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... labor under the sense of some great undisclosed mystery concerning the future destinies of the kingdom of God , lying hidden in that parable . St. Ambrose ( Apolog . Alt . David , c . 57 ) gives a strange historico - prophetical ...
... labor under the sense of some great undisclosed mystery concerning the future destinies of the kingdom of God , lying hidden in that parable . St. Ambrose ( Apolog . Alt . David , c . 57 ) gives a strange historico - prophetical ...
Page 82
... labor of the good , to bear the contrary manners of the wicked ; by which he who is not offended has profited little , for the righteous , in proportion as he recedes from his own wickedness , is grieved by that of others . " As there ...
... labor of the good , to bear the contrary manners of the wicked ; by which he who is not offended has profited little , for the righteous , in proportion as he recedes from his own wickedness , is grieved by that of others . " As there ...
Page 140
... labor during the latter part of the day . There are others who make - not the penny equal to all , but the suc- cessive hours at which the different bands of laborers were hired , the most prominent circumstance of the parable . And ...
... labor during the latter part of the day . There are others who make - not the penny equal to all , but the suc- cessive hours at which the different bands of laborers were hired , the most prominent circumstance of the parable . And ...
Page 141
... labor heartily , not allowing the consciousness of past negligences to dispirit them , since they too , if only they will labor with their might for the time , long or short , which remains , shall receive a full reward with the rest ...
... labor heartily , not allowing the consciousness of past negligences to dispirit them , since they too , if only they will labor with their might for the time , long or short , which remains , shall receive a full reward with the rest ...
Page 142
... labor in the Lord's vineyard- " the first , " both in time , and in the amount of suffer- ing and toil which they would have to undergo . They had seen the rich young man ( xix . 22 ) go sorrowful away , unable to abide the proof by ...
... labor in the Lord's vineyard- " the first , " both in time , and in the amount of suffer- ing and toil which they would have to undergo . They had seen the rich young man ( xix . 22 ) go sorrowful away , unable to abide the proof by ...
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Page 261 - Christ, who, though he was rich, yet for our " sakes became poor, that we, through his poverty,
Page 238 - And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown and in his hand a sharp sickle.
Page 83 - So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field ? from whence then hath it tares ? He said unto them, An enemy hath done this.
Page 275 - And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
Page 164 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, That I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, Brought it forth wild grapes?
Page 107 - Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ ; and to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ...
Page 359 - And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness ; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
Page 385 - Him openly; not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with Him after He rose from the dead.
Page 99 - For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, And as a root out of a dry ground. He hath no form nor comeliness; And when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Page 296 - But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.