it had first hated Him, (xv. 18) and the prophets before them; (xvii. 14) that it had not even known His eternal Father: (25) and He couse quently excludes it from the pathetic prayer which He makes for His apostles. They, in their turn, were no less careful to caution their followers against the same opposition between their doctrine and the world. St. Paul makes them re?ect that it is not the spirit of the world which they have received in Christianity, (1 Cor. Ii. 12) that its wisdom is only folly in the eyes Of God; (iii. 19) and that his great study was to crucify.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Nicholas Patrick Wiseman
Hardback
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ISBN - 9780483837225
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm
Page Count - 428
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ISBN - 9781330644713
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm
Page Count - 430
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