A TEXTUAL

CONCORDANCE
of the

HOLY SCRIPTURES
By

Father Thomas David Williams

ARRANGED BY TOPIC
AND GIVING THE ACTUAL PASSAGES

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effectual, and more piercing than any
two edged sword; and reaching unto
the division of the soul and the spirit,
oj the joints also and the marrow, and
is a discerner of the thoughts and in­
tents of the heart. "
—Hebrews 4:12

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PUBLISHER’S PREFACE
We are very pleased to present to contemporary readers this new printing
of A Textual Concordance of the Holy Scriptures by Father Thomas David
Williams. A brief examination will convince the reader that this is a
monumental work of careful compilation and arrangement of various texts
of the Bible according to topic. The concept of this concordance is simple in
the extreme—but brilliant. Especially will this become evident as one steeps
himself in the reading. In the first place, there is a tone of holiness and an air
of authority permeating Holy Scripture that is quite unlike any other writing.
But combining the various verses of the Old and the New Testaments on the
same subject and presenting them together at one time, on one page, deliver
an impact that is truly awesome, especially so when joined with that
distinctive, holy and authoritative tone of the Bible.
The reader will find himself impelled, as it were, from topic to topic,
moved by a sort of holy curiosity. And from this point of view, A Textual
Concordance is perhaps the best introduction to Bible reading imaginable,
for it truly whets a person’s interest and quickly imparts the flavor of
Scripture.
As a teaching tool, it is unparalleled. Here one has over 1,900 topics and
over 18,000 actual verses from the Bible on these various topics, all arranged
in alphabetical order for easy reference, making this book a quick way to
learn just what the Bible says on a host of subjects. And in this sense it is
better than any Bible-study course imaginable. One would be hard-pressed to
find a more comprehensive presentation by a teacher than he can receive
independently just by reading this book. As such, therefore, it is ideal for
home reading, for Bible study classes, as a religion teacher’s aid, and for the
priest in preparing his sermons.
For those who are troubled and searching for consolation, A Textual
Concordance of the Holy Scriptures is an excellent companion to help them
find just those key passages that will bring the comfort which they seek. For
there is nothing like Scripture to give a person that spiritual uplift in time of
personal need. This book will provide a lifetime of spiritual inspiration and
insight, and is one book we predict the reader will refer to again and again.
In no way can it be said that it is exhaustive; the author clearly admits as
much in his “Author’s Preface.” But certainly it goes a very long way toward
presenting what the Bible teaches on a host of topics. Nor can this book
possibly replace reading the Bible itself. Rather, it should, and predictably
will, lead directly into a more régulai- and intensive reading of Scripture on
the part of the person who uses it
Originally compiled to assist parish priests in preparing their sermons, this
book, like all greatly conceived and greatly executed works, has a far wider
range of appeal than its intended purpose. With the tremendous increase in
higher education today—in contrast to the time in which the book was
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assembled—there exists a far larger potential readership than its author
could have ever dreamed possible. The author would indeed be gratified to
learn that his work—conceived as it was for a specific purpose—has reached
a universal audience, especially of lay people, as this book is now achieving.
A Textual Concordance will also help the reader to see the integral unity
of the Bible—in language, in symbol, in history, in topic, in prophecy, and in
overall intent. It conveys profoundly the impression that the Bible is indeed
one book, with one essential Author, Almighty God, and that, despite its
various books being written at different times in history and by different
authors, it nonetheless retains an amazing unity—a factor recognized by
every serious student of Holy Writ, and attributable, it is universally
admitted, to only one possible source, divine inspiration.
Further, a reading of this book will profoundly impress upon the reader
that the Bible is a Catholic book, for here are to be found the many
scriptural passages that support one tenet after another of the Catholic Faith.
In this respect, it is destined to accomplish a great deal of good. For
Catholics today are abandoning their faith at an incredible rate, due
primarily to their lack of knowledge of that Faith. Many are being attracted
to Fundamentalist-type denominations because of the emphasis there on
Scripture, for Scripture “breathes” Authority and that indefinable “Spirit of
God.” But in this book, they will see that “Authority” and “Spirit of God”
presented in defense of the teachings of the “Mother of all the Churches.”
Perhaps this book (since it will undoubtedly also be used by our non­
Catholic Christian brethren) will be instrumental in opening the door for
many a profound Bible-reading Christian to see that it is in fact within the
Catholic Church that they are to find that unity of faith Our Lord calls for in
His prayer: “That they all may be one, as thou, Father, in me, and I in thee;
that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that thou hast
sent me. And the glory which thou hast given me, I have given to them; that
they may be one, as we also are one.” (Jn. 17:21-22). All believing Christians
know that we must be one with Christ in His Mystical Body in order to find
salvation. As St. Paul says in Ephesians 4:1-6, “I, therefore, a prisoner in the
Lord, beseech you that you walk worthy of the vocation in which you are
called, with all humility and mildness, with patience, supporting one another
in charity. Careful to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. One
body and one Spirit; as you are called in one hope of your calling. One Lord,
one faith, one baptism. One God and Father of all, who is above all, and
through all, and in us all.” Clearly, Our Lord expects of us unity in faith, for
He said in John 10:16, “And other sheep I have who are not of this fold:
them also 1 must bring, and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one
fold and one shepherd.” (Emphasis mine).
Finally a word needs to be said about the version of Sacred Scripture used
in I Textual Concordance oj the Holy Scriptures. At the time this book was
compiled, there was only one English Catholic Bible in universal use, and
that was the Douay-Rheims version, which this concordance uses. Those who
have been reading the modern Catholic Bibles in English or one of the

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several Protestant versions will discover in this translation a power, clarity
and succinctness—yes, an authority—not to he found in other versions.
The reason for this is simple. The Douay-Rheims Bible is an exact, literal,
word-for-word (slavishly faithful, if you will) translation of St. Jerome’s Latin
Vulgate Bible (translated approximately 375-415 A.D.). In tum, the Vulgate
was a faithful, word-for-word, literal translation of the Bible from its original
texts. The Vulgate quickly became the only Bible universally used in the
Western or Latin Rite Church, the largest rite by far of the Roman Catholic
Church—and this during a period of some 1500 years. (To illustrate its
importance, the first book printed by Johann Gutenberg and his associates
was St. Jerome’s Latin Vulgate Bible.)
The ancient translators of the Bible were extremely careful to render their
translations in a faithful, word-for-word manner, as were the translators of
the Douay-Rheims version. The result is that, to the extent possible in any
translation, the true and literal meaning of the Bible comes through in this
one. Modern translatore, on the other hand, in the interest of making the
Bible more intelligible to contemporary readers, quite often have made
rather loose translations—translations wherein they, the translators, would try
to determine the meaning which the inspired writers were trying to convey in
the original tongues and then translate into English that meaning which they
understand the Scriptures to have. This may appear to be a valid method,
but in my opinion, it errs in two respects: The first is that if they mistake the
meaning intended by the inspired writers, then the English reader is deprived
of the true meaning. And the second is that the Bible often has
multidimensional meanings, even though expressed in simple words; by
translating “meanings” rather than the literal words, the modern translators
often render only one of the meanings contained in the original.
For these reasons, therefore, the Douay-Rheims possesses a clarity and a
power which are often missing in other versions. In fact, this version is so
packed with meaning that often a single phrase can yield profound spiritual
insight, and thus the solemnity, profundity and penetrating truth of the Word
of God really come through in this translation.
Much more could be said along this line, though space does not permit a
full exposition here. Nonetheless, it should be realized that the DouayRheims version is a completely faithful translation of the Latin Vulgate Bible
of St. Jerome (347-420) and that St. Jerome spoke Greek and Latin as you
and I speak English, that he had made nearly a lifetime study of Hebrew,
that he had manuscripts of the various books of the Bible which were ancient
even then and which have been lost to history, that he was a transcendent
linguistic genius and far and away the greatest man in the history of biblical
translation, that our early manuscripts of his Vulgate are older and more
reliable than either the Greek manuscripts of the New Testament or the
Septuagint (Old Testament), on the one hand, or, on the other, of the
original Hebrew manuscripts. Thus, one might safely conclude, in my
opinion, that, as the Holy Spirit has inspired Sacred Scripture, He must
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that insofar as the Vulgate was the only bible in universal use throughout
Christendom for over a thousand years (415 to 1444, when printing was
invented and modern language translations began to appear), then the
Vulgate is the Bible in its essential accuracy—if the Church during those
thousand years can be said to have had the Bible.
In fact, the Sacred Council of Trent (1545-1564) proclaimed as much:
“Moreover, the same Holy Council... ordains and declares that the old
Latin Vulgate Edition, which, in use for so many hundreds of years, has been
approved by the Church, be in public lectures, disputations, sermons and
expositions held as authentic, and that no one dare or presume under any
pretext whatsoever to reject it.” (Fourth Session, April 8, 1546). As Pope
Pius XII stated in his 1943 encyclical letter On the Promotion of Biblical
Studies, this means that the Vulgate is “free from any error whatsoever in
matters of faith and morals.” (Paragraph 21). To repeat, the Douay-Rheims
Bible is a completely faithful translation of the Vulgate, which is the official
Bible of the Roman Catholic Church. Therefore, this concordance employs
the very best English translation of the Bible.
A Textual Concordance of the Holy Scriptures, finally, demonstrates again
and again, topic after topic, how God filled the Old Testament with
prefigurements and foreshadowings of the Christian mysteries and doctrines.
And for this reason, it provides a built-in Catholic guide to the reading of the
Bible.
It is important for all to study Scripture, for, as St. Jerome has said,
“Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ.” May this book, therefore,
provide its readers with a lifetime of inspiring, informative and formational
reading, and through it may they grow in the knowledge and love of Sacred
Scripture and thereby in the knowledge and love of God Himself.
Thomas A. Nelson
October 15, 1985

AUTHOR’S PREFACE
Leo XIII, in his encyclical, Providentissimus Deus (Nov. 18, 1893), on the
study of Holy Scripture, speaking of the life and power that the frequent use
of the Sacred Text gives to the utterances of the preacher of the Divine
Word, adds: “And it is this peculiar and singular power of Holy Scripture,
arising from the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, which gives authority to the
sacred orator, fills him with apostolic liberty of speech, and communicates
force and power to his eloquence. For those who infuse into their efforts the
spirit and strength of the Word of God speak not in word only, but in power
also, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much fullness. Hence, those preachers
ai e foolish and improvident who, in speaking of religion and proclaiming the
things of God, use no words but those of human science and human pru­
dence, trusting to their own reasonings rather than to those of God. Their
discourses may be brilliant and fine, but they must be feeble and they must
be cold, for they are without the fire of the utterance of God, and they must
fall far short of that mighty power which the speech of God possesses.”
To give this power, and to place at more ready disposal the treasures of
this sacred mine, the present work has been compiled, and is now' offered.
This work is a textual concordance of Holy Scripture, arranged especially for
use in preaching. It follows simply the alphabetical order of subjects; and is
divided into two paits or books, moral and dogmatic; to which is added an
appendix containing principally the miracles, prophecies, and parables of
Christ.
In accordance with the purpose of this work, it has been the aim of the
compiler to choose only such subjects, or headings, as would be of practical
use in preaching; and under them to place only such texts as clearly and
strongly bear upon the subjects to which they refer.
This concordance necessarily is far from exhaustive; but it is hoped that
each topic is sufficiently enriched with the Scripture texts pertaining to it to
furnish meat and substance for many discourses.
This work differs largely from that masterpiece of Scripture compilation,
The Divine Armoury, by Father Vaughan, both in arrangement and in choice
of subjects or headings. A glance at the index of both works will show this
sufficiently. It differs also from the Thesaurus Bìbite us of Father Lambert,
being more restricted in choice of subjects and of texts. The first part, which
constitutes the bulk of the work, is simply the result of frequent perusals of
the Sacred Text, and was compiled, in the course of some seven years,
neither by reference to, nor by the aid of, any other work of this or a similar
nature.
In the second part, which contains the scriptural proofs in the course of
dogma, I have followed in great measure that clear and excellent work, Syn­
opsis Theologiae Dogmaticae, by Father Tanquerey.
In the appendix, on the miracles and prophecies of Christ, I have followed,
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in part, the Manuel Biblique of Bacuez and Vigouroux, and The Christ the
Son of God, by the ,\bbe Constant Fouard.
It is earnestly hoped that this work, in spite of its many imperfections, may
be of some slight aid, to enable the preacher of the Divine Word to follow
the desire and instruction of our late Holy Father, expressed in the same en­
cyclical:
“Let all, therefore, especially the novices of the ecclesiastical army, under­
stand how deeply the sacred books should be esteemed, and w ith what eager­
ness and reverence they should approach this great arsenal of heavenly arms.
For those whose duty it is to handle Catholic doctrine before the learned or
unlearned will nowhere find more ample matter or more abundant exhorta­
tion ... ‘Let the speech of the priest be ever seasoned w'ith scriptural read­
ing.’”
Thomas David Williams

PART I

MORAL

PART I—MORAL
ABANDON US, GOD DOES NOT

Now it came to pass after the death
of Moses the servant of the Lord, that
the Lord spoke to Josué the son of Nun,
the minister of Moses, and said to him:
. . . No man shall be able to resist
you all the days of thy life: as I have
been with Moses, so will I be with thee:
I will not leave thee nor forsake thee.—
Jos. i. 1, 5.
And David said to Solomon his son:
Act like a man and take courage, and
do: fear not, and be not dismayed: for
the Lord thy God will be with thee, and
will not leave thee nor forsake thee, till
thou hast finished all the work for the
service of the house of the Lord.—
1 Paral, xxviii. 20.
And let them trust in thee who know
thy name : for thou hast not forsaken
them that seek thee, 0 Lord.—Ps. ix.
11.
For my father and my mother have
left me: but the Lord hath taken me
up.—Ps. xxvi. 10.
But T said in the excess of my mind:
I am cast away from before thy eyes.
Therefore thou hast heard the voice
of my prayer, when I cried to thee.—
Ps. XXX. 23.
For the Lord loveth judgment, and
will not forsake his saints: they shall be
preserved for ever.—Ps. xxxvi. 28.
For the Lord will not cast off his peo­
ple: neither will he forsake his own in­
heritance.—Ps. xciii. 14.
My children, behold the generations
of men : and know ye that no one hath
hoped in the Lord, and hath been con­
founded.
For who hath continued in his com­
mandment, and hath been forsaken? or
who hath called upon him, and he de­
spised him?—Ecclus. ii. 11, 12.
And Sion said: The Lord hath for­
saken me, and the Lord hath forgotten
me.
Can a woman forget her infant, so as
not to have pity on the son of her
womb? And if she should forget, yet
will I not forget thee.

Behold I have graven thee in my
hands: thy walls are always before my
eyes.—Is. xlix. 14-17.
And Daniel said: Thou hast remem­
bered me, 0 God, and thou hast not for­
saken them that love thee.—Dan. xiv.
37.
And therefore he (God) never withdraweth his mercy from us : but though
he chastise his people with adversity, he
forsaketh them not.—2 Mach. vi. 16.
Let your manners be without covet­
ousness, contented with such things as
you have: for he hath said: I will not
leave thee, neither will I forsake thee.
So that we may confidently say : The
Lord is my helper : I will not fear what
man shall do to me.—Heb. xiii. 5, 6.
ABANDON US, EVEN IN OUR
GREATEST DISTRESS, GOD
DOES NOT
And she (Agar) departed, and wan­
dered in the wilderness of Bersabee.
And when the water in the bottle was
spent, she cast the boy under one of the
trees that were there.
And she went her way, and sat over
against him a great way off, as far as a
bow can carry, for she said: I will not
see the boy die: and sitting over
against, she lifted up her voice, and
wept.
And God heard the voice of the boy:
and an angel of God called to Agar
from heaven, saying: What art thou do­
ing, Agar ? fear not : for God hath heard
the voice of the boy, from the place
wherein he is. . . .
And God opened her eyes: and she
saw a well of water, and went and filled
the bottle, and gave the boy to drink.—
Gen. xxi. 14-18, 19.
Do manfully and be of good heart:
fear not, nor be ye dismayed at their
sight : for the Lord thy God, he himself
is thy leader, and will not leave thee nor
forsake thee.—Deut. xxxi. 6.
The sorrows of death surrounded me
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The sorrows of hell encompassed me :
and the snares of death prevented me.
In my affliction I called upon the
Lord, and I cried to my God.
And he heard my voice from his holy
temple: and my cry before him came
into his ears.—Ps. xvii. 5-8.
For though I should walk in the
midst of the shadow of death, I will
fear no evils, for thou art with me.—
Ps. xxii. 4.
Because he hoped in me, I will de­
liver him: I will protect him, because
he hath known my name.
He shall cry to me, and I will hear
him: I am with him in tribulation, I
will deliver him, and I will glorify him.
—Ps. xc. 14, 15.
And their heart was humbled with
labors : they were weakened, and there
was none to help them.
Then they cried to the Lord in their
affliction : and he delivered them out of
their distresses.
And he brought them out of dark­
ness, and the shadow of death; and
broke their bonds in sunder.—Ps. evi.
12-15.
They that go down to the sea in ships,
doing business in the great waters:
These have seen the works of the
Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
He said the word, and there arose a
storm of wind: and the waves thereof
were lifted up.
They mount up to the heavens, and
they go down to the depths: their soul
pined away with evils.
They were troubled, and reeled like a
drunken man : and all their wisdom was
swallowed up.
And they cried to the Lord in their
affliction: and he brought them out of
their distresses.
And he turned the storm into a
breeze: and its waves were still.
And they rejoiced because they were
still: and he brought them to the
haven which they wished for.—Ps.
evi. 23-31.
If I shall walk in the midst of tribu­
lation, thou wilt quioken me: and thou
hast stretched forth thy hand against
the wrath of my enemies: and thy
right hand hath saved me.—Ps.
cxxxvii. 7.

0 Lord, Lord, the strength of my sal­
vation: thou hast overshadowed my
head in the day of battle.—Ps. cxxxix. 8.
But to the penitent he hath given the
way of justice, and he hath strength­
ened them that were fainting in pa­
tience, and he hath appointed to them
the lot of truth.—Ecclus. xvii. 20.
Who is there among you that feareth
the Lord, that heareth the voice of his
servant, that hath walked in darkness,
and hath no light? let him hope in
the name of the Lord, and lean upon
his God.—Is. 1. 10.
0 poor little one, tossed with tempest,
without all comfort, behold I will lay
thy stones in order, and will lay thy
foundations with sapphires. . . . AH
thy children shall be taught of the
Lord: and great shall be the peace of
thy children.
And thou shalt be founded in justice:
depart far from oppression, for thou
shalt not fear; and from terror, for it
shall not come near thee.—Is. liv. 11,
13, 14.
The Lord is good and giveth strength
in the day of trouble: and knoweth
them that hope in him.—Nahum i. 7.
In all things we suffer tribulation,
but are not distressed; we are strait
ened, but are not destitute;
We suffer persecution, but are not
forsaken ; we are cast down, but we
perish not.—2 Cor. iv. 8, 9.
At my first answer, no man stood
with me, but all forsook me: may it
not be laid to their charge.
But the Lord stood by me, and
strengthened me, that by me the
preaching may be accomplished, and
that all the Gentiles may hear: and I
was delivered out of the mouth of the
lion.—2 Tim. iv. 16, 17.
ABANDON US, PRAYER TO GOD
NOT TO
The Lord our God be with us, as he
was with our fathers, and not leave us,
nor cast us off.—3 Kings viii. 57.
I was cast upon thee from the womb.
From my mother’s womb thou art my
God, depart not from me. For tribula­
tion is very near; for there is none to
help me.—Ps. xxi. 11, 12.

ABANDONMENT

Tum not away thy face from me;
decline not in thy wrath from thy ser­
vant.
Be thou my helper, forsake me not;
do not thou despise me, O God my
Saviour.—Ps. xxvi. 9.
Forsake me not, O Lord my God: do
not thou depart from me.
Attend unto my help, O Lord, the
God of my salvation.—Ps. xxxvii. 22, 23.
For thou art God my strength: why
hast thou cast me off? and why do I go
sorrowful whilst the enemy afflicteth
me?—Ps. xlii. 2.
Arise, why sleepest thou, O Lord?
arise, and cast us not off to the end.
Why turnest thou thy face away?
and forgettest our want and our
trouble?—Ps. xliii. 23, 24.
Cast me not away from thy face ; and
take not thy holy spirit from me.—
Ps. 1. 13.
And turn not away thy face from thy
servant: for I am in trouble, hear me
speedily.—Ps. Ixviii. 18.
Cast me not off in the time of old
age: when my strength shall fail, do
not thou forsake me. . . .
0 God, be not thou far from me: O
my God, make haste to my help. . . .
And unto old age and grey hairs: O
God, forsake me not.—Ps. Ixx. 9, 12, 18.
O God, why hast thou cast us off unto
the end : why is thy wrath enkindled
against the sheep of thy pasture?
Remember thy congregation, which
thou hast possessed from the begin­
ning.
The sceptre of thy inheritance which
thou hast redeemed: mount Sion in
which thou hast dwelt.—Ps. Ixxiii. 1, 2.
I will keep thy justifications: O! do
not thou utterly forsake me.—Ps.
cxviii. 8.
Give me not up, O Lord, from my
desire to the wicked : they have plotted
against me; do not thou forsake me,
lest they should triumph.—Ps. cxxxix. 9.
Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit
hath fainted away.
Turn not away thy face from me, lest
I be like unto them that gó down into
the pit.—Ps. exlii. 7.
I called upon the Lord, the father of
my Lord, that he would not leave me in
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of the proud without help.—Ecclus.
li. 14.
O expectation of Israel, the Saviour
thereof in time of trouble: why wilt
thou be as a stranger in the land, and as
a wayfaring man turning in to lodge?
Why wilt thou be as a wandering
man, as a mighty man that cannot
save? but thou, O Lord, art among us,
and thy name is called upon us, forsake
us not.—J er. xiv. 8, 9.
But thou, O Lord, shalt remain for
ever, thy throne from generation to
generation.
Why wilt thou forget us for ever?
why wilt thou forsake us for a long
time?—Lam. v. 19, 20.
May he (God) hear your prayers, and
be reconciled unto you, and never for­
sake you in the evil time.—2 Mach. i. 5.
But ‘they constrained him; saying:
Stay with us, because it is towards
evening, and the day is now far spent.
And he went in with them.—Luke xxiv.
29.

ABANDONMENT OF ONESELF
TO GOD
Into thy hands I commend my spirit:
thou hast redeemed me, 0 Lord, the
God of truth.—Ps. xxx. 6.
Commit thy way to the Lord, and
trust in him, and he will do it.
And he will bring forth thy justice as
the light, and thy judgment as the noon­
day.—Ps. xxxvi. 5, 6.
Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he
shall sustain thee: he shall not suffer
the just to waver for ever.—Ps. liv. 23.
My heart is ready, O God, my heart is
ready.—Ps. cvii. 2.
I am ready, and am not troubled:
that I may keep thy commandments.
The cords of the wicked have encom­
passed me : but I have not forgotten thy
law.—Ps. cxviii. 60, 61.
Whatsoever shall befall the just man,
it shall not make him sad: but the
wicked shall be filled with mischief.—
Prov. xii. 21.
Be not solicitous, therefore, saying.
What shall we eat; or what shall we
drink, or wherewith shall we be
clothed ?
*The disciples meeting Christ, on the road to
Emmaus.

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ABSTINENCE

For after all these things do the
All the days that they are consecrated
heathens seek. For your Father know- to the Lord by vow: they shall eat noth­
eth that you have need of all these ing that cometh of the vineyard, from
things.
the raisin even to the kernel.—Num.
Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of vi. 1-5.
God, and his justice, and all these
Now there was a certain man of
things shall be added unto you.
Saraa, and of the race of Dan, whose
Be not therefore solicitous for to­ name was Manue, and his wife wras
morrow; for the morrow will be solici­ barren.
tous for itself. Sufficient for the day
And an angel of the Lord appeared
to her, and said : Thou art barren and
is the evil thereof.—Matt. vi. 31-34.
For which cause I also suffer these without children: but thou shalt con­
things: but I am not ashamed. For I ceive and bear a son.
Now therefore beware and drink no
know whom I have believed, and I am
certain that he is able to keep that wine nor strong drink, and eat not any
which I have committed unto him, unclean thing.
Because thou shalt conceive and bear
against that day.—2 Tim. i. 12.
Be you humbled therefore under the a son, and no razor shall touch his
mighty hand of God, that he may exalt head : for he shall be a Nazarite of God
from his infancy, and from his mother’s
you in the time of visitation :
Casting all your care upon him, for womb, and ‘he shall begin to deliver
he hath care of you.—1 Peter v. 6, 7. Israel from the hands of the Philis­
tines. . . .
And the angel of the Lord said to
ABIDING IN GOD
Manue: From all the things I have
See: Near to God, we should keep— spoken of to thy wife, let her refrain
herself:
page 342.
And let her eat nothing that cometh
ABIDING IN US, GOD
of the vine, neither let her drink wine
See: Dwelling in us, God—page 119. or strong drink, nor eat any unclean
thing: and whatsoever I have com­
manded her, let her fulfil and observe.
ABSTINENCE FROM WINE
—Judges xiii. 2-6, 13, 14.
The Lord also said to Aaron:
Look not upon the wine when it is
You shall not drink wine nor any yellow, when the color thereof shineth
thing that may make drunk, thou nor in the glass: it goeth in pleasantly,
thy sons, when you enter into the taber­ But in the end, it will bite like a
nacle of the testimony, lest you die: snake, and will spread abroad poison
because it is an everlasting precept like a basilisk.—Prov. xxiii. 31, 32.
through your generations:
And I set before the sons of the
And that you may have knowledge house of the Rechabites pots full of
to discern between holy and unholy, be­ wine, and cups: and I said to them:
tween unclean and clean.—Lev. x. 8-11. Drink ye wine.
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
And they answered: We will not
Speak to the children of Israel, and drink wine: because Jonadab the son of
thou shalt say to them: When a man, Rechab, our father, commanded us, say­
or woman, shall make a vow to be sanc­ ing: You shall drink no wine, neither
tificii. and will consecrate themselves to you, nor your children, for ever. . . .
the Lord:
Therefore we have obeyed the voice
They shall abstain from wine, and of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our
from every thing that may make a man father, in all things that he commanded
drunk. They shall not drink vinegar us: so as to drink no wine all our days:
of wine, or of any other drink, nor any neither we, nor our wives, nor our sons,
thing that is pressed out of the grape: nor our daughters. . . .
nor shall they eat grapes either fresh or
And Jeremías said to the house of
dried.
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the Rechabites: Thus saith the Lord of
hosts, the God of Israel: Because you
have obeyed the commandment of
Jonadab your father, and have kept all
his precepts, and have done all that he
commanded you:
Therefore thus saith the Lord of
hosts, the God of Israel : There shall not
be wanting a man of the race of Jona­
dab, the son of Rechab, standing before
me for ever.—J er. xxxv. 5, 6, 8, 18, 19.
And no priest shall drink wine when
he is to go into the inner court.—Ezech.
xliv. 21.
But the angel said to him: Fear not,
Zachary, for thy prayer is heard; and
thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a
son, and thou shalt call his name John.
. . . For he shall be great before the
Lord; and shall drink no wine nor
strong drink : and he shall be filled with
the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s
womb.—Luke i. 13, 15.
It is good not to eat flesh, and not to
drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy
brother is offended, or scandalized, or
made weak.—Rom. xiv. 21.

ACCESSORY TO THE SINS OF
OTHERS
Who can understand sins? from my
secret ones cleanse me, O Lord:
And from those of others spare thy
servant. If they shall have no domin­
ion over me, then shall I be without
spot: and I shall be cleansed from the
greatest sin.—Ps. xviii. 13, 14.
The messenger of the wicked shall
fall into mischief.—Prov. xiii. 17.
He that is partaker with a thief, hateth his own soul : he heareth one put­
ting him to his oath, and discovereth
not.—Prov. xxix. 24.
For he that did prevail hath failed,
the scorner is consumed, and they
are all cut off that watched for
iniquity:
That made men sin by word, and sup­
planted him that reproved them in the
gate, and declined in vain from the
just.—Is. xxix. 20, 21.
Who, having known the justice of
God, did not understand that they who
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they also that consent to them that do
them.—Rom. i. 32.
Impose not hands lightly upon any
man, neither be partaker of other men’s
sins.—1 Tim. v. 22.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF MAN’S
WEAKNESS AND MISERY

Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am
weak: heal me, O Lord, for my bones
are troubled.—Ps. vi. 3.
Look thou upon me, and have mercy
on me; for I am alone and poor.
The troubles of my heart are multi­
plied: deliver me from my necessities.
See my abjection and my labor;
and forgive me all my sins.—Ps. xxiv.
16-19.
But I am a beggar and poor: the
Lord is careful for me.—Ps. xxxix. 18.
But I am poor and sorrowful: thy
salvation, O God, hath set me up.—
Ps. Ixviii. 30.
But I am needy and poor; 0 God,
help me.—Ps. Lxix. 6.
... Do thou deliver me,
For I am poor and needy, and my
heart is troubled within me.—Ps. cviii.
21, 22.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT WE
DESERVE PUNISHMENT
And 'they talked one to another: We
deserve to suffer these things, because
we have sinned against our brother,
seeing the anguish of his soul, when he
besought us, and we would not hear:
therefore is this affliction come upon us.
—Gen. xlii. 21.
And thou (God) art just in all things
that have come upon us: because thou
hast done truth, but we have done
wickedly.—2 Esd. ix. 33.
But esteeming these very punish­
ments to be less than our sins deserve,
let us believe that these scourges of the
Lord, with which, like servants, w’e are
chastised, have happened for our
amendment, and not for our destruc­
tion.—Judith viii. 27.
Tie shall look upon men, and shall
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say: I have sinned, and indeed I have seeing thou art under the same con­
offended, and I have not received what demnation?
I have deserved.—Job xxxiii. 27.
And we, indeed, justly, for we re­
We have sinned in thy sight, and ceive the due reward of our deeds; but
therefore thou hast delivered us into this man hath done no evil.—Luke
xxiii. 39-42.
the hands of our enemies:
For we have worshipped their gods.
Thou art just, 0 Lord.—Esther xiv. 6,7. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SIN
For I am ready for scourges: and my
My God I am confounded and
sorrow is continually before me.
For I will declare my iniquity: and I ashamed to lift up my face to thee: for
will think for my sin.—Ps. xxxvii. our iniquities are multiplied over our
heads, and our sins are grown up even
18, 19.
He hath not dealt with us according unto heaven,
From the days of our fathers: and
to our sins: nor rewarded us according
we ourselves also have sinned griev­
to our iniquities.—Ps. cii. 10.
The Lord is just, for I have pro­ ously unto this day.—1 Esd. ix. 6, 7.
0 Lord God of Israel, thou art just:
voked his mouth to wrath: hear, I pray
you, all ye people, and see my sorrow: for we remain yet to be saved as at this
my virgins, and my young men are day.
Behold we are before thee in our sin,
gone into captivity.—Lam. i. 18.
there can be no standing before thee
For we have sinned, and committed for
iniquity, departing from thee: and we in this matter.—1 Esd. ix. 15.
I^et
thy
ears
be
attentive,
and
thy
have trespassed in all things:
eyes open, to hear the prayer of thy
And we have not hearkened to thy servant, which I pray before thee now,
commandments, nor have we observed night and day, for the children of
nor done as thou hadst commanded us, Israel, thy servants: and I confess the
that it might go well with us. Where­ sins of the children of Israel, by which
fore all that thou hast brought upon us, they have sinned against thee: I and
and every thing that thou hast done to my father’s house have sinned.
us, thou hast done in true judgment.—
We have been seduced by vanity, and
Dan. iii. 29-32.
have not kept thy commandments, and
0 Lord, to us belongeth confusion of ceremonies and judgments, which thou
face, to our princes, and to our fathers, hast commanded thy servant Moses.—
that have sinned. But to thee, the Lord 2 Esd. i. 6, 7.
our God, mercy and forgiveness, for we
And now, 0 Lord, great are thy
have departed from thee:
judgments, because we have not done
And we have not hearkened to the according to thy precepts, and have
voice of the Lord our God, to walk in not walked sincerely before thee.—Tob.
his law, which he set before us by his iii. 5.
servants, the prophets.—Dan. ix. 8-11.
We have sinned with our fathers, we
I will bear the wrath of the Lord, have done unjustly, we have committed
because I have sinned against him; iniquity :
until he judge my cause and execute
Have thou mercy on us, because thou
judgment for me.—Mich. vii. 9.
art good, or punish our iniquities by
For if in the green wood they do chastising us thyself, and deliver not
'these things, what shall be done in the them that trust in thee to a people that
dry?—Luke xxiii. 31.
knoweth not thee.—Judith vii. 19, 20.
We have sinned in thy sight, and
And one of those robbers who were
hanged, blasphemed him, saying: If therefore thou hast delivered us into
thou be Christ, save thyself and us. the hands of our enemies :
For we have worshipped their gods.
But the other, answering, rebuked him,
saying: Neither dost thou fear God, Thou art just, 0 Lord.—Esther xiv. 6,7.
I have sinned: what shall I do to
thee, 0 keeper of men? why hast thou
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AC KN 0 WLEDG MENT
set me opposite to thee, and I am be­
come burdensome to myself?
Why dost thou not remove my sin,
and why dost thou not take away my
iniquity?—Job vii. 20, 21.
‘He shall look upon men, and shall
say: I have sinned, and indeed I have
offended, and I have not received what
I have deserved.—Job xxxiii. 27.
For thy name’s sake, O Lord, thou
wilt pardon my sin: for it is great.—
Ps. xxiv. 11.
For I am ready for scourges : and my
sorrow is continually before me.
For I will declare my iniquity: and I
will think for my sin.—Ps. xxxvii.
18, 19.
I said : 0 Lord, be thou merciful to
me: heal my soul, for I have sinned
against thee.—Ps. xl. 5.
Wash me yet more from my iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin.
For I know my iniquity, and my sin
is always before me.
To thee only have I sinned, and have
done evil before thee: that thou mayst
be justified in thy words, and mayst
overcome when thou art judged.—Ps.
1. 4-7.
All we like sheep have gone astray,
every one hath turned aside into his
own way: and the Lord hath laid on
him the iniquity of us all.—Is. liii. 6.
For our iniquities are multiplied be­
fore thee, and our sins have testified
against us: for our wicked doings are
with us, and we have known our
iniquities :
In sinning and lying against the
Lord : and we have turned away so that
we went not after our God, but spoke
calumny and transgression: we have
conceived, and uttered from the heart,
words of falsehood.—Is. lix. 12, 13.
We shall sleep in our confusion, and
our shame shall cover us, because we
have sinned against the Lord our God,
we and our fathers from our youth,
even to this day, and we have not heark­
ened to the voice of the Lord our God.
—J er. iii. 25.
If our iniquities have testified
against us, 0 Lord, do thou it for thy
name’s sake, for our rebellions are
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many, we have sinned against thee.—
J er. xiv. 7.
We acknowledge, O Lord, our wick­
edness, the iniquities of our fathers, be­
cause we have sinned against thee.—
J er. xiv. 20.
We have sinned before the Lord our
God, and have not believed him, nor put
our trust in him:
And we were not obedient to him,
and we have not hearkened to the voice
of the Lord our God, to walk in his
commandments, which he hath given
us. . . .
And we have gone away every man
after the inclinations of his own wicked
heart, to serve strange gods, and to do
evil in the sight of the Lord our God.—
Bar. i. 17, 18, 22.
We have sinned, we have done wick­
edly, we have acted unjustly, O Lord
our God, against all thy justices.—Bar.
ii. 12.
For we have sinned, and committed
iniquity, departing from thee: and we
have trespassed in all things:
And we have not hearkened to thy
commandments, nor have we observed
nor done as thou hadst commanded us,
that it might go well with us.—Ban.
iii. 29, 30.
And I prayed to the Lord my God,
and I made my confession, and said:
I beseech thee, 0 Lord God, great and
terrible, who keepest the covenant, and
mercy to them that love thee and keep
thy commandments.
We have sinned, we have committed
iniquity, we have done wickedly, and
have revolted: and we have gone aside
from thy commandments, and thy judg­
ments.—Ban. ix. 4, 5.
I will bear the wrath of the Lord, be­
cause I have sinned against him; until
he judge my cause and execute judg­
ment for me.—Mich. vii. 9.
Then went out to 'him Jerusalem and
all Judea, and all the country about
Jordan :
And were baptized by him in the
Jordan, confessing their sins.—Matt.
iii. 5, 6.
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fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying: De­
part from me, for I am a sinful man,
0 Lord.—Luke v. 8.
For all have sinned, and do need the
glory of God.—Rom. iii. 23.
For in many things we all offend. If
any man offend not in word, the same is
a perfect man.—James iii. 2.

hold, I will contend with thee in judg­
ment, because thou hast said: I have
Return, 0 rebellious Israel, saith the
Lord, and I will not turn away my
face from you : for I am holy, saith the
Lord, and I will not be angry for ever.
But yet acknowledge thy iniquity,
that thou hast transgressed against the
Lord thy God: and thou hast scattered
thy ways to strangers under every green
tree, and hast not heard my voice, saith

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SIN
NECESSARY
You shall perish among the Gentiles, I
and an enemy’s land shall consume you.
If we say that we have no sin, we de­
And if of them also some remain, ceive ourselves, and the truth is not in
they shall pine away in their iniquities, us.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful
in the land of their enemies, and they
shall be afflicted for the sins of their and just, to forgive us our sins, and to
cleanse us from all iniquity.
fathers, and their own :
If we say that we have not sinned, we
Until they confess their iniquities
and the iniquities of their ancestors, make him a liar, and his word is not
whereby they have transgressed against in us.—1 John i. 8, 9, 10.
me, and walked contrary unto me.—
Lev. xxvi. 38-41.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SIN
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
REWARDED
Say to the children of Israel : When a
And David said to Nathan: I have
man or woman shall have committed
any of all the sins that men are wont sinned against the Lord. And Nathan
to commit, and by negligence shall have said to David: The Lord also hath
transgressed the commandment of the taken away thy sin : thou shalt not die.
—2 Kings xii. 13.
Lord, and offended,
But if they sin against thee (for
They shall confess their sin, and re­
store the principal itself, and the fifth there is no man who sinneth not) and
part over and above, to him against thou being angry deliver them up to
whom they have sinned.—Num. v. 5-8. their enemies, so that they be led away
For what shall I do when God shall captives into the land of their enemies
rise to judge? and when he shall exam­ far or near;
Then if they do penance in their
ine, what shall I answer him? . . .
If as a man I have hid my sin, and heart in the place of captivity, and be­
have concealed my iniquity in my ing converted make supplication to thee
in their captivity, saying: We have
bosom.—Job xxxi. 14, 33.
He that hideth his sins, shall not sinned, we have done unjustly, we have
prosper: but he that shall confess, and committed wickedness:
And return to thee with all their
forsake them, shall obtain mercy.—
heart, and all their soul, in the land of
Prov. xxviii. 13.
For thy soul be not ashamed to say their enemies, to which they had been
the truth.
i led captives : . . .
For there is a shame that bringeth
Then hear thou in heaven, in the
sin, and there is a shame that bringeth firmament of thy throne, their prayers
glory and grace. ... Be not ashamed and their supplications, and do judg­
to confess thy sins, but submit not thy­ ment for them :
self to every man for sin.—Ecclus. iv.
And forgive thy people that have
24, 25, 31.
sinned against thee, and all their
And thou hast said : I am without sin iniquities, by which they have trans­
and am innocent : and therefore let thy gressed against thee.—3 Kings viii. 46anger be turned away from me. Be- I 51.

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I have acknowledged my sin to thee,
and my injustice I have not concealed.
I said, I will confess against myself
my injustice to the Lord : and thou hast
forgiven the wickedness of my sin.—
Ps. xxxi. 5.
I will arise, and will go to my father,
and say to him: Father, I have sinned
against heaven, and before thee:
I am not worthy to be called thy son :
make me as one of thy hired servants.
And rising up, he came to his father.
And when he was yet a great way off,
his father saw him, and was moved
with compassion, and running to him,
fell upon his neck, and kissed him.—
Luke XV. 18-21.
And the publican standing afar off,
would not so much as lift up his eyes
towards heaven; but struck his breast,
saying: O God, be merciful to me, a
sinner.
I say to you, this man went down
into his house justified, rather than the
other: because every one that exalteth
himself, shall be humbled : and he that
humbleth himself, shall be exalted.—
Luke xviii. 13, 14.

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wrangle; but be mild towards all men,
apt to teach, patient, with modesty ad­
monishing them that resist the truth:
if peradventure, God may give them
repentance to know the truth,
And they may recover themselves
from the snares of the devil, by whom
they are held captive at his will.—
2 Tim. ii. 24, 25, 26.
My brethren, if any of you err from
the truth, and one convert him:
He must know that he who causeth
a sinner to be converted from the error
of his way, shall save his soul from
death, and shall cover a multitude of
sins.—James v. 19, 20.

ADMONITION GIVING,
COMMANDED
Thou shalt not hate thy brother in
thy heart, but reprove him openly, lest
thou incur sin through him.—Lev.
xix. 17.
But if thy brother shall offend
against thee, go, and rebuke him be­
tween thee and him alone. If he shall
hear thee, thou shalt gain thy brother.
And if he will not hear thee, take
with thee one or two more: that in the
ADMONITION, GIVING
mouth of two or three witnesses every
Rebuke not a scorner, lest he hate word may stand.—Matt, xviii. 15, 16.
If thy brother sin against thee, re­
thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will
love thee.—Prov. ix. 8.
prove him : and if he do penance, for­
Speak not in the ears of fools: be­ give him.—Luke xvii. 3.
cause they will despise the instruction
of thy speech.—Prov. xxiii. 9.
ADMONITION GIVING,
He that rebuketh a man, shall after­
EXHORTED
ward find favor with him, more than
Reverence not thy neighbor in his
he that by a flattering tongue deceiveth him.—Prov. xxviii. 23.
fall :
And refrain not to speak in the
How much better is it to reprove,
than to be angry, and not to hinder time of salvation.—Ecclus. iv. 27, 28.
Reprove a friend, lest he may not
him that confesseth in prayer.—Ecclus.
have understood, and say: I did it not:
XX. 1.
And why seest thou the mote that is or if he did it, that he may do it no
in thy brother’s eye; and seest not the more.
Reprove thy neighbor, for it may be
beam that is in thy own eye?
Or, how sayest thou to thy brother: he hath not said it: and if he hath said
Let me cast the mote out of thy eye; it, that he may not say it again.
Admonish thy friend: for there is
and behold a beam is in thy own eye?
Thou hypocrite, cast out first the often a fault committed. . . .
Admonish thy neighbor, before thou
beam out of thy own eye, and then shalt
thou see to cast out the mote out of thy threaten him.—Ecclus. xix. 13-16, 17.
Brethren, and if a man be overtaken
brother’s eye.—Matt. vii. 3-6.
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ADMONITION

struct such a one in the spirit of meek­ eneth his face: but he that is righteous,
ness, considering thyself, lest thou also correcteth his way.—Prov. xxi. 29.
be tempted.—Gal. vi. 1.
Open rebuke is better than hidden
And we beseech you, brethren, rebuke love.
the unquiet, comfort the feeble minded,
Better are the wounds of a friend,
support the weak, be patient towards, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy.
—Prov. XXvii. 5, 6.
all men.—1 Thess. v. 14.
And if any man obey not our word | It is better to be rebuked by a wise
by this epistle, note that man, and do man, than to be deceived by the flat­
not keep company with him, that he tery of fools.—Eccles, vii. G.
A man that is prudent and well in­
may be ashamed :
Yet do not esteem him as an enemy, structed, will not murmur when he is
but admonish him as a brother.— reproved.—Ecclus. x. 28.
2 Thess. iii. 14, 15.
Them that sin reprove before all: ADMONITION OR CORRECTION,
that the rest also may have fear.—
REFUSING
1 Tim. v. 20.
Then shall they call upon me, and I
will not hear: they shall rise in the
ADMONITION OR CORRECTION, morning, and shall not find me:
RECEIVING
Because they have hated instruction,
The just man shall correct me in and received not the fear of the Lord,
mercy, and shall reprove me: but let ! Nor consented to my counsel, but de­
not the 'oil of the sinner fatten my spised all my reproof.
Therefore they shall eat the fruit
head.—Ps. cxl. 5.
Because the commandment is a lamp, of their own way, and shall be filled
and the law a light, and reproofs of in­ with their own devices.—Prov. i. 28-32.
And thou mourn at the last, when
struction are the way of life.—Prov. vi.
thou shalt have spent thy flesh and thy
23.
The way of life to him that observ- body, and say:
Why have I hated instruction, and
eth correction: but he that forsaketh
my heart consented not to reproofs,
reproofs goeth astray.—Prov. x. 17.
And have not heard the voice of them
He that loveth correction, loveth
knowledge: but he that hateth reproof that taught me, and have not inclined
my ear to masters? . . .
is foolish.—Prov. xii. 1.
He shall die, because he haih not re­
Poverty and shame to him that refuseth instruction : but he that yieldeth ceived instruction, and in the multitude
to reproof, shall be glorified.—Prov. of his folly he shall be deceived.—
Prov. V. 11-14, 23.
xiii. 18.
way of life to him that observA fool laugheth at the instruction of ethThe
correction
:
but
he
that
forsaketh
re
­
his father: but he that regardeth re­ proofs goeth astray.—Prov. x. 17.
proofs shall become prudent.—Prov.
He that loveth correction, loveth
XV. 5.
knowledge: but he that hateth reproof
The ear that heareth the reproofs of is foolish.—Prov. xii. 1.
life, shall abide in the midst of the
Poverty and shame to him that rewise.—Prov. xv. 31.
fuseth instruction : but he that yieldeth
He that rejecteth instruction, despis- to reproof shall be glorified.—Prov.
eth his own soul: but he that yieldeth xiii. 18.
to reproof, possesseth understanding.—
A fool laugheth at the instruction of
Prov. xv. 32.
his father: but he that regardeth re­
A reproof availeth more with a wise proofs shall become prudent.—Prov.
man. than a hundred stripes with a xv. 5.
fool.—Prov. xvii. 10.
Instruction
is grievous to him that
The wicked man impudently hard- forsaketh the way of life: he that hat­
xThnt 1«, the flattery, or deceitful praise.
eth reproof shall die.—Prov. xv. 10.

ADORING
A corrupt man loveth not one that reproveth him: nor will he go to the wise.
—Prov. xv. 12.
He that rejecteth instruction, despiseth his own soul : but he that yieldeth
to reproof possesseth understanding.—
Prov. xv. 32.
He that maketh his house high, seeketh a downfall: and he that refuseth
to learn, shall fall into evils.—Prov.
xvii. 16.
A fool receiveth not the words of pru­
dence: unless thou say those things
which are in his heart.—Prov. xviii. 2.
The man that with a stiff neck despiseth him that reproveth him, shall
suddenly be destroyed: and health shall
not follow him.—Prov. xxix. 1.
For he that rejecteth wisdom, and
discipline, is unhappy: and their hope
is vain, and their labors without fruit,
and their works unprofitable.— VVts.
iii. 11.
He that hateth to be reproved, walketh in the trace of a sinner : and he that
feareth God, will turn to his own heart.
—Ecclus. xxi. 7.
He that is not wise in good, will not
be taught.—Ecclus. xxi. 14.
A sinful man will flee reproof, and
will find an excuse according to his
will.—Ecclus. xxxii. 21.

ADORING GOD
Let all the earth adore thee, and sing
to thee : let it sing a psalm to thy name.
—Ps. Ixv. 4.
Come, let us adore and fall down :
and weep before the Lord that made us.
For he is the Lord our God: and we
are the people of his pasture and the
sheep of his hand.—Ps. xciv. 6, 7.
Adore ye the Lord in his holy court.
Let all the earth be moved at his pres­
ence.—Ps. xcv. 9.
Let them be all confounded that
adore graven things, and that glory in
their idols.
Adore him, all you his angels.—Ps.
xcvi. 7.
Exalt ye the Lord our God, and adore
at his holy mountain : for the Lord our
God is holy.—Ps. xcviii. 9.
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stroyed by fire, being warmed with
a little sunbeam presently melted
away:
That it might be known to all, that
we ought to prevent the sun to bless
thee, and adore thee at the dawning of
the light.— Wis. xvi. 27, 28.
He that adoreth God with joy, shall
be accepted, and his prayer shall ap­
proach even to the clouds.—Ecclus.
XXXV. 20.
In that day man shall bow down him­
self to his Maker, and his eyes shall
look to the Holy One of Israel.—Is.
xvii. 7.
When Jesus therefore was born in
Bethlehem of Juda, in the days of king
Herod, behold, there came wise men
from the east to Jerusalem,
Saying, Where is he that is bom king
of the Jews? For we have seen his star
in the east, and are come to adore
him. . . .
And entering into the house, they
found the child with Mary his mother,
and falling down they adored him; and
opening their treasures, they offered
him gifts; gold, frankincense, and
myrrh.—Matt. ii. 1, 2, 11.
Then Jesus saith to him: Begone,
Satan: for it is written, The Lord thy
God shalt thou adore, and him only
shalt thou serve.—Matt. iv. 10.
Jesus saith to her: Woman, believe
me, that the hour cometh, when you
shall neither on this mountain, nor in
Jerusalem, adore the Father.
You adore that which you know not:
we adore that which we know; for sal­
vation is of the Jews.
But the hour cometh, and now is,
when the true adorers shall adore the
Father in spirit and in truth. For
the Father also seeketh such to adore
him.
God is a spirit; and they that adore
him, must adore him in spirit and in
truth.—John iv. 21-25.
And I saw another angel flying
through the midst of heaven, having the
eternal gospel, to preach unto them that
sit upon the earth, and over every na­
tion, and tribe, and tongue, and people:
Saying with a loud voice: Fear the
Lord, and give him honor, because the
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adore ye him, that made heaven and I Lest strangers be filled with thy
earth, the sea, and the fountains of strength, and thy labors be in another
man’s house,
waters.—Apoc. xiv. 6, 7.
And thou mourn at the last, when
ADULTERY
I thou shalt have spent thy flesh and thy
I body, and say :
Thou shaft not commit adultery.—
Why have I hated instruction, and
Ex. XX. 14.
my heart consented not to reproof,
The eye of the adulterer observeth
And have not heard the voice of them
darkness, saying: No eye shall see me: that taught me, and have not inclined
and he will cover his face.
my ear to masters? . . .
He diggeth through houses in the
Drink water out of thy own cistern,
dark, as in the day they had appointed and the streams of thy own well.
for themselves, and they have not
Let thy vein be blessed, and rejoice
known the light.
with the wife of thy youth. . . .
If the morning suddenly appear, it
Why art thou seduced, my son, by a
is to them the shadow of death : and strange woman, and art cherished in
they walk in darkness as if it were in the bosom of another?—Prov. v. 2-14,
light.—Job xxiv. 15-18.
15, 18, 20.
If my heart hath been deceived upon
Let not thy heart covet her beauty,
a woman, and if I have laid wait at be not caught with her winks:
my friend’s door: . . . For this is a
For the price of a harlot is scarce one
heinous crime, and a most grievous loaf : but the woman catcheth the
iniquity.
precious soul of a man.
Can a man hide fire in his bosom,
It is a fire that devoureth even to
destruction, and rooteth up all things and his garments not burn ?
that spring.—Job. xxxi. 9, 11, 12.
Or can he walk upon hot coals, and
Counsel shall keep thee, and prudence his feet not be burnt?
shall preserve thee.
So he that goeth in to his neighbor’s
. . . That thou mayst be delivered wife, shall not be clean when he shall
from the strange woman, and from the touch her.
stranger, who softeneth her words:
The fault is not so great when a man
And forsaketh the guide of her hath stolen : for he stealeth to fill his
youth,
hungry soul:
And hath forgotten the covenant of
But he that is an adulterer, for the
her God: for her house inclineth unto folly of his heart shall destroy his own
death, and her paths to hell.—Prov. ii. soul.—Prov. vi. 25-31, 32.
11, 16-19.
Say to wisdom: Thou art my sister:
Mind not the deceit of a woman.
and call prudence thy friend,
For the lips of a harlot are like a
That she may keep thee from the
honeycomb dropping, and her throat is woman that is not thine, and from the
smoother than oil.
stranger who sweeteneth her words.—
But her end is bitter as wormwood, Prov. vii. 4, 5.
and sharp as a two-edged sword.
For I look out of the window of my
Her feet go down into death, and her house through the lattice,
steps go in as far as hell.
And I see little ones, I behold a fool­
They walk not by the path of life, her ish young man,
steps are wandering, and unaccount­
Who passeth through the street by
able.
i the corner, and goeth nigh the way of
Now therefore, my son, hear me, and her house;
depart not from the words of my
In the dark, when it grows late, in
mouth.
the darkness and obscurity of the night,
Remove thy way far from her, and
And behold, a woman meeteth him in
come not nigh the doors of her house. harlot’s attire, prepared to deceive
Give not thy honor to strangers, and souls; talkative and wandering; . . .
I And catching the young man, she
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kisseth him, and with an impudent eye seeth all things, for such a man’s
face, flattereth, saying: . . .
fear driveth from him the fear of God,
For my husband is not at home, he is and the eyes of men fearing him.—
gone a very long journey.
Ecclus. xxiii. 25-27.
She entangled him with many words,
Every one that putteth away his wife,
and drew him away with the flattery of and marrieth another, committeth adul­
tery: and he that marrieth her that is
her lips.
Immediately he followeth her as an put away from her husband, commit­
ox led to be a victim, and as a lamb teth adultery.—Luke xvi. 18.
playing the wanton, and not knowing
that he is drawn like a fool to bonds, ADULTERY, PUNISHMENT OF
Till the arrow pierce his liver: as if
Thou shalt not lie with thy neigh­
a bird should make haste to the snare, bor’s wife, nor be defiled with mingling
and knoweth not that his life is in dan­ of seed: . . .
ger.
Every soul that shall commit any
Now therefore, my son, hear me, and I of the abominations, shall perish from
attend to the words of my mouth.
the midst of his people.—Lev. xviii.
Let not thy mind be drawn away in 2°, 29.
her ways : neither be thou deceived with
If any man commit adultery with the
her paths.
wife of another, and defile his neigh­
For she hath cast down many bor’s wife, let them be put to death,
wounded, and the strongest have been both the adulterer and the adulteress.—
slain by her.
Lev. XX. 10.
Her house is the way to hell, reach­
The eye of the adulterer observeth
ing even to the inner chambers of darkness, saying: No eye shall see me:
death.—Prov. vii. 6-11, 13, 19, 21-27. and he will cover his face. . . .
’Such also is the way of an adulterous
Cursed be his portion on the earth, let
woman, who eateth and wipeth her him not walk by the way of the vine­
mouth, and saith: I have done no evil. yards.
—Prov. XXX. 20.
Let him pass from the snow waters to
For the children that are born of un­ excessive heat, and his sin even to hell.
lawful beds, are witnesses of wicked­
Let mercy forget him : may worms be
ness against their parents in their trial., his sweetness: let him be remembered
—H’ts. iv. 6.
no more, but be broken in pieces as an
Give not thy soul to harlots in any unfruitful tree.
point: lest thou destroy thyself and thy
For he hath fed the barren that bearinheritance.—Ecclus. ix. 6.
eth not, and to the widow he hath done
Many by admiring the beauty of an­ no good.
other man’s wife, have become repro­
He hath pulled down the strong by
bate, for her conversation burneth as his might: and when he standeth up,
fire.
he shall not trust to his life.
Sit not at all with another man’s
God hath given him place for pen­
wife, nor repose upon the bed with her: ance, and he abuseth it unto pride: but
And strive not with her over wine, his eyes are upon his ways.
lest thy heart decline towards her, and
They are lifted up for a little while
by thy blood thou fall into destruction. and shall not stand, and shall be
—Ecclus. ix. 11-13.
brought down as all things, and shall
Every man that passeth beyond his be taken away, and as the tops of the
own bed, despising his own soul, and ears of corn they shall be broken.—
Job xxiv. 15, 18-24.
saying: Who seeth me?
Darkness compasseth me about, and
For ’her house inclineth unto death,
the walls cover me, and no man seeth and her paths to hell.
None that go in unto her shall return
me: whom do I fear? the most High
again, neither shall they take hold of
will not remember my sins.
And he understandeth not that his the paths of life.—Prov. ii. 18, 19.
xUncertaln, and hard to follow.

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ALL, GOD OUR

But he that is an adulterer, for the
And Tobias said: What manner of
folly of his heart, shall destroy his own | joy shall be to me, who sit in dark­
soul:
ness, and see not the light of heaven?
He gathereth to himself shame and
And the young man said to him: Be
dishonor, and his reproach shall not be of good courage, thy cure from God is
at hand.—Tob. v. 11-13.
blotted out.—Prov. vi. 32, 33.
Wine and women make wise men fall
The Lord enlighteneth the blind.—
Ps. cxlv. 8.
off, and shall rebuke the prudent:
And he that joineth himself to har­
And in that day the deaf shall hear
lots, will be wicked. Rottenness and the words of the book, and out of dark­
worms shall inherit him, and he shall ness and obscurity the eyes of the blind
be lifted up for a greater example, and shall see.—Is. xxix. 18.
Then shall the eyes of the blind be
his soul shall be taken away out of the
number.—Ecclus. xix. 2, 3.
opened, and the ears of the deaf shall
Every man that passeth beyond his be unstopped.
Then shall the lame man leap as a
own bed, despising his own soul, and
hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall
saying: Who seeth me? . . .
This man shall be punished in the be free: for waters are broken out in
streets of the city, and he shall be the desert, and streams in the wilder­
chased as a colt: and where he sus­ ness.—Is. XXXV. 5, 6.
And I will lead the blind into the
pected not, he shall be taken.
And he shall be in disgrace with all way which they know not: and in the
men, because he understood not the fear paths which they were ignorant of, I
will make them walk : I will make dark­
of the Lord.
So every woman also that leaveth ness light before them, and crooked
her husband, and bringeth in an heir things straight: these things have I
done to them, and have not forsaken
by another:
For first, she hath been unfaithful to them.—Is. xlii. 16.
And we beseech you, brethren, rebuke
the law of the most High: and secondly,
she hath offended against her husband : the unquiet, comfort the feeble-minded,
thirdly, she hath fornicated in adultery, support the weak, be patient towards all
and hath gotten her children of an­ men.—1 Thess. v. 14.
other man. . . .
AGED, THE
She shall leave her memory to be
See: Old age—page 351.
cursed, and her infamy shall not be
blotted out.—Ecclus. xxiii. 25,30-33,36.
ALL, GOD OUR
And I will come to you in judgment,
and will be a speedy witness against
The Lord is the portion of my inheri­
sorcerers, and adulterers, and false tance and of my cup: it is thou that
swearers, and them that oppress the wilt restore my inheritance to me.
hireling in his wages.—Malach. iii. 5.
The lines are fallen unto me in
Know you not that the unjust shall goodly places: for my inheritance is
not possess the kingdom of God? Do goodly to me.—Ps. xv. 5, 6.
not err: neither fornicators, nor idola­ For what have I in heaven ? and be­
ters, nor adulterers . . . shall possess sides thee, what do I desire upon earth?
the kingdom of God.—1 Cor. vi. 9, 10.
For thee my flesh and my heart have
Marriage honorable in all, and the fainted away: thou art the God of my
bed undefiled. For fornicators and heart, and the God that is my portion
adulterers God will judge.—Heb. xiii. 4. for ever.—Ps. Ixxii. 25, 26.
We shall say much, and yet shall
AFFLICTED WITH BODILY
want words: but the sum of our words
INFIRMITIES, THE
is. He is all.—Ecclus. xliii. 29.
He that loveth father or mother more
So going in ’he saluted him, and
than me, is not worthy of me; and he
said: Joy be to thee always.
‘The angel Raphael, under the guise of a that loveth son or daughter more than
me, is not worthy of me.—Matt. x. 3T.
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For in him we live, and move, and
are.—Acts xvii. 28.
For in 'him dwelleth all the fulness
of the Godhead corporeally;
And you are filled in him, who is the
head of all principality and power.—
Col. ii. 9, 10.
Where there is neither Gentile nor
Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision,
Barbarian nor Scythian, bond nor free.
But Christ is all, and in all.—Col.
ni. 11.
ALMSGIVING
He that oppresseth the poor, upbraideth his Maker : but he that hath pity on
the poor, honoreth him.—Prov. xiv. 31.
He that is just will give, and will not
cease.—Prov. xxi. 26.
’She hath opened her hand to the
needy, and stretched out her hands to
the poor.—Prov. xxxi. 20.
The alms of a man is as a signet
with him, and shall preserve the grace
of a man as the apple of the eye.—
Ecclus. xvii. 18.
The lips of many shall bless him that
is liberal of his bread, and the testi­
mony of his truth is faithful.—Ecclus.
xxxi. 28.
Then shall the king say to them that
shall be on his right hand : Come, ye
blessed of my Father, possess you the
kingdom prepared for you from the
foundation of the world.
For I was hungry, and you gave me
to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave mo
to drink; I was a stranger, and you
took me in :
Naked, and you covered me; sick, and
you visited me: I was in prison, and
you came to me.
Then shall the just answer him, say­
ing: Lord, when did we see thee hun­
gry, and fed thee: thirsty, and gave
thee drink ?
And when did we see thee a stranger,
and took thee in ? or naked, and covered
thee?
Or when did we see thee sick or in
prison, and came to thee?
And the king answering, shall say to
them :
Amen I say to you, as long as you
K?hrlst.
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did it to one of these my least brethren,
you did it to me.—Matt. xxv. 34-40.
And looking on, he saw the rich men
cast their gifts into the treasury.
And he saw also a certain poor widow
casting in two brass mites.
And he said: Verily I say to you,
that this poor widow hath cast in more
than they all:
For all these have of their abundance
cast into the offerings of God: but she
of her want, hath cast in all the living
that she had.—Luke xxi. 1-4.
I have showed you all things, how
that so laboring you ought to support
the weak, and to remember the word
of the Lord Jesus, how he said: It is
a more blessed thing to give, rather
than to receive.—Acts xx. 35.

ALMSGIVING BRINGS DOWN
THE BLESSING OF GOD
If any of thy brethren that dwelleth
within the gates of thy city in the land
which the Lord thy God will give thee,
come to poverty : thou shalt not harden
thy heart, nor close thy hand. . . . But
thou shalt give to him: neither shalt
thou do anything craftily in relieving
his necessities: that the Lord thy God
may bless thee at all times, and in all
things to which thou shalt put thy hand.
—Deut. XV. 7, 10.
When thou hast reaped the corn in
thy field, and hast forgot and left a
sheaf, thou shalt not return to take it
away: but thou shalt suffer the stran­
ger, and the fatherless and the widow
to take it away: that the Lord thy God
may bless thee in all the works of thy
hands.—Dexd. xxiv. 19.
Give alms out of thy substance, and
turn not away thy face from any poor
person : so that it shall come to pass
that the face of the Lord shall not be
turned from thee.—Fob. iv. 7.
He that despiseth his neighbor, sinneth : but he that showeth mercy to the
poor, shall be blessed.—Prov. xiv. 21.
He that is inclined to mercy shall be
blessed : for of his bread he hath given
to the poor.—Prov. xxii. 9.
And stretch out thy hand to the poor,
that thy expiation and thy blessing
may be perfected.—Ecclus. vii. 36.
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impart; for by such sacrifices God’s I afterwards, and in the time of his fall
favor is obtained.—Heb. xiii. 16.
he shall find a sure stay.—Ecclus. iii.
33, 34.
ALMSGIVING, REWARDED BY
Shut up alms in the heart of the
GOD
poor, and it shall obtain help for thee
If thou have much, give abundantly: against all evil.
Better than the shield of the mighty,
if thou have little, take care even so
and better than the spear:
to bestow willingly a little.
It shall fight for thee against thy
For thus thou storest up to thyself a
good reward for the day of necessity. I enemy.—Ecclus. xxix. 15-17.
Deal thy bread to the hungry, and
For alms deliver from all sin, and
from death, and will not suffer the soul bring the needy and the harborless into
to go into darkness. Alms shall be a thy house: when thou shalt see one
great confidence before the most high naked, cover him, and despise not thy
God, to all them that give it.—Tob. iv. own flesh.
Then shall thy light break forth as
9-12.
Prayer is good with fasting and alms, the morning, and thy health shall
more than to lay up treasures of gold : speedily arise, and thy justice shall go
For alms delivereth from death, and before thy face, and the glory of the
the same is that which purgeth away Lord shall gather thee up.
Then shalt thou call, and the Lord
sins, and maketh to find mercy and life
shall hear: thou shalt cry, and he shall
everlasting.—Tob. xii. 8, 9.
Blessed is he that understandeth say, Here I am.
When thou shalt pour out thy soul to
concerning the needy and the poor : the
Lord will deliver him in the evil day. the hungry, and shalt satisfy the
The Lord preserve him and give him afflicted soul, then shall thy light rise
life, and make him blessed upon the up in darkness, and thy darkness shall
earth: and deliver him not up to the be as the noonday.
And the Lord will give thee rest con­
will of his enemies.
The Lord help him on his bed of sor­ tinually, and will fill thy soul with
brightness, and deliver thy bones, and
row.—Ps. xl. 2-4.
Acceptable is the man that showeth thou shalt be like a watered garden, and
mercy and lendeth: he shall order his like a fountain of water, whose waters
words with judgment: because he shall shall not fail.—Is. Iviii. 7-11.
Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be
not be moved for ever. . . . He hath
distributed, he hath given to the poor : acceptable to thee, and redeem thou thy
his justice remaineth for ever and ever: sins with alms, and thy iniquities with
his horn shall be exalted in glory.—Ps. works of mercy to the poor : perhaps he
will forgive thy offences.—Dan. iv. 24.
cxi. 5, 6, 9.
And whosoever shall give to drink to
Some distribute their own goods, and
grow richer: others take away what is one of these little ones a cup of cold
not their own, and are always in want. water only in the name of a disciple,
amen I say to you, he shall not lose
—Prov. xi. 24.
He that hath mercy on the poor, lend­ his reward.—Matt. x. 42.
Jesus saith to him: If thou wilt be
eth to the Lord : and he will repay him.
perfect, go, sell what thou hast, and
—Prov. xix. 17.
He that giveth to the poor, shall not give to the poor, and thou shalt have
want: he that despiseth his entreaty, treasure in heaven: and come, follow
shall suffer indigence.—Prov. xxviii. 27. me.—Matt. xix. 21.
Then shall the king say to them that
Cast thy bread upon the running
waters : for after a long time thou shalt shall be on his right hand: Come, ye
blessed of my Father, possess you the
find it again.—Eccles, xi. 1.
Water qucncheth a flaming fire, and ■ kingdom prepared for you from the
foundation of the world.
alms resistetti sins:
And God provideth for him that
For I was hungry, and you gave me
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to drink ; I was a stranger, and you took
me in:
Naked, and you covered me: sick,
and you visited me: I was in prison,
and you came to me.
Then shall the just answer him, say­
ing: Lord, when did we see thee hungry,
and fed thee; thirsty, and gave thee
drink ?
And when did we see thee a stranger,
and took thee in? or naked, and cov­
ered thee?
Or when did we see thee sick or in
prison, and came to thee?
And the king answering, shall say to
them: Amen I say to you, as long as
you did it to one of these my least
brethren, you did it to me.—Matt. xxv.
34-40.
Give, and it shall be given to you:
good measure and pressed down and
shaken together and running over shall
they give into your bosom. For with
the same measure that you shall mete
withal, it shall be measured to you
again.—Luke vi. 38.
Sell what you possess and give alms.
Make to yourselves bags which grow
not old, a treasure in heaven which faileth not: where no thief approacheth,
nor moth corrupteth.—Luke xii. 33.
But when thou makest a feast, call
the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the
blind ;
And thou shalt be blessed, because
they have not wherewith to make thee
recompense: for recompense shall be
made thee at the resurrection of the
just.—Luke xiv. 13, 14.
And in Joppe there was a certain
disciple named Tabitha, which by inter­
pretation is called Dorcas. This woman
was full of good works and almsdeeds
which she did.
And it came to pass in those days
that she was sick, and died. Whom
when they had washed, they laid her
in an upper chamber. . . .
And Peter rising up went with them.
And when he was come they brought
him into the upper chamber. And all
the widows stood about him weeping,
and showing him the coats and gar­
ments which Dorcas made them.
And they all being put forth, Peter
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the body, he said: Tabitha, arise. And
she opened her eyes; and seeing Peter,
she sat up.—Acts ix. 36, 37, 39, 40.
And there was a certain man in
Caesarea, named Cornelius, a centurion
of that which is called the Italian
band ;
A religious man, and fearing God
with all his house, giving much alms to
the people, and always praying to God.
This man saw in a vision manifestly,
about the ninth hour of the day, an an­
gel of God coming in unto him, and
saying to him: Cornelius.
And he, beholding him, being seized
with fear, said: What is it, Lord? And
he said to him : Thy prayers and thy
alms are ascended for a memorial in
the sight of God.—Acts x. 1-4.
Now this I say: He who soweth spar­
ingly, shall also reap sparingly: and he
who soweth in blessings, shall also reap
blessings. . . .
And he that ministereth seed to the
sower, will both give you bread to eat,
and will multiply your seed, and in­
crease the growth of the fruits of your
justice.—2 Cor. ix. 6, 10.

ALMSGIVING, COMMANDED BY
GOD
When thou reapest the corn of thy
land, thou shalt not cut down all that
is on the face of the earth to the very
ground: nor shalt thou gather the ears
that remain.
Neither shalt thou gather the bunches
and grapes that fall down in thy vine­
yard, but shalt leave them to the poor
and the strangers to take.—Lev. xix.
9, 10.
If one of thy brethren that dwelleth
within the gates of thy city in the land
which the Lord thy God will give thoe,
come to poverty: thou shalt not harden
thy heart, nor close thy hand,
But shalt open it to the poor man,
thou shalt lend him that which thou
perceivest he hath need of.
Bew’are lest perhaps a wicked thought
steal in upon thee, and thou say in thy
heart: The seventh year of remission
draweth nigh; and thou turn away thy
eyes from thy poor brother, denying to
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cry against thee to the Lord, and it be­ I the needy, and with thy garments cover
the naked.—7'ob. iv. 7-9, 17.
come a sin unto thee.
But thou shalt give to him : neither
Cast thy bread upon the running
shalt thou do anything craftily in re­ waters: for after a long time thou shalt
lieving his necessities: that the Lord find it again.—Eccles, xi. 1.
Son, defraud not the poor of alms,
thy God may bless thee at all times, and
in all things to which thou shalt put thy and turn not away thy eyes from the
poor.
hand.
Despise not the hungry soul : and pro­
There will not be wanting poor in
the land of thy habitation : therefore I. voke not the poor in his want.
command thee to open thy hand to thy I Afflict not the heart of the needy, and
needy and poor brother that liveth in defer not to give to him that is in dis­
tress.
the land.—Deut. xv. 7-11.
Reject not the petition of the
When thou hast reaped the corn in
thy field, and hast forgot and left a afflicted: and turn not away thy face
sheaf, thou shalt not return to take it from the needy.
Turn not away thy eyes from the
away: but thou shalt suffer the stran­
ger, and the fatherless and the widow poor for fear of anger : and leave not
to take it away: that the Lord thy God to them that ask of thee to curse thee
may bless thee in all the works of thy behind thy back.
For the prayer of him that curseth
hands.
If thou have gathered the fruit of thee in the bitterness of his soul, shall
thy olive trees, thou shalt not return to be heard, for he that made him will
gather whatsoever remained! on the hear him.—Ecclus. iv. 1-6.
Neglect not to pray, and to give
trees: but shalt leave it for the stran­
ger, for the fatherless, and the widow. alms: . . .
And stretch out thy hand to the poor,
If thou make the vintage of thy vine­
yard, thou shalt not gather the clusters that thy expiation and thy blessing may
that remain, but they shall be for the be perfected.—Ecclus. vii. 10, 36.
Do good to thy friend before thou die,
stranger, the fatherless, and the widow.
Remember that thou also wast a and according to thy ability, stretch­
bondman in Egypt, and therefore I ing out thy hand, give to the poor.—
command thee to do this thing.—Deut. I Ecclus. xiv. 13.
Remember poverty in the time of
xxiv. 19-22.
Help the poor because of the com­ abundance, and the necessities of pov
mandment: and send him not away erty in the day of riches.—Ecclusempty handed because of his poverty.— xviii. 25.
But yet towards the poor be thou
Ecclus. xxix. 12.
more hearty, and delay not to show him
And the Lord said to 'him :
But yet that which remaineth, give mercy.
Help the poor because of the com­
alms; and behold, all things are clean
unto you.—Luke xi. 41.
mandment: and send him not away
empty handed because of his poverty.
ALMSGIVING, EXHORTATION
Lose thy money for thy brother and
TO
thy friend: and hide it not under a
Give alms out of thy substance, and stone to be lost.—Ecclus. xxix. 11-13.
turn not away thy face from any poor
Deal thy bread to the hungry, and
person : for so it shall come to pass that bring the needy and the harborless into
the face of the Lord shall not be turned thy house: when thou shalt see one
from thee.
naked, cover him, and despise not thy
According to thy ability be merciful. own flesh.—Is. Iviii. 7.
If thou have much give abundantly:
Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be
if thou have little, take care even so acceptable to thee, and redeem thou thy
to bestow willingly a little. ...
sins with alms, and thy iniquities with
Eat thy bread with the hungry and works of mercy to the poor : perhaps he
will forgive thy offences.—Dan. iv. 24.
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And the people asked ’him, saying:
What then shall we do?
And he answering, said to them : He
that hath two coats, let him give to him
that hath none ; and he that hath meat,
let him do in like manner.—Luke iii.
10, 11.
Give to every one that asketh thee,
and of him that taketh away thy goods,
ask them not again.—Luke vi. 30.
Sell what you possess and give alms.
Make to yourselves bags which grow
not old, a treasure in heaven which
faileth not: where no thief approacheth. nor moth corrupteth.—Luke xii. 33.
Charge the rich of this world ... to
do good, to be rich in good works, to
give easily, to communicate to others,
To lay up in store for themselves a
good foundation against the time to
come, that they may lay hold on the
true life.—1 Tini. vi. 18, 19.
And do not forget to do good, and to
impart; for by such sacrifices God’s
favor is obtained.—11 eb. xiii. 16.
ALMSGIVING, THE PROPER
MANNER OF
According to thy ability be merciful.
If thou have much, give abundantly;
if thou have little, take care even so
to bestow willingly a little.—Tob. iv.
8, 9.
Say not to thy friend : Go, and come
again: and tomorrow I will give to
thee: when thou canst give at present.
—Prov. iii. 28.
My son, in thy good deeds, make no
complaint, and when thou givest any
thing, add not grief by an evil word.
Shall not the dew assuage the heat?
so also the good word is better than the
gift.
Lo, is not a word better than a gift?
but both are with a justified man.
A fool will upbraid bitterly: and a
gift of one ill taught consumeth the
eyes.—Ecclus. xviii. 15-18.
In every gift show a cheerful counte­
nance, and sanctify thy tithes with joy.
—Ecclus. XXXV. 11.
Be ashamed of upbraiding speeches
before friends: and after thou hast
given, upbraid not.—Ecclus. xli. 28.
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tice before men, to be seen by them:
otherwise you shall not have a reward
of your Father who is in heaven.
Therefore when thou dost an almsdeed, sound not a trumpet before thee,
as the hypocrites do in the synagogues
and in the streets, that they may be
honored by men. Amen, I say to you,
they have received their reward.
But when thou dost alms, let not thy
left hand know what thy right hand
doth.
That thy alms may be in secret, and
thy Father who see th in secret will re­
pay thee.—Malt. vi. 1-4.
Now this I say: He who soweth spar­
ingly, shall also reap sparingly: and
he who soweth in blessings, shall also
reap blessings.
Every one as he hath determined in
his heart, not with sadness, or of neces­
sity : for God loveth a cheerful giver.—
2 Cor. ix. 6, 7.
And if a brother or sister be naked,
and want daily food:
And one of you say to them : Go in
peace, be ye warmed and filled; yet give
them not those things that are neces­
sary for the body, what shall it profit?
—James ii. 15, 16.
My little children, let us not love in
word, nor in tongue, but in deed, and
in truth.— 1 John iii. 18.
AMENDMENT OF LIFE
See also: Turning away from sin—
page 527.
If thou wilt put away from thee the
iniquity that is in thy hand, and let not
injustice remain in thy tabernacle:
Then mayst thou lift up thy face
without spot, and thou shalt be stead­
fast, and shalt not fear.
Thou shalt also forget misery, and re­
member it only as waters that are
passed away.
And brightness like that of the noon­
day, shall arise to thee at evening: and
when thou shalt think thyself con­
sumed, thou shalt rise as the day star.
And thou shalt have confidence, hope
being set before thee, and being buried,
thou shalt sleep secure.
Thou shalt rest, and there shall be
none to make thee afraid: and many
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And I said, Now I have begun: this pray that they may be forgiven thee.—
is the change of the right hand of the Ecclus. xxi. 1.
Wash yourselves, be clean, take away
most High.—Ps. Ixxvi. 11.
By what doth a young man correct the evil of your devices from my eyes:
his way? by observing thy words.—Ps. cease to do perversely,
Learn to do well: seek judgment, re­
cxviii. 9.
lie that loveth God, shall obtain par-1 lieve the oppressed, judge for the
don for his sins by prayer, and shall | fatherless, defend the widow,
And then come, and accuse me, saith
refrain himself from them, and shall be
heard in the prayer of days.—Ecclus. the Lord : if your sins be as scarlet, they
shall be made as white as snow: and if
iii. 4.
And thou shalt say to them: Thus they be red as crimson, they shall be
saith the Lord: Shall not he that fall- white as wool.—Is. i. 16-18.
Let the wicked forsake his way, and
eth, rise again? and he that is turned
away, shall he not turn again?—J er. the unjust man his thoughts, and let
him return to the Lord, and he will
viii. 4.
But if the wicked do penance for all have mercy on him, and to our God:
his sins which he hath committed, and for he is bountiful to forgive.—Is. Iv. 7.
For thus saith the Lord to the men of
keep all my commandments, and do
judgment, and justice, living he shall Juda and Jerusalem: Break up anew
your fallow ground, and sow not upon
live, and shall not die.
I will not remember all his iniquities thorns. . . .
Wash thy heart from wickedness, 0
that he hath done: in his justice which
he hath wrought, he shall live.—Ezech. Jerusalem, that thou mayst be saved:
how long shall hurtful thoughts abide
xviii. 21, 22.
What shall we say then ? shall we con­ in thee?—Jer. iv. 3, 14.
tinue in sin, that grace may abound?
Now therefore, tell the men of Juda,
God forbid. For we that are dead to and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, say­
sin, how shall we live any longer ing: Thus saith the Lord: Behold I
therein? . . .
frame evil against you, and devise a
For we are buried together with him device against you: let every man of
by baptism into death; that as Christ you return from his evil way, and
is risen from the dead by the glory of make ye your ways and your doings
the Father, so we also may walk in new­ good.
. XVlll. 11.
ness of life. . . .
Now therefore amend your ways,
Knowing this, that our old man is and your doings, and hearken to the
crucified with him, that the body of voice of the Lord your God : and the
sin may be destroyed, to the end that Lord will repent him of the evil that
we mav serve sin no longer.—Rom. vi. he hath spoken against you.—J er.
1, 2, 4, G.
xxvi. 13.
Cast away from you all your trans­
AMENDMENT OF LIFE, EXHOR­ gressions, by which you have trans­
TATION TO
gressed, and make to yourselves a new
Turn to the Lord, and forsake thy heart, and a new spirit: and why will
sins:
you die, 0 house of Israel?—Ezech.
Make thy prayer before the face of xviii. 31.
the Lord, and offend less.
But now put you also all away: an­
Return to the Lord, and turn away ger, indignation, malice, blasphemy,
from thy injustice, and greatly hate filthy speech out of your mouth.
abomination.
Lie not one to another: stripping
And know the justices and judg­ yourselves of the old man with his
ments of God. and stand firm in the lot deeds,
set before thee, and in prayer to the
And putting on the new, him who is
most high God.—Ecclus. xvii. 21-24. renewed unto knowledge, according to
My son, hast thou sinned? do so no the image of him that created him.—
more: but for thy former sins also Col. iii. 8-10.

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Draw nigh to God, and he will draw but slow to speak, and slow to
nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye anger.
sinners: and purify your hearts, ye
For the anger of man worketh not
double minded.—James iv. 8.
the justice of God.—James i. 19, 20.

ANGER
Anger indeed killeth the foolish one,
and envy slayeth the little one.—Job
V. 2.
Be ye angry, and sin not : the things
that you say in your hearts, be sorry
for them upon your beds.—Ps. iv. 5.
A mild answer breaketh wrath: but a
harsh word stirreth up fury. . . .
A passionate man stirreth up strifes :
he that is patient appeaseth those that
are stirred up.—Prov. xv. 1, 18.
The spirit of a man upholdeth his in­
firmity: but a spirit that is easily an­
gered, who can bear?—Prov. xviii. 14.
As coals are to burning coals, and
wood to fire, so an angry man stirreth
up strife.—Prov. xxvi. 21.
A stone is heavy, and sand weighty:
but the anger of a fool is heavier than
them both.
Anger hath no mercy, nor fury when
it breaketh forth: and who can bear
the violence of one provoked?—Prov.
xxvii. 3, 4.
A passionate man provoketh quar­
rels: and he that is easily stirred up to
wrath, shall be more prone to sin.—
Prov. xxix. 22.
There is a lying rebuke in the anger
of an injurious man.—Ecclus. xix. 28.
How much better is it to reprove,
than to be angry, and not to hinder him
that confesseth in prayer.—Ecclus.xx. 1.
There is no head worse than the head
of a serpent:
And there is no anger above the an­
ger of a woman. It will be more agree­
able to abide with a lion and a dragon,
than to dwell with a wicked woman.—
Ecclus. XXV. 22, 23.
For a passionate man kindleth strife,
and a sinful man will trouble his
friends, and bring in debate in the
midst of them that are at peace.
For as the wood of the forest is, so
the fire burneth : and as a man’s
strength is, so shall his anger be, and
according to his riches he shall increase
his anger.—Ecclus. xxviii. 11, 12.
And let every man be swift to hear,

ANGER, FOLLY AND SINFUL­
NESS OF
A fool immediately showeth his an­
ger: but he that dissembleth injuries is
wise.—Prov. xii. 16.
Be not quickly angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of a fool.—Eccles.
vii. 10.
Anger and fury are both of them
abominable, and the sinful man shall
be subject to them.—Ecclus. xxvii. 33.
Envy and anger shorten a man’s days,
and pensiveness will bring old age be­
fore the time.—Ecclus. xxx. 26.
Thus saith the Lord: For three
crimes of Edom, and for four, I will
not convert him : because he hath pur­
sued his brother with the sword, and
hath cast off all pity, and hath car­
ried on his fury, and hath kept his
wrath to the end.—Amos i. 11.
But I say to you, that whosoever is
angry with his brother, shall be in dan­
ger of the judgment. And whosoever
shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be
in danger of the council. And whoso­
ever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in
danger of hell fire.—Malt. v. 22.
ANGER, EXHORTATION
AGAINST
Therefore let not anger overcome
thee to oppress any man.—Job xxxvi.18.
Cease from anger, and leave rage;
have no emulation to do evil.—Ps.
xxxvi. 8.
Be not quickly angry : for anger resteth in the bosom of a fool.—Eccles»
vii. 10.
Remove anger from thy heart, and
put away evil from thy flesh. For
youth and pleasure are vain.—Eccles.
xi. 10.
Be not as a lion in thy house, ter­
rifying them of thy household, and op­
pressing them that are under thee.—
Ecclus. iv. 35.
Remember the fear of God, and be
not angry with thy neighbor.—Ecclus.
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ANGER

Be angry, and sin not. Let not the on his adversaries, and he is angry with
sun go down upon your anger. . . . his enemies.—Nahum i. 2.
Let all bitterness, and anger, and in­
And the angel that spoke in me, said
dignation, and clamor, and blasphemy, to me: Cry thou, saying: Thus saith
be put away from you, with all malice. the Lord of hosts: I am zealous for
—Eph. iv. 26, 31.
Jerusalem, and Sion with a great zeal.
And let every man be swift to hear,
And I am angry with a great anger
but slow to speak, and slow to anger. with the wealthy nations: for I was
—James i. 19.
angry a little, but they helped forward
the evil.—Zach. i. 14, 15.
ANGER OF GOD, THE
And seeing many of the Pharisees
The kings of the earth stood up, and and Sadducees, coming to his baptism,
the princes met together, against the ’he said to them: Ye brood of vipers,
Lord, and against his Christ. . . . He who hath showed you to flee from the
that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh at wrath to come?
them: and the Lord shall deride them.
Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of
Then shall he speak to them in his penance.—Malt. iii. 7, 8.
anger, and trouble them in his rage.—
For
the
wrath
of
God
is
revealed
from
Ps. ii. 2, 4, 5.
Embrace discipline, lest at any time heaven against all ungodliness and in­
the Lord be angry, and you perish from justice of those men that detain the
truth of God in injustice.—Rom. i. 18.
the just way.
Or despisest thou the riches of his
When his wrath shall be kindled in a
short time, blessed are all they that goodness, and patience, and longsuffering? Knowest thou not, that the be­
trust in him.—Ps. ii. 12, 13.
For wrath is in his indignation; and nignity of God leadeth thee to penance?
But according to thy hardness and
life in his good will.—Ps. xxix. 6.
Thy wrath hath come upon me: and impenitent heart, thou treasurest up to
thyself wrath, against the day of wrath,
thy terrors have troubled me.
They have come round about me like and revelation of the just judgment of
water all the day: they have compassed God.—Rom. ii. 4, 5.
But to them that are contentious,
me about together.—Ps. Ixxxvii. 17, 18.
Forty years long was I offended with and who obey not the truth, but give
that generation, and I said: These al­ credit to iniquity, wrath and indigna­
tion.—Rom. ii. 8.
ways err in heart.
And one of the four living creatures
And these men have not known my
ways: so I swore in my wrath that they gave to the seven angels seven golden
shall not enter into my rest.—Ps. xciv. vials, full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever. . . .
10, 11.
And I heard a great voice out of the
And he will sharpen his severe wrath
for a spear, and the whole world shall temple, saying to the seven angels: Go,
fight with him against the unwise.— and pour out the seven vials of the
wrath of God upon the earth.—Apoc.
IV is. v. 21.
Delay not to be converted to the XV. 7 ; xvi. 1.
Lord, and defer it not from day to day.
For his wrath shall come on a sud­ ANGER OF GOD, POWER OF THE
den, and in the time of vengeance he
And in the multitude of thy glory
will destroy thee.—Ecclus. v. 8, 9.
thou hast put down thy adversaries:
Remember wrath, for it will not tarry thou hast sent thy wrath, which hath
long.—Ecclus. vii. 18.
devoured them like stubble.
For mercy and wrath are with him.
And with the blast of thy anger the
He is mighty to forgive, and to pour waters were gathered together : the
out indignation.—Ecclus. xvi. 12.
flowing water stood, the depths were
The Lord is a jealous God, and a re­ gathered together in the midst of the
venger: the Lord is a revenger, and sea. . . . Thy wind blew and the sea
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covered them : they sunk as lead in the
mighty waters.—Ex. xv. 1, 8, 10.
On the contrary I have seen those
who work iniquity, and sow sorrows,
and reap them,
Perishing by the blast of God, and
consumed by the spirit of his wrath.—
Job iv. 8, 9.
God, whose wrath no man can resist,
and under whom they stoop that bear
up the world.—Job ix. 13.
Rebuke me not, O Lord, in thy indig­
nation; nor chastise me in thy
wrath. . . .
There is no health in my flesh, be­
cause of thy wrath : there is no peace
for my bones, because of my sins.—Ps.
xxxvii. 2, 4.
Thou art terrible, and who shall re­
sist thee? ‘from that time thy wrath.—
Ps. Ixxv. 8.
Who knoweth the power of thy anger,
and for thy fear can number thy wrath ?
—Ps. Ixxxix. 11, 12.
Because of thy anger and indigna­
tion: for having lifted me up, thou hast
thrown me down.—Ps. ci. 11.
The Lord at thy right hand hath
broken kings in the day of his wrath.
He shall judge among nations, he
shall fill ruins: he shall crush the heads
in the land of many.—Ps. cix. 5, 6.
By the wrath of the Lord of hosts the
land is troubled, and the people shall
be as fuel for the fire.—Is. ix. 19.
Behold the name of the Lord cometh
from afar, his wrath burneth, and is
heavy to bear: his lips are filled with
indignation, and his tongue as a de­
vouring fire.
His breath as a torrent overflowing
even to the midst of the neck, to destroy
the nations unto nothing, and the bridle
of error that was in the jaws of the
people.—Is. XXX. 27, 28.
Behold the whirlwind of the Lord’s
indignation shall come forth, and a
tempest shall break out and come upon
the head of the wicked. The wrath of
the Lord shall not return till he execute
it, and till he accomplish the thought of
his heart: in the latter days you shall
understand his counsel.—Jer. xxiii.
19, 20.

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Who can stand before the face of hia
indignation? and who shall resist in the
fierceness of his anger? his indignation
is poured out like fire: and the rocks are
melted by him.—Nahum i. 6.

ANGER OF GOD, TERROR
OF THE
A fire is kindled in my wrath, and
shall burn even to the lowest hell: and
shall devour the earth with her in­
crease, and shall burn the foundations
of the mountains.—Deut. xxxii. 22.
For the arrows of the Lord are in me,
the rage whereof drinketh up my spirit,
and the terrors of the Lord war against
me.—Job vi. 4.
The earth shook and trembled: the
foundations of the mountains were
troubled and were moved, because he
was angry with them.
There went up a smoke in his wrath :
and a fire flamed from his face: coals
were kindled by it. . . .
Then the fountains of water ap­
peared, and the foundations of the
earth were discovered:
At thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast
of the spirit of thy wrath.—Ps. xvii. 8,
9, 16.
For in thy wrath we have fainted
away: and are troubled in thy indigna­
tion.
Thou hast set our iniquities before
thy eyes: our life in the light of thy
countenance.
For all our days are spent; and in
thy wrath we have fainted away.—Ps.
Ixxxix. 7-9.
Behold the day of the Lord shall
come, a cruel day, and full of indigna­
tion, and of wrath, and fury, to lay the
land desolate, and to destroy the sin­
ners thereof out of it. . . .
For this I will trouble the heaven:
and the earth shall be moved out of her
place, for the indignation of the Lord
of hosts, and for the day of his fierce
wrath.—Is. xiii. 9, 13.
But the Lord is the true God: he is
the living God, and the everlasting
king: at his wrath the earth shall trem­
ble, and the nations shall not be able to
’That la, from the time that thy wrath shall abide his threatening.—J er. x. 10.
In thy anger thou wilt tread the earth,
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ASCENSION

eliti
under foot: in thy wrath thou wilt a3-| have sinned, we have committed
iniquity,
tonish the nations.—Hah. iii. 12.
0 Lord, against all thy justice: let
And the kings of the earth, and the
princes, and tribunes, and the rich, and I thy wrath and thy indignation be
the strong, and every bondman, and | turned away, I beseech thee, from thy
every freeman, hid themselves in the city Jerusalem, and from thy holy
mountain. For by reason of our sins,
dens and in the rocks of mountains:
And they say to the mountains and and the iniquities of our fathers, Jeru­
the rocks: Fall upon us, and hide us salem, and thy people are a reproach to
from the face of him that sitteth upon all that are round about us.—Dan. ix.
the throne, and from the wrath of the 15, 16.
Lamb :
APOSTATES
For the great day of their wrath is
come, and who shall be able to stand?—
A man that is an apostate, an un­
Apoc. vi. 15, 16, 17.
profitable man, walketh with a perverse
And the angel thrust in his sharp mouth. . . .
sickle into the earth, and gathered the
To such a one his destruction shall
vineyard of the earth, and cast it into presently come, and he shall suddenly
the great press of the wrath of God :
be destroyed, and shall no longer have
And the press was trodden without any remedy.—Prov. vi. 12, 15.
the city, and blood came out of the
Woe to you, apostate children, saith
press, up to the horses’ bridles, for a the Lord, that you would take counsel,
thousand and six hundred furlongs.— and not of me: and would begin a web,
Apoc. xiv. 19, 20.
and not by my spirit, that you might
add sin upon sin.—Is. xxx. 1.
ANGER OF GOD, A PRAYER TO
Thy own wickedness shall reprove
AVERT THE
thee, and thy apostasy shall rebuke thee.
0 Lord, rebuke me not in thy indig­ Know thou, and see that it is an evil
nation, nor chastise me in thy wrath.— and a bitter thing for thee, to have left
Ps. vi. 2.
the Lord thy God, and that my fear is
flow long, 0 Lord, wilt thou be an­ not with thee, saith the Lord the God
gry for ever: shall thy zeal be kindled of hosts.—Jer. ii. 19.
like a fire?—Ps. Ixxviii. 5.
For you have forgotten God, who
Convert us, 0 God our saviour: and brought you up, and you have grieved
turn off thy anger from us.
Jerusalem that nursed you.—Bar. iv. 8.
Wilt thou be angry with us for ever:
But he that shall deny me before
or wilt thou extend thy wrath from men, I will also deny him before my
generation to generation?—Ps. Ixxxiv. Father who is in heaven.—Matt. x. 33.
5, 6.
How long, 0 Lord, turnest thou away APPROVE OF EVIL-DOERS AND
THEIR WORK, WE MUST
unto the end? shall thy anger burn like
NOT
fire?
Remember what my substance is: for
See: Wicked; we must not uphold
hast thou made all the children of men I the—page 597.
in vain?—Ps. Ixxxvm. 47, 48.
ASCENSION OF CHRIST INTO
Be not very angry, O Lord, and reHEAVEN
member no longer our iniquity: behold,
hbavbn
see we are all thy people.—Is. Ixiv. 9.
Lift up your gates, 0 ye princes, and
We have sinned, we have done wick- be ye lifted up, 0 eternal gates: and
edly, we have acted unjustly, 0 Lord the King of Glory shall enter in.
our God, against all thy justices.
Who is this King of Glory? the Lord
Let thy wrath be turned away from who is strong and mighty: the Lord
us: for we are left a few among the na- mighty in battle.
tions where thou hast scattered us.— Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and
Bar. ii. 12, 13.
be ye lifted up, 0 eternal gates: and
And now, 0 Lord our God, . . . we I the King of Glory shall enter in.

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Who is thia King of Glory? the Lord
of hosts, he is the King of Glory.—
Ps. xxiii. 7-10.
God is ascended with jubilee, and the
Lord with the sound of trumpet.—Ps.
xlvi. 6.
Sing ye to God, sing a psalm to his
name, make a way for him who ascendeth upon the west: the Lord is his
name.—Ps. Ixvii. 5.
The chariot of God is attended by ten
thousands; thousands of them that re­
joice: the Lord is among them in Sina,
in the holy place.
Thou hast ascended on high, thou
hast led captivity captive; thou hast re­
ceived gifts in men.—Ps. Ixvii. 18, 19.
Sing to God, ye kingdoms of the
earth : sing ye to the Lord. Sing ye to
God, who mounteth above the heaven
of heavens, to the east.—Ps.Ixvii.33,34.
And the Lord Jesus, after he had
spoken to them, was taken up into
heaven, and sitteth on the right hand
of God.—Mark xvi. 19.
And he led them out as far as Beth­
ania: and lifting up his hands, he
blessed them.
And it came to pass, whilst he
blessed them, he departed from them,
and was carried up to heaven.—Luke
xxiv. 50, 51.
And no man hath ascended into
heaven, but he that descended from
heaven, the Son of man who is in
heaven.—John iii. 13.
But Jesus, knowing in himself, that
his disciples murmured at this, said to
them: Doth this scandalize you?
If then you shall see the Son of man
ascend up where he was before?—John
vi. 62, 63.
I came forth from the Father, and
nm come into the world : again I leave I
the world, and I go to the Father.—
John xvi. 28.
Jesus saith to her: Do not touch me,
for I am not yet ascended to my
Father. But go to my brethren, and
say to them : I ascend to my Father and
to your Father, to my God and your
God.—John XX. 17.
And when he had said these things,
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and a cloud received him out of their
sight.
And while they were beholding him
going up to heaven, behold two men
stood by them in white garments.
Who also said: Ye men of Galilee,
why stand you looking up to heaven?
This Jesus who is taken up from you
into heaven, shall so come, as you have
seen him going into heaven.—Acts i.
9-11.
Wherefore he saith: Ascending on
high, he led captivity captive; he gave
gifts to men.
Now that he ascended, what is it,
but because he also descended first into
the lower parts of the earth?
He that descended is the same also
that ascended above all the heavens,
that he might fill all things.—Eph. iv.
8-10.
For Jesus is not entered into the
holies made with hands, the patterns of
the true: but into heaven itself, that
he may appear now in the presence of
God for us.—II eb. ix. 24.

ATHEISTS
After these things Afoses and Aaron
went in, and said to Pharao: Thus
saith the Lord God of Israel: Let my
people go that they may sacrifice to
me in the desert.
But he answered: Who is the Lord,
that I should hear his voice, and let
Israel go? I know not the Lord,
neither will I let Israel go.—Ex. v. 1, 2.
The fool hath said in his heart:
There is no God.—Ps. xiii. 1.
For thou showest thy power, when
men will not believe thee to be abso­
lute in power, and thou convincest the
boldest of them that know thee not.—
I Vis. xii. 17.
But all men are vain, in whom there
is not the knowledge of God : and who
by these good things that are seen, could
not understand him that is, neither by
attending to the works have acknowl­
edged who was the workman. . . .
But yet as to these they are less to
be blamed. For they perhaps err, seek­
ing God, and desirous to find him.
For being conversant among his
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ouaded that the things are good which and that please yourselves in multi­
tudes of nations :
are seen.
For power is given to you by the
But then again they are not to be
Lord, and strength by the most High,
pardoned.
For if they were able to know so who will examine your works, and
much as to make a judgment of the search out your thoughts.—Wis. vi. 2-4.
The power of the earth is in the hand
world: how did they not more easily
find out the Lord thereof?—Wit. xiii. of God, and in his time he will raise
up a profitable ruler over it.—Ecclus. x. 4.
1, 6-9.
This is the decree by the sentence of
For his heart is ashes, and his hope
vain earth, and his life more base than the watchers, and the word and demand
of the holy ones; till the living know
clay :
Forasmuch as he knew not his maker that the most High ruleth in the king­
and him that inspired into him the soul dom of men; and he will give it to
that worketh, and that breathed into whomsoever it shall please him, and he
will appoint the basest man over
him a living spirit.
Yea, and they have counted our life it. . . .
This is the interpretation of the
a pastime, and the business of life to be
gain, and that we must be getting sentence of the most High, which is
every way, even out of evil.—IVis. xv. come upon my lord the ‘king.
They shall cast thee out from among
10-12.
But it is impossible to escape thy men, and thy dwelling shall be with
cattle and with wild beasts, and thou
hand.
For the wicked that denied to know shalt eat grass as an ox, and shalt be
thee, were scourged by the strength of wet with the dew of heaven: and seven
thy arm, being persecuted by strange times shall pass over thee, till thou
waters, and hail, and rain, and con­ know that the most High ruleth over
sumed by fire.— Ww. xvi. 15, 16.
the kingdom of men, and giveth it to
And to you who are troubled, rest whomsoever he will.
with us when the Lord Jesus shall be
But whereas he commanded, that the
revealed from heaven, with the angels stump of the roots thereof, that is, of
of his power:
the tree, should be left: thy kingdom
In a flame of fire, giving vengeance shall remain to thee after thou shalt
to them who know not God, and who have known that power is from heaven.
obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus —Dan. iv. 14, 21-23.
Christ.
Let every soul be subject to higher
Who shall suffer eternal punishment powers: for there is no power but from
in destruction, from the face of the God: and those that are, are ordained
Lord, and from the glory of his power. of God.
—2 Thess. i. 7-9.
Therefore he that resistetti the power,
resistetti the ordinance of God. And
ATONEMENT FOR SIN
they that resist purchase to themselves
See: Penance—page 375.
damnation. . . .
For he is God’s minister to thee, for
AUTHORITY OR POWER IS
good. But if thou do that which is
FROM GOD, ALL
evil, fear: for he beareth not the sword
By "me kings reign, and lawgivers in vain. For he is God’s minis­
ter: an avenger to execute wrath upon
decree just things,
By me princes rule, and the mighty him that doth evil.
Wherefore be subject of necessity,
decree justice.—Prov. viii. 15, 16.
Hear therefore, ye kings, and under­ not only for wrath, but also for con­
stand: learn, ye that are judges of the science’ sake.
For therefore also you pay tribute.
ends of the earth.
Give ear, you that, rule the people, For they are the ministers of God, serv‘The wisdom of God.

’Nabuchodonosor.

BISHOPS
ing unto thia purpose.—Bo*n. xiii. 1,
2, 4-6.
Be ye subject therefore to every hu­
man creature for God’s sake: whether
it be to the king as excelling;
Or to governors as sent by him for
the punishment of evil-doers, and for
the praise of the good :
For so is the will of God, that by do­
ing well you may put to silence the
ignorance of foolish men.—1 Peter ii.
13-15.
AVARICE
See : Covetousness—page 86, and
Riches, love of—page 492.
BACKBITING
See: Detraction—page 110.

BEAUTY OF BODY IS VAIN AND
OF LITTLE VALUE
And the Lord said to Samuel : Look
not on his countenance, nor on the
height of his stature: because I have
rejected him, nor do I judge according
to the look of man : for man seeth those
things that appear, but the Lord beholdeth the heart.—1 Kings xvi. 7.
Favor is deceitful, and beauty is
vain : the woman that feareth the Lord,
she shall be praised.—Prov. xxxi. 30.
Praise not a man for his beauty,
neither despise a man for his look.—
Ecclus. xi. 2.
Look not upon a woman’s beauty, and
desire not a woman for beauty.—
Ecclus. XXV. 28.
BISHOPS OF THE CHURCH,
CHARACTER AND DUTIES
REQUIRED OF THE
Take heed to yourselves, and to the
whole flock, wherein the Holy Ghost
hath placed you bishops, to rule the
church of God, which he hath pur­
chased with his own blood.—A cis xx. 28.
A faithful saying: if a man desire
the office of a bishop, he desireth a good
work.
It bchoveth therefore a bishop to be
blameless, the husband of one wife,
sober, prudent, of good behavior, chaste,
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modest, not quarrelsome, not covetous,
but
One that ruleth well his own house,
having his children in subjection with
all chastity.
But if a man know not how to rule
his own house, how shall he take care
of the church of God?
Not a neophyte: lest being puffed up
with pride, he fall into the judgment
of the devil.
Moreover he must have a good testi­
mony of them who are without: lest
he fall into reproach and the snare of
the devil.—1 Tim. iii. 1-7.
Impose not hands lightly upon any
man, neither be partaker of other men’s
sins. Keep thyself chaste.—1 Tim. v. 22.
For a bishop must be without crime,
as the steward of God: not proud, not
subject to anger, not given to wine,
no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre:
But given to hospitality, gentle,
sober, just, holy, continent:
Embracing that faithful word which
is according to doctrine, that he may
be able to exhort in sound doctrine, and
to convince the gainsayers.—Titus i.
7-10.
For every high priest taken from
among men, is ordained for men in
the things that appertain to God, that
he may offer up gifts and sacrifices for
sins:
Who can have compassion on them
that are ignorant and that err: because
he himself also is compassed with in­
firmity.
And therefore he ought, as for the
people, so also for himself, to offer
for sins.
Neither doth any man take the honor
to himself, but he that is called by
God, as Aaron was.—Heb. v. 1-4.
The ancients therefore that are
among you, I beseech, who am myself
also an ancient, and a witness of the
sufferings of Christ: as also a partaker
of that glory which is to be revealed
in time to come:
Feed the flock of God which is among
you, taking care of it, not by con­
straint, but willingly, according to
God: not for filthy lucre’s sake, but
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Neither as lording it over the clergy, | body of Moses, he durst not bring
but being made a pattern of the flock against him the judgment of railing
from the heart.
speech, but said : The Lord command
And when the prince of pastors thee.
shall appear, you shall receive a neverBut these men blaspheme whatever
fading crown of glory.—1 Peter v. 1-4. things they know not. . . .
Now’ of these Enoch also, the sev­
BLASPHEMY
enth from Adam, prophesied, saying:
And thou shalt speak to the children Behold, the Lord cometh with thou­
of Israel: the man that curseth his sands of his saints,
God, shall bear his sin:
To execute judgment upon all, and
And he that blasphemeth the name to reprove all the ungodly for all the
of the Lord, dying let him die: all the works of their ungodliness, whereby
multitude shall stone him, whether he they have done ungodly, and of all the
be a native or a stranger. He that hard things which ungodly sinners
blasphemeth the name of the Lord, dy­ have spoken against God.—Jude i. fl­
ing let him die.—Lev. xxiv. 15, 16.
it), 14, 15.
Whom hast thou reproached, and
whom hast thou blasphemed? against BLESS GOD, EXHORTATION TO
whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and
Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel
lifted up thy eyes on high? against the from eternity to eternity: and let all
holy one of Israel.—4 Kings xix. 22.
the people say Amen, and a hymn to
For such as bless 'him shall inherit God.—1 Paral, xvi. 36.
the land: but such as curse him shall
Bless God at all times: and desire of
perish.—Ps. xxxvi. 22.
him to direct thy ways.—Tob. iv. 20.
Then was offered to him one pos­
Then 'he said to them secretly: Bless
sessed with a devil, blind and dumb: ye the God of heaven, give glory to
and he healed him, so that he spoke and him in the sight of all that live, because
saw.
he hath shown his mercy to you.—Tob.
And all the multitudes were amazed, xii. 6.
and said: Is not this the son of David?
Bless ye the Lord, all his elect, keep
But the Pharisees hearing it, said: days of joy, and give glory to him.—
This man casteth not out devils but by Tob. xiii. 10.
Beelzebub, the prince of the devils.—
My soul, bless thou the Lord, because
Matt. xii. 22-24.
the Lord our God hath delivered Jeru­
And whosoever speaketh a word salem his city from all her troubles.—
against the Son of man, it shall be for­ Tob. xiii. 19.
given him: but to him that shall blas­
Sing ye to the Lord, and bless his
pheme against the Holy Ghost, it shall name: show forth his salvation from
not be forgiven.—Luke xii. 10.
day to day.—Ps. xcv. 2.
The Jews therefore answered, and
Bless the Lord. 0 my soul : and let
said to him: Do not we say well that all that is within me bless his holy
thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? name.
Jesus answered: I have not a devil:
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and never
but I honor my Father, and you have forget all that he hath done for thee.—
dishonored me.—John viii. 48, 49.
Ps. cii. 1, 2.
But now, put you also all away: an­
Bless the Lord, all ye his angels: you
ger, indignation, malice, blasphemy, that are mighty in strength, and exe­
filthy speech out of your mouth.—Col. cute his word, hearkening to the voice
iii. 8.
of his orders.
In like manner these men also defile
Bless the Lord, all ye his hosts: you
the flesh, and despise dominion, and ministers of his that do his will.
blaspheme majesty.
Bless the Lord, all his works : in
When Michael the archangel, disput­ every place of his dominion, O my soul,
ing with the devil, contended about the bless thou the Lord.—Ps. cii. 20, 21, 22.
*Tbe Lord.

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BLESSING
Behold now bless ye the Lord, all ye
servants of the Lord:
Who stand in the house of the Lord,
in the courts of the house of our God.
In the nights lift up your hands to
the holy places, and bless ye the Lord.—
Ps. cxxxiii. 1, 2.
Bless the Lord, O house of Israel:
bless the Lord, O house of Aaron.
Bless the Lord, 0 house of Levi : you
that fear the Lord, bless the Lord.—Ps.
cxxxiv. 19, 20.
For 'that which could not be de­
stroyed by fire, being warmed with a
little sunbeam presently melted away :
That it might be known to all that
we ought to prevent the sun to bless
thee, and adore thee at the dawning of
the light.— Wis. XVi. 27, 28.
And for all these things bless the
Lord, that made thee, and that replenisheth thee with all his good things.—
Ecclus. xxxii. 17.
Now therefore with the whole heart
and mouth praise ye him, and bless the
name of the Lord.—Ecclus. xxxix. 41.
Look upon the rainbow, and bless
him that made it: it is very beautiful
in its brightness.—Ecclus. xliii. 12.
Blessing the Lord, exalt him as much
as you can : for he is above all praise.
When you exalt him, put forth all
your strength, and be not weary, for
you can never go far enough.—Ecclus.
xliii. 33, 34.
All ye works of the Lord, bless the
Lord: praise and exalt him above all
for ever.
0 ye angels of the Lord, bless the
Lord : praise and exalt him above all
for ever. , . .
0 ye sons of men, bless the Lord:
praise and exalt him above all for ever,
0 let Israel bless the Lord : let them
praise and exalt him above all for ever.
0 ye priests of the Lord, bless the
Lord: praise and exalt him above all
for ever.
O ye servants of the Lord, bless the
Lord: praise and exalt him above all
for ever.
0 ye spirits and souls of the just,
bless the Lord : praise and exalt him
above all for ever.
0 ye holy and humble of heart, bless
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the Lord: praise and exalt him above
all for ever. . . .
O all ye religious, bless the Lord the
God of gods: praise him and give him
thanks, because his mercy endureth
for ever and ever.—Dan. iii. 57, 58,
82-87, 90.
BLESSING OF GOD, THE
And 'they shall invoke my name
upon the children of Israel, and I will
bless them.—Num. vi. 27.
And thou hast begun to bless the
house of thy ’servant, that it may be
always before thee: for seeing thou
blessest it, O Lord, it shall be blessed
for ever.—1 Paral, xvii. 27.
Salvation is of the Lord: and thy
blessing is upon thy people.—Ps. iii. 9.
The Lord hath been mindful of us,
and hath blessed us.
He hath blessed the house of Israel:
he hath blessed the house of Aaron.
He hath blessed all that fear the
Lord, both little and great.—Ps. cxiii.
(77eb. cxv.) 12, 13.
The blessing of the Lord is upon the
head of the just.—Prov. x. 6.
The blessing of the Lord maketh
men rich: neither shall affliction be
joined to them.—Prov. x. 22.
The blessing of God maketh haste to
reward the just, and in a swift hour his
blessing beareth fruit.—Ecclus. xi. 24.
In the blessing of God I also have
hoped : and as one that gathereth
grapes, have I filled the winepress.—
Ecclus. xxxiii. 17.
His blessing hath overflowed like a
river.
And as a flood hath watered the
earth.—Ecclus. xxxix. 27, 28.
Blessed be the God and Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed
us with spiritual blessings in heavenly
’places, in Christ.—Eph. i. 3.

BLESSING OF GOD, A PRAYER
FOR THE
The Lord bless thee, and keep thee.
The Lord show’ his face to thee, and
have mercy on thee.
The Lord turn his countenance to
’Aaron and his sons In their priestly func­
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thee, and give thee peace.—Num. vi.
24-26.
Look from thy sanctuary, and thy
high habitation of heaven, and bless
thy people Israel, and the land which
thou hast given us, as thou didst swear
to our fathers, a land flowing with milk
and honey.—Deut. xxvi. 15.
Save, 0 Lord, thy people, and bless
thy inheritance: and rule them and
exalt them for ever.—Ps. xxvii. 9.
May God, our God, bless us, may God
bless us: and all the ends of the earth
fear him.—Ps. Ixvi. 7, 8.
May the Lord add blessings upon
you : upon you, and upon your children.
Blessed be you of the Lord, who
made heaven and earth.—Ps. cxiii.
(Heb. cxv.) 14, 15.
May the Lord out of Sion bless thee,
he that made heaven and earth.—Ps.
cxxxiii. 3.
BLESSINGS, THE VALUE OF
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Say to Aaron and his sons: Thus
shall you bless the children of Israel,
and you shall say to them:
The Lord bless thee, and keep thee.
The Lord show his face to thee, and
have mercy on thee.
The Lord turn his countenance to
thee, and give thee peace.
And they shall invoke my name upon
the children of Israel, and I will bless
them.—Num. vi. 22-27.
And the priests and the Levites rose
up and blessed the people: and their
voice was heard: and their prayer came
to the holy dwelling place of heaven.—
2 Paral, xxx. 27.
For every creature of God is good,
and nothing to be rejected that is re­
ceived with thanksgiving:
For it is sanctified by the word of
God and prayer.—1 Tim. iv. 4, 5.

He changeth the heart of the princes
of the people of the earth, and deceiveth them that they walk in vain where
there is no way.
They shall grope as in the dark, and
not in the light, and he shall make
them stagger like men that are drunk.
—Job xii. 24, 25.
Therefore we have erred from the
way of truth, and the light of justice
hath not shined unto us, and the sun of
understanding hath not risen upon us.
We wearied ourselves in the way of
iniquity and destruction, and have
walked through hard ways, but the way
of the Lord we have not known.—IL'j.
V. 6, 7.
And he (God) said: Go, and thou
shalt say to this people: Hearing, hear,
and understand not : and see the vision,
and know it not.
Blind the heart of this people, and
make their ears heavy, and shut their
eyes: lest they see with their eyes, and
hear with their ears, and understand
with their heart, and be converted and
I heal them.—Is. vi. 9, 10.
Many shall be chosen, and made
white, and shall be tried as fire: and
the wicked shall deal wickedly, and
none of the wicked shall understand,
but the learned shall understand.—
Dan. xii. 10.
And he (Christ) said to them: To
you it is given to know the mystery of
the kingdom of God: but to them that
are without, all things are done in para­
bles:
That seeing they may see, and not
perceive; and hearing they may hear,
and not understand: lest at any time
they should be converted, and their sins
should be forgiven them.—Mark iv.
11, 12.
And whereas he (Christ) had done
so many miracles before them, they be­
lieved not in him :
BLIND, THE
That the saying of Isaias the prophet
See: Afflicted with bodily infirmities, might be fulfilled, which he said: Lord,
who hath believed our hearing? and to
the—page 22.
whom hath the arm of the Lord been
BLINDNESS OF HEART A PUN­ revealed ?
ISHMENT FROM GOD
Therefore they could not believe, be­
They shall meet with darkness in the cause Isaias said again:
He hath blinded their eyes, and hard­
day, and grope at noon-day as in the
ened their heart, that they should not
night—Job V. 14.

BLINDNESS

see with their eyes, nor understand with
their heart, and be converted, and I
should heal them.—John xii. 37-40.
And not as Moses put a veil upon
his face, that the children of Israel
might not steadfastly look on the face
of that which is made void.
But their senses were made dull.
For, until this present day, the self­
same veil, in the reading of the old
testament, remaineth not taken away
(because in Christ it is made void).
But even until this day, when Moses
is read, the veil is upon their heart.
But when they shall be converted to
the Lord, the veil shall be taken away.
—2 Cor. iii. 13-16.
And if our gospel be also hid, it is
hid to them that are lost,
In whom the god of this world hath
blinded the minds of unbelievers, that
the light of the gospel of the glory of
Christ, who is the image of God,
should not shine unto them.—2 Cor.
iv. 3, 4.
BLINDNESS OF HEART,
WILFUL
They have been rebellious to the
light, they have not known his ways,
neither have they returned by his paths.
—Job xxiv. 13.
The words of his mouth are iniquity
and guile: he would not understand
that he might do well.—Ps. xxxv. 4.
And man when he was in honor did
not understand; he is compared to
senseless beasts, and is become like to
them.—Ps. xlviii. 13.
The wicked are alienated from the
womb; they have gone astray from the
womb : they have spoken false things.
Their madness is according to the
likeness of a serpent: like the deaf asp
that stoppeth her ears:
Which will not hear the voice of the
charmers; nor of the wizard that
charmeth wisely.—Ps. Ivii. 4-6.
And 'he hath poured out upon him
the indignation of his fury, and a
strong battle, and hath burnt him round
about, and he knew not: and set him on
fire, and he understood not.—Is. xlii. 25.
Bring forth the people that are blind,
‘God punching the sinner.

8®

and have eyes: that are deaf, and have
ears.—Is. xliii. 8.
0 Lord, thy eyes are upon truth:
thou hast struck them, and they have
not grieved : thou hast bruised them,
and they have refused to receive cor­
rection : they have made their faces
harder than the rock, and they have re­
fused to return.—J er. v. 3.
And looking round about on them
with anger, being grieved for the blind­
ness of their hearts, he (Christ) sayeth
to the man : Stretch forth thy hand.
And he stretched it forth : and his hand
was restored unto him.—Mark iii. 5.
In him was life, and the life was the
light of men.
And the light shineth in darkness,
and the darkness did not comprehend
it. . . .
He was in the world, and the world
was made by him, and the world knew
him not.—John i. 4, 5, 10.
And this is the judgment: because
the light is come into the world, and
men loved darkness rather than the
light : for their works were evil.
For every one that doth evil hateth
the light, and cometh not to the light,
that his works may not be reproved.—
John iii. 19, 20.
If I had not come, and spoken to
them, they would not have sin; but
now they have no excuse for their
sin. . . .
If I had not done among them the
works that no other man hath done,
they would not have sin ; but now they
have both seen and hated both me and
my Father.—John xv. 22, 24.
For they that inhabited Jerusalem,
and the rulers thereof, not knowing
‘him, nor the voice of the prophets,
which are read every Sabbath, judging
him, have fulfilled them.—Acts xiii. 27.
And some believed the things that
were said ; but some believed not.
And when they agreed not among
themselves, they departed. Paul speak­
ing this one word : Well did the Holy
Ghost speak to our fathers by Isaias
the prophet.
Saying: Go to this people, and say
to them: With the ear you shall hear,
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and shall not understand; and seeing I wrath, and lying children, children that
you shall see, and shall not perceive.
will not hear the law of God.
For the heart of this people is grown
Who say to the seers : See not : and
gross, and with their ears have they to them that behold : Behold not for us
heard heavily, and their eyes have they those things that are right : speak unto
shut; lest perhaps they should see us pleasant things, see errors for us.
with their eyes, and hear with their
Take away from me the way, turn
ears, and understand with their heart, away the path from me, let the Holy
and should be converted, and I should One of Israel cease from before us.—
heal them.—Acts xxviii. 24-27.
I Is. XXX. 9-11.
This then I say and testify in the
Hear, ye deaf, and, ye blind, behold
Lord : That henceforward you walk not that you may see.
as also the Gentiles walk in the vanity
Who is blind, but my servant? or
of their mind,
deaf, but he to whom I have sent my
Having their understanding dark­ messengers? Who is blind, but he that
ened, being alienated from the life of is sold? or who is blind, but the ser­
God through the ignorance that is in vant of the Lord?
them, because of the blindness of their
Thou that seest many things, wilt
hearts,
thou not observe them? thou that hast
Who despairing, have given them­ ears open, wilt thou not hear?—Is. xiii.
selves up to lasciviousness, unto the 18-20.
working of all uncleanness, unto covet­
Why will you contend with me in
ousness.—Eph. iv. 17-19.
judgment? you have all forsaken me
Now as Jannes and Mambres resisted saith the Lord.
Moses, so these also resist the truth,
In vain have I struck your children
men corrupted in mind, reprobate con­ they have not received correction.—Jei
cerning the faith.—2 Tim. iii. 8.
ii. 29, 30.
Thy habitation is in the midst of de
Knowing this first, that in the last
days there shall come deceitful scoffers, ceit: through deceit they have refused
to know me, saith the Lord.—Jer. ix. 6
walking after their own lusts,
But they did not hear, nor inclint
Saying: Where is his promise, or his
coming? for since the time that the their ear: but hardened their neck
fathers slept, all things continue as that they might not hear me, and might
they were from the beginning of the not receive instruction.—Jer. xvii. 23.
And I was like a foster father to
creation.
For this they are wilfully ignorant of, Ephraim, I carried them in my arms:
that the heavens were before, and the and they knew not that I healed them.
earth, out of water, and through water, —Osee xi. 3.
consisting by the word of God.—
BLINDNESS OF HEART, PUNISH­
2 Peter iii. 3-5.
MENT OF WILFUL
BLINDNESS OF HEART, COM­
From morning till evening they shall
PLAINT OF GOD AGAINST
be cut down: and because no one unTHOSE GUILTY OF
derstandeth, they shall perish for ever.
WILFUL
—Job iv. 20.
He hath struck them, as being
And the Lord said to Moses: How
long will this people detract me? how wicked, in open sight.
Who as it were on purpose have re­
long will they not believe me for all
the signs that I have wrought before volted from him, and would not under­
stand all his ways.—Job xxxiv. 2G, 27.
them?—Num. xiv. 11.
Woe to you that call evil good, and
Because they have not understood the
good evil: that put darkness for light, works of the Lord, and the operations
and light for darkness: that put bitter of his hands: thou shalt destroy them,
for sweet, and sweet for bitter.—7s.v.2O. and shalt not build them up.—Ps. xxvii. 5.
For it is a people that provoketh to
The kite in the air hath known her

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41

And in all seduction of iniquity to
time: the turtle, and the swallow, and
the stork have observed the time of them that perish; because they receive
their coming: but my people have not not the love of the truth, that they
might be saved. Therefore God shall
known the judgment of the Lord.
How do you say: We are wise, and send them the operation of error, to
the law of the Lord is with us? In­ believe lying:
deed the lying pen of the scribes hath
That all may be judged who have not
wrought falsehood.
believed the truth, but have consented
The wise men are confounded, they to iniquity.—2 Thess. ii. 8-11.
are dismayed and taken : for they have
cast away the word of the Lord, and
BOASTING
there is no wisdom in them.—Jer. viii.
As clouds, and wind, when no rain,
7-9.
Jesus saith to them: Amen, I say to followeth, so is the man that boasteth,
you, that the publicans and the harlots and doth not fulfil his promises.—Prov.
shall go into the kingdom of God be­ XXV. 14.
Boast not for to-morrow, for thou
fore you.
For John came to you in the way of knowest not what the day to come may
justice, and you did not believe him. bring forth.—Prov. xxvii. 1.
Let another praise thee, and not thy
But the publicans and the harlots be­
lieved him : but you, seeing it, did not own mouth: a stranger, and not thy
even afterwards repent, that you might own lips.—Prov. xxvii. 2.
He that boasteth, and puffeth up
believe him.—Matt. xxi. 31, 32.
And when he drew near, seeing the himself, stirreth up quarrels: but he
that trusteth in the Lord shall be
city, he wept over it, saying:
If thou also hadst known, and that healed.—Prov. xxviii. 25.
Be not hasty in thy tongue: and slack
in this thy day, the things that are to
thy peace; but now they are hidden and remiss in thy works.—Ecclus.iv.34.
from thy eyes.
Extol not thyself in doing thy work,
For the days shall come upon thee : and linger not in the time of distress.—
and thy enemies shall cast a trench Ecclus. x. 29.
about thee, and compass thee round,
Better is he that laboreth, and
and straiten thee on every side,
aboundeth in all things, than he that
And beat thee flat to the ground, and boasteth himself, and wanteth bread.—
thy children who are in thee: and they Ecclus. x. 30.
shall not leave in thee a stone upon a
Two men went up into the temple
stone : because thou hast not known the to pray: the one a Pharisee, and the
time of thy visitation.—Luke xix.41-44. other a publican.
And as they liked not to have God
The Pharisee standing, prayed thus
in their knowledge, God delivered them with himself: O God, I give thee
up to a reprobate sense, to do those thanks that I am not as the rest of
things which are not convenient. . . . men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers,
Who, having known the justice of as also is this publican.
God, did not understand that they who
I fast twice in a week: I give tithes
do such things, are worthy of death; of all that I possess.
and not only they that do them, but
And the publican, standing afar off,
they also that consent to them that do would not so much as lift up his eyes
them.—Rom. i. 28, 32.
towards heaven ; but struck his breast,
And then that wicked one shall be saying: O God, be merciful to me a
revealed, whom the Lord Jesus shall sinner.
kill with the spirit of his mouth; and
I say to you, this man went down
shall destroy with the brightness of his into his house justified rather than the
other: because every one that exalteth
coming, him,
Whose coming is according to the himself, shall be humbled: and he that
working of Satan, in all power, and humbleth himself, shall be exalted.—
dgns, and lying wonders,
Luke xviii. 10-14.

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BOND

And if some of the branches be
For this is the will of God, your
broken, and thou, being a wild olive, sanctification; that you should abstain
art ingrafted in them, and art made from fornication;
partaker of the root, and of the fat­
That every one of you should know
ness of the olive tree,
how to possess his vessel in sanctifica­
Boast not against the branches. But tion and honor:
if thou boast, thou bearest not the root,
Not in the passion of lust, like the
but the root thee.
Gentiles that know not God . . .
Thou wilt say then: The branches
For God hath not called us unto un­
were broken off that I might be grafted cleanness, but unto sanctification.
in.
Therefore, he that despiseth these
Well: because of unbelief they were things, despiseth not man but God, who
broken off. But thou standest by faith: also hath given his holy Spirit in us.
be not high-minded, but fear.
—1 Thess. iv. 3-5, 7, 8.
For if God hath not spared the natu­
BODY A PRISON FOR THE
ral branches, fear lest perhaps he also
SOUL, THE
spare not thee.—Rom. xi. 17-21.
But he that glorieth, let him glory in
Wherefore I will not spare my
the Lord.
mouth, I will speak in the affliction of
For not he who commendeth himself, my spirit: I will talk with the bitter­
is approved, but he whom God com­ ness of my soul.
mendeth.—2 Cot. x. 17, 18.
Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou
hast enclosed me in a prison?—Job vil
BODY, SANCTITY OF OUR
11, 12.
1 beseech you, therefore, brethren, by
For the corruptible body is a load
the mercy of God, that you present upon the soul, and the earthly habita­
your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, tion presseth down the mind that muspleasing unto God, your reasonable ser­ eth upon many things.— IVis. ix. 15.
vice.—Rom. xii. 1.
Unhappy man that I am, who shall
Know you not, that you are the tem­ deliver me from the body of this death?
ple of God, and that the spirit of God —Rom. vii. 24.
dwelleth in you?
But if any man violate the temple of BOND FOR ANOTHER, DANGER
God, him shall God destroy. For the
OF GIVING
temple of God is holy, which you are.—
My son, if thou be surety for thy
1 Cor. iii. 16, 17.
thou hast engaged fast thy hand
But the body is not for fornication, friend,
to a stranger.
but for the Lord, and the Lord for the
Thou art ensnared with the words of
body. . . .
Know you not that your bodies are thy mouth, and caught with thy own
the members of Christ? Shall I then words.
Do therefore, my son, what I say,
take the members of Christ, and make
them the members of an harlot? God and deliver thyself : because thou art
fallen into the hand of thy neighbor.
forbid. . . .
Or know you not that your mem­ Run about, make haste, stir up thy
bers are the temple of the Holy Ghost, friend :
Give not sleep to thy eyes, neither
who is in you, whom you have from
let thy eyelids slumber.
God : and you are not your own ?
Deliver thyself as a doe from the
For you are bought with a great
price. Glorify and bear God in your hand, and as a bird from the hand of
the fowler.—Prov. vi. 1-5.
body.—1 Cor. vi. 13, 15, 19, 20.
He shall be afflicted with evil, that is
For you are the temple of the living
God; as God saith: I will dwell in surety for a stranger: but he that is
them, and walk among them; and I will aware of the snares, shall be secure.—
be their God, and they shall be my peo­ Prov. xi. 15.
ple.—2 Cor. vi. 16.
A foolish man will clap hands, when

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he ia surety for his friend.—Prov. xvii.
18.
Be not with them that fasten down
their hands, and that offer themselves
sureties for debts:
For if thou have not wherewith to re­
store, what cause is there, that he
should take the covering from thy bed?
—Prov. xxii. 26, 27.
Be not surety above thy power : and if
thou be surety, think as if thou wert to
pay it.—Ecclus. viii. 16.
Evil suretyship hath undone many of
good estate, and hath tossed them as
a wave of the sea.
It hath made powerful men to go
from place to place round about, and
they have wandered in strange coun­
tries.—Ecclus. xxix. 23, 24.

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Presents and gifts blind the eyes of
judges, and make them dumb in the
mouth, so that they cannot correct.—
Ecclus. XX. 31.
All bribery, and injustice shall be
blotted out, and fidelity shall stand for
ever.—Ecclus. xl. 12.
Her princes have judged for bribes,
and her priests have taught for hire,
and her prophets divined for money:
and they leaned upon the Lord, saying:
Is not the Lord in the midst of us? no
evil shall come upon us.
Therefore, because of you, Sion shall
be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall
be as a heap of stones, and the moun­
tain of the temple as the high places
of the forests.—Mich. iii. 11, 12.

BROTHERHOOD OF MAN
BORROWING, AGAINST
See also: Equal in the sight of God,
The rich ruleth over the poor: and all men are—page 125.
the borrower is servant to him that
lendeth.—Prov. xxii. 7.
If I have despised to abide judgment
Make not thyself poor by borrowing with my man-servant, or my maid-ser­
to contribute to feasts when thou hast vant, when they had any controversy
nothing in thy purse; for thou shalt be against me:
an enemy to thy own life.—Ecclus.
For what shall I do when God shall
xviii. 33.
rise to judge? and when he shall exam­
Owe no man anything, but to love ine, what shall I answer him?
one another.—Rom. xiii. 8.
Did not he that made me in the
womb make him also: and did not one
BRIBERY
and the same form me in the womb?—
Neither shalt thou take bribes, which Job xxxi. 13-15.
even blind the wise, and pervert the
Behold God hath made me as well as
words of the just.—Ex. xxiii. 8.
thee, and of the same clay I also was
For the congregation of the hypocrite formed.—Job xxxiii. 6.
is barren, and fire shall devour their
All flesh shall perish together, and
tabernacles, who love to take bribes.— man shall return into ashes.—Job
Job XV. 34.
xxxiv. 15.
Therefore let not anger overcome
Have we not all one father? hath not
thee to oppress any man: neither let one God created us? why then doth
multitude of gifts turn thee aside.—Job every one of us despise his brother,
xxxvi. 18.
violating the covenant of our fathers?
Lord, who shall dwell in thy taber- I —Malach. ii. 10.
nade? or who shall rest in thy holy
Thus therefore shall you pray: Our
hill? ...
Father who art in heaven, hallowed be
He that hath not put out his money thy name.—Matt. vi. 9.
to usury, nor taken bribes against the
But be not you called Rabbi. For
innocent.—Ps. xiv. 1, 5.
one is your master; and all you are
He that is greedy of gain troubleth brethren.—Matt, xxiii. 8.
his own house: but he that hateth
Is he the God of the Jews only? Is
bribes shall live.—Prov. xv. 27.
he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of
The wicked man taketh gifts out of the Gentiles also.—Rom. iii. 29.
the bosom, that he may pervert the
For you have not received the spirit
paths of judgment.—Prov. xvii. 23.
of bondage again in fear; but you have

BROTHERLY
received the spirit of adoption of sons,
BROTHERLY LOVE
whereby we cry: Abba (Father).
'She answered: Be not against me, to
For the Spirit himself giveth testi­ desire that I should leave thee and de­
mony to our spirit, that we are the sons part; for whithersoever thou shalt go,
of God.
I will go; and where thou shalt dwell,
And if sons, heirs also; heirs indeed I also will dwell. Thy people shall be
of God, and joint heirs with Christ.
my people, and thy God my God.
Rom. viii. 15-17.
The land that shall receive thee dy­
For as in one body we have many ing, in the same will I die: and there
members, but all the members have not will I be buried. The Lord do so and
so to me, and add more also, if aught
the same office :
So we being many, are one body in but death part me and thee.—Ruth i.
Christ, and every one members one of 16, 17.
And it came to pass, when he had
another.—Rom. xii. 4, 5.
made
an
end
of
speaking
to
Saul,
the
Loving one another with the charity soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul
of brotherhood, with honor preventing of David, and Jonathan loved him as
one another.—Rom. xii. 10.
his own soul.—1 Kings xviii. 1.
But thou, why judgest thou thy
I grieve for thee, my brother Jona­
brother? or thou, why dost thou de­ than: exceeding beautiful, and amiable
spise thy brother? For we shall all to me above the love of women. As the
stand before the judgment seat of mother loveth her only son, so did I
Christ.—Rom. xiv. 10.
love thee.—2 Kings i. 26.
Behold how good and how pleasant it
For in one Spirit were we all bap­
tized into one body, whether Jews or is for brethren to dwell together in
Gentiles, whether bond or free; and in unity.—Ps. cxxxii. 1.
A brother that is helped by his
one Spirit we have all been made to
brother, is like a strong city.—Prov.
drink.—1 Cor. xii. 13.
Now you are the body of Christ, and xviii. 19.
Every one shall help his neighbor,
members of member.—1 Cor. xii. 27.
and shall say to his brother: Be of
For you are all the children of God good courage.—Is. xii. 6.
by faith, in Christ Jesus. . . .
And the multitude of believers had
There is neither Jew nor Greek: but one heart and one soul : neither did
there is neither bond nor free: there is any one say that aught of the things
neither male nor female. For you are which he possessed, was his own ; but
all one in Christ Jesus.
all things were common unto them.
And if you be Christ’s, then are you . . . For neither w’as there any one
the seed of Abraham, heirs according to needy among them. For as many as
the promise.—Gal. iii. 26, 28, 29.
were owners of lands or houses sold
For by him we have access both in them, and brought the price of the
things they sold,
one Spirit to the Father.
And laid it down before the feet of
Now therefore you are no more
strangers and foreigners; but you are the Apostles. And distribution was
fellow citizens with the saints, and the made to every one, according as he had
need.—Acts iv. 32, 34, 35.
domestics of God.—Eph. ii. 18, 19.
But
as
touching
the
charity
of
Wherefore putting away lying, speak brotherhood, we have no need to write
ye the truth every man with his neigh­ to you: for yourselves have learned of
bor; for we are members one of an­ God to love one another.—1 Thess.
other.—Eph. iv. 25.
iv. 9.
But if we walk in the light, as he
Let the charity of the brotherhood
also is in the light, we have fellowship abide in you.—Ilei). xiii. 1.
one with another, and the blood of
Purifying your souls in the obedience
Jesus Christ his Son, cleanseth us from ’Ruth, the Moabltess, speaking to Noemi, her
all sin.—1 John i. 7.
mother-in-law.

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45

of charity, with a brotherly love, from
a sincere heart love one another ear­
nestly.—1 Peter i. 22.
Honor all men. Love the brother­
hood.—1 Peter ii. 17.
And in fine, be ye all of one mind,
having compassion one of another, be­
ing lovers of the brotherhood, merciful,
modest, humble:
Not rendering evil for evil, nor rail­
ing for railing, but contrariwise, bless­
ing: for unto this are you called, that
you may inherit a blessing.—1 Peter
iii. 8, 9.
CALUMNY
See: Detraction—page 110.

For the flesh lusteth against the
spirit: and the spirit against the flesh;
for these are contrary one to another:
so that you do not the things that you
would. . . .
Now the works of the flesh are mani­
fest, which arc- fornication, unclean­
ness, immodesty, luxury.—Gal. v. 17,19.
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as
strangers and pilgrims, to refrain your­
selves from carnal desires which war
against the soul.—1 Peter ii. 11.
But others save, pulling them out of
the fire. And on others have mercy, in
fear, hating also the spotted garment
which is carnal.—Jude i. 23.

CARELESSNESS
He that is loose and slack in his work,
is the brother of him that wasteth his
own works.—Prov. xviii. 9.
Be not hasty in thy tongue : and slack
and remiss in thy works.—Ecclus.iv.34.
Cursed be he that doth the work of
the Lord ’deceitfully.—J er. xlviii. 10.

CAUSE OR REASON FOR EVERY­
THING, THERE IS A

Nothing upon earth is done without
a cause, and sorrow doth not spring out
of the ground.—Job v. 6.
For thus saith the Lord that created
the heavens, God himself that formed
the earth, and made it, the very maker
thereof: he did not create it in vain:
he formed it to be inhabited.—Zs.xlv.18.
For thus saith the Lord: Although I
shall send in upon Jerusalem, my four
grievous judgments, the sword, and the
famine, and the mischievous beasts,
and the pestilence, to destroy out of it
man and beast,
Yet there shall be left in it some that
shall be saved, who shall bring aw’ay
their sons and daughters: behold they
shall come among you, and you shall
see their way and their doings: and
you shall be comforted concerning the
evil that I have brought upon Jeru­
salem, in all things that I have brought
upon it.
And they shall comfort you, when
you shall see their ways and their do­
ings: and you shall know that I have
not done without cause all that I have
done in it, saith the Lord God.—Ezech.
xiv. 21, 22. 23.

CARNAL MINDED, THE
For they that are according to the
flesh, mind the things that are of the
flesh; but they that are according to
the spirit, mind the things that are of
the spirit.
For the wisdom of the flesh is death;
but the wisdom of the spirit is life and
peace.
Because the wisdom of the flesh is an
enemy to God; for it is not subject to
the law of God, neither can it be.
And they who are in the flesh, can­
not please God. . . . For if you live
according to the flesh, you shall die;
but if by the Spirit, you mortify the
deeds of the flesh, you shall live.—
Rom. viii. 5-8, 13.
But the sensual man perceivcth not
these things that arc of the Spirit of
God; for it is foolishness to him, and
he cannot understand, because it is
spiritually examined.—1 Cor. ii. 14.
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh
CHARITABLE MAN, THE
and blood cannot possess the kingdom
of God; neither shall corruption pos­
Behold thou hast taught many, and
sess incorruption.—1 Cor. xv. 50.
thou hast strengthened the weary
hands:
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CHARITY

Thy words have confirmed them that
CHARITY
were staggering, and thou hast 1st. Referring Both to the Love of
■trengthened the trembling knees.—Job
God and of Our Neighbor
iv. 3, 4.
If I speak with the tongues of men,
The car that heard me blessed me,
and the eye that saw me gave witness and of angels, and have not charity, I
I am become as sounding brass, or a
to me:
tinkling cymbal.
Because I had delivered the poor i And if I should have prophecy and
man that cried out; and the fatherless, should know all mysteries, and all
that had no helper. The blessing of knowledge, and if I should have all
him that was ready to perish came upon faith, so that I could remove moun­
me, and I comforted the heart of the tains, and have not charity, I am noth­
widow: ...
ing.
I was an eye to the blind, and a foot
And if I should distribute all my
goods to feed the poor, and if I should
to the lame.
I was the father of the poor: and the deliver my body to be burned, and have
cause which I knew not, I searched out not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
Charity is patient, is kind : charity
most diligently.—Job xxix.11-13,15,16.
envieth not, dealeth not perversely; is
Blessed is he that understandeth con­ not puffed up;
cerning the needy and the poor : the
Is not ambitious, seeketh not her
Lord will deliver him in the evil day. own, is not provoked to anger, thinketh
The Lord preserve him and give him | no evil;
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but relife, and make him blessed upon the
earth: and deliver him not up to the joiceth with the truth;
Beareth all things, believeth all
will of his enemies.—Ps. xl. 2, 3.
She hath opened her hand to the things, hopeth all things, endureth all
needy, and stretched out her hands to things.
Charity never falleth away: whether
the poor.—Prov. xxxi. 20.
prophecies shall be made void, or
The lips of many shall bless him that tongues shall cease, or knowledge shall
is liberal of his bread, and the testi­ be destroyed. . . .
mony of his truth is faithful.—Ecclus.
And now there remain faith, hope,
xxxi. 28.
and charity, these three: but the great­
And in .Toppe there was a certain dis­ est of these is charity.—1 Cor. xiii.
ciple named Tabitha, which by inter­ 1-8, 13.
But the fruit of the Spirit is char­
pretation is called Dorcas.
This
woman was full of good works and ity. joy, peace, patience, benignity,
goodness, longanimity.—Gal. v. 22.
almsdeeds which she did.
Now the end of the commandment is
And it came to pass in those days that
she was sick, and died. Whom when charity, from a pure heart, and a good
they had washed, they laid her in an conscience, and an unfeigned faith.—
1 Tim. i. 5.
upper chamber. . . .
And Peter rising up went with them. | 2d. Referring Principally to Love for
And when he was come, they brought
God
him into the upper chamber. And all
For in Christ Jesus neither circum­
the widows stood about him weeping, cision availeth anything, nor uncircumand showing him the coats and gar-1 cjs{on.; frut faith that worketh by charments which Dorcas made them.
menta
_ Qaj v g
And they all being put forth. Peter
As he chose us in him (Christ) be­
kneeling down, prayed, and turning to fore the foundation of the world, that
the body, he said: Tabitha, arise. Andi wc should be holy and unspotted in his
alie opened her eyes; and seeing Peter, sight in charity.—Eph. i. 4.
she aat up.—A cfs ix. 36, 37, 39, 40. I That Christ may dwell by faith in

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your hearts; that being rooted and
founded in charity,
You may be able to comprehend, with
all the saints, what is the breadth, and
length, and height and depth:
To know also the charity of Christ,
which surpasseth all knowledge, that
you may be filled unto all the fulness of
God.—Eph. iii. 17-19.
But let us, who are of the day, be
sober, having on the breastplate of
faith and charity, and for a helmet the
hope of salvation.—1 Thess. v. 8.
He who saith that he knoweth him
(Christ), and keepeth not his com­
mandments, is a liar, and the truth is
not in him.
But he that keepeth his word, in him
in very deed the charity of God is per­
fected; and by this we know that we
are in him.—1 John ii. 4, 5.
God is charity: and he that abideth
in charity, abideth in God, and God in
him. . . .
Fear is not in charity: but perfect
charity casteth out fear, because fear
hath pain. And he that feareth, is not
perfected in charity.—1 John iv. 16, 18.
For this is the charity of God, that we
keep his commandments.—1 John v. 3.
And this is charity, that we walk ac­
cording to his commandments.—2 John
i. 6.
3d. Referring Principally to the Love
of Our Neighbor
Hatred stirreth up strifes: and char­
ity covercth all sins.—Prov. x. 12.
Many waters cannot quench charity,
neither can the floods drown it: if a
man should give all the substance of
his house for love, he shall despise it
as nothing.—Cant. viii. 7.
And because iniquity hath abounded,
the charity of many shall grow cold.—
Matt. xxiv. 12.
Knowledge puffeth up; but charity
edifieth.—1 Cor. viii. 1.
Let all your things be done in char­
ity.—1 Cor. xvi. 14.
But doing the truth in charity, we
may in all things grow up in him who
is the head, even Christ.—Eph. iv. 15.
And this I pray, that your charity
may more and more abound in knowl­

edge and in all understanding.—
Philipp, i. 9.
Fulfil ye my joy, that you be of one
mind, having the same charity, being
of one accord, agreeing in sentiment.—
Philipp, ii. 2.
But above all these things have char­
ity, which is the bond of perfection.—
Col. iii. 14.
And may the Lord multiply you, and
make you abound in charity towards
one another, and towards all men.—
1 Thess. iii. 12.
But thou, 0 man of God, fly these
things: and pursue justice, godliness,
faith, charity, patience, mildness.—
1 Tim. vi. 11.
And let us consider one another, to
provoke unto charity, and to good
works.—Heb. x. 24.
Let the charity of the brotherhood
abide in you.—Heb. xiii. 1.
But before all things, have a con­
stant mutual charity among yourselves:
for charity covercth a multitude of
sins.—1 Peter iv. 8.
Dearly beloved, let us love one an­
other, for charity is of God. And
every one that loveth is born of God,
and knoweth God.
He that loveth not, knoweth not
God: for God is charity.—1 John iv.
7, 8.
CHASTITY
Thou knowest, 0 Lord, that I never
coveted a husband, and have kept my
soul clean from all lust. . . .
But a husband I consented to take,
with thy fear, not with my lust.—Tob.
iii. 16, 18.
For thou hast done manfully, and
thy heart has been strengthened, be­
cause thou hast loved chastity, and
after thy husband, hast not known any
other: therefore also the hand of the
Lord hath strengthened thee, and
therefore thou shalt be blessed for ever.
—Judith XV. 11.
And Judith was made great in
Bethulia. . . .
And chastity was joined to her vir­
tue, so that she knew no man all the
days of her life, after the death of
Manasses her husband.—Judith xvi.
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CHEERFULNESS

I made a covenant with my eyes, that
I would not so much as think upon a
virgin.—Job xxxi. 1.
Who shall ascend into the mountain
of the Lord: or who shall stand in his
holy place?
The innocent in hands, and clean of
heart.
He shall receive a blessing from the
Lord, and mercy from God his Saviour.
—Ps. xxiii. 3-5.
For happy is the barren: and the un­
defiled, that hath not known bed in sin :
she shall have fruit in the visitation of
holy souls.
And the eunuch that hath not
wrought iniquity with his hands, nor
thought wicked things against God: for
the precious gift of faith shall be given
to him, and a most acceptable lot in
the temple of God.—VVis. iii. 13, 14.
0 how beautiful is the chaste genera­
tion with glory: for the memory thereof
is immortal : because it is known both
with God and with men.
When it is present, they imitate it:
and they desire it when it hath with­
drawn itself, and it triumpheth
crowned for ever, winning the reward
of undefiled conflicts.—Wis. iv. 1, 2.
And the keeping of 'her laws is the
firm foundation of incorruption:
And incorruption bringeth near to
God.—Ww. vi. 19, 20.
And as I knew that I could not other­
wise be continent, except God gave it,
and this also was a point of wisdom, to
know whose gift it was: I went to the
Lord, and besought him.—Wis. viii. 21.
A holy and shamefaced woman is
grace upon grace.
And no price is worthy of a continent
soul.—Ecclus. xxvi. 19, 20.
Blessed are the clean of heart, for
they shall see God.—Malt. v. 8.
And as he (Paul) treated of justice,
and chastity, and of the judgment to
come, Felix, being terrified, answered:
For this time, go thy way: but when
I have a convenient time, I will send
for thee.—Ads xxiv. 25.
But the fruit of the spirit is . . .
Mildness, faith, modesty, continency,
chastity.—Gal. v. 22, 23.
lThe laws of wisdom.

CHASTITY, EXHORTATION TO
THE PRACTICE OF
Take heed to keep thyself, my son,
from all fornication, and beside thy
wife, never endure to know a crime.—
Tob. iv. 13.
I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by
the mercy of God, that you present
your bodies a living sacrifice, holy,
pleasing unto God, your reasonable
service.—Rom. xii. 1.
For this is the will of God, your sanc­
tification; that you should abstain
from fornication ;
That every one of you should know
how to possess his vessel in sanctifica­
tion and honor:
Not in the passion of lust, like the
Gentiles that know not God. . . .
For God hath not called us unto un­
cleanness, but unto sanctification.
Therefore he that despiseth these
things, despiseth not man, but God,
who also hath given his holy Spirit in
us.—1 Thess. iv. 3-5, 7, 8.
Keep thyself chaste.—1 Tim. v. 22.
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as
strangers and pilgrims, to refrain your­
selves from carnal desires which war
against the soul.—1 Peter ii. 11.
CHEATING
See: Fraud—page 161.

CHEERFULNESS
A glad heart maketh a cheerful
countenance: but by grief of mind th*
spirit is cast down.—Prov. xv. 13.
A joyful mind maketh age flourish­
ing: a sorrowful spirit drieth up the
bones.—Prov. xvii. 22.
Rich or poor, if his heart is good, his
countenance shall be cheerful at all
times.—Ecclus. xxvi. 4.
The joyfulness of the heart is the
life of a man, and a never failing treas­
ure of holiness: and the joy of a man
is length of life.
Have pity on thy own soul, pleasing
God, and contain thyself : gather up
thy heart in his holiness: and drive
away sadness far from thee.—Ecclus.
XXX. 23, 24.
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in them, if the fear of God be not
with them. . . .
For better is one that feareth God,
than a thousand ungodly children.
And it is better to die without chil­
dren, than to leave ungodly children.—
Ecclus. xvi. 1, 3, 4.
A horse not broken becometh stub­
born, and a child left to himself will
become headstrong.—Ecclus. xxx. 8.
CHILDREN
At that time Jesus answered and
And the ‘priests put on haircloths, said: I confess to thee, O Father, Lord
and they caused the little children to lie | of heaven and earth, because thou hast
prostrate before the temple of the Lord, hid these things from the wise and
and the altar of the Lord they covered prudent, and hast revealed them to
with haircloth.—Judith iv. 8.
little ones.
Out of the mouths of infants and of
Yea, Father; for so hath it seemed
sucklings thou hast perfected praise, good in thy sight.—Matt. xi. 25, 26.
because of thy enemies, that thou mayst
And the chief priests and scribes,
destroy the enemy and the avenger. seeing the wonderful things that he did,
—Ps. viii. 3.
and the children crying in the temple,
The law of the Lord is unspotted, and saying: Hosanna to the son of
converting souls: the testimony of the David; were moved with indignation,
Lord is faithful, giving wisdom to
And said to him: Hearest thou what
little ones.—Ps. xviii. 8.
these say? And Jesus said to them:
Who shall ascend into the mountain Yea, have you never read: Out of the
of the Lord: or who shall stand in his mouth of infants and of sucklings thou
holy place?
hast perfected praise?—Matt.xxi. 15,16.
The innocent in hands, and clean of
CHILDREN, GOD’S LOVE FOR
heart, who hath not taken his soul in
vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neigh­
The Lord is the keeper of little ones.
bor.
—Ps. cxiv. 6.
He shall receive a blessing from the
Blessed are the clean of heart: for
Lord, and mercy from God his Saviour. they shall see God.—Matt. v. 8.
—Ps. xxiii. 3-5.
And Jesus calling unto him a little
Praise the Lord, ye children: praise child, set him in the midst of them,
ye the name of the Lord.—Ps. cxii. 1.
And said: Amen I say to you, unless
The declaration of thy words giveth you be converted, and become as little
light: and giveth understanding to lit­ children, you shall not enter into the
tle ones.—Ps. cxviii. 130.
kingdom of heaven.
By his inclinations a child is known,
Whosoever therefore shall humble
if his works be clean and right.—Prov. himself as this little child, he is the
XX. 11.
greater in the kingdom of heaven.
Folly is bound up in the heart of a
And he that shall receive one such
child, and the rod of correction shall little child in my name, receiveth me.
drive it away.—Prov. xxii. 15.
But he that shall scandalize one of
The rod and reproof give wisdom: these little ones that believe in me, it
but the child that is left to his own were better for him that a millstone
will bringeth his mother to shame.— should be hanged about his neck, and
Prov. xxix. 15.
that he should be drowned in the depth
For wisdom opened the mouth of the of the sea.—Matt, xviii. 2-6.
dumb, and made the tongues of infants
See that you despise not one of these
eloquent.—Wts. x. 21.
little ones: for I say to you, that their
Rejoice not in ungodly children, if angels in heaven always see the face of
they be multiplied: neither be delighted my Father who is in heaven.—Matt.
xviii. 10.
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flanee, and sanctify thy tithes with joy.
—Ecclus. XXXV. 11.
Every one as he hath determined in
his heart, not with sadness, or of neces­
sity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.—
2 Cor. ix. 7.
Is any of you sad? Let him pray.
Is he cheerful in mind? Let him sing.
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Even so it is not the will of your
Father, who is in heaven, that one of
these little ones should perish.—Matt.
xviii. 14.
And taking a child, he (Jesus) set
him in the midst of them. Whom when
he had embraced, he saith to them :
Whosoever shall receive one such
child as this in my name, receiveth me.
And whosoever shall receive me, re­
ceiveth not me, but him that sent me.
—Mark ix. 35, 36.
And they brought to him young chil­
dren, that he might touch them. And
the disciples rebuked them that brought
them.
Whom when Jesus saw, he was much
displeased, and saith to them: Suffer
the little children to come unto me, and
forbid them not; for of such is the
kingdom of God.
Amen I say to you, whosoever shall
not receive the kingdom of God as a
little child, shall not enter into it.
And embracing them, and laying his
hands upon them, he blessed them.—
Mark x. 13-16.

CHILDREN, WE MUST
BECOME AS
The Lord is the keeper of little ones :
I was humbled, and he delivered me.—
Ps. cxiv. 6.
At that hour the disciples came to
Jesus, saying: Who thinkest thou is the
greater in the kingdom of heaven?
And Jesus calling unto him a little
child, set him in the midst of them,
And said : Amen I say to you, unless
you be converted, and become as little
children you shall not enter into the
kingdom of heaven.
Whosoever therefore shall humble
himself as this little child, he is the
greater in the kingdom of heaven.—
Mall, xviii. 1-4.
But Jesus said to them: Suffer the
little children, and forbid them not to
come to me: for the kingdom of heaven
is for such.—Matt. xix. 14.
Amen I say to you : Whosoever shall
not receive the kingdom of God as a
child, shall not enter into it.—Luke
xviii. 17.

Brethren, do not become children in
sense: but in malice be children, and in
sense be perfect.—1 Cor. xiv. 20.
CHILDREN OF GOD BY ADOP­
TION, WE BECOME
See also: Father; God, our—page 140.

And it shall be in the place where it
shall be said to them: You are not my
people: it shall be said to them: Ye
are the sons of the living God.—Osee
i. 10.
Blessed are the peacemakers : for they
shall be called the children of God.—
Matt. V. 9.
But I say to you, Love your enemies:
do good to them that hate you : and
pray for them that persecute and
calumniate you :
That you may be the children of
your Father who is in heaven, who maketh his sun to rise upon the good and
bad, and raineth upon the just and the
unjust.—Malt. v. 44, 45.
But they that shall be accounted
worthy of that world, and of the resur­
rection from the dead, shall neither be
married, nor take wives.
Neither can they die any more: for
they are equal to the angels, and are
the children of God, being the children
of the resurrection.—Luke xx. 35, 36.
But as many as received him
(Christ), he gave them pov er to be
made the sons of God, to then i that be­
lieve in his name.
Who are born, not of blood, nor of
the will of the flesh, nor of the will of
man, but of God.—John i. 12, 13.
For whosoever are led by the Spirit
of God, they are the sons of God.
For you have not received the spirit
of bondage again in fear; but you have
received the spirit of adoption of sons,
whereby we cry: Abba (Father).
For the Spirit himself giveth testi­
mony to our spirit, that we are the sons
of God.—Rom. viii. 14-16.
For we know that every creature
groaneth and travaileth in pain, even
till now.
And not only it, but ourselves also,
who have the first fruits of the Spirit,
even we ourselves groan within our­
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sons of God, the redemption of our
body.—Rom. viii. 22, 23.
For you are all the children of God
by faith, in Christ Jesus.—Gal. iii. 26.
But when the fulness of the time was
come, God sent his Son, made of a
woman, made under the law:
That he might redeem them who were
under the law: that we might receive
the adoption of sons.
And because you are sons, God hath
sent the Spirit of his Son into your
hearts, crying: Abba, Father.
Therefore now he is not a servant,
but a son.
And if a son, an heir also through
God.—Gal. iv. 4-7.
Who hath predestinated us unto the
adoption of children through Jesus
Christ unto himself : according to the
purpose of his will.—Eph. i. 5.
And do ye all things without murmurings and hesitations;
That you may be blameless, and sin­
cere children of God, without reproof,
in the midst of a crooked and perverse
generation; among whom you shine as
lights in the world.—Philipp, ii. 14, 15.
Behold what manner of charity the
Father hath bestowed upon us, that we
should be called, and should be the sons
of God.—1 John iii. 1.
Dearly beloved, we are now the sons
of God; and it hath not yet appeared
what we shall be. We know that when
he shall appear, we shall be like to him :
because we shall see him as he is.—
1 John iii. 2.
He that shall overcome shall possess
these things, and I will be his God;
and he shall be my son.—Apoc. xxi. 7.
CHOOSING BETWEEN GOD AND
HIS ENEMY
But if it seem evil to you to serve
the Lord, you have your choice : choose
this day that -which pleaseth you, whom
you would rather serve, whether the
gods which your fathers served in
Mesopotamia, or the gods of the Amorrhites, in whose land you dwell: but as
for me and my house, we will serve the
Lord.—Jos. xxiv. 15.
And Elias coming to all the people,
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him: but if Baal, then follow him.—
3 Kings xviii. 21.
Again the devil took him up into a
very high mountain, and showed him
all the kingdoms of the world, and the
glory of them,
And said to him: All these will I
give thee, if falling down thou wilt
adore me.
Then Jesus saith to him: Begone,
Satan; for it is written, The Lord thy
God shalt thou adore, and him only
shalt thou serve.—Malt. iv. 8-10.
No man can serve two masters. For
either he will hate the one, and love
the other: or he will sustain the one,
and despise the other. You cannot
serve God and mammon.—Matt. vi. 24.
And Pilate gave sentence that it
should be as they required.
And he released unto them him who
for murder and sedition, had been cast
into prison, whom they had desired;
but Jesus he delivered up to their will.
—Luke xxiii. 24, 25.
But you have a custom that I should
release one unto you at the pasch: will
you, therefore, that I release unto yo»
the king of the Jews?
Then cried they all again, saying;
Not this man, but Barabbas. Now
Barabbas was a robber.—John xviii.
39, 40.
But you denied the Holy One and
the Just, and desired a murderer to be
granted unto you.
But the author of life you killed,
whom God hath raised from the dead,
of which we are witnesses.—A cfs iii.
14, 15.
But Peter and John answering, said
to ‘them: If it be just in the sight of
God, to hear you rather than God, judge
ye.—Acts iv. 19.

CHOOSING BETWEEN GOOD
AND EVIL
Behold I set forth in your sight this
day a blessing and a curse:
A blessing, if you obey the com­
mandments of the Lord your God,
which I command you this day :
A curse, if you obey not the com­
mandments of the Lord your God, but
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revolt from the way which now I show and judgments, and obey his com­
you, and walk after strange gods which mand.
you know not.—Deut. xi. 26-28.
And the Lord hath chosen thee this
Consider that I have set before thee day, to be his peculiar people, as he
this day life and good, and on the hath spoken to thee, and to keep all his
other hand, death and evil.—Deut. commandments :
XXX. 15.
And to make thee higher than all na­
I call heaven and earth to witness tions which he hath created, to his own
this day, that I have set before you life praise, and name, and glory: that thou
and death, blessing and cursing. mayst be a holy people of the Lord thy
Choose therefore life, that both thou God, as he hath spoken.—Deut. xxvi.
and thy seed may live.—Deut. xxx. 19. 17, 18, 19.
I call heaven and earth to witness this
God made man from the beginning,
and left him in the hand of his own day, that I have set before you life and
death, blessing and cursing. Choose
counsel. . . .
He hath set fire and water before therefore life, that both thou and thy
thee: stretch forth thy hand to which seed may live:
And that thou mayst love the Lord
thou wilt.
Before man is life and death, good thy God, and obey his voice, and adhere
and evil, that which he shall choose, to him (for he is thy life, and the
shall be given him.—Ecclus. xv. 14, length of thy days) that thou mayst
17, 18.
dwell in the land, for which the Lord
Good is set against evil, and life swore to thy fathers Abraham, Isaac,
against death: so also is the sinner and Jacob that he would give it to
against the just man. And so look them.—Deut. xxx. 19. 20.
upon all the works of the most High.
And Josué said to the people: You
Two and two, and one against another. are witnesses, that you yourselves have
—Ecclus. xxxiii. 15.
chosen you the Lord to serve him. And
And to this people thou shalt say: they answered: We are witnesses.—Jos.
Thus saith the Lord : Behold I set be­ xxiv. 22.
fore you the way of life, and the way of
‘She answered: Be not against me to
death.—J er. xxi. 8.
desire that I should leave thee and de­
Seek ye good, and not evil, that you part: for whithersoever thou shalt go,
may live: and the Lord the God of I will go: and where thou shalt dwell,
hosts will be with you, as you have I also will dwell. Thy people shall be
said.
my people, and thy God my God. . . .
Hate evil, and love good, and estab­
The Lord render unto thee for thy
lish judgment in the gate: it may be work, and mayst thou receive a full re­
the Lord the God of hosts may have ward of the Lord the God of Israel, to
mercy on the remnant of Joseph.
whom thou art come, and under whose
Amos v. 14. 15.
wings thou art fled.—Ruth i. 16; ii. 12.
For where thy treasure is, there is
The Lord is the portion of my inheri­
thy heart also.—Matt. vi. 21.
tance and of my cup: it is thou that
Know you not, that to whom you wilt restore my inheritance to me.
yield yourselves servants to obey, his
The lines are fallen unto me in
servants you are wdiom you obey, goodly places: for my inheritance is
whether it be of sin unto death, or of goodly to me.—Ps. xv. 5, 6.
obedience unto justice.—Rom. vi. 16.
Hearken, O daughter, and see, and
What will you? Shall I come to incline thy ear: and forget thy people
you with a rod; or in charity, and in and thy father’s house.
the spirit of meekness?—1 Cor. iv. 21.
And the king shall greatly desire
CHOOSING GOD, AND HIS LAW thy beauty; for he is the Lord thy God,
and him they shall adore.—Ps. xliv.
Thou hast chosen the Lord this day 11, 12.
to be thy God, and to walk in his ways lRutb refusing to leave Noemi, her mother­
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For what have I in heaven? and be­
sides thee, what do I desire upon earth?
For thee my flesh and my heart hath
fainted away: thou art the God of my
heart, and the God that is my portion
for ever.—Ps. Ixxii. 25, 26.
I have chosen the way of truth: thy
judgments I have not forgotten.
I have stuck to thy testimonies, O
Lord: put me not to shame.
I have run the way of thy command­
ments, when thou didst enlarge my
heart.
. . . Let thy hand be with me to
save me ; for I have chosen thy precepts.
—Ps. cxviii. 30-32, 173.
My son, give me thy heart : and let
thy eyes keep my ways.—Prov. xxiii. 2G.
The Lord is my portion, said my
soul: therefore will I wait for him.—
Lam. iii. 24.
But Peter and the apostles answer­
ing, said : We ought to obey God, rather
than men.—Acts v. 29.
By faith, Moses, when he was grown
up, denied himself to be the son of
Pharao’s daughter ;
Rather choosing to be afflicted with
the people of God, than to have the
pleasure of sin for a time.
Esteeming the reproach of Christ
greater riches than the treasure of the
Egyptians. For he looked unto the re­
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brethren, and say to them: I ascend to
my Father and to your Father, to my
God and your God.—John xx. 17.
For both he that sanctifieth, and they
who are sanctified, are all of one. For
which cause he is not ashamed to call
them brethren, saying:
I will declare thy name to my breth­
ren ; in the midst of the church will
I praise thee.—Heb. ii. 11, 12.
For no where doth he take hold of
the angels : but of the seed of Abraham
he taketh hold.
Wherefore it behooved him in all
things to be made like unto his breth­
ren, that he might become a merciful
and faithful high-priest before God,
that he might be a propitiation for the
sins of the people.—Heb. ii. 16, 17.

CHURCH, HUMBLE BEGINNING
OF THE
Another parable he proposed unto
them, saying: The kingdom of heaven
is like to a grain of mustard-seed,
which a man took and sowed in his field.
Which is the least indeed of all seeds;
but when it is grown up, it is greater
than all herbs, and becometh a tree, so
that the birds of the air come, and dwell
in the branches thereof.
Another parable he spoke to them:
The kingdom of heaven is like to
leaven, which a woman took and hid
in three measures of meal, until the
whole was leavened.—Matt. xiii. 31-34.
’All these were persevering with one
mind in prayer with the women, and
Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his
brethren.
In those days Peter rising up in the
midst of the brethren, said: (now the
number of persons together was about
one hundred and twenty:)—Ac/si. 14,15.
For see your vocation, brethren, that
there are not many wise according to
the flesh, not many mighty, not many
noble :
But the foolish things of the world
hath God chosen, that he may confound
the wise; and the weak things of the
world hath God chosen, that he may
confound the strong.
And the base things of the world, and

CHRIST, OUR BROTHER
And as he (Christ) was yet speaking
to the multitudes, behold his mother
and his brethren stood without, seeking
to speak to him.
And one said unto him: Behold thy
mother and thy brethren stand with­
out, seeking thee.
But he answering him that told him,
said: Who is my mother, and who are
my brethren ?
And stretching forth his hand
towards his disciples, he said: Behold
my mother and my brethren.
For whosoever shall do the will of my
Father, that is in heaven, he is my
brother, and sister, and mother.—Matt.
xii. 46-50.
Jesus saith to her (Mary Magdalen) :
Do not touch me, for I am not yet as­ ’The eleven Apostles, after the Ascension of
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the things that are contemptible, hath I to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy
God chosen, and things that are not, name whom thou hast given me; that
that he might bring to nought things they may be one, as we also are. . . .
that are:
I pray not that thou shouldst take
That no flesh should glory in his them out of the world, but that thou
sight.—1 Cor. i. 26-29.
shouldst keep them from evil.
They are not of the world, as I also
CHURCH, GOD IS THE PRO­ am not of the world.
TECTOR OF THE
Sanctify them in truth. Thy word
In that day there shall be singing to is truth.
... And not for them only do
the vineyard of pure wine.
I am the Lord that keep it, 'I will I pray, but for them also who through
suddenly give it drink: lest any hurt their word shall believe in me;
That they all may be one, as thou,
come to it, I keep it night and day.—
Father, in me, and I in thee; that they
Is. xxvii. 2, 3.
And I say to thee: That thou art also may be one in us; that the world
Peter; and upon this rock I will build may believe that thou hast sent me.—
my church, and the gates of hell shall John xvii. 11, 15-17, 20, 21.
'Who having heard it, with one ac­
not prevail against it.—Matt. xvi. 18.
Going therefore, teach ye all nations; cord lifted up their voice to God, and
baptizing them in the name of the said: Lord, thou art he that didst make
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy heaven and earth, the sea, and all
things that are in them.
Ghost.
Who, by the Holy Ghost, by the
Teaching them to observe all things
whatsoever I have commanded you : and mouth of our father David, thy ser­
behold I am with you all days, even to vant, hath said : Why did the Gentiles
the consummation of the world.—Matt. rage, and the people meditate vain
things?
xxviii. 19, 20.
The kings of the earth stood up, and
CHURCH, LOVE FOR THE
the princes assembled together against
If I forget thee, 0 Jerusalem, let my the Lord and against his Christ.
For of a truth there assembled to­
right hand be forgotten.
Let my tongue cleave to my jaws, if gether in this city against thy holy
child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed,
I do not remember thee:
If I make not Jerusalem the begin­ Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the
Gentiles and the people of Israel,
ning of my joy.—Ps. cxxxvi. 5, 6.
To do what thy hand and thy counsel
Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad
with her, all you that love her: rejoice decreed to be done.
And now. Lord, behold their threatfor joy with her, all you that mourn for
enings, and grant unto thy servants,
her.
That you may suck, and be filled with that with all confidence they may speak
the breasts of her consolations: that thy word,
By stretching forth thy hand to
you may milk out, and flow with de­
lights, from the abundance of her glory. cures, and signs, and wonders to be
done by the name of thy holy Son
—Is. Ixvi. 10, 11.
Jesus.—Acts iv. 24-30.
CHURCH, PRAYER FOR THE
CHURCH, PERSECUTION
Turn again, 0 God of hosts, look
OF THE
down from heaven, and see, and visit
this vineyard:
Why have the Gentiles raged, and
And perfect the same which thy right the people devised vain things?
hand hath planted.—Ps. Ixxix. 15, 16.
The kings of the earth stood up, and
And now I am not in the world, the princes met together against the
and these are in the world, and I come Lord and against his Christ. Let us
‘Or. as the Hebrew may also be rendered :
’The disciples, after the release of Peter and
I will continually w^ter it.
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break their bonds asunder: and let usi me, they will also persecute you.—John
cast away their yoke from us.
XV. 20.
He that dwelleth in heaven shall
They will put you out of the syna­
laugh at them : and the Lord shall de­ gogues: yea, the hour cometh, that who­
ride them.
soever killeth you, will think that he
Then shall he speak to them in his doth a service to God.
anger, and trouble them in his rage.—
And these things will they do to you ;
Ps. ii. 1-5.
because they have not known the
They have set fire to thy sanctuary: Father, nor me.
they have defiled the dwelling place of
But these things I have told you:
thy name on the earth.
that when the hour shall come, you may
They said in their heart, the whole remember that I told you of them.—
kindred of them together : Let us abol­ John xvi. 2-4.
ish all the festival days of God from
I have given them thy word, and the
the land.—Ps. Ixxiii. 7, 8.
world hath hated them, because they
For lo, thy enemies have made a are not of the world; as I also am not
noise: and they that hate thee have of the world.—John xvii. 14.
’Who having heard it, with one ac­
lifted up the head.
They have taken a malicious counsel cord lifted up their voice to God, and
against thy people, and have consulted i said : Lord, thou art he that didst make
against thy saints.
heaven and earth, the sea, and all things
They have said : Come and let us de­ that are in them.
Who by the Holy Ghost, by the
stroy them, so that they be not a na­
tion : and let the name of Israel be re­ mouth of our father David, thy servant,
hast said : Why did the Gentiles rage,
membered no more.
For they have contrived with one |and the people meditate vain things:
The kings of the earth stood up, and
consent : they have made a covenant to­
the princes assembled together against
gether against thee.—Ps. Ixxxii. 3-6.
But beware of men. For they will the Lord and against his Christ:
For of a truth there assembled to­
deliver you up in councils, and they will
gether in this city against thy holy
scourge you in their synagogues.
And you shall be brought before gov­ child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed,
ernors, and before kings for my sake, Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the
for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles and the people of Israel,
To do what thy hand and thy coun­
Gentiles. . . .
The brother also shall deliver up the sel decreed to be done.
And now, Lord, behold their threatbrother to death, and the father, the
son : and the children shall rise up enings, and grant unto thy servants,
against their parents, and shall put that with all confidence they may speak
thy word.—Aris iv. 24-29.
them to death.
And at that time there was raised a
And you shall be hated by all men
for my name’s sake: but he that shall great persecution against the church
persevere unto the end, he shall be which was at Jerusalem; and they
were all dispersed through the countries
saved.
And when they shall persecute you of Judea, and Samaria, except the
in this city, flee into another. Amen I Apostles.—Acts viii. 1.
And at the same time Herod the king
say to you, you shall not finish all the
cities of Israel, till the Son of man stretched forth his hands, to afflict some
of the church.
come.—Malt. x. 17, 18, 21-23.
And he killed James, the brother of
Then shall they deliver you up to be
afflicted, and shall put you to death: John, with the sword.
And seeing that it pleased the Jews,
and you shall be hated by all nations
he proceeded to take up Peter also.—
for my name’s sake.—Matt. xxiv. 9.
xii. 1-3.
Remember my word that I said to
Take heed to yourselves, and to the
you : The servant is not greater than
‘The disciples.
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whole flock, wherein the Holy Ghost
hath placed you bishops, to rule the
church of God, which he hath pur­
chased with his own blood.
I know that, after my departure,
ravening wolves will enter in among
you, not sparing the flock.—Acts xx.
28, 29.
But ‘we desire to hear of thee what
thou thinkest; for as concerning this
sect, we know that it is everywhere
contradicted.—Acts xxviii. 22.
Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are
the children of promise.
But as then ’he that was born accord­
ing to the flesh, persecuted him that was
after the spirit; so also it is now.—
Oal. iv. 29.

which is good, and your soul shall be
delighted in fatness.
Incline your ear and come to me:
hear, and your soul shall live, and I
will make an everlasting covenant with
you, the faithful mercies of David.—
Is. Iv. 1-3.
Come to me, all you that labor, and
are burdened, and I will refresh you.—
Matt. xi. 28.
And Jesus said to them: I am the
bread of life: he that cometh to me,
shall not hunger: and he that believeth
in me, shall never thirst.—John vi. 35.
And on the last, and great day of
the festivity, Jesus stood and cried, say­
ing: If any man thirst, let Him come to
me, and drink.—John vii. 37.
And when she (Martha) had said
these things, she w’ent and called her
CHURCH, ESTABLISHED AND
sister Mary secretly, saying: The mas­
WORKING, THE
ter is come, and calleth for thee.—
See: Church, Part II—page 679.
John xi. 28.
CHURCH IS THE HOUSE OF
COMFORT THE AFFLICTED AND
GOD, THE
THE SORROWING, WE
SHOULD
See : House of God—page 214.
Have pity on me, have pity on me,
COME TO THE LORD, AN INVI­ at least you my friends, because the
TATION TO
hand of the Lord hath touched me.—
Come ye to him, and be enlightened : Job xix. 21.
I wept heretofore for him that was
and your faces shall not be confounded.
afflicted, and my soul had compassion
—Ps. xxxiii. 6.
Come over to me, all ye that desire on the poor.—Job xxx. 25.
Grief in the heart of a man shall
me, and be filled with my fruits.
For my spirit is sweet above honey, bring him low, but with a good word
and my inheritance above honey and he shall be made glad.—Prov. xii. 25.
Be not wanting in comforting them
the honeycomb.
My memory is unto everlasting that weep, and walk with them that
mourn.
generations.
Be not slow to visit the sick: for by
They that eat me, shall yet hunger:
and they that drink me, shall yet thirst. these things thou shalt be confirmed in
He that hearkeneth to me, shall not love.—Ecclus. vii. 38, 39.
Rejoice with them that rejoice; weep
be confounded: and they that work by
me, shall not sin.—Ecclus. xxiv. 26-30. with them that weep.—Rom. xii. 15.
Blessed be the God and Father of our
All you that thirst, come to the
waters: and you that have no money Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of
make haste, buy, and eat: come ye, mercies, and the God of all comfort.
Who comforteth us in all our tribu­
buy wine and milk without money, and
lation; that we also may be able to
without any price.
Why do you spend money for that comfort them who are in all distress,
which is not bread, and your labor for by the exhortation wherewith we also
that which doth not satisfy you? are exhorted by God.—2 Cor. i. 3, 4.
Bear ye one another’s burdens; and
Hearken diligently to me, and eat that
so you shall fulfil the law of Christ.—
■The Jews at Rome speaking to Paul.
Gal. vi. 2.
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Blessed are they that mourn : for they
And we beseech you, brethren, rebuke
the unquiet, comfort the feeble-minded, shall be comforted.—Matt. v. 5.
Blessed be the God and Father of
support the weak, be patient towards
our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of
nil men.—1 Thcss. v. 14.
mercies, and the God of all comfort.
Who comforteth us in all our tribula­
COMFORTER, GOD OUR
tion:
that
we
also
may
be
able
to
com
­
Wherefore I will pray to the Lord, fort them who are in all distress, by
and address my speech to God:
the
exhortation
wherewith
we
also
are
. . . Who setteth up the humble on exhorted by God.
high, and comforteth with health those
For as the sufferings of Christ
that mourn.—Job v. 8, 11.
abound
in
us:
so
also
by
Christ
doth
our
Show me a token for good: that they comfort abound.—2 Cor. i. 3-5.
who hate me may see, and be con­
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself,
founded, because thou, O Lord, hast and
God
and
our
Father,
who
hath
helped me and hast comforted me.— loved us, and hath given us everlasting
Ps. Ixxxv. 17.
and good hope in grace,
According to the multitude of my consolation,
Exhort
your
hearts,
and
confirm
you
sorrows in my heart, thy comforts have in every good work and word.—2 Thess.
given joy to my soul.—Ps. xciii. 19.
15, 16.
My eyes have failed for thy word, ii. And
you have forgotten the consola­
saying: When wilt thou comfort me?— tion, which speaketh to you, as unto
Ps. cxviii. 82.
saying: My son, neglect not
Be comforted, be comforted, my peo­ children,
the discipline of the Lord; neither be
ple, saith your God.
thou wearied whilst thou art rebuked
Speak ye to the heart of Jerusalem, by him.
and call to her : for her evil is come to
For whom the Lord loveth, he chasan end, her iniquity is forgiven.—Is. tiseth; and he scourgeth every son
xl. 1, 2.
whom he receiveth.—Heb. xii. 5, 6.
Give praise, O ye heavens, and re­
joice, 0 earth, ye mountains, give praise COMMANDMENTS OF GOD, THE
with jubilation : because the Lord hath
Let not the book of this law depart
comforted his people, and will have from thy mouth: but thou shalt medi­
mercy on his poor ones.—Is. xlix. 13.
tate on it day and night, that thou
I, I myself will comfort you : who art mayst observe and do all things that
thou, that thou shouldst be afraid of a are written in it: then shalt thou di­
mortal man, and of the son of man, rect thy way, and understand it.—Jos.
who shall wither away like grass?—Is. i. 8.
Ii. 12.
The law of the Lord is unspotted,
The spirit of the Lord is upon me, converting souls: the testimony of the
because the Lord hath anointed me: he Lord is faithful, giving wisdom to little
hath sent me to preach to the meek, to ones.
heal the contrite of heart, and to preach
The justices of the Lord are right, re­
a release to the captives, and deliver­ joicing hearts: the commandment of
ance to them that arc shut up.
the Lord is lightsome, enlightening the
To proclaim the acceptable year of eyes.—Ps. xviii. 8, 9.
the Lord, and the day of vengeance of
All his commandments are faithful:
our God : to comfort all that mourn :
confirmed for ever and ever, made in
To appoint to the mourners of Sion, truth and equity.—Ps. ex. 8.
and to give them a crown for ashes,
I meditated also on thy command­
the oil of joy for mourning, a garment ments, which I loved.
of praise for the spirit of grief.—Is.
And I lifted up my hands to thy
bri. 1-3.
commandments, which I loved: and I
As one whom the mother caresseth, was exercised in thy justifications.—Ps.
so will I comfort you, and you shall be cxviii. 47, 48.
comforted in Jerusalem.—Is. Ixvi. 13.
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tion, I had then perhaps perished in my
abjection.
Thy justifications 1 will never forget:
for by them thou hast given me life.—
Ps. cxviii. 92, 93.
0 how have I loved thy law, 0 Lord!
it is my meditation all the day.
Through thy commandment, thou
hast made me wiser than my enemies:
for it is ever with me. . . .
By thy commandments I have had
understanding: therefore have I hated
every way of iniquity.—Ps. cxviii. 97,
98, 104.
Because the commandment is a lamp,
and the law a light, and reproofs of in­
struction are the way of life.—Prov.
vi. 23.
God created man of the earth, and
made him after his own image. . . .
He created of him a helpmate like
to himself: he gave them counsel, and
a tongue, and eyes, and ears, and a
heart to devise: and he filled them with
the knowledge of understanding. . . .
Moreover he gave them instructions,
and the law of life for an inheritance.
—Ecclus. xvii. 1, 5, 9.
A wise man hateth not the command­
ments and justices, and he shall not be
dashed in pieces as a ship in a
storm.
A man of understanding is faithful
to the law of God, and the law is faith­
ful to him.—Ecclus. xxxiii. 2, 3.
Hear, 0 Israel, the commandments
of life: give ear. that thou mayst learn
wisdom.—Bar. iii. 9.
Do not think that I am come to de­
stroy the law, or the prophets. I am
not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
For amen I say unto you, till heaven
and earth pass, one jot, or one tittle
shall not pass of the law, till all be ful­
filled.—Malt. V. 17, 18.
And it is easier for heaven and earth
to pass, than one tittle of the law to
fall.—Luke xvi. 17.
For I have not spoken of myself; but
the Father who sent me, he gave me
commandment what I should say, and
what I should speak.
And I know that his commandment
is life everlasting.—John xii. 49, 50.
Wherefore the law indeed is holy, and

the commandment holy, and just, and
good.—Rom. vii. 12.

COMMANDMENTS OF GOD ARE
NOT ABOVE OUR STRENGTH,
THE
This commandment, that I command
thee this day, is not above thee, nor
far off from thee :
Nor is it in heaven, that thou
shouldst say: Which of us can go up
to heaven to bring it unto us, and we
may hear, and fulfil it in work?
Nor is it beyond the sea: that thou
mayst excuse thyself, and say: Which
of us can cross the sea, and bring it
unto us : that we may hear, and do that
which is commanded?
But the word is very nigh unto thee,
in thy mouth and in thy heart, that
thou mayst do it.—Dent. xxx. 11-14.
I have not spoken in secret, in a dark
place of the earth: I have not said to
the seed of Jacob: Seek me in vain.
I am the Lord that speak justice, that
declare right things.—Is. xiv. 19.
Take up my yoke upon you, and
learn of me, because I am meek, and
humble of heart : and you shall find rest
to your souls.
For my yoke is sweet and my burden
light.—Matt. xi. 29, 30.
For this is the charity of God, that
we keep his commandments: and his
commandments are not heavy.—1 John
V. 3.
COMMANDMENTS, KEEPING
GOD’S
And now, Israel, what doth the Lord
thy God require of thee, but that thou
fear the Lord thy God, and walk in his
ways, and love him, and serve the Lord
thy God, with all thy heart and with
all thy soul:
And keep the commandments of the
Lord, and his ceremonies, which I com­
mand thee this day, that it may be well
with thee?—Dexit. x. 12, 13.
I have not departed from the com­
mandments of his lips, and the words
of his mouth, I have hid in my bosom.
—Job xxiii. 12.
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Then Mathathias answered, and said
nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat
with a loud voice: Although all nations
in the chair of pestilence.
But his will is in the law of the Lord, obey king Antiochus, so as to depart
and on his law he shall meditate day every man from the service of the law
of his fathers, and consent to his com­
and night.—Ps. i. 1, 2.
Thou hast commanded thy command­ mandments :
I and my sons and my brethren will
ments to be kept most diligently.
0! that my ways may be directed to obey the law of our fathers.
God be merciful unto us: it is not
keep thy justifications.
Then shall I not be confounded, when profitable for us to forsake the law, and
I shall look into all thy command­ the justices of God :
We will not hearken to the words of
ments. . . .
So shall I always keep thy law for king Antiochus, neither will we sacri­
ever and ever.—Ps. cxviii. 4-6, 44.
fice, and transgress the co HUI andments
Much peace have they that love thy of our law, to go another way.—1 Mach.
law, and to them there is no stumbling ii. 19-22.
block.—Ps. cxviii. 165.
For I am delighted with the law of
Put thy feet into ‘her fetters, and thy God, according to the inward man.—
neck into her chains:
Rom. vii. 22.
Bow down thy shoulder, and bear her,
Circumcision is nothing, and uncir­
and be not grieved with her bands. . . . cumcision is nothing: but the observ­
Search for her, and she shall be made ance of the commandments of God.—
known to thee, and when thou hast 1 Cor. vii. 19.
gotten her, let her not go :
For in the latter end, thou shalt find
COMMANDMENTS, KEEPING
rest in her, and she shall be turned to
GOD’S, IS TRUE WISDOM
thy joy.
You know that I have taught you
Then shall her fetters be a strong de­
fence for thee, and a firm foundation, statutes and justices, as the Lord my
God hath commanded me: so shall you
and her chain a robe of glory:
For in her is the beauty of life, and do them in the land which you shall
her bands are a healthful binding.— possess :
And you shall observe and fulfil them
Ecclus. vi. 25, 26, 28-31.
As everlasting foundations upon a in practice. For this is your wisdom,
solid rock, so the commandments of and understanding in the sight of na­
God in the heart of a holy woman.— tions, that hearing all these precepts,
they may say: Behold a wise and un­
Ecclus. xxvi. 24.
He that keepeth the law, multiplieth derstanding people, a great nation.—
Deut. iv. 5, 6.
offerings.
Who is wise, and will keep these
It is a wholesome sacrifice to take
heed to the commandments, and to de­ things; and will understand the mer­
part from all iniquity.—Ecclus. xxxv. cies of the Lord?—Ps. evi. 43.
I have had understanding above
1, 2.
Blessed is he that is conversant in ancients: because I have sought thy
these good things: and he that layeth commandments.—Ps. cxviii. 100.
He that keepeth the law is a wise son.
them up in his heart, shall be wise al­
—Prov. xxviii. 7.
ways.
And they that remain shall know,
For if he do them, he shall be strong
to do all things: because the light that there is nothing better than the
of God guideth his steps.—Ecclus. 1. fear of God : and that there is noth­
ing sweeter than to have regard to the
30, 31.
And I gave them my statutes, and I commandments of the Lord.—Ecclus.
showed them my judgments, which if xxiii. 37.
A man of understanding is faithful
a man do, he shall live in them.—
to the law of God. and the law is faith­
Etech. XX. 11.
ful to him.—Ecclus. xxxiii. 3.
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COMMANDMENTS, KEEPING
GOD’S, A PROOF OF OUR
FAITH AND LOVE

Hill
I Lord our God, as he hath commanded
us.—Deut. vi. 25.
But the mercy of the Lord is from
eternity and unto eternity upon them
that fear him :
I And his justice unto children’s chil­
dren, to such as keep his covenant,
And are mindful of his command­
ments to do them.—Ps. cii. 17, 18.
When prophecy shall fail, the people
shall be scattered abroad: but he that
keepeth the law is blessed.—Prov.
xxix. 18.
For who hath continued in his com­
mandment, and hath been forsaken? or
who hath called upon him, and he de­
spised him?—Ecclus. ii. 12.
Thus saith the Lord: Keep ye judg­
ment, and do justice: for my salvation
is near to come, and my justice to be
revealed.
Blessed is the man that doth this, and
the son of man that shall lay hold on
this : that keepeth the sabbath from pro­
faning it, that keepeth his hands from
doing any evil.—Is. Ivi. 1, 2.
And I prayed to the Lord my God,
and I made my confession, and said:
I beseech thee, O Lord God, great and
terrible, who keepest the covenant, and
mercy to them that love thee, and keep
thy commandments.—Dan. ix. 4.
If you know these things, you shall
be blessed, if you do them.—John
xiii. 17.

They that fear the Lord will not be
incredulous to his word: and they that
love him, will keep his way. . . .
They that fear the Lord, keep his
commandments, and will have patience
even until his visitation.—Ecclus. ii.
18, 21.
In every work of thine, regard thy
soul in faith : for this is the keeping of
the commandments.
He that believeth God, taketh heed
to the commandments.—Ecclus. xxxii.
27, 28.
If you love me, keep my command­
ments.—John xiv. 15.
He that hath my commandments and
keepeth them ; he it is that loveth
me. ...
Jesus answered and said to him:
(Judas, not the Iscariot): If any man
love me, he will keep my word, and my
Father will love him, and we will
come to him, and will make our abode
with him.—John xiv. 21, 23.
And by this we know that we have
known him, if we keep his command­
ments.
He who saith that he knoweth him,
and keepeth not his commandments, is
a liar, and the truth is not in him.
But he that keepeth his word, in him
in very deed the charity of God is per­
fected ; and by this we know that we are COMMANDMENTS, REWARD OF
in him.—1 John ii. 3-5.
KEEPING GOD’S, IN THIS
And this is charity, that we walk ac­
LIFE
cording to his commandments.—2 John
Do my precepts, and keep my judg­
ments, and fulfil them: that you may
COMMANDMENTS, KEEPING
dwell in the land without any fear,
And the ground may yield you its
GOD’S, GAINS FOR US HIS
fruits, of which you may eat your fill,
MERCY AND BLESSING
fearing no man’s invasion.—Lev. xxv.
I am the Lord thy God, mighty, jeal­ 18, 19.
ous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers
If you walk in my precepts, and keep
upon the children, unto the third and my commandments, and do them, I
fourth generation of them that hate will give you rain in due seasons,
me:
And the ground shall bring forth its
And showing mercy unto thousands increase, and the trees shall be filled
to them that love me, and keep my with fruit: . . .
commandments.—Ex. xx. 5, 6.
And you shall eat your bread to the
And he will be merciful to us, if we full, and dwell in your land without
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I will give peace in your coasts : you
shall sleep, and there shall be none to
make you afraid.
. . . I will set my tabernacle in the
midst of you, and my soul shall not cast
you off.
I will walk among you, and will
be your God, and you shall be my
people.—Lev. xxvi. 3-6, 11, 12.
Keep his precepts and command­
ments, which I command thee: that it
may be well with thee, and thy children
after thee, and thou mayst remain a
long time upon the land, which the
Lord thy God will give thee.—Deut.
iv. 40.
For then thou shalt be able to pros­
per, if thou keep the commandments,
and judgments, which the Lord com­
manded Moses to teach Israel : take
courage, and act manfully, fear not,
nor be dismayed.—1 Paral, xxii. 13.
My son, forget not my law, and let
thy heart keep my commandments.
For they shall add to thee length of
days, and years of life and peace.—
Prov. iii. 1, 2.
My son, let not these things depart
from thy eyes: keep the law and coun­
sel:
And there shall be life to thy soul,
and grace to thy mouth.
Then shalt thou walk confidently in
thy way, and thy foot shall not stumble:
If thou sleep, thou shalt not fear:
thou shalt rest, and thy sleep shall be
sweet.
Be not afraid of sudden fear, nor of
the power of the wicked falling upon
thee.
For the Lord will be at thy side, and
will keep thy foot, that thou be not
taken.—Prov. iii. 21-26.
He that keepeth the commandment,
shall find no evil.—Eccles, viii. 5.
If thou wilt keep the command­
ments and perform acceptable fidelity
for ever, they shall preserve thee.—
Ecclus. XV. 16.
As a fearful heart in the thought of
a fool at all times will not fear, so
neither shall he that continueth always
in the commandments of God.—Ecclus.
xxii. 23.
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a river, and thy justice as the waves of
the sea.—Is. xlviii. 18.
Jesus answered, and said to him: If
any man love me, he will keep my word,
and my Father will love him, and we
will come to him, and will make our
abode with him.—John xiv. 23.
If you keep my commandments, you
shall abide in my love; as I also have
kept my Father’s commandments, and
do abide in his love.
. . .You are my friends, if you do
the things that I command you.—John
XV. 10, 14.
And whatsoever we shall ask, we
shall receive of him : because we keep
his commandments, and do those things
which are pleasing in his sight. . . .
And he that keepeth his command­
ments, abideth in him, and he in him.—
1 John iii. 22, 24.
COMMANDMENTS, REWARD, IN
THE NEXT LIFE, OF KEEP­
ING GOD’S
If you walk in my precepts, and keep
my commandments, and do them, . . .
I will set my tabernacle in the midst
of you, and my soul shall not cast you
off.
I will walk among you, and will be
your God, and you shall be my people
—Lev. xxvi. 3, 11, 12.
The justices of the Lord are right, re­
joicing hearts: the commandment of
the Lord is lightsome, enlightening the
eyes. . . .
For thy servant keepeth them, and in
keeping them there is a great reward.—
Ps. xviii. 9, 12.
Expect the Lord, and keep his way:
and he will exalt thee to inherit the
land : when the sinners shall perish thou
shalt see.—Ps. xxxvi. 34.
lie that keepeth the commandment,
keepeth his own soul: but he that
neglecteth his own way, shall die.—
Prov. xix. 16.
Place thy treasure in the command­
ments of the most High, and it shall
bring thee more profit than gold.—
Ecclus. xxix. 14.
For thus saith the Lord to the
eunuchs. They that shall keep my sab­
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please me, and shall hold fast to my I Expect the Lord, and keep his way:
covenant:
and he will exalt thee to inherit the
I will give to them in my house, and land : when the sinners shall perish,
within my walls, a place, and a name, thou shalt see.—Ps. xxxvi. 34.
better than sons and daughters: I will
My son, forget not my law, and let
give them an everlasting name which thy heart keep my commandments.—
shall never perish.—Is. Ivi. 4, 5.
Prov. iii. 1.
This is the book of the commandMy son, let not these things depart
menta of God, and the law, that is for from thy eyes: keep the law and counever: all they that keep it, shall come sei.—Prov. iii. 21.
to life: but they that have forsaken it,
My son, keep my words, and lay up
to death.—Bar. iv. 1.
my precepts with thee. Son,
He therefore that shall break one of
Keep my commandments, and thou
these least commandments, and shall so shalt live: and my law as the apple of
teach men, shall be called the least in thy eye:
the kingdom of heaven. But he that
Bind it upon thy fingers, write it
shall do and teach, he shall be called upon the tablets of thy heart.—Prov.
great in the kingdom of heaven.—Matt. vii. 1-3.
V. 19.
Let us all hear together the conAnd behold one came and said to elusion of the discourse. Fear God,
him : Good master, what good shall I do and keep his commandments : for this
that I may have life everlasting?
is all man.—Eccles, xii. 13.
Who said to him: Why askest thou
Give ear, my son, and take wise conn­
ine concerning good? One is good, sei, and cast not away my advice.
God. But if thou wilt enter into life,
Put thy feet into her fetters, and thy
keep the commandments.—Matt. xix. neck into her chains:
16, 17.
Bow down thy shoulder, and bear her,
And behold, a certain lawyer stood and be not grieved with her bands.
up, tempting him, and saying, Master,
Come to her with all thy mind, and
what must I do to possess eternal life? keep her ways with all thy power.—
But he said to him: What is written Ecclus. vi. 24-27.
in the law? how readest thou?
Place thy treasure in the command­
lie answering, said: Thou shalt love ments of the most High, and it shall
the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, bring thee more profit than gold.—
and with thy whole soul, and with all Ecclus. xxix. 14.
thy strength, and with all thy mind :
This is the book of the commandand thy neighbor as thyself.
ments of God, and the law, that is for
And he said to him : Thou hast an- ever. . . .
swered right: this do, and thou shalt
Return, O Jacob, and take hold of
live.—Luke x. 25-28.
it, walk in the way by its brightness, in
COMMANDMENTS OF GOD, EX°f the llght thereof-"“

HORTATION TO KEEP THE
J charge thee before God, who quickKeep my laws and my judgments, eneth all things, and before Christ
which if a man do, he shall live in them., Jesus, who gave testimony under Pon—Lev. xviii. 5.
tins Pilate, a good confession,
Keep his precepts and commandThat thou keep the commandment
ments, which I command thee: that it | without spot, blameless, unto the commay be well with thee and thy children ¡ng of our Lord Jesus Christ.—1 Tim.
after thee, and thou mayst remain a vi. 13, 14.
Urf th? G^ilVgive^thS-Deui6 COMMANDMENTS. TRANSGRESS.
1V# 40*
I
Receive the law of his mouth, and
But if you will not hear me, nor do
lay up his words in thy heart.—Job all my commandments,
xxii. 22.
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my judgments, so as not to do those
things which arc appointed by me, and
to make void iny covenant; . . .
I will set my face against you, and
you shall fall down before your ene­
mies, and shall be made subject to them
that hate you, you shall flee when no
man pursueth you. . . .
And I will break the pride of your
stubbornness, and I will make to you
the heaven above as iron, and the earth
as brass. . . .
I also will walk contrary to you, and
will strike you seven times for your
sins.—Lev. xxvi. 14, 15, 17, 19, 24.
Thus saith the Lord God : Why trans­
gress you the commandment of the
Lord, which will not be for your good,
and have forsaken the Lord, to
make him forsake you?—2 Paral.
xxiv. 20.
Thou hast rebuked the proud : they
are cursed who decline from thy com­
mandments.—Ps. cxviii. 21.
That seed of men shall be honored,
which feareth God : but that seed shall
be dishonored which transgresseth the
commandments of the Lord.—Ecclus.
x. 23.
Better is a man that hath less wis­
dom, and wanteth understanding, with
the fear of God, than he that aboundeth in understanding, and transgresseth
the law of the most High.—Ecclus.
xix. 21.
This is the book of the command­
ments of God, and the law, that is for
ever: all they that keep it, shall come
to life: but they that have forsaken it,
to death.—Bar. iv. 1.
God be merciful unto us: it is not
profitable for us to forsake the law,
and the justices of God.—1 Mach. ii. 21.
He therefore that shall break one of
these least commandments, and shall so
teach men, shall be called the least in
the kingdom of heaven.—Malt. v. 19.
And I lived some time without the
law. But when the commandment
came, sin revived,
And I died. And the commandment
that was ordained to life, the same was
found to be unto death to me.
For sin, taking occasion by the com­
mandment, seduced me, and by it killed
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OBEY ALL THE

Better is wisdom than weapons of
war: and he that shall offend in one,
shall lose many good things.—Eccles.
ix. 18.
He therefore that shall break one of
these least commandments, and shall so
teach men, shall be called the least in
the kingdom of heaven.—Matt. v. 19.
And whosoever shall keep the whole
law, but offend in one point, is become
guilty of all.—James ii. 10.
COMMUNING WITH GOD

See: Speaking to us, God—page542.
COMMUNION, HOLY

I will hear what the Lord God will
speak in me: for he will speak peace
unto his people :
And unto his saints: and unto them
that are converted to the heart.—Ps.
Ixxxiv. 9.
Let the mercies of the Lord give
glory to him: and his wonderful works
to the children of men.
For he hath satisfied the empty soul,
and hath filled the hungry soul with
good things.—Ps. evi. 8, 9.
He hath made a remembrance of his
wonderful works, being a merciful and
gracious Lord:
He hath given food to them that fear
him.—Ps. ex. 4, 5.
In me is all grace of the way, and of
the truth, in me is all hope of life and
of virtue.
Come over to me. all ye that desire
me. and be filled with my fruits.
For my spirit is sweet above honey,
and my inheritance above honey and
the honeycomb.
My memory is unto everlasting gen­
erations.—Ecclus. xxiv. 25-28.
All you that thirst, come to the
waters: and you that have no money,
make haste, buy, and eat: come ye,
buy wine and milk without money, and
without any price.
Why do you spend money for that
which is not bread, and your labor for
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Hearken diligently to me, and eat
that which is good, and your soul shall
be delighted in fatness.—Is. Iv. 1, 2.
For I have inebriated the weary soul:
and I have filled every hungry soul—
Jer. xxxi. 25.
Then came to him the disciples of
John, saying: Why do we, and the
Pharisees, fast often, but thy disciples
do not fast?
And Jesus said to them: Can the
children of the bridegroom mourn, as
long as the bridegroom is with them?
But the days will come, when the bride­
groom shall be taken away from them,
and then they shall fast.—Matt. ix.
14, 15.
And when Jesus was come to the
place, looking up, he saw him, and said
to him : Zacheus, make haste and come
down; for this day I must abide in thy
house.
And he made haste and came down;
and received him with joy.—Luke xix.
5, 6.
And Jesus said to them : I am the
bread of life: he that comcth to me
shall not hunger; and he that believeth
in me shall never thirst.
... I am the bread of life.
Your fathers did eat manna in the
desert, and are dead.
This is the bread which cometh down
from heaven ; that if any man eat of
it, he may not die.
I am the living bread which came
down from heaven.
If any man eat of this bread, he shall
live for ever; and the bread that I will
give, is my flesh, for the life of the
world. . . .
Then Jesus said to them : Amen,
amen I say unto you: Except you eat
the flesh of the Son of man, and drink
his blood, you shall not have life in
you.
He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh
my blood, hath everlasting life: and I
will raise him up in the last day.
For my flesh is meat indeed: and my
blood is drink indeed.
He that eateth my flesh and drinketh
my blood, abidcth in me, and I in
him.
As the living Father hath sent me,
and I live by the Father; so he that

I eateth me, the same also shall live by
me.
This is the bread that came down
from heaven. Not as your fathers did
eat manna, and are dead. He that eat­
eth this bread, shall live for ever.—
John vi. 35, 48-52, 54-59.
I will not leave you orphans, I will
come to you.—John xiv. 18.
The chalice of benediction, which we
bless, is it not the communion of the
blood of Christ? And the bread, which
we break, is it not the partaking of the
body of the Lord?—1 Cor. x. 16.
For as often as you shall eat this
bread, and drink the chalice, you shall
show the death of the Lord, until he
come.—1 Cor. xi. 26.
COMMUNION, HOLY,
PREFIGURED

And when the children of Israel saw
it, they said one to another: Manhu!
which signifieth: What is this! for they
knew not what it was. And Moses said
to them: This is the bread, which the
Lord hath given you to eat. . . .
And the house of Israel called the
name thereof Manna : and it was like
coriander seed, white, and the taste
thereof like to flour with honey.—Ex.
xvi. 15, 31.
And the angel of the Lord came
again the second time, and touched him
(Elias), and said to him: Arise, eat:
for thou hast yet a great way to go.
And he arose, and ate, and drank, and
walked in the strength of that food,
forty days and forty nights, unto the
mount of God, Horeb.—3 Kings xix.
7, 8.
And he had commanded the clouds
from above, and had opened the doors
of heaven.
And had rained down manna upon
them, to cat, and had given them the
bread of heaven.
Man ate the bread of angels.—Ps.
Ixxvii. 23-25.
Instead of which things, thou didst
feed thy people with the food of an­
gels, and gavest them bread from
heaven, prepared without labor ; having
in it all that is delicious, and the sweet­
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My heart and my flesh have rejoiced
in the living God.—Ps. Ixxxiii. 2, 3.
Lord, bow down thy heavens, and de­
scend.—Ps. exliii. 5.
When I had a little passed by them,
I found him whom my soul loveth; I
held him; and I will not let him go,
till I bring him into my mother’s house,
and into the chamber of her that bore
me.—Cant. iii. 4.
Come over to me, all ye that desire
me, and be filled with my fruits. . . .
They that eat me, shall yet hunger:
and they that drink me, shall yet thirst.
—Ecclus. xxiv. 26, 29.
Give us this day our supersubstantial
bread.—Matt. vi. 11.
But ‘they constrained him; saying:
Stay with us, because it is towards
evening, and the day is now far spent.
And he went in with them.—Luke xxiv.
29.

0 how great is the multitude of thy
sweetness, O Lord, which thou hast
hidden for them that fear thee!
Which thou hast wrought for them
that hope in thee, in the sight of the
sons of men.—Ps. xxx. 20.
0 taste, and see that the Lord is
sweet.—Ps. xxxiii. 9.
My beloved to me, and I to him who
feedeth among the lilies.—Cant. ii. 16.
From the beginning of the world,
they have not heard, nor perceived with
the ears : the eye hath not seen, O God,
besides thee, what things thou hast pre­
pared for them that wait for thee.—
Is. Ixiv. 4.
Come to me, all you that labor, and
are burdened, and I will refresh you.—
Matt. xi. 28.
If so be you have tasted that the Lord
is sweet.—1 Peter ii. 3.
COMMUNION, PREPARATION
And he (the angel) said to me:
FOR HOLY
Write: Blessed are they that are called
to the marriage supper of the Lamb.—
If any one that is defiled, shall eat
Apoc. xix. 9.
of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace
offerings, which is offered to the Lord,
he shall be cut off from his people.—
COMMUNION, DESIRE FOR
Lev. vii. 20.
HOLY
And the Lord spoke to Moses, say­
As the hart panteth after the foun­ ing:
Say to them and to their posterity:
tains of water, so my soul panteth after
Every man of your race, that approachthee, 0 God.
My soul hath thirsted after the eth to those things that are consecrated,
strong, living God ; when shall I come and which the children of Israel have
and appear before the face of God?— offered to the Lord, in whom there is
uncleanness, shall perish before the
Ps. xli. 2, 3.
0 God, my God, to thee do I watch Lord. I am the Lord.—Lev. xxii. 1, 3.
And the priest answered David, say­
at break of day.
For thee my soul hath thirsted; for ing: I have no common bread at hand,
but only holy bread, if the young men
thee my flesh, O how many ways!
In a desert land, and where there is be clean, especially from women.—
no way, and no water : so in the sanc­ 1 Kings xxi. 4.
And king David said to all the as­
tuary have I come before thee, to see
thy power and thy glory.—Ps. Ixii. 2, 3. sembly: Solomon my son, whom alone
For what have I in heaven? and be­ God hath chosen, is as yet young and
sides thee, what do I desire upon earth? tender: and the work is great, for a
For thee my flesh and my heart hath house is prepared not for man, but for
fainted away: thou art the God of my God.—1 Paral, xxix. 1.
Who then can be worthy to build him
heart, and the God that is my portion
a worthy house? If heaven, and the
for ever.—Ps. Ixxii. 25, 26.
How lovely are thy tabernacles, 0 heavens of heavens cannot contain
Lord of hosts! my soul longeth and lTbe disciples on the way to Emmaus, meet­
fainteth for the courts of the Lord. ing Christ after the resurrection.

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him: who am I that I should be able to
build him a house?—2 Paral, ii. 6.
The voice of one crying in the desert:
Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make
straight in the wilderness the paths of
our God.
Every valley shall be exalted, and
every mountain and hill shall be made
low, and the crooked shall become
straight, and the rough ways plain.—
Is. xl. 3, 4.
Give not that w’hich is holy to dogs;
neither cast ye your pearls before swine.
—Malt. vii. 6.
And the centurion making answer,
said: Lord, I am not worthy that thou
shouldst enter under my roof : but only
say the word, and my servant shall be
healed.—Malt. viii. 8.
And the king went in to sec the
guests: and he saw there a man who
had not on a wedding garment.
And he saith to him: Friend, how
earnest thou in hither, not having on a
wedding garment? But he was silent.
Then the king said to the waiters:
Bind his hands and feet, and cast him
into the exterior darkness: there shall
be weeping and gnashing of teeth.—
Matt. xxii. 11-13.
You cannot drink the chalice of the
Lord, and the chalice of devils: you
cannot be partakers of the table of the
Lord, and of the table of devils.—1 Cor.
X. 21.
Therefore, whosoever shall eat this
bread, or drink the chalice of the Lord
unworthily, shall be guilty of the body
and of the blood of the Lord.
But let a man prove himself : and so
let him eat of that bread, and drink of
the chalice.
For he that eateth and drinketh un­
worthily, eateth and drinketh judgment
to himself, not discerning the body of
the Lord.—1 Cor. xi. 27-29.
COMPANY, KEEPING GOOD
My eyes were upon the faithful of
the earth, to sit with me: the man that
walked in the perfect w’ay, he served
me.—Ps. c. 6.
I am a partaker with all them that
fear thee, and that keep thy command­
ments.—Ps. cxviii. 63.

He that walketh with the wise, will
be wise.—Prov. xiii. 20.
He that fcareth God, shall likewise
have good friendship: because accord­
ing to him, shall his friend be.—Ecclus.
VI. 14.

Stand in the multitude of ancients
that are wise, and join thyself from thy
heart to their wisdom, that thou mayst
hear every discourse of God, and the
sayings of praise may not escape thee.
And if thou see a man of understand­
ing, go to him early in the morning,
and let thy foot wear the steps of his
doors.—Ecclus. vi. 35, 3G.
According to thy power beware of
thy neighbor, and treat with the wise
and prudent.
Let just men be thy guests, and let
thy glory be in the fear of God.—
Ecclus. ix. 21, 22.
Go to the side of the holy age, with
them that live and give praise to God.
—Ecclus. xvii. 25.
In the midst of the unwise, keep in
the word till its time: but be contin­
ually among men that think.—Ecclus.
xxvii. 13.
But be continually with a holy man,
whomsoever thou shalt know to observe
the fear of God,
Whose soul is according to thy own
soul : and who, when thou shalt stumble
in the dark, will be sorry for thee.—
Ecclus. xxxvii. 15, 16.
COMPANY, KEEPING BAD
And Jehu, the son of Hanani the
seer, met him (Josaphat), and said to
him : Thou helpest the ungodly, and
thou art joined in friendship with them
that hate the Lord, and therefore thou
didst deserve indeed the wrath of the
Lord.—2 Paral, xix. 2.
If thou didst see a thief thou didst
run with him : and with adulterers thou
hast been a partaker.—Ps. xlix. 18.
Who will pity an enchanter struck by
a serpent, or any one that come near
wild beasts? so is it with him that keepeth company with a wicked man, and
is involved in his sins.—Ecclus. xii. 13.
If the wolf shall at any time have
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What fellowship hath a holy man filed with it: and he that hath fellow­
with a <log, or what part hath the rich ship with the proud, shall put on pride.
—Ecclus. xiii. 1.
with the poor?—Ecclus. xiii. 21, 22.
The discourse of sinners is hateful,
and their laughter is at the pleasures
COMPANY, DANGER OF
of sin.—Ecclus. xxvii. 14.
KEEPING BAD
Know you not that a little leaven corThou shalt not enter into league with rupteth the whole lump?—1 Cor. v. 6.
'them, nor with their gods.
Be not seduced: Evil communica­
Let them not dwell in thy land, lest tions corrupt good manners.—1 Cor.
perhaps they make thee sin against me, XV. 33.
if thou serve their gods: which un­
And I heard another voice from
doubtedly will be a scandal to thee.— heaven, saying: Go out from ’her, my
Ex. xxiii. 32, 33.
people; that you be not partakers of her
Beware thou never join in friend­ sins, and that you receive not of her
ship with the inhabitants of that land, plagues.—Apoc. xviii. 4.
which may be thy ruin.
. . . Make no covenant with the
COMPANY, AVOIDING BAD
men of those countries, lest, when they
have committed fornication with their
I have not sat with the council of
gods, and have adored their idols, some vanity: neither will I go in with the
one call thee to eat of the things sacri­ doers of unjust things.
ficed.—Ex. xxxiv. 12, 15.
I have hated the assembly of the
But if you will embrace the errors of malignant ; and with the wicked I will
these nations that dwell among you, not sit.—Ps. XXV. 4, 5.
and make marriages with them, and
The perverse heart did not cleave to
join friendships:
me : and the malignant, that turned
Know ye for a certainty that the aside from me, I would not know.
The man that in private detracted
Lord your God will not destroy them
before your face, but they shall be a his neighbor, him did I persecute. . . .
He that worketh pride shall not dwell
pit and a snare in your way, and a
stumbling-block at your side, and in the midst of my house: he that
stakes in your eyes, till he take you speaketh unjust things did not prosper
away, and destroy you from off this before my eyes.—Ps. c. 4, 5, 7.
Incline not my heart to evil words;
excellent land, which he hath given
to make excuses in sins.
you.—Jos. xxiii. 12, 13.
With men that work iniquity: and I
He that walketh with the wise,
shall be wise: a friend of fools, shall will not communicate with the choicest
of them.—Ps. cxl. 4.
become like to them.—Prov. xiii. 20.
Be not a friend to an angry man,
and do not walk with a furious man:
COMPANY, EXHORTATION TO
Lest perhaps thou loam his ways,
AVOID BAD
and take scandal to thy soul.—Prov.
Lay out thy bread, and thy wine upon
xxii. 24, 25.
Go not on the way with a bold man, the burial of a just man, and do not
lest he burden thee with his evils: for eat and drink thereof with the wicked.
he goeth according to his own will, and —Tob. iv. 18.
My son, if sinners shall entice thee,
thou shalt perish together with his folly.
consent not to them.
—Ecclus. viii. 18.
Use not much the company of her
If they shall say: Come with us, let
that is a dancer, and hearken not to her, us lie in wait for blood, let us hide
lest thou perish by the force of her snares for the innocent without
charms.—Ecclus. ix. 4.
cause. . . .
He that toucheth pitch, shall be deCast in thy lot with us, let us all
'The idolatrous tribes or people of Pales­ have one purse.
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My son, walk not thou with them, re­
strain thy foot from their paths.—
Prov. i. 10, 11, 14, 15.
Be not delighted in the paths of the
wicked, neither let the way of evil men
please thee.
Flee from it, pass not by it : go aside,
and forsake it.—Prov. iv. 14, 15.
Be not in the feasts of great drinkers,
nor in their revellings, who contribute
flesh to eat:
Because they that give themselves to
drinking, and that club together shall
be consumed; and drowsiness shall be
clothed with rags.—Prov. xxiii. 20, 21.
Seek not to be like evil men, neither
desire to be with them.—Prov. xxiv. 1.
My son, fear the Lord and the king:
and have nothing to do with detrac­
tors.—Prov. xxiv. 21.
Winnow not with every wind, and go
not into every way: for so is every sin­
ner proved by a double tongue.—Ecclus.
v. 11.
Depart from the unjust, and evils
■hall depart from thee.—Ecclus. vii. 2.
Number not thyself among the multi­
tude of the disorderly.—Ecclus. vii. 17.
Take no pleasure in riotous assem­
blies, be they ever so small: for their
concertation is continual.—Ecclus.
xviii. 32.
Talk not much with a fool, and go
not with him that hath no sense.
Keep thyself from him, that thou
mayst not have trouble, and thou shalt
not be defiled with his sin.
Turn away from him, and thou shalt
find rest, and shalt not be wearied out
with his folly.—Ecclus. xxii. 14-16.
Now I beseech you, brethren, to mark
them who make dissensions and offences
contrary to the doctrine which you
have learned, and avoid them.—Rom.
xvi. 17.
I wrote to you in an epistle, not to
keep company with fornicators. . . .
But now I have written to you, not
to keep company, if any man that is
named a brother, be a fornicator, or
covetous, or a server of idols, or a
railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner:
with such a one, not so much as to
eat. . . .
Put away the evil one from among
yourselves.—1 Cor. v. 9, 11, 13.

Bear not the yoke with unbelievers.
For what participation hath justice
with injustice? Or what fellowship
hath light with darkness?
And what concord hath Christ with
Belial ? Or what part hath the faithful
with the unbeliever?
And what agreement hath the temple
of God with idols? For you are the
temple of the living God. . . .
Wherefore, Go out from among
them, and be ye separate, saith the
Lord, and touch not the unclean thing.
—2 Cor. vi. 14-17.
And we charge you, brethren, in the
name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that
you withdraw yourselves from every
brother walking disorderly, and not
according to the tradition which they
have received of us.—2 Thess. iii. 6.
And if any man obey not our word
by this epistle, note that man, and do
not keep company with him, that he
may be ashamed:
Yet do not esteem him as an enemy,
but admonish him as a brother.—
2 Thess. iii. 14, 15.
Know also this, that in the last days,
shall come dangerous times.
Men shall be lovers of themselves,
covetous, haughty, proud, blasphemers,
disobedient to parents, ungrateful,
wicked,
Without affection, without peace,
slanderers, incontinent, unmerciful,
without kindness,
Traitors, stubborn, puffed up, and
lovers of pleasure more than of God:
Having an appearance indeed of god­
liness, but denying the power thereof.
Now these avoid.—2 Tim. iii. 1-5.
COMPASSION FOR THE
DISTRESSED
See: Comfort the afflicted, we should
—page 56.
COMPASSION FOR THE SORROW­
ING AND THE AFFLICTED,
GOD’S

See also: Mercy of God to those in
sorrow and distress—page 318.
0 God, I have declared to thee my

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life: thou hast set my tears in thy
sight.—Ps. Iv. 9.
And thou, 0 Lord, art a God of com­
passion, and merciful, patient, and of
much mercy, and true.—Ps. Ixxxv. 15.
Because he hath looked forth from
his high sanctuary: from heaven the
Lord hath looked upon the earth.
That he might hear the groans of
them that are in fetters: that he might
release the children of the slain.—Ps.
ci. 20, 21.
Who is as the Lord our God, who
dwelleth on high: and looketh down on
the low things in heaven and in earth?
Raising up the needy from the earth,
and lifting up the poor out of the
dunghill :
That he may place him with princes,
with the princes of his people.
Who maketh a barren woman to
dwell in a house, the joyful mother of
children.—Ps. cxii. 5-9.
He will not despise the prayers of the
fatherless; nor the widow, when she
poureth out her complaint.
Do not the widow’s tears run down
the cheek, and her cry against him that
causeth them to fall?
For from the cheek they go up even
to heaven, and the Lord that heareth
will not be delighted with them.—
Ecclus. XXXV. 17-19.
The bruised reed he shall not break,
and smoking flax he shall not quench.—
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at home sick of the palsy, and is griev­
ously tormented.
And Jesus saith to him: I will come
and heal him.—Matt. viii. 5-7.
And when evening was come, they
brought to him many that were pos­
sessed with devils: and he cast out the
spirits with his word: and all that were
sick he healed:
That it might be fulfilled, which was
spoken by the prophet, Isaias, saying:
He took our infirmities, and bore our
diseases.—Matt. viii. 16, 17.
And seeing the multitudes, he had
compassion on them : because they were
distressed, and lying like sheep that
have no shepherd.—Matt. ix. 36.
Come to me, all you that labor, and
are burdened, and I will refresh you.—
Matt. xi. 28.
And he coming forth saw a great
multitude, and had compassion on
them, and healed their sick.—Matt.
xiv. 14.
And Jesus called together his disci­
ples, and said: I have compassion on
the multitudes, because they continue
with me now three days, and have not
what to eat, and I will not send them
away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
—Matt. XV. 32.
And behold two blind men sitting by
the wayside, heard that Jesus passed by,
and they cried out, saying: O Lord,
thou son of David, have mercy on
us. . . .
And Jesus stood, and called them,
and said: What will ye, that I do to
COMPASSION FOR THE
you?
AFFLICTED, CHRIST’S
They say to him : Lord, that our eyes
And Jesus went about all Galilee, be opened.
teaching in their synagogues, and
And Jesus, having compassion on
preaching the gospel of the kingdom: them, touched their eyes. And imme­
and healing all manner of sickness and diately they saw, and followed him.—
every infirmity, among the people.
Matt. XX. 30, 32, 33, 34.
And his fame went throughout all
And there came a leper to him, be­
Syria, and they presented to him all seeching him, and kneeling down, said
sick people that were taken with divers to him: If thou wilt, thou canst make
diseases and torments, and such as were me clean.
possessed by devils, and lunatics, and
And Jesus having compassion on
those that had the palsy, and he cured him, stretched forth his hand; and
them.—Matt. iv. 23, 24.
touching him, saith to him: I will. Be
And when he had entered into thou made clean.
Capharnaum. there came to him a cen­
And when he had spoken, imme­
turion, beseeching him,
diately the leprosy departed from him,
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And it came to pass afterwards, that
he went into a city that is called Naim;
and there went with him his disciples
and a great multitude.
And when he came nigh to the gate
of the city, behold a dead man was car­
ried out, the only son of his mother;
and she was a widow ; and a great mul­
titude of the city was with her.
Whom when the Lord had seen, be­
ing moved with mercy towards her, he
said to her: Weep not.
And he came near, and touched the
bier. And they that carried it, stood
still. And he said: Young man, I say
to thee, arise.
And he that was dead, sat up, and be­
gan to speak. And he gave him to
his mother.—Luke vii. 11-15.
And behold there was a woman, who
had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years,
and she was bowed together, neither
could she look upwards at all.
Whom when Jesus saw, he called her
unto him, and said to her: Woman,
thou art delivered from thy infirmity.
And he laid his hands upon her, and
immediately she was made straight, and
glorified God.—Luke xiii. 11-13.
When Mary therefore was come
where Jesus was, seeing him, she fell
down at his feet, and saith to him:
Lord, if thou hadst been here, my
brother had not died.
Jesus therefore, when he saw her
weeping, and the Jews that were come
with her, weeping, groaned in the spirit,
and troubled himself,
And said: Where have you laid him?
They say to him : Lord, come and see.
And Jesus wept.
The Jews therefore said: Behold how
he loved him.—John xi. 32-36.
For we have not a high-priest, who
cannot have compassion on our infirmi­
ties: but one tempted in all things like
as we are, without sin.—Heb. iv. 15.

Hast thou seen a man wise in his own
conceit? there shall be more hope of a
fool than of him.—Prov. xxvi. 12.
Woe to you that are wise in your own
eyes, and prudent in your own conceits.
—Is. V. 21.
Being of one mind one towards an­
other. Not minding high things, but
consenting to the humble. Be not wise
in your own conceits.—Rom. xii. 16.
CONCORD, LIVING IN

Abram therefore said to Lot: Let
there be no quarrel, I beseech thee,
between me and thee, and between my
herdsmen and thy herdsmen : for we are
brethren.
Behold the whole land is before thee :
depart from me, I pray thee: if thou
wilt go to the left hand, I will take the
right: if thou choose the right hand,
I will pass to the left.—Gen. xiii. 8, 9.
God who maketh men of one manner
to dwell in a house.—Ps. Ixvii. 7.
Behold how good and how pleasant it
is for brethren to dwell together in
unity.—Ps. cxxxii. 1.
Better is a dry morsel with joy, than
a house full of victims with strife.—
Prov. xvii. 1.
With three things my spirit is
pleased, which are approved before God
and men :
The concord of brethren, and the love
of neighbors, and man and wife that
agree well together.—Ecclus. xxv. 1, 2.
Now the God of patience and of com­
fort grant you to be of one mind one
towards another, according to Jesus
Christ :
That with one mind, and with one
mouth, you may glorify God and the
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.—
Rom. XV. 5, 6.
Now I beseech you, brethren, by the
name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that
you all speak the same thing, and that
COMPLAINING
there be no schisms among you ; but
that you be perfect in the same mind,
See: Murmuring—page 330.
and in the same judgment.—1 Cor. i.10.
Only let your conversation be worthy
CONCEIT
of the gospel of Christ : that, whether I
Be not wise in thy own conceit: fear come and see you, or, being absent, may
God. and depart from evil.—Prov. hear of you, that you stand fast in one
iii. 7.
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for the faith of the gospel.—Philipp. I In what day soever I shall call upon
thee, behold, I know thou art my God.
i. 27.
Fulfil ye my joy, that you be of one —Ps. Iv. 4, 10.
mind, having the same charity, being
He will not deprive of good things
of one accord, agreeing in sentiment.
them that walk in innocence: O Lord
Let nothing be done through conten­ of hosts, blessed is the man that trusttion, neither by vain glory; but in hu­ eth in thee.—Ps. Ixxxiii. 13.
mility, let each esteem others better
It is good to confide in the Lord,
than themselves:
rather than to have confidence in man.
Each one not considering the things
It is good to trust in the Lord, rather
that are his own, but those that are than to trust in princes.—Ps. cxvii.
other men’s.—Philipp, ii. 2-4.
8, 9.
And in fine, be ye all of one mind,
So shall I answer them that reproach
having compassion one of another, be­ me in any thing; that I have trusted in
ing lovers of the brotherhood, merciful, thy words.—Ps. cxviii. 42.
modest, humble:
They that trust in the Lord, shall be
Not rendering evil for evil, nor rail­ as mount Sion : he shall not be moved
ing for railing, but contrariwise, bless­ for ever that dwelleth in Jerusalem.—
ing: for unto this are you called, that Ps. cxxiv. 1.
you may inherit a blessing.—1 Peter iii.
They that trust in him, shall under­
8, 9.
stand the truth : and they that are
faithful in love, shall rest in him: for
CONDESCENSION TO US, GOD’S grace and peace is to his elect.— IVis.
See: Unworthiness of God and His iii. 9.
Behold, God is my saviour, I will
favors, man’s—page 573.
deal confidently, and will not fear: beI cause the Lord is my strength, and my
praise, and he is become my salvation.
CONFIDENCE IN GOD
—Is. xii. 2.
Although he should kill me, I will
Blessed is the man that trusteth in
trust in him.—Job xiii. 15.
In the Lord I put my trust : how then the Lord, and the Lord shall be his
do you say to my soul : Get thee away confidence.
And he shall be as a tree that is
from hence to the mountain like a
planted by the waters, that spreadeth
sparrow?—Ps. x. 2.
Judge me, O Lord, for I have walked out its roots towards moisture: and it
in my innocence: and I have put my shall not fear when the heat cometh.
trust in the Lord, and shall not be weak­ And the leaf thereof shall be green, and
in the time of drought, it shall not be
ened.—Ps. XXV. 1.
But I have put my trust in thee, O solicitous, neither shall it cease at any
xvii.
time to bring forth fruit.
Lord : I said :
Thou art my God. My lots are in thy 7, 8.
And I am not troubled, following
hands.—Ps. xxx. 15, 16.
The Lord will redeem the souls of thee for my pastor.—J er. xvii. 16.
For, said he (Judas Machabeus),
his servants: and none of them that
trust in him shall offend.—Ps.xxxiii.23. they trust in their weapons, and in
0, how hast thou multiplied thy their boldness: but we trust in the Al­
mercy, 0 God! But the children of mighty Lord, who at a beck can utterly
men shall put their trust under the destroy both them that come against us,
and the whole world.—2 Mach. viii. 18.
covert of thy wings.—Ps. xxxv. 8.
And Simon answering, said to him:
Blessed is the man whose trust is in
the name of the Lord; and who hath Master, we have labored all the night,
not had regard to vanities, and lying and have taken nothing: but at thy
word, I will let down the net.—Luke
follies.—Ps. xxxix. 5.
From the height of the day I shall V. 5.
In whom we have boldness and access
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with confidence by the faith of him11 Fearlessness engendered by confidence
(Christ).—Eph. iii. 12.
in God—page 149.
And this is the confidence which we
Near us, when we need Him most,
have towards him : That, whatsoever God is—page 340.
we shall ask according to his will, he
heareth us.—1 John v. 14.
His master (Putiphar) hearing these
things, and giving too much credit to
CONFIDENCE IN GOD, EXHOR­ his wife’s words, was very angry.
And cast Joseph into the prison,
TATION TO
where the king’s prisoners were kept,
Offer up the sacrifice of justice, and and he was there shut up.
trust in the Lord: many say, Who
But the Lord was with Joseph, and
showeth us good things?—Ps. iv. 6.
having mercy upon him, gave him
And let them trust in thee who know favor
in the sight of the chief keeper of
thy name : for thou hast not forsaken the prison.
—Gen. xxxix. 19-21.
them that seek thee, 0 Lord.—Ps. I Moses said: I beseech thee, Lord, I
ix. 11.
am not eloquent from yesterday and
Trust in him, all ye congregation of the day before: and since thou hast
people: pour out your hearts before spoken to thy servant, I have more im­
him. God is our helper for ever.—Ps. pediment and slowness of tongue.
Ixi. 9.
The Lord said to him: Who made
Have confidence in the Lord with all man’s mouth? or who made the dumb
thy heart, and lean not upon thy own and the deaf, the seeing and the blind?
prudence.—Prov. iii. 5.
I?
Believe God, and he will recover didGonottherefore,
and I will be in thy
thee: and direct thy way, and trust in mouth : and I will teach thee what thou
him.—Ecclus. ii. 6.
shalt speak.—Ex. iv. 10-12.
Say to the faint-hearted: Take cour­
And in the wilderness (as thou hast
age, and fear not: behold, your God will seen) the Lord thy God hath carried
bring the revenge of recompense: God thee, as a man is wont to carry his little
himself will come and will save you.— son, all the way that you have come, un­
Is. XXXV. 4.
you came to this place.—Deut. i. 31.
Let not your heart be troubled. You til Hear,
O
Israel, you join battle this
believe in God, believe also in me.— day against your enemies, let not your
John xiv. 1.
heart be dismayed, be not afraid, do not
Let us go, therefore, with confidence give back, fear ye them not:
to the throne of grace: that we may ob­
Because the Lord your God is in the
tain mercy, and find grace in season­ midst
of you, and will fight for you
able aid.—Heb. iv. 16.
your enemies, to deliver you
Casting all your care upon him, for against
from
danger.
—
Deut.
xx.
3,
4.
he hath care of you.—1 Peter v. 7.
Behold, I command thee, take cour­
CONFIDENCE IN GOD, VARIOUS age and be strong. Fear not, and be
not dismayed : because the Lord thy
MOTIVES FOR
God is with thee in all things whatso­
I. God Provides for Our Wants
ever thou shalt go to.—Jos. i. 9.
It shall not be you that shall fight,
See : Providence of God—page 450.
but
only
stand
with
confidence,
and
you
II. God is Always Faithful to His
shall see the help of the Lord over you,
Promises
0 Juda and Jerusalem; fear ye not,
See: Fidelity of God—page 150.
nor be you dismayed : to-morrow you
III. God is with Us in Danger and shall go out against them, and the Lord
will be with you.—2 Paral, xx. 17.
Distress, Ready to Protect and
He will overshadow thee with his
Help Us
shoulders: and under his wings thou
See also : Abandon us, God does not shalt trust.
—page 9.
I
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shield: thou shalt not be afraid of the
terror of the night.
. . . For he hath given his angels
charge over thee; to keep thee in all thy
ways.
In their hands they shall bear thee
up: lest thou dash thy foot against a
stone.—Ps. xc. 4, 5, 11, 12.
If I said: My foot is moved: thy
mercy, 0 Lord, assisted me.—Ps.
xciii. 18.
For thy name’s sake, O Lord, thou
wilt quicken me in thy justice.
Thou wilt bring my soul out of
trouble.—Ps. cxlii. 11.
And now, thus saith the Lord that
created thee, 0 Jacob, and formed thee,
0 Israel : Fear not, for I have redeemed
thee, and called thee by thy name : thou
art mine.
When thou shalt pass through the
waters, I will be with thee, and the
rivers shall not cover thee: when thou
shalt walk in the fire, thou shalt not be
burnt, and the flames shall not burn in
thee.—Is. xliii. 1, 2.
Be not afraid at their presence: for
I am with thee, to deliver thee, saith
the Lord.—J er. i. 8.
I have called upon thy name, O Lord,
from the lowest pit.
Thou hast heard my voice: turn not
away thy ear from my sighs, and cries.
Thou drewest near in the day, when
I called upon thee, thou saidst: Fear
not.—Lam. iii. 55-57.
For behold, our God, whom we wor­
ship, is able to save us from the fur­
nace of burning fire, and to deliver us
out of thy hands, O king.—Dan. iii. 17.
And immediately Jesus spoke to
them, saying: Be of good heart: it is I,
fear ye not.—Matt. xiv. 27.
And the Lord said to Paul in the
night, by a vision : Do not fear, but
speak; and hold not thy peace,
Because I am with thee : and no man
shall set upon thee, to hurt thee.—.Acte
xviii. 9, 10.
What shall we then say to these
things? If God be for us, who is
against us?—Rom. viii. 31.
But we had in ourselves the answer
of death, that we should not trust in
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Who hath delivered, and doth deliver
us out of so great dangers: in whom we
trust that he will yet also deliver us.—
2 Cot. i. 9, 10.
IV. God Rewards Our Confidence
in Him
God, his way is immaculate, the word
of the Lord is tried by fire: he is the
shield of all that trust in him.—2 Kings
xxii. 31.
For the eyes of the Lord behold all
the earth, and give strength to those
who with a perfect heart trust in him.
—2 Paral, xvi. 9.
Josaphat, standing in the midst of
them, said: Hear me, ye men of Juda,
and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem:
believe in the Lord your God, and you
shall be secure : believe his prophets,
and all things shall succeed well.—
2 Paral, xx. 20.
Show forth thy wonderful mercies;
thou who savest them that trust in
thee.—Ps. xvi. 7.
Some trust in chariots, and some in
horses: but we will call upon the name
of the Lord our God.
They are bound, and have fallen; but
we are risen, and are set upright.—Ps.
xix. 8, 9.
In thee have our fathers hoped : they
have hoped, and thou hast delivered
them.
They cried to thee, and they were
saved : they trusted in thee, and were
not confounded.—Ps. xxi. 5, 6.
Trust in the Lord, and do good, and
dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed
with its riches.
. . . Commit thy way to the Lord,
and trust in him, and he will do it.
And he will bring forth thy justice
as the light, and thy judgment as the
noon-day.—Ps. xxxvi. 3, 5, 6.
Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he
shall sustain thee: he shall not suffer
the just to waver for ever.—Ps. liv. 23.
He that boasteth, and puffeth up him­
self, stirreth up quarrels: but he that
trusteth in the Lord, shall be healed.—
Prov. xxviii. 25.
He that feareth man, shall quickly
fall: he that trusteth in the Lord, shall
be set on high.—Prov. xxix. 25.
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to the commandments: and he that
trusteth in him, shall fare never the
worse.—Ecclus. xxxii. 28.
When thou shalt cry, let thy com­
panies deliver thee, but the wind shall
carry them all off, a breeze shall take
them away, but he that putteth his trust
in me, shall inherit the land, and shall
possess my holy mount.—Is. Ivii. 13.
For there is no confusion to them
that trust in thee.—Dan. iii. 40.
And thus consider through all gener­
ations: that none that trust in him shall
fail in strength.—1 Mach. ii. 61.
Do not therefore lose your confidence,
which hath a great reward.—Ileb. x. 35.
V. Confidence in God, a Claim to
His Mercy
And he (Asa) called upon the Lord
God, and said : Lord, there is no differ­
ence with thee, whether thou help with
few, or with many: help us, 0 Lord our
God: for with confidence in thee, and
in thy name, we are come against this
multitude.—2 Paral, xiv. 11.
0 Lord my God, in thee have I put
my trust: save me from all them that
persecute me, and deliver me.—Ps.
vii. 2.
Preserve me, 0 Lord, for I have put
my trust in thee.—Ps. xv. 1.
To thee, 0 Lord, have I lifted up my
soul.
In thee, 0 my God, I put raj’ trust;
let me not be ashamed.
Neither let my enemies laugh at me:
for none of them that wait on thee shall
be confounded.—Ps. xxiv. 1-3.
But 1 have put my trust in thee, 0
Lord; 1 said: Thou art my God.
My lots are in thy hands.
Deliver me out of the hands of ray
enemies; and from them that persecute
me.—Ps. XXX. 15, 16.
Ixit thy mercy, 0 Lord, be upon us,
as we have hoped in thee.—Ps. xxxii. 22.
Have mercy on me, O God, have
mercy on me: for my soul trusteth in
thee.
And in the shadow of thy wings will
I hope, until iniquity pass away.—Ps.
Ivi. 2.
Deliver me from my enemies, 0
Lord, to thee have I fled.—Ps. exlii. 9.

CONFIDENCE IN GOD CREATES
FEARLESSNESS
See: Fearlessness—page 148.
CONFIDENCE OF A FRIEND, WE
SHOULD NOT BETRAY THE
Practice not evil against thy friend,
when he hath confidence in thee.—Prov.
iii. 29.
lie that walketh deceitfully, revealeth secrets: but he that is faithful, concealeth the thing committed to him by
his friend.—Prov. xi. 13.
Meddle not with him that revealeth
secrets, and walketh deceitfully, and
openeth wide his lips.—Prov. xx. 19.
To a friend, if thou hast opened a sad
mouth, fear not, for there may be a
reconciliation: except upbraiding, and
reproach, and pride, and disclosing ol
secrets, or a treacherous wound: for in
all these cases, a friend will flee away.
—Ecclus. xxii. 27.
He that discloseth the secret of a
friend loscth his credit, and shall never
find a friend to his mind.
Love thy neighbor, and be joined to
him with fidelity.
But if thou discover his secrets, fol­
low no more after him. . . .
Thou canst no more bind him up
And of a curse there is reconciliation
But to disclose the secrets of a friend,
leaveth no hope to an unhappy soul.—
Ecclus. xxvii. 17-19, 23. 24.
Repeat not the word which thou hast
heard, and disclose not the thing that
is secret; so shalt thou be truly without
confusion, and shalt find favor before
all men.—Ecclus. xlii. 1.

CONFORMITY TO THE WILL OF
GOD
See: Will of God—page 602.
CONSCIENCE, THE VOICE OF
But do not apply thy heart to all
words that are spoken : lest perhaps
thou hear thy servant reviling thee.
For thy conscience knoweth that .thou
also hast often spoken evil of others.—
Eccles, vii. 22, 23.
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are of the law ; these having not the law, I
are a law to themselves;
Who show the work of the law writ­
ten in their hearts, their conscience
bearing witness to them, and their
thoughts between themselves accusing,
or also defending one another,
In the day when God shall judge the
secrets of men by Jesus Christ, accord­
ing to my gospel.—Rom. ii. 14-16.

Ih

every one that asketh you a reason of
that hope which is in you.
But with modesty and fear, having
a good conscience; that whereas they
speak evil of you, they may be ashamed,
who falsely accuse your good conversa­
tion in Christ.—1 Peter iii. 15, 16.
CONSCIENCE, THE TESTIMONY
OF A GOOD

My justification, which I have be­
CONSCIENCE, A GOOD
gun to hold, I will not forsake: for my
For behold my witness is in heaven, | heart doth not reprehend me in all my
and he that knoweth my conscience is life.—Job xxvii. 6.
on high.—Job xvi. 20.
I have glorified thee on the earth; I
Prove me, O God, and know my have finished the work which thou gavheart: examine me, and know my paths. est me to do.—John xvii. 4.
And see if there be in me the way of
For I am not conscious to myself of
iniquity.—Ps. cxxxviii. 23, 24.
anything, yet am I not hereby justified;
But he that doth truth, cometh to the for he that judgeth me, is the Lord.—
light, that his works may be made 1 Cor. iv. 4.
manifest, because they are done in God.
For our glory is this, the testimony of
—John iii. 21.
our
conscience,
that
in
simplicity
of
And herein do I endeavor to have heart and sincerity of God, and not in
always a conscience without offence carnal wisdom, but in the grace of
towards God, and towards men.—Acts God, we have conversed in this world:
xxiv. 16.
and
more
abundantly
towards
you.
—
Now the end of the commandment is 2 Cor. i. 12.
charity, from a pure heart, and a good
conscience, and an unfeigned faith.—
CONSCIENCE, THE FRUIT OF A
I Tim. i. 5.
GOOD
This precept I commend to thee, O
son Timothy; according to the prophe­
But if thou wilt put away from
cies going on before thee, that thou war thee the iniquity that is in thy hand,
in them a good warfare,
and let not injustice remain in thy
Having faith and a good conscience, tabernacle :
which some rejecting, have made ship­
wreck concerning the faith.—1 Tim. I Then mayst thou lift up thy face
without spot, and thou shalt be stead­
i. 18, 19.
Deacons in like manner chaste, not fast, and shalt not fear.—Job xi. 14, 15.
The
just
shall
be
in
everlasting
re
­
double-tongued, not given to much membrance: he shall not fear the evil
wine, not greedy of filthy lucre:
Holding the mystery of faith in a hearing.
His heart is ready to hope in the
pure conscience.—1 Tim. iii. 8, 9.
Let us draw near with a true heart, in Lord : his heart is strengthened.—Ps.
fulness of faith, having our hearts cxi. 7, 8.
But he that shall hear me, shall rest
sprinkled from an evil conscience, and
our bodies washed with clean water.— without terror, and shall enjoy abun­
dance, without fear of evils.—Prov.\.33.
II eb. X. 22.
My son, let not these things depart
For we trust we have a good con­
science, being willing to behave our­ from thy eyes: keep the law and coun­
selves well in all things.—Heb. xiii. sel. . . .
Then shalt thou walk confidently in
18.
But sanctify the Lord Christ in your thy way, and thy foot shall not stum­
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If thou sleep, thou shalt not fear : I things which thou shalt see with thy
thou shalt rest, and thy sleep shall be | eyes.—Deut. xxviii. 65-67.
The wicked man is proud all his
sweet.
Be not afraid of sudden fear, nor of | days, and the number of the years of
the power of the wicked falling upon his tyranny is uncertain.
The sound of dread is always in his
thee.
For the Lord will be at thy side, and ears : and when there is peace, he al­
will keep thy foot that thou be not ways suspecteth treason.
He believeth not that he may return
taken.—Prov. iii. 21, 23-26.
He that walketh sincerely, walketh from darkness to light, looking round
about for the sword on every side.
confidently.—Prov. x. 9.
A secure mind is like a continual. When he moveth himself to seek
bread, he knoweth that the day of dark­
feast.—Prov. xv. 15.
The wicked man fleeth, when no man ness is ready at his hand.
Tribulation shall terrify him, and
pursueth: but the just, bold as a lion,
shall be without dread.—Prov. xxviii. 1. distress shall surround him, as a king
As a fearful heart in the thought of that is prepared for the battle.
For he hath stretched out his hand
a fool at all times will not fear, so
neither shall he that continueth always against God, and hath strengthened
in the commandments of God.—Ecclus. himself against the Almighty.—Job xv.
20-25.
xxii. 23.
They have not called upon God:
Rich or poor, if his heart is good,
his countenance shall be cheerful at all there have they trembled for fear, where
there was no fear.—Ps. Iii. 6.
times.—Ecclus. xxvi. 4.
The wicked man fleeth, when no man
He that feareth the Lord shall trem­
ble at nothing, and shall not be afraid: pursueth.—Prov. xxviii. 1.
For they who promised to drive away
for he is his hope.—Ecclus. xxxiv. 16.
Dearly beloved, if our heart do not fears and troubles from a sick soul,
reprehend us, we have confidence were sick themselves of a fear worthy
to be laughed at. . . .
towards God.—1 John iii. 21.
For whereas wickedness is fearful, it
beareth witness of its condemnation:
CONSCIENCE, AN EVIL
for a troubled conscience always foreAnd when they heard the voice of casteth grievous things.
the Lord God walking in paradise at
For fear is nothing else but a yield­
the afternoon air, Adam and his wife ing up of the succors from thought.—
hid themselves from the face of the Wis. xvii. 8, 10, 11.
Lord God, amidst the trees of paradise.
He is troubled in the vision of his
And the Lord God called Adam, and heart, as if he had escaped in the day
said to him : Where art thou ?
of battle. In the time of his safety,
And he said: I heard thy voice in he rose up, and wondered that there is
paradise; and I was afraid, because I no fear:
was naked, and I hid myself.—Gen. iii.
Such things happen to all flesh, from
8-10.
man even to beast, and upon sinners are
For the Lord will give thee a fearful seven-fold more.—Ecclus. xl. 7, 8.
heart, and languishing eyes, and a soul
Enter thou into the rock, and hide
consumed with pensiveness:
thee in the pit from the face of the
And thy life shall be as it were hang­ fear of the Lord, and from the glory of
ing before thee. Thou shalt fear his majesty.—Is. ii. 10.
night and day, neither shalt thou trust
There is no peace to the wicked,
saith the Lord.—Is. xlviii. 22.
thy life.
In the morning thou shalt say: Who
Then shall they begin to say to the
will grant me evening? and at even­ mountains: Fall upon us; and to the
ing: Who will grant me morning? for hills: Cover us.—Luke xxiii. 30.
the fearfulness of thy heart, wherewith
For every one that doth evil, hateth
thou shalt be terrified, and for those the light, and cometh not to the light,

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that his works may not be reproved.— I
John iii. 20.
And as he (Paul) treated of justice,
and chastity, and of the judgment to
come, Felix being terrified, answered :
For this time, go thy way: but when I
have a convenient time, I will send for
thee.—Acts xxiv. 25.
Tribulation and anguish upon every
soul of man that worketh evil, of the
Jew first, and also of the Greek.—Rom.
li. 9.
CONSCIENTIOUSNESS
In every work of thine regard thy
soul in 'faith: for this is the keeping of
the commandments.—Ecclus. xxxii. 27.
For one judgeth between day and
day: and another judgeth every day: let
every man abound in his own sense.—
Rom. xiv. 5.
If any of them that believe not, in­
vite you, and you be willing to go ; eat
of anything that is set before you, ask­
ing no questions for conscience’ sake.
But if any man say: This has been
sacrificed to idols, do not eat of it for
his sake that told it, and for conscience’
sake.—1 Cor. x. 27, 28.
All things are clean to the clean : but
to them that are defiled, and to unbe­
lievers, nothing is clean : but both their
mind and their conscience are defiled.—
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neighbor unto good, to edification.—
Rom. xv. 1, 2.
But take heed lest perhaps this your
liberty become a stumbling-block to the
weak.
For if a man see him that hath
knowledge sit at meat in the idol’s tem­
ple, shall not his conscience, being
weak, be emboldened to eat those things
which are sacrificed to idols?
And through thy knowledge shall
the weak brother perish, for whom
Christ hath died?
Now when you sin thus against the
brethren, and wound their weak con­
science, you sin against Christ
Wherefore if meat scandalize my
brother, I will never eat flesh, lest I
should scandalize my brother.—1 Cor.
viii. 9-13.
Let no man seek his own, but that
which is another’s.—1 Cor. x. 24.
If any of them that believe not, in­
vite you, and you be willing to go; eat
of anything that is set before you, ask­
ing no question for conscience’ sake.
But if any man say: This has been
sacrificed to idols, do not eat of it, for
his sake that told it, and for conscience’
sake.
Conscience, I say, not thy own, but
the other’s.—1 Cor. x. 27-29.
As I also in all things please all men,
not seeking that which is profitable to
myself, but to many, that they may be
saved.—1 Cor. x. 33.
Let nothing be done through conten­
tion, neither by vainglory: but in hu­
mility, let each esteem others better
than themselves:
Each one not considering the things
that are his own, but those that are
other men’s.—Philipp, ii. 3, 4.

CONSIDERATION FOR OTHERS
Remember the covenant of the most
High, and overlook the ignorance of
thy neighbor.—Ecclus. xxviii. 9.
Now him that is weak in faith, take
unto you: not in disputes about
thoughts.
For one believeth that he may eat all
things : but he that is weak, let him eat
CONSOLE THE AFFLICTED, WE
herbs.
Let not him that eateth, despise him
SHOULD
that eateth not: and he that eateth not,
See: Comfort the a icted—page 56.
let him not judge him that eateth. For
God hath taken him to him.—Rom. xiv. CONSOLES US IN SORROW AND
1-3.
AFFLICTION,
GOD
Now we that are stronger, ought to
See: Tribulations, God comforts us
bear the infirmities of the weak, and
in our—page 566.
not to please ourselves.
Let every one of you please his
CONSTANCY
‘In faith, that Is, follow sincerely thy soul
See: Fortitude—page 161.
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CONTEMPT FOR OUR
NEIGHBOR
See also: Poor, despising the—
page 387.
He (the Lord) shall scorn the
scorners, and to the meek, he will give
grace.—Prov. iii. 34.
Consider the works of God, that no
man can correct whom he hath de­
spised.—Eccles, vii. 14.
Laugh no man to scorn in the bitter­
ness of his soul : for there is one that
humbleth and exalteth, God who seeth
all.—Ecclus. vii. 12.
Despise not a man that turneth away
from sin, nor reproach him therewith:
remember that we are all worthy of re­
proof.
Despise not a man in his old age; for
we also shall become old.—Ecclus. viii.
6, 7.
Praise not a man for his beauty,
neither despise a man for his look.—
Ecclus. xi. 2.
Woe to thee that spoilest, shalt not
thou thyself also be spoiled? and thou
that despisest, shalt not thyself also be
despised? when thou shalt have made
an end of spoiling, thou shalt be
spoiled: when being wearied, thou shalt
cease to despise, thou shalt be despised.
—Is. xxxiii. 1.
Have we not all one father? hath
not one God created us? why then doth
every one of us despise his brother, vio­
lating the covenant of our fathers?—
Malach. ii. 10.
But I say to you, that whosoever is
angry with his brother, shall be in dan­
ger of the judgment. And whosoever
shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be
in danger of the council. And whoso­
ever shall say. Thou fool, shall be in
danger of hell fire.—Matt. v. 22.
And the voice spoke to him (Peter)
again the second time: That which God
hath cleansed, do not thou call com­
mon.
. . . And he (Peter) said to them,
You know how abominable it is for a
man that is a Jew, to keep company or
to come unto one of another nation :
but God hath showed to me, to call no
man common or unclean.—Acts x.
15, 28.

But thou, why judgest thou thy
brother? or thou, why dost thou despise
thy brother? For we shall all stand be­
fore the judgment seat of Christ.—
Rom. xiv. 10.
CONTENTMENT
Better is a little to the just, than
the great riches of the wicked.—Ps.
xxxvi. 16.
Better is a little with the fear of the
Lord, than great treasures without con­
tent.—Ptov. XV. 16.
Better is a little with justice, than
great revenues with iniquity.—Prov.
xvi. 8.
Two things I have asked of thee,
deny them not to me before I die.
Remove far from me vanity, and ly­
ing words. Give me neither beggary,
nor riches : give me only the necessaries
of life:
Lest perhaps, being filled, I should be
tempted to deny, and say: Who is the
Lord? or being compelled by poverty, I
should steal, and forswear the name of
my God.—Prov. xxx. 7-9.
This therefore hath seemed good to
me, that a man should eat and drink,
and enjoy the fruit of his labor, where­
with he hath labored under the sun,
all the days of his life, which God hath
given him: and this is his portion.—
Eccles, v. 17.
The chief thing for man’s life is
water and bread, and clothing, and a
house to cover shame.
Better is the poor man’s fare under
a roof of boards, than sumptuous cheer
abroad in another man’s house.
Be contented with little instead of
much, and thou shalt not hear the re­
proach of going abroad.—Ecclus. xxix.
27-29.
The life of a laborer that is content
with what he hath, shall be sweet, and
in it thou shalt find a treasure.—Ecclus.
xl. 18.
And the soldiers also asked him (the
Baptist) saying: And what shall we do?
And he said to them : Do violence to no
man; neither calumniate any man;
and be content with your pay.—Luke
iii. 14.
I speak not as it were for want. For

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I have learned, in whatsoever state I
am, to be content therewith.
I know both how to be brought low,
and 1 know how to abound: (every­
where, and in all things I am in­
structed) both to be full, and to be
hungry; both to abound, and to suffer
need.—Philipp, iv. 11, 12.
But godliness with contentment is
great gain.
For we brought nothing into this
world: and certainly we can carry noth­
ing out.
But having food, and wherewith to
be covered, with these we are content.
—1 Tim. vi. 6-8.
Let your manners be without covet­
ousness, contented with such things as
you have; for he hath said: I will not
leave thee, neither will I forsake thee.
—Heb. xiii. 5.
CONTRITE OF HEART, THE

The Lord is nigh unto them that are
of a contrite heart: and he will save
the humble of spirit.—Ps. xxxiii. 19.
A sacrifice to God is an afflicted
spirit: a contrite and humbled heart,
0 God, thou wilt not despise.—Ps. 1. 19.
For thus saith the High and the Emi­
nent that inhabiteth eternity: and his
name is Holy, who dwelleth in the
high and holy place, and with a con­
trite and humble spirit, to revive the
spirit of the humble, and to revive the
heart of the contrite.—Is. Ivii. 15.
The spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because the Lord hath anointed me: he
hath sent me to preach to the meek, to
heal the contrite of heart, and to
preach a release to the captives, and
deliverance to them that are shut up.—
Is. Ixi. 1.
But to whom shall I have respect, but
to him that is poor, and little, and of a
contrite heart, and that trembleth at my
words?—Is. Ixvi. 2.
But the soul that is sorrowful for the
greatness of evil she hath done, and
goeth bowed down, and feeble, and the
eyes that fail, and the hungry soul,
giveth glory and justice to thee, the
Lord.—Bar. ii. 18.
Neither is there at this time prince,
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sacrifice, or oblation, or incense, or
place of first-fruits before thee,
That we may find thy mercy: never­
theless in a contrite heart and humble
spirit, let us be accepted.—Dan. iii.
38, 39.
CONTRITION
See : Sin, sorrow for—page 527.
CONVERSATIONS, IDLE
See: Idle words—page 226.

CONVERSATIONS, EVIL

See also: Tongue, bad use of the—
page 558.

Who is the man that desireth life:
who loveth to see good days?
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy
lips from speaking guile.—Ps. xxxiii.
13, 14.
But the king shall rejoice in God, all
they shall be praised that swear by him :
because the mouth is stopped of them
that speak wicked things.—Ps. Lxii. 12.
The lips of the just consider what is
acceptable: and the mouth of the
wicked uttereth perverse things.—Prov.
X. 32.
The mouth of a fool is his destruc­
tion : and his lips are the ruin of his
soul.—Prov. xviii. 7.
Death and life are in the power of
the tongue: they that love it. shall eat
the fruits thereof.—Prov. xviii. 21.
For the spirit of wisdom is benevo­
lent. and will not acquit the evil
speaker from his lips: for God is wit­
ness of his reins, and he is a true
searcher of his heart, and a hearer of
his tongue.—Wts. i. 6.
The discourse of sinners is hateful,
and their laughter is at the pleasures
of sin.—Ecclus. xxvii. 14.
Hedge in thy cars with thorns, hear
not a wicked tongue, and make doors
and bars to thy mouth.—Ecclus.
xxviii. 28.
Let no evil speech proceed from your
mouth.—Eph. iv. 29.
But fornication, and all unclean­
ness, or covetousness, let it not so
much as be named among you, as becometh saints:
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scurrility, which is to no purpose; but I strangers and pilgrims, to refrain
rather giving of thanks.—Eph. v. 3, 4. yourselves from carnal desires, which
But now, put you also all away : an- war against the soul,
ger, indignation, malice, blasphemy,
Having your conversation good
filthy speech out of your mouth.—Col. among the Gentiles : that whereas they
iii. 8.
speak against you as evildoers, they
may, by the good works which they
CONVERSATIONS, GOOD
shall behold in you, glorify God in the
See also: Tongue, proper use of the day of visitation.—1 Peter ii. 11, 12.
—page 559.
I
CONVERSION OF HEART
And the words of my mouth shall be
See : Returning to God—page 478.
such as may please: and the medita­
tion of my heart always in thy sight.
CONVERSION, DELAY OF
0 Lord my helper and my redeemer.
See: Delay—page 105.
—Ps. xviii. 15.
And my tongue shall meditate thy
CONVERTED TO THE LORD,
justice, thy praise all the day long.—
EXHORTATION TO BE
Ps. xxxiv. 28.
See also: Return to God, exhorta­
The mouth of the just shall bring
forth wisdom: the tongue of the per­ tion to—page 479.
verse shall perish.
Be converted, therefore, ye sinners,
The lips of the just consider what is and do justice before God, believing
acceptable.—Prov. x. 31, 32.
that he will show his mercy to you.—
And let the thought of God be in thy Tob. xiii. 8.
mind, and all thy discourse on the com­
And thou hast said: Be converted,
mandments of the Highest.—Ecclus. 0 ye sons of men.—Ps. Ixxxix. 3.
ix. 23.
Turn to the Lord, and forsake thy
The flute and the psaltery make a sins. . . .
sweet melody, but a pleasant tongue is
How great is the mercy of the Lord,
above them both.—Ecclus. xl. 21.
and his forgiveness to them that turn
Let no evil speech proceed from thy to him!—Ecclus. xvii. 21, 28.
I have blotted out thy iniquities as a
mouth; but that which is good, to the
edification of faith, that it may ad­ cloud, and thy sins as a mist: return to
minister grace to the hearers.—Eph. me, for I have redeemed thee.—Is.
iv. 29.
xliv. 22.
Be converted to me, and you shall
Only let your conversation be worthy
of the gospel of Christ.—Philipp, i. 27. be saved, all ye ends of the earth: for
But our conversation is in heaven; I am God, and there is no other.—Is.
from whence also we look for the xlv. 22.
Let the wicked forsake his way, and
Saviour, our Lord Jesus Christ.—
the unjust man his thoughts, and let
Philipp, iii. 20.
Let no man despise thy youth: but him return to the Lord, and he will
be thou an example of the faithful in have mercy on him, and to our God:
word, in conversation, in charity, in for he is bountiful to forgive.—Is. Iv. 7.
Therefore will I judge every man ac­
faith, in chastity.—1 Tim. iv. 12.
Who is a wise man, and endued with cording to his way, O house of Israel,
knowledge among you? Let him show, saith the Lord God. Be converted, and
by a good conversation, his work in the do penance for all your iniquities: and
iniquity shall not be your ruin. . . .
meekness of wisdom.—James iii. 13.
For I desire not the death of him
But according to him that hath called
you, who is holy, be you also, in all that dieth, saith the Lord God, return
ye and live.—Ezech. xviii. 30, 32.
manner of conversation, holy:
Therefore turn thou to thy God :
Because it is written : you shall be
holy, for I am holy.—1 Peter i. 15, 16. keep mercy and judgment, and hope in
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as thy God always.—Osee xii. 6.

CORRECTION
Return, O Israel, to the Lord thy
God: for thou hast fallen down by thy
iniquity.—Osee xiv. 2.
Now therefore saith the Lord: Be
converted to me with all your heart, in
fasting, and in weeping, and in mourn­
ing.
And rend your hearts, and not your
garments, and turn to the Lord your
God: for he is gracious and merciful,
patient and rich in mercy, and ready to
repent of the evil.
Who knoweth but he will return, and
forgive, and leave a blessing behind
him, sacrifice and libation to the Lord
your God?—Joel ii. 12-14.
Turn ye to me, saith the Lord of
hosts: and I will turn to you, saith the
Lord of hosts.
Be not as your fathers, to whom the
former prophets have cried, saying:
Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Turn ye
from your evil ways, and from your
wicked thoughts: but they did not give
ear, neither did they hearken to me,
saith the Lord.—Zach. i. 3, 4.
Be penitent, therefore, and be con­
verted, that your sins may be blotted
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And thou, my servant Jacob, fear
not, saith the Lord: because I am with
thee, for I will consume all the nations
to which I have cast thee out: but
thee I will not consume, but I will
correct thee in judgment, neither will
I spare thee as if thou wert innocent.—
Jer. xlvi. 28.
And when the high priest was pray­
ing, the same young men in the same
clothing stood by Heliodorus, and said
to him: Give thanks to Onias the
priest: because for his sake the Lord
hath granted thee life.
And thou having been scourged by
God, declare unto all men the great
works and the power of God.—2 Mach.
iii. 33, 34.
For it is a token of great goodness
when sinners are not suffered to go on
in their ways for a long time, but are
presently punished.
For, not as with other nations (whom
the Lord patiently expected, that when
the day of judgment shall come, he
may punish them in the fulness of their
sins) :
Doth he also deal with us, so as to
suffer our sins to come to their height,
and then take vengeance on us.
CORRECTION FROM GOD
And therefore he never withdraweth
And thou hast given me the protec­ his mercy from us: but though he
tion of thy salvation : and thy right chastise his people with adversity, he
forsaketh them not.—2 Mach. vi. 13-16.
hand hath held me up:
And thy discipline hath corrected me
unto the end: and thy discipline, the
CORRECTION FROM GOD,
same shall teach me.—Ps. xvii. 36.
RECEIVING
The days of our years in them are
Blessed is the man whom God corthree-score and ten years.
But if in the strong they be four­ rectcth : refuse not therefore the chas­
score years: and what is more of them tising of the Lord:
is labor and sorrow. For mildness is
For he woundeth and cureth: he
come upon us; and we shall be cor­ striketh, and his hands shall heal.—Job
rected.—Ps. Ixxxix. 10.
v. 17, 18.
0 how good and sweet is thy spirit,
My son, reject not the correction of
the Lord : and do not faint when thou
0 Lord, in all things!
And therefore thou chastisest them art chastised by him:
For whom the Lord loveth, he chasthat err, by little and little: and ad­
monishes! them, and speakest to them, tiseth: and as a father in the son he
concerning the things wherein they pleaseth himself.—Prov. iii. 11, 12.
offend: that leaving their wickedness,
He hath mercy, and teacheth, and
they may believe in thee, O Lord.— IFts. correcteth. as a shepherd doth his flock.
He hath mercy on him that receiveth
xii. 1, 2.
According as his mercy is, so his cor­ the discipline of mercy.—Ecclus. xviii.
rection judgeth a man according to his 13, 14.
Correct me, 0 Lord, but yet with
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judgment: and not in thy fury, lest I It repented him that he had made
thou bring me to nothing.—J er. x. 24. man on the earth.—Gen. vi. 5, 6.
And the earth was corrupted before
And you have forgotten the consola­
tion, which speaketh to you, as unto God, and was filled with iniquity.
And when God had seen that the
children, saying: My son, neglect not
the discipline of the Lord; neither be i earth was corrupted (for all flesh had
thou wearied whilst thou art rebuked by corrupted its way upon the earth,)
He said to Noe: The end of all flesh
him.
For whom the Lord loveth he chas- is come before me, the earth is filled
tiseth ; and he scourgeth every son with iniquity through them, and I will
destroy them with the earth.—Gen. vi.
whom he receiveth.
Persevere under discipline. God 11-13.
Save me, O Lord, for there is now
dealcth with you as with his sons; for
what son is there, whom the father no saint: truths are decayed from
among the children of men.
doth not correct?
They have spoken vain things, every
But if you be without chastisement,
whereof all are made partakers, then one to his neighbor : with deceitful lips,
are you bastards, and not sons.—Ilei). and with a double heart have they
spoken.—Ps. xi. 2, 3.
xii. 5-8.
The fool hath said in his heart,
CORRECTION FROM GOD,
there is no God.
They are corrupt, and are become
REFUSING
abominable
in
their
ways:
there
is
none
He that rejoiceth in iniquity, shall that doth good, no not one.
be censured, and he that hateth chas­
The Lord hath looked down from
tisement, shall have less life.—Ecclus. heaven
upon
the children of men, to
xix. 5.
In vain have I struck your children, see if there be any that understand and
God.
they have not received correction: your seek
They are all gone aside, they are be­
sword hath devoured your prophets,
your generation is like a ravaging lion. come unprofitable together: there is
none that doth good, no not one.
—Jer. ii. 30.
Their throat is an open sepulchre:
0 Lord, thy eyes are upon truth:
thou hast struck them, and they have with their tongues they acted deceit­
not grieved: thou hast bruised them, fully; the poison of asps is under their
and they have refused to receive cor­ lips.
Their mouth is full of cui sing and
rection: they have made their faces
harder than the rock, and they have re­ bitterness; their feet are swift to shed
blood.
fused to return.—Jer. v. 3.
Destruction and unhappiness are in
She hath not hearkened to the voice,
neither hath she received discipline: their ways: and the way of peace they
she hath not trusted in the Lord, she have not known : there is no fear of
drew not near to her God.—Soph. iii. 2. God before their eyes.—Ps. xiii. 1-3.
And it was not enough for them
I said : Surely thou wilt fear me, thou
wilt receive correction: and her dwell­ (idolaters) to err about the knowledge
ing shall not perish, for all things, of God, but whereas they lived in a
wherein I have visited her: but they great war of ignorance, they call so
rose early, and corrupted all their many and so great, evils peace.
For either they sacrifice their own
thoughts.—Soph. iii. 7.
children, or use hidden sacrifices, or
CORRUPTION OF THE WORLD, keep watches full of madness,
So that now they neither keep life,
BEFORE THE REDEMPTION
nor marriage undefiled, but one killeth
And God seeing that the wickedness another through envy, or grieveth him
of men was great on the earth, and that by adultery:
all the thought of their heart was bent
And all things are mingled together,
upon evil at all times.
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tion, corruption and unfaithfulness,
tumults and perjury, disquieting of the
good,
Forgetfulness of God, defiling of
souls, changing of nature, disorder in
marriage, and the irregularity of adul­
tery and uncleanness.
For the worship of abominable idols
is the cause, and the beginning and end
of all evil.
For either they are mad when they
are merry: or they prophesy lies, or
they live unjustly, or easily forswear
themselves.
For whilst they trust in idols, which
are without life, though they swear
amiss, they look not to be hurt.— IV¿s.
xiv. 22-29.
Hear the word of the Lord, ye chil­
dren of Israel, for the Lord shall enter
into judgment with the inhabitants of
the land: for there is no truth, and
there is no mercy, and there is no
knowledge of God in the land.
Cursing, and lying, and killing, and
theft, and adultery have overflowed,
and blood hath touched blood.—Osee iv.
1, 2.
The holy man is perished out of the
earth, and there is none upright among
men: they all lie in wait for blood,
every one hunteth his brother to death.
The evil of their hands they call
good: the prince requireth, and the
judge is for giving: and the great man
hath uttered the desire of his soul, and
they have troubled it.
lie that is best among them, is as a
brier: and he that is righteous, as the
thorn of the hedge. The day of thy
inspection, thy visitation cometh: now
shall be their destruction.
Believe not a friend, and trust not in
a prince: keep the doors of thy mouth
from her that sleepeth in thy bosom.
For the son dishonoreth the father,
and the daughter riseth up against her
mother, the daughter-in-law against
her mother-in-law: and a man’s enemies
are they of his own household.—Mich.
vii. 2-6.
And they changed the glory of the
incorruptible God into the likeness of
the image of a corruptible man. and of
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Wherefore God gave them up to the
desires of their heart, unto uncleanness,
to dishonor their own bodies among
themselves.
Who changed the truth of God into
a lie; and worshipped and served the
creature rather than the Creator, who is
blessed for ever. Amen.
For this cause God delivered them
up to shameful affections. For their
women have changed the natural use
into that use which is against nature.
And in like manner, the men also,
leaving the natural use of a woman,
have burned in their lusts one towards
another, men with men working that
which is filthy, and receiving in them­
selves the recompense which was due
to their error.
And as they liked not to have God in
their knowledge. God delivered them
up to a reprobate sense, to do those
things which are not convenient;
Being filled with all iniquity, malice,
fornication, avarice, wickedness, full
of envy, murder, contention, deceit,
malignity, whisperers,
Detractors, hateful to God, contume­
lious, proud, haughty, inventors of evil
things, disobedient to parents,
Foolish, dissolute, without affection,
without fidelity, without mercy.
Who, having known the justice of
God, did not Tinderstand that they who
do such things, are worthy of death;
and not only they that do them, but
they also that consent to them that do
them.—Rom. i. 23-32.
COURAGE
See: Fortitude—page 161.
COVENANT OF THE OLD LAW
And Moses went up to God : and the
Lord called unto him from the moun­
tain, and said: Thus shalt thou say to
the house of Jacob, and tell the chil­
dren of Israel:
You have seen what I have done to
the Egyptians, how I have carried you
upon the wings of eagles, and have
taken you to myself.
If therefore you will hear my voice,
and keep my covenant, you shall be my
peculiar possession above all peoples:
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And you shall be to me a priestly
(For the law brought nothing to per­
kingdom, and a holy nation. These are fection,) but a bringing in of a better
the words thou shalt speak to the chil­ hope, by which we draw nigh to God.—
Heb. vii. 18, 19.
dren of Israel.—Ex. xix. 3-6.
Keep my sabbaths, and reverence my
sanctuary: I am the Lord.
COVENANT OF THE OLD LAW,
If you walk in my precepts, and keep
ABROGATION OF THE
my commandments, and do them, . . .
Behold the days shall come, saith the
I will set my tabernacle in the midst
of you, and my soul shall not cast you Lord, and I will make a new covenant
off.
with the house of Israel, and with the
I will walk among you, and will be house of Juda:
Not according to the covenant which
your God, and you shall be my people.
I made with their fathers, in the day
—Lev. xxvi. 2, 3, 11, 12.
Because thou art a holy people to the that I took them by the hand, to bring
Lord thy God. The Lord thy God hath them out of the land of Egypt: the
chosen thee, to be his peculiar people of covenant which they made void, and I
all peoples that are upon the earth.
had dominion over them, saith the Lord.
Not because you surpass all nations —Jer. xxxi. 31, 32.
in number, is the Lord joined unto you,
The law and the prophets were until
and hath chosen you, for you are the John; from that time the kingdom of
fewest of any people:
God is preached, and every one useth
But because the Lord hath loved you, violence towards it.—Luke xvi. 16.
and hath kept his oath, which he swore
Now if the ministration of death, en­
to your fathers: and hath brought you graven with letters upon stones, was
out with a strong hand, and redeemed glorious; so that the children of Israel
you from the house of bondage, out of could not steadfastly behold the face of
the hand of Pharao, the king of Egypt. Moses, for the glory of his countenance,
. . . Keep therefore the precepts, which is made void:
and ceremonies, and judgments which I
How shall not the ministration of
command thee this day to do.
the spirit be rather in glory? . . .
If after thou hast heard these judg­
For if that which is done away was
ments, thou keep and do them, the Lord glorious, much more that which remainthy God will also keep his covenant to eth is in glory.—2 Cor. iii. 7, 8, 11.
thee, and the mercy which he swore to
If then perfection was by the Levitithy fathers.—Deut. vii. 6-8, 11, 12.
cal priesthood, (for under it the people
Thou hast chosen the Lord this day received the law,) what further need
to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, was there that another priest should rise
and keep his ceremonies, and precepts, according to the order of Melchisedech,
and judgments, and obey his command. and not be called according to the order
And the Lord hath chosen thee this of Aaron?
day, to be his peculiar people, as he
For the priesthood being translated,
hath spoken to thee, and to keep all his it is necessary that a translation also
commandments:
be made of the law.—Fleb. vii. 11, 12.
And to make thee higher than all
There is indeed a setting aside of
nations which he hath created, to his the former commandment, because of
own praise, and name, and glory: that the weakness and unprofitableness
thou mayst be a holy people of the Lord thereof :
thy God, as he hath spoken.—Deut.
(For the law brought nothing to per­
xxvi. 17, 18, 19.
fection,) but a bringing in of a better
For the law was given by Moses; hope, by which we draw nigh to God.—
grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. Jieb. vii. 18, 19.
—John i. 17.
By so much is Jesus made a surety
There is indeed a setting aside of the of a better testament.—Heb. vii. 22.
former commandment, because of the
But now he hath obtained a better
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mediator of a better testament, which is
established on better promises.
For if that former had been fault­
less, there should not indeed a place
have been sought for a second.
For finding fault with them, he saith :
Behold, the days shall come, saith the
Lord: and I will perfect unto the house
of Israel, and unto the house of Juda,
a new testament. . . .
Now in saying a new, he hath made
the former old. And that which decayeth and groweth old, is near its end.—
Heb. viii. 6-8, 13.
Wherefore, when he cometh into the
world, he saith: Sacrifice and oblation
thou wouldst not : but a body thou hast
fitted to me:
Holocausts for sin did not please thee.
Then said I : Behold, I come : in the
head of the book it is written of me:
that I should do thy will, O God.
In saying before, Sacrifices, and ob­
lations, and holocausts for sin thou
wouldst not, neither are they pleasing
to thee, which are offered according to
the law.
Then said I: Behold, I come to do
thy will, 0 God: he taketh away the
first, that he may establish that which
followeth.—Heb. x. 5-9.
COVENANT OF THE NEW LAW

Mercy and truth have met each
other: justice and peace have kissed.—
Ps. Ixxxiv. 11.
The law and the prophets were until
John; from that time the kingdom of
God is preached, and every one useth
violence towards it.—Luke xvi. 16.
For the law was given by Moses;
grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
—John i. 17.
Be it known therefore to you, men,
brethren, that through him forgiveness
of sins is preached to you : and from all
the things from which you could not
be justified by the law of Moses.—Acts
xiii. 38.
For you have not received the spirit
of bondage again in fear ; but you have
received the spirit of adoption of sons,
whereby we cry: Abba (Father).—
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of fear: but of power, and of love, and
of sobriety.—2 Tim. i. 7.
But now he hath obtained a better
ministry, by how much also he is a
mediator of a better testament, which is
established on better promises.
For if that former had been fault­
less, there should not indeed a place
have been sought for a second.
For finding fault with them, he
saith : Behold, the days shall come, saith
the Lord; and I will perfect unto the
house of Israel, and unto the house of
Juda, a new testament:
Not according to the testament which
I made to their fathers, on the day
when I took them by the hand to lead
them out of the land of Egypt: be­
cause they continued not in my testa­
ment: and I regarded them not, saith
the Lord.
For this is the testament which I will
make to the house of Israel after those
days, saith the Lord: I will give my
laws into their mind, and in their heart
will I write them: and I will be their
God, and they shall be my people.
And they shall not teach every man
his neighbor and every man his brother,
saying, Know the Lord: for all shall
know me, from the least to the greatest
of them.
Because I will be merciful to their
iniquities, and their sins I will remem­
ber no more.—Heb. viii. 6-12.
And therefore he is the mediator of
the new testament: that by means of
his death, for the redemption of those
transgressions, which were under the
former testament, they that are called
may receive the promise of eternal in­
heritance.—Heb. ix. 15.
COVENANT OF THE NEW LAW
IS THE FULFILMENT AND
PERFECTION OF THE
OLD LAW
Do not think that I am come to de­
stroy the law, or the prophets. I am
not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
For amen I say unto you, till heaven
and earth pass, one jot, or one tittle
shall not pass of the law, till all be
fulfilled.—Matt. ▼. 17, 18.
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to pass, than one tittle of the law to I Do not err: neither fornicators, nor
fall.—Luke xvi. 17.
idolaters, nor adulterers,
Do we, then, destroy the law through
... Nor covetous, nor drunkards,
faith ? God forbid : but we establish the nor railers,nor extortioners,shall possess
law.—Rom. iii. 31.
the kingdom of God.—1 Cor. vi. 9, 10.
Now if the ministration of death, en­
graven with letters upon stones, was COVETOUSNESS, DANGER OF
glorious; so that the children of Israel
could not steadfastly behold the face of
So the ways of every covetous man
Moses, for the glory of his countenance, destroy the souls of the possessors.—
which is made void:
I Prov. i. 19.
A faithful man shall be much praised :
How shall not the ministration of
but he that maketh haste to be rich,
the spirit be rather in glory?
For if the ministration of con­ shall not be innocent.—Prov. xxviii. 20.
The eye of the covetous man is in­
demnation be glory, much more the
ministration of justice aboundeth in satiable in his portion of iniquity: he
will not be satisfied till he consume his
glory.
For even that which was glorious in own soul, drying it up.—Ecclus. xiv. 9.
For the desire of money is the root
this part was not glorified, by reason of
of all evils; which some coveting, have
the glory that excelleth.
For if that which is done away was erred from the faith, and have en­
glorious, much more that which re- tangled themselves in many sorrows.—
maineth is in glory.—2 Cor. iii. 7-11. 1 Tim. vi. 10.
COVETOUSNESS

COVETOUSNESS, EXHORTA­
TION AGAINST

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s
Labor not to be rich: but set bounds
house: neither shalt thou desire his to thy prudence.
wife, nor his servant, nor his handmaid,
Lift not up thy eyes to riches which
nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing thou canst not have: because they shall
that is his.—Ex. xx. 17.
make themselves wings like those of an
He that is greedy of gain, troubleth eagle, and shall fly towards heaven.—
his own house : but he that hateth Prov. xxiii. 4, 5.
bribes shall live.—Prov. xv. 27.
And he (Christ) said to them: Take
He that hateth covetousness shall heed, and beware of all covetousness;
prolong his days.—Prov. xxviii. 16.
for a man’s life doth not consist in the
A covetous man shall not be sat­ abundance of things which he possess­
isfied with money : and he that loveth ed).—Luke xii. 15.
riches, shall reap no fruit from them:
But fornication, and all uncleanness,
so this also is vanity.—Eccles, v. 9.
or covetousness, let it not be so much
Yea and they have counted our life as named among you, as becometh
a pastime, and the business of life to saints.—Eph. v. 3.
be gain, and that we must be getting
Let your manners be without covet­
every way,even out of evil.—IVis. xv. 12. ousness, contented with such things as
But nothing is more wicked than the you have; for he hath said: I will not
covetous man.—Ecclus. x. 9.
leave thee, neither will I forsake thee.
Riches are not comely for a covetous —Heb. xiii. 5.
man and a niggard, and what should
an envious man do with gold?—Fcclus.
COWARDICE
xiv. 3.
For the iniquity of his covetousness1 And as to them that shall remain of
I was angry, and I struck him: I hid you, I will send fear in their hearts in
my face from thee, and was angry : and the countries of their enemies, the
he went away wandering in his own sound of a flying leaf shall terrify them,
and they shall flee as it were from the
heart.—la. Ivii. 17.

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sword: they shall fall, when no man
pursueth them,
And they shall every one fall upon
their brethren as fleeing from wars,
none of you shall dare to resist your
enemies.—Lev. xxvi. 36, 37.
There have they trembled for fear,
where there was no fear.—Ps. xiii. 5.
I waited for him that hath saved me
from pusillanimity of spirit, and a
storm.—Ps. liv. 9.
The wicked man fleeth, when no man
pursueth: but the just, bold as a lion,
shall be without dread.—Prov. xxviii. 1.
For they who promised to drive away
fears and troubles from a sick soul,
were sick themselves of a fear worthy
to be laughed at.
. . .For whereas wickedness is
fearful, it beareth witness of its con­
demnation: for a troubled conscience
always forecasteth grievous things.
For fear is nothing else but a yield­
ing up of the succors from thought.—
IVts. xvii. 8, 10, 11.
He is troubled in the vision of his
heart, as if he had escaped in the day
of battle. In the time of his safety he
rose up, and wondereth that there is no
fear.—Ecclus. xl. 7.
Then the disciples all, leaving him,
fled.—Malt. xxvi. 56.
But Peter sat without in the court:
and there came to him a servant maid,
saying: Thou also wast with Jesus the
Galilean.
But he denied before them all, say­
ing: I know not what thou sayest.
And as he went out of the gate an­
other maid saw him, and she saith to
them that were there: This man also
was with Jesus of Nazareth.
And again he denied with an oath:
I know not the man.
And after a little while they came
that stood by, and said to Peter : Surely
thou also art one of them ; for even thy
speech doth discover thee.
Then he began to curse and to swear
that he knew not the man. And imme­
diately the cock crew.—Matt. xxvi.
69-74.
CREATION OBEYS GOD, THE
LOWER
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CREATION PRAISES GOD, THE
LOWER
And Tobias said: Lord God of our
fathers, may the heavens and the earth,
and the sea, and the fountains, and the
rivers, and all thy creatures that are
in them, bless thee.—Tob. viii. 7.
When the morning stars praised me
together, and all the sons of God made
a joyful melody.—Job xxxviii. 7.
The floods have lifted up, 0 Lord:
the floods have lifted up their voice.
The floods have lifted up their waves,
with the noise of many waters.
Wonderful are the surges of the sea:
wonderful is the Lord on high.—Ps.
xcii. 3, 4.
Praise ye him, O sun and moon:
praise him, all ye stars and light.
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens:
and let all the waters that are above the
heavens praise the name of the
Lord. . . .
Praise the Lord from the earth, ye
dragons, and all ye deeps:
Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy winds
which fulfil his word:
Mountains and all hills, fruitful trees
and all cedars:
Beasts and all cattle: serpents and
feathered fowls. . . .—Ps. cxlviit
3-5, 7-10.
All ye works of the Lord, bless the
Lord: praise and exalt him above all
for ever. . . .
0 ye sun and moon, bless the Lord:
praise and exalt him above all for ever.
0 ye stars of heaven, bless the Lord:
praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O every shower and dew, bless ye the
Lord: praise and exalt him above all
for ever. . . .
O ye ice and snow, bless the Lord:
praise and exalt him above all for ever.
0 ye nights and days, bless the Lord :
praise and exalt him above all for ever.
0 ye light and darkness, bless the
Lord: praise and exalt him above all
for ever.
O ye lightnings and clouds, bless the
Lord: praise and exalt him above all
for ever.
0 let the earth bless the Lord: let
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0 ye mountains and hills, bless the I He looketh upon the earth, and maK
Lord: praise and exalt him above all eth it tremble : he toucheth the moun
for ever.
tains, and they smoke.—Ps. ciii. 32.
0 all ye things that spring up in the
Behold the heaven, and the heavens
earth, bless the Lord: praise and exalt of heavens, the deep, and all the earth,
him above all for ever. . . .
and the things that are in them, shall
0 ye seas and rivers, bless the Lord : I be moved in his sight,
praise and exalt him above all for ever.
The mountains also, and the hills,
0 ye whales, and all that move in and the foundations of the earth: when
the waters, bless the Lord : praise and God shall look upon them they shall be
exalt him above all for ever.
shaken with trembling.—Ecclus. xvi.
0 all ye fowls of the air, bless the 18, 19.
Lord : praise and exalt him above all
The mountains tremble at him, and
for ever.
the hills are made desolate: and the
0 all ye beasts and cattle, bless the earth hath quaked at his presence,
Lord : praise and exalt him above all and the world, and all that dwell
for ever.—Pan. iii. 57, 62-64, 70-76, therein.
78-81.
Who can stand before the face of his
indignation
?
and who shall resist in the
CREATION SEEMS TO FEAR
fierceness of his anger? his indignation
GOD, INANIMATE
is poured out like fire: and the rocks
0 Lord, when thou wentest out of are melted by him.—Nahum i. 5, 6.
Seir, and passedst by the regions of
The mountains saw thee, and were
Edom, the earth trembled, and the grieved : the great body of waters
heavens dropped water.
passed away.
The mountains melted before the
The deep put forth its voice: the
face of the Lord, and Sinai before the deep lifted up its hands.
face of the Lord the God of Israel.—
The sun and the moon stood still in
Judges v. 4, 5.
their habitation, in the light of thy ar­
The pillars of heaven tremble, and rows, they shall go in the brightness of
dread at his beck.—Job xxvi. 11.
thy glittering spear.—Eab. iii. 10, 11.
The earth shook and trembled : the
foundations of the mountains were CREATION TELLS US OF GOD
troubled and were moved, because he
was angry with them.—Ps. xvii. 8.
But ask now the beasts, and they
Nations were troubled, and kingdoms shall teach thee: and the birds of the
were bowed down : he uttered his voice, air, and they shall tell thee.
the earth trembled.—Ps. xiv. 7.
Speak to the earth, and it shall an­
The waters saw thee, 0 God, the swer thee : and the fishes of the sea shall
waters saw thee: and they were afraid, tell.
and the depths were troubled. ...
Who is ignorant that the hand of the
Thy lightnings enlightened the Lord hath made all these things?
world : the earth shook and trembled.—
In whose hand is the soul of every
Ps. Ixxvi. 17, 19.
living thing, and the spirit of all flesh
His lightnings have shone forth to
The heavens show forth the glory of
the world : the earth saw and trembled.
The mountains melted like wax, at God, and the firmament declareth the
the presence of the Lord: at the pres­ work of his hands.
ence of the Lord of all the earth.—
Day to day uttereth speech, and night
to night showeth knowledge.
Ps. xcvi. 4, 5.
The deep like a garment is its cloth­
There are no speeches nor languages,
ing: above the mountains shall the where their voices are not heard.
Their sound hath gone forth into all
waters stand.
At thy rebuke they shall flee: at the the earth: and their words unto the
voice of thy thunder they shall fear.— ends of the world.—Ps. xviii. 2-5.
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ders, 0 Lord: and thy truth in the
church of the saints.—Pa. Ixxxviii. 6.
The heavens declared his justice: and
all people saw his glory.—Ps. xcvi. 6.
Let all thy works, O Lord, praise
thee: and let thy saints bless thee.
They shall speak of the glory of
thy kingdom: and shall tell of thy
power :
To make thy might known to the sons
of men: and the glory of the magnifi­
cence of thy kingdom.—Ps. cxliv. 10-12.
But all men are vain, in whom there
is not the knowledge of God: and who
by these good things that are seen
could not understand him that is,
neither by attending to the works have
acknowledged who was the workman.
. . . With whose beauty, if they,
being delighted, took them to be gods:
let them know how much the Lord of
them is more beautiful than they: for
the first author of beauty made all
those things.
Or, if they admired their power and
their effects, let them understand by
them, that he that made them is
mightier than they:
For by the greatness of the beauty,
and of the creature, the creator of them
may be seen, so as to be known thereby.
—Wis. xiii. 1, 3-5.
The firmament on high is his beauty,
the beauty of heaven with its glorious
show.
The sun when he appeareth showing
forth at his rising, an admirable in­
strument, the work of the most
High. . . .
The glory of the stars is the beauty
of heaven; the Lord enlighteneth the
world on high. . . .
Look upon the rainbow, and bless him
that made it: it is very beautiful in its
brightness.
It encompasseth the heaven about
with the circle of its glory, the hands
of the most High have displayed it.—
Ecclus. xliii. 1, 2, 10, 12, 13.
Because that which is known of God
is manifest in them. For God hath
manifested it unto them.
For the invisible things of him,
from the creation of the world, are
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power also, and divinity: so that they
are inexcusable.—Rom. i. 19, 20.
CREATOR, GOD OUR
And he said: Let us make man to
our image and likeness: and let him
have dominion over the fishes of the sea,
and the fowls of the air, and the beasts,
and the whole earth, and every creeping
creature that moveth upon the earth.
And God created man to his own
image: to the image of God he created
him : male and female he created them.
—Gen. i. 26, 27.
And the Lord God formed man of the
slime of the earth: and breathed into
his face the breath of life, and man be­
came a living soul.—Gen. ii. 7.
Then the Lord God cast a deep sleep
upon Adam: and when he was fast
asleep, he took one of his ribs, and
filled up flesh for it
And the Lord God built the rib which
he took from Adam into a woman : and
brought her to Adam.—Gen. ii. 21, 22.
Come let us adore and fall down : and
weep before the Lord that made us.—
Ps. xciv. 6.
Let Israel rejoice in him that made
him : and let the children of Sion be
joyful in their king.—Ps. cxlix. 2.
With all thy strength love him that
made thee.—Ecclus. vii. 32.
God created man of the earth, and
made him after his own image.
And he turned him into it again, and
clothed him with strength according to
himself. . . .
He created of him a helpmate like
to himself : he gave them counsel, and
a tongue, and eyes, and ears, and a
heart to devise : and he filled them with
the Knowledge of understanding.—
Ecclus. xvii. 1, 2, 5.
And now, thus saith the Lord that
created thee, 0 Jacob, and formed
thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have re­
deemed thee, and called thee by thy
name : thou art mine.—Is. xliii. 1.
Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One
of Israel, his maker: Ask me of things
to come, concerning my children, and
concerning the work of my hands give
ye charge to me.
I made the earth: and I created man
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CREATOR, ACKNOWLEDGMENT
THAT GOD IS OUR
Thy hands have made me, and fash­
ioned me wholly round about, and dost
thou thus cast me down headlong on a
sudden ?
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou
hast made me as the clay, and thou
wilt bring me into dust again. . . .
Thou hast clothed me with skin and
flesh: thou hast put me together with
bones and sinews:
Thou hast granted me life and
mercy, and thy visitation hath pre­
served my spirit.—Job x. 8, 9, 11, 12.
The spirit of God made me, and the
breath of the Almighty gave me life.—
Job xxxiii. 4.
Know ye that the Lord he is God: he
made us, and not we ourselves.—Ps.
xcix. 3.
Thy hands have made me and formed
me: give me understanding, and I
will learn thy commandments.—Ps.
cxviii. 73.
And now, 0 Lord, thou art our
father, and we are clay: and thou art
our maker, and we all arc the works
of thy hands.—Is. Ixiv. 8.
Have we not all one father? hath
not one God created us? why then doth
every one of üs despise his brother, vio­
lating the covenant of our fathers?—
Malach. ii. 10.
For we are his workmanship, created
in Christ Jesus in good works, which
God hath prepared that we should walk
in them.—Eph. ii. 10.
CREATOR OF ALL THINGS,
GOD THE
In the beginning God created heaven,
and earth.
And the earth was void and empty,
and darkness was upon the face of the
deep; and the spirit of God moved over
the waters.—Gen. i. 1, 2.
But ask now the beasts, and they
shall teach thee: and the birds of the
air. and they shall tell thee.
Speak to the earth, and it shall an­
swer thee: and the fishes of the sea
shall tell.
Who is ignorant that the hand of

the Lord hath made all these things?—
Job xii. 7-9.
By the word of the Lord the heavens
were established; and all the power of
them by the spirit of his mouth:
Gathering together the waters of the
sea, as in a vessel; laying up the depths
in storehouses.
Let all the earth fear the Lord, and
let all the inhabitants of the world be
in awe of him.
For he spoke and they were made:
he commanded and they were created.
—Ps. xxxii. 6-9.
Blessed is he who hath the God of
Jacob for his helper, whose hope is in
the Lord his God:
Who made heaven and earth, the sea,
and all things that are in them.—Ps.
cxlv. 5, 6.
He that liveth for ever created all
things together.—Ecclus. xviii. 1.
And to whom have ye likened me,
or made me equal, saith the Holy One?
Lift up your eyes on high, and see
who hath created these things: who
bringeth out their host by number, and
calleth them all by their names: by the
greatness of his might, and strength,
and power, not one of them was miss­
ing.—Is. xl. 25, 26.
Thus saith the Lord God that created
the heavens, and stretched them out:
that established the earth, and the
things that spring out of it: that giveth
breath to the people upon it, and spirit
to them that tread thereon.—Is. xiii. 5.
Thus saith the Lord thy redeemer,
and thy maker, from the womb: I am
the Lord that make all things, that
alone stretch out the heavens, that
establish the earth, and there is none
with me.—Is. xliv. 24.
Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One
of Israel, his maker: Ask me of things
to come, concerning my children, and
concerning the work of my hands, give
ye charge to me.
I made the earth : and I created man
upon it: my hand stretched forth the
heavens, and I have commanded all
their host.—Is. xlv. 11, 12.
Hearken to me, O Jacob, and thou
Israel whom I call : I am he, I am the
first, and I am the last.
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Let all creatures serve thee: because
and my right hand hath measured the
heavens: I shall call them, and they thou hast spoken, and they were made:
shall stand together.—Is. xlviii. 12, 13. thou didst send forth thy spirit, and
I made the earth, and the men, and they were created, and there is no one
the beasts that are upon the face of the that can resist thy voice.—Judith xvi. 17.
Thou hast made heaven and earth,
earth, by my great power, and by my
stretched out arm : and I have given it and all things that are under the cope
to whom it seemed good in my eyes.— of heaven.—Esther xiii. 10.
For I will behold thy heavens, the
Jer. xxvii. 5.
Thus saith the Lord, who stretcheth works of thy fingers: the moon and the
forth the heavens, and layeth the foun­ stars which thou hast founded.—Ps.
dations of the earth, and formeth the I viii. 4.
spirit of man in him.—Zach. xii. 1.
The earth is the Lord’s, and the ful­
I beseech thee, my son, look upon ness thereof : the world, and all they
heaven and earth, and all that is in that dwell therein.
them: and consider that God made
For he hath founded it upon the seas;
them out of nothing, and mankind and hath prepared it upon the rivers.—
Ps. xxiii. 1, 2.
also.—2 Mach. vii. 28.
In the beginning was the Word, and
Thine is the day, and thine is the
the Word was with God, and the Word night: thou hast made the morning
light and the sun.
was God.
Thou hast made all the borders of the
. . . All things were made by him ;
and without him was made nothing earth : the summer and the spring were
formed by thee.—Ps. Ixxiii. 16, 17.
that was made.
. . . He was in the world, and the
Thine are the heavens, and thine is
world was made by him, and the world the earth: the world and the fulness
thereof thou luist founded:
knew him not.—John i. 1, 3, 10.
The north and the sea thou hast
For in ‘him were all things created
in heaven and on earth, visible and in­ created.—Ps. Ixxxviii. 12, 13.
For in his hand are all the ends of
visible, whether thrones, or domina­
tions, or principalities, or powers; all the earth: and the heights of the moun­
things were created by him and in him. tains are his.
For the sea is his, and he made it:
And he is before all, and by him all
and his hands formed the dry land.—
things consist.—Col. i. 16, 17.
By faith we understand that the Ps. xciv. 4, 5.
In the beginning, 0 Lord, thou
world was framed by the word of God;
that from invisible things visible things foundedst the earth: and the heavens
are the works of thy hands.—Ps. ci. 26.
might be made.—H eb. xi. 3.
Praise ye him, 0 sun and moon:
For this they are wilfully ignorant
of. that the heavens were before, and praise him. all ye stars and light.
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens:
the earth out of water, and through
water, consisting by the word of God.— and let all the waters that are above the
heavens praise the name of the Lord.
2 Peter iii. 5.
For he spoke, and they were made:
CREATOR OF ALL THINGS, AC­ he commanded, and they were created.
He hath established them for ever,
KNOWLEDGMENT THAT
and for ages of ages: he hath made a
GOD IS THE
decree, and it shall not pass away.—
Thou thyself, O Lord alone, thou hast Ps. cxlviii. 3-6.
For thy almighty hand, which made
made heaven, and the heaven of
heavens, and all the host thereof : the the world of matter without form, was
earth and all things that are in it: the not unable to send upon ‘them a multi­
seas and all that are therein : and thou tude of bears, or fierce lions.—IFis.xi.18.
givest life to all these things, and the
But the Lord hath made all things,
host of heaven adoreth thee.—2Esd.\x.G.
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and to the godly he hath given wisdom.
—Ecclus. xliii. 37.
For behold he that formeth the
mountains, and createth the wind, and
declareth his word to man, he that maketh the morning mist, and walketh upon
the high places of the earth: the Lord
the God of hosts is his name.—Amos
iv. 13.
’Who having heard it, with one accord lifted up their voice to God, and
said: Lord, thou art he that didst make
heaven and earth, the sea, and all
things that are in them.—Acts iv. 24.
Thou art worthy, 0 Lord our God, to
receive glory, and honor, and power:
because thou hast created all things;
and for thy will they were, and have
been created.—Apoc. iv. 11.
CRUEL, GOD IS NOT

See also: Mercy of God—page 311.
For God made not death, neither hath
he pleasure in the destruction of the
living.
For he created all things that they
might be: and he made the nations of
the earth for health: and there is no
poison of destruction in them, nor
kingdom of hell upon the earth.— IVis.
i. 13, 14.
For thou lovest all things that are,
and hatest none of the things which
thou hast made: for thou didst not ap­
point, or make anything, hating it.—
IVis. xi. 25.
As I live, saith the Lord God, I de­
sire not the death of the wicked, but
that the wicked turn from his way, and
live. Turn ye, turn ye from your evil
ways: and why will you die, 0 house of
Israel?—Ezech. xxxiii. 11.
CRUELTY

A merciful man doth good to his
own soul: but he that is cruel casteth
off even his own kindred.—Prov. xi. 17.
The just regardeth the lives of his
beasts: but the bowels of the wicked
are cruel.—Prov. xii. 10.
Thus saith the Lord: For three
crimes of Edom, and for four, I will
dlscIpli’H In Jerusalem, at the release
of Peter and John.

I not convert him: because he hath pursued his brother with the sword, and
hath cast off all pity, and hath carried
on his fury, and hath kept his wrath
to the end.—Amos i. 11.
And as they liked not to have God
in their knowledge, God delivered them
up to a reprobate sense, to do those
things which are not convenient.
Being filled with all iniquity, . . .
Foolish, dissolute, without affection,
without fidelity, without mercy.—Rom.
j 28 29 31
’ ’

CRY OF ONE IN SORROW AND
DISTRESS, A
Have pity on me, have pity on me, at
least you my friends, because the hand
of the Lord hath touched me.—Job
xix. 21.
I expected good things, and evils are
I come upon me: I waited for light, and
darkness broke out.—Job xxx. 26.
The sorrows of death surrounded me:
and the torrents of iniquity troubled
me.
The sorrows of hell encompassed me:
and the snares of death prevented me.
In my affliction I called upon the
Lord, and I cried to my God.—Ps.
xvii. 5-7.
0 God, my God, look upon me: why
hast thou forsaken me?
Far from my salvation are the words
of my sins.
0 my God, I shall cry by day, and
thou wilt not hear: and by night, and
it shall not be reputed as folly in
me. . . .
I am poured out like water; and all
my bones are scattered.
My heart is become like wax melting
in the midst of my bowels.
My strength is dried up like a pot­
sherd, and my tongue hath cleaved to
my jaws: and thou hast brought me
down into the dust of death.—Ps. xxi.
2, 3, 15, 16.
Because I was silent, my bones grew
old; whilst I cried out all the day long.
For day and night thy hand was
heavy upon me: I am turned in my
anguish, whilst the thorn is fastened.—
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All thy heights and thy billows have I I cried unto thee, save me: that I
may keep thy commandments.
passed over me. ...
I will say to God: Thou art my sup­
I prevented the dawning of the day,
and cried: because in thy words I very
port.
Why hast thou forgotten me? and much hoped.—Ps. cxviii. 145-147.
why go I mourning, whilst my enemy
Thus saith the Lord, the God of
afHicteth me ?...
Israel, to thee, Baruch:
Whilst they say to me day by day :
Thou hast said: Woe is me, wretch
Where is thy God?
that I am, for the Lord hath added sor­
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? row to my sorrow: I am wearied with
and why dost thou disquiet me?—Ps. my groans, and I find no rest.—J er.
xli. 8, 10, 11, 12.
xlv. 2, 3.
My heart is troubled within me : and
Behold, 0 Lord, for I am in distress,
the fear of death is fallen upon me.
my bowels are troubled: my heart is
Fear and trembling are come upon turned within me, for I am full of bit­
me: and darkness hath covered me.— terness: abroad the sword destroyeth,
Ps. liv. 5, 6.
and at home there is death alike:
0 Lord God of hosts, how long wilt
For my sighs are many, and
thou be angry against the prayer of thy i my...
heart is sorrowful.—Lam., i. 20, 22.
servant ?
And Jonas prayed to the Lord his
How long wilt thou feed us with the
bread of tears : and give us for drink God out of the belly of the fish.
fl
And he said : I cried out of my afflic
­
tears in measure?—Ps. Ixxix. 5, 6.
0 Lord, the God of my salvation : 11 tion to the Lord, and he heard me : I
have cried in the day, and in the night cried out of the belly of hell, and thou
hast heard my voice.
before thee. . . .
And thou hast cast me forth into the
For my soul is filled with evils: and
deep, in the heart of the sea, and a
my life hath drawn nigh to hell.
I am counted among them that go flood hath compassed me: all thy bil­
down to the pit : I am become as a man lows, and thy waves have passed over
me.
without help, free among the dead.
And I said: I am cast away out of
Like the slain sleeping in the sepul­
chres, whom thou rememberest no the sight of thy eyes: but yet I shall
more: and they are cast off from thy see thy holy temple again.
The waters compassed me about even
hand. . . .
Thy wrath is strong over me : and all to the soul : the deep hath closed me
thy waves thou hast brought in upon round about, the sea hath covered my
head.
me. . . .
I went down to the lowest parts of the
All the day I cried to thee, O Lord;
I stretched out my hands to thee.— mountains: the bars of the earth have
shut me up for ever: and thou wilt
Ps. Ixxxvii. 2, 4-6, 8, 10.
But I, 0 Lord, have cried to thee: bring up my life from corruption, O
and in the morning my prayer shall Lord my God.—Jonas ii. 2-7.
How long, O Lord, shall I cry, and
prevent thee.
Lord, why easiest thou off my prayer : thou wilt not hear? shall I cry out to
why turnestthou away thy facefrommc? thee, suffering violence, and thou wilt
I am poor, and in labors from my not save?
Why hast thou shown me iniquity
youth: and being exalted, have been
and grievance, to see rapine and injus­
humbled and troubled.
Thy wrath hath come upon me: and tice before me? and there is a judg­
ment, but opposition is more powerful.
thy terrors have troubled me.
Therefore the law is torn in pieces,
They have come round about me like
water all the day: they have compassed and judgment cometh not to the end:
me about together.—Ps. Ixxxvii. 14-18. because the wicked prevaileth against
I cried with my whole heart, hear me, the just, therefore wrong judgment go0 Lord: I will seek thy justifications. eth forth.—Hab. i. 2-4.

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CRY OF THOSE IN SORROW AND | they go down to the depths: their soul
pined away with evils.
DISTRESS REACHES GOD,
They were troubled, and reeled like
THE
I a drunken man ; and all their wisdom
Now after a long time the king of was swallowed up.
Egypt died: and the children of Israel
And they cried to the Lord in their
groaning, cried out because of the affliction : and he brought them out of
works: and their cry went up unto God their distresses.
from the works.
And he turned the storm into a
And he heard their groaning, and breeze: and its waves were still.
And they rejoiced because they were
remembered the covenant which he
made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. still : and he brought them to the haven
which they wished for.—Ps. evi. 23-30.
—Ex. ii. 23, 24.
In my trouble I cried to the Lord;
In my affliction I called upon the
and he heard me.—Ps. cxix. 1.
Lord, and I cried to my God :
For the people of Sion shall dwell in
And he hoard my voice from his holy
temple; and my cry before him came Jerusalem: weeping, thou shalt not
weep, he will surely have pity on thee:
into his ears.—Ps. xvii. 7.
In thee have our fathers hoped: they at the voice of thy cry, as soon as he
have hoped, and thou hast delivered shall hear, he will answer thee.—Is.
XXX. 19.
them.
I
have
called
upon thy name, 0
They cried to thee, and they were Lord, from the lowest pit.
saved: they trusted in thee, and were
Thou hast heard my voice: turn not
not confounded.—Ps. xxi. 5, G.
away thy ear from my sighs and cries.
0 Lord my God, I have cried to thee,
Thou drewest near in the day when
and thou hast healed me.—Ps. xxix. 3.1 I called upon thee, thou saidst: Fear
But I have cried to God, and the not.—Lam. iii. 55-57.
Lord will save me.—Ps. liv. 17.
0 God, I have declared to thee my
CRY OF THE WRONGED
life: thou hast set my tears in thy
REACHES GOD, THE
sight.—Ps. Iv. 9.
He shall cry to me, and I will hear
You shall not hurt a widow or an
him: I am with him in tribulation, I orphan.
will deliver him, and I will glorify him.
If you hurt them, they will cry out
—Ps. xc. 15.
to me, and I will hear their cry:
Because he hath looked forth from
And my rage shall be enkindled, and
his high sanctuary: from heaven the I will strike you with the sword, and
Lord hath looked upon the earth.
your wives shall be widows, and your
That he might hear the groans of children, fatherless.—Ex. xxii. 22-24.
them that are in fetters: that he might
If thou lend money to any of my
release the children of the slain.—Ps. people that is poor, that dwelleth with
ci. 20, 21.
thee, thou shalt not be hard upon them
They were hungry and thirsty: their as an extortioner, nor oppress them
soul fainted in them.
with usuries.
And they cried to the Lord in their
If thou take of thy neighbor a gar­
tribulation : and he delivered them out ment in pledge, thou shalt give it him
of their distresses.—Ps. evi. 5, G.
again before sunset.
They that go down to the sea in ships,
For that same is the only thing
doing business in the great waters:
wherewith he is covered, the clothing
These have seen the works of the of his body, neither hath he any other
Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
to sleep in : if he cry to me, I will hear
He said the word, and there arose a him, because I am compassionate.—Ex.
storm of wind : and the waves thereof xxii. 25-27.
were lifted up.
Out of the cities they have made men
They mount up to the heavens, and to groan, and the soul of the wounded
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hath cried out, and God doth not suf-1 God hath commanded thee, think on
fer it to pass unrevenged.—Job xxiv. 12. them always, and in many of his works
He hath struck them, as being be not curious.
For it is not necessary for thee to
wicked, in open sight.
Who as it were on purpose have re­ see with thy eyes those things that are
volted from him, and would not under­ hid.
In unnecessary matters be not over
stand all his ways:
So that they caused the cry of the curious, and in many of his works, thou
needy to come to him, and he heard shalt not be inquisitive.—Ecclus. iii.
the voice of the poor.—Job xxxiv. 22-24.
And Herod seeing Jesus, was very
26-28.
; for he was desirous of a long time
The Lord will not accept any person glad
to see him, because he had heard many
against a poor man, and he will hear things
of
him;
and
he
hoped
to
see
some
the prayer of him that is wronged.
j sign wrought by him.
He will not despise the prayers of the
And he questioned him in many
fatherless; nor the widow, when she words. But he answered him nothing.
poureth out her complaint.
—Luke xxiii. 8, 9.
Do not the widow’s tears run down
As I desired thee to remain at Ephe­
the cheek, and her cry against him that sus when I went into Macedonia, that
causeth them to fall ?
I thou mightest charge some not to teach
For from the cheek they go up even otherwise,
to heaven, and the Lord that heareth
Not to give heed to fables and endless
will not be delighted with them.— genealogies: which furnish questions
Ecclus. XXXV. 16-19.
rather than the edification of God,
And will not God revenge his elect which is in faith.—1 Tim. i. 3, 4.
who cry to him day and night: and will
And withal, being idle, they learn to
he have patience in their regard?
go about from house to house: and are
I say to you, that he will quickly re­ not only idle, but tattlers also, and busy­
bodies, speaking things which thev
venge them.—Luke xviii. 7, 8.
Behold the hire of the laborers, who ought not.—1 Tim. v. 13.
have reaped down your fields, which by
fraud has been kept back by you, crieth:
CURSING
and the cry of them hath entered into
For I have not given my mouth to
the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.—
sin, by wishing a curse to 'his soul.—
James v. 4.
Job xxxi. 30.
And he loved cursing, and it shall
CURIOSITY
come unto him : and he would not have
And they brought him (Lot) forth, blessing, and it shall be far from him.
And he put on cursing like a gar­
and set him without the city: and
there they spoke to him, saying: Save ment: and it went in like water into
thy life: look not back, neither stay his entrails, and like oil in his bones.
May it be unto him like a garment
thou in all the country about : but save
thyself in the mountain, lest thou be which covereth him; and like a girdle
with which he is girded continually.—
also consumed. . . .
And his wife looking behind her, was Ps. cviii, 18, 19.
As a bird flying to other places, and
turned into a statue of salt.—Gen. xix.
a sparrow going here or there: so a
17. 26.
Let not others by any curiosity see curse uttered without cause shall come
the things that are in the sanctuary be­ upon a man.—Prov. xxvi. 2.
There is a generation that curseth
fore they be wrapped up, otherwise they
their father, and doth not bless their
shall die.—Num. iv. 20.
Seek not the things that are too high mother.
A generation that arc pure in their
for thee, and search not into things
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own eyes, and yet are not washed from
their filthiness.—Prov. xxx. 11, 12.
While the ungodly curseth the devil,
he curseth his own soul.—Ecclus. xxi.30.
In the quarrels of the proud is the
shedding of blood: and their cursing is
a grievous hearing.—Ecclus. xxvii. 16.
When one prayeth, and another curs­
eth: whose voice will God hear?—
Ecclus. xxxiv. 29.
For by thy words thou shalt be justi­
fied, and by thy words thou shalt be
condemned.—Matt. xii. 37.

neither have they a reward any more:
for the memory of them is forgotten.
Their love also, and their hatred, and
their envy are all perished, neither have
they any part in this world, and in the
work that is done under the sun.—
Eccles, ix. 5, 6.
For among the dead, there is no ac­
cusing of life.—Ecclus. xli. 7.
Open thy eyes, and behold: for the
dead that are in hell, whose spirit is
taken away from their bowels, shall not
give glory and justice to the LordBar. ii. 17.

DANCING
DEAD, GRIEVING FOR THE
All things have their season, and in
Weep for the dead, for his light hath
their times all things pass under
failed : and weep for the fool, for his
heaven. . . .
A time to weep, and a time to laugh. understanding faileth.
Weep but a little for the dead, for he
A time to mourn, and a time to dance.
is at rest.—Ecclus. xxii. 10, 11.
—Eccles, iii. 1, 4.
My son, shed tears over the dead, and
DANCING, OFTEN THE OCCA­ begin to lament as if thou hadst suf­
fered some great harm, and according
SION OF EVIL
to judgment cover his body, and neglect
Use not much the company of her not his burial.
that is a dancer, and hearken not to
And for fear of being ill spoken of
her, lest thou perish by the force of her weep bitterly for a day, and then com­
charms.—Ecclus. ix. 4.
fort thyself in thy sadness.
And when the daughter of the same
And make mourning for him accord­
Herodias had come in, and had danced, ing to his merit for a day or two, for
and pleased Herod, and them that were fear of detraction.—Ecclus. xxxviii.
at table with him, the king said to the 16-18.
damsel: Ask of me what thou wilt, and
When the dead is at rest, let his
I will give it thee.
remembrance rest, and comfort him in
. . . Who when she was gone out, the departing of his spirit.—Ecclus.
said to her mother, What shall I ask? xxxviii. 24.
But she said: The head of John the
And we will not have you ignorant,
Baptist.
brethren, concerning them that are
And when she was come in imme­ asleep, that you be not sorrowful, even
diately with haste to the king, she as others who have no hope.
asked, saying: I will that forthwith
For if we believe that Jesus died,
thou give me in a dish the head of and rose again; even so them who have
John the Baptist.—Mark vi. 22, 24, 25. slept through Jesus, will God bring
with him. . . .
DEAD, THE
Wherefore, comfort ye one another
Shall any one in the sepulchre de­ with these words.—1 Thess. iv. 12,
clare thy mercy: and thy truth in de­ 13, 17.
DEATH
struction?—Ps. Ixxxvii. 12.
The dead shall not praise thee, 0
And the Lord God took man, and put
Lord: nor any of them that go down to him into the paradise of pleasure, to
hell.—Ps. cxiii. (Heb. cxv.) 17.
dress it, and to keep it.
For the living know that they shall revealed to them ; neither have they any
die, but the dead ‘know nothing more, knowledge or power now of doing anything

to secure their eternal state, nor can they now
lVlz., as to the transactions of this world. procure themselves any good, as the living
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And he commanded him, saying: Of I I have said to rottenness: Thou art
every tree of paradise thou shalt eat : my father; to worms, my mother and
But of the tree of knowledge of good my sister.—Job xvii. 14.
All that I have shall go down into
and evil, thou shalt not eat. For in
what day soever thou shalt eat of it, ' the deepest pit: thinkest thou that there
thou shalt die the death.—Gen. ii. 15-17. at least I shall have rest?—Job xvii. 16.
Because man shall go into the house
And to Adam he said: Because thou
hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, of his eternity, and the mourners shall
and hast eaten of the tree, whereof I go round about in the street.
Before the silver cord be broken, and
commanded thee that thou shouldst not
eat, cursed is the earth in thy work; the golden fillet shrink back, and th<
with labor and toil shalt thou eat pitcher be crushed at the fountain
thereof all the days of thy life. . . . and the wheel be broken upon the cisIn the sweat of thy face shalt thou tern,
eat bread till thou return to the earth, I And the dust return into its earth,
out of which thou wast taken : for dust from whence it was, and the spirit
thou art, and into dust thou shalt re­ return to God, who gave it.—Eccles.
turn.—Gen. iii. 17, 19.
xii. 5-7.
For when a man shall die, he shall
And all the time that Adam lived
came to nine hundred and thirty years, inherit serpents, and beasts, and worms.
—Ecclus. X. 13.
and he died. ...
O death, thy sentence is welcome to
And all the days of Mathusala were
nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and the man that is in need, and to him
whose strength faileth:
he died.—Gen. v. 5, 27.
Who is in a decrepit age, and that
As a cloud is consumed, and passeth
away: so he that shall go down to hell is in care about all things, and to the
distrustful that loseth patience!—
shall not come up.
Nor shall he return any more into his Ecclus. xli. 3, 4.
I said: In the midst of my days, I
house, neither shall his place know him
shall go to the gates of hell: I sought
any more.—Job vii. 9, 10.
A tree hath hope: if it be cut, it for the residue of my years.
I said : I shall not see the Lord God in
groweth green again, and the boughs
the land of the living. I shall behold
thereof sprout.
If its root be old in the earth, and man no more, nor the inhabitant of
rest.
its stock be dead in the dust :
My generation is at an end, and
At the scent of water, it shall spring,
and bring forth leaves, as when it was it is rolled away from me, as a shep­
herd’s tent. My life is cut off, as by a
first planted.
But man when he shall be dead, and weaver: whilst I was yet but beginning,
stripped, and consumed, I pray you, he cut me off : from morning even to
night, thou wilt make an end of me.—
where is he?
As if the waters should depart out Is. xxxviii. 10-12.
I will deliver them out of the hand
of the sea, and an emptied river should
of death. I will redeem them from
be dried up:
So man when he is fallen asleep shall death: 0 death, I will be thy death; 0
not rise again; till the heavens be hell, I will be thy bite.—Osee xiii. 14.
I must work the works of him that
broken, he shall not awake, nor rise up
sent me, whilst it is day: the night
out of his sleep.—Job xiv. 7-12.
Shall man that is dead, thinkest thou, cometh, when no man can work.—
live again? All the days in which I John ix. 4.
And when this mortal hath put on
am now in warfare, I expect until my
immortality, then shall come to pass the
change come.
Thou shalt call me, and I will an­ saying that is written: Death is swal­
swer thee: to the work of thy hands lowed up in victory.
O death, where is thy victory? O
thou shalt reach out thy right hand.—
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Now the sting of death is sin.—1 Cot.
xv. 54-56.
For we know, if our earthly house of
this habitation be dissolved, that we
have a building of God, a house not
made with hands, eternal in heaven.—
2 Cor. V. 1.
But the end of all is at hand. Be
prudent, therefore, and watch in
prayers.—1 Peter iv. 7.
DEATH, CERTAINTY OF

also shall be so: yesterday for me, and
to-day for thee.—Ecclus. xxxviii. 23.
And as it is appointed unto men once
to die, and after this the judgment:
So also Christ was offered once to ex­
haust the sins of many.—Heb. ix. 27,28.
DEATH, FOR ALL FLESH,
CERTAINTY OF
Behold this day I am going into the
way of all the earth.—Jos. xxiii. 14.
We all die, and like waters that re­
turn no more, we fall down into the
earth: neither will God have a soul to
perish, but recalleth, meaning that he
that is cast off, should not altogether
perish.—2 Kings xiv. 14.
And the days of David drew nigh
that he should die, and he charged his
son Solomon, saying:
I am going the way of all flesh: take
thou courage, and show thyself a man.
—3 Kings ii. 1, 2.
I know that thou wilt deliver me to
death, where a house is appointed for
every one that liveth.—Job xxx. 23.
All flesh shall perish together, and
man shall return into ashes.—Job
xxxiv. 15.
For all men have one entrance into
life, and the like going out.—Wis. vii. 6.
Rejoice not at the death of thy
enemy; knowing that we all die, and
are not willing that others should re­
joice at our death.—Ecclus. viii. 8.
And after this God looked upon the
earth, and filled it with his goods.
The soul of every living thing hath
shown forth before the face thereof,
and into it they return again.—Ecclus.
xvi. 30, 31.
All things that are of the earth, shall
return to the earth again, and all waters
shall return to the sea.—Ecclus. xl. 11.
This sentence is from the Lord upon
all flesh.— Ecclus. xii. 5.

Tn the sweat of thy face shalt thou
eat bread till thou return to the earth,
out of which thou wast taken: for dust
thou art, and into dust thou shalt re­
turn.—Gen. iii. 19.
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou
hast made me as the clay, and thou wilt
bring me into dust again.—Job x. 9.
The days of man are short, and the
number of his months is with thee:
thou hast appointed his bounds, which
cannot be passed.—Job xiv. 5.
Who is the man that shall live, and
not see death: that shall deliver his
soul from the hand of hell?—Ps.
Ixxxviii. 49.
Man’s days are as grass, as the flower
of the field, so shall he flourish.
For the spirit shall pass in him, and
he shall not be: and he shall know his
place no more.—Ps. cii. 15, 16.
His spirit shall go forth, and he shall
return into his earth: in that day all
their thoughts shall perish.—Ps. cxlv. 4.
It is not in man’s power to stop the
spirit, neither hath he power in the day
of death.—Eccles, viii. 8.
There is no man that liveth always,
or that hopeth for this.—Eccles, ix. 4.
And of the same clay, by a vain labor,
he maketh a god: he who a little before
was made of earth himself, and a little
after, returneth to the same out of
which he was taken, when his life,
which was lent him, shall be called for
DEATH, UNCERTAINTY OF THE
again.— IVis. xv. 8.
TIME OF
Remember that death is not slow, and
that the ‘covenant of hell hath been
See also: Life, uncertainty of this—
shown to thee: for the covenant of this page 281.
world shall surely die.—Ecclus. xiv. 12.
Remember my judgment: for thine
Man knoweth not his own end : but as
He. The decree by which all are to go fishes are taken with the hook, and as
down to the regions of death.
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are taken in the evil time, when it shall I the day of the Lord shall so come, as
suddenly come upon them.—Eccles, ix. 12. a; thief in the night.
I said: In the midst of my days I
For when they shall say, peace and
shall go to the gates of hell : I sought security; then shall sudden destruction
for the residue of my years. ...
come upon them, as the pains upon her
My generation is at an end, and it is that is with child, and they shall not
rolled away from me, as a shepherd’s escape.—1 Thess. v. 2, 3.
tent. My life is cut off, as by a weaver:
If then thou shalt not watch, I will
whilst 1 was yet but beginning, he cut come to thee as a thief, and thou shalt
me off: from morning even to night not know at what hour I will come to
thou wilt make an end of me.—Is. thee.—Apoc. iii. 3.
xxxviii. 10, 12.
DEATH
LEVELS
ALL
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be
DISTINCTION
like to ten virgins, who taking their
lamps went out to meet the bridegroom | The small and great are there, and
and the bride. ...
the servant is free from his master.—
And the bridegroom tarrying, they Job iii. 19.
all slumbered and slept.
One man dieth strong, and hale, rich
And at midnight there was a cry I and happy.
made: Behold, the bridegroom coineth, I ... But another dieth in bitterness
go ye forth to meet him.
of soul, without any riches:
. . . Watch ye therefore, because I And yet they shall sleep together in
you know not the day nor the hour.— the dust, and worms shall cover them.—
Job xxi. 23, 25, 26.
Matt. XXV. 1, 5, 6, 13.
The poor man and the creditor have
Watch ye therefore, (for you know
not when the lord of the house cometh : ' met one another : the Lord is the en­
at even, or at midnight, or at the cock­ lightener of them both.—Prov. xxix. 13.
crowing, or in the morning,)
I
DEATH, BITTERNESS OF
Lest coming on a sudden, he find you
And Samuel said : Bring hither to me
sleeping.
And what I say to you, I say to all: I Agag, the king of Amalee. And Agag
I was presented to him, very fat, and
Watch.—Mark xiii. 35, 36, 37.
And he spoke a similitude to them, trembling. And Agag said : Doth bitter
death separate in this manner?—
saying:
The land of a certain rich man 1 Kings xv. 32.
Shall not the fewness of my days be
brought forth plenty of fruits.
And he thought within himself, say­ ended shortly? suffer me, therefore, that
ing: What shall I do, because I have no I may lament my sorrow a little:
Before I go, and return no more, to
room where to bestow my fruits?
And he said: This will I do: I will I a land that is dark and covered with the
pull down my barns, and will build mist of death :
greater; and into them will I gather all I A land of misery and darkness, where
things that are grown to me, and my the shadow of death, and no order, but
everlasting horror dwelleth.—Job x.
goods.
And I will say to my soul : Soul, thou 20, 21, 22.
hast much goods laid up for many 1 O death, how bitter is the rememyears, take thy rest; eat, drink, make 1 brance of thee to a man that hath
peace in his possessions!
good cheer.
But God said to him: Thou fool, this ’ To a man that is at rest, and whose
night do they require thy soul of thee: ways are prosperous in all things, and
and whose shall those things be which that is yet able to take meat!—Ecclus.
thou hast provided?—Luke xii. 16-20.
xii. 1. 2.
O death, where is thy victory? O
Be you then also ready: for at what
hour you think not, the Son of man will ; death, where is thy sting?
i Now the sting of death is sin.—1 Cor.
come.—Luke xii. 40.
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DEATH, REMEMBRANCE OF
Take ye away, therefore, the talent
It is better to go to the house of from him, and give it him that hath
mourning, than to the house of feast­ ten talents.—Mall. xxv. 24-28.
And the Lord said: Who, (thinkest
ing: for in that, we are put in mind of
the end of all, ami the living thinketh thou,) is the faithful and wise steward,
whom his lord setteth over his family,
what is to come.—Eccles, vii. 3.
If a man live many years, and have to give them their measure of wheat in
rejoiced in them all, he must remem­ due season ?
Blessed is that servant, whom when
ber the darksome time, and the many
days: which when they shall come, the his lord shall come, he shall find so
things past shall be accused of vanity.— doing.
Verily I say to you, he will set him
Eccles, xi. 8.
In all thy works, remember thy last over all that he possesseth.
But if that servant shall say in his
end, and thou shalt never sin.—Ecclus.
heart: My lord is long a coming; and
vii. 40.
Remember that death is not slow, and shall begin to strike the men-servants
that the covenant of hell hath been and maid-servants, and to eat, and to
shown to thee: for the covenant of this drink, and be drunk:
The lord of that servant will come
world shall surely die.—Ecclus. xiv. 12.
Remember thy last things, and let in the day that he hopeth not, and at
the hour that he knoweth not, and shall
enmity cease.—Ecclus. xxviii. 6.
separate him, and shall appoint him
Give not up thy heart to sadness, but his
portion with unbelievers.—Luke xii.
drive it from thee: and remember the
42-46.
latter end.
I die daily, I protest by your glory,
Forget it not: for there is no return­
brethren,
which
I
have
in
Christ
Jesus
ing.
Lord.—1 Cor. xv. 31.
. . . Remember my judgment : for ourSeeing
then that all these things
thine also shall be so: yesterday for me,
and to-day for thee.—Ecclus. xxxviii. are to be dissolved, what manner of peo­
ple ought you to be in holy conversation
21-23.
and godliness?—2 Peter iii. 11.
Behold
I come as a thief. Blessed is
DEATH, PREPARATION FOR
he that wateheth, and keepeth his gar­
Shall man that is dead, thinkest ments, lest he walk naked, and they see
thou, live again? all the days in which his shame.—Apoc. xvi. 15.
I am now in warfare, I expect until my
DEATH, EXHORTATION TO
change come.—Job xiv. 14.
PREPARE FOR
Into thy hands I commend my spirit:
0 that they would be wise and
thou hast redeemed me, 0 Lord, the
would understand, and would provide
God of truth.—Ps. xxx. 6.
But he that had received the one tal­ for their last end.—Deut. xxxii. 29.
In those days Ezechias was sick unto
ent, came and said : Lord, I know that
thou art a hard man; thou reapest death: and Isaias, the son of Amos, the
where thou hast not sown, and gather- prophet, came and said to him: Thus
saith the Lord God: Give charge con­
est where thou hast not strewed.
And being afraid, I went and hid thy cerning thy house, for thou shalt die,
talent in the earth: behold, here thou and not live.—4 Kings xx. 1.
Do good to thy friend before thou
hast that which is thine.
And his lord, answering, said to him: die, and according to thy ability,
Wicked and slothful servant, thou stretching nut thy hand, give to the
knewest that I reap where I sow not, poor.—Ecclus. xiv. 13.
Thou shalt not appear empty in the
and gather where I have not strewed:
Thou oughtest therefore to have sight of the Lord.—Ecclus. xxxv. 6.
Watch ye therefore, because you
committed my money to the bankers,
and at my coming I should have re­ know not what hour your Lord will
come.
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But this know ye, that if the good­
man of the house knew at what hour
the thief would come, he would cer­
tainly watch, and would not suffer his
house to be broken open.
Wherefore, be you also ready, because
at what hour you know not the Son of
man will come.—Matt. xxiv. 42-44.
Watch ye, therefore, because you
know not the day nor the hour.—Matt.
XXV. 13.
Take ye heed, watch and pray. For
ye know not when the time is.—Mark
xiii. 33.
Watch ye, therefore, (for you know
not when the lord of the house cometh :
at even, or at midnight, or at the cock­
crowing, or in the morning,)
Lest coming on a sudden, he find you
sleeping.
And what I say to you, I say to all:
Watch.—Mark xiii. 35, 36, 37.
Let your loins be girt, and lamps
burning in your hands.
And you yourselves like to men who
wait for their lord, when he shall re­
turn from the wedding; that when he
cometh and knocketh, they may open to
him immediately.
Blessed are those servants, whom the
Lord when he cometh, shall find watch­
ing. Amen I say to you, that he will
gird himself, and make them sit down
to meat, and passing will minister unto
them.—Luke xii. 35-37.
Watch ye, therefore, praying at all
times, that you may be accounted
worthy to escape all these things that
are to come, and to stand before the
Son of man.—Luke xxi. 36.
This therefore I say, brethren; the
time is short; it remaineth, that they
also who have wives, be as if they had
none;
And they that weep, as though they
wept not; and they that rejoice, as if
they rejoiced not; and they that buy,
as though they possessed not;
And they that use this world, as if
they used it not: for the fashion of
this world passeth away.—1 Cor. vii.
29-31.
For yourselves know perfectly, that
the day of the Lord shall so come, as a
thief in the night. ...
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ness, that that day should overtake you
as a thief.
For all you are the children of light,
and children of the day: we are not of
the night, nor of darkness.
Therefore, let us not sleep, as others
do; but let us watch, and be sober.—
1 These, v. 2, 4-6.
Let us hold fast the confession of our
hope without wavering (for he is faith­
ful that hath promised),
And let us consider one another, to
provoke unto charity and to good
works :
Not forsaking our assembly, as some
are accustomed ; but comforting one an­
other, and so much the more as you see
the day approaching.—Heb. x. 23-25.
But the end of all is at hand. Be
prudent, therefore, and watch in
prayers.—1 Peter iv. 7.
Have in mind, therefore, in what
manner thou hast received and heard:
and observe, and do penance. If then
thou shalt not watch, I will come to
thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know
at what hour I will come to thee.—
Apoc. iii. 3.
DEATH OF THE SINNER

This I know from the beginning,
since man was placed upon the earth,
That the praise of the wicked is short,
and the joy of the hypocrite but for a
moment.
If his pride mount up even to heaven,
and his head touch the clouds:
In the end he shall be destroyed like
a dunghill, and they that had seen him,
shall say: Where is he?
As a dream that fleeth away, he shall
not be found, he shall pass as a vision of
the night:
The eyes that had seen him shall see
him no more, neither shall his place
any more behold him. . . .
Ilis bones shall be filled with the
vices of his youth, and they shall sleep
with him in the dust.—Job xx. 4-9, 11.
The death of the wicked is very evil :
and they that hate the just shall be
guilty.—Ps. xxxiii. 22.
Because the wicked shall perish.
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exalted, shall come to nothing, and van­
DEATH OF THE JUST
ish like smoke.—Ps. xxxvi. 20.
Blessed is he whom thou hast chosen
When the wicked man is dead, there and taken to thee : he shall dwell in thy
shall be no hope any more: and the ex­ courts.
pectation of the solicitous shall perish.
We shall be filled with the good
—Prov. xi. 7.
things of thy house.—Ps. Ixiv. 5.
And if they die quickly, they shall
They
that
are
planted
in
the
house
have no hope, nor speech of comfort in of the Lord, shall flourish in the courts
the day of trial.
of the house of our God.—Ps. xci. 14.
For dreadful are the ends of a wicked
Precious in the sight of the Lord is
race.—Wis. iii. 18, 19.
And they (the wicked) shall fall the death of his saints.—Ps. cxv. 15.
The wicked man shall be driven out
after this without honor, and be a re­
proach among the dead for ever : for he in his wickedness; but the just hath
shall burst them puffed up and speech­ hope in his death.—Prov. xiv. 32.
But the souls of the just are in the
less, and shall shake them from the
foundations, and they shall be utterly hand of God, and the torment of death
laid waste: they shall be in sorrow, and shall not touch them.
In the sight of the unwise they
their memory shall perish.
They shall come with fear at the seemed to die; and their departure was
thought of their sins, and their iniqui­ taken for misery:
And their going away from us, for
ties shall stand against them to con­
vict them.—Wis. iv. 19, 20.
utter destruction : but they are in peace.
The congregation of sinners is like
And though in the sight of men they
tow heaped together, and the end of suffered torments, their hope is full of
them is a flame of fire.
immortality.
The way of sinners is made plain with
Afflicted in few things, in many they
stones, and in their end is hell, and shall be well rewarded: because God
darkness, and pains.—Ecclus. xxi.10,11. hath tried them, and found them
Woe to you, ungodly men, who have worthy of himself.
forsaken the law of the most high Lord.
As gold in the furnace, he hath
And if you be born, you shall be born proved them, and as a victim of a holo­
in malediction: and if you die, in male­ caust, he hath received them, and in
diction shall be your portion.
time there shall be respect had to
All things that are of the earth, shall them.—Wis. iii. 1-6.
return into the earth: so the ungodly
But the just man, if he be prevented
shall from malediction to destruction.— with death, shall be in rest.— Wis. iv. 7.
Ecclus. xli. 11-13.
He pleased God and was beloved, and
But if that evil servant shall say in
his heart: My lord is long a coming: living among sinners, he was trans­
And shall begin to strike his fellow­ lated.
He was taken away lest wickedness
servants, and shall eat and drink with
should alter his understanding, or de­
drunkards :
The lord of that servant shall come ceit beguile his soul. . . .
For his soul pleased God: therefore
in a day that he hopeth not, and at an
he hastened to bring him out of the
hour that he knoweth not:
And shall separate him, and ap­ midst of iniquities: but the people see
point his portion with the hypocrites. this, and understand not, nor lay up
There shall be weeping and gnashing of such things in their hearts. . . .—
Wis. iv. 10, 11, 14.
teeth.—Matt. xxiv. 48-51.
With him that feareth the Lord, it
For we know him that hath said:
Vengeance belongeth to me, and I will shall go well in the latter end, and in
repay. And again : The Lord shall the day of his death, he shall be blessed.
—Ecclus. i. 13.
judge his people.
And they shall say in that day: Lo,
It is a fearful thing to fall into the
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and he will save us : this is the Lord, I slept through Jesus, will God bring
we have patiently waited for him, we with him. . . .
shall rejoice and be joyful in his salva­
Then we who are alive, who are left,
tion.—Is. XXV. 9.
shall be taken up together with them
The just perisheth, and no man lay- in the clouds, to meet Christ, into the
eth it to heart, and men of mercy are air, and so shall we be always with the
taken away, because there is none that Lord.—1 Thess. iv. 12, 13, 16.
understandcth ; for the just man is
I have fought a good fight, I have
taken away from before the face of finished my course, I have kept the
faith.
evil.
Let peace come, let him rest in his
As to the rest, there is laid up for me
bed, that hath walked in his upright­ a crown of justice, which the Lord,
ness.—Is. Ivii. 1, 2.
the just judge, will render to me in that
I will deliver them out of the hand day: and not only to me, but to them
of death. I will redeem them from also that love his coming.—2 Tim. iv.
death: 0 death, I will be thy death; 0 7, 8.
hell, I will be thy bite.—Osee xiii. 14.
And I heard a voice from heaven,
But when these things begin to come saying to me: Write: Blessed are the
to pass, look up, and lift up your heads, dead, who die in the Lord. From
because your redemption is at hand.— henceforth now, saith the Spirit, that
they may rest from their labors ; for
Luke xxi. 28.
And he said to Jesus: Lord, remem­ their works follow them.—Apoc. xiv. 13.
Blessed and holy is he that hath part
ber me, when thou shalt come into thy
in the first resurrection. In these the
kingdom.
And Jesus said to him: Amen I say second death hath no power; but they
to thee, this day thou shalt be with me shall be priests of God and of Christ;
and shall reign with him a thousand
in paradise.—Luke xxiii. 42, 43.
In a moment, in the twinkling of an years.—Apoc. xx. 6.
eye, at the last trumpet: for the trum­
pet shall sound, and the dead shall rise
DEATH OF THE YOUNG
again incorruptible: and we shall be
For venerable old age is not that of
changed.
For this corruptible must put on in­ long time, not counted by the number
corruption; and this mortal must put of years: but the understanding of a
man is grey hairs.
on immortality.
And a spotless life is old age.
And when this mortal hath put on
He pleased God and was beloved, and
immortality, then shall come to pass
the saying that is written: Death is living among sinners he was translated.
He was taken away lest wickedness
swallowed up in victory.
0 death, where is thy victory? O should alter his understanding, or de­
death, where is thy sting?—1 Cor. xv. ceit beguile his soul.
For the bewitching of vanity obscur52-55.
Wherefore he saith: Rise, thou that cth good things, and the wandering of
sleepest, and arise from the dead: concupiscence overturneth the innocent
and Christ shall enlighten thee.—Eph. mind.
Being made perfect in a short space,
v. 14.
But I am straitened between two: he fulfilled a long time:
For his soul pleased God: therefore
having a desire to be dissolved and to be
with Christ, a thing by far the better.— he hastened to bring him out of the
midst of iniquities: but the people see
Philipp, i. 23.
And we will not have you ignorant, this, and understand not, nor lay up
brethren, concerning them that are such things in their hearts. . . .
But the just that is dead condemneth
asleep, that you be not sorrowful, even
the wicked that are living, and youth
as others who have no hope.
For if we believe that Jesus died, soon ended, the long life of the unjust.
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DEATH, PRAYER FOR A GOOD
Let my soul die the death of the just,
and my last end be like to them.—Num.
xxiii. 10.
0 forgive me, that I may be re­
freshed, before I go hence, and be no
more.—Ps. xxxviii. 14.

DEBTS, WE SHOULD PAY OUR
JUST

See also: Justice in our dealings with
one another—page 268.
If any man hath done any work for
thee, immediately pay him his hire,
and let not the wages of thy hired ser­
vant stay with thee at all.—Tob. iv. 15.
The sinner shall borrow, and not pay
again ; but the just showeth mercy, and
shall give.—Ps. xxxvi. 21.
Lend to thy neighbor in the time of
need, and pay thou thy neighbor again
in due time.
Keep thy word, and deal faithfully
with him: and thou shalt always find
that which is necessary for thee.
Many have looked upon a thing lent
as a thing found, and have given
trouble to them that helped them.
Till they receive, they kiss the hands
of the lender, and in promises they
humble their voice:
But when they should repay, they
will ask time, and will return tedious
and murmuring words, and will com­
plain of the time:
And if he be able to pay, he will
stand off, he will scarce pay one half,
and will count it as if he had found
it:
But if not, he will defraud him of
his money, and he shall get him for an
enemy without cause:
And he will pay him with reproaches
and curses, and instead of honor and
good turn will repay him injuries.
Many have refused to lend, not out
of wickedness, but they were afraid to
be defrauded without cause.—Ecclus.
xxix. 2-10.
Woe to him that buildeth up his
house by injustice, and his chambers
not in judgment: that will oppress his
friend without cause, and will not pay
him his wages.—J er. xxii. 13.

I

DECEITFULNESS
You shall not steal. You shall not
lie, neither shall any man deceive his
neighbor.—Lev. xix. 11.
Draw me not away together with
the wicked; and with the workers of
iniquity destroy me not :
Who speak peace with their neigh­
bor, but evils are in their hearts.—Ps.
I xxvii. 3.
0 Lord, deliver my soul from wicked
lips, and a deceitful tongue.
What shall be given to thee, or what
shall be added to thee, to a deceitful
tongue?—Ps. cxix. 2, 3.
The dissembler with his mouth de­
ceived! his friend: but the just shall be
delivered by knowledge.—Prov. xi. 9.
The deceitful man shall not find
gain : but the substance of a just man
shall be precious gold.—Prov. xii. 27.
Deceitful souls go astray in sins : the
just are merciful and show mercy.—
Prov. xiii. 13.
Be not witness without cause against
thy neighbor: and deceive not any man
with thy lips.—Prov. xxiv. 28.
As he is guilty that shooteth arrows
and lances unto death:
So is the man that hurteth his friend
deceitfully: and when he is taken,
saith: I did it in jest.—Prov. xxvi.
18, 19.
He that covereth hatred deceitfully,
his malice shall be laid open in the pub­
lic assembly.—Prov. xxvi. 26.
A deceitful tongue loveth not truth:
and a slippery mouth worketh ruin.—
Prov. xxvi. 28.
Better are the wounds of a friend,
than the deceitful kisses of an enemy.—
Prov. xxvii. 6.
Of one spark cometh a great fire, and
of one deceitful man much blood.—
Ecclus. xi. 34.
If one cast a stone on high, it will
fall upon his own head : and the deceit­
ful stroke will wound the deceitful.—
Ecclus. xxvii. 28.
He that seeketh the law, shall be
filled with it : and he that dealeth de­
ceitfully, shall meet with a stumblingblock therein.—Ecclus. xxxii. 19.
Wherefore have a shame of these

DELAY
things I am now going to speak
of. . . .
Of leaning with thy elbow over meat,
and of deceit in giving and taking.—
Ecclus. xli. 19, 24.
The vessels of the deceitful are most
wicked : for he hath framed devices to
destroy the meek, with lying words,
when the poor man speaketh judg­
ment.—7s. xxxii. 7.
Wherefore, laying away all malice,
and all guile, and dissimulations, and
envies, and all detractions,
As new-born babes, desire the ra­
tional milk without guile, that thereby
you may grow unto salvation.—1 Peter
ii. 1, 2.
DECEITFULNESS, HATEFUL TO
GOD
Thou hatest all the workers of
iniquity: thou wilt destroy all that
speak a lie.
The bloody and the deceitful man the
Lord will abhor.—Ps. v. 7.
The fear of the Lord hateth evil: I
hate arrogance, and pride, and every
wicked way, and a mouth with a double
tongue.—Prov. viii. 13.
DECEITFULNESS, PUNISHED BY
GOD
May the Lord destroy all deceitful
lips, and the tongue that speaketh
proud things.—Ps. xi. 4.
Let deceitful lips be made dumb
Which speak iniquity against the
just, with pride and abuse.—Ps. xxx. 19.
But thou, O God, shalt bring them
down into the pit of destruction.
Bloody and deceitful men shall not
live out half their days.—Ps. liv. 24.
No good shall come to the deceitful
son: but the wise servant shall prosper
in his dealings, and his way shall be
made straight.—Prov. xiv. 15.
lie that deceiveth the just in a
wicked way, shall fall in his own de­
struction; and the upright shall possess
his goods.—Prov. xxviii. 10.
Their tongue is a piercing arrow, it
hath spoken deceit: with his mouth, one
speaketh peace with his friend, and
secretly he lieth in wait for him.
Shall I not visit them for these
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soul be revenged on such a nation?—
J er. ix. 8, 9.
DECEIVE GOD, WE CANNOT
See also: Searcher of hearts, God
the—page 507.

With him is strength and wisdom:
he knoweth both the deceiver, and him
that is deceived.—Job xii. 16.
Or shall it please him, from whom
nothing can be concealed? or shall he be
deceived as a man, with your deceitful
dealings?—Job xiii. 9.
If thou say: I have not strength
enough : he that seeth into the heart, he
understandeth, and nothing deceiveth
the keeper of thy soul, and he shall ren­
der to a man according to his works.—
Prov. xxiv. 12.
Woe to you scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites; because you make clean the
outside of the cup and of the dish, but
within you are full of rapine and un­
cleanness.
Thou blind Pharisee, first make
clean the inside of the cup and of the
dish, that the outside may become
clean.
Woe to you scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites; because you are like to
whited sepulchres, which outwardly ap­
pear to men beautiful, but within are
full of dead men’s bones, and of all
filthiness.
So you also outwardly indeed appear
to men just; but inwardly you are full
of hypocrisy and iniquity.—Matt, xxiii.
25-28.
Now the Pharisees, who were covet­
ous, heard all these things: and they
derided him (Christ).
And he said to them: You are they
who justify yourselves before men, but
God knoweth your hearts; for that
which is high to men. is an abomina­
tion before God.—Luke xvi. 14, 15.
DELAY OF CONVERSION
Delay not to be converted to the
Lord, and defer it not from day to day.
For his wrath shall come on a sud­
den, and in the time of vengeance he
will destroy thee.—Ecclus. v. 8, 9.
Seek ye the Lord while he may be
found: call upon him while he is near.
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DEPENDENCE

But he said to another: Follow me. up against him that lifteth ic up, and
And he said : Lord, suffer me first to go, a staff exalt itself, which is but wood.
and to bury my father.
—Is. x. 15.
And Jesus said to him: Let the dead
Woe to you, apostate children, saith
bury their dead : but go thou, and the Lord, that you would take counsel,
preach the kingdom of God.
and not of me; and would begin a web,
And another said: I will follow thee, and not by my spirit, that you might
Lord; but let me first take my leave of add sin upon sin :
them that are at my house.
Who walk to go down into Egypt,
Jesus said to him: No man putting and have not asked at my mouth, hop­
his hand to the plough, and looking ing for help in the strength of Pharao,
back, is fit for the kingdom of God.— and trusting in the shadow of Egypt.
Luke ix. 59-62.
And the strength of Pharao shall be
But when the master of the house to your confusion, and the confidence
shall be gone in, and shall shut the of the shadow of Egypt to your shame.
door, you shall begin to stand without, —Is. XXX. 1-3.
and knock at the door, saying: Lord,
Thus saith the Lord: Let not the
open to us. And he answering, shall wise man glory in his wisdom, and let
say to you : I know you not whence you not the strong man glory in his
are.—Luke xiii. 25.
strength, and let not the rich man
glory in his riches:
But let him that glorieth, glory in
DEPENDENCE UPON GOD,
this, that he understandeth and knowMAN’S
eth me, for I am the Lord that exercise
See also: Hands of God, we are in mercy, and judgment, and justice in
the earth : for these things please me,
the—page 192.
Also: Help, our need of God’s— saith the Lord.—Jer. ix. 23, 24.
But he answering, said: Every plant
page 202.
which my heavenly Father hath not
The tabernacles of robbers abound, planted, shall be rooted up.—Malt.
and they provoke God boldly; whereas xv. 13.
it is he that hath given all into their
For in him we live, and move, and
hands.—Job xii. 6.
are; as some also of your own poets
Look thou upon me, and have mercy said: For we are also his offspring.—
on me; for I am alone and poor.—Ps. Acts xvii. 28.
xxiv. 16.
Yet to us there is but one God, the
Behold as the eyes of servants are on Father, of whom are all things, and we
the hands of their masters,
unto him; and one Lord Jesus Christ,
As the eyes of the handmaid are on by whom are all things, and we by him.
the hands of her mistress : so are our —1 Cor. viii. 6.
eyes unto the Lord our God, until he
Not that we are sufficient to think
have mercy on us.—Ps. cxxii. 2.
any thing of ourselves, as of ourselves:
I turned me to another thing, and I but our sufficiency is from God.—
saw that under the sun, the race is not 2 Cor. iii. 5.
to the swift, nor the battle to the
Behold, now you that say: To-day or
strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to-morrow we will go into such a city,
to the learned, nor favor to the skilful: and there we will spend a year, and
but time and chance in all.—Eccles. will traffic, and make our gain.
ix. 11.
Whereas you know not what shall be
And how could any thing endure, if on the morrow.
thou wouldst not? or be preserved, if
For what is your life? It is a vapor
not called by thee?—Wts. xi. 26.
which appeareth for a little while, and
Shall the axe boast itself against him afterwards shall vanish away. For that
that cutteth with it? or shall the saw you should say: If the Lord will, and
exalt itself against him by whom it is if we shall live, we will do this or that
drawn? as if a rod should lift itaelf —James iv. 13-15.

DESIRES
DESIGNS OF GOD ARE WONDER.
FUL, THE

See: Ways of God are unsearchable
—page 584.
DESIRE FOR GOD
I shall see him, but not now: I
shall behold him, but not near. A star
shall rise out of Jacob, and a sceptre
shall spring up from Israel.—Num.
xxiv. 17.
As the hart panteth after the foun­
tains of water; so my soul panteth
after thee, 0 God.
My soul hath thirsted after the
strong, living God; when shall I come
and appear before the face of God?—
Ps. xii. 2, 3.
0 God, my God, to thee do I watch
at break of day.
For thee my soul hath thirsted;
for thee my flesh, O how many ways!
—Ps. Ixii. 2.
For what have I in heaven? and be­
sides thee, what do I desire upon earth?
For thee my flesh and my heart hath
fainted away: thou art the God of my
heart, and the God that is my portion
for ever.—Ps. Ixxii. 25, 26.
How lovely are thy tabernacles, O
Lord of hosts!
My soul longeth and fainteth for the
courts of the Lord.
My heart and my flesh have rejoiced
in the living God.—Ps. Ixxxiii. 2, 3.
My soul hath fainted after thy sal­
vation : and in thy word I have very
much hoped. . . .
I have longed for thy salvation, 0
Lord; and thy law is my meditation.—
Ps. cxviii. 81, 174.
My beloved to me. and I to him who
feedeth among the lilies.—Cant. ii. 16.
And in the way of thy judgments, 0
T.ord, we have patiently waited for
thee: thy name, and thy remembrance
are the desire of the soul.
My soul hath desired thee in the
night; yea, and with my spirit within
me, in the morning early I will watch
to thee.—Is. xxvi. 8. 9.
Drop down dew, ye heavens, from
above, and let the clouds rain the just:
let the earth be opened, and bud forth
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Thy kingdom come.—Matt. vi. 10.
And it came to pass, that while ‘they
talked and reasoned with themselves,
Jesus himself also drawing near, went
with them. . . .
And they drew nigh to the town,
whither they were going: and he made
as though he would go farther.
But they constrained him, saying:
Stay with us, because it is towards
evening, and the day is now far spent.
And he went in with them.—Luke
xxiv. 15, 28, 29.
But I am straitened between two:
having a desire to be dissolved, and to
be with Christ, a thing by far the bet­
ter.—Philipp, i. 23.
DESIRES, EVIL
The desire of the just is all good:
the expectation of the wicked is indig­
nation.—Prov. xi. 23.
Well doth he rise early who seeketh
good things; but he that seeketh after
evil things shall be oppressed by them.
—Prov. xi. 27.
Follow not in thy strength the desires
of thy heart:
And say not: How mighty am I? and
who shall bring me under for my deeds?
for God will surely take revenge.—
Ecclus. V. 2, 3.
An evil eye is towards evil things:
and he shall not have his fill of bread,
but shall be needy and pensive at his
own table.—Ecclus. xiv. 10.
Go not after thy lusts, but turn away
from thy own will.
If thou give thy soul her desires, she
will make thee a joy to thy enemies.—
Ecclus. xviii. 30, 31.
And if he be hindered from sinning
for want of power, if he shall find op­
portunity to do evil, he will do it.—
Ecclus. xix. 25.
There is that is hindered from sin­
ning through want, and in his rest he
shall be pricked.—Ecclus. xx. 23.
You have heard that it was said to
them of old: Thou shalt not commit
adultery.
But I say to you, that whosoever
shall look on a woman to lust after her,
hath already committed adultery in his
heart.—Matt. v. 27, 28.
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DESOLATION

For of these sort are they who creep i Why is light given to him that is in
into houses, and lead captive silly misery, and life to them that are in
women laden with sins, who are led bitterness of soul ?...
To a man whose way is hidden, and
away with divers desires.—2 Tim. iii. 6.
For the grace of God our Saviour God hath surrounded him with dark­
ness?—Job iii. 20, 23.
hath appeared to all men;
Instructing us, that denying ungodli­ I In his hands he hideth the light, and
ness and worldly desires, we should live commandeth it to come again.—Job
soberly, and justly, and godly in this I xxxvi. 32.
But I said in the excess of my mind:
world.—Titus ii. 11, 12.
From whence are wars and conten­ I am cast away from before thy eyes.
Therefore thou hast heard the voice
tions among you ? Are they not
hence, from your concupiscences, which of my prayer, when I cried to thee.—
war in your members?
Ps. XXX. 23.
For thou art God my strength: why
You covet, and have not: you kill,
and envy, and cannot obtain.—James hast thou cast me off? and why do I
II
go sorrowful, whilst the enemy afflicteth
iv. 1, 2.
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as me?—Ps. xlii. 2.
Save me, O God: for the waters are
strangers and pilgrims, to refrain your­
selves from carnal desires, which war come in even unto my soul.
I stick fast in the mire of the deep:
against the soul.—1 Peter ii. 11.
and there is no sure standing.
I am come into the depth of the sea:
DESIRES, GOOD
and a tempest hath overwhelmed me.
The desire of the just is all good:
I have labored with crying; my jaws
the expectation of the wicked is indig­ are become hoarse : my eyes have failed,
nation.—Prov. xi. 23.
whilst I hope in my God.—Ps.lxviii.2-4.
And he (the angel Gabriel) in­ My soul hath slumbered through
structed me, and spoke to me, and said : heaviness: strengthen thou me in thy
O Daniel, I am now come forth to teach words.—Ps. cxviii. 28.
thee, and that thou mightest under­
My soul hath fainted after thy sal­
stand.
vation: and in thy word I have very
From the beginning of thy prayers much hoped.
the word came forth : and I am come to
My eyes have failed for thy word,
show it to thee, because thou art a saying:
When wilt thou comfort me?—
man of desires: therefore do thou mark Ps. cxviii.
81,
82.
the word, and understand the vision.—
I stretched forth my hands to thee:
Dan. ix. 22, 23.
soul is as earth without water unto
Blessed are they that hunger and my
thee.
thirst after justice: for they shall have
Hear me speedily, O Lord, my soul
their fill.—Matt. v. 6.
Follow after charity, be zealous for hath fainted away.
Turn not away thy face from me, lest
spiritual gifts.—1 Cor. xiv. 1.
I be like unto them that go down into
the pit.—Ps. cxlii. 6, 7.
DESOLATION OF SPIRIT
Who is there among you that feareth
See also: Withdraw from us; God the Lord, that heareth the voice of his
seems to—page 616.
servant, that hath walked in darkness,
and hath no light? let him hope in the
So going in he (Raphael) saluted name of the Lord, and lean upon his
him and said: Joy be to thee always.
God.—Is. 1. 10.
And Tobias said: What manner of
0 poor little one, tossed with tem­
joy shall be to me, who sit in darkness, pest, without all comfort, behold I will
and see not the light of heaven?
lay thy stones in order, and will lay
And the young man said to him : Be thy foundations with sapphires.
of good courage, thy cure from God is
. . . All thy children shall be
at hand.—Tob. v. 11-13.
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DESPAIR, TEMPTATION TO
the peace of thy children.—7s. liv.
11, 13.
Many say to my soul : There is no
Therefore do I weep, and my eyes salvation for him in his God.—Ps. iii. 3.
run down with water: because the com­
forter, the relief of my soul, is far from
DESPISING OUR NEIGHBOR
me.—Lam. i. 16.
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried
See: Contempt of our neighbor—
with a loud voice, saying: Eli, Eli, page 78.
lamma sabacthani ? that is, My God,
my God, why hast thou forsaken me?— DETACHMENT FROM THINGS
Matt, xxvii. 46.
OF EARTH
DESPAIR
And (Job) said: Naked came I out
And Cain said to the Lord: My in­ of my mother’s womb, and naked shall
iquity is greater than that I may de­ I return thither: the Lord gave, and
the Lord hath taken away: as it has
serve pardon.—Gen. iv. 13.
He shall not believe, being vainly de­ pleased the Lord, so it is done: blessed
ceived by error, that he may be re­ be the name of the Lord.—Job i. 21.
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for
deemed with any price.—Job xv. 31.
Happy is he that hath had no sad­ theirs is the kingdom of heaven.—
ness of his mind, and who is not fallen Matt. v. 3.
Lay not up to yourselves treasures on
from his hope.—Ecclus. xiv. 2.
Keep thy foot from being bare, and earth: where the rust, and moth con­
thy throat from thirst. But thou sume, and where thieves break through
saidst: I have lost all hope, I will not and steal.
But lay up to yourselves treasures in
do it: for I have loved strangers, and I
heaven: where neither the rust nor
will walk after them.—J er. ii. 25.
Thus saith the Lord : Let every man moth doth consume, and where thieves
of you return from his evil way, and do not break through, nor steal.
For where thy treasure is, there is
make ye your ways and your doings
thy heart also.—Matt. vi. 19-21.
good.
This therefore I say, brethren; the
And they said: We have no hopes:
for we will go after our own thoughts, time is short; it remaineth, that they
and we will do every one according to also who have wives, be as if they had
the perverseness of his evil heart.— none;
And they that weep, as though they
Jer. xviii. 11, 12.
Then Judas, who betrayed him, see­ wept not; and they that rejoice, as if
ing that he was condemned, repenting they rejoiced not; and they that buy,
himself, brought back the thirty pieces as though they possessed not;
And they that use this world, as if
of silver to the chief priests and an­
cients,
they used it not : for the fashion of this
Saying: I have sinned in betraying world passeth away.—1 Cor. vii. 29-31.
But God forbid that I should glory,
innocent blood. But they said : What is
save in the cross of our Lord Jesus
that to us? look thou to it.
And casting down the pieces of sil­ Christ; by whom the world is crucified
ver in the temple, he departed: and to me, and I to the world.—Gal. vi. 14.
But the things that were gain to
went and hanged himself w’ith a halter.
—Malt, xxvii. 3-5.
me, the same I have counted loss for
This then I say and testify in the Christ.
Furthermore. T count all things to be
Lord: That henceforward you walk not
as also the Gentiles walk in the vanity but loss for the excellent knowledge of
Jesus Christ my Lord; for whom I
of their mind: . . .
Who despairing, have given them­ have suffered the loss of all things, and
selves up to lasciviousness, unto the count them but as dung, that I may
working of all uncleanness, unto covet­ gain Christ.—Philipp, iii. 7, 8.
Therefore, if you be risen with
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DETRACTION

My son, fear the Lord and the king:
Christ, seek the things that are above;
where Christ is sitting at the right and have nothing to do with detractors.
For their destruction shall rise sud­
hand of God:
Mind the things that are above, not denly: and who knoweth the ruin of
both?—Prov. xxiv. 21, 22.
the things that are upon the earth.
For thy conscience knoweth that
Col. iii. 1, 2.
thou also hast often spoken evil of
DETACHMENT FROM THINGS others.—Eccles, vii. 23.
If a serpent bite in silence, he is
OF EARTH, MOTIVES OR
nothing better that backbiteth secretly.
REASONS FOR
Eccles, x. 11.
See also: Riches, vanity of—page 490.
Therefore he that speaketh unjust
AH that I have shall go down into things, cannot be hid, neither shall the
the deepest pit: thinkest thou that there chastising judgment pass him by.—IVw.
at least I shall have rest?—Job xvii. 16. i. 8.
0 death, how bitter is the remem­
The whisperer and the doublebrance of thee to a man that hath tongued is accursed : for he hath
peace in his possessions!
troubled many that were at peace.
To a man that is at rest, and whose
The tongue of a third person hath
ways are prosperous in all things, and disquieted many, and scattered them
that is yet able to take meat!—Ecclus. from nation to nation.—Ecclus. xxviii.
xli. 1, 2.
15, 16.
For we brought nothing into this
Admonish them ... to speak evil
world: and certainly we can carry noth­ of no man, not to be litigious, but
ing out.—1 Tim. vi. 7.
gentle: showing all mildness towards
all men.—Titus iii. 1, 2.
DETRACTION
Thou shalt not calumniate thy DETRACTION, EXHORTATION
neighbor, nor oppress him by violence.
TO AVOID
—Lev. xix. 13.
Thou shalt not be a detractor, nor a
Remove from thee a froward mouth,
whisperer among the people. Thou and let detracting lips be far from thee.
shalt not stand against the blood of thy —Prov. iv. 24.
neighbor.
I am the Lord.—Lev.
Keep yourselves, therefore, from
xix. 16.
murmuring, which profiteth nothing,
Sitting, thou didst speak against thy and refrain your tongue from detrac­
brother, and didst lay a scandal against tion, for an obscure speech shall not
thy mother’s son : these things hast go for nought: and the mouth that bethou done, and I was silent.
lieth, killeth the soul.—WÏ3. i. 11.
Thou thoughtest unjustly that I
Be not called a whisperer, and be not
should be like to thee: but I will re­ taken in thy tongue, and confounded.
prove thee, and set before thy face.—
For confusion and repentance is upon
Ps. xlix. 20. 21.
a thief, and an evil mark of disgrace
For they have whetted their tongues upon the double-tongued, but to the
like a sword; they have bent their bow, whisperer, hatred, and enmity, and re­
a bitter thing, to shoot in secret the un­ proach.—Ecclus. v. 16, 17.
defiled.—Ps. Ixiii. 4, 5.
Devise not a lie against thy brother:
The man that in private detracted his neither do the like against thy friend.
neighbor, him did I persecute.—Ps. c. 5. —Ecclus. vii. 13.
I>et them that detract me be clothed
Hast thou heard a word against thy
with shame: and let them be covered neighbor? let it die within thee, trust­
with their confusion as with a double ing that it will not burst thee.—Ecclus.
cloak.—Ps. cviii. 29.
xix. 10.
The thought of a fool is sin : and the
And the soldiers also asked him, say­
detractor is the abomination of men.— ing: And what shall we do? And he
(the Baptist) said to them: Do vioProv. xxiv. 9.

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lence to no man; neither calumniate
any man; and be content with your
pay.—Luke iii. 14.
Detract not one another, my breth­
ren. He that dctracteth his brother, or
he that judgeth his brother, detraeteti!
the law, and judgeth the law. But if
thou judge the law, thou art not a
doer of the law, but a judge.—James
iv. 11.
Wherefore laying aside all malice,
and all guile, and dissimulations, and
envies, and all detractions,
As new-born babes, desire the ra­
tional milk without guile, that thereby
you may grow unto salvation.—1 Peter
ii. 1, 2.
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And you, when you were dead in your
offences and sins,
Wherein in time past you walked ac­
cording to the course of this world, ac­
cording to the prince of the power of
this air, of the spirit that now worketh on the children of unbelief.—Eph.
ii. 1, 2.
Thou believest that there is one God.
Thou dost well: the devils also believe
and tremble.—James ii. 19.
For if God spared not the angels that
sinned, but delivered them, drawn down
by infernal ropes to the lower hell, unto
torments, to be reserved unto judg­
ment.—2 Peter ii. 4.
He that committeth sin is of the
devil: for the devil sinneth from the be­
ginning. For this purpose the Son of
God appeared, that he might destroy
the works of the devil.—1 John iii. 8.
And the angels who kept not their
principality, but forsook their own
habitation, he hath reserved unto dark­
ness in everlasting chains, unto the
judgment of the great day.—Jude i. 6.
And there was seen another sign in
heaven : and behold, a great red dragon,
having seven heads and ten horns: and
on his heads, seven diadems:
And his tail drew the third part of
the stars of heaven, and cast them to
the earth: and the dragon stood before
the woman who was ready to be de­
livered; that, when she should be de­
livered, he might devour her son.—
Apoc. xii. 3, 4.
And there was a great battle in
heaven, Michael and his angels fought
with the dragon, and the dragon
fought, and his angels:
And they prevailed not, neither
was their place found any more in
heaven.
And that great dragon was cast out,
that old serpent, who is called the devil
and Satan, who seduceth the whole
world; and he was cast unto the earth,
and his angels were thrown down with
him.—Apoc. xii. 7-9.

Behold they that servo him are not
steadfast, and in his angels he found
wickedness.—Job iv. 18.
And he sent upon them (the Egyp­
tians) the wrath of his indignation:
indignation and wrath and trouble,
which he sent by evil angels.—Ps.
Ixxvii. 49.
How art thou fallen from heaven, 0
Lucifer, who didst rise in the morn­
ing? how art thou fallen to the earth,
♦hat didst wound the nations?
And thou saidst in thy heart: I will
ascend into heaven, I will exalt my
throne above the stars of God, I will
sit in the mountain of the covenant, in
the sides of the north.
I will ascend above the height of the
clouds, I will be like the most High.
But yet thou shalt be brought down
to hell, into the depth of the pit.—Is.
xiv. 12-15.
And he said to them: I saw Satan
like lightning falling from heaven.—
Luke x. 18.
You are of your father the devil, and
the desires of your father you will do.
He was a murderer from the beginning,
and he stood not in the truth; because
truth is not in him. When he speaketh
a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he
is a liar, and the father thereof.—John
DEVIL SEEKS THE RUIN OF
viii. 44.
MAN, THE
Know' you not that we shall judge
angels? how much more things of this
And it came to pass, when on a cer­
world?—1 Cor. vi. 3.
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DEVIL

stood before the Lord, and Satan came but by prayer and fasting.—Matt. xvii.
among them, and stood in his sight,
17-20.
That the Lord said to Satan : Whence
For though we walk in the flesh, we
comest thou? And he answered and do not war according to the flesh.
said : I have gone round about the
For the weapons of our warfare are
earth, and walked through it.—Job not carnal, but mighty to God, unto
ii. 1, 2.
the pulling down of fortifications, de­
For God created man incorruptible, stroying counsels,
and to the image of his own likeness
And every height that exalteth itself
he made him.
against the knowledge of God, and
But by the envy of the devil, death bringing into captivity every under­
came into the world :
standing unto the obedience of Christ.
And they follow him that are of his —2 Cor. X. 3-5.
side.—Wis. ii. 23-25.
And they that are Christ’s, have cru­
The sower went out to sow his seed. cified their flesh, with the vices and
And as he sowed, some fell by the way­ concupiscences.—Gal. v. 24.
side, and it was trodden down, and the
Give not place to the devil.—Eph.
fowls of the air devoured it.
. . . Now the parable is this: The iv. 27.
Put you on the armor of God, that
seed is the word of God.
And they by the wayside are they you may be able to stand against the
that hear; then the devil cometh, and deceits of the devil.
For our wrestling is not against
taketh the word out of their heart, lest
believing they should be saved.—Luke flesh and blood; but against principali­
ties and powers, against the rulers of
viii. 5, 11, 12.
For what I have pardoned, if I have the world of this darkness, against the
pardoned anything, for your sakes have spirits of wickedness in the high
places.
I done it in the person of Christ.
Therefore take unto you the armor
That we be not over-reached by
Satan. For we are not ignorant of his of God, that you may be able to re­
sist in the evil day, and to stand in
devices.—2 Cor. ii. 10, 11.
For Satan himself transformed! him­ all things perfect. . . .
In all things taking the shield of
self into an angel of light.—2 Cor.
faith, wherewith you may be able to
xi. 14.
Be sober and watch : because your ad­ extinguish all the fiery darts of the
versary the devil, as a roaring lion, go- most wicked one.—Eph. vi. 11-13, 16.
Be subject therefore to God, but re­
eth about seeking whom ho may devour.
sist the devil, and he will fly from you.
—1 Peter v. 8.
Woe to the earth, and to the sea, be­ —James iv. 7.
Be sober, and watch: because your
cause the devil is come down unto you,
having great wrath, knowing that he adversary the devil, as a roaring lion,
hath but a short time.—Apoc. xii. 12. goeth about, seeking whom he may de­
vour.
Whom resist ye, strong in faith:
DEVIL AND HIS TEMPTATIONS,
knowing that the same affliction befalls
GAINING THE MASTERY
your brethren who are in the world.—
OVER THE
1 Peter v. 8, 9.
And Jesus rebuked him, and the
devil went out of him, and the child DEVIL AND HIS TEMPTATIONS,
was cured from that hour.
REWARD PROMISED TO
Then came the disciples to Jesus
THOSE WHO OVER­
secretly, and said: Why could not we
COME THE
cast him out?
Jesus said to them: Because of your
He that hath an ear, let him hear
unbelief.
what the Spirit saith to the churches:
. . . But this kind is not cast out To him that overcometh, I will give to

DILIGENCE
eat of the tree of life, which is in the
paradise of my God.—Apoc. ii. 7.
He that shall overcome, shall not be
hurt by the second death.—Apoc. ii. 11.
To him that overcometh, I will give
the hidden manna, and will give him a
white counter, and in the counter a new
name written, which no man knoweth,
but he that receiveth it.—Apoc. ii. 17.
And he that shall overcome, and keep
my works unto the end, I will give him
power over the nations.—Apoc. ii. 26.
He that shall overcome, shall thus be
clothed in white garments, and I will
not blot his name out of the book of
life, and I will confess his name be­
fore my Father, and before his angels.
—Apoc. iii. 5.
He that shall overcome, I will make
him a pillar in the temple of my God;
and he shall go out no more ; and I will
write upon him the name of my God,
and the name of the city of my God,
the new Jerusalem, which cometh down
out of heaven from my God, and my
new name.—Apoc. iii. 12.
To him that shall overcome, I will
give to sit with me in my throne: as
I also have overcome, and am set down
with my Father in his throne.—Apoc.
iii. 21.
To him that thirsteth, I will give of
the fountain of the water of life freely.
He that shall overcome, shall possess
these things, and I will be his God; and
he shall be my son.—Apoc. xxi. 6, 7.
DIFFIDENCE

See: Distrust of self—page 117.
DILIGENCE OR INDUSTRY
The slothful hand hath wrought pov­
erty: but the hand of the industrious
getteth riches. . . .
He that gathered in the harvest, is a
wise son : but he that snoreth in the
summer, is the son of confusion.—
Prov. X. 4, 5.
A diligent woman is a crown to her
husband.—Prov. xii. 4.
Better is the poor man that provideth
for himself, than he that is glorious,
and wanteth bread.—Prov. xii. 9.
Substance got in haste, shall be di­
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little is gathered with the hand shall in­
crease.— Prov. xiii. 11.
In much work there shall be
abundance: but where there are many
words, there is oftentimes want.—Prov.
xiv. 23.
The thoughts of the industrious al­
ways bring forth abundance: but every
sluggard is always in want.—Prov.
xxi. 5.
Prepare thy work without, and dili­
gently till thy ground: that afterward
thou mayst build thy house.—Prov.
xxiv. 27.
Who shall find a valiant woman? far
and from the uttermost coasts is the
price of her. . . .
She hath sought wool and flax, and
hath wrought by the counsel of her
hands. . . .
She hath put out her hand to strong
things, and her fingers have taken hold
of the spindle. . . .
She shall not fear f«r her house in
the cold of snow: for all her domestics
are clothed with double garments.
She hath made for herself clothing of
tapestry: fine linen, and purple is her
covering. . . .
She hath looked well to the paths of
her house, and hath not eaten her bread
idle.—Prov. xxxi. 10, 13, 19, 21, 22, 27.
In the morning sow thy seed, and in
the evening let not thy hand cease: for
thou knowest not which may rather
spring up, this or that: and if both
together, it shall be the better.—Eccles.
xi. 6.
DILIGENCE, OR INDUSTRY,
REWARD OF

But if thou be diligent thy harvest
shall come as a fountain, and want shall
flee far from thee.—Prov. vi. 11.
The sluggard willeth and willeth not:
but the soul of them that work, shall be
made fat.—Prov. xiii. 4.
Hast thou seen a man swift in his
work? he shall stand before kings, and
shall not be before those that are ob­
scure.—Prov. xxii. 29.
He that tilleth his ground, shall be
filled with bread: but he that followeth
idleness shall be filled with poverty.—
Prov. xxviii. 19.

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DISCIPLINE

In all thy works be quick, and no in­ you: The servant is not greater than
firmity shall come to thee.—Ecclus. his master. If they have persecuted me,
they will also persecute you: if they
xxxi. 27.
have kept my word, they will keep
DISCIPLE, OR FOLLOWER OF yours also.
But all these things they will do to
CHRIST, WHAT IT MEANS
you for my name’s sake: because they
TO BE A
know not him that sent me.—John xv.
The disciple is not above the master, 20, 21.
nor the servant above his lord.
Know you not that all we who are
It is enough for the disciple that he baptized in Christ Jesus, are baptized
be as his master, and the servant as in his death?
his lord. If they have called the good­
For we are buried together with him
man of the house Beelzebub, how much by baptism into death; that as Christ
more them of his household?—Matt, is risen from the dead by the glory of
x. 24, 25.
the Father, so we also may walk in new­
He that loveth father or mother more ness of life.
than me, is not worthy of me; and he
For if we have been planted together
that loveth son or daughter more than in the likeness of his death, we shall
me, is not worthy of me.
be also in the likeness of his resurrec­
And he that taketh not up his cross, tion.—Rom. vi. 3-5.
and followeth me, is not worthy of me.
And they that are Christ’s, have cru­
—Malt. X. 37, 38.
cified their flesh, with the vices and
Then Jesus said to his disciples: If concupiscences.—Gal. v. 24.
any man will come after me, let him
But God forbid that I should glory,
deny himself, and take up his cross, and save
in
the
cross
of
our
Lord
Jesus
follow me.
Christ; by whom the world is crucified
For he that will save his life, shall to
me, and I to the world.—Gal. vi. 14.
lose it: and he that shall lose his life
And all that will live godly in Christ
for my sake, shall find it.—Matt. xvi.
Jesus, shall suffer persecution.—2 Tim.
24, 25.
And Jesus answering, said: You iii. 12.
Wherefore Jesus also, that le might
know not what you ask. Can you
drink the chalice that I shall drink? sanctify the people by his own blood,
suffered without the gate.
They say to him: We can.
Let us go forth therefore to him
He saith to them: My chalice indeed
without the camp, bearing his -eproach.
you shall drink.—Matt. xx. 22, 23.
The disciple is not above his master : —Heb. xiii. 12, 13.
but every one shall be perfect, if he be
as his master.—Luke vi. 40.
DISCIPLINE, NEED OF
If any man come to me, and hate not
Embrace discipline, lest at any time
his father, and mother, and wife, and
children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, the Lord be angry, and you perish from
and his own life also, he cannot be my the just way.—Ps. ii. 12.
But to the sinner God hath said:
disciple.
And whosoever doth not carry his Why dost thou declare my justices, and
cross, and come after me, cannot be my take my covenant in thy mouth?
Seeing thou hast hated discipline:
disciple. . . .
So likewise every one of you that and hast cast my words behind thee.—
doth not renounce all that he possess- Ps. xlix. 16, 17.
Teach me goodness, and discipline,
eth, cannot be my disciple.—Luke xiv.
and knowledge: for I have believed thy
26, 27, 33.
By this shall all men know that you commandments.—Ps. cxviii. 66.
For he that rejecteth wisdom and dis­
are my disciples, if you have love one
cipline is unhappy: and their hope is
for another.—John xiii. 35.
Remember my word that I said to vain, and their labors without fruit,

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and their works unprofitable.— W¿s.
iii. 11.
There is success inevil things to a man
without discipline, and there is a find­
ing that turneth to loss.—Ecclus. xx. 9.
Draw near to me, ye unlearned, and
gather yourselves together into the
house of discipline.
... I have opened my mouth, and
have spoken : buy her for yourselves
without silver,
And submit your neck to the yoke,
and let your soul receive discipline: for
she is near at hand to be found. . . .
Receive ye discipline as a great sum
of money, and possess abundance of
gold by her.—Ecclus. li. 31, 33, 34, 36.
DISCONTENT

See: Murmuring—page 330.
DISCORD

See: Dissensions—page 116.
DISCOURAGEMENT, AGAINST
See also: Faint-hearted, the—
page 131.

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and have taken nothing: but at thy
word I will let down the net.—Luke
V. 4, 5.
These things have I spoken to you
that you may not be scandalized.
They will put you out of the syna­
gogues: yea, the hour cometh, that who­
soever killeth you, will think that he
doth a service to God.
And these things will they do to you;
because they have not known the
Father, nor me.
But these things I have told you, that
when the hour shall come, you may re­
member that I told you of them.
But I told you not these things from
the beginning, because I was with you.
And now I go to him that sent me, and
none of you asketh me: Whither goest
thou?
But because I have spoken these
things to you, sorrow hath filled your
heart.
But I tell you the truth: it is ex­
pedient for you that I go: for if I
go not, the Paraclete will not come to
you; but if I go, I will send him to
you.—John xvi. 1-7.
For think diligently upon him that
endureth such opposition from sinners
against himself; that you be not
wearied, fainting in your minds.
For you have not yet resisted unto
blood, striving against sin:
And you have forgotten the consola­
tion, which speaketh to you, as unto chil­
dren, saying: My son, neglect not the
discipline of the. Lord; neither be thou
wearied, whilst thou art rebuked by him.
For whom the Lord loveth. he chastiseth; and he scourgeth every son
whom he receiveth.—Ileb. xii. 3-6.

If thou lose hope, being weary in the
day of distress, thy strength shall be
diminished.—Prov. xxiv. 10.
If thou say: I have not strength
enough: he that seeth into the heart,
he understandeth, and nothing deceiv­
ed the keeper of thy soul, and he
shall render to a man according to his
works.—Prov. xxiv. 12.
Tn the day of good things, be not un­
mindful of evils: and in the day of
evils, be not unmindful of good things.
—Ecclus. xi. 27.
Happy is he that hath had no sadness
DISCRETION IN ACTION
of his mind, and who is not fallen from
See: Prudence in conduct—page 454.
his hope.—Ecclus. xiv. 2.
But to the penitent ho hath given the
DISCRETION IN SPEECH
way of justice, and he hath strength­
ened them that were fainting in pa­
See: Prudence in words—page 455.
tience, and hath appointed to them the
DISINTERESTEDNESS
lot of truth.—Ecclus. xvii. 20.
Now when he had ceased to speak, he
See also: Forgetfulness of self—
said to Simon: Launch out into the paw 155.
deep, and let down your nets for a
And if you love them that love you,
draught.
And Simon answering, said to him: what thanks are to you ! for sinners
Master, we have labored all the night, also love those that love them.

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And if you do good to them who do
For they that are such, serve not
good to you, what thanks are to you? Christ our Lord, but their own belly;
and by pleasing speeches and good
for sinners also do this.
And if you lend to them of whom you words, seduce the hearts of the inno­
hope to receive, what thanks are to you ? cent.—Rom. xvi. 17, 18.
for sinners also lend to sinners, for to
For whereas there is among you envy­
ing and contention, arc you not carnal,
receive as much.
But love ye your enemies: do good, and walk according to man?—1 Cor.
and lend, hoping for nothing thereby: iii. 3.
For I fear lest perhaps when I come,
and your reward shall be great, and you
shall be the sons of the Highest; for 1 shall not find you such as I would,
he is kind to the unthankful and to the and that I shall be found by you such
as you would not. Lest perhaps con­
evil.—Luke vi. 32-35.
And he said to him also that had in­ tentions, envyings, animosities, dis­
detractions,
whisperings,
vited him : When thou makest a dinner sensions,
or a supper, call not thy friends, nor swellings, seditions, be among you.—
thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor thy 2 Cor. xii. 20.
neighbors who are rich; lest perhaps
Now the works of the flesh are mani­
they also invite thee again, and a fest, which are, . . . idolatry, witch­
crafts, enmities, contentions, emula­
recompense be made to thee.
But when thou makest a feast, call tions, wraths, quarrels, dissensions,
the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the sects. . . .
Of the which I foretell you, as I have
blind;
And thou shalt be blessed, because foretold to you, that they who do such
they have not wherewith to make thee things shall not obtain the kingdom of
recompense: for recompense shall be God.—Gai. v. 19-21.
made thee at the resurrection of the
But if you have bitter zeal, and there
be contentions in your hearts; glory not,
just.—Luke xiv. 12-14.
For I seek not the things that are and be not liars against the truth.
For this is not wisdom, descending
yours, but you. For neither ought the
children to lay up for the parents, but from above: but earthly, sensual, devil­
ish.
the parents for the children.
For where envying and contention is,
But I most gladly will spend, and
be spent myself for your souls; there is inconstancy, and every evil
although loving you more, I be loved work.—James iii. 14-16.
less.—2 Cor. xii. 14, 15.
DISTRESS, WE SHOULD COM­
FORT THOSE IN
DISOBEDIENCE TO GOD
See: Comfort the afflicted—page 56.
See: Rebellion against God—page 458.
DISOBEDIENCE TO GOD,
PUNISHMENT OF

DISTRESS, PRAYER OF ONE IN
See: Prayer—page 398.

See: Sin, punishment of—page 529.

DISTRUST OF GOD

And all the congregation of the chil­
dren of Israel murmured against Moses
And Jesus knowing their thoughts, and Aaron in the wilderness.
said to them : Every kingdom divided I And the children of Israel said to
against itself shall be made desolate : I them : Would to God we had died by
and every city or house divided against the hand of the Lord in the land of
itself shall not stand.—Matt. xii. 25.
Egypt, when we sat over the flesh pots,
Now I beseech you, brethren, to mark and ate bread to the full. Why have
them who make dissensions and offences you brought us into this desert, that
contrary to the doctrine which you have you might destroy all the multitude
learned, and avoid them.
I with famine?—Ex. xvi. 2. 3.

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And he (Moses) called the name of
that place Temptation, because of the
chiding of the children of Israel, and
for that they tempted the Lord, saying:
Is the Lord amongst us or not?—Ex.
xvii. 7.
And they spoke ill of God: they
said: Can God furnish a table in the
wilderness?
Because he struck the rock, and the
waters gushed out, and the streams
overflowed.
Can he also give bread, or provide a
table for his people?
Therefore the Lord heard, and was
angry: and a fire was kindled against
Jacob, and wrath came up against
Israel.
Because they believed not in God:
and trusted not in his salvation.—Ps.
Ixxvii. 19-22.
Woe to them that are faint-hearted,
who believe not God: and therefore
they shall not be protected by him.—
Ecclus. ii. 15.
They that fear the Lord, will not
be incredulous to his word: and they
that love him, will keep his way.—
Ecclus. ii. 18.
Be not thou incredulous to his word.
—Ecclus. xvi. 29.
DISTRUST OF SELF
See also: Presuming upon ourselves,
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enemy; knowing that we all die, and
are not willing that others should re­
joice at our death.—Ecclus. viii. 8.
All things, therefore, whatsoever you
would that men should do to you, do
you also to them. For this is the law
and the prophets.—Mall. vii. 12.
And as you would that men should do
to you, do you also to them in like man­
ner.—Luke vi. 31.
DO TO OTHERS, SO SHALL BE
DONE TO US, AS WE
For the day of the Lord is at hand
upon all nations: as thou hast done, so
shall it be done to thee: he will turn
thy reward upon thy own head.—Ab.
i. 15.
For with what judgment you judge,
you shall be judged: and with what
measure you mete, it shall be measured
to you again.—Matt. vii. 2.
And he said to them : Take heed what
you hear. In what measure you shall
mete, it shall be measured to you again,
and more shall be given to you.—Mark
iv. 24.
Judge not, and you shall not be
judged. Condemn not, and you shall
not be condemned. Forgive, and you
shall be forgiven.
Give, and it shall be given to you:
good measure and pressed down and
shaken together and running over shall
they give into your bosom. For with
the same measure that you shall mete
withal, it shall be measured to you
again.—Luke vi. 37, 38.
Now this I say: He who soweth
sparingly, shall also reap sparingly:
and he who soweth in blessings, shall
also reap blessings.—2 Cor. ix. 6.

Have confidence in the Lord with all
thy heart, and lean not upon thy own
prudence.—Prov. iii. 5.
The steps of man are guided by the
Lord: but who is the man that can
understand his own way?—Prov. xx. 24.
He that trusteth in his own heart is
a fool : but he that walketh wisely, he DOMINION OF GOD OVER US
shall be saved.—Prov. xxviii. 26.
See: Master, God our—page 305.
But we had in ourselves the answer
of death, that we should not trust in
ourselves, but in God who raiseth the DOMINION OF GOD OVER ALL
THINGS
dead.—2 Cor. i. 9.
See: Master of all things. God the—
DO TO OTHERS AS WE WOULD page 306.
BE DONE BY, WE SHOULD
DREAMS
See thou never do to another what
And when Joseph was come in to
thou wouldst hate to have done to thee 'them in the morning, and saw them
by another.—Tob. iv. 16.
sad,
Rejoice not at the death of thy
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He asked them, saying: Why is your
countenance sadder to-day than usual?
They answered : We have dreamed a
dream, and there is nobody to interpret
it to us. And Joseph said to them:
Doth not interpretation belong to God?
Tell me what you have dreamed.—Gen.
xl. 6-8.
You shall not divine nor observe
dreams.—Lev. xix. 26.
Neither let there be found among you
any one that shall expiate his son or
daughter, making them to pass through
the tire: or that consulteth soothsayers,
or observeth dreams and omens, neither
let there be any wizard.—Deut.
xviii. 10.
Then thou spokest in a vision to thy
saints, and saidst: I have laid help upon
one that is mighty, and have exalted
one chosen out of my people.—Ps.
Ixxxviii. 20.
Where there are many dreams, there
are many vanities, and words without
number: but do thou fear God.—Eccles.
V. 6.
The man that giveth heed to lying
visions, is like to him that catcheth at
a shadow, and followeth after the wind.
—Ecclus. xxxiv. 2.
The vision of dreams is the resem­
blance of one thing to another: as when
a man’s likeness is before the face of
a man. . . .
Except it be a vision sent forth from
the most High, set not thy heart upon
them.
For dreams have deceived many, and
they have failed that put their trust
in them.—Ecclus. xxxiv. 3, 6, 7.
DRUNKENNESS

He that is delighted in passing his
time over wine, leaveth a reproach in
his strongholds.—Prov. xii. 11.
Wine is a luxurious thing, and
drunkenness riotous: whosoever is de­
lighted therewith shall not be wise.—
Prov. XX. 1.
A drunken woman is a great wrath:
and her reproach and shame shall not
be hid.—Ecclus. xxvi. 11.
Fire trieth hard iron: so wine drunk
to excess, shall rebuke the hearts of
the proud.—Ecclus. xxxi. 31.

Wine w’as created from the beginning
to make men joyful, and not to make
them drunk.—Ecclus. xxxi. 35.
Woe to you that rise up early in the
morning to follow drunkenness, and to
drink till the evening, to be inflamed
with wine. . . .
Woe to you that are mighty to drink
wine, and stout men at drunkenness.—
Is. V. 11, 22.
Woe to the crown of pride, to the
drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fad­
ing flower, the glory of his joy, who
were on the head of the fat valley,
staggering with wine. . . .
The crow'n of pride of the drunkards
of Ephraim shall be trodden under feet.
—Is. xxviii. 1, 3.
His watchmen are all blind, they are
all ignorant: dumb dogs not able to
bark, seeing vain things, sleeping and
loving dreams. . . .
Come, let us take wine, and be filled
with drunkenness: and it shall be as
to-day, so also to-morrow, and much
more.—7s. Ivi. 10, 12.
Awake, ye that are drunk, and weep,
and mourn all ye that take delight in
drinking sweet wine: for it is cut off
from your mouth.—Joel i. £.
Do not err: neither fornicators, nor
idolaters, nor adulterers . . . nor
drunkards . . . shall possess the king­
dom of God.—1 Cor. vi. 9, 10.
Now the works of the flesh are mani­
fest, which are fornication, unclean­
ness, immodesty, luxury,
. . . Envies, murders, drunkenness,
revellings, and such like. Of the which
I foretell you, as I have foretold to you,
that they who do such things shall not
obtain the kingdom of God.—Gal. v.
19, 21.
DRUNKENNESS, EVIL EFFECTS
OF
Who hath woe? whose father hath
woe? who hath contentions? who falls
into pits? who hath wounds •without
cause? w’ho hath redness of eyes?
Surely they that pass their time in
wine, and study to drink off their
cups. . . .
Thy eyes shall behold strange women,
and thy heart shall utter perverse
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And thou shalt be as one sleeping in
the midst of the sea, and as a pilot
fast asleep, when the stern is lost.
And thou shalt say: They have
beaten me, but I was not sensible of
pain: they drew me, and I felt not:
when shall I awake, and find wine
again?—Prov. xxiii. 29, 30, 33-35.
A workman that is a drunkard shall
not be rich.
. . . Wine and women make wise
men fall off, and shall rebuke the pru­
dent.—Ecclus. xix. 1, 2.
Watching, and choler, and gripes are
with an intemperate man.—Ecclus.
xxxi. 23.
What is his life, who is diminished
with wine?. . . Wine drunken with
excess raiseth quarrels, and wrath, and
many ruins.
Wine drunken with excess is bitter­
ness of the soul.
The heat of drunkenness is the
stumbling-block of the fool, lessening
strength, and causing wounds.—Ecclus.
xxxi. 33, 38-40.
But these also have been ignorant
through wine, and through drunkenness
have erred : the priest and the prophet
have been ignorant through drunken­
ness, they are swallotved up with wine,
they have gone astray in drunkenness,
they have not known him that seeth,
they have been ignorant of judgment.—
Is. xxviii. 7.
Fornication, and wine, and drunken­
ness take away the understanding.—
Osee iv. 11.
DRUNKENNESS, EXHORTATION
AGAINST
Be not in the feasts of great drinkers,
nor in their revellings, who contribute
flesh to eat:
Because they that give themselves to
drinking, and that club together, shall
be consumed ; and drowsiness shall be
clothed with rags.—Prov. xxiii. 20, 21.
Look not upon the wine when it is
yellow, when the color thereof shineth
in the glass: it goeth in pleasantly,
But in the end, it will bite like a
snake, and will spread abroad poison
like a basilisk.—Prov. xxiii. 31, 32.
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not wine to kings: because there is no
secret where drunkenness reigneth:
And lest they drink, and forget judg­
ments, and pervert the cause of the
children of the poor.—Prov. xxxi. 4, 5.
Challenge not them that love wine:
for wine hath destroyed very many.—
Ecclus. xxxi. 30.
And take heed to yourselves, lest per­
haps your hearts be overcharged with
surfeiting and drunkenness, and the
cares of this life, and that day come
upon you suddenly.—Luke xxi. 34.
Let us walk honestly, as in the day:
not in rioting and drunkenness, not in
chambering and impurities, not in con­
tention and envy.—Rom. xiii. 13.
And be not drunk with wine, wherein
is luxury; but be ye filled with the holy
Spirit.—Eph. V. 18.
DRYNESS, SPIRITUAL
See: Desolation of spirit—page 108.
DUTY WE OWE TO ONE
ANOTHER
See: Good to one another, we must
do—page 169.
DUTY, FIDELITY TO
See: Practical in our religion, we
must be—page 392.

DUTIES OF HUSBAND AND
WIFE, MUTUAL
See: Marriage—page 301.

DWELLING IN US, GOD
But let all them be glad that hope in
thee: they shall rejoice for ever, and
thou shalt dwell in them.—Ps. v. 12.
And I will ask the Father, and he
shall give you another Paraclete, that
he may abide with you for ever.
The spirit of truth, whom the world
cannot receive, because it seeth him
not, nor knoweth him: but you shall
know him; because he shall abide with
you, and shall be in you.—John xiv.
16, 17.
If any one love me, he will keep
my word, and my Father will love him,
and we will come to him, and will make
our abode with him.—John xiv. 23.

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I am the vine; you the branches: he
When the dead is at rest, let his
that abideth in me, and I in him, the remembrance rest, and comfort him in
same beareth much fruit: for without the departing of his spirit.—Ecclus.
me you can do nothing.—John xv. 5. xxxviii. 24.
And the glory which thou hast given
me, 1 have given to them; that they
EARNESTNESS
may be one, as we also are one:
I in them, and thou in me; that they
I will give praise to thee, 0 Lord,
may be made perfect in one.—John with my whole heart: I will relate all
xvii. 22, 23.
thy winders.—Ps. ix. 2.
That they should seek God, if hap­
Blessed are they that search his tes­
pily they may feel after him or find timonies: that seek him with their
him, although he be not far from every whole heart.—Ps. cxviii. 2.
one of us.—Acts xvii. 27.
With my whole heart have I sought
Know you not, that you are the tem­ after thee: let me not stray from thy
ple of God, and that the Spirit of God commandments.—Ps. cxviii. 10.
Whatsoever thy hand is able to do,
dwelleth in you?—1 Cor. iii. 16.
Or know you not, that your members do it earnestly: for neither work, nor
are the temple of the Holy Ghost, who reason, nor wisdom, nor knowledge shall
is in you, whom you have from God; be in hell, whither thou art hastening.
and you are not your own?—1 Cor. —Eccles, ix. 10.
vi. 19.
With all thy soul fear the Lord, and
For you are the temple of the liv­ reverence his priests.
With all thy strength love him that
ing God; as God saith: I will dwell in
them, and walk among them; and I made thee.
. . . Honor God with all thy soul.—
will be their God, and they shall be my
Ecclus. vii. 31-33.
people.—2 Cor. vi. 16.
Now therefore with the whole heart
Try your own selves, if you be in
the faith; prove ye yourselves. Know and mouth praise ye him, and bless the
you not your own selves, that Christ name of the Lord.—Ecclus. xxxix. 41.
Glorify the Lord as much as ever you
Jesus is in you, unless perhaps you be
reprobates?—2 Cor. xiii. 5.
can, for he will yet far exceed, and his
For this cause I bow my knees to the magnificence is wonderful.
Blessing the Lord, exalt him as much
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, . . .
That he would grant you, according as you can: for he is above all praise.
When you exalt him, put forth all
to the riches of his glory, to be
strengthened by his Spirit with might, your strength, and be not weary: for
you can never go far enough.—Ecclus.
unto the inward man,
That Christ may dwell by faith in xliii. 32-34.
You shall seek me, and shall find
your hearts.—Eph. iii. 14, 16, 17.
One God and Father of all, who is me: when you shall seek me with all
above all, and through all, and in us your heart.—J er. xxix. 13.
Now, therefore, saith the Lord: Be
all.—Eph. iv. 6.
Therefore, he that despiseth these converted to me with all your heart, in
things, despiseth not man, but God, who fasting, and in weeping, and in mourn­
also hath given his holy Spirit in us.— ing.—Joel ii. 12.
And so much the more did they won­
1 Thess. iv. 8.
In this we know that we abide in him, der, saying: He hath done all things
and he in us: because he hath given us well.—Mark vii. 37.
Whatsoever you do, do it from the
of his spirit.—1 John iv. 13.
heart, as to the Lord, and not to men:
Knowing that you shall receive of the
DYING, THE
Lord the reward of inheritance.—Col.
O forgive me, that I may be re­ iii. 23, 24.
Take heed to thyself and to doctrine:
freshed, before I go hence, and be no
be earnest in them. For in doing this,
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thou shalt both save thyself and them self, they shall show forth my praise.
that hear thee.—1 Um. iv. 1G.
—Is. xliii. 21.
For we know, that if our earthly
EARNESTNESS IN THE SERVICE house of this habitation be dissolved,
that we have a building of God, a house
OF GOD
not made with hands, eternal in
See: Service of God, earnestness in heaven. . . .
the—page 513.
Now he that maketh us for this very
thing is God, who hath given us the
pledge of the Spirit.—2 Cor. v. 1, 5.
EAVESDROPPING
A fool will peep through the window
END, OR PURPOSE, OF THE
into the house: but he that is well
MATERIAL
CREATION
taught, will stand without.
It is the folly of a man to hearken
And God blessed Noe and his sons.
at the door: and a wise man will be And he said to them : Increase and mul­
grieved with the disgrace.—Ecclus. tiply, and fill the earth.
xxi. 26, 27.
And let the fear and dread of you be
upon all the beasts of the earth, and
END DOES NOT JUSTIFY THE upon all the fowls of the air, and all
that move upon the earth : all the fishes
MEANS, THE
of the sea are delivered into your hand.
Hath God any need of your lie, that
And everything that moveth and livyou should speak deceitfully for him?— eth shall be meat for you: even as the
Job xiii. 7.
green herbs, have I delivered them all
F^r if the truth of God hath more to you.—Gen. ix. 1-3.
abounded through my lie, unto his
Lest perhaps lifting up thy eyes to
glor-v, why am I also yet judged as a heaven, thou see the sun and the moon,
sinner?
and all the stars of heaven, and being
And not rather (as we are slandered, deceived by error, thou adore and serve
and as some affirm that we say) let us them, which the Lord thy God created
d° evil, that there may come good? for the service of all the nations, that
whose damnation is just.—Rom. iii. 7, 8. are under heaven.—Deut. iv. 19.
The Lord hath made all things for
END OF MAN, THE
himself.—Prov. xvi. 4.
not the Lord made the saints
Let us all hear together the con­ to Hath
declare all his wonderful works,
clusion of the discourse. Fear God, and which
Lord Almighty hath firmly
keep his commandments: for this is all settled the
to be established for his glory ?—
man.—Eccles, xii. 13.
xlii. 17.
God created man of the earth, and Ecclus.
thus saith the Lord that created
made him after his own image. . . . theFor
heavens,
God
himself
that
formed
He created of him a helpmate like the earth and made it, the very maker
to himself : he gave them counsel and a thereof: he did not create it in vain:
tongue, and eyes, and ears, and a heart
he
formed
it
to
be
inhabited.
—
Is.
to devise: and he filled them with the xlv. 18.
knowledge of understanding. . . .
That they might praise the name
END OF THE WORLD
which he hath sanctified: and glory in
In the beginning, 0 Lord, thou
his wondrous acts, that they might de­
clare the glorious things of his works. foundedst the earth: and the heavens
are the works of thy hands. They shall
—Ecclus. xvii. 1, 5, 8.
And every one that calleth upon my perish, but thou remainest: and all of
name, I have created him for my glory, them shall grow old like a garment:
And as a vesture, thou shalt change
I have formed him, and made him.—
them, and they shall be changed.—Ps.
Is. xliii. 7.
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Behold the day of the Lord shall
come, a cruel day, and full of indigna­
tion, and of wrath, and fury, to lay
the land desolate, and to destroy the
sinners thereof out of it.
For the stars of heaven, and their
brightness, shall not display their light:
the sun shall be darkened in his rising,
and the inoon shall not shine with her
light.—Is. xiii. 9, 10.
With desolation shall the earth be
laid waste, and it shall be utterly
spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this
word.
The earth mourned and faded away,
and is weakened : the world faded away,
and the height of the people of the earth
is weakened.—Is. xxiv. 3, 4.
And all the host of the heavens shall
pine away, and the heavens shall be
folded together as a book : and all their
host shall fall down as the leaf falleth
from the vine, and from the fig-tree.—
Is. xxxiv. 4.
Lift up your eyes to heaven, and look
down to the earth beneath: for the
heavens shall vanish like smoke, and the
earth shall be worn away like a gar­
ment, and the inhabitants thereof shall
perish in like manner: but my salvation
shall be for ever, and my justice shall
not fail.—Is. Ii. 6.
For behold, I create new heavens, and
a new earth: and the former things
shall not be in remembrance, and they
shall not come upon the heart.—Is.
Ixv. 17.
For as the new heavens, and the new
earth, which I will make to stand be­
fore me, saith the Lord: so shall your
seed stand, and your name.—Is. Ixvi. 22.
Even as cockle, therefore, is gathered
up, and burnt with fire: so shall it be at
the end of the world.
The Son of man shall send his angels,
and they shall gather out of his king­
dom all scandals, and them that work
iniquity.
And shall cast them into the furnace
of fire: there shall be weeping and
gnashing of teeth.—Matt. xiii. 40-42.
And this gospel of the kingdom shall
be preached in the whole world, for a
testimony to all nations, and then shall
the consummation come. . . .
For there shall be then great tribula­

tion, such as hath not been from the be­
ginning of the world until now, neither
shall be. . . .
For as lightning cometh out of the
east, and appeareth even into the west:
so shall also the coming of the Son of
man be. . . .
And immediately after the tribula­
tion of those days, the sun shall be dark­
ened, and the moon shall not give her
light, and the stars shall fall from
heaven, and the powers of heaven shall
be moved :
And then shall appear the sign of the
Son of man in heaven : and then shall
all tribes of the earth mourn : and they
shall see the Son of man coming in the
clouds of heaven, with much power and
majesty.
And he shall send his angels with a
trumpet, and a great voice: and they
shall gather together his elect from the
four winds, from the farthest parts of
the heavens to the utmost bounds of
them.
. . . Heaven and earth shall pass,
but my words shall not pass.
But of that day and hour no one
knoweth, no, not the angels of heaven,
but the Father alone.—Matt. xxiv. 14,
21, 27, 29-32, 35, 36.
And there shall be signs in the sun,
and in the moon, and in the stars; and
upon the earth distress of nations, by
reason of the confusion of the roaring
of the sea and of the waves;
Men withering aw’ay for fear, and
expectation of what shall come upon
the whole world. For the powers of
heaven shall be moved. . . .
But when these things begin to come
to pass, look up, and lift up your heads,
because your redemption is at hand.—
Dulce xxi. 25, 26, 28.
But the heavens and the earth
which are now, by the same word are
kept in store, reserved unto fire, against
the day of judgment and perdition of
the ungodly men.—2 Peter iii. 7.
But the day of the Lord shall come
as a thief, in which the heavens shall
pass away with great violence, and the
elements shall be melted with heat, and
the earth and the works which are in
it, shall be burnt up.
Seeing then that all these things are

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ENEMIES OF GOD, THE
to be dissolved, what manner of people I
ought you to be in holy conversation
So let all thy enemies perish, 0 Lord;
and godliness?
but let them that love thee shine, as the
Looking for and hasting unto the sun shineth in his rising.—Judges v. 31.
coming of the day of the Lord, by ' The adversaries of the Lord shall fear
which the heavens, being on fire, shall him : and upon them shall he thunder
be dissolved, and the elements shall in the heavens.—1 Kings ii. 10.
melt with the burning heat?
Let God arise, and let his enemies be
But we look for new heavens and a scattered: and let them that hate him
new earth according to his promises, in flee from before his face.
which justice dwelleth.—2 Peter iii.
As smoke vanisheth, so let them van­
10-13.
ish away: as wax melteth before the
And I saw, when he (the angel) had fire, so let the wicked perish at the
opened the sixth seal, and behold there presence of God.—Ps. Ixvii. 2, 3.
was a great earthquake, and the sun
Lift
up
thy
hands
against
their
pride
became black as sackcloth of hair: and unto the end; see what things the
the whole moon became as blood:
hath done wickedly in the
And the stars from heaven fell upon enemy
sanctuary.
the earth, as the fig-tree casteth its
green figs when it is shaken by a great I And they that hate thee have made
their boasts, in the midst of thy solem­
wind;
And the heaven departed as a book nity. . . .
They have set fire to thy sanctuary:
folded up: and every mountain, and
the islands were moved out of their they have defiled the dwelling place of
thy name on the earth.
places.
They said in their heart, the whole
And the kings of the earth, and the
princes, and tribunes, and the rich, and kindred of them together: Let us abol­
the strong, and every bondman, and ish all the festival days of God from
every free man, hid themselves in the the land. . . .
How long, 0 God, shall the enemy
dens and in the rocks of mountains:
And they say to the mountains and ! reproach : is the adversary to provoke
the rocks: Fall upon us, and hide us thv name for ever?—Ps. Ixxiii. 3, 4, 7,
from the face of him that sitteth upon 8, 10.
Arise, 0 God, judge thy own cause:
the throne, and from the wrath of the
remember thy reproaches with which
Lamb :
For the great day of their wrath is the foolish man hath reproached thee
come, and who shall be able to stand ?— all the day.
Forget not the voices of thy enemies :
Apoc. vi. 12-17.
And the angel whom I saw standing the pride of them that hate thee asupon the sea and upon the earth, lifted cendeth continually.—Ps. Ixxiii. 22. 23.
The enemies of the Lord have lied to
up his hand to heaven,
And he swore by him that liveth for him : and their time shall be for ever.
ever and ever, who created heaven and —Ps. Ixxx. 16.
For lo, thy enemies have made a
the things which are therein ; and the
earth and the things which are in it; noise : and they that hate thee have
and the sea and the things which are lifted up the head.
They have taken a malicious counsel
therein : That time shall be no longer.—
against thy people, and have consulted
Apoc. X. 5, 6.
And I saw a new heaven and a new against thy saints.—Ps. Ixxxii. 3, 4.
Have I not hated them, O Lord, that
earth. For the first heaven and the first
earth was gone, and the sea is now no hated thee: and pined away because of
thy enemies?
more.—Apoc. xxi. 1.
T have hated them with a perfect
ENEMIES, WE SHOULD DO
hatred ; and they are become enemies to
GOOD TO OUR
me.—Ps. cxxxviii. 21, 22.
See: Forgiving injuries—page 158. I But he that shall sin against me, shall

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hurt his own soul. All that hate me, I bring them hither, and kill them before
love death.—Prov. viii. 36.
me.—Luke xix. 12, 14, 27.
ENEMIES OF GOD DEFEATED
AND PUNISHED, THE

And in the multitude of thy glory,
thou hast put down thy adversaries:
thou hast sent thy wrath, which hath
devoured them like stubble.—Ex. xv. 7.
And thou shalt know that the Lord
thv God, he is a strong and faithful
God. ....
And repaying forthwith them that
hate him, so as to destroy them, without
further delay immediately rendering to
them what they deserve.—Peut vii. 9,10.
If I shall whet my sword as the
lightning, and my hand take hold on
judgment: I will render vengeance to
my enemies, and repay them that hate
me.—Deut. xxxii. 41.
Let thy hand be found by all thy
enemies: let thy right hand find out all
them that hate thee.
Thou shalt make them as an oven of
fire, in the time of thy anger: the Lord
shall devour them in his wrath, and
fire shall devour them.—Ps. xx. 9, 10.
And the enemies of the Lord, pres­
ently after they shall be honored and
exalted, shall come to nothing, and van­
ish like smoke.—Ps. xxxvi. 20.
Thou hast humbled the proud one, as
one that is slain : with the arm of thy
strength thou hast scattered thy
enemies.—Ps. Ixxxviii. 11.
For behold thy enemies, 0 Lord, for
behold thy enemies shall perish: and
all the workers of iniquity shall be
scattered.—Ps. xci. 10.
The Lord is a jealous God, and a re­
venger: the Lord is a revenger, and
hath wrath: the Lord taketh vengeance
on his adversaries, and he is angry with
his enemies.—Nahum i. 2.
He said therefore: A certain noble­
man went into a far country, to re­
ceive for himself a kingdom, and to re­
turn. . . .
But his citizens hated him : and they
sent an embassage after him, saying:
We will not have this man to reign over
us. . . .
But as for those my enemies, who
would not have me reign over them,

ENVY
And it came to pass after many days
that Cain offered, of the fruits of the
earth, gifts to the Lord.
Abel also offered of the firstlings of
his flock, and of their fat : and the Lord
had respect to Abel, and to his offer­
ings.
But to Cain and his offerings he had
no respect: and Cain was exceedingly
angry, and his countenance fell.—Gen.
iv. 3-5.
Now Israel loved Joseph above all his
sons, because he had him in his old age:
and he made him a coat of divers colors.
And his brethren, seeing that he was
loved by his father more than all his
sons, hated him, and could not speak
peaceably to him.—Gen. xxxvii. 3, 4.
And the women sung as they played,
and they said: Saul slew his thousands,
and David his ten thousands.
And Saul was exceeding angry, and
this word was displeasing in his eyes,
and he said : They have given David ten
thousands, and to me they have given
but a thousand ; what can he have more
but the kingdom?
And Saul did not look on David with
a good eye from that day and forward.
—1 Kings xviii. 7-9.
Anger indeed killeth the foolish,
and envy slayeth the little one.—Job
v. 2.
Soundness of heart is the life of the
flesh: but envy is the rottenness of the
bones.—Prov. xiv. 30.
A man that maketh haste to be rich,
and envieth others, is ignorant that pov­
erty shall come upon him.—Prov.
xxviii. 22.
For God created man incorruptible,
and to the image of his own likeness he
made him.
But by the envy of the devil, death
came into the world :
And they follow him that are of his
side.—IVis. ii. 23, 24, 25.
Neither will I go with consuming
envy: for such a man shall not be par­
taker of wisdom.—Wis. vi. 25.
There is none worse than he that

EQUAL
envieth himself, and this is the reward
of his wickedness.—Ecclus. xiv. 6.
The eye of the envious is wicked : and
he turneth away his face, and despiseth
his own soul.—Ecclus. xiv. 8.
Envy and anger shorten a man’s days,
and pensiveness will bring old age be­
fore the time.—Ecclus. xxx. 26.
And Pilate answered them, and said :
Will you that I release to you the king
of the Jews?
For he knew that the chief priests
had delivered him up out of envy.—
Mark XV. 9, 10.
For whereas there is among you envy­
ing and contention, are you not carnal,
and walk according to man ?—1 Cor. iii. 3.
Now the works of the flesh are mani­
fest, which are fornication, unclean­
ness, immodesty, luxury.
. . . Envies, murders, drunkenness,
revellings, and such like. Of the
which I foretell you, as I have
foretold to you, that they who do such
things shall not obtain the kingdom of
God.—Gal. v. 19, 21.
For where envying and contention is,
there is inconstancy, and every evil
work.—James iii. 16.
ENVY, EXHORTATION AGAINST

Be not emulous of evil doers; nor
envy them that work iniquity.
For they shall shortly wither away as
grass, and as the green herbs shall
quickly fall.—Ps. xxxvi. 1, 2.
Envy not the man who prospereth in
his way; the man who doth unjust
things.—Ps. xxxvi. 7.
Envy not the unjust man, and do not
follow his ways.—Prov. iii. 31.
Let not thy heart envy sinners: but
be thou in the fear of the Lord all the
day long.—Prov. xxiii. 17.
Envy not the glory and riches of a
sinner: for thou knowest not what his
ruin shall be.—Ecclus. ix. 16.
Let us walk honestly, as in the day;
. . . not in contention and envy.—
Rom. xiii. 13.
Let us not be made desirous of vain
glory, provoking one another, envying
one another.—Gal. v. 26.
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and all guile, and dissimulations, and
envies, and all detractions,
As new born babes, desire the ra­
tional milk without guile, that thereby
you may grow unto salvation.—1 Peler
ii. 1, 2.
EQUAL IN THE SIGHT OF GOD,
ALL MEN ARE
See also: Brotherhood of man—
page 43.

The rich and poor have met one an­
other: the Lord is the maker of them
both.—Prov. xxii. 2.
The poor man and the creditor have
met one another: the Lord is the en­
lightener of them both.—Prov. xxix. 13.
For God will not except any man’s
person, neither will he stand in awe of
any man’s greatness: for he made the
little and the great, and he hath equally
care of all.—
vi. 8.
And Peter opening his mouth, said:
In very deed I perceive that God is not
a respecter of persons.
But in every nation, he that feareth
him, and worketh justice, is acceptable
to him.—A cfs X. 34, 35.
And God, who knoweth the hearts,
gave testimony, giving unto them (the
Gentiles) the Holy Ghost, as well as to
us;
And put no difference between us and
them, purifying their hearts by faith.—
A ets XV. 8, 9.
For there is no distinction of the Jew
and the Greek: for the same is Lord
over all. rich unto all that call upon
him.—Rom. x. 12.
Knowing that whatsoever good thing
any man shall do. the same shall he
receive from the Lord, whether he be
bond or free.
And you masters, do the same things
to them, forbearing threatenings, know­
ing that the Lord both of them and you
is in heaven; and there is no respect of
persons with him.—Eph. vi. 8. 9.
Where there is neither Gentile nor
Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision.
Barbarian nor Scythian, bond nor free.
But Christ is all. and inali.—Col. iii. 11.
For perhaps he therefore departed for
a season from thee, that thou mightest
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ETERNIT Y

Not now as a servant, but instead of I his nest may be on high, and thinketh
a servant, a most dear brother, espe- he may be delivered out of the hand
cially to me: but how much more to of evil.—Hab. ii. 9.
thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord?
Be not deceived, God is not mocked.
—Phil. i. 15, 16.
—Gal. vi. 7.
EQUANIMITY, OR MODERATION
OF SPIRIT

In the day of good things, be not
unmindful of evils; and in the day of
evils, be not unmindful of good
things.—Ecclus. xi. 27.
Remember poverty in the time of
abundance, and the necessities of pov­
erty in the day of riches.—Ecclus.
xviii. 25.
ESCAPE FROM GOD, WE
CANNOT

See also: Hidden from God, we can­
not be—page 206.
Whither shall I go from thy spirit?
or whither shall I flee from thy face?
If I ascend into heaven, thou art
there: if I descend into hell, thou art
present.
If I take my wings early in the morn­
ing, and dwell in the uttermost parts of
the sea:
Even there also shall thy hand lead
me: and thy right hand shall hold me.—
Ps. cxxxviii. 7-10.
But it is impossible to escape thy
hand.
For the wicked that denied to know
thee, were scourged by the strength of
thy arm.—Wts. xvi. 15, 16.
The sinner shall not escape in his
rapines, and the patience of him that
showeth mercy shall not be put off.—
Ecclus. xvi. 14.
Though they go down even to hell,
thence shall my hand bring them out:
and though they climb up to heaven,
thence will I bring them down.
And though they be hid in the top
of Carmel. I will search and take them
away from thence: and though they
hide themselves from my eyes in the
depth of the sea, there will I command
the serpent, and he shall bite them.—
Amos ix. 2, 3.
Woe to him that gathereth together
an evil covetousness to his house, that

ETERNAL LIFE

He asked life of thee: and thou hast
given him length of days for ever and
ever.—Ps. xx. 5.
These things Jesus spoke, and lifting
up his eyes to heaven, he said: Father,
the hour is come, glorify thy Son, that
thy Son may glorify thee.
As thou hast given him power over
all flesh, that he may give eternal life
to all whom thou hast given him.
Now this is eternal life: That they
may know thee, the only true God, and
Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.—
John xvii. 1-3.
For this corruptible must put on incorruptien ; and this mortal must put
on immortality.
And when this mortal hath put on
immortality, then shall come to pass the
saying that is written: Death is swal­
lowed up in victory.—1 Cor. xv. 53, 54.
And this is the testimony, that God
hath given to us eternal life. And this
life is in his Son.
He that hath the Son, hath life. He
that hath not the Son, hath not life.
These things I write to you, that you
may know that you have eternal life,
you who believe in the name of the
Son of God.—1 John v. 11-13.
And we know that the Son of God is
come : and he hath given us understand­
ing that we may know the true God,
and may be in his true Son. This is the
true God and life eternal.—1 John v. 20.
ETERNITY
I thought upon the days of old : and I
had in my mind the eternal years.—Ps.
Ixxvi. 6.
If the tree fall to the south, or to the
north, in what place soever it shall fall,
there shall it be.—Eccles, xi. 3.
Because man shall go into the house
of his eternity, and the mourners shall
go round about in the street.—Eccles.
xii. 5.
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the most are a hundred years: as a drop I
of water.of the sea are they esteemed:!
and as a pebble of the sand, so are a few
years compared to eternity.—Æcc/us.
xviii. 8.
And many of those that sleep in the
dust of the earth, shall awake: some
unto life everlasting, and others unto
reproach, to see it always.—Dan. xii. 2.
And the angel whom 1 saw standing
upon the sea and upon the earth, lifted
up his hand to heaven,
And he swore by him that liveth for
ever and ever. . . . That time shall be
no longer.—Apoc. x. 5, G.
ETERNITY OF GOD

And God said to him (Abraham): I
am, and my covenant is with thee, and
thou shalt be a father of many nations.
—Gen. xvii. 4.
But Abraham planted a grove in
Bersabee, and there called upon the
name of the Lord God eternal.—Gen.
xxi. 33.
Moses said to God : Lo, I shall go to
the children of Israel, and say to them:
The God of your fathers hath sent me
to you. If they should say to me: What
is his name? what shall I say to
them ?
God said to Aloses: I am who am.
He said: Thus shalt thou say to the
children of Israel : lie who is, hath sent
me to you.—Ex. iii. 13, 14.
See ye that I alone am, and there is
uo other God besides me. . . .
I will lift up my hand to heaven,
and I will say: I live for ever.—Deut.
xxxii. 39, 40.
Behold, God is great, exceeding our
knowledge: the number of his years is
inestimable.—Job xxxvi. 26.
But the Lord remaineth for ever.—
Ps. ix. 8.
The Ix>rd shall reign to eternity, yea,
for ever and ever.—Ps. ix. (Heb. x.) 16.
For this is God, our God, unto eter­
nity, and for ever and ever: he shall
rule us for evermore.—Ps. xlvii. 15.
He that liveth for ever created all
things together. God only shall be
justified, and he remaineth an in­
vincible king for ever.—Ecclus. xviii. 1.
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of his wisdom: and he is from eternity
to eternity, and to him nothing may be
added.—Ecclus. xiii. 21.
Who hath wrought and done these
things, calling the generations from the
beginning? I the Lord, I am the first
and the last.—Is. xli. 4.
Being born again, not of corruptible
seed, but incorruptible, by the word of
God who liveth and remaineth for ever.
—1 Peter i. 23.
But of this one thing be not ignorant,
my beloved, that one day with the Lord
is as a thousand years, and a thousand
years as one day.—2 Peter iii. 8.
John to the seven churches which are
in Asia. Grace be unto you, and peace
from him that is, and that was, and
that is to come, and from the seven
spirits which are before his throne.—
Apoc. i. 4.
I am Alpha and Omega, the begin­
ning and the end, saith the Lord God,
who is, and who was, and who is to
come, the Almighty.—Apoc. i. 8.
I am Alpha and Omega, the first and
the last, the beginning and the end.—
Apoc. xxii. 13.
ETERNITY OF GOD, ACKNOWL­
EDGMENT OF THE
I will say to God: Do not condemn
me: tell me why thou judgest me
so. . . .
Are thy days as the days of man. and
are thy years as the times of men?—
Job x. 2, 5.
Thy throne, 0 God, is for ever and
over: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a
sceptre of uprightness.—Ps. xliv. 7.
Before the mountains were made, or
the earth and the world was formed;
from eternity and to eternity thou art
God. . . •
For a thousand years in thy sight are
as yesterday, which is past.
And as a watch in the night, things
that are counted nothing, shall their
years be.—Ps. Ixxxix. 2, 4, 5.
But thou, 0 Lord, art most high for
evermore.—Ps. xci. 9.
Thy throne is prepared from of
old: thou art from everlasting.—Ps.
xcii. 2.
But thou, O Lord, endurest for ever:

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and thy memorial to all generations.—
Ps. ci. 13.
Call me not away in the midst of my
days : thy years are unto generation and
generation.
In the beginning, O Lord, thou
foundedst the earth: and the heavens
are the works of thy hands.
They shall perish, but thou remainest: and all of them shall grow old
like a garment:
And as a vesture thou shalt change
them, and they shall be changed.
But thou art always the selfsame,
and thy years shall not fail.—Ps. ci.
2.5-28.
Thy kingdom is a kingdom of all
ages: and thy dominion endureth
throughout all generations.—Ps.cxliv. 13.
But thou, 0 Lord, shalt remain for
ever, thy throne from generation to gen­
eration.—Lam. V. 19.
Wast thou not from the beginning, 0
Lord my God, my holy one?—Hab. i. 12.
0 Lord God, Creator of all things,
dreadful and strong, just and merciful,
who alone art the good king,
Who alone art gracious, who alone art
just, and almighty, and eternal.—
2 Mach. i. 24, 25.
Now to the king of ages, immortal,
invisible, the only God, be honor and
glory for ever and ever. Amen.—
1 Tim. i. 17.
Who only hath immortality, and inhabiteth light inaccessible, whom no
man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be
honor and empire everlasting. Amen.
—1 Tim. vi. 16.
ETERNITY OF CHRIST
The Lord said to my Lord: Sit thou
at my right hand :
Until I make thy enemies thy foot­
stool. . . .
With thee is the principality in the
day of thy strength: in the brightness
of the saints: from the womb before the
day-star I begot thee.—Ps. cix. 1, 3.
In the beginning was the Word, and
the Word was with God, and the Word
was God.
The same was in the beginning with
God.—John i. 1, 2.
They said therefore to him : Who art
thou? Jesus said to them: The begin­

ning, who also speak unto you.—John
viii. 25.
The Jews therefore said to him:
Thou art not yet fifty years old, and
hast thou seen Abraham?
Jesus said to them : Amen, amen I
say to you, before Abraham was made,
I am.—John viii. 58.
Jesus Christ, yesterday, and to-day;
and the same for ever.—Heb. xiii. 8.
And I turned to see the voice that
spoke with me. And being turned, I
saw seven golden candlesticks:
And in the midst of the seven golden
candlesticks, one like to the Son of
man, clothed with a garment down to
the feet, and girt about the paps with
a golden girdle. . . .
And when I had seen him, I fell at
his feet as dead. And he laid his right
hand upon me, saying: Fear not. I am
the First and the Last,
And alive, and was dead, and behold
I am living for ever and ever, and have
the keys of death and of hell.—Apoc.
i. 12, 13, 17, 18.
ETERNITY OF HELL

See: Part II—page 705.
EUCHARIST, THE REAL PRES­
ENCE IN THE HOLY

See also: Communion,Holy—page63.

I will set my tabernacle in the midst
of you, and my soul shall not cast you
off.
I will walk among you, and will be
your God, and you shall be my people.
—Lev. xxvi. 11, 12.
Is it credible then that God should
dwell with men on the earth? If
heaven, and the heavens of heavens do
not contain thee, how much less this
house which I have built?—2 Paral.
vi. 18.
For the sparrow hath found herself
a house, and the turtle a nest for her­
self, where she may lay her young ones:
Thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my king
and my God.—Ps. Ixxxiii. 4.
Then the creator of all things com­
manded, and said to me: and he that
made me, rested in my tabernacle.—
Ecclus. xxiv. 12.

EXAMPLE

12Ô

Rejoice, and praise, O thou habita-1 EUCHARIST NOT APPRECIATED
BY UNGRATEFUL CHRIS­
tion of Sion : for great is he that is in
the midst of thee, the Holy One of
TIANS, THE HOLY
Israel.—Is. xii. 6.
For a mixt multitude of people, that
Verily thou art a hidden God, the
God of Israel, the saviour.—Is. xlv. 15. came up with them, burned with desire,
0 that thou wouldst rend the heavens, sitting and weeping, the children of
and wouldst come down: the mountains Israel also being joined with them, and
would melt away at thy presence.—Is. said: Who shall give us flesh to
eat? . . .
Ixiv. 1.
Our soul is dry, our eyes behold noth­
And I will make a covenant of peace
with them, it shall be an everlasting ing else but manna.—Num. xi. 4, 6.
And speaking against God and Moses,
covenant with them : and I will estab­
lish them, and will multiply them, and they said : Why didst thou bring us out
will set my sanctuary in the midst of of Egypt, to die in the wilderness?
There is no bread, nor have we any
them for ever:
And my tabernacle shall be with waters: our soul now loatheth this very
them : and I will be their God, and they light food.—Num. xxi. 5.
shall be my people.—Ezech. xxxvii.
EUCHARIST, INSTITUTION OF
26, 27.
THE HOLY
But the Lord is in his holy temple:
let all the earth keep silence before him.
See: Part II—page 694.
Hab. ii. 20.
Sing praise, and rejoice, O daughter EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE
of Sion : for behold I come, and I will
I have thought on my ways: and
dwell in the midst of thee: saith the
I turned my feet unto thy testimonies.—
Lord.—Zach. ii. 10.
Let all flesh be silent at the presence Ps. cxviii. 59.
Before sickness, take a medicine, and
of the Lord: for he is risen up out of
before judgment, examine thyself, and
his holy habitation.—Zach. ii. 13.
For what is the good thing of him, thou shalt find mercy in the sight of
and what is his beautiful thing, but the God.—Ecclus. xviii. 20.
Let us search our ways, and seek, and
corn of the elect, and wine springing
return to the Lord.—Lam. iii. 40.
forth virgins?—Zach. ix. 17.
And now thus saith the Lord of
Behold a virgin shall be with child,
and bring forth a son, and they shall hosts: Set your hearts to consider your
call his name Emmanuel, which being ways.—Ag. i. 5.
interpreted is, God with us.—Matt. i. 23.
EXAMPLE, GOOD
Thanks be to God for his unspeakable
But the path of the just, as a shining
gift.—2 Cor. ix. 15.
light, goeth forwards, and increaseth
even to perfect day.—Prov. iv. 18.
EUCHARIST, CHRIST’S LOVE
But they that are learned shall shine
FOR US IN INSTITUTING
as the brightness of the firmament: and
THE HOLY
they that instruct many to justice, as
And my delights were to be with the stars for all eternity.—Dan. xii. 3.
For it doth not become our age, said
children of men.—Prov. viii. 31.
And he said to them: With desire I he, to dissemble: whereby many young
have desired to eat this pasch with you, persons might think that Eleazar, at the
age of fourscore and ten years, was
before I suffer.—Luke xxii. 15.
Before the festival day of the pasch, gone over to the life of the heathens.
. . . Wherefore by departing man­
Jesus knowing that his hour was come,
that he should pass out of this world to fully out of this life, I shall show my­
the Father: having loved his own who self worthy of my old age:
And I shall leave an example of forti­
were in the world, he loved them unto
tude to young men, if with a ready
the end.—John xiii. 1.

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mind and constancy I suffer an honor­
Walk with wisdom towards them that
able death, for the most venerable and are without, redeeming the time.—Col.
most holy laws. And having spoken iv. 5.
thus, he was forthwith carried to execu­
For which cause, comfort one an­
tion.—2 Mach. vi. 24, 27, 28.
other; and edify one another, as you
Wherefore I beseech you, be ye fol­ also do. —1 Thess. v. 11.
lowers of me, as I also am of Christ.—
Let no man despise thy youth: but
1 Cor. iv. 16.
be thou an example of the faithful in
For we are the good odor of Christ word, in conversation, in charity, in
unto God, in them that are saved, and faith, in chastity.—1 Tim. iv. 12.
in them that perish.—2 Cor. ii. 15.
In all things show thyself an example
But we renounce the hidden things of of good works, in doctrine, in integrity,
dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, in gravity,
nor adulterating the word of God; but
The sound word that cannot be
by manifestation of the truth commend­ blamed : that he who is on the contrary
ing ourselves to every man’s conscience, part, may be afraid, having no evil to
in the sight of God.—2 Cor. iv. 2.
say of us.—Titus ii. 7, 8.
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as
For we forecast what may be good
not only before God, but also before strangers and pilgrims, to refrain your­
men.—2 Cor. viii. 21.
selves from carnal desires which war
And do ye all things without mur- against the soul,
murings and hesitations;
Having your conversation good
That you may be blameless, and sin­ among the Gentiles: that whereas they
cere children of God, without reproof, speak against you as evil-doers, they
in the midst of a crooked and perverse may, by the good works which they shall
generation; among whom you shine as behold in you, glorify God in the day
lights in the world.—Philipp, ii. 14, 15. of visitation.—1 Peter ii. 11, 12.
In like manner also let wives be sub­
It behooveth therefore a bishop to be
blameless, the husband of one wife, ject to their husbands: that if any be­
sober, prudent, of good behavior, chaste, lieve not the word, they may be won
given to hospitality, a teacher: . . . without the word, by the conversation
Moreover, he must have a good testi­ of the wives.—1 Peter iii. 1.
mony of them who are without: lest he
EXAMPLE, BAD
fall into reproach and the snare of the
devil.—1 Tim. iii. 2, 7.
See : Scandal—page 504.
But with modesty and fear, having
a good conscience: that whereas they
EXAMPLE OF CHRIST, WE
speak evil of you, they may be ashamed
SHOULD FOLLOW THE
who falsely accuse your good conversa­
tion in Christ.—1 Peter iii. 16.
Therefore whereas thou chastisest
EXAMPLE, EXHORTATION TO us, thou scourgest our enemies very
many ways, to the end that when we
GIVE GOOD
judge, we may think on thy goodness:
So let your light shine before men, and when we are judged, we may hope
that they may see your good works, and for thy mercy.—Wis. xii. 22.
Take up my yoke upon you, and
glorify your Father who is in heaven.—
Matt. V. 16.
learn of me, because I am meek, and
Providing good things, not only in humble of heart: and you shall find
the sight of God, but also in the sight rest to your souls.—Matt. xi. 29.
of all men.—Rom. xii. 17.
The disciple is not above his master:
Therefore let us follow after the but every one shall be perfect, if he be
things that are of peace; and keep the as his master.—Luke vi. 40.
things that are of edification one
For I have given you an example,
towards another.—Rom. xiv. 19.
that as I have done to you, so you do
Let your modesty be known to all also.—John xiii. 15.
men.—Philipp, iv. 5.
Jeiius saith to him: I am the way,

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and the truth, and the life. No man I
cometh to the Father, but by me.—John
xiv. 6.
Be ye therefore followers of God, as
most dear children ;
And walk in love, as Christ also hath
loved us, and hath delivered himself
for us, an oblation and a sacrifice to
God for an odor of sweetness.—Eph.
v. 1, 2.
For think diligently upon him that
endured such opposition from sinners
against himself ; that you be not
wearied, fainting in your minds.—Heb.
xii. 3.
Wherefore Jesus also, that he might
sanctify the people by his own blood,
suffered without the gate.
Let us go forth, therefore, to him,
without the camp, bearing his reproach.
—Heb. xiii. 12, 13.
For what glory is it, if committing
sin, and being buffeted for it, you en­
dure? But if doing well, you suffer
patiently; this is thankworthy before
God.
For unto this are you called: because
Christ also suffered for us, leaving you
an example, that you should follow his
steps.
Who did no sin, neither was guile
found in his mouth.
Who, when he was reviled, did not
revile: when he suffered, he threatened
not: but delivered himself to him that
judged him unjustly.—1 Peter ii. 20-23.
He that saith he abideth in him,
ought himself also to walk, even as he
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Seek not to be like evil men, neither
desire to be with them.—Prov. xxiv. 1.
Contend not with the wicked, nor
seek to be like the ungodly:
For evil men have no hope of things
to come, and the lamp of the wicked
shall be put out.—Prov. xxiv. 19, 20.
Abide not in the works of sinners.
But trust in God, and stay in thy place.
—Ecclus. xi. 22.
EXPERIENCE, VALUE OF

Much experience is the crown of old
men, and the fear of God is their glory.
—Ecclus. XXV. 8.
What doth he know, that hath not
been tried? A man that hath much
experience, shall think of many things:
and he that hath learned many things,
shall show forth understanding.
He that hath no experience, knoweth
little: and he that hath been expe­
rienced in many things, multiplieth
prudence.
He that hath not been tried, what
manner of things doth he know? he
that hath been surprised, shall abound
with subtlety.—Ecclus. xxxiv. 9-11.
EXTORTION
See: Usury—page 573.
FAINT-HEARTED, THE

See also: Cowardice—page 86.
Woe to them that are faint-hearted,
who believe not God : and therefore they
shall not be protected by him.
Woe to them that have lost patience,
and that have forsaken the right ways,
EXAMPLE OF THE WICKED, WE and have gone aside into crooked ways.
I —Ecclus. ii. 15, 16.
MUST NOT FOLLOW THE
Deliver him that suffereth wrong out
Be not emulous of evil-doers; nor of the hand of the proud : and be not
envy them that work iniquity. . . . faint-hearted in thy soul.—Ecclus. iv. 9.
Be not faint-hearted in thy mind.—
. . . Have no emulation to do evil.
For evil-doers shall be cut off: but Ecclus. vii. 9.
Strengthen ye the feeble hands, and
they that wait upon the Lord, they shall
confirm the weak knees.
inherit the land.—Ps. xxxvi. 1, 8, 9.
Say to the faint-hearted: Take cour­
Envy not the unjust man, and do not
age, and fear not : behold your God will
follow his ways.—Prov. iii. 31.
Be not delighted in the paths of the bring the revenge of recompense: God
wicked, neither let the way of evil men himself will come and will save you.—
Is. XXXV. 3, 4.
please thee.
Flee from it, pass not by it : go aside, I Wherefore lift up the hands which
I hang down, and the feeble knees,
and forsake it.—Prov. iv. 14, 15.

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And make straight steps with your
feet: that no one, halting, may go out
of the way; but rather be healed.—Heb.
xii. 12, 13.
FAITH
For she is an infinite treasure to
men ! which they that use, become the
friends of God, being commended for
the gift of discipline.— IVm. vii. 14.
For in her is the spirit of understand­
ing: holy, one, manifold, subtile, elo­
quent, active, undefiled, sure, sweet, lov­
ing that which is good, quick, which
nothing hindereth, beneficent,
Gentle, kind, steadfast, assured, se­
cure, having all power, overseeing all
things, and containing all spirits, in­
telligible, pure, subtile.— Wis. vii. 22, 23.
For it is she that teacheth the knowl­
edge of God, and is the chooser of his
works.—Wis. viii. 4.
For, to know thee is perfect justice:
and to know thy justice, and thy power,
is the root of immortality.— Wis.
XV. 3.
They that fear the Lord, will not be
incredulous to his word.—Ecclus. ii. 18.
Thus saith the Lord : Let not the wise
man glory in his wisdom, and let not
the strong man glory in his strength,
and let not the rich man glory in his
riches :
But let him that glorieth, glory in
this, that he understandeth and knoweth
me.—J er. ix. 23, 24.
And T will espouse thee to me in
faith: and thou shalt know that I am
the Lord.—Osee ii. 20.
Now this is eternal life: That they
may know thee, the only true God. and
Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.—
John xvii. 3.
Jesus saith to him: Because thou
hast seen me, Thomas, thou hast be­
lieved: blessed are they that have not
seen, and have believed.—John xx. 29.
For the justice of God is revealed
therein (i.e. in the gospel), from faith
unto faith, as it is written: The just
man liveth by faith.—Rom. i. 17.
But as it is written: That eye hath
not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it
entered into the heart of man, what
things God hath prepared for them that
love him.

But to us God hath revealed them,
by his Spirit.—1 Cor. ii. 9, 10.
I therefore so run, not as at an un­
certainty: I so fight, not as one beating
the air.—1 Cor. ix. 26.
We see now through a glass, in a
dark manner; but then face to face.
Now I know in part; but then I shall
know, even as I am known.
And now there remain faith, hope
and charity, these three : but the great­
est of these is charity.—1 Cor. xiii.
12, 13.
For we walk by faith, and not by
sight.—2 Cor. v. 7.
For the weapons of our warfare are
not carnal, but mighty to God, unto the
pulling down of fortifications, destroy­
ing counsels,
And every height that exalteth itself
against the knowledge of God, and
bringing into captivity every under­
standing unto the obedience of Christ.
—2 Cor. x. 4, 5.
Now faith is the substance of things
to be hoped for, the evidence of things
that appear not. . . .
By faith we understand that the
world was framed by the word of God;
that from invisible things visible
things might be made.—Heb. xi. 1, 3.
Thou believcst that there is one God.
Thou dost well : the devils also believe
and tremble.—James ii. 19.
FAITH, THE FOUNDATION OF
OTHER VIRTUES

He that believeth in the Lord, loveth
mercy.—Prov. xiv. 21.
The fear of God is the beginning of
his love: and the beginning of faith is
to be fast joined unto it.—Ecclus.
XXV. 16.
He that believeth God, taketh heed to
his commandments.—Ecclus. xxxii. 28.
Behold, he that is unbelieving, his
soul shall not be right in himself: but
the just shall live in his faith.—Hdb.
ii. 4.
And God, who knoweth the hearts,
gave testimony, giving unto them (the
Gentiles) the Holy Ghost,aswellastous;
And put no difference between us
and them, purifying their hearts by
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Now the God of hope fill you with all
joy and peace in believing; that you
may abound in hope, and in the power
of the Holy Ghost.—Rom. xv. 13.
I give thanks to my God, always mak­
ing a remembrance of thee in my
prayers. . . .
That the communication of thy faith
may be made evident in the acknowledg­
ment of every good work, that is in you
in Christ Jesus.—Phil. i. 4, 6.
Grace to you and peace be accom­
plished in the knowledge of God and
of Christ Jesus our Lord:
As all things of his divine power
which appertain to life and godliness,
are given us through the knowledge of
him, who hath called us by his own
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them power to be made the sons of God,
to them that believe in his name.—John
i. 12.
Then Jesus said to those Jews who
believed him: If you continue in my
word, you shall be my disciples indeed.
And you shall know the truth, and
the truth shall make you free.—John
viii. 31, 32.
I am come a light into the world;
that whosoever believeth in me, may
not remain in darkness.—John xii. 46.
Amen, amen I say to you, he that be­
lieveth in me, the works that I do, he
also shall do; and greater than these
shall he do.—John xiv. 12.
And in the faith of his (Jesus’)
name, this man, whom you have seen
and known, hath his name strength­
ened; and the faith which is by him,
hath given this perfect soundness in the
FAITH, THE POWER OF
sight of you all.—Acts iii. 16.
By mercy and faith sins are purged
In all things taking the shield of
away.—Prov. xv. 27.
faith, wherewith you may be able to
And being but one, she can do all extinguish all the fiery darts of the
things: and remaining in herself the most wicked one.—Eph. vi. 16.
same, she reneweth all things, and
But what shall I yet say? For the
through nations, conveyeth herself into time would fail me to tell of Gedeon,
holy souls, she maketh the friends of Barac, Samson. Jephthe, David, Samuel
God and prophets.—Wis. vii. 27.
and the prophets:
For, amen I say to you, if you have
Who by faith conquered kingdoms,
faith as a grain of mustard seed, you wrought justice, obtained promises,
shall say to this mountain. Remove stopped the mouths of lions,
from hence hither, and it shall remove;
Quenched the violence of fire, escaped
and nothing shall be impossible to you. the edge of the sword, recovered
—Matt. xvii. 19.
strength from weakness, became val­
And Jesus answering said to them: iant in battle, put to flight the armies
Amen I say to you, if you shall have of foreigners:
Women received their dead raised to
faith, and stagger not, not only this of
the fig-tree shall you do, but also if life again. But others were racked, not
you shall say to this mountain. Take accepting deliverance, that they might
up. and cast thyself into the sea, it shall find a better resurrection.
And others had trial of mockeries and
be done.
And all things whatsoever you shall stripes, moreover also of bands and
ask in prayer, believing, you shall re­ prisons.
They were stoned, they were cut
ceive.—Malt. xxi. 21, 22.
And Jesus saith to him: If thou asunder, they were tempted, they were
canst believe, all things are possible to put to death by the sword, they wan­
dered about in sheepskins, in goatskins,
him that believeth.—Mark ix. 22.
And the Lord said: If you had faith being in want, distressed, afflicted:
Of whom the world was not worthy;
like to a grain of mustard seed, you
might say to this mulberry-tree. Be wandering in deserts, in mountains, and
thou rooted up, and be thou trans­ in dens, and in caves of the earth.—
planted into the sea: and it would obey Heb. xi. 32-38.
Be sober and watch : because your ad­
you.—Luke xvii. 6.
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goeth about seeking whom he may de­
vour.
Whom resist ye, strong in faith.—
1 Peter v. 8, 9.
For whatsoever is born of God, overcometh the world: and this is the vic­
tory which overcometh the world, our
faith.
Who is he that overcometh the world,
but he that believeth that Jesus is the
Son of God?—1 John v. 4, 5.
FAITH, THE GIFT OF GOD

I will bless the Lord, who hath given
me understanding.—Ps. xv. 7.
Thou hast made known to me the
ways of life, thou shalt fill me with joy
with thy countenance.—Ps. xv. 11.
For behold, thou hast loved truth:
the uncertain and hidden things of thy
wisdom thou hast made manifest to me.
—Ps. 1. 8.
He hath not done in like manner to
every nation: and his judgments he
hath not made manifest to them.—Ps.
cxlvii. 20.
And the eunuch that hath not
wrought iniquity with his hands, nor
thought wicked things against God :
for the precious gift of faith shall be
given to him, and a most acceptable lot
in the temple of God.—Wis. iii. 14.
And who shall know thy thought, ex­
cept thou give wisdom, and send thy
Holy Spirit from above:
And so the ways of them that are
upon earth may be corrected, and men
may learn the things that please thee?
— Wis. ix. 17, 18.
At that time Jesus answered and
said : I confess to thee, 0 Father, Lord
of heaven and earth, because thou hast
hid these things from the wise and pru­
dent, and hast revealed them to little
ones.
Yea, Father; for so hath it seemed
good in thy sight.
All things are delivered to me by my
Father. And no one knoweth the Son,
but the Father: neither doth any one
know the Father, but the Son, and he to
whom it shall please the Son to reveal
him.—Matt. xi. 25-27.
But blessed are your eyes, because

they see, and your ears, because they
hear.
For, amen I say to you, many
prophets and just men have desired to
see the things that you see, and have
not seen them, and to hear the things
that you hear, and have not heard them.
—Matt. xiii. 1G, 17.
Jesus saith to them: But whom do
you say that I am?
Simon Peter answered and said:
I Thou art Christ, the Son of the living
God.
And Jesus, answering, said to him:
Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona: be­
cause flesh and blood hath not revealed
it to thee, but my Father who is in
heaven.—Matt. xvi. 15-17.
Now we have received not the spirit
of this world, but the Spirit that is of
God; that we may know the things that
are given us from God.—1 Cor. ii. 12.
But the fruit of the Spirit is charity,
joy, peace, patience . . . faith.—Gal.
v. 22, 23.
Wherefore I also . . . cease not to
give thanks for you, making com­
memoration of you in my prayers,
That the God of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Father of glory, may give
unto you the spirit of wisdom and of
revelation, in the knowledge of him:
The eyes of your heart enlightened,
that you may know what the hope is of
his calling, and what are the riches of
the glory of his inheritance in the
saints.—Eph. i. 1G-18.
Wherefore, having the loins of your
mind girt up, being sober, trust per­
fectly in the grace which is offered you
in the revelation of Jesus Christ.—
1 Peter i. 13.
FAITH, PLEASING TO GOD
Abram believed God, and it was re­
puted to him unto justice.—Gen. xv. 6.
For she is an infinite treasure to men!
which they that use, become the friends
of God, being commended for the gift
of discipline.—Ww. vii. 14.
And being but one, she can do all
things: and remaining in herself the
same, she reneweth all things, and
through nations conveyeth herself into
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For God loveth none but him that! Whilst you have the light, believe in
dwelleth with wisdom.— Wis. vii. 27, 28. the light, that you may be the chil­
For the fear of the Lord is wisdom dren of light.—John xii. 36.
and discipline: and that which is agree­
Let not your heart be troubled. You
able to him,
believe in God, believe also in me.—
Is faith and meekness: and he will John xiv. 1.
fill up his treasures.—Ecclus. i. 34, 35.
And this is his commandment, that
And blessed art thou that hast be­ we should believe in the name of his
lieved, because those things shall be ac­ Son, Jesus Christ: and love one an­
complished that were spoken to thee other, as he hath given commandment
by the Lord.—Luke i. 45.
unto us.—1 John iii. 23.
For the Father himself loveth you,
because you have loved me, and have
FAITH, THE REWARD OF
believed that I came out from God.—
I. In the World to Come
John xvi. 27.
In the promise also of God he (Abra­
Ye that fear the Lord, believe him:
ham) staggered not by distrust; but and your reward shall not be made void.
was strengthened in faith, giving glory —Ecclus. ii. 8.
to God:
I And as Moses lifted up the serpent in
Most fully knowing that whatsoever the desert, so must the Son of man be
he has promised, he is able also to per­ lifted up:
form.
That whosoever believeth in him, may
And therefore it was reputed to him not perish; but may have life everlast­
unto justice.
ing.
Now it is not written only for him,
God so loved the world, as to give
that it was reputed to him unto justice, hisFor
only begotten Son ; that whosoever
But also for us, to whom it shall be believeth
in
him,
may
not
perish,
but
reputed, if we believe in him that raised may have life everlasting.—John iii.
up Jesus Christ, our Lord, from the
14-16.
dead.—Rom. iv. 20-24.
He that believeth in the Son, hath
For in Christ Jesus neither circum­
cision availeth anything, nor uncir­ life everlasting; but he that believeth
cumcision : but faith that worketh by not the Son, shall not see life; but the
wrath of God abideth on him.—John
charity.—Gal. v. 6.
But my just man liveth by faith; but iii. 36.
Amen, amen, I say unto you. that he
if he withdraw himself, he shall not
who heareth my word, and believeth
please my soul.—II eb. x. 38.
him that sent me, hath life everlasting;
FAITH COMMANDED BY GOD
and cometh not into judgment, but is
But Jesus having heard the word that passed from death to life.—John v. 24.
And Jesus said to them: I am the
was spoken, saith to the ruler of the
synagogue: Fear not, only believe.— bread of life: he that cometh to me shall
not hunger; and he that believeth in
Mark v. 36.
And Jesus answering, saith to them: me shall never thirst.—John vi. 35.
And this is the will of my Father that
Have the faith of God.—Mark xi. 22.
Therefore I say unto you, all things sent me: that every one who seeth the
whatsoever you ask when you pray, be­ Son, and believeth in him, may have
lieve that you shall receive; and they life everlasting, and I will raise him up
in the last day.—John vi. 40.
shall come unto you.—Mark xi. 24.
Amen, amen I say unto you: He that
They said therefore unto him: What
shall we do, that we may work the works believeth in me, hath everlasting life.—
John vi. 47.
of God?
Jesus said to her: T am the resurrecJesus answered, and said to them:
This is the work of God, that you be­ tion and the life: ho that believeth in
lieve in him whom he hath sent.—John me, although he be dead, shall live:
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lieveth in me, shall not die for ever.—
And behold they brought to him one
John xi. 25, 26.
sick of the palsy, lying in a bed. And
Jesus saith to her: Did not I say to Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the
thee, that if thou believe, thou shalt man sick of the palsy: Be of good heart,
see the glory of God ?—John xi. 40.
son, thy sins are forgiven thee.—Matt.
But these are written, that you may ix. 2.
believe that Jesus is the Christ, the
And as he was speaking these things
Son of God: and that believing, you unto them, behold a certain ruler came
may have life in his name.—John xx. 31. up, and adored him, saying: Lord, my
For if thou confess with thy mouth daughter is even now dead; but come,
the Lord Jesus, and believe in thy lay thy hand upon her, and she shall
heart that God hath raised him up from live. . . .
the dead, thou shalt be saved.
And when the multitude was put
For, with the heart, we believe unto forth, he went in, and took her by the
justice; but, with the mouth, confes­ hand. And the maid arose.—Matt. ix.
sion is made unto salvation.
18, 25.
And behold a woman who was
For the Scripture saith: Whosoever
believeth in him, shall not be con­ troubled with an issue of blood twelve
founded.—Rom. X. 9-11.
years, came behind him, and touched
Whom, having not seen, you love: in the hem of his garment.
whom also now, though you see him not,
For she said within herself : If I shall
you believe: and believing, shall re­ touch only his garment, I shall be
joice with joy unspeakable and glori­ healed.
fied;
But Jesus, turning, and seeing her,
Receiving the end of your faith, even said: Be of good heart, daughter, thy
the salvation of your souls.—1 Peter faith hath made thee whole. And the
i. 8, 9.
woman was made whole from that hour.
Matt. ix. 20-22.
And as Jesus passed from thence,
FAITH, THE REWARD OF
there followed him two blind men cry­
II. In this Life
ing out and saying, Have mercy on us,
That thy children, 0 Lord, whom O son of David.
thou lovedst, might know that it is not
And when he was come to the house,
the growing of fruits that nourisheth the blind men came to him. And Jesus
men, but thy word preserveth them saith to them: Do you believe that T
that believe in thee.— Wi.s. xvi. 26.
can do this unto you? They say to
Believe God, and he will recover thee: him. Yea, Lord.
Then he touched (heir eyes, saying,
and direct thy way, and trust in him.
—Ecclus. ii. 6.
According to your faith, be it done unto
And behold a leper came and adored you.
him, saying: Lord, if thou wilt, thou
And their eyes were opened.—Matt.
canst make me clean.
ix. 27-30.
And Jesus stretching forth his hand,
And behold, a woman of Canaan, who
touched him, saying: I will, be thou came out of those coasts, crying out,
made clean. And forthwith his leprosy said to him : Have mercy on me, 0 Lord,
was cleansed.—Matt. viii. 2, 3.
thou son of David : my daughter is
And the centurion making answer, grievously troubled by a devil.
said : Lord, I am not worthy that thou
Who answered her not a word. . . .
shouldst enter under my roof : but only
But she came and adored him, say­
say the word, and my servant shall be ing: Lord, help me. . . .
healed.
Then Jesus answering, said to her:
. . . And Jesus said to the cen­ O woman, great is thy faith: be it done
turion: Go, and as thou hast believed, to thee as thou wilt: and her daughter
so be it done to thee. And the servant was cured from that hour.—Matt. xv.
was healed at the same hour.—Matt. 22, 23, 25, 28.
viii. 8, 13.
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went out of Jericho, with his disciples I from his mother s womb, who never
and a very great multitude, Bartimeus had walked.
This same heard Paul speaking.
the blind man, the son of Timeus, sat
Who, looking upon him, and seeing that
by the wayside, begging.
Who, when he had heard that it was he had faith to be healed,
Said with a loud voice: Stand up­
Jesus of Nazareth, began to cry out,
and to say: Jesus, son of David, have right, on thy feet. And he leaped up,
and walked.—Acts xiv. 7-9.
mercy on me. ...
And Jesus answering, said to him: FAITH, EXHORTATION TO PRAC­
What wilt thou that I should do to
TISE THE VIRTUE OF
thee? And the blind man said to him:
Believe God, and he will recover thee:
Rabbonì, that I may see.
And Jesus saith to him: Go thy way, and direct thy way, and trust in him.
... Ye that fear the Lord, believe
thy faith hath made thee whole. And
immediately he saw, and followed him him : and your reward shall not be made
void.—Fcclus. ii. 6, 8.
in the way.—Mark x. 46, 47, 51, 52.
But let us, who are of the day, be
And behold, a woman that was in the
city, a sinner, when she knew that he sober, having on the breastplate of
sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, faith and charity, and for a helmet, the
brought an alabaster box of ointment; hope of salvation.—1 Thess. v. 8.
This precept I commend to thee, 0
And standing behind at his feet, she
began to wash his feet with tears, and son Timothy; according to the prophe­
wiped them with the hairs of her head, cies going before on thee, that thou
and kissed his feet, and anointed them war in them a good warfare,
Having faith and a good conscience,
with the ointment.
. . . And he said to the woman: which some rejecting, have made ship­
Thy faith hath made thee safe, go in wreck concerning the faith.—1 Tim. i.
18, 19.
peace.—Luke vii. 37, 38, 50.
But thou, 0 man of God, fly these
The ruler saith to him: Lord, come
things; and pursue justice, godliness,
down before that my son die.
Jesus saith to him: Go thy way; thy faith, charity, patience, mildness.
Fight the good fight of faith: lay
son liveth. The man believed the word
which Jesus said to him, and went his hold on eternal life, whereunto thou
art called, and hast confessed a good
way.
And as he was going down, his ser­ confession before many witnesses.—
vants met him; and they brought word, 1 Tim. vi. 11, 12.
Let us draw near with a true heart in
saying, that his son lived.
He asked therefore of them the hour fulness of faith, having our hearts
wherein he grew better. And they said sprinkled from an evil conscience, and
to him: yesterday, at the seventh hour, our bodies washed with clean water.—
Het), x. 22.
the fever left him.
But you, my beloved, building your­
The father therefore knew, that it
was at the same hour that Jesus said selves upon your most holy faith, pray­
to him, Thy son liveth; and himself ing in the Holy Ghost,
Keep yourselves in the love of God,
believed, and his whole house.—John
waiting for the mercy of our Lord
iv. 49-53.
He that believeth in me, as the scrip­ Jesus Christ, unto life everlasting.—
ture saith. Out of his belly shall flow Jude i. 20, 21.
rivers of living water.
FAITH, NECESSARY FOR
Now this he said of the Spirit which
SALVATION
they should receive, who believed in
See: Part II—page 696.
him: for as yet the Spirit was not given,
FAITH, A PRAYER FOR
because Jesus was not yet glorified.—
John vii. 38, 39.
And Jesus saith to him : If thou canst
And there sat a certain man at believe, all things are possible to him
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And immediately the father of the
boy crying out, with tears said : I do
believe, Lord: help my unbelief.—Mark
ix. 22, 23.
And the apostles said to the Lord:
Increase our faith.—Luke xvii. 5.
For this cause I bow my knees to the
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, . . .
That he would grant you, according
to the riches of his glory, to be
strengthened by his Spirit, with might
unto the inward man,
That Christ may dwell by faith in
your hearts.—Eph. iii. 14, 16, 17.

thou also art one of them ; for even thy
speech doth discover thee.
Then he began to curse and to swear
that he knew not the man. And i HIH
diately the cock crew.—Malt. xxvi.
69-74.
But he that shall deny me before men,
shall be denied before the angels of
God.—Luke xii. 9.
If we deny him, he will also deny us.
—2 Tim. ii. 12.
FAITH, WEAKNESS IN OUR

Moses therefore took the rod, which
FAITH, ACKNOWLEDGING OUR was before the Lord, as he had com­
manded
him.
Every one, therefore, that shall con­
And having gathered together the
fess me before men, I will also confess
him before my Father who is in heaven. multitude before the rock, he said to
them: Hear, ye rebellious and incredu­
—Malt. x. 32.
And I say to you, Whosoever shall lous: Can we bring you forth water out
confess me before men, him shall the of this rock?
And when Moses had lifted up his
Son of man also confess before the an­
hand,
and
struck
the
rock
twice
with
gels of God.—Luke xii. 8.
For if thou confess with thy mouth the rod, there came forth water in great
the Lord Jesus, and believe in thy heart abundance, so that the people and their
that. God hath raised him up from the cattle drank.
And the Lord said to Moses and
dead, thou shalt be saved.
Because you have not believed
For, with the heart, we believe unto Aaron:
me, to sanctify me before the children
justice; but, with the mouth, confession of
Israel, you shall not bring these
is made unto salvation.—Rom. x. 9,10.
Fight the good fight of faith: lay people into the land which I will give
hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art them.—Num. xx. 9-12.
But
the
boat
in
the
midst
of
the
sea
called, and hast confessed a good confes­ was tossed with the waves : for the wind
sion before many witnesses.—1 Tim. was contrary.
vi. 12.
And in the fourth watch of the night,
he came to them, walking upon the sea.
FAITH, DENYING OUR
And they seeing him walking upon
But he that shall deny me before the sea, were troubled, saying: It is an
men, I will also deny him before my apparition. And they cried out for
Father who is in heaven.—Matt. x. 33. fear.
And immediately Jesus spoke to
But Peter sat without in the court:
and there came to him a servant maid, them, saying: Be of good heart: it is I,
saying: Thou also wast with Jesus the fear ye not.
And Peter making answer, said:
Galilean.
But he denied before them all, say­ Lord, if it be thou, bid me come to thee
upon the waters.
ing : I know not what thou sayest.
And he said: Come. And Peter go­
And as he went out of the gate, an­
other maid saw him, and she saith to ing down out of the boat, walked upon
them that were there: This man also the water, to come to Jesus.
But seeing the wind strong, he was
was with Jesus of Nazareth.
And again he denied with an oath: I afraid: and when he began to sink, he
cried out, saying: Lord, save me.
know not the man.
And immediately Jesus stretching
And after a little while, they came
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said to him: 0 thou of little faith, why
didst thou doubt?- Matt. xiv. 24-31.
And Jesus rebuked him, and the
devil went out of him, and the child
was cured from that hour.
Then came the disciples to Jesus
secretly, and said: Why could not we
cast him out?
Jesus said to them: Because of your
unbelief.—Malt. xvii. 17-19.
The sower went out to sow his seed.
And as he sowed, some fell by the way­
side, and it was trodden down, and the
fowls of the air devoured it.
And other some fell upon a rock: and
as soon as it was sprung up, it withered
away, because it had no moisture. . . .
Now they upon the rock, are they who,
when they hear, receive the word with
joy: and these have no roots; for they
believe for a while, and in time of temp­
tation, they fall away.—Luke viii. 5,
6, 13>
And when they were sailing, he slept;
and there came down a storm of wind
upon the lake, and they were filled, and
were in danger.
And they came, and awaked him, say­
ing: Master, we perish. But he aris­
ing, rebuked the wind and the rage of
the water; and it ceased, and there was
a calm.
And he said to them : Where is your
faith? Who being afraid, wondered,
saying one to another: Who is this
(think you) that he commandeth both
the winds and the sea, and they obey
him?—Luke viii. 23-25.
FAITH, WE MUST NOT BE
ASHAMED OF OUR

See also: Human respect—page 217.
And I spoke of thy testimonies be­
fore kings: and I was not ashamed.—
Ps. cxviii. 46.
Be not ashamed of any of these things,
and accept no person to sin thereby:
Of the law of the most High, and
of his covenant, and of judgment to jus­
tify the ungodly.—Ecclus. xiii. 1, 2.
Who art thou, that thou shouldst be
afraid of a mortal man. and of the son
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And thou hast forgotten the Lord
thy maker, who stretched out the
heavens, and founded the earth.—Is. li.
12, 13.
For he that shall be ashamed of me
and of my words, of him the Sen of man
shall be ashamed, when he shall come
in his majesty, and that of his Father,
and of the holy angels.—Luke ix. 26.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel.
For it is the power of God unto salva­
tion to every one that believeth, to the
Jew first, and to the Greek.—Rom. i. 16.
Be not thou therefore ashamed of the
testimony of our Lord, nor of me, his
prisoner : but labor with the gospel, ac­
cording to the power of God.—2 Tim.i.8.
For which cause, I also suffer these
things: but I am not ashamed. For
I know whom I have believed, and I am
certain that he is able to keep that
which I have committed unto him,
against that day.—2 Tim. i. 12.
If you be reproached for the name of
Christ, you shall be blessed: for that
which is of the hontr, glory, and power
of God, and that which is his Spirit,
resteth upon you.
But let none of you suffer as a mur­
derer, or a thief, or a railer, or a coveter
of other men’s things.
But if as a Christian, let him not be
ashamed, but let him glorify God in
that name.—1 Peter iv. 14-16.
FAITH, WE SHOULD BE ABLE
TO GIVE A REASON FOR OUR
See: Reason—page 458.

FAITH, WE MUST BE PRACTICAL
IN OUR
See: Practical in our religion—
page 392.

FAITHFUL, PRAYER FOR THE
See also: Church, prayer for the—
page 54.

O God, why hast thou cast us off unto
the end: why is thy wrath enkindled
against the sheep of thy pasture?
Remember thy congregation, which
thou hast possessed from the beginning.
The sceptre of thy inheritance which
thou hast redeemed: mount Sion in
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Have mercy on thy people, upon
whom thy name is invoked: and upon
Israel, whom thou hast raised up to be
thy first-born.
Have mercy on Jerusalem, the city
which thou hast sanctified, the city of
thy rest.
Fill Sion with thy unspeakable words,
and thy people with thy glory.
Give testimony to them that are thy
creatures from the beginning, and raise
up the prophecies which the former
prophets spoke in thy name.
Reward them that patiently wait for
thee, that thy prophets may be found
faithful: and hear the prayers of thy
servants,
According to the blessing of Aaron
over thy people, and direct us into
the way of justice, and let all know
that dwell upon the earth, that thou
art God, the beholder of all ages.
—Ecclus. xxxvi. 14-19.
FASTING
See: Part II—page 697.
FATHER, GOD OUR

See also: Children of God by adop­
tion, we become—page 50.
And thou shalt say to him (Pharao) :
Thus saith the Lord: Israel is my son,
my first-born.
I have said to thee: Let my son go,
that he my serve me, and thou wouldst
not let him go: behold, I will kill thy
son, thy first-born. —Ex. iv. 22, 23.
In judging, be merciful to the father­
less as a father, and as a husband to
their mother.
And thou shalt be as the obedient son
of the most High, and he will have
mercy on thee more than a mother.—
Ecclus. iv. 10, 11.
But I said: How shall I put thee
among the children, and give thee a
lovely land, the goodly inheritance of
the armies of the Gentiles ? And I said :
Thou shalt call me father, and shalt not
cease to walk after me.—Jer. iii. 19.
Because Israel was a child, and I
loved him: and I called my son out of
Egypt.—Osee xi. 1.
The son honoreth the father, and the

servant his master: if then I be a
father, where is my honor? and if I be
a master, where is my fear? saith the
Lord of hosts.—Malach. i. 6.
Be you therefore perfect, as also
your heavenly Father is perfect.—Matt.
v. 48.
Thus therefore shall you pray: Our
Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be
thy name.—Matt. vi. 9.
And call none your father upon
earth; for one is your father, who is in
heaven.—Matt, xxiii. 9.
For you have not received the spirit
of bondage again in fear; but you have
received the spirit of adoption of sons,
whereby we cry: Abba (Father).—
Rom. viii. 15.
And I will receive you; and I will
be a Father to you; and you shall be
my sons and daughters, saith the Lord
Almighty.—2 Cor. vi. 18.
And because you are sons, God hath
sent the Spirit of his Son into your
hearts, crying: Abba, Father.—Gal.
iv. G.
For this cause I bow my knees to
the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Of whom all paternity in heaven and
earth is named.—Eph. iii. 14, 15.
One God and Father of all, who is
above all, and through all, and in us
all.—Eph. iv. 6.
And if you invoke as Father him
who, without respect of persons, judgeth according to every one’s work : con­
verse in fear during the time of your
sojourning here.—1 Peter i. 17.
FATHER, ACKNOWLEDGMENT
THAT GOD IS OUR
Is this the return thou makest to the
Lord, 0 foolish and senseless people?
Is not he thy father, that hath pos­
sessed thee, and made thee, and created
thee?—Deut. xxxii. 6.
And he (David) blessed the Lord be­
fore all the multitude, and he said:
Blessed art thou, O Lord, the God of
Israel, our father from eternity to eter­
nity.—1 Paral, xxix. 10.
I have found David my servant: with
my holy oil I have anointed him. . . .
He shall cry out to me : Thou art my
father : my God, and the support of my
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He boasteth that he hath the knowl-1 Adam, with the bands of love: and I
edge of God, and calleth himself the son will be to them as one that taketh off
the yoke on their jaws: and I put his
of God.
... We are esteemed by him as meat to him that he might eat.—Osee
triflers, and he abstaineth from our xi. 3, 4.
ways as from filthiness, and he prefer­
red! the latter end of the just, and glori- FAVOR TO US, GOD’S SPECIAL
eth that he hath God for his father.—
Because thou art a holy people to the
Wis. ii. 13, 16.
Lord thy God. The Lord thy God hath
For thou art our father, and Abra­ chosen thee, to be his peculiar people
ham hath not known us, and Israel of all peoples that are upon the earth.
hath been ignorant of us : thou, O Lord,
Not because you surpass all nations
art our father, our redeemer, from ever-1 in number, is the Lord joined unto you,
lasting is thy name.—Is. Ixiii. 16.
and hath chosen you, for you are the
And now, O Lord, thou art our fewest of any people:
father, and we arc clay: and thou art
But because the Lord hath loved you,
our maker, and we are all the works of and hath kept his oath, which he swore
thy hands.—Is. Ixiv. 8.
to your fathers: and hath brought you
Therefore at the least, from this time, out with a strong hand, and redeemed
call to me: Thou art my father, the you from the house of bondage, out of
guide of my virginity.—Jer. iii. 4.
the hand of Pharao, the king of Egypt.
Have we not all one father? hath not —Deut. vii. 6-8.
one God created us? why then doth
Behold, heaven is the Lord’s thy God,
every one of us despise his brother, and the heaven of heaven, the earth and
violating the covenant of our fathers? all things that are therein.
—Malach. ii. 10.
And yet the Lord hath been closely
joined to thy fathers, and loved them,
FATHER FOR US, GOD HAS THE and chose their seed after them, that is
to say, you, out of all nations, as this
LOVE OF A
day it is proved.—Deut. x. 14, 15.
I will be to him a father, and he
And the Lord hath chosen thee this
shall be to me a son : and if he commit day, to be his peculiar people, as he
any iniquity, I will correct him with hath spoken to thee, and to keep all his
the rod of men, and with the stripes of commandments :
the children of men.—2 Kings vii. 14.
And to make thee higher than all na­
For whom the Lord loveth, he chas- tions which he hath created, to his own
tiseth: and as a father in the son he praise, and name, and glory: that thou
pleaseth himself.—Prov. iii. 12.
mayst be a holy people of the Lord thy
For when they (i.e. the children of God, as he hath spoken.—Deut. xxvi.
Israel) were tried, and chastised with 18, 19.
mercy, they knew how the wicked were
But thou, Israel, art my servant,
judged with wrath and tormented.
Jacob, whom I have chosen, the seed of
For thou didst admonish and try Abraham my friend:
them as a father: but the others, as a
In whom I have taken thee from the
severe king, thou didst examine and ends of the earth, and from the remote
condemn.—IV'is. xi. 10, 11.
parts thereof have called thee, and said
Surely Ephraim is an honorable son to thee: Thou art my servant, I have
to me, surely he is a tender child: for chosen thee, and have not cast thee
since I spoke of him, I will still re­ away.—Is. xii. 8, 9.
member him. Therefore are my bowels
Thus saith the Lord thy redeemer, the
troubled for him : pitying, I will pity Holy One of Israel : I am the Lord thy
him, saith the Lord.—J er. xxxi. 20. God that teach thee profitable things,
And I was like a foster-father to that govern thee in the way that thou
Ephraim, I carried them in my arms: walkest.—Is. xlviii. 17.
and they knew not that I healed them.
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when the day of judgment shall come,
he may punish them in the fulness of
their sins) :
Doth he also deal with us, so as to
suffer our sins to come to their height,
and then take vengeance on us.
And therefore he never withdraweth
his mercy from us : but though he chas­
tise his people with adversity, he forsaketh them not.—2 Mach. vi. 14-16.
And his disciples came and said to
him: Why speakest thou to them in
parables?
Who answered, and said to them : Be­
cause to you it is given to know the
mysteries of the kingdom of heaven:
but to them it is not given.—Malt. xiii.
10, 11.
But blessed are your eyes because they
see, and your ears because they hear.
For, amen, I say to you, many
prophets and just men have desired to
see the things that you see, and have
not seen them, and to hear the things
that you hear, and have not heard them.
—Matt. xiii. 16. 17.
Fear not, little flock, for it hath
pleased your Father to give you a king­
dom.—Luke xii. 32.
Abraham, your father, rejoiced that
he might see my day: he saw it, and
was glad.—John viii. 56.
I will not now call you servants: for
the servant knoweth not what his lord
doth. But I have called you friends:
because all things whatsoever I have
heard of my Father, I have made known
to you.—John xv. 15.
For the promise is to you, and to
your children, and to all that are far
off, whomsoever the Lord our God
shall call.—Acts ii. 39.
Blessed be the God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us
with spiritual blessings in heavenly
places, in Christ:
As he chose us in him before the
foundation of the world, that we should
be holy and unspotted in his sight in
charity.
Who hath predestinated us unto the
adoption of children through Jesus
Christ unto himself : according to the
purpose of his will.—Eph. i. 3-5.
Now therefore you are no more
strangers and foreigners; but you are

fellow-citizens with the saints, and the
domestics of God,
Built upon the foundation of the
apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ
himself being the chief corner stone.—
Eph. ii. 19, 20.
Giving thanks to God the Father, who
hath made us worthy to be partakers of
the lot of the saints in light:
Who hath delivered us from the
power of darkness, and hath translated
us into the kingdom of the Son of his
love,
In whom we have redemption
through his blood, the remission of
sins.—Col. i. 12-14.
Whereof (t.e. the Church) I am made
a minister according to the dispensa­
tion of God, which is given me towards
you, that I may fulfil the word of God:
The mystery which hath been hidden
from ages and generations, but now is
manifested to his saints,
To whom God would make known the
riches of the glory of this mystery
among the Gentiles, which is Christ, in
you the hope of glory.—Col. i. 25-27.
But when the goodness and kindness
of God our Saviour appeared:
Not by the works of justice, which
we have done, but according to his
mercy he saved us, by the laver of re­
generation, and renovation of the Holy
Ghost;
Whom he hath poured forth upon us
abundantly, through Jesus Christ our
Saviour :
That, being justified by his grace, we
may be heirs, according to hcpe of life
everlasting.—Titus iii. 4-7.
All these died according to faith, not
having received the promises, but be­
holding them afar off, and saluting
them, and confessing that they are pil­
grims and strangers on the earth.
. . . And all these, being approved
by the testimony of faith, received not
the promise;
God providing some better thing for
us, that they should not be perfected
without us.—Ilei). xi. 13, 39, 40.
Of which salvation the prophets have
inquired and diligently searched, who
prophesied of the grace to come in
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themselves, but to you they ministered
those things which are now declared to
you by them that have preached the gos­
pel to you, the Holy Ghost being sent
down from heaven, on whom the angels
desire to look.—1 Peter i. 10, 12.
But you are a chosen generation, a
kingly priesthood, a holy nation, a pur­
chased people : that you may declare his
virtues, who hath called you out of
darkness into his marvellous light:
Who in time past were not a people:
but are now the people of God. Who
had not obtained mercy; but now have
obtained mercy.—1 Peter ii. 9, 10.
As all things of his divine power
which appertain to life and godliness,
are given us, through the knowledge of
him who hath called us by his own
proper glory and virtue.
By whom he hath given us most great
and precious promises: that by these
you may be made partakers of the di­
vine nature: flying the corruption of
that concupiscence which is in the
world.—2 Peter i. 3, 4.
FAVOR TO US, ACKNOWLEDG­
MENT OF GOD’S SPECIAL
0 Lord, thou hast crowned us, as
with a shield of thy good will.—Ps.
V. 13.
The Lord ruleth me : and I shall want
nothing.
He hath set me in a place of pasture.
He hath brought me up on the water
of refreshment:
He hath converted my soul.
He hath led me on the paths of jus­
tice, for his own name’s sake.—Ps.
xxii. 1-3.
For behold thou hast loved truth : the
uncertain and hidden things of thy
wisdom thou hast made manifest to me.
—Ps. 1. 8.
The Lord hath been mindful of us,
and hath blessed us.
He hath blessed the house of Israel:
he hath blessed the house of Aaron.—
Ps. cxiii. {Heb. cxv.) 12.
The Lord hath done great things for
us: we are become joyful.—Ps. exxv. 3.
He hath not done in like man­
ner to every nation: and his judgments
he hath not made manifest to them.—
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For if thou didst punish the enemies
of thy servants, and that deserved to
die, with so great deliberation, giving
them time and place whereby they
might be changed from their wicked­
ness:
With what circumspection hast thou
judged thy own children, to whose
parents thou hast sworn, and made cove­
nants of good promises?
Therefore, whereas thou chastisest
us, thou scourgest our enemies very
many ways, to the end that when we
judge, we may think on thy goodness:
and when we are judged, we may hope
for thy mercy.— Ww. xii. 20-22.
We are happy, O Israel; because the
things that are pleasing to God, are
made known to us.—Bar. iv. 4.
FAVOR TO US, OBLIGATIONS
RESULTING FROM GOD’S
SPECIAL
And you, 0 children of Sion, rejoice,
and be joyful in the Lord your God:
because he hath given you a teacher of
justice, and he will make the early and
the latter rain to come down to you as
in the beginning.—Joel ii. 23.
And that servant who knew the will
of his lord, and prepared not himself,
and did not according to his will, shall
be beaten with many stripes.
But he that knew not, and did things
worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with
few stripes. And unto whomsoever
much is given, of him much shall be re­
quired: and to whom they have com­
mitted much, of him they will demand
the more.—Luke xii. 47, 48.
See then the goodness and the sever­
ity of God: towards them indeed that
are fallen, the severity: but towards
thee, the goodness of God, if thou abide
in goodness, otherwise thou also shalt
be cut off.—Rom. xi. 22.
As you know in what manner, en­
treating and comforting you, (as a
father doth his children,)
We testified to every one of you, that
you would walk worthy of God, who
hath called you unto his kingdom and
glory.—1 Thess. ii. 11, 12.
Therefore ought we more diligently
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heard, lest perhaps we should let them I Much experience is the crown of old
men, and the fear of God is their glory.
slip.
For if the word, spoken by angels, be­ —Ecclus. XXV. 8.
came steadfast, and every transgression
How great is he that findeth wisdom
and disobedience received a just recom­ and knowledge! but there is none above
pense of reward:
him that feareth the Lord.
How shall we escape if we neglect so
The fear of God hath set itself above
great salvation? which having begun to all things:
be declared by the Lord, was confirmed
Blessed is the man to whom it is
unto us by them that heard him.—Heb. given to have the fear of God: he that
holdeth it, to whom shall he be likened?
ii. 1-3.
—Ecclus. XXV. 13-15.
FEAR OF GOD, THE
Riches and strength lift up the heart:
And therefore I am troubled at his but above these is the fear of the Lord.
There is no want in the fear of the
presence, and when I consider him, I am
made pensive with fear.—Job xxiii. 15. Lord, and it needeth not to seek for
For I have always feared God as help.
The fear of the Lord is like a paradise
waves swelling over me, and his weight
of blessing, and they have covered it
I was not able to bear.—Job xxxi. 23.
But as for me, in the multitude of thy above all glory.—Ecclus. xl. 26-28.
There is none like to thee, 0 Lord:
mercy, I will come into thy house; I
will worship towards thy holy temple, thou art great, and great is thy name in
in thy fear.—Ps. v. 8.
might.
Who shall not fear thee, O king of
The fear of the Lord is holy, endur­
ing for ever and ever.—Ps. xviii. 10. nations? for thine is the glory: among
Come, children, hearken to me : I all the wise men of the nations, and in
will teach you the fear of the Lord.— all their kingdoms, there is none like
Ps. xxxiii. 12.
unto thee.—J er. x. 6, 7.
My covenant was with ‘him of life
Pierce thou my flesh with thy fear:
for I am afraid of thy judgments.— and peace: and I gave him fear: and
Ps. cxviii. 120.
he feared me, and he was afraid before
Blessed is the man that is always my name.—Maia ch. ii. 5.
Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and
fearful: but he that is hardened in
mind, shall fall into evil.—Prov. magnify thy name? For thou only art
xxviii. 14.
holy: for all nations shall come, and
Favor is deceitful, and beauty is shall adore in thy sight, because thy
vain: the woman that feareth the Lord, judgments are manifest.—Apoc. xv. 4.
she shall be praised.—Prov. xxxi. 30.
The fear of the Lord is honor, and
FEAR OF GOD IS TRUE
glory, and gladness, and a crown of joy.
WISDOM, THE
The fear of the Lord shall delight the
heart, and shall give joy, and gladness,
And he said to man : Behold the fear
and length of days.—Ecclus. i. 11, 12. of the Lord, that is wisdom : and to de­
The fear of God is the glory of the part from evil, is understanding.—Job
rich, and of the honorable, and of the xxviii. 28.
poor. . . .
The fear of the Lord is the begin­
The great man, and the judge, and ning of wisdom.—Ps. ex. 10.
the mighty is in honor: and there is
The fear of the Lord is the lesson of
none greater than he that feareth God. w’isdom: and humility goeth before
Ecclus. X. 25, 27.
glory.—Prov. xv. 33.
And they that remain shall know,
The fear of the Lord is the beginning
that there is nothing better than the of wisdom, and was created with the
fear of God: and that there is nothing faithful in the womb, it walketh with
sweeter than to have regard to the com­ chosen women, and is knowm with the
mandments of the Lord.—Ecclus. just and faithful.
xxiii. 37.
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The fear of the Lord is the religious­
ness of knowledge.—Ecclus. i. 16, 17.
To fear God is the fulness of wisdom,
and fulness is from the fruits
thereof. . . .
The fear of the Lord is a crown of
wisdom, filling up peace and the fruit
of salvation. . . .
The root of wisdom is to fear the
Lord : and the branches thereof are
long-lived.—Ecclus. i. 20, 22, 25.
And give place to the fear of the
most High: for the fear of God is all
wisdom, and therein is to fear God, and
the disposition of the law is in all wis­
dom.—Ecclus. xix. 18.
Better is a man that hath less wis­
dom, and wanteth understanding, with
the fear of God, than he that aboundeth
in understanding, and transgresseth the
law of the most High.—Ecclus. xix. 21.
The perfection of the fear of God is
wisdom and understanding.—Ecclus.
xxi. 13.
FEAR OF GOD THE SOURCE OF
OTHER VIRTUES, THE
Blessed is the man that feareth the
Lord: he shall delight exceedingly in
his commandments.—Ps. cxi. 1.
They that fear the Lord, have hoped
in the Lord: he is their helper and
their protector.—Ps. cxiii. {Ilei).
cxv.) 11.
In the fear of the Lord is confidence
of strength, and there shall be hope for
his children.—Prov. xiv. 26.
It is good that thou shouldst hold up
the just, yea, and from him withdraw
not thy hand: for he that feareth God,
neglecteth nothing.—Eccles, vii. 19.
They that fear the Lord, will not be
incredulous to his word. . . .
They that fear the Lord, will seek
after the things that are well pleasing to
him. . . .
They that fear the Lord, will prepare
their hearts, and in his sight, will sanc­
tify their souls.
They that fear the Lord, keep his
commandments, and will have patience
even until his visitation.
Saying: If we do not penance, we
shall fall into the hands of the Lord,
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He that feareth the Lord, honoreth
his parents, and will serve them as his
masters, that brought him into the
world.—Ecclus. iii. 8.
He that feareth God, shall likewise
have good friendship: becauta accord­
ing to him, shall his friend be.—Ecclus.
vi. 17.
He that feareth God, will do good.—
Ecclus. xv. 1.
He that hateth to be reproved, walketh in the trace of a sinner; and he
that feareth God, will turn to his own
heart.—Ecclus. xxi. 7.
The fear of God is the beginning of
his love: and the beginning of faith is
to be fast joined unto it.—Ecclus.
XXV. 16.
He that feareth the Lord, will receive
his discipline.—Ecclus. xxxii. 18.
They that fear the Lord, shall find
just judgment, and shall kindle justice
as a light.—Ecclus. xxxii. 20.
Because for this end thou hast put
thy fear in our hearts, to the intent that
we should call upon thy name, and
praise thee in our captivity, for we are
converted from the iniquity of our
fathers, who sinned before thee.—Bar.
iii. 7.
Having therefore these promises,
dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves
from all defilement of the flesh and of
the spirit, perfecting sanctification in
the fear of God.—2 Cor. vii. 1.
FEAR OF GOD KEEPS US FROM
SIN, THE
And Moses said to the people: Fear
not : for God is come to prove you, and
that the dread of him might be in you,
and you should not sin.—Ex. xx. 20.
The fear of the Lord hateth evil: I
hate arrogance, and pride, and every
wicked way, and a mouth with a double
tongue.—Prov. viii. 13.
The fear of the Lord is a fountain
of life, to decline from the ruin of
death.—Prov. xiv. 27.
By mercy and truth, iniquity is re­
deemed: and by the fear of the Lord,
men depart from evil.—Prov. xvi. 6.
The fear of the Lord driveth out sin.
—Ecclus. i. 27.
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error, and they that fear him, shall I FEAR OF GOD REWARDED IN
not love it.—Ecclus. xv. 13.
THIS LIFE
Unless thou hold thyself diligently
The angel of the Lord shall encamp
in the fear of the Lord, thy house shall round
about them that fear him: and
quickly be overthrown.—2?ccíus.xxvii.4. shall deliver
them.—Ps. xxxiii. 8.
Fear the Lord, all ye his saints: for
FEAR OF GOD IMPOSES CER­
there is no want to them that fear
TAIN OBLIGATIONS UPON
him.—Ps. xxxiii. 10.
US, THE
He hath given food to them that fear
Ye that fear the Lord, praise him: all him.—Ps. ex. 5.
ye, the seed of Jacob, glorify him.—
They that fear the Lord, have hoped
Ps. xxi. 24.
in the Lord : he is their helper and their
Who is the man that feareth the I protector.
Lord? He hath appointed him a law,
. . . He hath blessed all that fear
in the way he hath chosen.—Ps. the Lord, both little and great.—Ps.
xxiv. 12.
cxiii. (Heb. cxv.) 11, 13.
Ye that fear the Lord, wait for his
Let them that fear the Lord, now say,
mercy : and go not aside from him, lest that his mercy endureth for ever.—Ps.
ye fall.
cxvii. 4.
Ye that fear the Lord, believe him:
Blessed are all they that fear the
and your reward shall not be made void. Lord: that walk in his ways.
Ye that fear the Lord, hope in him:
For thou shalt eat the labors of thy
and mercy shall come to you, for your hands: blessed art thou, and it shall be
delight.
well with thee.
Ye that fear the Lord, love him, and
Thy wife, as a fruitful vine, on the
your hearts shall be enlightened.— side of thy house.
Ecclus. ii. 7-10.
Thy children, as olive plants, round
Remember the fear of God, and be about thy table.
not angry with thy neighbor.—Ecclus.
Behold, thus shall the man be blessed
xxviii. 8.
that feareth the Lord.—Ps. cxxvii. 1-4.
He will do the will of them that fear
FEAR OF GOD PLEASING TO
him: and he will hear their prayer, and
THE ALMIGHTY, THE
save them.—Ps. cxliv. 19.
The fear of the Lord shah prolong
But they that fear thee, shall be great
with thee in all things.—Judith xvi. 19. days: and the years of the wicked shall
The Lord taketh pleasure in them be shortened.—Prov. x. 27.
No evils shall happen to him that
that fear him : and in them that hope in
feareth the Lord, but in temptation
his mercy.—Ps. cxlvi. 11.
That seed of men shall be honored, God will keep him. and deliver him
which feareth God: but that seed shall from evils.—Ecclus. xxxiii. 1.
He that feareth the Lord, shall trem­
be dishonored, which transgresseth the
ble at nothing, and shall not be afraid:
commandments of the Lord.
In the midst of brethren, their chief for he is his hope.
The soul of him that feareth the
is honorable: so shall they that fear the
Lord, be in his eyes.—Ecclus. x. 23, 24. Lord, is blessed.
To whom doth he look, and who is
The eyes of the Lord are towards
them that fear him, and he knoweth all his strength?
The eyes of the Lord are upon them
the work of man.—Ecclus. xv. 20.
But to whom shall I have respect, but that fear him, he is their powerful pro­
to him that is poor and little, and of a tector, and strong stay, a defence from
contrite heart, and that trembleth at the heat, and a cover from the sun at
noon,
my words?—Is. Ixvi. 2.
A preservation from stumbling, and
But in every nation, he that feareth
him (God), and worketh justice, is ac­ a help from falling; he raiseth up the
soul, and enlighteneth the evea. and
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giveth health, and life, and blessing.— shall be well with them that fear God,
who dread his face.—Eccles, viii. 12.
Ecclus. xxxiv. 16-20.
With him that feareth the Lord, it
shall
go
well
in
the
latter
end,
and
in
FEAR OF GOD REWARDED
the day of his death he shall be blessed.
HEREAFTER, THE
—Ecclus. i. 13.
Then they that feared the Lord spoke
In his sight the malignant is brought
to nothing: but he glorifieth them that every one with his neighbor: and the
Ix>rd gave ear, and heard it: and a book
fear the Lord.—Ps. xiv. 4.
Who is the man that feareth the of remembrance was written before
him for them that fear the Lord and
Lord? ...
His soul shall dwell in good things: think on his name.
And they shall be my special pos­
and his seed shall inherit the land.
The Lord is a firmament to them session, saith the Lord of hosts, in the
that fear him : and his covenant shall day that I do judgment: and I will
be made manifest to them.—Ps. xxiv. spare them, as a man spareth his son
that serveth him.—Malack. iii. 16, 17.
12-14.
But unto you that fear my name, the
0 how great is the multitude of thy
sweetness, 0 Lord, which thou hast Sun of justice shall arise, and health
in his wings: and you shall go forth,
hidden for them that fear thee!
Which thou hast wrought for them and shall leap like calves of the herd.
that hope in thee, in the sight of the —Malach. iv. 2.
And his mercy is from generation
sons of men.—Ps. xxx. 20.
Behold, the eyes of the Lord are on unto generations, to them that fear
them that fear him: and on them that him.—Luke i. 50.
hope in his mercy.
To deliver their souls from death; FEAR OF GOD COMMANDED BY
THE ALMIGHTY
and feed them in famine.—Ps. xxxii.
From the day in which thou didst
18, 19'
.
Surely his salvation is near to them stand before the Lord thy God in
that fear him.—Ps. Ixxxiv. 10.
Horeb, when the Lord spoke to me, say­
For according to the height of the ing: Call together the people unto me,
heaven above the earth : he hath that they may hear my words, and may
strengthened his mercy towards them learn to fear me all the time that they
that fear him. . . .
live on the earth, and may teach their
As a father hath compassion on his children.—Deut. iv. 10.
children, so hath the Lord compassion
And now, Israel, what doth the Lord
on them that fear him; for he knoweth thy God require of thee, but that thou
fear the Lord thy God, and walk in
our frame.
He remembereth that we are dust.— his ways, and love him, and serve the
Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and
Ps. cii. 11, 13, 14.
But the mercy of the Lord is from with all thy soul?—Deut. x. 12.
And I say to you, my friends: Be not
eternity and unto eternity upon them
afraid of them who kill the body, and
that fear him.—Ps. cii. 17.
The fear of the Lord is unto life: after that, have no more that they can
and he shall abide in fulness, without do.
But I will show you whom you shall
being visited with evil.—Prov. xix. 23.
Let not thy heart envy sinners: but fear: fear ye him. who after he hath
be thou in the fear of the Lord all the killed, hath power to cast into hell.
Yea, I say to you, fear him.—Luke xii.
day long:
Because thou shalt have hope in the 4, 5.
latter end, and thy expectation shall
not be taken away.—Prov. xxiii. 17, 18. FEAR GOD, EXHORTATION TO
But though a sinner do evil a hun­
Serve ye the Lord with fear: and
dred times, and by patience be borne rejoice unto him with trembling.—Ps.
withal, I know from thence that it ii. 11.

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Let al] the seed of Israel fear him: I Saying with a loud voice: Fear the
because he hath not slighted nor de- Lord, and give him honor, because the
spised the supplication of the poor hour of his judgment is come; and
man.—Ps. xxi. 25.
adore ye him, that made heaven and
Let all the earth fear the Lord, and earth, the sea, and the fountains of
let all the inhabitants of the world be water.—Apoc. xiv. 6, 7.
\n awe of him.—Ps. xxxii. 8.
Fear the Lord, all ye his saints: for FEARLESSNESS THAT RESULTS
there is no want to them that fear him.
FROM A GOOD CONSCIENCE,
—Ps. xxxiii. 10.
THE
Be not wise in thy own conceit: fear o
~
r
,
God, and depart from evil.—Prov. iii. 7. ^ee Conscience, th0 fruit of a good
Let not thy heart envy sinners: but
Pa£e
be thou in the fear of the Lord all the FEARLESSNESS THAT RESULTS
day long.—Prov. xxiii. 17.
Let us all hear together the con­ FROM CONFIDENCE IN GOD,
THE
clusion of the discourse. Fear God, and
keep his commandments : for this is all
I have slept and have taken my rest:
man.—Eccles, xii. 13.
and I have risen up, because the Lord
Be not incredulous to the fear of the hath protected me.
Lord: and come not to him with a
I will not fear thousands of the
double heart.—Ecclus. i. 36.
people, surrounding me: arise, 0 Lord;
Believe God, and he will recover save me, 0 my God.—Ps. iii. 6, 7.
thee: and direct thy way, and trust in
For though I should walk in the
him. Keep his fear, and grow old midst of the shadow of death, I will
therein.—Ecclus. ii. 6.
fear no evils, for thou art with me.
With all thy soul fear the Lord, and
Thy rod and thy staff, they have com­
reverence his priests.—Ecclus. vii. 31. forted me.—Ps. xxii. 4.
Let just men be thy quests, and let
The Lord is my light and my salva­
thy glory be in the fear of God.— tion, whom shall I fear?
Ecclus. ix. 22.
The Lord is the protector of my life:
And give place to the fear of the of whom shall I be afraid? . . .
most High: for the fear of God is all
If armies in camp should stand to­
wisdom.—Ecclus. xix. 18.
gether against me, my heart shall not
Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself: fear.
and let him be your fear, and let him
If a battle should rise up against me,
be your dread.
in this will I be confident.—Ps. xxvi.
And he shall be a sanctification to 1, 3.
you.—Is. viii. 13, 14.
Our God is our refuge and strength:
Having therefore these promises, a helper in troubles, which have found
dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves us exceedingly.
from all defilement of the flesh and of
Therefore we will not fear, when the
the spirit, perfecting sanctification in earth shall be troubled; and the moun­
the fear of God.—2 Cor. vii. 1.
tains shall be removed into the heart
Therefore receiving an immovable of the sea.—Ps. xiv. 2, 3.
kingdom, we have grace; whereby let
In God I will praise my words, in
us serve, pleasing God, with fear and God I have put my trust: I will not
reverence.
fear what flesh can do against me.—
For our God is a consuming fire.— Ps. Iv. 5.
Heb. xii. 28, 29.
His truth shall compass thee with a
And I saw another angel flying shield: thou shalt not be afraid of the
through the midst of heaven, having terror of the night.
the eternal gospel, to preach unto them
Of the arrow that flieth in the day,
that sit upon the earth, and over every of the business that walketh about in
nution, and tribe, and tongue, and the dark : of invasion, or of the noon­
people :
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A thousand shall fall at thy side, and
ten thousand at thy right hand: but it
shall not come nigh thee.—Ps. xc. 5-7.
The Lord is my helper: I will not
fear what man can do unto me.—Ps.
cxvii. 6.
I am ready, and am not troubled:
that I may keep thy commandments.—
Ps. cxviii. 60.
He that feareth the Lord, shall trem­
ble at nothing, and shall not be
afraid : for he is his hope.—Ecclus.
xxxiv. 16.
Behold, God is my saviour, I will
deal confidently, and will not fear: be­
cause the Lord is my strength, and my
praise, and he is become my salvation.
—Is. xii. 2.
The Lord God is my helper, therefore
am I not confounded: therefore have I
set my face as a most hard rock, and
I know that I shall not be con­
founded.
He is near that justifieth me, who
will contend with me? let us stand to­
gether, who is my adversary? let him
come near to me.
Behold the Lord God is my helper:
who is he that shall condemn me? Lo,
they shall all be destroyed as a gar­
ment, the moth shall eat them up.—
Is. 1. 7-9.
That being delivered from the hand
of our enemies, we may serve him with­
out fear,
In holiness and justice before him,
all our days.—Luke i. 74, 75.
For you have not received the spirit
of bondage again in fear ; but you have
received the spirit of adoption of sons,
whereby we cry: Abba (Father).—
Rom. viii. 15.
What shall we then say to these
things? If God be for us, who is
against us?—Rom. viii. 31.
FEARLESSNESS THAT RESULTS
FROM CONFIDENCE IN GOD,
EXHORTATION TO HAVE
THE
Hear, O Israel, you join battle this
day against your enemies, let not your
heart be dismayed, be not afraid, do
not give back, fear ye them not:
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midst of you, and will fight for you
against your enemies, to deliver you
from danger.—Deut. xx. 3, 4.
Behold, I command thee, take cour­
age, and be strong. Fear not and be
not dismayed: because the Lord thy
God is with thee in all things whatso­
ever thou shalt go to.—Jos. i. 9.
If thou sleep, thou shalt not fear:
thou shalt rest, and thy sleep shall be
sweet.
Be not afraid of sudden fear, nor of
the power of the wicked falling upon
thee.
For the Lord will be at thy side, and
will keep thy foot that thou be not
taken.—Prov. iii. 24-26.
Fear not, for I am with thee: turn
not aside, for I am thy God: I have
strengthened thee, and have helped
thee, and the right hand of my just one
hath upheld thee. . . .
For I am the Lord thy God who take
thee by the hand, and say to thee: Fear
not, I have helped thee.—Is. xii. 10, 13.
Hearken to me, you that know what
is just, my people who have my law in
your heart: fear ye not the reproach of
men, and be not afraid of their blas­
phemies. . . .
I, I myself will comfort you : who art
thou, that thou shouldst be afraid of a
mortal man, and of the son of man,
who shall wither away like grass?
And thou hast forgotten the Lord thy
maker, who stretched out the heavens,
and founded the earth.—Is. Ii. 7, 12, 13.
But Jesus, having heard the word
that was spoken, saith to the ruler of
the synagogue: Fear not, only believe.
—Mark v. 36.
But they seeing him walking upon
the sea, thought it was an apparition,
and they cried out.
For they all saw him, and were
troubled. And immediately he spoke
with them, and said to them: Have a
good heart, it is I, fear ye not.—Mark
vi. 49, 50.
Fear not, little flock, for it hath
pleased your Father to give you a king­
dom.—Luke xii. 32.
Peace I leave with you, my peace I
give unto you : not as the world giveth,
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be troubled, nor let it be afraid.—John
xiv. 27.
But who is he that can hurt you, if
you be zealous of good ?
But if also you suffer any thing for
justice’ sake, blessed are ye. And be
not afraid of their fear, and be not
troubled.—1 Peter iii. 13, 14.
FEAST DAYS AND THEIR
OBSERVANCE
And this day (the Phase) shall be
for a memorial to you: and you shall
keep it a feast to the Lord in your
generations, with an everlasting observ­
ance. . . .
The first day shall be holy and
solemn, and the seventh day shall be
kept with the like solemnity : you shall
do no work in them, except those
things that belong to eating.—Ex. xii.
14, 16.
Three times every year you shall
celebrate feasts to me.
Thou shalt keep the feast of unleav­
ened bread. Seven days shalt thou eat
unleavened bread, as I commanded
thee, in the time of the month of new
corn, when thou didst come forth out
of Egypt: thou shalt not appear empty
before me.
And the feast of the harvest of the
first-fruits of thy work, whatsoever thou
hast sown in the field. The feast also in
the end of the year, when thou hast
gathered in all thy corn out of the field.
Thrice a year shall all thy males ap­
pear before the Lord thy God.—Ex.
xxiii. 14-17.
Three times in a year shall all thy
males appear before the Lord thy God,
in the place which he shall choose: in
the feast of unleavened bread, in the
feast of weeks, and in the feast of
tabernacles. No one shall appear with
his hands empty before the Lord :
But every one shall offer according
to what he hath, according to the bless­
ing of the Lord his God, which he shall
give him.—Deul. xvi. 16, 17.
And Nehemias (he is Athersatha),
and Esdras the priest and scribe, and
the Levites w’ho interpreted to all the
people, said: This is a holy day to the
Lord our God : do not mourn nor weep:

for all the people wept, when they heard
the words of the law.
And he said to them : Go, eat fat
meats, and drink sweet wine, and send
portions to them that have not prepared
for themselves: because it is the holy
day of the Lord, and be not sad : for the
joy of the Lord is our strength.—
2 Esd. viii. 9, 10.
‘They said in their heart, the whole
kindred of them together: Let us abol­
ish all the festival days of God from
the land.—Ps. Ixxiii. 8.
This is the day which the Lord hath
made: let us be glad, and rejoice
therein.—Ps. cxvii. 24.
Why doth one day excel another, and
one light another, and one year another
year, when all come of the sun ?
By the knowledge of the Lord they
were distinguished, the sun being
made, and keeping his commandment
And he ordered the seasons, and holi­
days of them, and in them they cele­
brate festivals at an hour.
Some of them God made high and
great days, and some of them he put
in the number of ordinary days.—
Ecclus. xxxiii. 7-10.
What will you do in the solemn day,
in the day of the feast of the Lord?—
Osee ix. 5.
And Judas, and his brethren, and all
the church of Israel decreed, that the
day of the dedication of the altar
should be kept in its season from year
to year for eight days, from the five
and twentieth day of the month of
Casleu, with joy and gladness.—
1 Mach. iv. 59.
FIDELITY OF GOD, THE
See also: Truth of God, the—
page 568.
God is not a man, that he should lie,
nor as the son of man, that he should
be changed. Hath he said, then, and
will he not do ? hath he spoken, and will
he not fulfil?—Num. xxiii. 19.
And thou shalt know that the Lord
thy God, he is a strong and faithful
God, keeping his covenant and mercy
to them that love him, and to them that
keep his commandments, unto a thou­
sand generations.—Deut. vii. 9.
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The works of God are perfect, and all things: but I am not ashamed. For I
his ways are judgments: God is faith­ know whom I have believed, and I am
ful, and without any iniquity, he is certain that he is able to keep that
111 II
which I have committed
unto him,
just and right.—Deut. xxxii. 4.
And (Solomon) said: Lord God of against that day.—2 Tim. i. 12.
If we believe not, he continueth
Israel, there is no God like thee, in
heaven above, or on earth beneath : who faithful, he cannot deny himself.—
keepest covenant and mercy with thy 2 Tim. ii. 13.
For God making promise to Abra­
servants that have walked before thee
ham, because he had no one greater by
with all their heart.
Who hast kept with thy servant whom he might swear, swore by him­
David, my father, what thou hast self. . . .
Wherein God, meaning more abun­
promised him: with thy mouth, thou
didst speak, and with thy hands, thou dantly to show to the heirs of the prom­
hast performed, as this day proveth.— ise, the immutability of his counsel, in­
terposed an oath:
3 Kings viii. 23, 24.
That by two immutable things, in
For the word of the Lord is right,
and all his works are done with faith­ which it is impossible' for God to lie,
we may have the strongest comfort,
fulness.—Ps. xxxii. 4.
He hath given food to them that fear who have fled for refuge, to hold fast
him. He will be mindful for ever of the hope set before us.
Which we have as an anchor of the
his covenant.—Ps. ex. 5.
The Lord is faithful in all his words; soul, sure and firm, and which entereth
and holy in all his works.—Ps. in even within the veil.—Heb. vi. 13,
17-19.
cxliv. 13.
Let us hold fast the confession of
Every word of God is fire tried : he
is a buckler to them that hope in him. our hope without wavering (for he is
faithful that hath promised.)—Heb.
—Prov. XXX. 5.
The Lord of hosts hath sworn, say­
ing: Surely, as I have thought, so shall
FIDELITY TO ONE ANOTHER
it be: and as I have purposed,
So shall it fall out.—Is. xiv. 24, 25.
Lying lips are an abomination to the
They (the mercies of the Lord) are Lord: but they that deal faithfully,
new* every morning, great is thy faith­ please him.—Prov. xii. 22.
fulness.—Lam. iii. 23.
Many men are called merciful: but
In the promise also of God, he who shall find a faithful man?—Prov.
(Abraham) staggered not by distrust; XX. 6.
but was strengthened in faith, giving
To trust to an unfaithful man in the
glory to God,
time of trouble, is like a rotten tooth,
Most fully knowing, that whatsoever and weary foot,
he has promised, he is able also to per­
x\nd one that looseth his garment in
form.—Rom. iv. 20, 21.
cold weather.—Prov. xxv. 19, 20.
God is faithful : by whom you are
A faithful man shall be much
called unto the fellowship of his Son, praised.—Prov. xxviii. 20.
Jesus Christ our Lord.—1 Cor. i. 9.
All bribery and injustice shall be
And may the God of peace himself blotted out, and fidelity shall stand for
■anctify you in all things; that your ever.—Ecclus. xl. 12.
whole spirit, and soul, and body, may
be preserved blameless in the coming
FLATTERY
of our Lord Jesus Christ.
As silver is tried in the fining-pot,
He is faithful, who hath called you,
who also will do it.—1 Thess. v. 23, 24. and gold in the furnace: so a man is
But God is faithful, who will tried by the mouth of him that praisstrengthen and keep you from evil.— | eth.—Prov. xxvii. 21.
He that rebuketh a man, shall after2 Thess. iii. 3.
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that by a flattering tongue, deceiveth Zcbedee, and John, his brother, in a
him.—Prov. xxviii. 23.
ship with Zebedee their father, mendA man that speaketh to his friend ing their nets: and he called them.
And they forthwith left their nets
with flattering and dissembling words,
spreadeth a net for his feet.—Prov. and father, and followed him.—Mall.
iv. 18-22.
xxix. 5.
And a certain scribe came, and said
A prince that gladly heareth lying
words, hath all his servants wicked.— to him: Master, I will follow thee,
whithersoever thou shalt go.
Prov. xxix. 12.
And Jesus saith to him: The foxes
It is better to be rebuked by a wise
man, than to be deceived by the flattery have holes, and the birds of the air,
nests : but the Son of man hath not
of fools.—Eccles, vii. 6.
Praise not any man before death, for I where to lay his head.
And another of his disciples said to
a man is known by his children.—
him: Lord, suffer me first to go and
Ecclus. xi. 30.
When a rich man hath been deceived, bury my father.
he hath many helpers: he hath spoken
But Jesus said to him: Follow me,
proud things, and they have justified and let the dead bury their dead.—
him.
Matt. viii. 19-22.
. . . The rich man spoke, and all
And when Jesus passed on from
held their peace, and what he said, thence, he saw a man sitting in the cus­
they extol even to the clouds.—Ecclus. tom house, named Matthew; and he
xiii. 26, 28.
saith to him : Follow me. And he arose
For neither have we used, at any up, and followed him.—Matt. ix. 9.
time, the speech of flattery, as you
Jesus saith to him: If thou wilt be
know; nor taken an occasion of covet­ perfect, go, sell what thou hast, and give
ousness, God is witness.—1 Thess. ii. 5. to the poor, and thou shalt have treas­
ure in heaven; and come, follow me.—
FOLLOWING GOD
Matt. xix. 21.
Then Peter answering, said to him:
Follow the Lord your God, and fear
him, and keep his commandments, and Behold, we have left all things, and
hear his voice: him you shall serve, and have followed thee : what therefore shall
to him you shall cleave.—Deut. xiii. 4. wo have?
It is great glory to follow the Lord:
And Jesus said to them: Amen, I
for length of days shall be received say to you, that you who have followed
from him.—Ecclus. xxiii. 38.
me, in the regeneration, when the Son
And now, we follow thee with all of man shall sit on the seat of his
our heart, and we fear thee, and seek majesty, you also shall sit on twelve
thy face.—Dan. iii. 41.
seats, judging the twelve tribes of
Israel.—Matt. xix. 27, 28.
FOLLOWING CHRIST
Again therefore Jesus spoke to them,
Sec also: Disciple of Christ— saying: I am the light of the world: he
that followeth me, walketh not in dark­
page 114.
ness, but shall have the light of life.—
And Jesus walking by the sea of John viii. 12.
Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon, who
If any man minister to me, let him
is called Peter, and Andrew, his follow me; and where I am, there also
brother, casting a net into the sea (for shall my minister be. If any man min­
they were fishers).
ister to me, him will my Father honor.
And he saith to them: Come ye after —John xii. 26.
me, and I will make you to be fishers
of men.
FOOLISH, THE
And they immediately leaving their
nets, followed him.
0 Lord, how great are thy works!
And going on from thence, he saw thy thoughts are exceeding deep.
other two brethren, James, the son of
The senseless man shall not know:

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nor will the fool understand these
things.—Ps. xci. 6, 7.
A golden ring in a swine’s snout, a
woman fair and foolish.—Prov. xi. 22.
The way of a fool is right in his own
eyes: but he that is wise hearkeneth
unto counsels.—Prov. xii. 15.
A fool will laugh at sin, but among
the just, grace shall abide.—Prov.
xiv. 9.
A wise man feareth and declineth
from evil: the fool leapeth over, and is
confident.—Prov. xiv. 16.
It is better to meet a bear robbed of
her whelps, than a fool trusting in his
own folly.—Prov. xvii. 12.
What doth it avail a fool to have
riches, seeing he cannot buy wisdom?
—Prov. xvii. 16.
A foolish son is the anger of the
father: and the sorrow of the mother
that bore him.—Prov. xvii. 25.
The perverse are hard to be corrected,
and the number of fools is infinite.—
Eccles, i. 15.
Yea, and the fool when he walketh
in the way, whereas he himself is a
fool, esteemeth all men fools.—Eccles.
X. 3.
Honor and glory is in the word of the
wise, but the tongue of the fool is his
ruin.—Ecclus. v. 15.
Advise not with fools, for they can­
not love but such things as please
them.—Ecclus. viii. 20.
He that wanteth understanding
thinketh vain things: and the foolish,
and erring man, thinketh foolish
things.—Ecclus. xvi. 23.
A fool shall have no friend, and
there shall be no thanks for his good
deeds.
For they that eat his bread, are of a
false tongue. How often, and how
many will laugh him to scorn!
For he doth not distribute with right
understanding that which was to be
had : in like manner also that which
was not to be had.—Ecclus. xx. 17-19.
A fool lifteth up his voice in laugh­
ter: but a wise man will scarce laugh
low to himself.—Ecclus. xxi. 23.
The lips of the unwise will be tell­
ing foolish things: but the words of
the wise shall be weighed in a balance.
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and the mouth of wise men is in their
heart.—Ecclus. xxi. 28, 29.
For my foolish people have not
known me: they are foolish and sense­
less children: they are wise to do evil,
but to do good, they have no knowledge.
—J er. iv. 22.
FOOLISH DESPISE WISDOM,
THE
The fear of the Lord is the beginning
of wisdom. Fools despise wisdom and
instruction.—Prov. i. 7.
0 children, how long will you love
childishness, and fools covet those
things which are hurtful to themselves,
and the unwise hate knowledge ?—Prov.
i. 22.
Folly is joy to the fool: and the wise
man maketh straight his steps.—Prov.
XV. 21.
Wisdom shineth in the face of the
wise: the eyes of fools are in the ends
of the earth.—Prov. xvii. 24.
A fool receiveth not the words of
prudence: unless thou say those things
which are in his heart.—Prov. xviii. 2.
How very unpleasant is wisdom to
the unlearned, and the unw’ise will not
continue with her.
She shall be to them as a mighty
stone of trial, and they will cast her from
them before it be long.—Ecclus. vi. 21,22.
Doctrine to a fool is as fetters on the
feet, and like manacles on the right
hand.—Ecclus. xxi. 22.

FORGETFULNESS OF GOD

See also:
page 239.

Ingratitude

to

God—

Thou hast forsaken the God that be­
got thee, and hast forgotten the Lord
that created thee.—Deul. xxxii. 18.
Can the rush be green without mois­
ture? or a sedge-bush grow without
water ?
When it is yet in flower, and is not
plucked up with the hand, it withereth
before all herbs.
Even so are the ways of all that for­
get God. and the hope of the hypocrite
shall perish.—Job viii. 11-13.
The wicked shall be turned into hell,
all the nations that forget G
ix. 18.

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Thy mouth hath abounded with evil,
and thy tongue framed deceits.
Sitting, thou didst speak against thy
brother, and didst lay a scandal against
thy mother’s son : these things hast thou
done, and I was silent.
Thou thoughtest unjustly that I
should be like to thee: but I will reprove
thee, and set before thy face.
Understand these things, you that
forget God; lest he snatch you away,
and there be none to deliver you.—Ps.
xlix. 19-22.
And they believed his words: and
they sang his praises.
They had quickly done, they forgot
iiis works: and they waited not for his
counsel. . . .
They forgot God, who saved them,
who had done great things in Egypt.—
Ps. cv. 12, 13, 21.
If I forget thee, 0 Jerusalem, let
my right hand be forgotten.
Let my tongue cleave to my jaws, if
I do not remember thee:
If I make not Jerusalem the begin­
ning of my joy.—Ps. cxxxvi. 5, 6.
Because thou hast forgotten God thy
saviour, and hast not remembered thy
strong helper : therefore shalt thou
plant good plants, and shalt sow
strange seed.—Is. xvii. 10.
For whom hast thou been solicitous
and afraid, that thou hast lied, and hast
not been mindful of me, nor thought
on me in thy heart? for I am silent,
and as one that seeth not, and thou hast
forgotten me.—Is. Ivii. 11.
Will a virgin forget her ornament, or
a bride her stomacher? but my people
have forgotten me days without num­
ber.—J er. ii. 32.
A voice was heard in the highways,
weeping and howling of the children
of Israel : because they have made
their way wicked, they have forgotten
the Lord their God.—Jer. iii. 21.
For you have forgotten God, who
brought you up, and you have grieved
Jerusalem, that nursed you.—Bar. iv. 8.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God:
Because thou hast forgotten me, and
hast cast me off behind thy back, bear
thou also thy wickedness, and thy forni­
cations.—Ezech. xxiii. 35.
According to their pastures they were

filled, and were made full: and they
lifted up their heart, and have forgot­
ten me.—Osee xiii. 6.
FORGETFULNESS OF GOD, EX­
HORTATION AGAINST
And when the Lord thy God shall
have brought thee into the land, for
which he swore to thy fathers, Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob: and shall have given
thee great and goodly cities, which thou
didst not build,
Houses full of riches, which thou
didst not set up, cisterns which thou
didst not dig, vineyards and oliveyards,
which thou didst not plant,
And thou shalt have eaten and be
full:
Take heed diligently lest thou forget
the Lord, who brought thee out of the
land of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.—Deut. vi. 10-13.
Take heed, and beware lest at any
time thou forget the Lord thy God, and
neglect his commandments and judg­
ments and ceremonies, which I com­
mand thee this day:
Lest after thou hast eaten and art
filled, hast built goodly houses, and
dwelt in them,
And shalt have herds of oxen and
flocks of sheep, and plenty of gold and
of silver, and of all things,
Thy heart be lifted up, and thou re­
member not the Lord thy God, who
brought thee out of the land of Egypt,
out of the house of bondage:
And was thy leader in the great and
terrible wilderness, wherein there was
the serpent burning with his breath,
and the scorpion and the dipsas, and no
waters at all : who brought forth
streams out of the hardest rock,
And fed thee in the wilderness with
manna which thy fathers knew not.
And after he had afflicted and proved
thee, at the last he had mercy on thee,
Lest thou shouldst say in thy heart:
My own might, and the strength of
my own hand have achieved all these
things for me.—Deut. viii. 11-17.
Remember those things, O Jacob, and
Israel, for thou art my servant. I have
formed thee, thou art my servant, 0
Israel, forget me not.—Is. xliv. 21.

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FORGETFULNESS OF SELF
Blessed are they whose iniquities are
See also: Disinterestedness—page 115. forgiven, and whose sins are covered.—
Ps. xxxi. 1.
As
far
as
the
east
is
from
the
west,
And when they prophesied in the so far hath he removed our iniquities
camp, there ran a young man, and told
Moses, saying: Eldad and Medad from us.
As a father hath compassion on his
prophesy in the camp.
so hath the Lord compassion
Forthwith Josué the son of Nun, the children,
minister of Moses, and chosen out of on them that fear him: for he knoweth
many, said: Aly lord Aloses, forbid our frame.
He remembereth that we are dust.—
them.
But he said: Why hast thou emula­ Ps. cii. 12-14.
For God is compassionate and merci­
tion for me? O that all the people ful,
and will forgive sins in the day
might prophesy, and that the Lord
would give them his spirit!—Num. xi. of tribulation.—Ecclus. ii. 13.
For mercy and wrath are with him.
27-29.
I speak the truth in Christ, I lie not, He is mighty to forgive, and to pour
my conscience bearing me witness in out indignation.—Ecclus. xvi. 12.
Be
comforted,
be
comforted,
my
the Holy Ghost; . . .
For I wished myself to be an an­ people, saith your God.
Speak ye to the heart of Jerusalem,
athema from Christ, for my brethren,
who are my kinsmen according to the i and call to her: for her evil is come to
an end, her iniquity is forgiven.—Is. xl.
flesh.—Rom. ix. 1, 3.
Now this I say, that every one of you
I am, I am he that blot out thy in­
saith: I indeed am of Paul; and I am of
Apollo ; and I of Cephas ; and I of Christ. iquities for my own sake, and I will
not
remember
thy
sins.
—
Is.
xliii.
25.
Is Christ divided? Was Paul then
J have blotted out thy iniquities as a
crucified for you? or were you baptized cloud,
and thy sins as a mist: return
in the name of Paul?
to
me,
for
I
have
redeemed
thee.
—
Is.
I give God thanks, that I baptized
xliv. 22.
none of you but Crispus and Caius;
will turn again, and have mercy
Lest any should say that you were onHe
he will put away our iniquities:
baptized in my name.—1 Cor. i. 12-15. andus:
he will cast all our sins into the
For while one saith, I indeed am of
of the sea.—Mich. vii. 19.
Paul; and another, I am of Apollo; are bottom
And behold they brought to him one
you not men? What then is Apollo, sick
of the palsy, lying in a bed. And
and what is Paul? . . .
Jesus,
seeing
their
faith,
said
to
the
I have planted, Apollo watered, but man sick of the palsy: Be of good
God gave the increase.
Therefore, neither he that planteth is heart, son, thy sins are forgiven thee.
And
behold
some
of
the
scribes
said
anything, nor he that watereth; but within themselves: He blaspheineth.
God that giveth the increase.—1 Cor.
And Jesus seeing their thoughts,
iii. 4, 6, 7.
You are now full: you are now be­ said: Why do you think evil in your
?
come rich: you reign without us; and I hearts
Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins
would to God you did reign, that we
also might reign with you.—1 Cor. iv. 8. are forgiven thee: or to say, Arise and
walk ?
But that you may know that the Son
FORGIVENESS OF SINS
of man hath power on earth to forgive
The Lord is patient and full of sins, then said he to the man sick of
mercy, taking away iniquity and wick­ the palsy, Arise, take up thy bed, and
edness.—Num. xiv. 18.
go into thy house.
Who can make him clean that is con­
And he arose, and went into his
ceived of unclean seed? is it not thou house.—Matt. ix. 2-7.
who only art?—Job xiv. 4.
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seeching him, and kneeling down, said
I have acknowledged my sin to thee,
to him: If thou wilt, thou canst make and my injustice I have not concealed.
I said, I will confess against myself
me clean.
And Jesus having compassion on my injustice to the Lord: and thou hast
him, stretched forth his hand; and forgiven the wickedness of my sin.—
touching him, saith to him: I will. Be Ps. XXXi. 5.
Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop,
thou made clean.
And when he had spoken, immedi­ and I shall be cleansed: thou shalt wash
ately the leprosy departed from him, me, and I shall be made whiter than
and he was made clean.—Mark i. 40-42. snow.—Ps. 1. 9.
Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of
Wherefore I say to thee: Many sins
are forgiven her, because she hath loved thy people: thou hast covered all their
much. But to whom less is forgiven, sins.—Ps. Ixxxiv. 3.
If thou, O Lord, wilt mark iniqui­
he loveth less.
And he said to her: Thy sins are for­ ties: Lord, who shall stand it?
For with thee there is merciful for­
given thee.—Luke vii. 47, 48.
And when they were come to the giveness. . . .
Because with the Lord there is
place which is called Calvary, they
crucified him there; and the robbers, mercy: and with him plentiful redemp­
one on the right harid, and the other tion.
And he shall redeem Israel from all
on the left.
And Jesus said: Father, forgive his iniquities.—Ps. cxxix. 3, 4, 7, 8.
But thou hast mercy upon all, be­
them, for they know not what they do.
cause thou canst do all things, and over—Luke xxiii. «33, 34.
Peter saith to him : Thou shalt never lookest the sins of men for the sake of
wash my feet. Jesus answered him: If repentance.— IlT.s. xi. 24.
I wash thee not, thou shalt have no part
How great is the mercy of the Lord,
and his forgiveness to them that turn
with me.—John xiii. 8.
But God (who is rich in mercy) for to him!—Ecclus. xvii. 28.
his exceeding charity wherewith he
But thou hast delivered my soul that
it should not perish, thou hast cast all
loved us,
Even when we were dead in sins, my sins behind thy back.—Is. xxxviii. 17.
hath quickened us together in Christ,
For I know that thou art a gracious
(by whose grace you are saved,)
and merciful God, patient and of much
And hath raised us up together, and compassion, and easy to forgive evil.—
hath made us sit together in the heav­ Jonas iv. 2.
enly places, through Christ Jesus.—
FORGIVENESS OF SINS,
Eph. ii. 4-6.
PROMISE OF
And you. when you were dead in your
sins, and the uncircumcision of your
If I shut up heaven, and there fall
heart; he hath quickened together with no rain, or if I give orders, and com­
him, forgiving you all offences:
mand the locust to devour the land, or
Blotting out the handwriting of the if I send pestilence among my people:
decree that was against us, which was
And my people, upon whom my
contrary to us. And he hath taken the name is called, being converted, shall
same out of the way, fastening it to the make supplication to me, and seek out
cross.—Col. ii. 13, 14.
my face, and do penance for their most
I write unto you, little children, be­ wicked ways: then will I hear from
cause your sins are forgiven you for heaven, and will forgive their sins and
his name’s sake.—1 John ii. 12.
will heal their land.—2 Parai, vii.
13. 14.
FORGIVENESS OF SINS, AC­
And they shall teach no more every
KNOWLEDGMENT OF
man his neighbor, and every man his
Thou hast sealed up my offences as brother, saying: Know the Lord: for
it were in a bag, but hast cured my all shall know me from the least of
iniquity.—Job xiv. 17.
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Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity,
and I will remember their sin no more.
—Jer. xxxi. 34.
And I will cleanse them from all
their iniquity, whereby they have
sinned against me: and I will forgive
all their iniquities, whereby they have
sinned against me, and despised me.—
Jer. xxxiii. 8.
And if I shall say to the wicked:
Thou shalt surely die: and he do
penance for his sin, and do judgment
and justice,
And if that wicked man restore the
pledge, and render what he had robbed,
and walk in the commandments of life,
and do no unjust thing: he shall surely
live, and shall not die.
None of his sins which he hath com­
mitted, shall be imputed to him: he
hath done judgment and justice, he
shall surely live.—Ezech. xxxiii. 14-16.
I will heal their breaches, I will love
them freely: for my wrath is turned
away from them.—Osee xiv. 5.
FORGIVENESS OF SINS, GRATI­
TUDE FOR
Blessed is thy name, 0 God of our
fathers: who when thou hast been
angry, wilt show mercy, and in the time
of tribulation, forgivest the sins of
them that call upon thee.—Tob. iii. 13.
Bless the Lord, 0 my soul, and never
forget all he hath done for thee.
Who forgiveth all thy iniquities: who
healeth all thy diseases.—Ps. cii. 2, 3.
And thou shalt say in that day: I will
give thanks to thee, 0 Lord, for thou
wast angry with me: thy wrath is
turned away, and thou hast comforted
me.—Is. xii. 1.
FORGIVENESS OF SINS, HOW TO
OBTAIN
By mercy and faith, sins are purged
away.—Prov. xv. 27.
He that loveth God, shall obtain par­
don for his sins by prayer, and shall re­
frain himself from them, and shall be
heard in the prayer of days.—Ecclus.
iii. 4.
My son, hast thou sinned? do so no
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that they may be forgiven thee.—
Ecclus. xxi. 1.
Wash yourselves, be clean, take away
the evil of your devices from my eyes:
cease to do perversely,
Learn to do well: seek judgment, re­
lieve the oppressed, judge for the
fatherless, defend the widow.
And then come, and accuse me, saith
the Lord : if your sins be as scarlet, they
shall be marie as white as snow: and
if they be red as crimson, they shall be
white as wool.—Is. i. 16-18.
T^et the wicked forsake his way, and
the unjust man his thoughts, and let
him return to the Lord, and he will
have mercy on him, and to our God:
for he is bountiful to forgive.—Zs.lv. 7.
But if the wicked do penance for all
his sins which he hath committed, and
keep all my commandments, and do
judgment and justice, living he shall
live, and shall not die.
I will not remember all his iniquities
that he hath done: in his justice which
he hath wrought, he shall live.—Ezech.
xviii. 21, 22.
Now therefore saith the Lord: Be
converted to me with all your heart, in
fasting, and in weeping, and in mourn­
ing.
And rend your hearts, and not your
garments, and turn to the Lord your
God : for he is gracious and merciful,
patient and rich in mercy, and ready to
re]>ent of the evil.
Who knoweth but he will return, and
forgive, and leave a blessing behind
him, sacrifice and libation to the Lord
your God?—Joel ii. 12-14.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful
and just, to forgive us our sins, and to
cleanse us from all iniquity.—1 John
i. 9.
FORGIVENESS OF SINS, PRAYER
FOR
Forgive, I beseech thee, the sins of
this inopie, according to the greatness
of thy mercy, as thou bast been merci­
ful to them from their going out of
Egypt unto this place.—Num. xiv. 19.
But if they sin against thee (for
there is no man who sinneth not), and
thou being angry, deliver them up to
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captives into the land of their enemies
far or near;
Then if they do penance in their
heart in the place of captivity, and be­
ing converted, make supplication to
thee in their captivity, saying: We
have sinned, we have done unjustly, we
have committed wickedness:
And return to thee with all their
heart, and all their soul, in the land
of their enemies, to which they had
been led captives: . . .
Then hear thou in heaven, in the
firmament of thy throne, their prayers,
and their supplications, and do judg­
ment for them :
And forgive thy people that have
sinned against thee, and all their in­
iquities, by which they have trans­
gressed against thee.—3 Kings viii.
46-50.
And now, O Lord, think of me, and
take not revenge of my sins, neither re­
member my offences; nor those of my
parents.—Tob. iii. 3.
I have sinned : what shall I do to thee,
0 keeper of men? why hast thou set
me opposite to thee, and I am become
burdensome to myself?
Why dost thou not remove my sin,
and why dost thou not take away my
iniquity ?—Job vii. 20, 21.
If I have sinned, and thou hast
spared me for an hour: why dost thou
not suffer me to be clean from my
iniquity?—Job x. 14.
Thou indeed hast numbered my steps,
but spare my sins.—Job xiv. 16.
The sins of my youth and my igno­
rances, do not remember. . . .
For thy name’s sake, 0 Lord, thou
wilt pardon my sin: for it is great. . . .
See my abjection and my labor; and
forgive me all my sins.—Ps. xxiv. 7,
11, 18.
0 forgive me, that I may be re­
freshed, before I go hence, and be no
more.—Ps. xxxviii. 14.
0 Lord, be thou merciful to me: heal
my soul, for I have sinned against
thee.—Ps. xl. 5.
Have mercy on me, O God, accord­
ing to thy great mercy.
And according to the multitude of
thy tender mercies, blot out my in­
iquity.

Wash me yet more from my iniquity
and cleanse me from my sin.
For I know my iniquity, and my sin
is always before me. . . .
Turn away thy face from my sins,
and blot out all my iniquities.—Ps. 1.
3-5, 11.
Remember not our former iniquities:
let thy mercies speedily prevent us, for
we are become exceeding poor.
Help us, O God, our saviour: and for
the glory of thy name, 0 Lord, deliver
us: and forgive us our sins for thy
name’s sake.—Ps. Ixxviii. 8, 9.
Be not very angry, O Lord, and re­
member no longer our iniquity: behold,
see, we are all thy people.—Is. Ixiv. 9.
Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make
me clean.—Matt. viii. 2.
And forgive us our sins, for we also
forgive every one that is indebted to
us.—Luke xi. 4.
FORGIVING INJURIES

See also : Love of our enemies—
page 298.
The learning of a man is known by
patience: and his glory is to pass over
wrongs.—Prov. xix. 11.
And forgive us our debts, as we also
forgive our debtors.—Matt. vi. 12.
For if you will forgive men their
offences, your heavenly Father will for­
give you also your offences.
But if you will not forgive men,
neither will your Father forgive you
your offences.—Matt. vi. 14, 15.
Then his lord called him; and said
to him: Thou wicked servant, I for­
gave thee all the debt, because thou besoughtest me :
Shouldst not thou then have had
compassion also on thy fellow-servant,
even as I had compassion on thee?
And his lord being angry, delivered
him to the torturers, until he paid all
the debt.
So also shall my heavenly Father do
to you, if you forgive not every one his
brother from your hearts.—Matt, xviii.
32-35.
And when they were come to the
place which is called Calvary, they cru­
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on the right hand, and the other on
the left.
And Jesus said: Father, forgive
them, for they know not what they do.
—Luke xxiii. 33, 34.
And they stoned Stephen, invoking,
and saying: Lord Jesus, receive my
spirit.
And falling on his knees, he cried
with a loud voice, saying: Lord, lay not
this sin to their charge.—Acts vii.
58, 59.
FORGIVING INJURIES COM­
MANDED BY CHRIST
If therefore thou offer thy gift at
the altar, and there thou remember that
thy brother hath any thing against
thee ;
Leave there thy offering before the
altar, and go first to be reconciled to
thy brother: and then coming, thou
shalt offer thy gift.—Matt. v. 23, 24.
Then came Peter unto him, and said :
Lord, how often shall my brother
offend against me, and I forgive him?
till seven times?
Jesus saith to him: I say not to thee,
till seven times; but till seventy times
seven times.—Matt, xviii. 21, 22.
And when you shall stand to pray,
forgive, if you have aught against any
man; that your Father also who is in
heaven, may forgive you your sins.
But if you will not forgive, neither
will your Father that is in heaven, for­
give you your sins.—Mark xi. 25, 26.
Judge not, and you shall not be
judged. Condemn not, and you shall
not be condemned. Forgive, and you
shall be forgiven.—Luke vi. 37.
Take heed to yourselves. If thy
brother sin against thee, reprove him:
and if he do penance, forgive him.
And if he sin against thee seven
times in a day, and seven times in a
day be converted unto thee, saying, I
repent; forgive him.—Luke xvii. 3, 4.
FORGIVE INJURIES, EXHORTA­
TION TO
Remember not any injury done thee
by thy neighbor, and do thou nothing
by deeds of injury.—Ecclus. x. 6.
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thee: and then shall thy sins be for­
given to thee when thou prayest.
Man to man reserveth anger, and
doth he seek remedy of God?
He hath no mercy on a man like him­
self, and doth he entreat for his own
sins?
He that is but flesh, nourisheth an­
ger, and doth he ask forgiveness of
God? who shall obtain pardon for his
sins?
Remember thy last things, and let en­
mity cease.—Ecclus. xxviii. 2-6.
Bless them that persecute you : bless,
and curse not.—Rom. xii. 14.
And be ye kind one to another;
merciful, forgiving one another, even
as God hath forgiven you in Christ.—
Eph. iv. 32.
Bearing with one another, and for­
giving one another, if any have a com­
plaint against another: even as the
Lord hath forgiven you, so do you also.
— Col. iii. 13.
FORNICATION
See: Unchastity—page 569.
FORSAKING GOD
See also: Turning away from God—
page 569.

The beloved grew fat and kicked: he
grew fat. and thick and gross, he for­
sook God who made him, and departed
from God his saviour.—Deut. xxxii. 15.
Thou hast forsaken the God that be­
got thee, and hast forgotten the Lord
that created thee.—Deut. xxxii. 18.
Thus saith the Lord God: Why
transgress you the commandment of
the Lord, which will not be for your
good, and have forsaken the Lord, to
makehim forsakeyou ?—2 Paral, xxiv. 20.
Our fathers have sinned and done
evil in the sight of the Lord God, for­
saking him: they have turned away
their faces from the tabernacle of the
Lord, and turned their backs.—2 Paral.
xxix. 6.
Woe to the sinful nation, a people
laden with iniquity, a wicked seed, un­
gracious children : they have forsaken
the Lord, they have blasphemed the
Holy One of Israel, they are gone away
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Be astonished, 0 ye heavens, at this,
and ye gates thereof, be very desolate,
saith the Ix>rd.
For my people have done two evils.
They have forsaken me, the fountain of
living water, and have digged to them­
selves cisterns, broken cisterns, that can
hold no water.—J er. ii. 12, 13.
Thy own wickedness shall reprove
thee, and thy apostasy shall rebuke
thee. Know thou, and see that it is an
evil and a bitter thing for thee, to have
left the Lord thy God, and that my
fear is not with thee, saith the Lord,
the God of hosts. —Jer. ii. 19.
Why will you contend with me in
judgment? you have all forsaken me,
saith the Lord.—J er. ii. 29.
FORSAKING GOD, PUNISHMENT
FOR
Tf thou seek him (God), thou shalt
find him: but if thou forsake him, he
will cast thee off for ever.—1 Paral.
xxviii. 9.
The Lord is with you, because you
have been with him. If you seek him,
you shall find : but if you forsake him,
he will forsake you.—2 Paral, xv. 2.
The hand of our God is upon all them
that seek him in goodness : and his power
and strength, and wrath upon all them
that forsake him.—1 Esd. viii. 22.
Blessed is he that is defended from a
wicked tongue, that hath not passed
into the wrath thereof, and that hath
not drawn the yoke thereof, and hath
not been bound in its bands. . . .
They that forsake God shall fall into
it, and it shall burn in them, and shall
not be quenched, and it shall be sent
upon them as a lion, and as a leopard
it shall tear them.—Ecclus. xxviii.
23. 27.
And he shall destroy the wicked and
the sinners together: and they that have
forsaken the Lord, shall be consumed.
—Is. i. 28.
Is Israel a bondman. or a homeborn
slave? why then is he become a
prey? ...
Hath not this been done to thee, be­
cause thou hast forsaken the Lord thy
God at that time, when he led thee by
the way?—J er. ii. 14, 17.

And if you shall say: Why hath the
Lord our God done all these things to
us? thou shalt say to them: As you
have forsaken me, and served a strange
god in your own land, so shall you serve
strangers in a land that is not your
own.—J er. v. 19.
Thou hast forsaken me, saith the
Lord, thou art gone backward: and I
will stretch out my hand against thee,
and I will destroy thee: I am weary of
entreating thee.—J er. xv. 6.
For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the
God of Israel : Behold, I will take away
out of this place in your sight, and in
your days, the voice of mirth, and the
voice of gladness, the voice of the
bridegroom, and the voice of the
bride.
And when thou shalt tell this people
all these words, and they shall say to
thee: Wherefore hath the Lord pro­
nounced against us all this great evil?
what is our iniquity? and what is our
sin, that we have sinned against the
Lord our God?
Thou shalt say to them : Because your
fathers forsook me, saith the Lord: and
went after strange gods, and served
them, and adored them: and they for­
sook me, and kept not my law.
And you also have done worse than
your fathers: for behold every one of
you walketh after the perverseness of
his evil heart, so as not to hearken to
me.
So I will cast you forth out of this
land, into a land which you know not,
nor your fathers: and there you shall
serve strange gods day and night, which
shall not give you any rest.—J er. xvi.
9-13.
0 Lord, the hope of Israel : all that
forsake thee shall be confounded: they
that depart from thee, shall be written
in the earth : because they have for­
saken the Lord, the vein of living
waters.—J er. xvii. 13.
FORSAKING THE LAW OF GOD

Thou hast rebuked the proud: they
are cursed who decline from thy com­
mandments.
. . . Thou hast despised all them
that fall off from thy judgments: for

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their thought ¡8 unjust.—Ps. cxviii.
21, 118.
Woe to them that have lost patience,
and that have forsaken the right ways,
and have gone aside into crooked ways.
And what will they do, when the
Lord shall begin to examine?—Ecclus.
ii. 16, 17.
Woe to you, ungodly men, who have
forsaken the law of the most high Lord.
And if you be born, you shall be born
in malediction: and if you die, in
malediction shall be your portion.—
Ecclus. xii. 11, 12.
And the Lord said: Because they
have forsaken my law, which I gave
them, and have not heard my voice,
and have not walked in it.
But they have gone after the per­
verseness of their own heart, and after
Baalim, which their fathers taught
them.
Therefore thus saith the Lord of
hosts, the God of Israel : Behold I will
feed this people with wormwood, and
give them water of gall to drink.
And I will scatter them among the
nations, which they and their fathers
have not known : and I will send the
sword after them till they be con­
sumed.—Jer. ix. 13-16.
This is the book of the command­
ments of God, and the law’, that is for
ever: all they that keep it, shall come
to life: but they that have forsaken it,
to death.—Bar. iv. 1.
God be merciful unto us: it is not
profitable for us to forsake the law and
the justices of God.—1 Mach. ii. 21.
FORTITUDE
See also: Martyrs, the—page 304.

But now the scourge is come upon
thee, and thou faintest: it hath touched
thee, and thou art troubled.
Where is thy fear, thy fortitude, thy
patience, and the perfection of thy
ways?—Job iv. 5, 6.
Do ye manfully, and let your heart
be strengthened, all ye that hope in the
Lord.—Ps. XXX. 25.
You therefore, my sons, take cour­
age, and behave manfully in the law:
for by it you shall be glorious.—
1 Modi. ii. 64.

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And fear ye not them that kill the
body, and are not able to kill the soul:
but rather fear him that can destroy
both soul and body in hell.—Matt.x.2A.
And Jesus answering, said: You
know' not what you ask. Can you
drink the chalice that I shall drink?
They say to him : We can.—Malt. xx. 22.
Thomas therefore, who is called
Didymus, said to his fellow-disciples:
Ixit us also go, that we may die with
him.—John xi. 16.
For which cause we faint not; but
though our outward man is corrupted,
yet the inward man is renewed day by
day.—2 Cor. iv. 16.
And (pray) for me, that speech may
be given me, that I may open my mouth
with confidence, to make known the
mystery of the gospel.
For w’hich I am an ambassador in a
chain, so that therein I may be bold to
speak according as I ought.—Eph. vi.
19, 20.
FRAUD
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Whosoever shall sin, and despising
the Lord, shall deny to his neighbor the
thing delivered to his keeping, which
was committed to his trust; or shall by
force extort any thing, or commit op­
pression ;
Or shall find a thing lost, and deny­
ing it, shall also swear falsely, or shall
do any other of the many things, where­
in men are wont to sin:
Being convicted of the offence, he
shall restore
All that he would have gotten by
fraud, in the principal, and the fifth
part besides to the owner, whom he
wronged.—Lev. vi. 1-5.
A deceitful balance is an abomina­
tion before the Lord: and a just weight
is his will.—Prov. xi. 1.
Diverse weights and diverse meas­
ures, both are abominable before God.—
Prov. xx. 10.
The bread of lying is sweet to a man :
but afterwards his mouth shall be filled
with gravel.—Prov. xx. 17.
Diverse weights are an abomination
before the Lord: a deceitful balance is
not good.—Prov. xx. 23.
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ing tongue, is vain and foolish, and
shall stumble upon the snares of death.
—Prov. xxi. 6.
For among my people are found
wicked men, that lie in wait as fowlers,
setting snares and traps to catch men.
As a net is full of birds, so their
houses are full of deceit: therefore are
they become great and enriched. . . .
Shall I not visit for these things,
saith the Lord? or shall not my soul
take revenge on such a nation?—J er.
V. 26, 27, 29.
Woe to him that buildeth up his
house by injustice, and his chambers
not in judgment: that will oppress his
friend without cause, and will not pay
him his wages.—J er. xxii. 13.
Hear this, you that crush the poor,
and make the needy of the land to fail,
Saying: When will the month be
over, and we shall sell our wares: and
the sabbath, and we shall open the corn:
that we may lessen the measure, and
increase the side, and may convey in
deceitful balances,
That we may possess the needy for
money, and the poor, for a pair of
shoes, and may sell the refuse of the
corn ?
The Lord hath sworn against the
pride of Jacob: Surely I will never
forget all their works.
Shall not the land tremble for this,
and every one mourn that dwelleth
therein: and rise up altogether as a
river, and be cast out. and run down as
the river of Egypt?—Amos viii. 4-8.
Shall I justify wicked balances, and
the deceitful weights of the bag?
By which her rich men were filled
with iniquity, and the inhabitants
thereof have spoken lies, and their
tongue was deceitful in their mouth.
And I therefore began to strike thee
with desolation for thy sins.—Mich. vi.
11-13.
FRAUD FORBIDDEN BY GOD
Do not any unjust thing in judg­
ment, in rule, in weight, or in measure.
Let the balance be just, and the
weights equal, the bushel just, and the
sextary equal. I am the Lord your
God. that brought you out of the land
of Egypt.—Lev. xix. 35, 36.

Thou shalt not take nor remove thy
neighbor’s landmark, which thy prede­
cessors have set in thy possession,
which the Lord thy God will give thee
in the land that thou shalt receive to
possess.—Deut. xix. 14.
Thou shalt not have diverse weights
in thy bag, a greater and a less:
Neither shall there be in thy house a
greater bushel and a less.
Thou shalt have a just and a true
weight, and thy bushel shall be equal
and true: that thou mayst live a long
time upon the land which the Lord thy
God shall give thee.
For the Lord thy God abhorreth him
that doth these things, and he hateth
all injustice.—Deut. xxv. 13-16.
For this is the will of God, your
sanctification; that you should abstain
from fornication; . . .
And that no man overreach, nor cir­
cumvent his brother in business: be­
cause the Lord is the avenger of all
these things, as we have told you be­
fore, and have testified.—1 Thess. iv.
3, 6.
FREEDOM, TRUE
See: Liberty—page 277.
FRIENDS AND FRIENDSHIP

Have pity on me, have pity on me, at
least you my friends, because the hand
of the Lord hath touched me.—Job
xix. 21.
Grace and friendship deliver a man:
keep these for thyself, lest thou fall un­
der reproach.—Prov. xxv. 10.
Ointment and perfumes rejoice the
heart : and the good counsels of a friend
are sweet to the soul.—Prov. xxvii. 9.
It is better therefore that two should
be together, than one: for they have the
advantage of their society:
If one fall, he shall be supported by
the other: woe to him that is alone, for
when he falleth, he hath none to lift
him up.—Eccles, iv. 9, 10.
A friend, if he continue steadfast,
shall be to thee as thyself, and shall act
with confidence among them of thy
household.—Ecclus. vi. 11.
A faithful friend is a strong defence:
and he that hath found him, hath found
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Nothing can be compared to a faith­
ful friend, and no weight of gold and
silver is able to countervail the good­
ness of his fidelity.
A faithful friend is the medicine of
life and immortality: and they that
fear the Lord, shall find him.
He that fcareth God, shall likewise
have good friendship: because accord­
ing to him shall his friend be.—Ecclus.
vi. 14-17.
A new friend is as now wine : it shall
grow old, and thou shalt drink it with
pleasure.—Ecclus. ix. 15.
A friend shall not be known in pros­
perity, and an enemy shall not be hid­
den in adversity.
In the prosperity of a man, his
enemies are grieved: and a friend is
known in his adversity.—Ecclus. xii.
8, 9.
Blessed is he that findeth a true
friend, and that declareth justice to an
ear that hcareth.—Ecclus. xxv. 12.
FRIENDS, FIDELITY TO OUR
He that taketh away mercy from his
friend, forsaketh the fear of the Lord.
—Job vi. 14.
He that dcspiseth his friend, is mean
of heart: but the wise man will hold his
peace.—Prov. xi. 12.
He that is a friend loveth at all
times: and a brother is proved in dis­
tress.—Prov. xvii. 17.
Thy own friend, and thy father’s
friend forsake not: and go not into thy
brother’s house in the day of thy afflic­
tion.—Prov. xxvii. 10.
Do not transgress against thy friend
deferring money, nor despise thy dear
brother for the sake of gold.—Ecclus.
vii. 20.
Forsake not an old friend, for the
new will not be like to him.—Ecclus.
ix. 14.
He that flingeth a stone at birds, shall
drive them away : so he that upbraideth
his friend, breaketh friendship.—
Ecclus. xxii. 25.
Keep fidelity with a friend in his pov­
erty. that in his prosperity also thou
mayst rejoice.
Tn the time of his trouble, continue
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I will not be ashamed to salute a
friend, neither will I hide myself from
his face: and if any evil happen to me
by him, I will bear it.—Ecclus. xxii. 28,
29, 31.
Forget not thy friend in thy mind,
and be not unmindful of him in thy
riches.—Ecclus. xxxvii. 6.
FRIENDS, CAUTION IN THE
CHOICE OF
Be in peace with many, but let one
of a thousand be thy counsellor.
If thou wouldst get a friend, try him
before thou takest him, and do not
credit him easily.—Ecclus. vi. 6, 7.
Bring not every man into thy house:
for many are the snares of the deceit­
ful.—Ecclus. xi. 31.
FRIENDS, FALSE
For there is a friend for his own oc­
casion, and he will not abide in the day
of thy trouble.
And there is a friend that turneth
to enmity; and there is a friend that
will disclose hatred and strife and re­
proaches.
And there is a friend a companion at
the table, and he will not abide in the
day of distress.—Ecclus. vi. 8-10.
If thou give, he will make use of
thee: and if thou have nothing, he will
forsake thee.
If thou have any thing, he will live
with thee, and will make thee bare, and
he will not be sorry for thee.
If he have need of thee, he will de­
ceive thee, and smiling upon thee, will
put thee in hope: he will speak thee
fair, and will say: What wantest thou?
And he will shame thee by his meats,
till he have drawn thee dry twice or
thrice, and at last he will laugh at
thee: and afterward, when he seeth thee,
he will forsake thee, and shake his head
at thee.—Ecclus. xiii. 5-8.
To-day a man lendeth, and to-morrow
he asketh it again: such a man as this
is hateful.—Ecclus. xx. 16.
Every friend will say: I also am his
friend: but there is a friend, that is
only a friend in name. Is not this a
grief even to death?—Ecclus. xxxvii. 1.
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with his friend in his joys, but in the
time of trouble, he will be against him.
There is a companion who condoleth
with his friend for his belly’s sake, and
he will take up a shield against the
enemy.—Ecclus. xxxvii. 4, 5.
FRIENDS, WE SHOULD NOT
BETRAY THE CONFIDENCE
OF OUR
See : Confidence of £ friend—page 74.
FRIENDSHIP, OR FAVOR,
OF GOD
For wrath is in his indignation; and
life in his good will.—Ps. xxix. 6.
11 is throat most sweet, and he is all
lovely: such is my beloved, and he is
my friend, 0 ye daughters of Jeru­
salem.— Cani. v. 16.
For she (wisdom) is an infinite treas­
ure to men ! which they that use, be­
come the friends of God, being com­
mended for the gift of discipline.—
IVt.s. vii. 14.
But thou, Israel, art my servant,
Jacob, whom I have chosen, the seed of
Abraham my friend.—Is. xii. 8.
11 is sisters therefore sent to him, say­
ing: Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest
is sick. . . .
Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sis­
ter Mary, and Lazarus.—John xi. 3, 5.
You arc my friends, if you do the
things that I command you.
I will not now call you servants: for
the servant knoweth not what his lord
doth. But I have called you friends:
because all things whatsoever I have
heard of my Father, I have made
known to you.—John xv. 14, 15.

FRUGALITY OR MODERATION
IN EATING AND DRINKING
The meadows are open, and the green
herbs have appeared, and the hay is
gathered out of the mountains.
Lambs are for thy clothing: and kids
for the price of the field
Let the milk of the goats be enough
for thy food, and for the necessities of
thy house, anti for maintenance for thy
handmaids.— Prov. xxvii. 25. 26, 27.
Use as a frugal man the things that

are set before thee: lest, if thou eatest
much, thou be hated.—Ecclus. xxxi. 19.
How sufficient is a little wine for a
man well taught, and in sleeping, thou
shalt not be uneasy with it, and thou
shalt feel no pain. . . .
Sound and wholesome sleep with a
moderate man: he shall sleep till morn­
ing, and his soul shall be delighted with
him.—Ecclus. xxxi. 22, 24.
Wine taken with sobriety is equal life
to men: if thou drink it moderately,
thou shalt be sober. . . .
Wine was created from the beginning
to make men joyful, and not to make
them drunk.
Wine drunken with moderation is
the joy of the soul and the heart.
Sober drinking is health to soul and
body.—Ecclus. xxxi. 32, 35-37.
By surfeiting, many have perished:
but he that is temperate, shall prolong
life.—Ecclus. xxxvii. 34.
For every creature of God is good,
and nothing to be rejected that is re­
ceived with thanksgiving.—1 Tim. iv. 4.
Do not still drink water, but use a
little wine for thy stomach’s sake, and
thy frequent infirmities.—1 Tim. v. 23.
GENEROSITY TOWARD GOD

And the people rejoiced when they
promised their offerings willingly: be­
cause they offered them to the Lord
with all their heart: and David the
king rejoiced also with a great joy.
And he blessed the Lord before all
the multitude, and he said: . . .
T know, my God, that thou provest
hearts, and lovest simplicity, wherefore
I also in the simplicity of my heart,
have joyfully offered all these things:
and I have seen with great joy thy
people which are here present, offer
thee their offerings.—1 Paral, xxix.
9, 10, 17.
Honor the Lord with thy substance,
and give him of the first of all thy
fruits :
And thy barns shall be filled with
abundance, and thy presses shall run
over with wine.—Prov. iii. 9, 10.
My son, if thou have anything, do
good to thyself, and offer to God worthy
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Give glory to God with a good heart: | who soweth in blessings, shall also reap
and diminish not the first fruits of thy blessings.
Every one as . he hath determined in
hands.
In every gift show a cheerful counte- his heart, not with sadness, or of necesnance, and sanctify thy tithes with joy. sity : for Godjoveth a cheerful giver.—
Give to the most High according to 2 Cor. ix. 6, 7.
what he hath given to thee, and with a
GIFT, GOD THE AUTHOR OF
good eye do according to the ability of
EVERY GOOD
thy hands :
For the Lord maketh recompense, and
'And take the blessing, which I have
will give thee seven times as much.— brought thee, and which God hath given
Ecclus. XXXV. 10-13.
me, who giveth all things.—Gen.
And entering into the house, they xxxii i. 11.
found the child with Mary his mother,
The tabernacles of robbers abound,
and falling down, they adored him ; and and they provoke God boldly; whereas
opening their treasures, they offered it is he that hath given all into their
him gifts; gold, frankincense and hands.—Job xii. 6.
myrrh.—Matt. ii. 11.
My heart shall rejoice in thy salva­
And Jesus sitting over against the tion: I will sing to the Lord, who giv­
treasury, beheld how the people cast eth me good things: yea, I will sing to
money into the treasury, and many that the name of the Lord, the most high.—
were rich cast in much.
Ps. xii. 6.
And there came a certain poor widow,
And for all these things bless the
and she cast in two mites, which make a Lord, that made thee, and that replen­
farthing.
ished! thee with all his good things.—
And calling his disciples together, he Ecclus. xxxii. 17.
saith to them: Amen I say to you, this
If you then, being evil, know how to
poor widow hath cast in more than all give good gifts to your children:
they who have cast into the treasury.
how much more will your Father
For all they did cast in of their abun­ who is in heaven, give good things to
dance; but she, of her want, cast in all them that ask him?—Matt. vii. 11.
•he had, even her whole living.—Mark
Neither is he served with men’s
xii. 41-44.
hands, as though he needed any thing;
seeing it is he who giveth to all life,
GENEROSITY TOWARD ONE
and breath, and all things.—Acts
ANOTHER
According to thy ability, be merci­
He that spared not even his own Son,
ful.
but delivered him up for us all, how
If thou have much, give abundantly: hath he not also, with him. given us all
if thou have little, take care even so to things?—Rom. viii. 32.
bestow willingly a little.
But to every one of us is given grace,
For thus thou storest up to thyself a according to the measure of the giving
good reward for the day of necessity.— of Christ.
Tob. iv. 8-10.
Wherefore he saith: Ascending on
The lips of many shall bless him that high, he led captivity captive; he gave
is liberal of his bread, and the testi­ gifts to men.—Eph. iv. 7, 8.
mony of his truth is faithful.—Ecclus.
Charge the rich of this world not to
xxxi. 28.
be high-minded, nor to trust in the un­
Give to him that asketh of thee, and certainty of riches, but in the living
from him that would borrow of thee God (who giveth us abundantly all
turn not away.—Matt. v. 42.
things to enjoy).—1 Tim. vi. 17.
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse
Every best gift, and every perfect
the lepers, cast out devils: freely have gift,
is from above, coming down from
you received, freely give.—Matt. x. 8. the Father of lights, with whom there
Now this I say: He who soweth spar’.Tacob, on his return from Laban, speaking
ing’y, shall also reap sparingly: and he to Esau.

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is no change, nor shadow of alteration. majesty, you also shall sit on twelve
—James i. 17.
seats judging the twelve tribes of
Israel.
GIVE TO GOD OF OUR GOODS,
And every one that hath left house,
WE SHOULD
or brethren, or sisters, or father, or
See: Generosity toward God— mother, or wife, or children, or lands,
for my name’s sake, shall receive an
page 164.
hundred fold and shall possess life ever­
GIVE OURSELVES TO GOD, WE lasting.—Matt. xix. 27-29.
And Jesus looking on him, loved him,
SHOULD
and said to him: One thing is wanting
My son, give me thy heart: and let unto thee : go, sell whatsoever thou hast,
thy eyes keep my ways.—Prov. xxiii. 26. and give to the poor, and thou shalt
My beloved to me, and I to him, who have treasure in heaven; and come,
feedeth among the lilies.—Cani. ii. 16. follow me.—Mark x. 21.
Have pity on thy own soul, pleasing
So likewise every one of you that doth
God, and contain thyself : gather up thy not renounce all that he possesseth, can­
heart in his holiness: and drive away not be my disciple.—Luke xiv. 33.
sadness far from thee.—Ecclus. xxx. 24.
Amen, amen, I say to you, unless the
grain of wheat, falling into the ground,
GIVING UP ALL FOR GOD’S
die.
SAKE
Itself remaineth alone. But if it die,
Hearken, 0 daughter, and see, and it bringeth forth much fruit. He that
incline thy ear: and forget thy people loveth his life, shall lose it; and he that
hateth his life in this world, keepeth it
and thy father’s house.
And the king shall greatly desire thy unto life eternal.—John xii. 24, 25.
But the things that were gain to me,
beauty ; for he is the Lord thy God, and
him they shall adore.—Ps. xliv. 11, 12. the same I have counted loss for Christ.
Furthermore I count all things to be
He that loveth father or mother more
than me, is not worthy of me; and he but loss for the excellent knowledge of
that loveth son or daughter more than Jesus Christ my Lord; for whom I have
suffered the loss of all things, and count
me, is not worthy of me.
And he that taketh not up his cross, them but as dung, that I may gain
and followeth me, is not worthy of me. Christ.—Philipp, iii. 7, 8.
By faith. Moses, when he was grown
lie that findcth his life, shall lose it:
and he that shall lose his life for me, up, denied himself to be the son of
Pharao’s daughter;
shall find it.—Matt. x. 37-39.
Rather choosing to be afflicted with
The kingdom of heaven is like unto
a treasure hidden in a field. Which the people of God, than to have the
a man, having found, hid it, and for pleasure of sin for a time,
Esteeming the reproach of Christ,
joy thereof, goeth and selleth all that
greater riches than the treasure of the
he hath, and buyeth that field.
2\gain the kingdom of heaven is like Egyptians. For he looked unto the re­
ward.—Helj. xi. 24-26.
to a merchant seeking good pearls.
Who. when he had found one pearl
GLORIFYING GOD
of great price, went his way, and sold
all that he had, and bought it.—Malt.
See also: Praising God—page 396.
xiii. 44-46.
The Lord is my strength and my
Then Peter answering, said to him :
Behold we have left all things, and have praise, and he is become salvation to
followed thee: what therefore shall we me: he is my God, and I will glorify
him: the God of my father, and I will
have?
And Jesus said to them: Amen, I exalt him.—Ex. xv. 2.
But now saith the Lord: Far be this
say to you, that you. who have followed
me, in the regeneration, when the Son from me: but whosoever shall glorify
of man shall sit on the seat of his me, him will I glorify: but they that

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Bless ye the God of heaven, give
despise me, shall be despised.—1 Kings
glory to him in the sight of all that live,
ii. 30.
I will give glory to the Lord according because he hath shown his mercy to you.
to his justice: and will sing to the name —Tob. xii. 6.
Give glory to the Lord, ye children of
of the Lord, the most high.—Ps. vii. 18.
Therefore will I give glory to thee, Israel, and praise him in the sight of
0 Lord, among the nations, and I will the Gentiles.
. . . See then what he hath done
sing a psalm to thy name.—Ps. xvii. 50.
In God shall we glory all the day with us, and with fear and trembling
long: and in thy name we will give give ye glory to him: and extol the
eternal King of worlds in your works.—
praise for ever.—Ps. xliii. 9.
The sacrifice of praise shall glorify Tob. xiii. 3, 6.
Ye that fear the Lord, praise him:
me: and there is the way by which I
will show him the salvation of God.— all ye, the seed of Jacob, glorify him.
—Ps. xxi. 24.
Ps. xlix. 23.
I will give glory to thee because thou
Bring to the Lord glory and honor:
hast heard me: and art become my sal­ bring to the Lord glory to his name:
adore ye the Lord in his holy court—
vation.—Ps. cxvii. 21.
What shall we be able to do to glorify Ps. xxviii. 2.
him? for the Almighty himself is above
Give glory to the Lord, and call upon
his name: declare his deeds among the
all his works.
The Lord is terrible, and exceeding Gentiles.—Ps. civ. 1.
Give glory to the God of heaven: for
great, and his power is admirable. . . .
Who shall see him, and declare him? his mercy endureth for ever.
Give glory to the Lord of lords: for
and who shall magnify him, as he is
from the beginning?—Ecclus. xliii. his mercy endureth for ever.—Ps.
cxxxv. 26, 27.
30, 31, 35.
May all the kings of the earth
I will give glory to thee, O Lord, O
King, and I will praise thee, O God give glory to thee: for they have
heard all the words of thy mouth.—■
my Saviour.
I will give glory to thy name: for Ps. cxxxvii. 4.
thou hast been a helper and protector
Give glory to God with a good heart:
to me.—Ecclus. li. 1, 2.
and diminish not the first-fruits of thy
Glory to God in the highest; and on hands.—Ecclus. xxxv. 10.
Magnify his name, and give glory to
earth, peace to men of good will.—Luke
him with the voice of your lips, and
ii. 14.
And the shepherds returned, glorify­ with the canticles of your mouths, and
ing and praising God, for all the things with harps, and in praising him, you
they had heard and seen, as it was told shall say in this manner:
All the works of the Lord are exceed­
unto them.—Luke ii. 20.
In this is my Father glorified; that ing good.—Ecclus. xxxix. 20, 21.
Glorify the Lord as much as ever
you bring forth very much fruit, and
you can, for he will yet far exceed, and
become my disciples.—John xv. 8.
Now’ to God and our Father be glory, his magnificence is wonderful. . . .
When you exalt him, put forth all
world without end. Amen.—Philipp.
your strength, and be not weary: for
iv. 20.
Now to the king of ages, immortal, you can never go far enough.—Ecclus.
invisible, the only God, be honor and xliii. 32, 34.
Therefore glorify ye the Lord in in­
glory for ever and ever. Amen.—
struction : the name of the Lord God of
1 Tim. i. 17.
Israel in the islands of the sea.—Is.
GLORIFY GOD, EXHORTA­
xx iv. 15.
TION TO
Give ye glory to the Lord your God,
Give ye glory to the Lord, for he is before it be dark, and before your feet
good: for his mercy endureth for ever. stumble upon the dark mountains: you
I shall look for light, and he will turn
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it into the shadow of death, and into
The Lord hath wrought great glory
darkness.—Jer. xiii. 16.
through his magnificence from the be­
Now the God of patience and of com­ ginning.—Ecclus. xliv. 2.
fort, grant you to be of one mind, one
And they (the Seraphim) cried one
towards another, according to Jesus to another, and said: Holy, holy, holy,
Christ:
the Lord God of hosts, all the earth is
That with one mind, and with one full of his glory.—Is. vi. 3.
mouth, you may glorify God and the
I, the Lord, this is my name: I will
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.— not give my glory to another, nor my
Rom. xv. 5, 6.
praise to graven things.—Is. xiii. 8.
And I heard as it were the voice of a
great multitude, and as the voice of GLORY AND CREDIT TO GOD,
many waters, and as the voice of great
WE SHOULD GIVE ALL THE
thunders, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord
Not to us, 0 Lord, not to us; but
our God, the Almighty hath reigned.
læt us be glad and rejoice, and give to thy name give glory.—Ps. cxiii.
glory to him; for the marriage of the (Jleb. cxv.) 1.
Lamb is come, and his wife hath pre­
But of him (God) are you in Christ
pared herself.—Apoc. xix. 6, 7.
Jesus, who of God is made unto us
wisdom, and justice, and sanctification,
and redemption:
GLORY OF GOD, THE
That, as it is written: He that gloriAnd the Lord said: I have forgiven, eth, may glorv in the Lord.—1 Cor. i.
according to thy word.
30, 31.
As I live: and the whole earth shall
1 have planted, Apollo watered, but
be filled with the glory of the Lord.— God gave the increase.
Num. xiv. 20, 21.
Therefore, neither he that planteth is
But as for me, I will appear before anything, nor he that watereth; but
thy sight in justice: I shall be satis­ God that giveth the increase.—1 Cor.
fied, when thy glory shall appear.— iii. 6, 7.
Ps. xvi. 15.
For who distinguished! thee? Or
Be thou exalted, 0 God, above the what hast thou that thou hast not re­
heavens, and thy glory above all the ceived? And if thou hast received, why
earth.—Ps. Ivi. 6.
thou glory, as if thou hadst not re­
The heavens declared his justice: dost
ceived it?—1 Cor. iv. 7.
and all people saw his glory.—Ps.
But we have this treasure in earthen
xcvi. 6.
And the Gentiles shall fear thy name, vessels, that the excellency may be of
O Lord, and all the kings of the earth, the power of God, and not of us.—2 Cor.
iv. 7.
thy glory.
For by grace you are saved through
For the Lord hath built up Sion:
and he shall be seen in his glory.—Ps. faith, and that not of yourselves, for
it is the gift of God ;
ci. 16, 17.
Not of works, that no man may
May the glory of the Lord endure
for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in his glory.—Eph. ii. 8, 9.
works.—Ps. ciii. 31.
The Lord is high above all nations;
GLORY OF GOD, DO ALL
and his glory above the heavens.—Ps.
FOR THE
cxii. 4.
And let them sing in the ways of the
Therefore, whether you eat or drink,
Lord: for great is the glory of the or whatsoever else you do, do all to
Lord.—Ps. cxxxvii. 5.
the glory of God.—1 Cor. x. 31.
He hath established the good things
All whatsoever you do in word or in
of every one. And who shall be filled work, do all in the name of the Lord
with beholding his glory?—Ecclus. xiii. Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God and
26.
the Father by him.—Col. iii. 17.

GOOD
GLUTTONY
He that loveth good cheer, shall be
in want: he that loveth wine and fat
things, shall not be rich.—Prov. xxi. 17.
Thou hast found honey, eat what is
sufficient for thee, lest being glutted
therewith, thou vomit it up.—Prov.
xiv. 16.
Art thou set at a great table? be not
the first to open thy mouth upon it.
Say not: There are many things
which are upon it. . . .
Stretch not out thy hand first, lest
being disgraced with envy, thou be put
to confusion.
Be not hasty in a feast. . . .
Use as a frugal man the things that
are set before thee: lest if thou eatest
much, thou be hated.
Leave off first, for manners’ sake:
and exceed not, lest thou offend.
And if thou sittest among many,
reach not thy hand out first of all : and
be not the first to ask for drink.—
Ecclus. xxxi. 12, 13, 16, 17, 19-21.
Watching, and choler, and gripes are
with an intemperate man.—Ecclus.
xxxi. 23.
Be not greedy in any feasting, and
pour not out thyself upon any meat:
For in many meats there will be sick­
ness, and greediness will turn to
choler.
By surfeiting many have perished:
but he that is temperate, shall prolong
life.—Ecclus. XXXVii. 32-34.
Wherefore have a shame of these
things that I am now going to speak
of . . .
Of leaning with thy elbow over meat.
—Ecclus. xii. 19, 24.
And take heed to yourselves, lest per­
haps your hearts be overcharged with
surfeiting and drunkenness and the
cares of this life, and that day come
upon you suddenly.—Luke xxi. 34.
GOOD TO ONE ANOTHER, WE
MUST DO
See also: Help and protect one an­
other—page 201.
And the Lord said to Cain: Where is
thy brother Abel? And he answered,
I know not : am I my brother’s keeper ?
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Thou shalt not pass by if thou seest
thy brother’s ox, or his sheep go astray:
but thou shalt bring them back to thy
brother.
And if thy brother be not nigh, or
thou know him not: thou shalt bring
them to thy house, and they shall be
with thee, until thy brother seek them,
and receive them.
Thou shalt do in like manner with
his ass, and with his raiment, and with
every thing that is thy brother’s, which
is lost: if thou find it, neglect it not as
pertaining to another.
If thou see thy brother’s ass or his
ox to be fallen down in the way, thou
shalt not slight it, but shalt lift it up
with him.—Deut. xxii. 1-4.
The soul which blesseth, shall be
made fat: and he that inebriateth, shall
be inebriated also himself.—Prov. xi.25.
Is not this rather the fast that I have
chosen? loose the bands of wickedness,
undo the bundles that oppress, let them
that are broken go free, and break
asunder every burden.
Deal thy bread to the hungry, and
bring the needy and the harborless into
thy house: when thou shalt see one
naked, cover him, and despise not thy
own flesh.
Then shall thy light break forth as
the morning, and thy health shall
speedily arise, and thy justice shall go
before thy face, and the glory of the
Lord shall gather thee up.
Then shalt thou call, and the Lord
shall hear : thou shalt cry, and he shall
say, Here I am . . .
When thou shalt pour out thy soul to
the hungry, and shalt satisfy the
afflicted soul, then shall thy light rise
up in darkness, and thy darkness shall
be as the noonday.
And the Lord will give thee rest con­
tinually, and will fill thy soul with
brightness, and deliver thy bones, and
thou shalt be like a watered garden, and
like a fountain of water, whose waters
shall not fail.—Is. Iviii. 6-11.
Then shall the king say to them that
shall be on his right hand: Come, ye
blessed of my Father, possess you the
kingdom prepared for you from the
foundation of the world.
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to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me
For you, brethren, have been called
to drink; I was a stranger, and you took unto liberty : only make not liberty an
me in:
occasion to the flesh, but by charity of
Naked, and you covered me: sick, the spirit serve one another.
and you visited me: I was in prison,
For all the law is fulfilled in one
and you came to me.
word : Thou shalt love thy neighbor as
Then shall the just answer him, say­ thyself.—Gal. v. 13, 14.
ing: Lord, when did we see thee hun­
And in doing good, let us not fail. For
gry, and fed thee; thirsty, and gave in due time, we shall reap, not failing.
thee drink?
Therefore, whilst we have time, let
And when did we see thee a stranger, us work good to all men, but especially
and took thee in? or naked, and cov­ to those who are of the household of
ered thee?
the faith.—Gal. vi. 9, 10.
Or when did we see thee sick or in
And do not forget to do good, and to
prison, and came to thee?
impart; for by such sacrifices God’s
And the king answering, shall say to favor is obtained.—Heb. xiii. 1G.
them: Amen, I say to you, as long as
you did it to one of these my least
GOODNESS OF GOD TOWARD
brethren, you did it to me.—Matt. xxv.
US, THE
34-40.
See also: Mercy of God—page 311.
My brethren, if any of you err from
the truth, and one convert him:
I will cry to God the most High; to
He must know that he who causeth
a sinner to be converted from the error God who hath done good to me.—Ps.
of his way, shall save his soul from Ivi. 3.
How good is God to Israel, to them
death, and shall cover a multitude of
that are of a right heart!—Ps. Ixxii. 1.
sins.—James v. 19, 20.
For
the
Lord
will
give
goodness
:
and
GOOD TO ONE ANOTHER, EX­ our earth shall yield her fruit.—Ps.
HORTATION TO DO
Ixxxiv. 13.
Turn, O my soul, into thy rest: for
See thou never do to another what
thou wouldst hate to have done to thee the Lord hath been bountiful to thee
by another.—7'ob. iv. 10.
—Ps. cxiv. 7.
Do not withhold him from doing
Give praise to the Lord, for he is
good, who is able: if thou art able, do good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
good thyself also.—Prov. iii. 27.
Let Israel now say that he is good*
Do good to the just, and thou shalt that his mercy endureth for ever.—Ps
find great recompense; and if not of cxvii. 1, 2.
him, assuredly of the Lord.—Ecclus.
Thou art good; and in thy good­
ness, teach me thy justifications.—Ps.
xii. 2.
Do good to thy friend, before thou cxviii. G8.
die. and according to thy ability,
Praise ye the Lord, for the Lord is
stretching out thy hand, give to the good: sing ye to his name, for it is
poor.—Ecclus. xiv. 13.
sweet.—Ps. cxxxiv. 3.
Learn to do well : seek judgment, re­
They shall publish the memory of
lieve the oppressed, judge for the the abundance of thy sweetness: and
fatherless, defend the widow.
shall rejoice in thy justice.
And then come, and accuse mo, saith
. . . The Lord is sweet to all : and
the Lord: if your sins be as scarlet, his tender mercies are over all his
they shall be made as white as snow: works.—Ps. cxliv. 7, 9.
and if they be red as crimson, they
O how good and sweet is thy spirit,
shall be white as wool.—Is. i. 17, 18.
O Lord, in all things!—IVis. xii. 1.
To no man rendering evil for evil.
For thy power is the beginning of
Providing good things, not only in the justice: and because thou art Lord of
sight of God, but also in the sight of all, thou makest thyself gracious to all.
—WTs. xii. 16.
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And I will make an everlasting cove-I hath gathered riches, and not by right:
nant with them, and will not cease to | in the midst of his days, he shall leave
them, and in his latter end he shall be
do them good. . . .
And I will rejoice over them, when I a fool.—J er. xvii. 11.
Shall not all these take up a parashall do them good: and I will plant
them in this land in truth, with my | ble against him, and a dark speech conwhole heart, and with all my soul.— cerning him: and it shall be said: Woe
to him that heapeth together that which
1er. xxxii. 40, 41.
The Ixml is good and giveth strength is not his own? how long also doth he
in the day of trouble: and knoweth load himself w’ith thick clay ?—Ilab.
them that hope in him.—Nahum i. 7. ii. G.
GOODS, GOD NEEDS NOT OUR
See also: Service, God needs not our
Treasures of wickedness shall profit
nothing: but justice shall deliver from —page 515.
death.—Prov. x. 2.
I have said to the Lord, thou art my
Some distribute their own goods, and God, for thou hast no need of my
grow richer: others take away what is goods.—Ps. xv. 2.
not their own, and are always in want.
If I should be hungry, I would not
—Prov. xi. 24.
tell thee: for the world is mine, and
He that gathercth treasures by a ly­ the fulness thereof.—Ps. xlix. 12.
ing tongue, is vain and foolish, and
Say not: God will have respect to the
shall stumble upon the snares of death. multitude of my gifts, and when I
—Prov. XXi. 6.
offer to the most high God, he will ac­
He that oppresseti! the poor, to in­ cept my offerings.—Ecclus. vii. 11.
crease his own riches, shall himself give
What shall I offer to the Lord that
to one that is richer, and shall be in is worthy? wherewith shall I kneel be­
need.—Prov. xxii. 1G.
fore the high God? shall I offer holo­
He that heapeth together riches by causts unto him, and calves of a year
usury and loan, gathercth them for him old?
that will be bountiful to the poor.—
May the Lord be appeased with thou­
Prov. xxviii. 8.
sands of rams, or with many thousands
He that is partaker with a thief, hat- of fat he goats? shall I give my first­
eth his own soul : he heareth one put­ born for my wickedness, the fruit of
ting him to his oath, and discovereth my body for the sin of my soul?—
not.—Prov. xxix. 24.
Mich. vi. G, 7.
Set not thy heart upon unjust posses­
God, who made the world, and all
sions, and say not: I have enough to things therein; he, being Lord of
live on: for it shall be of no service in heaven and earth, dwelleth not in tem­
the time of vengeance and darkness.— ples made with hands;
Ecclus. v. 1.
Neither is he served with men’s hands,
Be not anxious for goods unjustly as though he needed anything; seeing
gotten: for they shall not profit thee in it is he who giveth to all life, and
the day of calamity and revenge.— breath, and all things.—A cfs xvii. 24,25.
Ecclus. v. 10.
Or who hath first given to him. and
He that gathercth together by wrong­ recompense shall be made him?—Rom.
ing his own soul, gathercth for others, xi. 35.
and another will squander away his
goods in rioting.—Ecclus. xiv. 4.
GOSPEL OF CHRIST FOOLISH
The offering of him that sacrificeth
TO THE WORLD
of a thing wrongfully gotten is stained,
For the word of the cross, to them
and the mockeries of the unjust are
indeed that perish, is foolishness; but
not acceptable.—Ecclus. xxxiv. 21.
As the partridge hath hatched eggs to them that are saved, that is, to us,
which she did not lay : so is he that it is the power of God.

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GOSPEL OF CHRIST WITHIN
OUR REACH, THE
But what saith the Scripture? The
word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth,
and in thy heart. This is the word of
faith, which we preach.—Rom. x. 8.
Faith then cometh by hearing; and
hearing by the word of Christ.
But I say: Have they not heard?
Yes, verily, their sound hath gone forth
into all the earth, and their words unto
the ends of the w-hole world.—Rom.
x. 17, 18.
And if our gospel be also hid, it is
hid to them that are lost.
In whom the god of this world hath
blinded the minds of unbelievers, that
the light of the gospel of the glory of
Christ, who is the image of God, should
not shine unto them.
. . . For God, who commanded the
light to shine out of darkness, hath
shined in our hearts, to give the light
GOSPEL OF CHRIST OUR SALVA­ of the knowledge of the glory of God,,
in the face of Christ Jesus.—2 Cor.
TION, THE
iv. 3, 4, 6.
And he said to them: Go ye into the
whole world, and preach the gospel to
GRACE OF GOD, THE
every creature.
Lord, thou wilt open my lips: and
He that believeth and is baptized, my0mouth
shall declare thy praise.—Ps.
shall be saved: but he that believeth 1. 17.
not, shall be condemned.—Mark xvi.
Thou hast visited the earth, and
15, 16.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel. hast plentifully watered it; thou hast
For it is the power of God unto salva­ many ways enriched it. The river of
is filled with water, thou hast pre­
tion to every one that believeth, to the God
pared their food : for so is its prepara­
Jew first, and to the Greek.
For the justice of God is revealed tion.—Ps. Ixiv. 10.
lie shall come down like rain upon
therein, from faith unto faith, as it is
fleece; and as showers falling gently
written: The just man liveth by faith. the
upon the earth.—Ps. Ixxi. 6.
—Rotn. i. 16, 17.
Convert us, 0 God ; and show us thy
But we preach Christ crucified, unto
the Jews indeed a stumbling block, and face, and we shall be saved. . . .
Thou shalt quicken us: and we will
unto the Gentiles foolishness:
But unto them that are called, both call upon thy name.—Ps. Ixxix. 4, 19.
Therefore even then ‘it was trans­
Jews and Greeks, the power of God,
and the wisdom of God.—1 Cor. i. formed into all things, and wai
obedient to thy grace that nourisheth
23, 24.
Now I make known unto you, breth­ all, according to the will of them that
ren, the gospel which I preached to you, desired it of thee.—TVts. xvi. 25.
In me is all grace of the way and of
which also you have received, and
the truth, in me is all hope of life and
wherein you stand;
By which also you are saved, if you of virtue.
Come over to me, all ye that desire
hold fast, after what manner I preached
unto you. unless you have believed in me, and be filled with my fruits.
’The element* that served for the punishvain.—1 Cor. xv. 1, 2.
ment of the Egyptians.

. . . For seeing that in the wisdom
of God, the world, by wisdom, knew not
God, it pleased God, by the foolishness
of our preaching, to save them that be­
lieve.
For both the Jews require signs, and
the Greeks seek after wisdom :
But we preach Christ crucified, unto
the Jews indeed a stumbling block, and
unto the Gentiles foolishness.—1 Cor.
i. 18, 21-23.
But the sensual man perceiveth not
these things that are of the Spirit of
God; for it is foolishness to him, and
he cannot understand, because it is
spiritually examined.—1 Cor. ii. 14.
For I give you to understand, breth­
ren, that the gospel which was preached
by me, is not according to man.
For neither did I receive it of man,
nor did I learn it; but by the revelation
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The Ix>rd hath appeared from afar to
For my spirit is sweet above honey,
and my inheritance above honey and me. Yea, I have loved thee with an
everlasting love, therefore have I drawn
the honeycomb.—Ecclus. xxiv. 25-27.
Grace is like a paradise in blessings, thee, taking pity on thee.—Jer. xxxi. 3.
And when she had said these things,
and mercy reinaineth for ever.—Ecclus.
she went, and called her sister Mary
xl. 17.
You shall draw waters with joy out secretly, saying: The master is come,
of the Saviour’s fountains.—Is. xii. 3. and calleth for thee.—John xi. 28.
And I, if I be lifted up from the
I am come to cast fire on the earth:
and what will I, but that it be kindled? earth, will draw all things to myself.—
John xii. 32.
—Luke xii. 49.
And of his fulness we all have re­ GRACE OF GOD IMPELLING US
ceived. and grace for grace.
TO LOVE AND SERVE
For the law was given by Moses;
HIM, THE
grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
And when the Lord had heard this,
—John i. 16,17.
For the wages of sin is death. But he said to me: I have heard the voice
the grace of God, life everlasting, in of the words of this people, which they
Christ Jesus our Lord.—Rom. vi. 23. spoke to thee: they have spoken all
I give thanks to my God always for things well.
Who shall give them to have such a
you, for the grace of God that is given
mind, to fear me, and to keep all my
you in Christ Jesus.—1 Cor. i. 4.
Now there are diversities of graces, commandments at all times, that it may
be well with them and with their chil­
but the same Spirit.—1 Cor. xii. 4.
But by the grace of God I am what I dren for ever?—Deut. v. 28, 29.
The Lord thy God will circumcise
am; and his grace in me hath not been
void, but I have labored more abun­ thy heart, and the heart of thy seed:
dantly than all they : yet not I, but the that thou mayst love the Lord thy God
grace of God with me.—1 Cor. xv. 10. with all thy heart, and with all thy
Blessed be the God and Father of our soul, that thou mayst live.—Deut.
Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us XXX. 6.
And I will give them a heart to know
with spiritual blessings in heavenly
me, that I am the Lord : and they shall
places, in Christ: . . .
Unto the praise of the glory of his be my people, and I will be their God:
grace, in which he hath graced us in because they shall return to me with
their whole heart.—Jer. xxiv. 7.
his beloved son.—Eph. i. 3, 6.
And I will give them one heart and
Now the grace of our Lord hath
abounded exceedingly with faith and one way, that they may fear me all
love, which is in Christ Jesus.—1 Tim. days: and that it may be well with
them, and with their children after
i. 14.
Wherefore having the loins of your them.
And I will make an everlasting cove­
mind girt up, being sober, trust per­
fectly in the grace which is offered you nant with them, and will not cease to
in the revelation of Jesus Christ.— do them good: and I will give my fear
in their heart, that they may not revolt
1 Peter i. 13.
Behold, I stand at the gate, and from me.—Jer. xxxii. 39, 40.
And I will give them one heart, and
knock. If any man shall hear my
voice, and open to me the door, I will will put a new spirit in their bowels:
come in to him, and will sup with him, and I will take away the stony heart
out of their flesh, and will give them
and he with me.—Apoc. iii. 20.
a heart of flesh :
GRACE OF GOD DRAWING US TO
That they may walk in my command­
HIM, THE
ments, and keep my judgments, and do
If he turn his heart to him, he shall them: and that they may be my people,
draw his spirit and breath unto him­ and I may be their God.—Ezech. xi.
19, 20.
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For it is God who worketh in you, fore the cock crow, thou shalt deny me
both to will and to accomplish, accord­ thrice.
ing to his good will.—Philipp, ii. 13.
And Peter going out, wept bitterly.—
Luke xxii. 61, 62.
GRACE OF GOD WARNING US
Unhappy man that I am, who shall
deliver me from the body of this death?
AGAINST SIN, THE
grace of God, by Jesus Christ
Thou hast given a warning to them ourThe
Lord.—Rom. vii. 24, 25.
that fear thee: that they may flee from
And God is able to make all grace
before the bow :
abound in you ; that ye always, having
That thy beloved may be delivered.— all sufliciency in all things, may abound
Ps. lix. 6.
to every good work.—2 Cor. ix. 8.
Turn ye at my reproof : behold I will
And he said to me: My grace is suffi­
utter my spirit to you, and will show cient
for thee: for power is made per­
you my words.—Prov. i. 23.
fect in infirmity. Gladly therefore will
0 how good and sweet is thy spirit, I glory in my infirmities, that the
0 Lord, in all things!
power of Christ may dwell in me.
And therefore thou chastisest them
For which cause I please myself in
that err, by little and little: and ad- my infirmities, in reproaches, in neces­
monishest them, and speakest to them, sities, in persecutions, in distresses, for
concerning the things wherein they of­ Christ. For when I am weak, then am
fend: that leaving their wickedness, I powerful.—2 Cor. xii. 9, 10.
they may believe in thee, 0 Lord.—WTs.
For by grace you are saved, through
xii. 1, 2.
faith, and that not of yourselves, for it
GRACE OF GOD LEADING US IN is the gift of God.—Eph. ii. 8.
I can do all things in him who
THE RIGHT WAY, THE
strengtheneth me.—Philipp, iv. 13.
He hath converted my soul.
By whom he hath given us most great
He hath led me on the paths of jus­ and precious promises: that by these
tice, for his own name’s sake.—Ps. you may be made partakers of the di­
xxii. 3.
vine nature: flying the corruption of
Send forth thy light and thy truth: that concupiscence which is in the
they have conducted me, and brought world.—2 Peier i. 4.
me unto thy holy hill, and into thy
Now to him who is able to preserve
tabernacles.—Ps. xiii. 3.
you without sin, and to present you
I will show thee the way of wisdom, spotless before the presence of his
I will lead thee by the paths of equity. glory with exceeding joy, in the coming
—Prov. iv. 11.
of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Blessed is he that is conversant in
To the only God our Saviour through
these good things: and he that layeth Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory and
them up in his heart, shall be wise al­ magnificence, empire and power, before
ways.
all ages, and now, and for all ages of
For if he do them, he shall be strong ages. Amen.—Jude i. 24, 25.
to do all things: because the light of
God guideth his steps.—Ecclus. 1. 30,31.
GRACE THE GIFT OF GOD’S
MERCY
GRACE, POWER OF GOD’S
He (God) answered : T will show thee
She reacheth therefore from end to
end mightily, and ordcreth all things all good, and I will proclaim in the
name of the Lqrd before thee: and T
sweetly.—Wis. viii. 1.
He that hearkeneth to me, shall not will have mercy on whom T will, and T
he confounded : and they that work by will be merci ful to whom it shall please
me.—Ex. xxxiii. 19.
me, shall not sin.—Ecclus. xxiv. 30.
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, and
And the Lord turning, looked on
Peter. And Peter remembered the my soul shall be joyful in my God : for
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of salvation: and with the robe of jus­ thou didst know the gift of God, and
tice, he hath covered me, as a bride­ who he is that saith to thee, Give me
groom decked with a crown, and as a to drink; thou perhaps wouldst have
bride adorned with her jewels.—Is.lxi. 10. asked of him, and he would have given
And I will pour out upon the house thee living water.—John iv. 10.
of David, and upon the inhabitants of
No man can come to me, except the
Jerusalem, the spirit of grace, and of Father, who hath sent me, draw him;
prayers.—Zach. xii. 10.
and I will raise him up in the last day.
The Spirit breatheth where he will; —John vi. 44.
and thou hearest his voice, but thou
And he said: Therefore did I say to
knowest not whence he cometh, and you, that no man can come to me, un­
whither he goeth: so is every one that less it be given him by my Father.—
is born of the Spirit.—John iii. 8.
John vi. 66.
For he saith to Moses: I will have
For all have sinned, and do need the
mercy on whom I will have mercy; and glory of God.
I will show mercy to whom I will show
Being justified freely by his grace,
through the redemption that is in
mercy.
So then it is not of him that willeth, Christ Jesus.—Rom. iii. 23, 24.
So then it is not of him that willeth,
nor of him that runneth, but of God
that showeth mercy.—Rom. ix. 15, 16. nor of him that runneth, but of God
For by grace you are saved through that showeth mercy.—Rom. ix. 16.
I have planted, Apollo watered, but
faith, and that not of yourselves, for it
God gave the increase.
is the gift of God.—Eph. ii. 8.
Therefore, neither he that planteth
But to every one of us is given grace,
according to the measure of the giving is anything, nor he that watereth; but
God that giveth the increase.—1 Cor.
of Christ.—Eph. iv. 7.
iii. 6, 7.
Wherefore I give you to understand,
GRACE, OUR NEED OF GOD’S
that no man, speaking by the Spirit
See also: Need of God,our—page 342. of God, saith Anathema to Jesus. And
no man can say the Lord Jesus, but by
For what is my strength, that I can the Holy Ghost.—1 Cor. xii. 3.
hold out? or what is my end, that I
should keep patience?—Job vi. 11.
GRACE, NOW IS THE TIME OF
Who can make him clean that is con­
GOD’S
ceived of unclean seed? is it not thou
Seek ye the Lord, while he may be
who only art?—Job xiv. 4.
I know, O Lord, that the way of a found : call upon him, while he is near.
man is not his: neither is it in a man —Is. Iv. 6.
Jesus therefore said to them: Yet a
to walk, and to direct his steps.—J er.
little while I am with you: and then
X. 28.
Ephraim shall say, What have I to I go to him that sent me.
You shall seek me, and shall not find
do any more with idols? T will hear
him, and T will make him flourish like me: and where I am. thither you can­
a green fir-tree: from me is thy fruit not come.—John vii. 33, 34.
Jesus therefore said to them: Yet a
found.—Osee xiv. 9.
But he answering, said: Every plant little while, the light is among you.
which my heavenly Father hath not Walk whilst you have the light, that
planted, shall be rooted up.—Matt. the darkness overtake you not. And he
that walketh in darkness, knoweth not
XV. 13.
All things are delivered to me by my whither he goeth.—John xii. 35.
And we helping do exhort you. that
Father; and no one knoweth who the
Son is, but the Father; and who the you receive not the grace of God in
Father is, but the Son, and to whom vain.
For he saith : In an accepted time
the Son will reveal him.—Luke x. 22.
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salvation have I helped thee. Behold,
now is the acceptable time; behold,
now is the day of salvation.—2 Cor.
vi. 1, 2.
But exhort one another every day,
whilst it is called to-day, that none of
you be hardened through the deceitful­
ness of sin.
For we are made partakers of Christ:
yet so, if we hold the beginning of his
substance firm unto the end.
While it is said, To-day if you shall
hear his voice, harden not your hearts,
as in that provocation.—Hel). iii. 13-15.
GRACE OF GOD WITHDRAWN IN
PUNISHMENT OF SIN, THE

For wisdom will not enter into a
malicious soul, nor dwell in a body sub­
ject to sins.
For the Holy Spirit of discip line will
flee from the deceitful, and will with­
draw himself from thoughts that are
without understanding, and he shall
not abide, when iniquity cometh in.—
Wis. i. 4. 5.
And he said: Go, and thou shalt say
to this people: Hearing, hear, and un­
derstand not: and see the vision, and
know it not.
Blind the heart of this people, and
make their ears heavy, and shut their
eyes: lest they see with their eyes, and
hear with their ears, and understand
with their heart, and be converted, and
I heal them.—Is. vi. 9, 10.
For the Lord hath mingled for you
the spirit of a deep sleep, he will shut
up your eyes, he will cover your
prophets and princes that see visions.
And the vision of all shall be unto
you as the words of a book that is
sealed, which when they shall deliver to
one that is learned, they shall say: Read
this : and he shall answer : I cannot, for
it is scaled.—Is. xxix. 10, 11.
For the iniquity of his covetousness
I was angry, and I struck him : I hid
my face from thee, and was angry: and
he went away wandering in his own
heart.—Is. Ivii. 17.
And the pride of Israel shall answer
in his face: and Israel and Ephraim
shall fall in their iniquity, Juda also
shall fall with them.

With their flocks, and with their
herds, they shall go to seek the Lord,
and shall not find him : he is withdrawn
from them.—Osee v. 5, 6.
They have sinned deeply as in the
days of Gabaa: he will remember their
iniquity, and will visit their sin.
. . . Yea, and woe to them, when I
shall depart from them.—Osee ix. 9,12.
The Lord hath sworn against the
pride of Jacob: surely I will never for­
get all their works. . . .
Behold the days come, saith the Lord,
and I will send a famine into the land:
not a famine of bread, nor a thirst of
water, but of hearing the word of the
Lord.
And they shall move from sea to
sea, and from the north to the east:
they shall go about seeking the word
of the Lord, and shall not find it.—
Amos viii. 7, 11, 12.
And he said to them: To you it is
given, to know the mystery of the
kingdom of God: but to them that are
without, all things are done in para­
bles:
That seeing they may see, and not
perceive; and hearing they may hear,
and not understand: lest at any time
they should be converted, and their
sins should be forgiven them.—Mark
iv. 11, 12.
GRACE OF GOD, CO-OPERATING
WITH THE
And the Lord came and stood : and he
called, as he had called the other
times: Samuel, Samuel. And Samuel
said: Speak, Lord, for thy servant
heareth.—1 Kings iii. 10.
I sleep, and my heart watcheth : the
voice of my beloved knocking: Open to
me, my sister, my love, my dove, my un­
defiled: for my head is full of dew,
and my locks of the drops of the nights.
—Cant. v. 2.
The Lord God hath opened my ear,
and I do not resist: I have not gone
back.—Is. 1. 5.
For after thou didst convert me, I
did penance: and after thou didst show
unto mo, I struck my thigh: I am con­
founded and ashamed, because I have
borne the reproach of my youth.—Jer.
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When Jesus therefore was born in the day of temptation in the wilder­
Bethlehem of Juda, in the days of ness: where your fathers tempted me,
king Herod, behold, there came wise they proved me, and saw my works.—
men from the east to Jerusalem,
Ps. xciv. 8, 9.
Saying, Where is he that is born king
Incline your ear, and come to me:
of the Jews? For we have seen his hear, and your soul shall live, and I
star in the east, and are come to adore will make an everlasting covenant with
him.—Matt. ii. 1, 2.
you, the faithful mercies of David.—
And falling on the ground, he heard Is. Iv. 3.
And we helping, do exhort you, that
a voice saying to him: Saul, Saul, why
you receive not the grace of God in
persecutest thou me?
. . . And he trembling and aston­ vain.
For he saith: In an accepted time
ished, said: Lord, what wilt thou have
have I heard thee; and in the day of
me to do?—Acts ix. 4, 6.
But by the grace of God, I am what I salvation, have I helped thee. Behold,
am; and his grace in me hath not been now is the acceptable time; behold, now
void, but I have labored more abun­ is the day of salvation.—2 Cor. vi. 1, 2.
Extinguish not the spirit.—1 Thess.
dantly than all they : yet not I, but the
grace of God with me.—1 Cor. xv. 10. v. 19.
For which cause I admonish thee,
I cast not away the grace of God.
For if justice be by the law, then Christ that thou stir up the grace of God
which is in thee, by the imposition of
died in vain.—Gal. ii. 21.
my hands.—2 Tim. i. 6.
GRACE OF GOD, REWARD OF CO­
Thou therefore, my son, be strong in
OPERATING WITH THE
the grace which is in Christ Jesus.—
He (God) shall show them their 2 Tim. ii. 1.
Looking diligently, lest any man be
works, and their wicked deeds, because
wanting to the grace of God; lest any
they have been violent.
He also shall open their ear, to correct root of bitterness springing up, do
them: and shall speak, that they may hinder, and by it many be defiled.—Heb.
return from iniquity.
xii. 15.
But grow in grace, and in the knowl­
If they shall hear and observe, they
shall accomplish their days in good, edge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
and their years in glorv.—Job xxxvi. Christ. To him be glory both now and
unto the day of eternity. Amen.—
9-11.
But he that shall hear me. shall rest 2 Peter iii. 18.
without terror, and shall enjoy abun­
dance, without fear of evils.—Prov. GRACE, PROMPTNESS IN AN­
SWERING THE CALL OF
i. 33.
To-day if you shall hear his voice,
He that hearkeneth to me, shall not
be confounded : and they that work by harden not your hearts.—Ps. xciv. 8.
And Jesus walking by the sea of Gali­
me, shall not sin.—Ecclus. xxiv. 30.
For whosoever are led by the Spirit lee, saw two brethren, Simon, who is
of God, they are the sons of God.— called Peter, and Andrew his brother,
casting a net into the sea (for they were
Rom. viii. 14.
Behold, I stand at the gate, and fishers).
And he saith to them: Come ye after
knock. If any man shall hear my
voice, and open to me the door, I will me, and I will make you to be fishers of
come in to him, and will sup with men.
And they immediately leaving their
him, and he with me.—Apoc. iii. 20.
nets, followed him.
GRACE OF GOD, EXHORTATION
And going on from thence, he saw
TO CO-OPERATE WITH THE
other two brethren. James, the son of
To-day if you shall hear his voice, Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship
with Zebedee their father, mending
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And they forthwith left their nets
and father, and followed him.—Matt.
iv. 18-22.
And when Jesus passed on from
thence, he saw a man sitting in the
custom house, named Matthew; and he
saith to him: Follow me. And he arose
up, and followed him.—Matt. ix. 9.
Let your loins be girt, and lamps
burning in your hands.
And you yourselves like to men who
wait for their lord, when he shall return
from the wedding; that when he com­
eth and knocketh, they may open to him
immediately.—Luke xii. 35, 36.
But when it pleased him, who sepa­
rated me from my mother’s womb, and
called me by his grace,
To reveal his Son in me, that I
might preach him among the Gentiles,
immediately I condescended not to
flesh and blood.—Gal. i. 15, 16.
GRACE, ABUSE OF GOD’S

They have been rebellious to the
light, they have not known his ways,
neither have they returned by his paths.
—Job xxiv. 13.
What is there that I ought to do
more to my vineyard, that I have not
done to it? was it that I looked, that
it should bring forth grapes, and it
hath brought forth wild grapes?—Is.
v. 4.
For with the speech of lips, and with
another tongue, he will speak to this
people.
To whom he said: This is my rest,
refresh the weary, and this is my re­
freshing: and they would not hear.—
Is. xxviii. 11, 12.
For it is a people that provoketh to
wrath, and lying children, children that
will not hear the law of God.
Who say to the seers: See not: and
to them that behold : Behold not for
us those things that are right: speak
unto us pleasant things, see errors for
us.
Take away from me the way, turn
away the path from me, let the Holy
One of Israel cease from before us.—
Is. XXX. 9-11.
I have spread forth my hands all the
day to an unbelieving people, who walk

in a way that is not good, after their
own thoughts.—Is. Ixv. 2.
O Lord, thy eyes are upon truth:
thou hast struck them, and they have
not grieved: thou hast bruised them,
and they have refused to receive cor­
rection : they have made their faces
harder than the rock, and they have
refused to return.
But I said: Perhaps these are poor
and foolish, that know not the way of
the Lord, the judgment of their God.
I will go therefore to the great men,
and will speak to them: for they have
known the way of the Lord, the judg­
ment of their God: and behold these
have altogether broken the yoke more,
and have burst the bonds.—Jer. v. 3-5.
I spoke to thee in thy prosperity:
and thou saidst: I will not hear: this
hath been thy way from thy youth, be­
cause thou hast not heard my voice.—
Jer. xxii. 21.
And the Lord hath sent to you all
his servants the prophets, rising early,
and sending, and you have not heark­
ened, nor inclined your ears to
hear. . . .
And you have not heard me, saith
the Lord, that you might provoke me to
anger ith the works of your hands, to
your own hurt.—Jer. xxv. 4, 7.
I destroyed some of you, a:- God de­
stroyed Sodom and Gomorrha, and you
were as a firebrand plucked o it of the
burning: yet you returned n>it to me,
saith the Lord.—Amos iv. 11.
Woe to the provoking and redeemed
city, the dove.
She hath not hearkened to the voice,
neither hath she received discipline:
she hath not trusted in the Lord, she
drew not near to her God. . . .
I said: Surely thou wilt fear me,
thou wilt receive correction : and her
dwelling shall not perish, for all things
wherein I have visited her: but they
rose early, and corrupted all their
thoughts.—Soph. iii. 1, 2, 7.
Be not as your fathers, to whom the
former prophets have cried, saying:
Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Turn ye
from your evil ways, and from your
wicked thoughts : but they did not give
ear, neither did they hearken to me,
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The men of Ninive shall rise in judg-11be taken away, and as the tops of the
ment with this generation, and shall <ears of corn they shall be broken.—
xxiv, 23, 24.
condemn it: because they did penance I Job
.
He shall show them their works and
at die preaching of Jonas. And behold
their wicked deeds, because they have
a greater than Jonas here.
The queen of the south shall rise in been violent.
He also shall open their ear, to corjudgment with this generation, and
thall condemn it: because she came rect them : and shall speak, that they
from the ends of the earth to hear the may return from iniquity. . . .
But if they hear not, they shall pass
wisdom of Solomon, and behold a
greater than Solomon here.—Matt. xii. by the sword, and shall be consumed in
folly.—Job xxxvi. 9, 10, 12.
41. 42.
To-day if you shall hear his voice,
Ile came unto his own, and his own
harden not your hearts :
received him not.—John i. 11.
As in the provocation, according to
And you will not come to me, that
the day of temptation in the wilder­
you may have life. . . .
I am come in the name of my Father, ness : where your fathers tempted me,
and you receive me not: if another shall they proved me, and saw my works.
Forty years long was I offended
come in his own name, him you will re­
with that generation, and I said:
ceive.—John v. 40, 43.
Jesus said to them : If you were These always err in heart.
And these men have not known my
blind, you should not have sin : but now
you say: We see. Your sin remaineth.. 1 ways : so I swore in my wrath that
they shall not enter into my rest.—
—John ix. 41.
But they cried out: Away with him;; Ps. xciv. 8-11.
Because I called, and you refused : I
away with him; crucify him. Pilate:
saith to them: Shall I crucify your• stretched out my hand, and there was
king? The chief priests answered:: none that regarded.
You have despised all my counsel,
We have no king but Cæsar.—Johni
and have neglected my reprehensions.
xix. 15.
I also will laugh in your destruction,
You stiffnecked and uncircumciscd1
in heart and ears, you always resist the) and will mock when that shall come to
Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so doj you which you feared.
When sudden calamity shall fall on
you also. . . .
Who have received the law by the2 you, and destruction, as a tempest, shall
disposition of angels, and have nott be at hand : when tribulation and dis­
tress shall come upon you :
kept it.—A cis vii. 51, 53.
Then shall they call upon me, and I
But I have against thee a few things::
because thou suffercst the womani will not hear : they shall rise in the
Jezabel, who calleth herself a prophet-­ morning, and shall not find me :
Because they have hated instruction,
ess, to teach, and to seduce my servants,,
to commit fornication, and to eat off and received not the fear of the Lord,
Nor consented to my counsel, but
things sacrificed to idols.
And I gave her a time that sheB despised all my reproof.—Prov. i. 24-30.
might do penance, and she will not11 Therefore thou hast sent a judgment
repent of her fornication.—Apoc. ii.. I upon them as senseless children to
mock them.
20, 21.
,
But they that were not amended by
GRACE, PUNISHMENT OF THE" mockeries and reprehensions, expe­
ABUSE OF GOD’S
rienced the worthy judgment of God.—
God hath given him place for pen-­ HW. xii. 25, 26.
Wherefore I also will choose their
ance, and he abuseth it unto pride: butt
! mockeries, and will bring upon them
his eyes are upon his ways.
They are lifted up for a little while,•, the things they feared : because I called,
and shall not stand, and shall bee and there was none that would answer ;
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mid they hnvo dono ovil in my oyo», lluivo boon wrought in you, (hoy had
nnd hnvo ehoaon the Ihingi fluii <li>i long ago dono pollanca in »nckcloth and
pl<fl <■ mo ¡n. 11Vi I.
a .lic-i.
Hour, O north Behold I will bring
But I any unto you, It nlinll bo morn
ovil» upon thia jM'Oplo, the íruiln of loleniblc for Tyre mid Sidon in the day
llw'ir own llioughli.- bcCOUNO they have of judgment, than for you.
noi heard my word», mid they have cnnt
And thou, Cnphnrmium, allait thou
away my law, Jer. vi. 10,
be exalted up Io heaven ( thou ahull. go
And now, boca uno yon have dono nil flown even unto hell, For if in Sodom
thcw> work*, Haith flu1 Lord and I hnvo had been wrought (he mirnclea that
xpokcn to you, rming up early, ami have been wrought in thee, peilmpa it
irooaking, nnd you hnvo noi heard : and had remained unto thia day.
I have called you, and you hnvo not mi
But I any unto you, that it aliali bo
more tolerable for the lami of Sodom in
Hwori'd. . , .
And I will cimi you away from be the day of judgment, Ilian for thee.
foro my face, aa I have cimi away all Mall. xi. 20 24
your brethren, the whole need of
.lemra anilli to them: Arnen I nay Io
Ephraim. Jcr. vii. 13, 16.
you, that the publican» mid ilio hariola
Thou hunt foranken me, anilli the aliali go itilo (ho kingdom of Hod be
Lord, thou ari gone backward: mid I fore you.
will «trotch out my hand ngnitut then,
For John came to you in the way of
and I will dcalroy ilice: I am weary of juatico, ami you did not believe him.
ont reali ng thee, ./cr, xv. fl.
Bid the publicana and the hurlóla bo
My Hod will emit them away, becauao lieved him but you, acci ng it, did not
they hearkened not to him : mid they even aflerwarda repent, that you might
liliali be waiwlerera among I lie nation». believe him. Malt. xxi. 31, 32.
.Icriiaalem, Jermuilem, thou that kill
—Oiw ix. 17.
But they would not hearken, mid oil the prophet», ami afoneat them that
they turned away the ahoulder to do arc ænl unto lhee, how often would I
part: mid they atoppod their oar», not have gathered together Ihy children, aa
to hear.
the hen dofh gather her chicken» under
And limy made their heart im the her wing», mid I lion would»!. not?
ndnnmnt atone, led they should hear
Behold, your homie ahull bo left to
the law, and ilio word» which the Lord you, deaolotc. Mall, xxiii. 37, 3M.
of hoala ent in hia apiril, by the hand
But I way unto you, that none of
of the formor propheta: no a great in Ihofto men that won1 invited, ahull Imito
dignntion came from the Lord of beata, of my Huppor. /.uZc xiv. 2-1.
And it camo to paaa that aa ho npoko,
If thou nino IuuIhI known, nnd that
mid they heard not : ao aludí they cry, in thia Ihy day, the thing» limi are Io
muí I will not hi'iir, aailh the Lord of thy jienee; but now they are hidden
ho il > Zot It vii. I I 18«
from thy oye».
And whonoever ahull not receive you,
For the rlnya ahull come upon (hoc:
nor hoar your worda : going forth out mel Ihy cnemicH ahull cual n trench
of (hai houae or city, ahnke oil the dual about then, mul compii»» then round,
from your foot.
ami ntrnilen thee on every aide,
Ammi I any Io you, ¡I ahull be more
Ami beai ilice lini to lhe ground, ami
tolerable for the land of Sodom mid Ihy children who uro in lhee; ami they
(lomorrha in the day of judgment, than iludí noi lenve in thee n Mtono upon a
for that city. .Malt. x. I I. If».
afone: bocaii'o thou linai not known the
Then began he Io upbraid the ciliea limo of thy viailnliori. AuZ-c xix.
wherein were done the meal of bin 1 ' IL
iniraelea, for flint ihey hud not done
Again then-fore .leaua Hnid lf> them:
penano».
I go, nnd you ahull Meek inc, nml you
Woe Io I hi’O, Coro/,ain, woe to I hen, ahull dio in your ain. Whither I go,
Bothnaidn: for if in Tyro and Sidon you onn not come,
hnd boon wrought the minifica that
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you nimii die in your niim, l'or if you
What ia there that I ought to do
believe noi fluit I mo lio, you idmll dic more to my vineyard, that I have not
in your aim John viii. 21, 24.
done Io it ( wn it thaï I looked limi it
l'or Moton nuid ; A prophot idmll I h< should bring forth grnjx », and it hath
Ixiril your God raina up unto you of brought forth wild grupo»{
your brethren, like» nulo me: Inni you
And now I will .how you wh it I will
mIiiiII lii'nr according Io nil tilinga what
do to my vineyard, I will tak< away the
MX’vcr ho (dm 11 apeak Io you,
hedge thereof, nnd II Jmll b< want' d :
And it (diali bo, limi evi ry noni which I will break down the wall thereof, and
will noi hour limi prophet, nlmll ho de it aliali be trodden flown.
nlroyrd from among llm jx-oplo. . , ,
Arid I will make it <|« folate : it ubali
To you limi, (Iod, raising up lux Son, not Im pruned, nnd if hIihII not Im
hall) writ him Io hie-.a you; that every digged: hut briar* and thorn' dmll
one may convert himmlf from bin come up; arid I will command llm
wirkedimnn. Acta iii. 22, 23, 26,
cloud» to rain no rain upon it. fu.
Beware, therefore, lent that comi' V. 4-6.
upon you which in Hpokcn in I he
And thou Hhnlt nay to thorn This is
propilei a :
a nation which halli not hearkened to
Behold, ye de ipinera, arid Wonder, nnd the voice of llm Lord th'dr God, nor re
perieli: for I work a work in your reived instruction: faith m lost, and it
dliya, a work which you will not be taken away out of their mouth .hr.
lieve, if any man nhnll lidi it you,- vii. 28.
AiIh xiii. 40, 41
.Ichum saith Io thorn : Have you
Or denpincHl thou llm rirdiea of hi rn-ver road in the Scripture., The atone
goodncHM, nnd pationco, and long nib r which the builder» rejected, the mum in
jpg? Knoweat thou noi that the be become the head of the corner' By
nignily of (Iod lendcth thee to ¡khi the Lord lilio lm« been done, and it i>i
ance?
wonderful in our eyes.
But uncording Io Ihy hardnemi nnd
Therefore I say to you, that the
irn|»<>iiiienl heart, thou Irena urent up to kingdom of God hnl) Ix- taken from
thyself wrath, lignina! the day rd wrath, you, and nhall Im given to a nation
mid rcvelnlion of llm juM judgment of yielding the fruita thereof Mall xxi
42, 43.
God Hom, ii I, fi.
l'or if llm word Mpoken by angeli» Im
.Ichum therefore anid to them: Yet a
cimie Mleiidfnal, mid every IrnimgTenaion little while I am with you nnd then I
and dÍHobedionec received a just recom go to him that sent me.
You «hall <'ek me, and aliali not fnul
penso of reward ;
llow hIiiiII We encape if we neglect ho me: mid where I am. thither you can­
great an I vii I ioi i ? which having begun not come. John vii, 33, 34.
Then Paul nnd Barimba. mid boldly:
to bo declared by the Imrd, wan con
firmed unto uh by them I lint heard him To you it behooved us tir-.t to nprak
illi' word of God: blit became you reject
//<■/>. h -, 8.
Sei’ timi you refuse him not limi it, nnd judge yourselves unworthy of
Hpeakelh For if they <• <-nped not, who eternili life, behold we turn to flu- Gen­
ri’fiiHcd him fluii i.poko upon curili, tiles. Ada xiii. 4G.
I hiving failli nnd a good co mudenco,
much more 'diali not we, fimi turn
away from him limi apeakelli Io us which Home rejecting, have made «hip­
wreck concerning the faith. ! Tim.
from heaven, fhh. xii. 25.
i. 19.
GRACE, ABUSE OF, PUNISHED
Looking diligently, lost nny man be
BY ITS WITHDRAWAL
xvanting to the grace of God. lent any
Bui my people heard noi my voice: root of bitterness springing up. do hin
and lariiel hearkened noi I" me
<ler, nnd by it many be defiled
So I let them go according Io the de
L’hI there bi’ anv fornicatili or pro
Miren of their heart: they idmll Walk in fnno person, an Eanu; who for one
their own inventions. /*«. Ixxx. 12, 13 I meni», Molti hin first birthright.

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For know ye that afterwards, when
he desired to inherit the benediction, he
was rejected; for he found no place of
repentance, although with tears he had
sought it.—Heb. xii. 15-17.
GRACE OF GOD, A PRAYER
FOR THE
The Lord our God be with us, as he
was with our fathers, and not leave us,
nor cast us off:
But may he incline our hearts to
himself, that we may walk in all his
ways, and keep his commandments, and
his ceremonies, and all his judgments
which he commanded our fathers.—
3 Kings viii. 57, 58.
Perfect thou my goings in thy paths:
that my footsteps be not moved.—Ps.
xvi. 5.
Create a clean heart in me, O God;
and renew a right spirit within my
bowels. . . .
Restore unto me the joy of thy salva­
tion, and strengthen me with a perfect
spirit.—Ps. 1. 12, 14.
Command thy strength, 0 God: con­
firm, O God, what thou hast wrought in
us.—Ps. Ixvii. 29.
Convert us, O God; and show us thy
face, and we shall be saved. . . .
Turn again, O God of hosts, look
down from heaven, and see, and visit
this vineyard:
And perfect the same which thy
right hand hath planted : and upon the
Son of man whom thou hast confirmed
for thyself.—Ps. Ixxix. 4, 15, 16.
With my whole heart have I sought
after thee: let me not stray from thy
commandments.—Ps. cxviii. 10.
Lead me into the path of thy com­
mandments; for this same I have de­
sired.
Incline my heart unto thy testi­
monies, and not to covetousness.
Turn away my eyes, that they may
not behold vanity: quicken me in thy
way. . . .
And take not thou the word of truth
utterly out of my mouth: for in thy
words I have hoped exceedingly.—Ps.
cxviii. 35-37, 43.
Quicken thou me according to thy
mercy: and I shall keep the testimonies
of thy mouth.—Ps. cxviii. 88.

Teach me to do thy will, for thou art
my God.
Thy good spirit shall lead me into
the right land.—Ps. exlii. 10.
O Lord, father, and God of my life,
leave me not to their devices.
Give me not haughtiness of my eyes,
and turn away from me all coveting.
Take from me the greediness of the
belly, and let not the lusts of the flesh
take hold of me, and give me not over
to a shameless and foolish mind.—
Ecclus. xxiii. 4-6.
Convert us, O Lord, to thee, and we
shall be converted: renew our days, as
from the beginning.—Lam. v. 21.
May God be gracious to you, and re­
member his covenant that he made with
Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, his
faithful servants:
And give you all a heart to worship
him, and to do his will with a great
heart, and a willing mind.
May he open your heart in his law,
and in his commandments, and send
you peace.—2 Mach. i. 2-4.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
be with you.—1 Cor. xvi. 23.
For this cause I bow my knees to the
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. . . .
That he would grant you, according
to the riches of his glory, to be
strengthened by his Spirit with might
unto the inward man.—Eph. iii. 14, 16.
And may the Lord multiply you, and
make you abound in charity towards
one another, and towards all men; as
we do also towards you,
To confirm your hearts without
blame, in holiness, before God and
our Father, at the coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ, with all his saints.
Amen.—1 Thess. iii. 12, 13.
And may the God of peace himself
sanctify you in all things; that your
whole spirit, and soul, and body, may
be preserved blameless in the coming
of our Lord Jesus Christ.—1 Thess.
v. 23.
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself,
and God and our Father, who hath
loved us, and hath given us everlasting
consolation, and good hope in grace,
Exhort your hearts, and confirm you
in every good work and word.—2 Thess.
ii. 15, 16.

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And may the God of peace, who
Drought again from the dead the great
pastor of the sheep, our Lord Jesus
Christ, in the blood of the everlasting
testament,
Fit you in all goodness, that you may
do his will; doing in you that which is
well pleasing in his sight, through
Jesus Christ, to whom is glory for
ever and ever. Amen.—Heb. xiii.
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I will praise thy name continually,
and will praise it with thanksgiving,
and my prayer was heard.
And thou hast saved me from de­
struction, and hast delivered me from
the evil time.
Therefore I will give thanks, and
praise thee, and bless the name of the
Lord.—Ecclus. Ii. 15-17.
And thou shalt say in that day: I
will give thanks to thee, 0 Lord, for
thou wast angry with me: thy wrath
is turned away, and thou hast com­
GRATITUDE TO GOD
forted me.—Is. xii. 1.
Therefore will I give thanks to
I will remember the tender mercies
thee, 0 Lord, among the Gentiles, of the Lord, the praise of the Lord, for
and will sing to thy name.—2 Kings all the things that the Lord hath be­
xxii. 50.
stowed upon us, and for the multitude
I will give thanks to thee in a great of his good things to the house of
church; I will praise thee in a strong Israel, which he hath given them ac­
people.—Ps. xxxiv. 18.
cording to his kindness, and according
In me, 0 God, are vows to thee, to the multitude of his mercies.—Is.
which I will pay, praises to thee.
Ixiii. 7.
Because thou hast delivered my soul
And when he went up into the ship,
from death, my feet from falling: that he that had been troubled with the
I may please in the sight of God, in devil, began to beseech him that he
the light of the living.—Ps. Iv. 12, 13. might bo with him.
And he admitted him not, but saith
Come and hear, all ye that fear God,
and I will tell you what great things to him: Go into thy house, to thy
he hath done for my soul.—Ps. Ixv. 16. friends, and tell them how great things
But we thy people, and the sheep of the Lord hath done for thee, and hath
thy pasture, will give thanks to thee had mercy on thee.
And he went his way, and began to
for ever.
We will show forth thy praise, publish in Decapolis how great things
unto generation and generation.—Ps. Jesus had done for him: and all men
wondered.—Marie v. 18-20.
Ixxviii. 13.
And as he entered into a certain
I will give great thanks to the Lord
with my mouth : and in the midst of town, there met him ten men that were
lepers, who stood afar off;
many, I will praise him.
And lifted up their voice, saying:
Because he hath stood at the right
hand of the poor, to save my soul from Jesus, master, have mercy on us.
Whom when he saw, he said: Go,
persecutors.—Ps. cviii. 30, 31.
What shall I render to the Lord, for show yourselves to the priests. And it
all the things that he hath rendered to came to pass, as they went, they were
made clean.
me?—Ps. cxv. 12.
And one of them, when he saw that
I will give glory to thee, because
thou hast heard me : and art become he was made clean, went back, with a
loud voice glorifying God.
my salvation.—Ps. cxvii. 21.
And he fell on his face before his
lie hath not done in like manner to
every nation: and his judgments he feet, giving thanks; and this was a
hath not made manifest to them.— Samaritan.—Luke xvii. 12-16.
I give him thanks who hath strength­
Ps. cxlvii. 20.
In all his works he (David) gave ened me, even to Christ Jesus our
thanks to the holy one, and to the most Lord, for that he hath counted me
High, with words of glory.—Ecclus. faithful, putting me in the ministry.—
1 Tim. i. 12.
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GRATITUDE TO GOD, EXHORTA­ heard the voice of my supplication.—
Ps. xxvii. 6.
TION TO
I will extol thee, O Lord, for thou
Give glory to the Lord, for he is hast upheld me: and hast not made my
good: for his mercy endureth for ever. enemies to rejoice over me.
Let them say so that have been re­
0 Lord my God, I have cried to thee,
deemed by the Lord, whom he hath re­ and thou hast healed me.
deemed from the hand of the enemy:
Thou hast brought forth, 0 Lord,
and gathered out of the countries.— my soul from hell: thou hast saved me
Ps. evi. 1, 2.
from them that go down into the
Give thanks whilst thou art living, pit.
whilst thou art alive and in health thou
Sing to the Lord, O ye his saints: and
shalt give thanks, and shalt praise God, give praise to the memory of his holi­
and shalt glory in his mercies.—Ecclus. ness.—Ps. xxix. 2-5.
xvii. 27.
Blessed be the Lord, for he hath
Forget not the kindness of thy shown his wonderful mercy to me in a
surety: for he hath given his life for fortified city.—Ps. xxx. 22.
thee.—Ecclus. xxix. 19.
Blessed be God, who hath not turned
And for all these things, bless the away my prayer, nor his mercy from
Lord that made thee, and that replen- me.—Ps. Ixv. 20.
isheth thee with all his good things.—
Bless the Lord, O my soul : and let
Ecclus. xxxii. 17.
all that is within me bless his holy
0 give thanks to the Lord, because name.
he is good : because his mercy endur­
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and never
eth for ever and ever.—Dan. iii. 89.
forget all he hath done for thee.
Giving thanks always for all things,
Who forgiveth all thy iniquities:
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, who healeth all thy diseases.
to God and the Father.—Eph. v. 20.
Who redeemeth thy life from de­
Giving thanks to God the Father, struction: who crowneth thee with
who hath made us worthy to be par­ mercy and compassion.—Ps. cii. 1-4.
takers of the lot of the saints in light:
And when this mortal hath put on
Who hath delivered us from the immortality, then shall come to pass
power of darkness, and hath translated the saying that is written: Death is
us into the kingdom of the Son of his swallowed up in victory.
love.—Col. i. 12, 13.
O death, where is thy victory? 0
And let the peace of Christ rejoice in death, where is thy sting? . . .
your hearts, wherein also you are called
But thanks be to God, who hath
in one body: and be ye thankful.—Col. given us the victory, through our
iii. 15.
Lord Jesus Christ.—1 Cor. xv. 54,
All whatsoever you do in word or in 55, 57.
work, do all in the name of the Lord
Blessed be the God and Father of
Jesus Christ, giving thanks» to God and our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father
the Father by him.—Col. iii. 17.
of mercies, and the God of all com­
Be instant in prayer; watching in fort.
it with thanksgiving.—Col. iv. 2.
Who comforteth us in all our tribu­
In all things give thanks; for this lations.—2 Cor. i. 3, 4.
is the will of God in Christ Jesus con­
Thanks be to God for his unspeak­
cerning you all.—1 Thess. v. 18.
able gift.—2 Cor. ix. 15.
Blessed be the God and Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath
GRATITUDE TO GOD, A
blessed us with spiritual blessings in
PRAYER OF
heavenly places, in Christ:
Now therefore, our God, we give
As he chose us in him before the
thanks to thee, and we praise thy glori­ foundation of the world, that we should
ous name.—1 Paral, xxix. 13.
be holy and unspotted in his sight in
Blessed be the Lord, for he hath charity.—Eph. i. 3, 4.

GREATNESS
GREATNESS OF GOD, THE
Because the Lord your God, he is
the God of gods, and the Lord of lords,
a great God, and mighty and terrible,
who accepteth no person nor taketh
bribes— -Deut. x. 17.
Is it then to be thought that God
should indeed dwell upon earth? for if
heaven, and the heavens of heavens
cannot contain thee, how much less
this house which I have built?—
3 Kings viii. 27.
Peradventure thou wilt comprehend
the steps of God, and wilt find out the
Almighty perfectly?
He is higher than heaven, and what
wilt thou do? he is deeper than hell,
and how wilt thou know?
The measure of him is longer than
the earth, and broader than the sea.
If he shall overturn all things, or
shall press them together, who shall
contradict him?—Job xi. 7-10.
Dost thou not think that God is
higher than heaven, and is elevated
above the height of the stars?—Job
xxii. 12.
Behold, God is great, exceeding our
knowledge: the number of his years is
inestimable.—Job xxxvi. 2’6.
We cannot find him worthily: he is
great in strength and in judgment,
and in justice, and he is ineffable.
Therefore men shall fear him, and
all that seem to themselves to be wise,
shall not dare to behold him.—Job
xxxvii. 23, 24.
For the Lord is high, terrible: a
great king over all the earth.—Ps.
xlvi. 3.
For the Lord is a great God, and a
great King above all gods.
For in his hand are all the ends of
the earth: and the heights of the
mountains are his.
For the sea is his, and he made it:
and his hands formed the dry land.—
Ps. xciv. 3-5.
For the Lord is great, and exceed­
ingly to be praised: he is to be feared
above all gods.—Ps. xcv. 4.
The Lord is high above all nations;
and his glory above the heavens.
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And looketh down on the low things
in heaven and in earth?—Ps. cxii. 4-0.
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be
praised: and of his greatness there is
no end.—Ps. cxliv. 3.
Great is our Lord, and great is his
power: and of his wisdom there is no
number.—Ps. cxlvi. 5.
There is one most high Creator Al­
mighty, and a powerful king, and
greatly to be feared, who sitteth upon
his throne, and is the God of dominion.
—Ecclus. i. 8.
What shall we be able to do to
glorify him? for the Almighty himself
is above all his works.
The Lord is terrible and exceeding
great, and his power is admirable.
Glorify the Lord as much as ever
you can, for he will yet far exceed, and
his magnificence is wonderful.
Blessing the Lord, exalt him as
much as you can: for he is above all
praise.
When you exalt him, put forth all
your strength, and be not weary: for
you can never go far enough.
Who shall see him, and declare him?
and who shall magnify him as he is
from the beginning?—Ecclus. xliii.
30-35.
Who hath measured the waters in
the hollow of his hand, and weighed
the heavens with his palm? who hath
poised with three fingers the bulk of
the earth, and weighed the moun­
tains in scales, and the hills in a bal­
ance? . . .
Behold the Gentiles are as a drop of
a bucket, and are counted as the small­
est grain of a balance: behold the isl­
ands are as a little dust.
. . . All nations are before him as
if they had no being at all, and are
counted to him as nothing, and vanity.
—Is. xl. 12, 15, 17.
Thus saith the Lord, the king of
Israel, and his redeemer, the Lord of
hosts : I am the first, and I am the last,
and besides me, there is no God.
Who is like to me? let him call and
declare: and let him set before me the
order, since I appointed the ancient
people: and the things to come, and
that shall be hereafter, let them show
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To whom have you likened me, and
Thine are riches, and thine is glory,
made me equal, and compared me, and thou hast dominion over all, in thy
made me like?
hand is power and might: in thy hand,
. . . Remember the former age, for greatness, and the empire of all things.
I am God, and there is no God beside, 1 Paral, xxix. 11, 12.
neither is there the like to me:
0 Adonai, Lord, great art thou, and
Who show from the beginning the glorious in thy power, and no one can
things that shall be at last, and from overcome thee.—Judith xvi. 16.
ancient times the things that as yet are
0 Lord, our Lord, how admirable is
not done, saying: My counsel shall thy name in the whole earth!
stand, and all my will shall be done.—
For thy magnificence is elevated
Is. xlvi. 5, 9, 10.
above the heavens.—Ps. viii. 2.
He stood and measured the earth.
Great is the Lord, and exceedingly to
He beheld, and melted the nations: be praised in the city of our God, in
and the ancient mountains were his holy mountain.—Ps. xlvii. 2.
crushed to pieces.
All the nations thou hast made
The hills of the world were bowed shall come and adore before thee, 0
down by the journeys of his eternity.— Lord: and they shall glorify thy
name.
Hab. iii. 6.
God, who made the world and all
For thou art great, and dost won­
things therein; he, being Lord of derful things: thou art God alone.—
heaven and earth, dwelleth not in tem­ Ps. Lxxxv. 9, 10.
For who in the clouds can be com­
ples made with hands;
Neither is he served with men’s pared to the Lord: or who among the
hands, as though he needed any thing; sons of God shall be like to God?
God, who is glorified in the assembly
seeing it is he who giveth to all life,
and breath, and all things.—Acts xvii. of the saints: great and terrible above
all them that are about him.
24, 25.
0 Lord God of hosts, who is like to
I charge thee: . . . That thou keep
the commandment without spot, blame­ thee? thou art mighty, O Lord, and
less, unto the coming of our Lord Jesus thy truth is round about thee.—Ps.
Ixxxviii. 7-9.
Christ,
For thou art the most high Lord over
Which in his times he shall show
who is the Blessed and only Mighty, all the earth : thou art exalted exceed­
the King of kings, and Lord of ingly above all gods.—Ps. xcvi. 9.
Bless the Lord, 0 my soul: 0 Lord,
lords ;
Who only hath immortality, and in- my God, thou art exceedingly great.—
habiteth light inaccessible, whom no Ps. ciii. 1.
For the whole world before thee is
man hath seen nor can see: to whom
be honor and empire everlasting. as the least grain of the balance, and
as a drop of the morning dew, that fallAmen.—1 Tim. vi. 14-16.
eth down upon the earth.—Wis. xi. 23.
There is none like to thee, O Lord;
GREATNESS OF GOD, ACKNOWL­
thou art great, and great is thy name
EDGMENT OF THE
in might.
Who is like to thee, among the
Who shall not fear thee, 0 king of
strong, 0 Lord? who is like to thee, nations? for thine is the glory: among
glorious in holiness, terrible and all the wise men of the nations, and in
praiseworthy, doing wonders?—Ex. all their kingdoms there is none like
xv. 11.
unto thee. . . .
Thine, 0 Lord, is magnificence, and
But the Lord is the true God: he is
power, and glory, and victory: and to the living God, and the everlasting
thee is praise: for all that is in heaven king: at his wrath, the earth shall
and in earth is thine: thine is the king­ tremble, and the nations shall not be
dom, 0 Lord, and thou art above all able to abide his threatenings.—Jer.
princes.
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GREATNESS AND POWER OF I In his hand he hideth the light, and
commandeth it to come again.—Job
GOD SHOWN BY HIS WORKS,
xxxvi. 26-32.
THE
He commandeth the snow to go
Lord God, thou hast begun to show down upon the earth, and the winter
unto thy servant thy greatness and rain, and the shower of his strength.—
most mighty hand, for there is no Job xxxvii. 6.
other God, either in heaven or earth,
Where wast thou when I laid the
that is able to do thy works, or to be foundations of the earth? tell me if
compared to thy strength.—Deut. thou hast understanding.
iii. 24.
Who hath laid the measures thereof,
Thou thyself, O Lord, alone, thou if thou knowest? or who hath stretched
hast made heaven, and the heaven of the line upon it?
heavens, and all the host thereof : the
Upon what are its bases grounded?
earth, and all things that are in it: or who laid the cornerstone there­
the seas, and all that are therein: and of? .. .
thou givest life to all these things, and
Who shut up the sea with doors,
the host of heaven adoreth thee.— when it broke forth as issuing out of
2 Esd. ix. 6.
the womb?
He stretcheth out the north over the
... I set my bounds around it,
empty space, and hangeth the earth and made it bars and doors:
upon nothing.
And I said: Hitherto thou shalt
He bindeth up the waters in his come, and shalt go no further, and here
clouds, so that they break not out and thou shalt break thy swelling waves.—
fall down together.
Job xxxviii. 4-6, 8, 10, 11.
lie withholdeth the face of his
The heavens show forth the glory of
throne, and spreadeth his cloud over it. God, and the firmament declareth the
He hath set bounds about the waters, work of his hands.
till light and darkness come to an end.
Day to day uttereth speech, and
The pillars of heaven tremble, and night to night showeth knowledge.—
dread at his beck.
Ps. xviii. 2, 3.
By his power the seas are suddenly
By the word of the Lord the heavens
gathered together, and his wisdom hath were established; and all the power of
struck the proud one.
them by the spirit of his mouth:
His spirit hath adorned the heavens,
Gathering together the waters of the
and his obstetric hand brought forth sea, as in a vessel; laying up the
the winding serpent.
depths in storehouses.
Lo, these things are said in part of
Let all the earth fear the Lord, and
his ways: and seeing we have heard let all the inhabitants of the world be
scarce a little drop of his word, who in awe of him.
shall be able to behold the thunder of
For he spoke, and they were made:
his greatness?—Job xxvi. 7-14.
he commanded, and they were created.
Behold, God is great, exceeding our —Ps. xxxii. 6-9.
knowledge: the number of his years is
Come and behold ye the works of the
inestimable.
Lord : what wonders he hath done upon
He lifteth up the drops of rain, and earth.—Ps. xiv. 9.
poureth out showers like floods:
The heavens shall confess thy won­
Which flow from the clouds that ders, 0 Lord: and thy truth, in the
cover all above.
church of the saints. . . .
If he will spread out clouds as his
Thou rulest the power of the sea:
tent,
and appeasest the motion of the waves
And lighten with his light from thereof.
above, he shall cover also the ends of
Thou hast humbled the proud one,
as one that is slain: with the arm of
the sea.
For by these he judgeth people, and thy strength thou hast scattered thy
enemies.—Ps. Ixxxviii. 6, 10, 11.
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Bless the Lord, 0 my soul: 0 Lord
Praise ye the Lord of lords: for his
my God, thou art exceeding great. . . . mercy endureth for ever.
Who stretchest out the heaven like
Who alone doth great wonders. . . .
a pavilion:
Who made the heavens in under­
Who coverest the higher rooms there­ standing. . . .
of with water.
Who established the earth above the
Who makest the clouds thy chariot: waters. . . .
who walkest upon the wings of the
Who made the great lights. . . .
winds. . . .
The sun to rule the day. . . .
Who hast founded the earth upon its
The moon and the stars to rule the
own base: it shall not be moved for night.—Ps. cxxxv. 3-9.
ever and ever.
Generation and generation shall
The deep, like a garment, is its praise thy works: and they shall de­
clothing: above the mountains shall clare thy power. . . .
the waters stand.
And they shall speak of the might of
. . . The mountains ascend, and thy terrible acts: and shall declare thy
the plains descend into the place which greatness.—Ps. cxliv. 4, G.
thou hast founded for them.
But
all
men
are
vain,
in
whom
there
Thou hast set a bound which they is not the knowledge of God: and who
shall not pass over; neither shall they by these good things that are seen,
return to cover the earth.
not understand him that is,
Thou sendest forth springs in the could
neither by attending to the works have
vales: between the midst of the hills acknowledged
who
was
the
work
­
the waters shall pass.—Ps. ciii. 1-3, 5,
man. . . .
6, 8-10.
With whose beauty, if they, being
They that go down to the sea in
ships, doing business in the great delighted, took them to be gods: let
them know how much the Lord of
waters :
These have seen the works of them is more beautiful than they: for
the Lord, and his wonders in the the first author of beauty made all
those things.
deep.
Or if they admired their power and
lie said the word, and there arose a
storm of wind : and the waves thereof their effects, let them understand by
them, that he that made them, is
were lifted up.
They mount up to the heavens, and mightier than they:
For by the greatness of the beauty,
they go down to the depths : their soul
and of the creature, the creator of
pined away with evils.
They were troubled, and reeled like them may be seen, so as to be known
a drunken man ; and all their wisdom thereby.—Wis. xiii. 1, 3-5.
The firmament on high is his
was swallowed up.
And they cried to the Lord in their beauty, the beauty of heaven with its
affliction : and he brought them out of glorious show.
The sun when he appeareth showing
their distresses.
And he turned the storm into a forth at his rising, an admirable in­
breeze; and its waves were still.—Ps. strument, the work of the most
High. ...
evi. 23-29.
Great is the Lord that made him.
l’or I have known that the Lord is
great, and our God is above all gods.
1 and at his words he hath hastened his
Whatsoever the Lord pleased he hath course.
done, in heaven, in earth, in the sea,
And the moon in all in her season, is
and in all the deeps.
for a declaration of times and a sign of
He bringeth up clouds from the end the world.
of the earth: he hath made lightnings
. . . The glory of the stars is the
for the rain.
beauty of heaven: the Lord enlightenHe bringeth forth winds out of his eth the world on high. . . .
stores.—Ps. cxxxiv. 5-7.
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him that made it: it is very beautiful who hath created these things: who
bringeth out their host by number, and
in its brightness.
It encompasseth the heaven about ealleth them all by their names: by
with the circle of its glory, the hands the greatness of his might and strength
and power, not one of them was miss­
of the most High have displayed it.
By his commandment he maketh the ing. . . .
Knowest thou not, or hast thou not
snow to fall apace, and sendeth forth
swiftly the lightnings of his judg­ heard? the Lord is the everlasting God,
who hath created the ends of the earth :
ment. . . .
By his greatness, he hath fixed the he shall not faint nor labor, neither is
clouds, and the hailstones are broken. there any searching out of his wisdom.
At his sight shall the mountains be —Is. xl. 22, 26, 28.
lie that maketh the earth by his
shaken, and at his will the south wind
power, that prepareth the world by his
shall blow.
The noise of his thunder shall strike wisdom, and stretcheth out the heavens
the earth, so doth the northern storm, by his knowledge.
At his voice, he giveth a multitude
and the whirlwind:
And as the birds lighting upon the of waters in the heaven, and lifteth
earth, he scattereth snow, and the fall­ up the clouds from the ends of the
ing thereof is as the coming down of earth: he maketh lightnings for rain,
and bringeth forth the wind out of his
locusts.
The eye admireth at the beauty of treasures.—J er. x. 12, 13.
Seek him that maketh Arcturus and
the whiteness thereof, and the heart is
Orion, and that turneth darkness into
astonished at the shower thereof.
He shall pour frost as salt upon the morning, and that changeth day into
earth: and when it freezeth, it shall night: that ealleth the waters of the
sea, and poureth them out upon the
become like the tops of thistles.
The cold north wind bloweth, and face of the earth: The Lord is his
the water is congealed into crystal ; name.
He that with a smile bringeth de­
upon every gathering together of
waters it shall rest, and shall clothe the struction upon the strong, and waste
upon the mighty.—Amos v. 8, 9.
waters as a breastplate. . . .
At his word the wind is still, and
with his thought he appeaseth the GRIEF OF CHRIST OVER THE
deep, and the Lord hath planted islands
BLINDNESS OF THE JEWS
therein.
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killLet them that sail on the sea, tell the
dangers thereof: and when we hear est the prophets, and stonest them that
are sent unto thee, how often would I
with our ears, we shall admire.
There are great and wonderful have gathered together thy children, as
works: a variety of beasts, and of all the hen doth gather her chickens under
living things, and the monstrous crea­ her wings, and thou wouldest not?—
tures of whales. . . .
Matt, xxiii. 37.
And the Pharisees came forth, and
We shall say much, and yet shall
want words; but the sum of our words began to question with him. asking
him a sign from heaven, tempting
is, He is all. . . .
There are many things hidden from him.
And sighing deeply in spirit, he
us that are greater than these: for we
have seen but a few of his works.— saith: Why doth this generation seek
a sign? Amen, I say to you, a sign
Ecclus. xliii. passim.
It is he that sitteth upon the globe shall not be given to this generation.
of the earth, and the inhabitants there­ —Mark viii. 11, 12.
And when he drew near, seeing the
of are as locusts: he that stretcheth out
the heavens as nothing, and spreadeth city, he wept over it, saying:
them out as a tent to dwell in. . . . I If thou also hadst known, and that in
Lift up your eyes on high, and see this thy day, the things that are to thy

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peace; but now they are hidden from
thy eyes.
For the days shall come upon thee:
and thy enemies shall cast a trench
about thee, and compass thee round,
and straiten thee on every side,
And beat thee flat to the ground,
and thy children who are in thee: and
they shall not leave in thee a stone
upon a stone: because thou hast not
known the time of thy visitation.—
Luke xix. 41-44.

My son, do thou nothing without
counsel, and thou shalt not repent
when thou hast done.—Ecclus. xxxii.
24.
In all thy works, let the true word
go before thee, and steady counsel be­
fore every action.—Ecclus. xxxvii. 20.
Gold and silver make the feet stand
sure: but wise counsel is above them
both.—Ecclus. xl. 25.

GUIDE, OR COUNSELLOR, NEED
OF A
Seek counsel always of a wise man.
—Tob. iv. 19.
Where there is no governor, the
people shall fall: but there is safety
where there is much counsel.—Prov.
xi. 14.
The way of a fool is right in his
own eyes: but he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsels.—Prov. xii. 15.
Among the proud there are always
contentions: but they that do all
things with counsel, are ruled by wis­
dom.—Prov. xiii. 10.
The prudent man doth all things
with counsel: but he that, is a fool, layeth open his folly.—Prov. xiii. 16.
Designs are brought to nothing
where there is no counsel: but where
there are many counsellors, they are
established.—Prov. xv. 22.
Designs are strengthened by coun­
sels: and wars are to be managed by
governments.—Prov. xx. 18.
The steps of man are guided by the
Lord: but who is the man that can
understand his own way?—Prov. xx. 24.
lie that trusteth in his own heart, is
a fool : but he that walketh wisely, he
shall be saved.—Prov. xxviii. 26.
Let not the discourse of the ancients
escape thee, for they have learned of
their fathers:
For of them thou shalt learn under­
standing, and to give an answer in time
of need.—Ecclus. viii. 11, 12.
A frame of wood bound together in
the foundation of a building, shall not
be loosed: so neither shall the heart
that is established by advised counsel.
—Ecclus. xxii. 19.

And the Lord went before them to
show’ the way by day in a pillar of a
cloud, and by night in a pillar of fire:
that he might be the guide of their
journey at both times.
There never failed the pillar of the
cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by
night, before the people.—Ex. xiii.
21, 22.
The wickedness of sinners shall be
brought to nought: and thou shalt di­
rect the just.—Ps. vii. 10.
He will guide the mild in judgment:
he will teach the meek his ways.—Ps.
xxiv. 9.
Thou hast held me by my right
hand; and by thy will thou hast con­
ducted me, and with thy glory thou
hast received me.—Ps. Ixxii. 24.
And he took away his own people as
sheep: and guided them in the wilder­
ness like a Hock.—Ps. Ixxvii. 52.
The heart of man disposeth his way:
but the Lord must direct his steps.—
Prov. xvi. 9.
The steps of man are guided by the
Lord: but who is the man that can
understand his own way?—Prov. xx. 24.
Blessed is he that is conversant in
these good things: and he that layeth
them up in his heart, shall be wise al­
ways.
For if he do them, he shall be strong
to do all things: because the light of
God guideth his steps.—Æcdus.1.30,31.
And I will lead the blind into the way
which they know not: and in the paths
which they were ignorant of I will
make them w*alk : I will make darkness
light before them, and crooked things
straight: these things have I done to
them, and have not forsaken them.—
Is. xiii. 16.

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Thus saith the Lord thy redeemer,
Set me, 0 Lord, a law in thy way,
the Holy One of Israel : I am the Lord and guide me in the right path, be­
thy God, that teach thee profitable cause of my enemies.—Ps. xxvi. 11.
things, that govern thee in the way
Conduct me, O Ix>rd, in thy way,
that thou walkest.—Is. xlviii. 17.
and I will walk in thy truth: let my
heart rejoice that it may fear thy name.
GUIDE, CHRIST OUR
—Ps. Ixxxv. 11.
Look upon thy servants, and upon
Through the bowels of the mercy of
our God, in which the Orient from on their works: and direct their children.
And let the brightness of the Lord
high hath visited us:
To enlighten them that sit in dark­ our God be upon us: and direct thou
ness, and in the shadow of death: to di­ the works of our hands over us; yea,
rect our feet into the way of peace.— the work of our hands do thou direct.
—Ps. Ixxxix. 16, 17.
Luke i. 78, 79.
Lead me into the path of thy com­
Thomas saith to him : Lord, we
know not whither thou goest; and mandments; for this same I have de­
sired.—Ps. cxviii. 35.
how can we know the way?
Direct my steps according to thy
Jesus saith to him: I am the way,
and the truth, and the life. No man word: and let no iniquity have domin­
cometh to the Father, but by me.— ion over me.—Ps. cxviii. 133.
Prove me, O God, and know my
John xiv. 5, 6.
heart: examine me, and know my
paths.
GUIDANCE FROM GOD, WE
And see if there be in me the way of
SHOULD PRAY FOR
iniquity: and lead me in the eternal
Bless God at all times: and desire of way.—Ps. cxxxviii. 23, 24.
him to direct thy ways, and that all thy
Reward them that patiently wait for
counsels may abide in him.—Tob. iv.20. thee, that thy prophets may be found
Have confidence in the Lord with all faithful: and hear the prayers of thy
thy heart, and lean not upon thy own servants,
prudence.
According to the blessing of Aaron
In all thy ways think on him, and he over thy people, and direct us into the
will direct thy steps.—Prov. iii. 5, 6. way of justice.—Ecclus. xxxvi. 18, 19.
But above all these things, pray to
And let the Lord thy God show us
the most High, that he may direct thy the way by which we may walk, and
way in truth.—Ecclus. xxxvii. 19.
the thing that we must do.—Jer. xiii. 3.
I know, 0 Lord, that the way of a
And the Lord direct your hearts, in
man is not his: neither is it in a man the charity of God, and the patience
to walk, and to direct his steps.—J er. of Christ.—2 Thess. iii. 5.
X. 23.
HABIT OF SIN, THE
GUIDANCE, A PRAYER FOR
Then hear thou them in heaven, and
forgive the sins of thy servants, and
of the people Israel : and show them the
good way wherein they should walk.—
3 Kings viii. 36.
Conduct me, O Lord, in thy justice:
because of my enemies, direct my way
in thy sight.—Ps. v. 9.
Show’, O Lord, thy ways to me, and
teach me thy paths.
Direct me in thy truth, and teach
me; for thou art God my Saviour; and
on thee have I waited all the day long.
—Ps. xxiv. 4, 5.

For my iniquities are gone over my
head: and as a heavy burden are be­
come heavy upon me.—Ps. xxxvii. 5.
For evils w’ithout number have sur­
rounded me; my iniquities have over­
taken me, and I was not able to see.
They are multiplied above the hairs
of my head: and my heart hath for­
saken me.—Ps. xxxix. 13.
For they sleep not except they have
done evil : and their sleep is taken
away, unless they have made some to
fall.*
They eat the bread of wickedness.

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and drink the wine of iniquity.—Prov.
iv. 16, 17.
It is a proverb: A young man ac­
cording to his way, even when he is
old he will not depart from it.—Prov.
xxii. 6.
If the Ethiopian can change his
skin, or the leopard, his spots: you
also may do well, when you have
learned evil.—Jer. xiii. 23.
Let not sin therefore reign in your
mortal body, so as to obey the lusts
thereof.—Rom. vi. 12.
HANDS OF GOD, WE ARE IN THE
The Lord killeth and maketh alive,
he bringeth down to hell, and bringeth
back again.
The Lord maketh poor and maketh
rich, he humbleth and he cxalteth.
He raiseth up the needy from the
dust, and lifteth up the poor from the
dunghill: that he may sit with princes,
and hold the throne of glory. For the
poles of the earth are the Lord’s, and
upon them he hath set the world.
lie will keep the feet of his saints,
and the wicked shall be silent in dark­
ness, because no man shall prevail by
his own strength.—1 Kings ii. 6-9.
For thou scourgest, and thou savest:
thou leadest down to hell, and bringest
up again: and there is none that can
escape thy hand.—Tob. xiii. 2.
I have sinned: what shall I do to
thee, 0 keeper of men? why hast thou
set me opposite to thee, and I am
become burdensome to myself?—Job
vii. 20.
But I have put my trust in thee, 0
Lord: I said: Thou art my God.
My lots are in thy hands.—Ps. xxx.
15, 16.
As the divisions of waters, so the
heart of the king is in the hand of
the Lord : whithersoever he will he
shall turn it.—Prov. xxi. 1.
If thou say: I have not strength
enough: he that seeth into the heart,
he understandeth, and nothing deceiveth the keeper of thy soul, and he shall
render to a man according to his works.
—Prov. xxiv. 12.
For in his hand are both we, and our
words, and all wisdom, and the knowl­
edge and skill of works.—Wts. vii. 16.

As the potter’s clay is in his hand,
to fashion and order it:
All his ways are according to his
ordering: so man is in the hand of him
that made him, and he will render to
him according to his judgment.—
Ecclus. xxxiii. 13, 14.
Cannot I do with you, as this potter,
O house of Israel, saith the Lord? be­
hold as clay is in the hand of the pot­
ter, so are you in my hand, O house of
Israel.—Jer. xviii. 6.
But (thou) hast lifted thyself up
against the Lord of heaven; . . . but
the God who hath thy breath in his
hand, and all thy ways, thou hast not
glorified.—Dan. v. 23.
Are not two sparrows sold for a
farthing? and not one of them shall
fall on the ground without your
Father.
But the very hairs of your head are
all numbered.
Fear not therefore: better are you
than many sparrows.—Matt. x. 29-31.
HANDS OF GOD, ALL THINGS
ARE IN THE
Who is ignorant that the hand of
the Lord hath made all these things?
Tn whose hand is the soul of every
living thing, and the spirit of all flesh
of man.—Job xii. 9, 10.
Our God is the God of salvation:
and of the Lord, of the Lord are the
issues from death.—Ps. Ixvii. 21.
The power of the earth is in the
hand of God, and in his time he will
raise up a profitable ruler over it.
The prosperity of man is in the hand
of God, and upon the person of the
scribe he shall lay his honor.—Ecclus.
x. 4, 5.
Good things and evil, life and death,
poverty and riches, are from God.—
Ecclus. xi. 14.
For it is easy in the eyes of God, on
a sudden to make the poor man rich.—
Ecclus. xi. 23.
And he (God) changeth times and
ages: taketh away kingdoms, and es­
tablished! them, giveth wisdom to the
wise, and knowledge to them that have
understanding.—Dan. ii. 21.
Neither is he (God) served with

HATRED

It is joy to the just to do judgment:
and dread to them that work iniquity.—
Prov. xxi. 15.
The fear of the Lord is honor, and
glory, and gladness, and a crown of joy.
The fear of the Lord shall delight
the heart, and shall give joy, and glad­
ness, and length of days. . . .
Religiousness shall keep and justify
the heart, it shall give joy and glad­
ness.—Ecclus. i. 11, 12, 18.
If so be you have tasted that the
HANDS OF GOD, WE SHOULD Lord is sweet.—1 Peter ii. 3.
PUT OURSELVES IN THE
HAPPINESS
OF
THE
JUST
MAN
See: iVbandonment of oneself to
God—page 11.
See: Just man, happiness of the—
page 262.
HAPPINESS IS FROM GOD,
ALL TRUE
HATRED
See: Joy, spiritual—page 24A
i Thou shalt not hate thy brother in
thy heart, but reprove him openly, lest
HAPPINESS IN SERVING GOD thou incur sin through him.—Lev.
0 how great is the multitude of thy xix. 17.
sweetness, O Lord, which thou hast
Hatred stirreth up strifes: and char­
ity covereth all sins.—Prov. x. 12.
hidden for them that fear thee!
He that despiseth the poor, reWhich thou hast wrought for them
that hope in thee, in the sight of the proacheth his Maker; and he that rejoiceth at another man’s ruin, shall not
sons of men.—Ps. xxx. 20.
0 taste, and see that the Lord is be unpunished.—Prov. xvii. 5.
When thy enemy shall fall, be not
sweet: blessed is the man that hopeth
glad, and in his ruin, let not thy heart
in him.—Ps. xxxiii. 9.
Delight in the Lord, and he will give rejoice:
Lest the Lord see, and it displease
thee the requests of thy heart.—Ps.
him, and he turn away his wrath from
xxxvi. 4.
For thou hast given me, O Lord, a him.—Prov. xxiv. 17, 18.
Rejoice not at the death of thy
delight in thy doings: and in the
works of thy hands, I shall rejoice.— enemy; knowing that we all die, and
are not willing that others should re­
Ps. xci. 5.
Sing joyfully to God, all the earth: joice at our death.—Ecclus. viii. 8.
Let all bitterness, and anger, and in­
serve ye the Lord with gladness.
Come in before his presence with ex­ dignation, and clamor, and blasphemy,
be put away from you, with all malice.
ceeding great joy.—Ps. xeix. 2.
Let my speech be acceptable to him: —Eph. iv. 31.
He that saith he is in the light, and
but I will take delight in the Lord.—
hateth his brother, is in darkness even
Ps. ciii. 34.
T have been delighted in the way of until now’. . . .
But he that hateth his brother is in
thy testimonies, as in all riches. . . .
I have purchased thy testimonies for darkness, and walketh in darkness, and
an inheritance for ever: because they know’eth not whither he goeth; because
are the joy of my heart.—Ps. cxviii. the darkness hath blinded his eyes.—
1 John ii. 9, 11.
14, 111.
Whosoever hateth his brother, is a
They have called the people happy,
that hath these things: but happy is murderer. And you know’ that no mur­
that people whose God is the Lord.— derer hath eternal life abiding in him­
self.—1 John iii. 15.
Ps. exliii. 15.

men’s hands, as though ho needed any
thing; seeing it is he who giveth to all
life, and breath, and all things:
And hath made of one, all mankind,
to dwell upon the whole face of the
earth, determining appointed times,
and the limits of their habitation.—
Acts xvii. 25, 26.
For of him, and by him, and in him,
are all things: to him be glory for ever.
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If any man say, I love God, and hat-1
eth his brother; he is a liar. For he
that loveth not his brother, whom he i
seeth, how can he love God, whom he I
i
seeth not?—1 John iv. 20.
HEALING IS FROM GOD, ALL
See: Physician, God our—page 381.
HEALTH OF BODY, A
BLESSING
Better is a poor man who is sound,
and strong of constitution, than a rich
man, who is weak and afflicted with
evils.
Health of the soul in holiness of jus­
tice, is better than all gold and silver:
IIMÏ

bringeth forth good things: and an evil
man out of an ovil treasure bringeth
forth evil things.—Mall. xii. 34, 35.
But the things which proceed out ot
the mouth, come forth from the heart,
and those things defile a man.
For from the heart come forth evil
thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornica­
tions, thefts, false testimonies, blas­
phemies.
These are the things that defile a
man.—Matt. xv. 18-20.
All things are clean to the clean: but
to them that are defiled, and to unbe­
lievers, nothing is clean: but both
their mind and their conscience are de­
filed.—Titus i. 15.
HEART, PURITY OF
See also: Innocence—page 244.

nues.
There is no riches above the riches of
the health of the body: and there is no
Who shall ascend into the mountain
pleasure above the joy of the heart.
of the Lord: or who shall stand in his
Better is death, than a bitter life: holy place?
and everlasting rest, than continual
The innocent in hands, and clean of
sickness.—Ecclus. xxx. 14-17.
heart, who hath not taken his soul in
vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his
HEART, PERVERSITY OF
neighbor.
He shall receive a blessing from the
See also: Inclinations of man, evil
Lord, and mercy from God his Saviour.
—page 234.
—Ps. xxiii. 3-5.
A perverse heart is abominable to
Create a clean heart in me, O God:
the Lord: and his will is in them that and renew a right spirit within my
walk sincerely.—Prov. xi. 20.
bowels.—Ps. 1. 12.
He that is of a perverse heart, shall
Let my heart be undefiled in thy
not find good : and he that perverteth justifications, that I may not be con­
his tongue, shall fall into evil.—Prov. founded.—Ps. cxviii. 80.
xvii. 20.
With all watchfulness keep thy
The perverse are hard to be cor­ heart, because life issueth out from it.
rected, and the number of fools is in­ —Prov. iv. 23.
finite.—Eccles, i. 15.
The perverse way of a man is
An evil eye is towards evil things: strange: but as for him that is pure, his
and he shall not have his fill of bread, work is right.—Prov. xxi. 8.
but shall be needy and pensive at his
He that loveth cleanness of heart,
own table.—Ecclus. xiv. 10.
for the grace of his lips, shall have the
A perverse heart will cause grief, king for his friend.—Prov. xxii. 11.
and a man of experience will resist it.
Blessed are the clean of heart: for
—Ecclus. xxxvi. 22.
they shall see God.—Malt. v. 8.
The heart is perverse above all
And we know that to them that love
things, and unsearchable, who can God, all things work together unto
know it?—J er. xvii. 9.
good, to such as, according to his pur­
0 generation of vipers, how can you pose, are called to be saints.—Rom.
speak good things, whereas you are viii. 28.
evil? for out of the abundance of the
Grace be with all them that love
heart the mouth speaketh.
our Lord Jesus Christ in incorruption.
A good man out of a good treasure Amen.—Eph. vi. 24.

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Now the end of the commandment is I but the earth he has given to the chilcharity, from a pure heart, and a good dren of men.—Ps. cxiii. (.Heb. cxv.) 16.
conscience, and an unfeigned faith.—
Open ye the gates, and let the just
1 Tim. i. 5.
nation, that keepeth the truth, enter in.
All things are clean to the clean.— —Is. xxvi. 2.
Titus i. 15.
They shall not hunger, nor thirst,
Let us draw near with a true heart in neither shall the heat nor the sun strike
fulness of faith, having our hearts | them: for he that is merciful to them,
sprinkled from an evil conscience, and shall be their shepherd, and at the founour bodies washed with clean water.— t tains of waters he shall give them drink.
—Is. xlix. 10.
Heb. x. 22.
Thou shalt no more have the sun for
thy light by day, neither shall the
HEART TO GOD, WE SHOULD
brightness of the moon enlighten thee:
GIVE ALL OUR
but the Lord shall be unto thee for an
My heart is ready, O God, my heart is everlasting light, and thy God for thy
ready: I will sing, and will give praise, glory.
with my glory.—Ps. cvii. 2.
Thy sun shall go down no more, and
My son, give me thy heart: and let thy moon shall not decrease: for the
thy eyes keep my ways.—Prov. xxiii. 26. Lord shall be unto thee for an ever­
‘For the bed is straitened, so that one lasting light, and the days of thy
must fall out, and a short covering can­ mourning shall be ended.
not cover both.—Is. xxviii. 20.
And thy people shall be all just, they
No man can serve two masters. For shall inherit the land for ever, the
either he will hate the one, and love the | branch of my planting, the work of my
other: or he will sustain the one, and I hand to glorify me.—Is. lx. 19-21.
despise the other. You cannot serve
O Israel, how great is the house of
God and mammon.—Matt. vi. 24.
God, and how vast is the place of his
HEAVEN
I possession !
It is great, and hath no end: it is
Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and high and immense.—Bar. iii. 24, 25.
Then shall the king say to them that
be ye lifted up, 0 eternal gates : and the
shall be on his right hand: Come,
King of Glory shall enter in.
Who is this King of Glory? The ye blessed of my Father, possess you
Lord who is strong and mighty: the the kingdom prepared for you from
the foundation of the world.—Matt.
Lord mighty in battle.
Lift up your gates, 0 ye princes, and XXV. 34.
In my Father’s house there are many
he ye lifted up, O eternal gates: and the
mansions. If not, I would have told
King of Glory shall enter in.
Who is this King of Glory? The you : because I go to prepare a place for
Lord of hosts, he is the King of Glory. you.—John xiv. 2.
But, as it is written: That eye hath
—Ps. xxiii. 7-10.
Blessed is he whom thou hast chosen not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it
and taken to thee : he shall dwell in thy entered into the heart of man, what
things God hath prepared for them that
courts.
We shall be filled with the good love him.—1 Cor. ii. 9.
One is the glory of the sun. another
things of thy house.—Ps. Ixiv. 5.
Bless the Lord, O my soul : and let the glory of the moon, and another the
all that is within me bless his holy glory of the stars. For star differeth
from star in glory.
name. . . .
So also is the resurrection of the
Who satisfieth thy desire with good
things: thy youth shall be renewed dead. It is sown in corruption, it shall
rise in incorruption.
like the eagle’s.—Ps. cii. 1, 5.
It is sown in dishonor, it shall rise in
The heaven of heaven is the Lord’s:
Ht Ir too narrow to hold two ; God will have glory. It is sown in weakness, it shall
rise in power.
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It is sown a natural body, it shall rise written in the book of life of the
a spiritual body.—1 Cor. xv. 41-44.
Lamb.—Apoc. xxi. 22, 23, 25, 27.
If I must glory (it is not expedient
indeed) : but I will come to visions and
HEAVEN, A PLACE OF
revelations of the Lord. . . .
HAPPINESS
And I know such a man (whether in
the body, or out of the body, I know
Thou hast made known to me the
not: God knoweth):
ways of life, thou shalt fill me with joy
That he was caught up into paradise, with thy countenance: at thy right
and heard secret words, which it is not hand are delights even to the end.—
granted to man to utter.—2 Cor. xii. Ps. xv. 11.
1, 3, 4.
They shall be inebriated with the
And he gave some apostles and some plenty of thy house; and thou shalt
prophets: . . .
make them drink of the torrent of thy
For the perfecting of the saints, for pleasure.
the work of the ministry, for the edify­
For with thee is the fountain of life;
ing of the body of Christ:
and in thy light, we shall see light.—
Until we all meet into the unity of Ps. XXXV. 9, 10.
faith, and of the knowledge of the Son
Glorious things are said of thee, 0
of God, unto a perfect man, unto the city of God. . . .
measure of the age of the fulness of
The dwelling in thee is, as it were,
Christ—Epn. iv. 11-13.
of all rejoicing.—Ps. Ixxxvi. 3, 7.
But our conversation is in heaven;
lie shall cast death down headlong
from whence also we look for the for ever: and the Lord God shall wipe
Saviour, our Lord Jesus Christ,
away tears from every face, and the re­
Who will reform the body of our proach of his people he shall take away
lowness, made like to the body of his from off the whole earth: for the Lord
glory, according to the operation where­ hath spoken it.
by also he is able to subdue all things
And they shall say in that day: Lo,
unto himself.—Philipp, iii. 20, 21.
this is our God, we have waited for him,
Therefore they are before the throne and he will save us: this is the Lord,
of God, nini they serve him day and we have patiently waited for him, we
night in his temple: and he that sitteth shall rejoice and be joyful in his salva­
on the throne shall dwell over them.
tion.—Is. XXV. 8, 9.
They shall no more hunger nor thirst,
And in that day the deaf shall hear
neither shall the sun fall on them, nor the words of the book, and out of dark­
any heat.
ness and obscurity the eyes of the blind
For the Lamb, which is in the midst shall see.
of the throne, shall rule them, and shall
And the meek shall increase their joy
lead them to the fountains of the waters in the Lord, and the poor men shall re­
of life, and God shall wipe away all joice in the Holy One of Israel.—Is.
tears from their eves.—Apoc. vii. 15, xxix. 18, 19.
16. 17.
Then shall the eyes of the blind be
And I saw no temple therein. For opened, and the ears of the deaf shall
the Lord God Almighty is the temple be unstopped.
Then shall the lame man leap as a
thereof, and the Lamb.
And the city had no need of the sun, hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall
nor of the moon, to shine in it. For be free: for waters are broken out in
the glory of God hath enlightened it, the desert, and streams in the wilder­
and the Lamb is the lamp thereof. . . . ness. . . .
And a path and a way shall be there,
And the gates thereof shall not be
shut by day: for there shall be no night and it shall be called the holy way: the
unclean shall not pass over it, and this
there. . . .
There shall not enter into it any shall be unto you a straight way, so
thing defiled, or that worketh abomina­ that fools shall not err therein.
No lion shall be there, nor shall any
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mischievous beast go up by it, nor be
found there: but they shall walk there
that shall be delivered.
And the redeemed of the Lord shall
return, and shall come into Sion with
praise, and everlasting joy shall be upon
their heads: they shall obtain joy and
gladness, and sorrow and mourning
shall flee away.—Is. xxxv. 5, 6, 8-10.
For behold I create new heavens, and
a new earth: and the former things
shall not be in remembrance, and they
shall not come upon the heart.
But you shall be glad and rejoice for
ever m these things which I create: for
behold I create Jerusalem a rejoicing,
and the people thereof joy.
And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and
joy in my people, and the voice of weep­
ing shall no more be heard in her, nor
the voice of crying.—Is. Ixv. 17-19.
And I heard a great voice from the
throne, saying: Behold the tabernacle
of God with men, and he will dwell with
them. And they shall be his people;
and God himself with them shall be
their God.
And God shall wipe away all tears
from their eyes: and death shall be no
more, nor mourning, nor crying, nor
sorrow shall be any more, for the former
things are passed away.—Apoc. xxi.
3, 4.
HEAVEN A PLACE OF REST
There the wicked cease from tumult,
and there the wearied in strength are
at rest.
And they sometime bound together
without disquiet, have not heard the
voice of the oppressor.
The small and great are there, and
the servant is free from his master.—
Job iii. 17-19.
Seeing it is a just thing with God
to repay tribulation to them that
trouble you :
And to you who are troubled, rest
with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be
revealed from heaven, with the angels
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shall dwell with thy countenance.—Ps.
cxxxix. 14.
For we know in part, and we prophesy
in part.
But when that which is perfect ia
come, that which ia in part, shall be
done away. . . .
We see now through a glass in a dark
manner; but then face to face. Now I
know in part; but then I shall know
even as I am known.—1 Cor. xiii. 9,
10, 12.
But we all beholding the glory of the
Lord with open face, are transformed
into the same image, from glory to
glory, as by the Spirit of the Lord.—
2 Cor. iii. 18.
Dearly beloved, we are now the sons
of God; and it hath not yet appeared
what we shall be. We know, that, when
he shall appear, we shall be like to him:
because we shall see him as he is.—
1 John iii. 2.
After this, I saw a great multitude,
which no man could number, of all na­
tions, and tribes, and peoples, and
tongues, standing before the throne, and
in sight of the Lamb, clothed with
white robes, and palms in their
hands. . . .
Therefore they are before the throne
of God, and they serve him day and
night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne, shall dwell over
them.—Apoc. vii. 9, 15.
And there shall be no curse any more ;
but the throne of God and of the
Lamb shall be in it, and his servants
shall serve him.
And they shall see his face: and his
name shall be on their foreheads.—
Apoc. xxii. 3, 4.

HEAVEN, ETERNITY OF
Let nothing hinder thee from pray­
ing always, and be not afraid to be
justified even to death: for the reward
of God continueth for ever.—Ecclus.
xviii. 22.
God will clothe thee with the double
garment of justice, and will set a crown
on thy head of everlasting honor.—Bar.
HEAVEN, THE BEATIFIC
v. 2.
VISION OF
And these shall go into everlasting
But ns for the just, they shall give punishment: but the just inte life ever­
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While we look not at the things which this habitation be dissolved, that we
are seen, but at the things which are have a building of God, a house not
not seen. For the things which are made with hands, eternal in heaven.
For in this also we groan, desiring to
seen, are temporal ; but the things which
are not seen, are eternal.—2 Cor. iv. 18. be clothed upon with our habitation
For we know, if our earthly house of that is from heaven.
this habitation be dissolved, that we
Yet so that we be found clothed, not
have a building of God, a house not naked.
For we also, who are in this taber­
made with hands, eternal in heaven.—
nacle, do groan, being burthened; be­
2 Cor. v. 1.
Blessed be the God and Father of our cause we would not be unclothed, but
Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his clothed upon, that that which is mortal
great mercy, hath regenerated us unto may be swallowed up by life.—2 Cor.
a lively hope, by the resurrection of.
But we are confident, and have a good
Jesus Christ from the dead,
Unto an inheritance incorruptible will to be absent rather from the body,
and undefiled, and that cannot fade, re­ and to be present with the Lord.
And therefore we labor, whether ab­
served in heaven for you.—1 Peter i.
sent or present, to please him.—2 Cor.
3, 4.
And night shall be no more: and they v. 8, 9.
For to me, to live is Christ: and to
shall not need the light of the lamp, nor
the light of the sun, because the Lord die is gain. . . .
But I am straitened between two:
God shall enlighten them, and they
shall reign for ever and ever.—Apoc. having a desire to be dissolved and to be
with Christ, a thing by far the better —
xxii. 5.
Philipp, i. 21, 23.
HEAVEN, OUR TRUE HOME
Therefore, if you be risen with
See also: Life, a pilgrimage upon Christ, seek the things that are above;
where Christ is sitting at the right
earth—page 282.
hand of God :
All these died according to faith,
Mind the things that are above, not
not having received the promises, but the things that are upon the earth.—
beholding them afar off, and saluting Col. iii. 1, 2.
them, and confessing that they are pil­
For they that say these things, do
grims and strangers on the earth.
signify that they seek a country. . . .
For they that say these things, do sig­ But now they desire a better, that is
nify that they seek a country. . . .
to say, a heavenly country.—Heb. xi.
But now they desire a better, that is 14, 16.
to say, a heavenly country. Therefore
For we have not here a lasting city,
God is not ashamed to be called their but we seek one that is to come.—Heb.
God; for he hath prepared for them a xiii. 14.
city.—Heb. xi. 13, 14, 16.
And the spirit and the bride say:
For we have not here a lasting city, Come. And he that heareth, let him
but we seek one that is to come.—Heb. say: Come. And he that thirsteth, let
xiii. 14.
him come: and he that will, let him take
the water of life, freely.—Apoc. xxii. 17.
HEAVEN, DESIRE OF
As the hart panteth after the foun­
HEAVEN, HOPE OF
tains of water; so my soul panteth
after thee, 0 God.
For I know that my Redeemer liveth,
My soul hath thirsted after the strong and in the last day I shall rise out of
living God; when shall I come and ap­ the earth.
pear before the face of God?—Ps. xii.
And T shall be clothed again with my
2, 3.
skin, and in my flesh I shall see my
Thy kingdom come.—Hatt. vi. 10.
God.
For we know’, if our earthly house of
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eyes shall behold, and not another: this
my hojHj is laid up in my bosom.—Job
xix. 25-27.
I believe to see the good things of the
Lord in the land of the living.—Ps.
xxvi. 13.
If (according to man) I fought with
beasts at Ephesus, what doth it profit
me, if the dead rise not again? Let us
eat and drink, for to-morrow we shall
die.—1 Cor. xv. 32.
But let us, who are of the day, be
sober, having on the breastplate of faith
and charity, and for a helmet, the hope
of salvation.—1 7'hess. v. 8.
Dearly beloved, we are now the sons
of God; and it hath not yet appeared
what we shall be. We know, that, when
he shall appear, we shall be like to him :
because we shall see him as he is.
And every one that hath this hope in
him, sanctifieth himself, as he also is
holy.—1 John iii. 2, 3.
HEAVEN, GOD HAS MADE US
HEIRS OF
For the Spirit himself giveth testi­
mony to our spirit, that we are the sons
of God.
And if sons, heirs also; heirs indeed
of God, and joint heirs with Christ: yet
so, if we suffer with him, that we may
be also glorified with him.—Rom. viii.
16, 17.
And because you are sons, God hath
sent the Spirit of his Son into your
hearts, crying: Abba. Father.
Therefore now’ he is not a servant,
but a son. And if a son, an heir also,
through God.—Gal. iv. 6, 7.
Tn whom (Christ) also believing, you
were signed with the holy Spirit of
promise.
Who is the pledge of our inheritance,
unto the redemption of acquisition,
unto the praise of his glory.—Eph. i.
13. 14.
But when the goodness and kindness
of God our Saviour appeared :
Not by the w’orks of justice, which
we have done, but according to his
mercy, he saved us, by the laver of re­
generation, and renovation of the I Toly
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may be heirs, according to hope of life
everlasting.—Titus iii. 4, 5, 7.
Blessed be the God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his
great mercy, hath regenerated us unto
a lively hope, by the resurrection of
Jesus Christ from the dead,
Unto an inheritance incorruptible and
undefiled, and that cannot fade, reserved
in heaven for you.—1 Peter i. 3, 4.
Who (Christ) is on the right hand of
God, swallowing down death, that we
might be made heirs of life everlasting.
—1 Peter iii. 22.
HEAVEN, WE MUST WORK AND
FIGHT TO GAIN
The life of man upon earth is a war­
fare, and his days are like the days of a
hireling.—Job vii. 1.
And from the days of John the Bap­
tist until now’, the kingdom of heaven
suffereth violence, and the violent bear
it away.—Matt., xi. 12.
And behold a certain lawyer stood up,
tempting him, and saying: Master,
what must I do to possess eternal life?
But he said to him : What is written
in the law? how’ readcst thou?
He answering, said: Thou shalt love
the Lord thy God with thy whole heart,
and w’ith thy whole soul, and with all
thy strength, and w’ith all thy mind:
and thy neighbor as thyself.
And he said to him: Thou hast an­
swered right : this do, and thou shalt
live.—Luke x. 25-28.
The law’ and the prophets were until
John; from that time, the kingdom of
God is preached, and every one useth
violence towards it.—Luke xvi. 16.
Labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for that which endureth unto
life everlasting, which the Son of man
w’ill give you. For him hath God, the
Father, sealed.—John vi. 27.
Know’ you not that they that run in
the race, all run indeed, but one receiv­
ed» the prize? So run that you may ob­
tain.
And every one that striveth for the
mastery, refraineth himself from all
things: and they indeed that they may
receive a corruptible crown; but we, an
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Where their worm dieth not, and the
This precept I commend to thee, O
son Timothy; according to the prophe­ fire is not extinguished.
And if thy eye scandalize thee, pluck
cies going on before thee, that thou war
it out. It is better for thee with one
in them a good warfare,
Having faith and a good conscience, eye to enter into the kingdom of God,
which some rejecting, have made ship­ than having two eyes, to be cast into
wreck concerning the faith.—1 Tim. i. the hell of fire:
Where their worm dieth not, and the
18, 19.
Fight the good fight of faith: lay fire is not extinguished.—Mark ix.
hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art 42-47.
And it came to pass that the beggar
called, and hast confessed a good con­
fession before many witnesses.—1 Tim. died, and was carried by the angels into
Abraham’s bosom. And the rich man
vi. 12.
Labor as a good soldier of Christ also died; and he was buried in hell.
And lifting up his eyes, when he was
Jesus. . . .
For he also that striveth for the mas­ in torments, he saw Abraham afar off,
tery, is not crowned, except he strive and Lazarus in his bosom:
And he cried, and said: Father Abra­
lawfully.—2 Tim. ii. 3, 5.
I have fought a good fight, I have ham, have mercy on me, and send
finished my course, I have kept the Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his
finger in water, to cool my tongue: for
faith.
As to the rest, there is laid up for me I am tormented in this flame.
And Abraham said to him : Son, re­
a crown of justice, which the Lord, the
just judge, will render to me in that member that thou didst receive good
day: and not only to me, but to them things in thy lifetime, and likewise
also that love his coming.—2 Tim. iv. Lazarus, evil things, but now he is
comforted; and thou art tormented.
7, 8.
And besides all this, between us and
And therefore we also, having so
great a cloud of witnesses over our you, there is fixed a great chaos: so that
head, laying aside every weight and sin they who would pass from hence to
which surrounds us, let us run by pa­ you, cannot, nor from thence, come
tience to the fight proposed to us.—IIeb. hither.—Luke xvi. 22-26.
And to you who are troubled, rest
xii. 1.
with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be
HELL
revealed from heaven, with the angels
He shall be punished for all that he of his power :
did, and yet shall not be consumed : ac­
In a flame of fire, giving vengeance
cording to the multitude of his devices, to them who know not God, and who
so also shall he suffer.—Job xx. 18.
obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus
The sinners in Sion are afraid, Christ.
trembling hath seized upon the hypo­
Who shall suffer eternal punishment
crites. Which of you can dwell with in destruction, from the face of the
devouring fire? which of you shall Lord, and from the glory of his power.
dwell with everlasting burnings?—Is. —2 7'hess. i. 7-9.
xxxiii. 14.
And he (the angel) opened the bot­
And if thy hand scandalize thee, cut tomless pit: and the smoke of the pit
it off: it is better for thee to enter into arose, as the smoke of a great furnace;
life, maimed, than, having two hands, and the sun and the air were darkened
to go into hell, into unquenchable fire: with the smoke of the pit.—Apoc. ix. 2.
Where their worm dieth not, and the
fire is not extinguished.
And if thy foot scandalize thee, cut HELL A PLACE OF DARKNESS
AND HORROR
it off. It is better for thee to enter lame
into life everlasting, than having two
Suffer me therefore that I may
feet, to be cast into \he hell of un­ lament my sorrow a little:
quenchable fire: *
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with pure wine in the cup of his wrath,
and shall be tormented with fire and
brimstone in the sight of the holy an­
gels, and in the sight of the Lamb.
And the smoke of their torments shall
ascend up for ever and ever: neither
have they rest day nor night, who have
adored the beast and his image, and
whoever receiveth the character of his
name.—Apoc. xiv. 9-11.
And the beast was taken, and with
him the false prophet, who wrought
signs before him, wherewith he seduced
them who received the character of the
beast, and who adored his image.
These two were cast alive into the pool
of fire, burning with brimstone.—Apoc.
xix. 20.
And there came down fire from God
out of heaven, and devoured them; and
HELL A PLACE OF SUFFERING the devil, who seduced them, was cast
For he will give fire, and worms into into the pool of fire and brimstone,
their flesh, that they may burn, and where both the beast,
may feel for ever.—Judith xvi. 21.
And the false prophet shall be tor­
All darkness is hid in his secret mented day and night for ever and ever.
places: a fire that is not kindled shall —Apoc. xx. 9, 10.
devour him, he shall be afflicted, when
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and
left in his tabernacle.—Job xx. 26.
the abominable, and murderers, and
Thou shalt make them as an oven of whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idol­
fire, in the time of thy anger: the Lord aters, and all liars, they shall have their
shall trouble them in his wrath, and fire portion in the pool burning with fire
shall devour them.—Ps. xx. 10.
and brimstone, which is the second
Humble thy spirit very much: for death.—Apoc. xxi. 8.
the vengeance on the flesh of the un­
godly is fire and worms.—Ecclus.
HELL, ETERNITY OF
vii. 19.
See:
Part
II
—
page
705.
And they shall go out, and see the
carcasses of the men that have trans­ HELP AND PROTECT ONE AN­
gressed against me: their worm shall
OTHER, WE SHOULD
not die, and their fire shall not be
quenched : and they shall be a loathsome
Deliver him that suffereth wrong out
sight to all flesh.—Is. Ixvi. 24.
of the hand of the proud: and be not
Then shall he say to them also that faint-hearted in thy soul.—Ecclus. iv. 9.
shall be on his left hand: Depart from
Every one shall help his neighbor,
me, you cursed, into everlasting fire, and shall say to his brother : Be of good
which was prepared for the devil and courage.—Is. xii. 6.
his angels. . . .
I have showed you all things, how
And thee shall go into everlasting that so laboring, you ought to support
punishment.—Matt. xxv. 41, 46.
the weak, and to remember the word of
And the third angel followed them, the Lord Jesus, how he said : It is a
saying with a loud voice: If any man more blessed thing to give, rather than
shall adore the beast and his image, and to receive.—Ads xx. 35.
receive his character in his forehead, or
Bear ye one another’s burdens; and
in his hand;
so you shall fulfil the law of Christ.—
He also shall drink of the wine of Gal. vi. 2.
the wrath of God, which is mingled
I therefore, a prisoner in the Lord,

a land that is dark, and covered with
the mist of death :
A land of misery and darkness, where
the shadow of death, and no order, but
everlasting horror dwelleth.—Job x.
20, 21, 22.
And the unprofitable servant cast ye
out into the exterior darkness. There
shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
—Matt. XXV. 30.
And the angels who kept not their
principality, but forsook their own
habitation, he hath reserved under
darkness in everlasting chains, unto the
judgment of the great day.—Jude i. 6.
Raging waves of the sea, foaming out
their own confusion; wandering stars,
to whom the storm of darkness is re­
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beseech you that you walk worthy of the
vocation in which you are called,
With all humility and mildness, with
patience, supporting one another in
charity.—Eph. iv. 1, 2.
And we beseech you, brethren, rebuke
the unquiet, comfort the feebleminded,
support the weak, be patient towards all
men.
See that none render evil for evil to
any man ; but ever follow that which is
good towards each other, and towards
all men.—1 Thess. v. 14, 15.
Religion clean and undefiled before
God and the Father, is this: to visit
the fatherless and widows in their tribu­
lation: and to keep one’s self un­
spotted from this world.—James i. 27.
HELP ONE ANOTHER IN DOING
GOOD, WE SHOULD
Do not withhold him from doing
good, who is able: if thou art able, do
good thyself also.—Prov. iii. 27.
The fruit of the just man is a tree
of life: and he that gaineth souls, is
wise.—Prov. xi. 30.
It is good that thou shouldst hold up
the just, yea, and from him withdraw
not thy hand: for he that feareth God,
neglecteth nothing.—Eccles, vii. 19.
Despise not a man that turneth away
from sin, nor reproach him therewith:
remember that we are all worthy of re­
proof.—Ecclus. viii. 6.
How much better is it to reprove,
than to be angry, and not to hinder him
that confesseth in prayer.—Ecclus. xx. 1.
But they that are learned shall shine
as the brightness of the firmament: and
they that instruct many to justice, as
stars for all eternity.—Dan. xii. 3.
Now him that is weak in faith, take
unto you : not in dispute about
thoughts.—Rom. xiv. 1.
And let us consider one another, to
provoke unto charity and to good works.
—IIeb. X. 24.
As every man hath received grace,
ministering the same one to another:
as good stewards of the manifold grace
of God.—1 Peter iv. 10.
HELP, OUR NEED OF GOD’S
See also: Grace, our need of God’s—
page 175.

0 our God, wilt thou not then judge
them? as for us, we have not strength
enough, to be able to resist this multi­
tude, which cometh violently upon us.
But as wo know not what to do, we
can only turn our eyes to thee.—2 Paral.
xx. 12.
And if thou think that battles con­
sist in the strength of the army, God
will make thee to be overcome by the
enemies: for it belongeth to God both to
keep, and to put to flight.—2 Paral.
XXV. 8.
Behold there is no help for me in my­
self, and my familiar friends also are
departed from me.—Job vi. 13.
Depart not from me.
For tribulation is very near: for there
is none to help me.—Ps. xxi. 12.
Who shall rise up for me against the
evil doers? or who shall stand with me
against the workers of iniquity?
Unless the Lord had been my helper,
my soul had almost dwelt in hell.—
Ps. xciii. 16, 17.
If it had not been that the Lord was
with us, let Israel now say:
If it had not been that the Lord was
with us,
When men rose up against us,
Perhaps they had swallowed us up
alive.
When their fury was enkindled
against us, perhaps the water had swal­
lowed us up.
Our soul hath passed through a tor­
rent : perhaps our soul had passed
through a water insupportable.
Blessed be the Lord, who hath not
given us to be a prey to their teeth.—
Ps. cxxiii. 1-6.
Unless the Lord build the house, they
labor in vain that build it.
Unless the Lord keep the city, he
watcheth in vain, that keepeth it.—Ps.
cxxvi. 1.
I looked on my right hand, and be­
held, and there was no one that would
know me.
Flight hath failed me: and there is
no one that hath regard to my soul.
I cried to thee, O Lord : I said : Thou
art my hope, my portion in the land
of the living.
Attend to my supplication: for I am
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Deliver me from my persecutors; for 11and I shall live: and let me not be con­
they are stronger than I.—Ps. cxli. 5-7. founded in my expectation.
Help me, and I shall be saved: and I
How shall we be able to stand before
their face, unless thou, 0 God, help us? will meditate always on thy justifica­
tions.—Ps. cxviii. 116, 117.
—1 Mach. iii. 53.
Now when he (Jesus) had ceased to
HELPER, GOD OUR
speak, he said to Simon : Launch out
into the deep, and let down your nets
Behave like men, and take courage:
for a draught.
be not afraid, nor dismayed for the
And Simon answering, said to him: king of the Assyrians, nor for all the
Master, we have labored all the night, multitude that is with him: for there
and have taken nothing: but at thy are many more with us than with him.
word, I will let down the net.—Luke i For with him is an arm of flesh; but
with us the Lord our God, who is our
v. 4, 5.
helper, and fighteth for us.—2 Paral.
HELP, A PRAYER FOR GOD’S
xxxii. 7, 8.
And the Lord is become a refuge for
Lord, there is no difference with thee,
whether thou help with few, or with the poor : a helper in due time in tribu­
many : help us, O Lord our God : for lation.—Ps. ix. 10.
This poor man cried, and the Lord
with confidence in thee, and in thy
name, we are come against this multi­ heard him : and saved him out of all
tude. 0 Lord, thou art our God, let not his troubles.
The angel of the Lord shall encamp
man prevail against thee.—2 Paral.
round about them that fear him: and
xiv. 11.
And she (Esther) prayed to the Lord, shall deliver them.—Ps. xxxiii. 7, 8.
Blessed is the man whose help is
the God of Israel, saying: O my Lord,
who alone art our king, help me a deso­ from thee.—Ps. Ixxxiii. 6.
I have lifted up my eyes to the moun­
late woman, and who have no other
tains, from whence help shall come to
helper but thee.
My danger is in my hands.—Esther me.
My help is from the Lord, who made
xiv. 3, 4.
May he send thee help from the I heaven and earth.—Ps. cxx. 1, 2.
Blessed is he who hath the God of
sanctuary : and defend thee out of Sion.
Jacob for his helper, whose hope is in
—Ps. xix. 3.
But thou, 0 Lord, remove not thy I the Lord his God.—Ps. cxlv. 5.
For I am the Lord thy God, who take
help to a distance from me ; look
thee by the hand, and say to thee: Fear
towards my defence.—Ps. xxi. 20.
Take hold of arms and shield: and not, I have helped thee.—Is. xii. 13.
And now hear, O Jacob, my servant,
rise up to help me.
Bring out the sword, and shut up the and Israel, whom I have chosen.
Thus saith the Lord, that made and
way against them that persecute me:
say to my soul: I am thy salvation.— formed thee, thy helper from the womb:
Fear not. 0 my servant Jacob, and thou
Ps. xxxiv. 2, 3.
Attend unto my help, O Lord, the most righteous whom I have chosen.—
God of my salvation.—Ps. xxxvii. 23. Is. xliv. 1, 2.
Even to your old age I am the same,
0 God, come to my assistance; O
Lord, make haste to help me.—Ps. and to your grey hairs I will carry you :
I have made you, and I will bear: I
Ixix. 2.
0 grant us help from trouble: for will carry and will save.—Is. xlvi. 4.
Thus saith the Lord : In an accept­
vain is the help of man.—Ps. cvii. 13.
Help me, O Lord my God; save me able time I have heard thee, and in the
day of salvation I have helped thee.—
according to thy mercy.
And let them know that this is thy
The Lord God is my helper, therefore
hand: and that thou, O Lord, hast done
am I not confounded : therefore have T
it.—Ps. cviii. 26, 27.
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know that I shall not be confounded.— I King, and I will praise thee, 0 God my
Is. 1. 7.
Saviour.
The Lord saith to me: Assuredly it
I will give glory to thy name: for
shall be well with thy remnant, assur- thou hast been a helper and protector to
edly I shall help thee in the time of me.
affliction, and in the time of tribulation
And hast preserved my body from
against the enemy.—Jer. xv. 11.
destruction, from the snare of an unjust
tongue, and from the lips of them that
forge lies, and in the sight of them that
HELPER IN TEMPTATIONS,
stood by, thou hast been my helper.—
GOD OUR
I Ecclus. li. 1-3.
See: Temptation, God our help in—j
HELPLESSNESS BEFORE GOD,
page 553.
MAN’S
See : Powerlessness, man’s—page 389.
HELPER, ACKNOWLEDGMENT
THAT GOD IS OUR
HERESY AND HERETICS

But deliver us by thy hand, and help
A man that shall wander out of the
me, who have no other helper but thee, way of doctrine, shall abide in the com­
0 Lord, who hast the knowledge of all pany of the giants.—Prov. xxi. 16.
things.—Esther xiv. 14.
Let them alone: they are blind, and
The Lord is my firmament, my leaders of the blind. And if the blind
refuge, and my deliverer.
lead the blind, both fall into the pit.
My God is my helper, and in him will —Matt. xv. 14.
I put my trust.
For we are not as many, adultera­
My protector, and the horn of my sal­ ting the word of God; but with sincer­
vation, and my support.—Ps. xvii. 3. ( ity, but as from God, before God, in
The Lord is my helper and my protec-1 Christ we speak.—2 Cor. ii. 17.
tor: in him hath my heart confided, and
That henceforth we be no more chil­
I have been helped.—Ps. xxvii. 7.
dren tossed to and fro, and carried
Our soul waiteth for the Lord : for he about with every wind of doctrine, by
is our helper and protector.—Ps. the wickedness of men, by cunning
xxxii. 20.
craftiness, by which they lie in wait to
I will say to God : Thou art my sup­ deceive.—Eph. iv. 14.
port. Why hast thou forgotten me?
Now the end of the commandment is
and why go I mourning, whilst my charity, from a pure heart, and a good
enemy afflicteth me?—Ps. xii. 10.
conscience, and an unfeigned faith.
Our God is our refuge and strength :
From which things some, going
a helper in troubles, which have found astray, are turned aside unto vain
us exceedingly.—Ps. xiv. 2.
babbling:
For he is my God and my Saviour : he
Desiring to be teachers of the law,
is my helper, I shall not be moved.
understanding neither the things they
In God is my salvation and my glory: say, nor whereof they affirm.—1 Tim. i.
he is the God of my help, and my hope 5-7.
is in God.
If any man teach otherwise, and con­
Trust in him, all ye congregation of sent not to the sound words of our
people: pour out your hearts before! Lord Jesus Christ, and to that doctrine
him. God is our helper for ever.—Ps. I which is according to godliness,
Ixi. 7-9.
He is proud, knowing nothing, but
I am become unto many as a wonder, sick about questions and strifes of
but thou art a strong helper.—Ps. Ixx. 7. words; from which arise envies, con­
The Lord is my helper: I will not tentions, blasphemies, evil suspicions,
fear what man can do unto me.
Conflicts of men corrupted in mind,
The Lord is my helper: and I will and who are destitute of the truth, sup­
look over my enemies.—Ps. cxvii. 6, 7. posing gain to be godliness.—1 Tim.
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They went out from us. but they were I For he that saith unto him, God speed
not of us. For if they had been of us, you, communicateth with his wicked
they would no doubt have remained works.—2 John i. 9-11.
with us; but that they may be manifest,
that they are not all of us.—1 Jo/in HERESIES PROPHESIED IN THE
ii. 19.
CHURCH
HERESY AND HERETICS, WE
Take heed to yourselves, and to the
MUST NOT LISTEN TO
whole flock, wherein the Holy Ghost
But though we, or an angel from hath placed you bishops, to rule the
heaven, preach a gospel to you besides church of God, which he hath pur­
that which we have preached to you, let chased with his own blood.
him be anathema.
I know that, after my departure,
As we said before, so now I say ravening wolves will enter in among
again : If any one preach to you a gos­ you, not sparing the flock.
pel, besides that which you have re­
And of your own selves shall arise
ceived, let him be anathema.—Gal. i. men speaking perverse things, to draw
8, 9.
away disciples after them.—Acts xx.
Beware lest any man cheat you by 28-30.
philosophy and vain deceit; according
For there must be also heresies: that
to the tradition of men, according to they also, who are approved, may be
the elements of the world, and not ac­ made manifest among you.—1 Cor.
cording to Christ.—Col. ii. 8.
xi. 19.
Let no man seduce you, willing in
Now the Spirit manifestly saith, that
humility, and religion of angels, walk­ in the last times some shall depart from
ing in the things which he hath not the faith, giving heed to spirits of
seen, in vain puffed up by the sense of I error, and doctrines of devils,
his flesh,
Speaking lies in hypocrisy, and hav­
And not holding the head, from ing their conscience seared,
which the whole body, by joints and
Forbidding to marry, to abstain from
bands,being supplied with nourishment, meats, which God hath created to be re­
and compacted, groweth unto the in­ ceived with thanksgiving by the faith­
ful, and by them that have known the
crease of God.—Col. ii. 18, 19.
0 Timothy, keep that which is com­ truth.—1 Tim. iv. 1-3.
For there shall be a time, when they
mitted to thy trust, avoiding the pro­
fane novelties of words, and oppositions will not endure sound doctrine ; but, ac­
cording to their own desires, they will
of knowledge falsely so called.
Which some promising, have erred heap to themselves teachers, having
concerning the faith.—1 Tim. vi. 20, 21. itching ears:
And will indeed turn away their hear­
A man that is a heretic, after the
ing from the truth, but will be turned
first and second admonition, avoid.
Knowing that he, that is such a one, unto fables.—2 Tim. iv. 3, 4.
But there were also false prophets
is subverted, and sinneth, being con­
demned by his own judgment.—Titus among the people, even as there shall
be among you lying teachers, who shall
iii. 10, 11.
Be not led away with various and bring in sects of perdition, and deny
the Lord who bought them: bringing
strange doctrines.—Heb. xiii. 9.
Whosoever revolteth, and continueth upon themselves swift destruction.
And many shall follow their riotous­
not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not
God. He that continueth in the doc­ ness, through whom the way of truth
trine, the same hath both the Father shall be evil spoken of.
Ami through covetousness, shall they
and the Son.
If any man come to you, and bring with feigned words make merchandise
not this doctrine, receive him not into of you. Whose judgment now of a
the house, nor say to him, God speed long time lingereth not, and their per­
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HIDDEN FROM GOD, WE
CANNOT BE
See also: Omniscience of God—
page 356.
'The Lord behold and judge between
us when we shall be gone one from the
other.
If thou afflict my daughters, and if
thou bring in other wives over them:
none is witness of our speech but God,
who is present and beholdeth.—Gen.
xxxi. 49, 50.
For his eyes are upon the ways of
men, and he considereth all their steps.
There is no darkness, and there is no
shadow of death, where they may be hid
who work iniquity.—Job xxxiv. 21, 22.
I have kept thy commandments and
thy testimonies: because all my ways
are in thy sight.—Ps. cxviii. 1G8.
And I said : Perhaps darkness shall
cover me: and night shall be my light
in my pleasures.
But darkness shall not be dark to
thee.and night shall be light as the day:
the darkness thereof, and the light there­
of are alike to thee.—Ps.cxxxviii.il, 12.
For the spirit of the Lord hath filled
the whole world : and that which con­
tained) all things, hath knowledge of
the voice.
Therefore he that speaketh unjust
things cannot be hid, neither shall the
chastising judgment pass him by.
For inquisition shall be made into the
thoughts of the ungodly: and the hear­
ing of his words shall come to God, to
the chastising of his iniquities.— Wis.
i. 7-9.
Say not: I shall be hidden from God,
and who shall remember me from on
high ?
In such a multitude I shall not be
known: for what is my soul in such an
immense creation?—Ecclus. xvi. 16, 17.
Every man that passeth beyond his
own bed. despising his own soul, and
saying: Who seeth me?
Darkness compasseth me about, and
the walls cover me, and no man seeth
me: whom do I fear? the most High
will not remember my sins.
And he understandeth not that his
eye seeth all things, for such a man’s
‘Laban speaking to Jacob.

fear driveth from him the fear of God,
and the eyes of men fearing him:
And he knoweth not that the eyes of
the Lord are far brighter than the sun,
beholding round about all the ways of
men, and the bottom of the deep, and
looking into the hearts of men, into the
most hidden parts.—Ecclus. xxiii. 25-28.
The works of all flesh are before him,
and there is nothing hid from his eyes.
—Ecclus. xxxix. 24.
Woe to you that are deep of heart, to
hide your counsel from the Lord: and
their works are in the dark, and they
say: Who seeth us, and who knoweth
us?
This thought of yours is perverse: as
if the clay should think against the pot­
ter, and the work should say to the
maker thereof: Thou madest me not: or
the thing framed should say to him that
fashioned it: Thou understandest not.
—Is. xxix. 15, 16.
Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and
speakest, 0 Israel : My way is hid from
the Lord, and my judgment is passed
over from my God?—Is. xl. 27.
And I, think ye, a God at hand, saith
the Lord, and not a God afar off?
Shall a man be hid in secret places,
and I not see him, saith the Lord?
Do not I fill heaven and earth, saith
the Lord?—Jer. xxiii. 23, 24.
And though they be hid in the top
of Carmel, I will search, and take them
away from thence: and though they
hide themselves from my eyes in the
depth of the sea, there will I command
the serpent, and he shall bite them.—
Amos ix. 3.
Neither is there any creature invisi­
ble in his sight: but all things arc
naked and open to his eyes, to whom
our speech is.—Hcb. iv. 13.
HOLINESS OF GOD
See : Sanctity of God—page 500.

HOLY GHOST, THE
Soe: Part II—page 707.
HOLY GHOST, THE GIFTS
OF THE
And the spirit of the Lord shall rest
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and of fortitude, the spirit of knowl- I price. Glorify and bear God in your
body.—1 Cor. vi. 19, 20.
edge, and of godliness.
Now he that confirmeth us with you
And he shall be filled with the spirit
in Christ, and that hath anointed us,
of the fear of the Lord.—Is. xi. 2, 3.
is God :
Who also hath sealed us, and given
HOLY GHOST, FRUIT OF THE
the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts.
But the fruit of the Spirit is, char­ —2 Cor. i. 21, 22.
ity, joy, peace, patience, benignity,
And because you are sons, God hath
goodness, longanimity,
sent the Spirit of his Son into your
Mildness, faith, modesty, continency, hearts, crying: Abba, Father.—Gal.
chastity.—Gal. v. 22, 23.
iv. 6.
Therefore, he that despiseth these
HOLY GHOST, SINS AGAINST
things, despiseth not man, but God, who
also hath given his holy Spirit in us.—
THE
Therefore I say to you : Every sin 1 Th ess. iv. 8.
Keep the good things committed to
bnd blasphemy shall be forgiven men,
but the blasphemy of the Spirit shall thy trust by the Holy Ghost, who dwell­
eth in us.—2 Tim. i. 14.
not be forgiven.
But when the goodness and kindness
And whosoever shall speak a word
against the Son of man, it shall be of God our Saviour appeared :
Not by the works of justice which we
forgiven him: but he that shall speak
against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be have done, but according to his mercy,
forgiven him, neither in this world, he saved us, by the laver of regenera­
nor in the world to come.—Matt. xii. tion, and renovation of the Holy Ghost;
Whom he hath poured forth upon us
31, 32.
And grieve not the holy Spirit of abundantly, through Jesus Christ our
God: whereby you are sealed unto the Lord.—Titus iii. 4-6.
day of redemption.—Eph. iv. 30.
HOLY GHOST, HIS WORK IN
THE WORLD AND IN THE
HOLY GHOST DWELLING IN
CHURCH
US, THE
And the earth was void and empty,
And hope confoundeth not: because
the charity of God is poured forth in and darkness was upon the face of the
our hearts, by the Holy Ghost, who is deep; and the spirit of God moved over
given to us.—Rom. v. 5.
the waters.—Gen. i. 2.
Thou shalt send forth thy spirit, and
But you : re not in the flc ;h, but in
the spirit, if so be that the Spirit of they shall be created: and thou shalt
God dwell in you. Nov if any man renew the face of the earth.—Ps.ciii.30.
To whom hath the discipline of wis­
have not the Spirit of Christ, he is
none of his. . . .
dom been revealed, and made manifest ?
And if the Spirit of him that raised and who hath understood the multiplic­
up Jesus from the dead, dwell in you; ity of her steps?
There is one most high Creator Al­
he that raised up Jesus Christ from the
dead, shall quicken also your mortal mighty, and a powerful king, and
bodies, because of his Spirit that dwell- greatly to be feared, who sitteth upon
his throne, and is the God of dominion.
eth in you.—Rom. viii. 9, 11.
He created her in the Holy Ghost,
Know you not, that you are the tem­
ple of God, and that the Spirit of God and saw her. and numbered her, and
dwelleth in you?—1 Cor. iii. 1G.
measured her.
And he poured her out upon all his
Or know you not, that your members
are the temple of the Holy Ghost, who works, and upon all flesh according to
is in you, whom you have from God; his gift, and hath given her to them
and you are not your own?
that love him.—Ecclus. i. 7-10.
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because the Lord hath anointed me: he I ing, and it filled the whole house where
hath sent me to preach to the meek, they were sitting.
to heal the contrite of heart, and
And there appeared to them parted
to preach a release to the captives, tongues as it were of fire, and it sat
and deliverance to them that are shut upon every one of them :
up.
And they were all filled with the Holy
To proclaim the acceptable year of Ghost, and they began to speak with
the Lord, and the day of vengeance of i divers tongues, according as the Holy
our God: to comfort all that mourn.— Ghost gave them to speak.—Actsii. 14.
Is. Ixi. 1, 2.
i While Peter was yet speaking these
And it shall come to pass after this, words, the Holy Ghost fell on all ‘them
that I will pour out my spirit upon all that heard the word.
flesh : and your sons and your daughters
And the faithful of the circumcision,
shall prophesy: your old men shall who came with Peter, were astonished,
dream dreams, and your young men for that the grace of the Holy Ghost
shall see visions.
was poured out upon the Gentiles also.
Moreover upon my servants and
For they heard them speaking with
handmaids in those days I will pour tongues, and magnifying God.
forth my spirit.—Joel ii. 28, 29.
Then Peter answered: Can any man
Now the generation of Christ was in forbid water, that these should not be
this wise: When as his mother Mary was baptized, who have received the Holy
espoused to Joseph, before they came to­ Ghost as well as we?—Acts x. 44-47.
gether, she was found with child, of the
And as they were ministering to the
Holy Ghost.
Lord, and fasting, the Holy Ghost said
Whereupon Joseph her husband, be­ to them : Separate me Saul and Barna­
ing a just man, and not willing pub­ bas, for the work whereunto I have
licly to expose her, was minded to put taken them. . . .
her away privately.
So they, being sent by the Holy
But while he thought on these Ghost, went to Seleucia: and from
things, behold the angel of the Lord ap­ thence they sailed to Cyprus.—Acts
peared to him in his sleep, saying: xiii. 2, 4.
Joseph, son of David, fear not to take
And when ’they had passed through
unto thee Mary thy wife, for that Phrygia, and the country of Galatia,
which is conceived in her, is of the they were forbidden by the Holy Ghost
Holy Ghost.—Mail. i. 18-20.
to preach the word in Asia.
I indeed baptize you in water unto
And when they were come into
penance, but he that shall come after Mysia, they attempted to go into
me, is mightier than I, whose shoes I Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus suf­
am not worthy to bear; he shall baptize fered them not.—Acts xvi. 6, 7.
you in the Holy Ghost and fire.—Matt.
Having heard these things ’they were
iii. 11.
baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
And Mary said to the angel: How
And when Paul had imposed his
shall this be done, because I know not hands on them, the Holy Ghost came
man ?
upon them, and they spoke with
And the angel answering, said to her: tongues, and prophesied.—Acts xix
The Holy Ghos', shall come upon thee, 5, 6.
and the power • ' the i ;t High shall
Take heed to yourselves, and to the
overshadow thee. And therefore also the whole flock, wherein the IToly Ghost
Holy which shall be born of thee shall hath placed you bishops, to rule the
be called the Son of God.—Luke i. church of God, which he hath pur­
34, 35.
chased with his own blood.—Actsxx.28.
And when the days of Pentecost were
But, as it is written: That eye hath
accomplished, they were all together in not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it
one place:
’Cornelius and the Gentiles who were with
And suddenly there came a sound him.
’Paul and Silas.
from heaven, as of a mighty wind com- ’The disciples at Ephesus.

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entered into the heart of man, what
things God hath prepared for them that
love him.
But to us God hath revealed them by
his Spirit. For the Spirit searcheth all
things, yea, the deep things of God.—
1 Cor. ii. 9, 10.
Now there are diversities of graces,
but the same Spirit. . . .
And the manifestation of the Spirit
is given to every man unto profit.
To one indeed, by the Spirit, is given
the word of wisdom: and to another,
the word of knowledge, according to the
same Spirit. . . .
But all these things one and the
same Spirit worketh, dividing to every
one, according as he will.—1 Cor. xii.
4, 7, 8, 11.
For prophecy came not by the will
of man at any time: but the holy men
of God spoke, inspired by the Holy
Ghost.—2 Peter i. 21.
HOLY GHOST, HIS WORK IN
THE HEARTS OF MEN
And who shall know thy thought, ex­
cept thou give wisdom, and send thy
Holy Spirit from above:
And so the ways of them that are
upon earth may be corrected, and men
may learn the things that please thee?
— Wis. ix. 17, 18.
And hope confoundeth not: because
the charity of God is poured forth in
our hearts, by the Holy Ghost, who is
given to us.—Rom. v. 5.
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our
infirmity. For we know not what we
should pray for as we ought; but the
Spirit himself asketh for us with un­
speakable groanings.—Rom. viii. 26.
Wherefore I give you to understand,
that no man, speaking by the Spirit of
God, saith Anathema to Jesus. And no
man can say the Lord Jesus, but by the
Holy Ghost.—1 Cor. xii. 3.
But you have the unction from the
Holy One, and know’ all things.—
1 John ii. 20.
HOME, HOW WE SHOULD BE­
HAVE AT, AND TOWARD
ONE’S FAMILY
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Admonishing her to honor her father
and mother-in-law, to love her husband,
to take care of the family, to govern
the house, and to behave herself irreprehensibly.—Tob. x. 12, 13.
He that troubleth his own house,
shall inherit the winds: and the fool
shall serve the wise.—Prov. xi. 29.
Be not as a lion in thy house, terrify­
ing them of thy household, and oppress­
ing them that are under thee.—Ecclus.
iv. 35.
Bring not every man into thy house:
for many are the snares of the deceitful.
—Ecclus. xi. 31.
Give not to son or wife, brother or
friend, power over thee while thou livest; and give not thy estate to another,
lest thou repent, and thou entreat for
the same.
As long as thou livest, and hast
breath in thee, let no man change thee.
For it is better that thy children
should ask of thee, than that thou look
towards the hands of thy children.
In all thy works keep the pre-emi­
nence.
Let no stain sully thy glory. In the
time when thou shalt end the days of
thy life, and in the time of thy decease,
distribute thy inheritance.—Ecclus.
xxxiii. 20-24.
It behooveth therefore a bishop to be
blameless. . . .
One that ruleth well his own house,
having his children in subjection with
all chastity.
But if a man know not how to rule
his own house, how shall he take care
of the church of God ?—1 Tim. iii. 2.4, 5.
But if any widow have children or
grandchildren, let her learn first to gov­
ern her own house, and to make a re­
turn of duty to her parents: for this is
acceptable before God.—1 Tim. v. 4.
But if any man have not care of his
own, and especially of those of his
house, he hath denied the faith, and is
w’orse than nn infidel.—1 Tim. v. 8.
That they (the aged women) may
teach the young women to be wise, to
love their husbands, to love their chil­
dren,
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their husbands, that the word of God be the charity of God is poured forth in
not blasphemed.—Titus ii. 4, 5.
our hearts, by the Holy Ghost, who is
given to us.—Rom. v. 3-5.
HONESTY IN OUR DEALINGS
For we are saved by hope. But hope
WITH ONE ANOTHER
that is seen, is not hope. For what a
man
seeth,
why
doth
he
hope
for?
See: Justice—page 2G8.
But if we hope for that which we see
not, we wait for it with patience.—
HOPE
Rom. viii. 24, 25.
If thou wilt put away from thee the
Now the God of hope fill you with
iniquity that is in thy hand, and let not all joy and peace in believing; that you
may abound in hope, and in the power
injustice remain in thy tabernacle:
Then mayst thou lift up thy face of the Holy Ghost.—Rom. xv. 13.
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself,
without spot, and thou shalt be stead­
and God and our Father, who hath
fast, and shalt not fear. . . .
And thou shalt have confidence, hope loved us, and hath given us everlasting
being set before thee, and being buried, consolation, and good hope in grace,
Exhort your hearts, and confirm you
thou shalt sleep secure.—Job xi. 14,
15, 18.
in every good work and word.—2 Thess.
My days have passed away, my ii. 15, 16.
And Moses indeed was faithful in all
thoughts are dissipated, tormenting my
heart.
his house as a servant, for a testimony
They have turned night into day, and of those things which were to be said:
But Christ as the Son in his own
after darkness, I hope for light again.
house: which house are we, if we hold
In peace, in the selfsame I will sleep, fast the confidence and glory of hope
and I will rest :
unto the end.—Heb. iii. 5, 6.
For thou, 0 Lord, singularly hast
HOPE OF HEAVEN
settled me in hope.—Ps. iv. 9, 10.
Therefore my heart hath been glad,
See: Heaven, hope of—page 198.
and my tongue hath rejoiced : moreover
HOPE IN GOD
my flesh also shall rest in hope.
Because thou wilt not leave my soul
In thee, O Lord, have I hopi d, let me
in hell; nor wilt thou give thy holy never be confounded: deliver me in thy
one to see corruption.—Ps. xv. 9, 10.
justice.—Ps. XXX. 2.
If thou lose hope, being weary in the
Do ye manfully, and let you) heart be
day of distress, thy strength shall be strengthened, all ye that hope in the
diminished.—Prov. xxiv. 10.
Lord.—Ps. XXX. 25.
But the souls of the just are in the
0 taste, and see that the Lord is
hand of God, and the torment of death sweet : blessed is the man that hopeth in
shall not touch them. . . .
him.—Ps. xxxiii. 9.
And though in the sight of men, they
But I, as a fruitful olive tree in the
suffered torments, their hope is full of house of God, have hoped in the mercy
immortality.— I Vis. iii. 1, 4.
of God for ever, yea, for ever and ever.
Thus saith the Lord: Kot thy voice —Ps. Ii. 10.
cease from weeping, and thy eyes from
Have mercy on me, O God, have
tears: for there is a reward for thy mercy on me: for my soul trusteth in
work, saith the Lord : and they shall re­ thee.
turn out of the land of the enemy.
And in the shadow of thy wings will
And there is hope for thy last end, I hope, until iniquity pass away.—Ps.
Ivi. 2.
But we glory also in tribulations,
Tn God is my salvation and my glory:
knowing that tribulation worketh pa­ he is the God of my help, and my hope
tience ;
is in God.—Ps. Ixi. 8.
And patience, trial; and trial, hope;
But I will always hope: and will add
And hope confoundeth not: because to all thy praise.—Ps. Ixx. 14.

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But it is good for me to adhere to my I til he judge my cause, and execute judg­
God, to put my hope in the Lord God: ment for me: he will bring me forth
That 1 may declare all thy praises, in into the light, I shall behold his justice.
the gates of the daughter of Sion.— —Mich. vii. 7-9.
If in this life only we have hope in
Ps. Ixxii. 28.
And take not thou the word of truth Christ, we are of all men most miser­
utterly out of my mouth : for in thy able.—1 Cor. xv. 19.
words I have hoped exceedingly. . . .
For therefore we labor and are re­
Be thou mindful of thy word to thy viled, because we hope in the living
servant, in which thou hast given me God, who is the Saviour of all men,
especially of the faithful.—1 Tim.
hope.—Ps. cxviii. 43, 49.
For with thee there is merciful for­ iv. 10.
giveness: and by reason of thy law, I
Wherein God, meaning more abun­
dantly to show to the heirs of the prom­
have w’aited for thee, 0 Lord.
My soul hath relied on his word: my ise, the immutability of his counsel, in­
soul hath hoped in the Lord.—Ps. terposed an oath:
That by two immutable things, in
cxxix. 4, 5.
The eyes of all hope in thee, 0 Lord; which it is impossible for God to lie,
and thou givest them meat in due sea­ we may have the strongest comfort,
who have fled for refuge to hold fast the
son.
Thou openest thy hand, and fillest hope set before us.
Which we have as an anchor of the
with blessing every living creature.—
soul, sure and firm, and which entereth
Ps. cxliv. 15, 16.
Blessed is he who hath the God of in even within the veil.—Heb. vi. 17-19.
Jacob for his helper, whose hope is in
the Lord his God.—Ps. cxlv. 5.
HOPE IN GOD, EXHORTATION
The Lord taketh pleasure in them
TO
that fear him: and in them that hope in
Be converted therefore, ye sinners,
his mercy.—Ps. cxlvi. 11.
The spirit of those that fear God, is and do justice before God, believing
sought after, and by his regard shall be that he will show his mercy to you.—
Tob. xiii. 8.
blessed.
Why art thou sad, 0 my soul? and
For their hope is on him that saveth
why dost thou trouble me?
them.—Ecclus. xxxiv. 14, 15.
Hope in God, for I will still give
But they that hope in the Lord shall
renew’ their strength, they shall take praise to him: the salvation of my
wings as eagles, they shall run, and not countenance, and my God.—Ps. xii. 6.
From the morning watch even until
be w’eary, they shall walk, and not faint.
night, let Israel hope in the Lord.
—Is. xl. 31.
Because with the Lord there is
Be of good comfort, my children, cry
to the Lord, and he will deliver you out mercy; and with him plentiful redemp­
of the hand of the princes your enemies. tion.
And he shall redeem Israel from all
For my hope is in the Eternal, that
he will save you : and joy is come upon his iniquities.—Ps. cxxix. 6-8.
Let Israel hope in the Lord, from
me from the Holy One, because of the
mercy which shall come to you from henceforth, now and forever.—Ps.
our everlasting Saviour.—Bar. iv. cxxx. 3.
Who is there among you that feareth
21, 22.
But I will look towards the Lord, I the Lord, that heareth the voice of his
will wait for God my Saviour: my God servant, that hath walked in darkness,
and hath no light? let him hope in the
will hear me.
Rejoice not thou, my enemy, over me, name of the Lord, and lean upon his
because I am fallen : I shall arise, when God.—Is. 1. 10.
Therefore turn thou to thy God :
I sit in darkness, the Lord is my light.
I will bear the wrath of the Lord, be­ keep mercy and judgment, and hope in
cause I have sinned against him; un­ thy God always.—Osee xii. 6.

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Rejoicing in hope. Patient in tribula­
Ye that fear the Lord, hope in him:
tion. Instant in prayer.—Rom. xii. 12. and mercy shall come to you for your
Let us hold fast the confession of our delight.—Ecclus. ii. 9.
hope without wavering (for he is faith­
My children, behold the generations
ful that hath promised).—Heb. x. 23. of men: and know ye that no one hath
hoped in the Lord, and hath been con­
HOPE IN GOD REWARDED BY founded.—Ecclus. ii. 11.
I (wisdom) will penetrate to all the
THE ALMIGHTY
lower parts of the earth, and will behold
Praise ye the Lord our God, who hath all that sleep, and will enlighten all
not forsaken them that hope in him.— that hope in the Lord.—Ecclus.xxiv.45.
Judith xiii. 17.
The old error is passed away: thou
But let all them be glad that hope in wilt keep peace: peace, because we have
thee: they shall rejoice for ever, and hoped in thee.
thou shalt dwell in them.—Ps. v. 12.
You have hoped in the Lord forever­
In thee have our fathers hoped : they more, in the Lord God mighty for ever.
have hoped, and thou hast delivered —Is. xxvi. 3, 4.
them.—Ps. xxi. 5.
The Lord is good to them that hope
0 how great is the multitude of thy in him, to the soul that seeketh him.
sweetness, 0 Lord, which thou hast hid­
It is good to wait with silence for
the salvation of God.—Lam. iii. 25, 26.
den for them that fear thee!
The Lord is good, and giveth
Which thou hast wrought for them
that hope in thee, in the sight of the strength in the day of trouble: and
knoweth them that hope in him.—
sons of men.—Ps. xxx. 20.
Many are the scourges of the sinner, Nahum i. 7.
Return to the stronghold, ye pris­
but mercy shall encompass him that
oners of hope, I will render thee double,
hopeth in the Lord.—Ps. xxxi. 10.
Behold the eyes of the Lord are on as I declare to-day.—Zach. ix. 12.
them that fear him: and on them that
HOPE, GOD OUR
hope in his mercy.
And now, what is my hope? is it
To deliver their souls from death;
and feed them in famine.—Ps. xxxii. not the Lord ? and my substance is with
18, 19.
thee.—Ps. xxxviii. 8.
To thee have I cried from the ends
But the salvation of the just is from
the Lord, and he is their protector in of the earth: when my heart was in
anguish, thou hast exalted me on a
the time of trouble.
And the Lord will help them and de­ rock.
Thou hast conducted me; for thou
liver them: and he will rescue them
from the wicked, and save them, be­ hast been my hope ; a tow’er of strength
cause they have hoped in him.—Ps. against the enemy.—Ps. lx. 3, 4.
Hear us, O God our Saviour, who art
XXXVi. 39, 40.
Because he hoped in me, I will de­ the hope of all the ends of the earth,
liver him: I will protect him, because and in the sea afar oil.—Ps. Ixiv. 6.
For thou art my patience, O Lord:
he hath known my name.—Ps. xc. 14.
The house of Israel hath hoped in my hope, O Lord, from my youth.—
the Lord: he is their helper and their Ps. Ixx. 5.
protector.
Because thou, O Lord, art my hope:
The house of Aaron hath hoped in thou hast made the most High thy
the Lord: he is their helper and their refuge.—Ps. xc. 9.
protector.
I cried to thee. O Lord : I said : Thou
They that fear the Lord, have hoped art my hope, my portion in the land of
in the Lord: he is their helper and their the living.—Ps. cxli. 6.
protector.—Ps. cxiii. (Heb. cxv.) 9-11.
He that feareth the Lord, shall
Every word of God is fire tried: he tremble at nothing, and shall not be
is a buckler to them that hope in him. afraid: for he is his hope.—Ecclus.
xxxiv. 16.
—Prov. xxx. 5.

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Be not thou a terror unto me, thou I
art my hope in the day of affliction.—
Jer. xvii. 17.
And the Lord shall be the hope of
his people, and the strength of the chil­
dren of Israel.—Joel iii. 16.
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, ac­
cording to the commandment of God
our Saviour, and of Christ Jesus our
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ing near him: and as soon as he saw
them, he ran to meet them from the
door of his tent, and adored down to the
ground.
And he said: Lord, if I have found
favor in thy sight, pass not away from
thy servant:
But I will fetch a little water, and
wash ye your feet, and rest ye under
the tree.
And I will set a morsel of bread, and
HOPE, GOD OUR ONLY
strengthen ye your heart, afterwards
0 our God, wilt thou not then judge you shall pass on : for therefore are
them ? as for us, we have not strength you come aside to your servant. And
enough, to be able to resist this multi­ they said: Do as thou hast spoken.—
tude, which cometh violently upon us. Gen. xviii. 1-5.
And the two angels came to Sodom
But as we know not what to do, we can
only turn our eyes to thee.—2 Parol. in the evening, and Lot was sitting in
the gate of the city. And seeing them,
XX. 12.
0 my Lord, who alone art our king, he rose up and went to meet them : and
help me a desolate woman, and who worshipped prostrate to the ground,
And said : I beseech you, my lords,
have no other helper but thee. . . .
0 God, who art mighty above all, turn in to the house of your servant,
and
lodge
there:
wash
your
feet,
and
hear the voice of them that have no in the morning you shall go on your
other hope, and deliver us from the
And they said: No, but we will
hand of the wicked, and deliver me way.
abide
in
the
street.
from my fear.—Esther xiv. 3, 19.
pressed them very much to turn
0 grant us help from trouble: for in He
him : and when they were come
vain is the help of man.—Ps. cvii. 13. in unto
to
his
house,
he
made
them
a
feast,
Put not your trust in princes:
baked unleavened bread, and they
In the children of men, in whom and
—Gen. xix. 1-3.
there is no salvation.—Ps. cxlv. 2, 3. ate.The
stranger did not stay without,
And my life was drawing near to hell my door was open to the traveller.—Job
beneath.
xxxi. 32.
They compassed me on every side,
Communicating to the necessities of
and there was no one that would help the saints. Pursuing hospitality.—
me. I looked for the succor of men, Rom. xii. 13.
and there was none.
It behooveth therefore a bishop to be
I remembered thy mercy, 0 Lord, and blameless, the husband of one wife,
thy works, which are from the begin­ sober . . . given to hospitality.—
ning of the world.
1 Tim. iii. 2.
How thou deliverest them that wait
Let a widow be chosen of i.j less
for thee, O Lord, and savest them out than three-score years of age, who hath
of the hands of the nations.—Ecclus. been the wife of one husband.
Ii. 9-12.
Having testimony for her good
Destruction is thy own, O Israel ; thy works, if she have brought up children,
help is only in me.—Osee xiii. 9.
if she have received to harbor, if she
have washed the saints’ feet, if she have
HOSPITALITY
ministered to them that suffer tribula­
And the Lord appeared to him tion, if she have diligently followed
(Abraham) in the vale of Mambre, as every good work.—1 Tim. v. 9, 10.
And hospitality do not forget; for
he was sitting at the door of his tent,
by this, some, being not aware of it,
in the very heat of the day.
And when he had lifted up his eyes, have entertained angels.—Heb. xiii. 2.
Using hospitality one towards an­
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other, without murmuring.—1 Peter
iv. 9.
Dearly beloved, thou dost faithfully
whatever thou dost for the brethren,
and that for strangers,
Who have given testimony to thy
charity in the sight of the church :
whom thou shalt do well to bring for­
ward on their way, in a manner worthy
of God. . . .
We therefore ought to receive such,
that we may be fellow-helpers of the
truth.—3 John i. 5, 6, 8.
HOUSE OF GOD, SANCTITY
OF THE
And when Jacob awaked out of sleep,
he said: Indeed the Lord is in this
place, and I knew it not.
And trembling he said: How terri­
ble is this place! this is no other but
the house of God, and the gate of
heaven.—Oen. xxviii. 16, 17.
And the Lord appeared to him in a
flame of fire, out of the midst of a
bush ; and he saw that the bush was on
fire and was not burnt.
And Moses said : I will go and see
this great sight, why the bush is not
burnt.
And when the Lord saw that he went
forward to see, he called to him out of
the midst of the bush, and said: Moses,
Moses. And he answered : Here I am.
And he said: Come not nigh hither,
put off the shoes from thy feet: for the
place whereon thou standest is holy
ground.—Ex. iii. 2-5.
How beautiful are thy tabernacles, 0
Jacob, and thy tents, 0 Israel!—Num.
xxiv. 5.
But thou dwellest in the holy place,
the praise of Israel.—Ps. xxi. 4.
The stream of the river maketh the
city of God joyful: the most High hath
sanctified his own tabernacle.
God is in the midst thereof, it shall
not be moved: God will help it in the
morning early.—Ps. xiv. 5, 6.
Blessed is he whom thou hast chosen
and taken to thee : he shall dwell in thy
courts. We shall be filled with the
good things of thy house; holy is thy
temple.—Ps. Ixiv. 5.
Why suspect, ye curdled mountains?

A mountain in which God is well
pleased to dwell: for there the Lord
shall dwell unto the end.—Ps. Ixvii. 17.
How lovely are thy tabernacles, 0
Lord of hosts!
My soul longeth and fainteth for the
courts of the Lord.
My heart and my flesh have rejoiced
in the living God.
For the sparrow hath found herself
a house, and the turtle a nest for her­
self, where she may lay her young ones:
Thy altars, 0 Lord of hosts, my king
and my God.
Blessed are they that dwell in thy
house, O Lord: they shall praise thee
for ever and ever.—Ps. Ixxxiii. 2-5.
The Lord loveth the gates of Sion
above all the tabernacles of Jacob.
Glorious things are said of thee, 0
city of God. . . .
The dwelling in thee is as it were of
all rejoicing.—Ps. Ixxxvi. 2, 3, 7.
Holiness becometh thy house, 0
Lord, unto length of days.—Ps. xcii. 5.
Praise and beauty are before him:
holiness and majesty in his sanc­
tuary. . . .
Adore ye the Lord in his holy court.
Let all the earth be moved at his
presence.—Ps. xcv. 6, 9.
Exalt ye the Lord our God, and
adore his footstool, for it is holy.—Ps.
xcviii. 5.
We will go into his tabernacle: we
will adore in the place where his feet
stood.
Arise, 0 Lord, into thy resting place:
thou and the ark which thou hast
sanctified.—Ps. cxxxi. 7, 8.
For the Lord hath chosen Sion: he
hath chosen it for his dwelling.
This is my rest for ever and ever:
here will I dwell, for I have chosen
it.—Ps. cxxxi. 13, 14.
O Israel, how great is the house of
God, and how vast is the place of his
possession !—Bar. iii. 24.
And you shall know that I am the
Lord your God, dwelling in Sion my
holy mountain: and Jerusalem shall be
holy, and strangers shall pass through
it no more.—Joel iii. 17.
Thus saith the Lord of hosts: I am
returned to Sion, and I will dwell in the
midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem

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shall be called, the City of Truth, and
the Mountain of the Lord of hosts, the
sanctified Mountain.—Zach. viii. 3.
And I heard a great voice from the
throne, saying: Behold the tabernacle
of God with men, and he will dw’ell
with them. And they shall be his
people: and God himself with them
shall be their God.—Apoc. xxi. 3.
HOUSE OF GOD IS A HOUSE OF
PRAYER, THE

My eyes also shall be open, and my
ears attentive to the prayer of him that
shall pray in this place.—2 Paral.
vii. 15.
If evils fall upon us, the sword of
judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we
will stand in thy presence before this
house, in which thy name is called
upon: and we will cry to thee in our
afflictions, and thou wilt hear, and save
us.—2 Paral, xx. 9.
These things I remembered, and
poured out my soul in me: for I shall
go over into the place of the wonder­
ful tabernacle, even to the house of
God:
With the voice of joy and praise;
the noise of one feasting.—Ps. xii. 5.
I will bring them into my holy
mount, and will make them joyful in
my house of prayer: their holocausts,
and their victims shall please me upon
my altar: for my house shall be called
the house of prayer, for all nations.—
Is. Ivi. 7.
Thou, O Lord, hast chosen this house,
for thy name to be called upon therein,
that it might be a house of prayer and
supplication for thy people.—1 Mach.
vii. 37.
And he (Jesus) taught, saying to
them : Is it not written, My house shall
be called the house of prayer to all na­
tions? But you have made it a den of
thieves.—Mark xi. 17.
HOUSE OF GOD, REVERENCE
AND LOVE FOR THE

And let them be ready against the
third day: for on the third day the
Lord will come down in the sight of
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And thou shalt appoint certain limits
to the people round about, and thou
shalt say to them: Take heed you go
not up into the mount, and that ye
touch not the borders thereof : every
one that toucheth the mount, dying he
shall die.—Ex. xix. 11, 12.
Keep ye my sabbaths, and rever­
ence my sanctuary. I am the Lord.—
Lev. xix. 30.
And when Josué was in the field of
the city of Jericho, he lifted up his
eyes, and saw a man standing
over against him, holding a drawn
sword, and he went to him, and said:
Art thou one of ours, or of our ad­
versaries?
And he answered: No; but I am
prince of the host of the Lord, and now
I am come. . . .
Loose, saith he, thy shoes from off
thy feet: for the place whereon thou
standest is holy. And Josué did as was
commanded him.—Jos. v. 13, 14, 16.
But as for me, in the multitude of
thy mercy, I will come into thy house;
I will worship towards thy holy tem­
ple, in thy fear.—Ps. v. 8.
I have loved, 0 Lord, the beauty of
thy house; and the place where thy
glory dwelleth.—Ps. xxv. 8.
One thing I have asked of the Lord,
this will I seek after; that I may dwell
in the house of the Lord all the days of
my life. That I may see the delight of
the Lord, and may visit his temple.—
Ps. xxvi. 4.
We have received thy mercy, 0 God,
in the midst of thy temple.—Ps.
xlvii. 10.
But the Lord is in his holy temple:
let all the earth keep silence before
him.—Hab. ii. 20.
Let all flesh be silent at the presence
of the Lord : for he is risen up out of
his holy habitation.—Zach. ii. 13.
And he (Jesus) suffered not that any
man should carry a vessel through the
temple.—Mark xi. 16.
These things I write to thee, hoping
that I shall come to thee shortly.
But if I tarry long, that thou mayst
know how thou oughtst to behave thy­
self in the house of God, which is the
church of the living God, the pillar and
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HOUSE

HOUSE, GOD PUNISHES ANY IR­ [are holy vestments: all which he shall
put on, after he is washed.—Lev. xvi.
REVERENCE TO HIS
2-4.
And when they came to the floor of J Thou shalt not offer the hire of a
Nachon, Oza put forth his hand to the strumpet, nor the price of a dog, in the
ark of God, and took hold of it: be­ I house of the Lord thy God, whatsoever
cause the oxen kicked, and made it lean it be that thou hast vowed : because both
aside.
1 these are an abomination to the Lord
And the indignation of the Lord was thy God.—Deut. xxiii. 18.
enkindled against Oza, and he struck
And king David said to all the as­
him for his rashness: and he died there [ sembly: Solomon my son, whom alone
before the ark of God.—2 Kings vi. 6, 7. God hath chosen, is as yet young and
They have set fire to thy sanctuary : tender: and the work is great, for a
they have defiled the dwelling place of house is prepared not for man, but for
thy name on the earth. ...
God.—1 Paral, xxix. 1.
Arise, 0 God, judge thy own cause:
For the house which I desire to build
remember thy reproaches with which is great : for our God is great above all
the foolish man hath reproached thee gods.
all the day.—Ps. Ixxiii. 7, 22.
Who then can be able to build him a
Is this house, then, in which my worthy house? if heaven, and the
name hath been called upon, in your heavens of heavens cannot contain
eyes become a den of robbers ? I, I him: who am I that I should be able
am he : I have seen it, saith the Lord.— to build him a house? but to this end
Jer. vii. 11.
only, that incense may be burnt before
And he (Jesus) found in the temple him.—2 Paral, ii. 5, 6.
them that sold oxen and sheep and
Is it credible then that God should
doves, and the changers of money sit­ dwell with men on the earth? If
ting.
heaven, and the heavens of heavens do
And when he had made, as it were, a I not contain thee, how much less this
scourge of little cords, he drove them house which I have built?
all out of the temple, the sheep also,
But to this end only it is made, that
and the oxen, and the money of the thou mayst regard the prayer of thy
changers he poured out, and the tables servant and his supplication, 0 Lord
he overthrew.
my God; and mayst hear the prayers
And to them that sold doves, he said: which thy servant poureth out before
Take these things hence, and make not thee.
the house of my Father a house of traf-I That thou mayst open thy eyes upon
fic.—John ii. 14-16.
this house day and night, upon the
place wherein thou hast promised that
HOUSE OF GOD IN THE OLD thy name should be called upon,
LAW, THE SANCTITY OF THE
And that thou wouldst hear the
And he (God) commanded him prayer which thy servant prayeth in
(Moses), saying: Speak to Aaron, thy it: hearken then to the prayers of thy
brother, that he enter not at all into servant, and of thy people Israel. Who­
the sanctuary, which is within the veil soever shall pray in this place, hear
before the propitiatory, with which the thou from thy dwelling place, that is,
ark is covered, lest he die (for I will from heaven, and show mercy.—2Paral.
vi. 18-21.
appear in a cloud over the oracle),
Unless he first do these things: He
And the Lord appeared to him (Solo­
shall offep a calf for sin, and a ram for mon) by night, and said: I have heard
a holocaust.
thy prayer, and I have chosen this
He shall be vested with a linen I place to myself for a house of sacri­
tunic, he shall cover his nakedness fice. . . .
with linen breeches: he shall be girded
My eyes also shall be open, and my
with a linen girdle, and he shall put a ears attentive to the prayer of him that
linen mitre upon his head: for these 1 shall pray in this place.

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For I have chosen, and have sancti­
fied this place, that my name may be
there for ever, and my eyes and my
heart may remain there perpetually.—
2 Parai, vii. 12, 15, 16.
Who is left among you, that saw this
house in its first glory? and how do you
see it now? is it not in comparison to
that, as nothing in your eyes? . . .
And 1 will move all nations: and the
desired of all nations shall come: and I
will fill this house with glory: saith the
Lord of hosts. . . .
Great shall be the glory of this last
house, more than of the first, saith the
Lord of hosts: and in this place I will
give peace, saith the Lord of hosts.—
Aggeus ii. 4, 8, 10.
Now these things being thus ordered,
into the first tabernacle the priests in­
deed always entered, accomplishing the
offices of sacrifices.
But into the second, the high priest
alone, once a year: not without blood,
which he offereth for his own, and the
people’s ignorance.—Heb. ix. 6, 7.
HUMAN RESPECT

If I have been afraid at a very great
multitude, and the contempt of kins­
men hath terrified me: and I have not
rather held my peace, and not gone out
of the door.
Who would grant me a hearer, that
the Almighty may hear my desire; and
that he himself that judgeth would
write a book?—Job xxxi. 34, 35.
For God hath scattered the bones of
them that please men: they have been
confounded, because God hath despised
them.—Ps. Iii. 6.
It is not good to accept the person of
the wicked, to decline from the truth of
judgment.—Prov. xviii. 5.
It is not good to have respect to per­
sons in judgment.
They that say to the wicked man :
Thou art just: shall be cursed by the
people, and the tribes shall abhor them.
—Prov. xxiv. 23, 24.
lie that hath respect to a person in
judgment, doth not well : such a man
even for a morsel of bread forsaketh the
truth.—Prov. xxviii. 21.
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kept up by his friends: but when a poor
man is fallen down, he is thrust away
even by his acquaintance.
When a rich man hath been deceived,
he hath many helpers: he hath spoken
proud things, and they have justified
him.
The poor man was deceived, and he is
rebuked also: he hath spoken wisely,
and could have no place.
The rich man spoke, and all held
their peace, and what he said they extol
even to the clouds.
The poor man spoke, and they say:
Who is this? and if he stumble, they
will overthrow him.—Ecclus. xiii. 25-29.
For it is not good to keep all shame­
facedness: and all things do not please
all men in opinion.—Ecclus. xii. 20.
For whom hast thou been solicitous
and afraid, that thou hast lied, and hast
not been mindful of me, nor thought on
me in thy heart? for I am silent, and
as one that seeth not, and thou hast
forgotten me.—Is. Ivii. 11.
For do I now persuade men, or God?
Or do I seek to please men? If I yet
pleased men. I should not be the ser­
vant of Christ.—Gal. i. 10.
My brethren, have not the faith of
our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with
respect of persons.
For if there shall come into your as­
sembly, a man having a golden ring, in
fine apparel, and there shall come in
also a poor man in mean attire,
And you have respect to him that is
clothed with the fine apparel, and shall
say to him : Sit thou here well ; but say
to the poor man: Stand thou there, or
sit under my footstool:
Do you not judge within yourselves,
and are become judges of unjust
thoughts?—James ii. 1-4.
HUMAN RESPECT OFTEN LEADS
INTO SIN
And Saul said to Samuel: I have
sinned because I have transgressed the
commandment of the Lord, and thy
words, fearing the people, and obeying
their voice.—1 Kings xv. 24.
Tie that feareth man, shall quickly
fall: he that trusteth in the Lord, shall
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There is that will destroy his own I know; nor taken an occasion of covet­
soul through shamefacedness, and by ousness, God is witness:
occasion of an unwise person he will
Nor sought we glory of men, neither
destroy it: and by respect of person he of you, nor of others.—1 7'hess. ii. 4-6.
will destroy himself.—Ecclus. xx. 24.
However, many of the chief men also HUMAN RESPECT, EXHORTA­
believed in him (Jesus); but because
TION AGAINST
of the Pharisees they did not confess
Thou
shalt
not
follow
the
multitude
him, that they might not be cast out to do evil : neither shalt thou yield in
cf the synagogue.
to the opinion of the most
For they loved the glory of men judgment,
part,
to stray from the truth.—Ex.
more than the glory of God.—John xii. I xxiii. 2.
42, 43. .
Thou
shalt
not
do
that
which
is
unBut if you have respect to persons, I just, nor judge unjustly. Respect not
you commit sin, being reproved by the the person of the poor, nor honor the
law as transgressors.—James ii. 9.
countenance of the mighty. But judge
thy neighbor according to justice.—
HUMAN RESPECT, OVERCOMING Lev. xix. 15.
For thy soul, be not ashamed to say
And when the ark of the Lord was the truth.
come into the city of David, Michol,
For there is a shame that bringeth
the daughter of Saul, looking out sin, and there is a shame that bringeth
through a window, saw king David glory and grace.—Ecclus. iv. 24, 25.
leaping and dancing before the Lord:
Be not ashamed of any of these
and she despised him in her heart. . . . things, and accept no person to sin
And David said to Michol: Before thereby :
the Lord, who chose me rather than thy
Of the law of the most High, and of
father, and than all his house, and com­ his covenant, and of judgment to jus­
manded me to be ruler over the people tify the ungodly.—Ecclus. xiii. 1, 2.
of the Lord in Israel,
And I say to you, my friends: Be not
I will both play and make myself afraid of them who kill the body, and
meaner than I have done: and I will be after that, have no more that they can
little in my own eyes: and with the do.
handmaids of whom thou speakest, I
But I will show you whom you shall
shall appear more glorious.—2 Kings] fear: fear ye him, who after he hath
vi. 16, 21, 22.
killed, hath power to cast into hell.
And calling them, they charged them Yea, I say to you, fear him.—Luke xii.
not to speak at all, nor teach in the 4, 5.
name of Jesus.
And who is he that can hurt you, if
But Peter and John answering, said you be zealous of good?
to them: If it be just in the sight of | But if also you suffer any thing for
God, to hear you rather than God, justice’ sake, blessed are ye. And be
judge ye.
not afraid of their fear, and be not
For we cannot but speak the things troubled.—1 Peter iii. 13, 14.
which we have seen and heard.—Acts
iv. 18-20.
HUMAN SACRIFICES, GOD’S
But to me, it is a very small thing
ABHORRENCE OF
to be judged by you. or by man’s day;
but neither do I judge my own self.—
Thou shalt not do in like manner to
1 Cor. iv. 3.
the Lord thy God. For they have done
But as we were approved by God. to their gods all the abominations
that the gospel should be committed to which the Lord abhorreth, offering
us: even so we speak, not as pleasing their sons and daughters, and burning
men, but God. who proveth our hearts. them with fire.—Deut. xii. 31.
For neither have we used, at any
And they sacrificed their sons and
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And they shed innocent blood: the
blood of their sons and of their daugh­
ters which they sacrificed to the idols of
Chanaan.
And the land was polluted with blood,
and was defiled with their works: and
they went aside after their own in­
ventions.
And the Lord was exceedingly angry
with his people: and he abhorred his
inheritance.—Ps. cv. 37-40.
For those ancient inhabitants of thy
holy land, whom thou didst abhor,
Because they did works hateful to
thee by their sorceries, and wicked sac­
rifices,
And those merciless murderers of
their own children, and eaters of men’s
bowels, and devourers of blood from
the midst of thy consecration,
And those parents sacrificing with
their own hands helpless souls, it was
thy will to destroy by the hands of our
parents.—IVts. xii. 3-6.
HUMBLE ACCEPTABLE TO GOD,
PRAYERS OF THE
For thy power, O Lord, is not in a
multitude, nor is thy pleasure in the
strength of horses, nor from the begin­
ning, have the proud been acceptable
to thee: but the prayer of the humble
and the meek hath always pleased thee.
—Judith ix. 16.
He hath had regard to the prayer of
the humble: and he hath not despised
their petition.—Ps. ci. 18.
The prayer of him that humbleth
himself, shall pierce the clouds: and till
it come nigh he will not be comforted :
and he will not depart till the most
Iligh behold.—Ecclus. xxxv. 21.
HUMILIATIONS, ENDURING
For he that hath been humbled shall
be in glory: and he that shall bow down
his eyes, he shall be saved.—Jobxxii.29.
For thou hast humbled us in the
place of affliction : and the shadow of
death hath covered us.—Ps. xliii. 20.
I am poor, and in labors from my
youth : and being exalted, have been
humbled and troubled.—Ps. Ixxxvii. 16.
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years in which we have seen evils.—Ps.
Ixxxix. 15.
The Lord is the keeper of little ones:
I was humbled, and he delivered me.—
Ps. cxiv. 6.
Be thou mindful of thy word to thy
servant, in which thou hast given me
hope.
This hath comforted me in my
humiliation: because thy word hath en­
livened me.—Ps. cxviii. 49, 50.
Before I was humbled, I offended;
therefore have I kept thy word.—Ps.
cxviii. 67.
It is good for me that thou hast
humbled me, that I may learn thy justi­
fications.—Ps. cxviii. 71.
I know, 0 Lord, that thy judgments
are equity: and in thy truth thou hast
humbled me.—Ps. cxviii. 75.
I have been humbled, 0 Lord, exceed­
ingly: quicken thou me, according to
thy w’ord.—Ps. cxviii. 107.
I am very young and despised ; but I
forget not thy justifications.—Ps.cxviii.
141.
See my humiliation and deliver me:
for I have not forgotten thy law.—Ps.
cxviii. 153.
It is better to be humbled with the
meek, than to divide spoils with the
proud.—Prov. xvi. 19.
Before destruction, the heart of a
man is exalted : and before he be
glorified, it is humbled.—Prov. xviii.12.
Take all that shall be brought upon
thee: and in thy sorrow, endure, and in
thy humiliation keep patience.
For gold and silver are tried in the
fire, but acceptable men in the furnace
of humiliation.—Ecclus. ii. 4, 5.
Be you humbled, therefore, under
the mighty hand of God, that he may
exalt you in the time of visitation.—
1 Peter v. 6.
HUMILITY
It is good for me that thou hast
humbled me, that I may learn thy justi­
fications.—Ps. cxviii. 71.
Lord, my heart is not exalted: nor
are my eyes lofty.
Neither have I walked in great mat­
ters, nor in wonderful things above me.
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reproach: but where humility is, there
also is wisdom.—Prov. xi. 2.
The fear of the Lord is the lesson of
wisdom: and humility goeth before
glory.—Prov. xv. 33.
It is better to be humbled with the
meek, than to divide spoils with the
proud.—Prov. xvi. 19.
Before destruction, the heart of a
man is exalted : and before he be glori­
fied, it is humbled.—Prov. xviii. 12.
And (Jesus) said to them: For he
that is the lesser among you all, he is
the greater.—Luke ix. 48.
But God, who comforteth the hum­
ble, comforted us by the coming of
Titus.—2 Cor. vii. 6.

HUMILITY, NECESSITY OF

At that hour the disciples came to
Jesus, saying: Who thinkest thou is
the greater in the kingdom of heaven?
And Jesus calling unto him a little
child, set him in the midst of them,
And said : Amen, I say to you, unless
you be converted, and become as little
children, you shall not enter into the
kingdom of heaven.
Whosoever therefore shall humble
himself as this little child, he is the
greater in the kingdom of heaven.—
Malt, xviii. 1-4.
Amen, I say to you, whosoever shall
not receive the kingdom of God as a
little child, shall not enter into it.—
Mark x. 15.
HUMILITY PLEASING TO GOD
For if any man think himself to be
whereas he is nothing, he
A sacrifice to God is an afflicted something,
deceiveth
himself.
—
Gal.
vi.
3.
spirit: a contrite and humbled heart,
0 God, thou wilt not despise.—Ps. 1. 19.
The Lord is the keeper of little ones:
HUMILITY, REWARD OF
I was humbled, and he delivered me.—
Wherefore I will pray to the Lord,
Ps. cxiv. 6.
The greater thou art, the more hum­ and address my speech to God; . . .
Who setteth up the humble on high,
ble thyself in all things, and thou shalt
and comforteth with health those that
find grace before God:
For great is the power of God alone, mourn.—Job v. 8, 11.
For he that hath been humbled, shall
and he is honored by the humble.—
be in glory: and he that shall bow down
Ecclus. iii. 20, 21.
But to whom shall I have respect, his eyes, he shall be saved.—Job xxii. 29.
I will be glad, and rejoice in thy
but to him that is poor and little, and
of a contrite heart, and that trembleth mercy. For thou hast regarded my
humility, thou hast saved my soul out
at my words?—Is. Ixvi. 2.
At that time Jesus answered and of distresses.—Ps. xxx. 8.
The Lord is nigh unto them that are
said: I confess to thee, O Father, Lord
of heaven and earth, because thou hast of a contrite heart: and he will save
hid these things from the wise and the humble of spirit.—Ps. xxxiii. 19.
The fruit of humility is the fear of
prudent, and hast revealed them to
the Lord, riches, and glory and life.—
little ones.
Yea, Father; for so hath it seemed Prov. xxii. 4.
Humiliation followeth the proud:
good in thy sight.—Matt. xi. 25, 26.
But the foolish things of the world and glory shall uphold the humble of
hath God chosen, that he may confound spirit.—Prov. xxix. 23.
God hath made the roots of proud na­
the wise; and the weak things of the
world hath God chosen, that he may tions to wither, and hath planted the
humble of these nations. . . .
confound the strong.
God hath abolished the memory of
And the base things of the world,
and the things that are contemptible, the proud, and hath preserved the
hath God chosen, and things that are memory of them that are humble in
not, that he might bring to nought mind.—Ecclus. x. 18, 21.
For thus saith the High and the
things that are:
That no flesh should glory in his Eminent that inhabiteth eternity: and
sight.—1 Cor. i. 27-29.
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high and holy place, and with a con­
trite and humble spirit, to revive the
spirit of the humble, and to revive the
heart of the contrite.—Is. Ivii. 15.
And many that are first, shall be last:
and the last shall be first.—Matt.xix.30.
And whosoever shall exalt himself,
shall be humbled: and he that shall
humble himself shall be exalted.—Matt.
xxiii. 12.
And my spirit bath rejoiced in God
my Saviour.
Because he hath regarded the humil­
ity of his handmaid; for behold from
henceforth all generations shall call me
blessed.—Luke i. 47, 48.
He hath put down the mighty from
their seat, and hath exalted the hum­
ble.—Luke i. 52.
And the publican standing afar off,
would not so much as lift up his eyes
towards heaven ; but struck his breast,
saying: 0 God, be merciful to me a
sinner.
I say to you, this man went down
into his house, justified rather than the
other: because every one that exalteth
himself, shall be humbled: and he that
humbleth himself, shall be exalted.—
Luke xviii. 13, 14.
Wherefore he saith: God resisteth the
proud, and giveth grace to the hum­
ble.—James iv. 6.
Be humbled in the sight of the Lord,
and he will exalt you.—James iv. 10.
HUMILITY, MOTIVES OR
REASONS FOR

Behold they that serve him are not
steadfast, and in his angels he found
wickedness :
How much more shall they that dwell
in houses of clay, who have an earthly
foundation, be consumed as with the
moth?—Job iv. 18, 19.
What is a man that thou shouldst
magnify him? or why dost thou set thy
heart upon him?—Job vii. 17.
Behold among his saints none is un­
changeable, and the heavens are not
pure in his sight.
How much more is man abominable,
and unprofitable, who drinketh iniquity
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I have said to rottenness: Thou art
my father; to worms, my mother and
my sister.—Job xvii. 14.
Can man be justified compared with
God, or he that is born of a woman ap­
pear clean?
Behold even the moon doth not shine,
and the stars are not pure in his sight.
How much less man that is rotten­
ness, and the son of man who is a
worm?—Job xxv. 4, 5, 6.
Where wast thou when I laid the
foundations of the earth? tell me if
thou hast understanding.—Job xxxviii.4.
Lord, what is man, that thou art
made known to him? or the son of man,
that thou makest account of him?—
Ps. cxliii. 3.
Who can say: My heart is clean, I
am pure from sin?—Prov. xx. 9.
All these things have I considered in
my heart, that I might carefully under­
stand them: there are just men and
wise men, and their works are in the
hand of God: and yet man knoweth not
whether he be worthy of love, or hatred.
—Eccles, ix. 1.
HUMILITY, EXHORTATION TO

And therefore let us humble our
souls before him, and continuing in an
humble spirit, in his service:
Let us ask the Lord with tears, that,
according to his will, so he would show
his mercy to us: that, as our heart is
troubled by their pride, so also we may
glorify in our humility.—Judith viii.
16, 17.
Appear not glorious before the king,
and stand not in the place of great men.
For it is better that it should be said
to thee: Come up hither; than that
thou shouldst be humbled before the
prince.—Prov. xxv. 6, 7.
Take all that shall be brought upon
thee: and in thy sorrow endure, and in
thy humiliation keep patience.
For gold and silver are tried in the
fire, but acceptable men in the furnace
of humiliation.—Ecclus. ii. 4, 5.
The greater thou art, the more hum­
ble thyself in all things, and thou shalt
find grace before God.—Ecclus. iii. 20.
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given, and add not sin upon sin.
having compassion one of another, be­
Ecclus. v. 5.
ing lovers of the brotherhood, merciful,
Humble thy spirit very much : for the modest, humble.—1 Peter iii. 8.
vengeance on the flesh of the ungodly
In like manner, ye young men, be
is fire and worms.—Ecclus. vii. 19.
subject to the ancients. And do you
Take up my yoke upon you, and learn all insinuate humility one to another,
of me, because I am meek, and humble for God resisteth the proud, but to the
of heart : and you shall find rest to your humble he giveth grace.
Be you humbled therefore under the
souls.—Matt. xi. 29.
But Jesus called them to him, and mighty hand of God, that he may exalt
said: You know that the princes of the you in the time of visitation.—1 Peter
Gentiles lord it over them; and they v. 5, 6.
that are the greater, exercise power
upon them.
HUMILITY OF CHRIST, THE
It shall not be so among you : but
whosoever will be the greater among
Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to
you, let him be your minister:
the Jordan, unto John, to be baptized
And he that will be first among you, by him.
shall be your servant.—Matt. xx. 25-27.
But John stayed him, saying: I
And sitting down, he called the ought to be baptized by thee, and comtwelve, and saith to them : If any man est thou to me?
desire to be first, he shall be the last
And Jesus answering, said to him:
of all, and the minister of all.—Mark Suffer it to be so now. For so it beix. 34.
cometh us to fulfil all justice. Then
So you also, when you shall have he suffered him.—Malt. iii. 13-15.
done all these things that are com­
Take up my yoke upon you, and
manded you, say: We are unprofitable learn of me, because I am meek, and
servants; we have done that which we humble of heart : and you shall find rest
ought to do.—Luke xvii. 10.
to your souls.—Matt. xi. 29.
But thou standest by faith: be not
But whosoever will be the greater
high-minded, but fear.
among you, let him be your minister:
For if God hath not spared the natu­
And he that will be first among you,
ral branches, fear lest perhaps he also shall be your servant.
spare not thee.—Rom. xi. 20, 21.
Even as the Son of man is not come
I therefore, a prisoner in the Lord, to be ministered unto, but to minister,
beseech you, that you walk worthy of and to give his life a redemption for
the vocation in which you are called, many.—Matt. xx. 26-28.
With all humility and mildness, with
Tell ye the daughter of Sion: Be­
patience, supporting one another in hold thy king cometh to thee, meek, and
charity.—Eph. iv. 1, 2.
sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal
TL-et nothing be done through conten­ of her that is used to the yoke.—Matt.
tion, neither by vain glory: but in hu­ xxi. 5.
mility, let each esteem others better
And he went down with them, and
than themselves.—Philipp, ii. 3.
came to Nazareth, and was subject to
Put ye on therefore, as the elect of them.—Luke ii. 51.
God, holy, and beloved, the bowels of
For which is greater, he that sitteth
mercy, benignity, humility, modesty, at table, or he that serveth? Is not
patience.—Col. iii. 12.
he that sitteth at table? But I am in
But let the brother of low condition, the midst of you, as he that serveth.—
glory in his exaltation:
Luke xxii. 27.
And the rich, in his being low; be­ But I seek not my own glory: there
cause as the flower of the grass shall he is one that seeketh and judgeth.—John
pass away.—Jam es i. 9. 10.
viii. 50.
Be humbled in the sight of the Lord,
Knowing that the Father had given
and he will exalt you.—James iv. 10. him all things into his hands, and that
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He riseth from supper, and layeth Manasses, and 1 am the least in my
aside his garments, and having taken a father’s house.—Judges vi. 14, 15.
And the men of Ephraim said to him
towel, girded himself.
After that, he putteth water into a (Gedeon) : What is this that thou
basin, and began to wash the feet of meanest to do, that thou wouldst not
the disciples, and to wipe them with the call us when thou wentest to fight
towel wherewith he was girded. . . . against Madian? and they chid him
Then after he had washed their feet, sharply, and almost offered violence.
And he answered them: What could
and taken his garments, being set down
again, he said to them : Know you what I have done, like to that which you
have done? Is not one bunch of grapes
I have done to you?
You call me Master, and Lord; and of Ephraim better than the vintages of
Abiezer ?
you say well, for so I am.
The Lord hath delivered into your
If then I, being your Lord and Mas­
ter, have washed your feet; you also hands the princes of Madian, Oreb and
Zeb : -what could I have done like to
ought to wash one another’s feet.
what you have done? And when he
For I have given you an example, had said this, their spirit was ap­
that as I have done to you, so you do peased, with which they swelled against
also.—John xiii. 3-5, 12-15.
him.—Judges viii. 1-3.
For let this mind be in you, which
And Saul answering, said: Am not I
was also in Christ Jesus:
a son of Jemini, of the least tribe of
Who, being in the form of God, Israel, and my kindred the last among
thought it not robbery to be equal with all the families of the tribe of Benja­
God:
min? Why then hast thou spoken this
But emptied himself, taking the word to me?—1 Kings ix. 21.
form of a servant, being made in the
And David said to Michol: Before
likeness of men, and in habit found the Lord, who chose me rather than thy
as a man.
father, and than all his house, and com­
He humbled himself, becoming obe­ manded me to be ruler over the people
dient unto death, even to the death of of the Lord in Israel,
the cross.—Philipp, ii. 5-8.
I will both play and make myself
meaner than I have done: and I will
be little in my own eyes: and with the
HUMILITY, EXAMPLES OF
handmaids of whom thou speakest, I
And Abraham answered, and said: shall appear more glorious.—2 Kings
Seeing I have once begun, I will speak vi. 21, 22.
And Daniel made answer before the
to my Lord, whereas I am dust and
king, and said: The secret that the
ashes.—Gen. xviii. 27.
And Moses said: In the evening the king desireth to know, none of the wise
Lord will give you flesh to eat, and in men, or the philosophers, or the
the morning, bread to the full : for he diviners, or the soothsayers can declare
hath heard your murmurings, with to the king. . . .
To me also this secret is revealed,
which you have murmured against
him, for what are we? your murmur­ not by any wisdom that I have more
ing is not against us, but against the than all men alive: but that the inter­
pretation might be made manifest to
Lord.—Ex. xvi. 8.
And the Lord looked upon him the king, and thou mightest know the
(Gedeon), and said: Go in this thy thoughts of thy mind.—Dan. ii. 27, 30.
And Jesus saith to him: I will come
strength, and thou shalt deliver Israel
out of the hand of Madian : know that and heal him.
And the centurion making answer,
I have sent thee.
He answered and said : I beseech said: Lord, I am not worthy that thou
thee, my lord, wherewith shall I deliver shouldst enter under my roof : but
only say the word, and my servant shall
Israel ?
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But she came and adored him, say­
ing: Lord, help me.
Who answering, said: It is not good
to take the bread of the children, and
to cast it to the dogs.
But she said: Yea, Lord; for the
whelps also eat of the crumbs, that fall
from the table of their masters.—Matt.
xv. 25-27.
And he (John) preached, saying:
There cometh after me, one mightier
than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am
not worthy to stoop down and loose.—
Mark i. 7.
And Mary said: Behold the hand­
maid of the Lord; be it done to me
according to thy word.—Luke i. 38.
And she (Elizabeth) cried out with
a loud voice, and said : Blessed art thou
among women, and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb.
And whence is this to me, that the
mother of my Lord should come to me ?
—Luke i. 42, 43.
'Which when Simon Peter saw, he
fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying: De­
part from me, for I am a sinful man,
0 Lord.—Luke v. 8.
And Jesus went with them. And
when he was now not far from the
house, the centurion sent his friends to
him, saying: Lord, trouble not thyself;
for I am not worthy that thou shouldst
enter under my roof.
For which cause, neither did I think
myself worthy to come to thee; but
say the word, and my servant shall be
healed.—Luke vii. 6, 7.
And the publican standing afar off,
would not so much as lift up his eyes
towards heaven; but struck his breast,
saying: O God, be merciful to me a
sinner.—Luke xviii. 13.
He that hath the bride, is the bride­
groom : but the friend of the bride­
groom, who standeth and heareth him,
rejoiceth with joy, because of the
bridegroom’s voice. This my joy there­
fore is fulfilled.
He must increase, but I must de­
crease.—John iii. 29, 30.
For I am the least of the apostles,
who am not worthy to be called an
apostle, because I persecuted the
church of God.—1 Cor. xv. 9.
’The miraculous draught.

A faithful saying, and worthy of all
acceptation, that Christ Jesus came
into this world to save sinners, of
whom I am the chief.—1 Tim. i. 15.
HUMILITY, A PRAYER OF
0 God of the heavens, creator of the
waters, and Lord of the whole creation,
hear me a poor wretch, making suppli­
cation to thee, and presuming of thy
mercy.—Judith ix. 17.
Have mercy on me, 0 Lord, for I am
weak: heal me, O Lord, for my bones
are troubled.—Ps. vi. 3.
What is man, that thou art mindful
of him? or the Son of man that thou
visitest him?—Ps. viii. 5.
Look thou upon me, and have mercy
on me; for I am alone and poor. . . .
See my abjection and my labor; and
forgive me all my sins.—Ps. xxiv.
16, 18.
0 Lord, be thou merciful to me : heal
my soul, for I have sinned against thee.
—Ps. xl. 5.
For we, O Lord, are diminished more
than any nation, and are brought low
in all the earth this day, for our
sins. . . .
Nevertheless in a contrite heart and
humble spirit, let us be accepted.—Dan.
iii. 37, 39.
Lord, I am not worthy that thou
shouldst enter under my roof : but only
say the word, and my servant shall be
healed.—Matt. viii. 8.
Father. I have sinned against
heaven, and before thee:
I am not worthy to be called thy son:
make me as one of thy hired servants.
—Luke xv. 18, 19.
O God, bo merciful to me, a sinner.
—Luke xviii. 13.

HUSBAND AND WIFE, MUTUAL
DUTIES OF
See: Marriage, duties in—page 302.
HYPOCRISY
This I know from the beginning,
since man was placed upon the earth,
That the praise of the wicked is
short, and the joy of the hypocrite but
for a moment.—J oh xx. 4, 5.
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crite, if through covetousness he take
by violence, and God deliver not his
soul?
Will God hear his cry, when distress
shall come upon him?
Or can he delight himself in the Al­
mighty, and call upon God at all
times?—Joi) xxvii. 8-10.
And they loved him with their
mouth: and with their tongue they
lied unto him:
But their heart was not right with
him: nor were they counted faithful in
his covenant.—Ps. Ixxvii. 36, 37.
I saw the wicked huried: who also
when they were yet living were in the
holy place, and were praised in the city
as men of just works: but this also is
vanity.—Eccles, viii. 10.
Be not incredulous to the fear of
the Lord: and come not to him with
a double heart.
Be not a hypocrite in the sight of
men, and let not thy lips be a stum­
bling-block to thee. . . .
And God discover thy secrets, and
cast thee down in the midst of the con­
gregation.
Because thou earnest to the Lord
wickedly, and thy heart is full of guile
and deceit.—Ecclus. i. 36, 37, 39, 40.
An enemy hath tears in his eyes, and
while he pretendeth to help thee, will
undermine thy feet.
He will shake his head, and clap his
hands, and whisper much, and change
his countenance.—Ecclus. xii. 18, 19.
There is one that humbleth himself
wickedly, and his interior is full of de­
ceit.—Ecclus. xix. 23.
Hypocrites, w'ell hath Isaias prophe­
sied of you, saying:
This people honoreth me with their
lips: but their heart is far from me.—
Malt. xv. 7, 8.
And all their works they do for to
be seen of men. For they make their
phylacteries broad, and enlarge their
fringes. . . .
Blind guides, who strain out a gnat,
and swallow a camel.—Malt, xxiii.
5, 24.
Woe to you. scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites; because you make clean the
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within, you are full of rapine and un­
cleanness.
Thou blind Pharisee, first make clean
the inside of the cup and of the dish,
that the outside may become clean.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites; because you are like to
whited sepulchres, which outwardly ap­
pear to men beautiful, but within, are
full of dead men’s bones, and of all
filthiness.
So you also outwardly indeed appear
to men just; but inwardly you are full
of hypocrisy and iniquity.—Matt, xxiii.
25-28.
Know also this, that, in the last days,
shall come dangerous times.
Men shall be lovers of themselves,
covetous, haughty, proud, blasphemers,
disobedient to parents, ungrateful,
wicked : . . .
Having an appearance indeed of god­
liness, but denying the power thereof.
—2 Tim. iii. 1, 2, 5.
HYPOCRISY PUNISHED BY GOD
Can the rush be green without mois­
ture? or a sedge bush grow without
water ?
When it is yet in flower, and is not
plucked up with the hand, it withereth
before all herbs.
Even so are the ways of all that for­
get God, and the hope of the hypocrite
shall perish:
His folly shall not please him, and
his trust shall be like the spider’s web.
He shall lean upon his house, and it
shall not stand : he shall prop it up, and
it shall not rise:
He seemeth to have moisture before
the sun cometh, and at his rising, his
blossom shall shoot forth.—Job viii.
11-16.
And he shall be my saviour: for no
hypocrite shall come before his pres­
ence.—Job xiii. 16.
For the congregation of the hypo­
crite is barren, and fire shall devour
their tabernacles, who love to take
bribes.—Job xv. 34.
Woe to them that are of a double
heart, and to wicked lips, and to the
hands that do evil, and to the sinner
that goeth on the earth two ways.—
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A heart that goeth two ways shall
not have success, and the perverse of
heart shall be scandalized therein.—
Ecclus. iii. 28.
For I tell you, that unless your jus­
tice abound more than that of the
scribes and Pharisees, you shall not
enter into the kingdom of heaven.—
Malt. v. 20.
IDLE WORDS
See also: Tongue, control of the—
page 560.

He that is delighted in passing his
time over wine, leaveth a reproach in
his strongholds.—Prov. xii. 11.
Slothfulness casteth into a deep
sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hun­
ger.—Prov. xix. 15.
He that tilleth his ground shall be
filled with bread: but he that followeth
idleness, shall be filled with poverty.—
Prov. xxviii. 19.
For idleness hath taught much evil.
—Ecclus. xxxiii. 29.
Behold this was the iniquity of
A man full of tongue shall not be Sodom thy sister, pride, fulness of
established in the earth.—Ps. cxxxix. 12. bread, and abundance, and the idleness
In the multitude of words, there of her, and of her daughters: and they
shall not want sin: but he that refrain- i did not put forth their hand to the
eth his lips is most wise.—Prov. x. 19. needy, and to the poor.—Ezech. xvi. 49.
The tongue of the wise adorneth I But about the eleventh hour, he went
knowledge: but the mouth of fools bub- out and found others standing, and he
saith to them : Why stand you here all
bleth out folly.—Prov. xv. 2.
Speak not anything rashly, and let the day idle?—Matt. xx. 6.
For also when we were with you,
not thy heart be hasty to utter a word
before God. For God is in heaven, and this we declared to you : that if any
thou upon earth : therefore let thy man will not work, neither let him eat.
For we have heard there are some
words be few.
Dreams follow many cares: and in among you who walk disorderly, work­
many words .‘hall be found folly.— ing not at all. but curiously meddling.
Now we charge them that are such,
Eccles, v. 1. 2.
A man full of tongue is terrible in and beseech them by the Lord Jesus
his city, and he that is rash in his Christ, that working with silence, they
word shall be hateful.—Ecclus. ix. 25. would eat their own bread.—2 Thess.
He that useth many words, shall hurt iii. 10-12.
And withal being idle, they learn to
his own soul.—Ecclus. xx. 8.
For I say unto you, that every idle go about from house to house: and are
word that men shall speak, they shall not only idle, but tattlers also, and
render an account for it in the day of busybodies, speaking things which they
ought not.—1 Tim. v. 13.
judgment.—Malt. xii. 36.
But shun profane and vain bab­
blings: for they grow much towards
IDOLATRY
ungodliness.—2 Tim. ii. 16.
Let them be all confounded that
And avoid foolish and unlearned
questions, knowing that they beget adore graven things, and that glory in
their idols.—Ps. xcvi. 7.
strifes.—2 Tim. ii. 23.
For in many things we all offend. I For the beginning of fornication is
If any man offend not in word, the the devising of idols: and the invention
same is a perfect man. He is able also of them is the corruption of life.
For neither were they from the be­
with a bridle to lead about the whole
ginning, neither shall they be for ever.
body.—James iii. 2.
For by the vanity of men they came
into the world : and therefore they shall
IDLENESS
be
found
to
come
shortly
to
an
end.
See also: Laziness—page 275.
For a father being afflicted with bit­
He that tilleth his land shall be ter grief, made to himself the image
satisfied with bread: but he that pur- of his son who was quickly taken away:
sueth idleness is very foolish.
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he began now to worship as a god, and I
appointed him rites and sacrifices
among his servants.
Then in process of time, wicked cus­
tom prevailing, this error was kept as
a law, and statues were worshipped by
the commandment of tyrants.
i\nd those whom men could not
honor in presence, because they dwelt
far off, they brought their resemblance
from afar, and made an express image
of the king whom they had a mind to
honor: that by this their diligence,
they might honor as present, him that
was absent.
And to the worshipping of these, the
singular diligence also of the artificer
helped to set forward the ignorant.
For he being willing to please him
that employed him, labored with all his
art to make the resemblance in the best
manner.
And the multitude of men, carried
away by the beauty of the work, took
him now for a god, that a little before
was but honored as a man.
And this was the occasion of deceiv­
ing human life: for men, serving either
their affection, or their kings, gave the
incommunicable name to stones and
wood.
And it was not enough for them to
err about the knowledge of God, but
whereas they lived in a great war of
ignorance, they call so many and so
great evils peace.
For either they sacrifice their own
children, or use hidden sacrifices, or
keep watches full of madness,
So that now they neither keep life,
nor marriage undefiled, but one killeth
another through envy, or grieveth him
by adultery.
And all things are mingled together,
blood, murder, theft, dissimulation,
corruption and unfaithfulness, tumults
and perjury, disquieting of the good,
Forgetfulness of God. defiling of
souls, changing of nature, disorder in
marriage, and the irregularity of adul­
tery and uncleanness.
For the worship of abominable idols
is the cause, and the beginning and
end of all evil.—IVis. xiv. 12-27.
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the image of a corruptible man, and
of birds, and of four-footed beasts, and
of creeping things.
Wherefore God gave them up to the
desires of their heart, unto unclean­
ness, to dishonor their own bodies
among themselves.
Who changed the truth of God into
a lie; and worshipped and served the
creature rather than the Creator, who
is blessed for ever. Amen.—Rom. i.
23-25.
IDOLATRY, THE FOLLY OF
The idols of the Gentiles are silver
and gold, the works of the hands of
men.
They have mouths, and speak not:
they have eyes, and see not.
They have ears, and hear not : they
have noses, and smell not.
They have hands, and feel not: they
have feet, and walk not: neither shall
they cry out through their throat.
Let them that make them, become
like unto them: and all such as trust
in them.—Ps. cxiii. (Heb. cxv.) 4-8.
Wherefore thou hast also greatly tor­
mented them who in their life have
lived foolishly and unjustly, by the
same things which they worshipped.
For they went astray for a long time
in the ways of error, holding those
things for gods which are the most
worthless among beasts, living after the
manner of children without under­
standing.
Therefore thou hast sent a judgment
upon them as senseless children to
mock them.—IFi's. xii. 23-25.
But unhappy are they, and their
hope is among the dead, who have
called gods the works of the hands of
men, gold and silver, the inventions of
art, and the resemblances of beasts, or
an unprofitable stone, the work of an
ancient hand.
Or if an artist, a carpenter, hath cut
down a tree proper for his use in the
wood, and skilfully taken off all the
bark thereof, and with his art, dili­
gently formeth a vessel profitable for
the common uses of life,
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And taking what was left thereof,
which is good for nothing, being a
crooked piece of wood, and full of
knots, carveth it diligently, when he
hath nothing else to do, and by the
skill of his art, fashioneth it, and mak­
eth it like the image of a man:
Or the resemblance of some beast,
laying it over with vermilion, and
painting it red, and covering every spot
that is in it:
And maketh a convenient dwelling
place for it, and setting it in a wall,
and fastening it with iron,
Providing for it, lest it should fall,
knowing that it is unable to help itself:
for it is an image, and hath need of
help.
And then maketh prayer to it, in­
quiring concerning his substance, and
his children, or his marriage. And he
is not ashamed to speak to that which
hath no life:
And for health, he maketh supplica­
tion to the weak, and for life prayeth
to that which is dead, and for help calleth upon that which is unprofitable:
And for a good journey, he petitioneth him that cannot walk : and for
getting, and for working, and for the
event of all things, he asketh him that
is unable to do any thing.—IFt's. xiii.
10-19.
For they have esteemed all the idols
of the heathens for gods, which neither
have the use of eyes to see, nor noses
to draw breath, nor ears to hear, nor
fingers of hands to handle, and as for
their feet, they are slow to walk.
For man made them: and he that
borroweth his own breath, fashioned
them. For no man can make a god like
to himself.
For being mortal himself, he formeth a dead thing with his wicked hands.
For he is better than they whom he
worshippeth, because he indeed hath
lived, though he were mortal, but they
never.—Mis. xv. 15-17.
The smith hath wrought with his
file, with coals, and with hammers he
hath formed it. and hath wrought with
the strength of his arm : he shall hun­
ger and faint, he shall drink no water,
and shall be weary.
The carpenter hath stretched out his

rule, he hath formed it with a plane:
he hath made it with corners, and hath
fashioned it round with the compass:
and he hath made the image of a man,
as it were a beautiful man dwelling in
a house.
He hath cut down cedars, taken the
holm, and the oak that stood among the
trees of the forest: he hath planted the
pine-tree, which the rain hath nour­
ished.
And it hath served men for fuel: he
took thereof, and warmed himself: and
he kindled it, and baked bread: but of
the rest, he made a god, and adored it:
he made a graven thing, and bowed
down before it.
Part of it he burnt with fire, and
with part of it he dressed his meat: he
boiled pottage, and was filled, and was
warmed, and said : Aha, I am warm, I
have seen the fire.
But the residue thereof he made a
god, and a graven thing for himself:
he boweth down before it, and adoreth
it, and prayeth unto it, saying: Deliver
me, for thou art my God.
They have not known, nor under­
stood: for their eyes are covered, that
they may not see, and that they may
not understand with their heart.
They do not consider in their mind,
nor know, nor have the thought to say:
I have burnt part of it in the fire, and
I have baked bread upon the coals
thereof: I have broiled flesh, and have
eaten, and of the residue thereof shall
I make an idol? shall I fall down be­
fore the stock of a tree?
Part thereof is ashes: his foolish
heart adoreth it, and he will not save
his soul, nor say: Perhaps there is a
lie in my right hand.—Is. xliv. 12-20.
To whom have you likened me, and
made me equal, and compared me, and
made me like?
You that contribute gold out of the
bag, and weigh out silver in the scales:
and hire a goldsmith to make a god:
and they fall down and worship.
They bear him on their shoulders,
and carry him, and set him in his place,
and he shall stand, and shall not stir
out of his place. Yea, when they
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Their faces are black with the smoke
hear: he shall not save them from
that is made in the house.
tribulation.—Is. xlvi. <5-7.
Owls, and swallows, and other birds
For the laws of the people are vain:
for the works of the hand of the work­ fly upon their bodies, and upon their
man hath cut a tree out of the forest heads, and cats in like manner.
Whereby you may know that they
with an axe.
He hath decked it with silver and are no gods. Therefore fear them not
The gold also which they have, is for
gold: he hath put it together with
nails and hammers, that it may not fall show, but except a man wipe off the
rust, they will not shine: for neither
asunder.
They are framed after the likeness when they were molten, did they feel it.
Men buy them at a high price,
of a palm-tree, and shall not speak:
they must be carried to be removed, be­ whereas there is no breath in them.
And having not the use of feet, they
cause they cannot go.
Therefore fear them not, for they are carried upon shoulders, declaring
can neither do evil nor good.—Jer. x. to men how vile they are. Be they con­
founded also that worship them.
3-5.
Therefore if they fall to the ground,
For their tongue that is polished by
the craftsman, and themselves laid they rise not up again of themselves,
over with gold and silver, are false nor if a man set them upright, will
they stand by themselves, but their
things, and they cannot speak. . . .
And these gods cannot defend them­ gifts shall be set before them, as to the
dead. . . .
selves from the rust, and the moth.
And whether it be evil that one doth
But when they have covered them
with a purple garment, they wipe their unto them, or good, they are not able
face, because of the dust of the house, to recompense it: neither can they set
up a king, nor put him down.
which is very much among them.
In like manner, they can neither give
This holdeth a sceptre as a man, as
a judge of the country, but cannot put riches, nor requite evil. If a man make
a vow to them, and perform it not, they
to death one that offendeth him.
And this hath in his hand a sword, cannot require it.
They cannot deliver a man from
or an ax, but cannot save himself
from war, or from robbers, whereby be death, nor save the weak from the
it known to you, that they are not mighty.
They cannot restore the blind man to
gods.
Therefore fear them not. For as a his sight: nor deliver a man from dis­
vessel that a man uses, when it is tress.
They shall not pity the widow, nor
broken, becometh useless, even so are
do good to the fatherless.
their gods:
Their gods, of wood and of stone,
When they are placed in the house,
their eyes are full of dust by the feet and of gold and of silver, are like the
stones that are hewn out of the moun­
ot them that go in.
And as the gates are made sure on tains: and they that worship them shall
every side upon one that hath offended be confounded.
How then is it to be supposed, or to
the king, or like a dead man carried to
the grave, so do the priests secure the be said, that they are gods? . . .
And they are made by workmen and
doors with bars and locks, lest they be
by goldsmiths. They shall be nothing
stripped by thieves.
They light candles to them, and in else but what the priests will have
great number, of which they cannot see them to be.
For the artificers themselves that
one: but they are like beams in the
make them, are of no long continuance.
house.
And they say that the creeping Can those things then that are made by
things which are of the earth, gnaw them, be gods? . . .
They cannot set up a king over the
their hearts, while they cat them and
land, nor give rain to men.
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They determine no causes, nor de­
liver countries from oppression; be­
cause they can do nothing, and are as
daws between heaven and earth.
For when fire shall fall upon the
house of these gods of wood, and of sil­
ver, and of gold, their priests indeed
will flee away, and be saved: but they
themselves shall be burnt in the midst
like beams. . . .
Neither are these gods of wood and
of »tone, and laid over with gold and
with silver, able to deliver themselves
from thieves or robbers: they that are
stronger than them
Shall take from them the gold and
silver, and the raiment wherewith they
are clothed, and shall go their way,
neither shall they help themselves. . . .
For neither can they curse kings, nor
bless them.
Neither do they show signs in the
heaven to the nations, nor shine as the
sun, nor give light as the moon.
Beasts are better than they, which
can fly under a covert, and help them­
selves.
Therefore there is no manner of ap­
pearance that they are gods: so fear
them not.
For as a scarecrow in a garden of
cucumbers keepeth nothing, so are
their gods of wood and of silver, and
laid over with gold.
They are no better than a white
thorn in a garden, upon which every
bird sitteth. . . .
By the purple also and the scarlet
which are moth-eaten upon them, you
shall know that they are not gods. And
they themselves at last are consumed,
and shall be a reproach in the country.
—Bar. vi. passim.
IDOLATRY FORBIDDEN
And the Lord spoke all these words:
I am the Lord thy God, who brought
thee out of the land of Egypt, out of
the house of bondage.
Thou shalt not have strange gods
before me.
Thou shalt not make to thyself a
graven thing, nor the likeness of any­
thing that is in heaven above, or in the
earth beneath, nor of those things that
are in the waters under the earth.

Thou shalt not adore them, nor serve
them.—Ex. xx. 1-5.
Adore not any strange god. The
Lord his name is Jealous, he is a jeal­
ous God.—Ex. XXXiv. 14.
Turn ye not to idols, nor make to
yourselves molten gods. I am the Lord
your God.—Lev. xix. 4.
I am the Lord your God: you shall
not make to yourselves any idol or
graven thing, neither shall you erect
pillars, nor set up a remarkable stone
in your land, to adore it : for I am the
Lord your God.—Lev. xxvi. 1.
IDOLATRY, PUNISHMENT OF
He that sacrificeth to gods, shall be
put to death, save only to the Lord.—
Ex. xxii. 20.
But the idol that is made by hands,
is cursed, as well it, as he that made
it: he, because he made it; and it, be­
cause being frail, it is called a
god. ...
For that which is made, together
with him that made it, shall suffer tor­
ments.—Wis. xiv. 8, 10.
Who hath formed a god, and made a
graven thing that is profitable for
nothing?
Behold, all the partakers thereof
shall be confounded: for the makers
are men : they shall all assemble to­
gether, they shall stand and fear, and
shall be confounded together.—Is. xliv.
10, 11.
Know you not that the unjust shall
not possess the kingdom of God? Do
not err: neither fornicators, nor idola­
ters, nor adulterers . . . shall possess
the kingdom of God.—1 Cor. vi. 9, 10.
Now the works of the flesh are mani­
fest, which are fornication, unclean­
ness, immodesty, luxury,
Idolatry, witchcrafts. . . .
Of the which I foretell you, as I
have foretold to you. that they who do
such things, shall not obtain the king­
dom of God.—Gal. v. 19-21.
But the fearful and unbelieving,
and the abominable, and murderers,
and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and
idolaters, and all liars, they shall have
their portion in the pool burning with
fire and brimstone, which is the second
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But thou art always the selfsame,
and thy years shall not fail.—Ps. ci.
26-28.
He hath beautified the glorious
works of his wisdom: and he is from
eternity to eternity, and to him noth­
ing may be added,
Nor can he be diminished, and he
hath no need of any counsellor.—
Ecclus. xiii. 21, 22.
IGNORANCE OF THE DOCTRINE
I am, I am the Lord: and there is
no Saviour besides me. . . .
AND LAW OF GOD,
And from the beginning, I am the
EXCUSABLE
same, and there is none that can de­
And that servant who knew the will liver out of my hand: I will work,
of his lord, and prepared not himself, and who shall turn it away?—Is. xliii.
and did not according to his will, shall 11, 13.
be beaten with many stripes.
For I am the Lord, and I change not.
But he that knew not, and did things —Malach. iii. G.
worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with
Jesus Christ, yesterday, and to-day;
few stripes.—Luke xii. 47, 48.
and the same for ever.—Heb. xiii. 8.
Jesus said to them: If you were
Every best gift, and every perfect
blind, you should not have sin : but now gift, is from above, coming down from
you say: We see. Your sin remaineth. the Father of lights, with whom there
—John ix. 41.
is no change, nor shadow of alteration.
I give him thanks who hath strength­ —James i. 17.
ened me, even to Christ Jesus our Lord,
IMPARTIALITY
for that he hath counted me faithful,
putting me in the ministry;
Thou shalt not follow the multitude
Who before was a blasphemer, and to do evil: neither shalt thou yield in
a persecutor, and contumelious. But judgment, to the opinion of the most
I obtained the mercy of God, because part, to stray from the truth. . . .
I did it ignorantly in unbelief.—1 Tim.
Thou shalt not go aside in the poor
i. 12, 13.
man’s judgment.—Ex. xxiii. 2, 6.
Thou shalt not do that which is un­
IGNORANCE, INEXCUSABLE
just, nor judge unjustly. Respect not
the person of the poor, nor honor the
See: Blindness, wilful—page 39.
countenance of the mighty. But judge
thy neighbor according to justice.—Lev.
IMITATION OF CHRIST
xix. 15.
See: Example of Christ—page 130.
Hear them, and judge that which is
just: whether he be one of your country,
IMMUTABILITY OF GOD
or a stranger.
There shall be no difference of per­
God is not a man that he should
lie, nor as the son of man, that he sons, you shall hear the little as well
should be changed. Hath he said then, as the great: neither shall you respect
and will he not do? hath he spoken, any man’s person, because it is the
and will he not fulfil?—Num. xxiii. 19. judgment of God.—Deui. i. 16, 17.
Those things also to the wise: It is
Tn the beginning, O Lord, thou
foundedst the earth: and the heavens not good to have respect to persons in
judgment.—Prov. xxiv. 23.
are the works of thy hands.
Justify alike the small and the great.
They shall perish, but thou remainest: and all of them shall grow old like —Ecclus. v. 18.
But if you have respect to persons,
a garment:
And as a vesture thou shalt change you commit sin. being reproved by the
law as transgressors.—James ii. 9.
them, and they shall be changed.

Blessed are they that wash their
robes in the blood of the Lamb: that
they may have a right to the tree of
life, and may enter in by the gates into
the city.
Without are dogs and sorcerers, and
unchaste, and murderers, and servers
of idols, and every one that loveth and
niaketh a lie.—Apoc. xxii. 14, 15.

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IMPARTIALITY OF GOD

I and the crafty man is hateful.—Prov.
xiv. 17.
lie that is patient, is governed with
much wisdom : but he that is impatient,
exalteth his folly.—Prov. xiv. 29.
He that is impatient, shall suffer
damage : and when he shall take away,he
shall add another thing.—Prov. xix. 19.
Woe to them that have lost patience,
and that have forsaken the right ways,
and have gone aside into crooked ways.
And what will they do, when the
Lord shall begin to examine?—Ecclus.
ii. 16, 17.

Because the Lord your God, he is
the God of gods and the Lord of lords,
a great God and mighty and terrible,
who accepteth no person, nor taketh
bribes.—Deut. x. 17.
Let the fear of the Lord be with
you, and do all things with diligence:
for there is no iniquity with the Lord
our God, nor respect of persons, nor de­
sire of gifts.—2 Paral, xix. 7.
For in very deed God will not con­
demn without cause, neither will the
Almighty pervert judgment. ...
Who accepteth not the persons of j
IMPENITENCE
princes : nor hath regarded the tyrant,
See also: Obstinacy in sin—page 349.
when he contended against the poor
man : for all are the work of his hands.
And the people are not returned to
—Job xxxiv. 12, 19.
him who hath struck them, and have
For God will not except any man’s not
sought after the Lord of hosts.—
person, neither will he stand in awe of Is. ix. 13.
any man’s greatness : for he made the
0 Lord, thy eyes are upon truth:
little and the great, and he hath equally thou hast struck them, and they have
care of all.—Wts. vi. 8.
not grieved : thou hast bruised them,
And look not upon an unjust sacri­ and they have refused to receive cor­
fice, for the Lord is judge, and there is rection: they have made their faces
not with him respect of person.
harder than the rock, and they have re­
The Lord will not accept any person fused to return. . . .
against a poor man, and he will hear
Will you not then fear me, saith the
the prayer of him that is wronged.— Lord: and will you not repent at my
Ecclus. XXXV. 15, 16.
presence?
.
.
.
And Peter opening his mouth, said:
But the heart of this people is be­
In very deed I perceive that God is not come
hard of belief and provoking,
a respecter of persons.
are revolted and gone away.
But in every nation, he that feareth they
And they have not said in their
him, and worketh justice, is acceptable heart: Let us fear the Lord our God,
to him.—Acts x. 34, 35.
who giveth us the early and the latter
For he that doth wrong, shall receive rain in due season: who preserveth for
for that which he hath done wrong­ us the fulness of the yearly harvest —
fully: and there is no respect of per­ Jer. V. 3, 22-24.
sons with God.—Col. iii. 25.
Why then is this people in Jerusalem
And if you invoke as Father him turned away with a stubborn revolting?
who, without respect of persons, judg- they have laid hold on lying, and have
eth according to every one’s work: refused to return.
converse in fear during the time of
I attended, and hearkened; no man
your sojourning here.—1 Peter i. 17.
speaketh what is good, there is none
that doth penance for his sin, saying:
IMPATIENCE
What have I done? They are all
But now the scourge is come upon turned to their own course, as a horse
thee, and thou faintest : it hath touched rushing to the battle.—Jer. viii. 5, 6.
thee, and thou art troubled.
Thy calf. O Samaria, is cast off. my
Where is thy fear, thy fortitude, thy wrath is kindled against them. How
patience, and the perfection of thy long will they be incapable of being
ways?—Job iv. 5, 6.
cleansed?—Osee viii. 5.
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you have departed from my ordinances, I not be silent, but I will render and
and have not kept them. Return to repay into their bosom. . . .
I will number you in the sword, and
me, and I will return to you, saith the
Lord of hosts. And you have said : you shall all fall by slaughter: be­
cause I called, and you did not answer :
Wherein shall we return?
Shall a man afflict God? for you I spoke, and you did not hear: and you
afflict me? And you have said: Where­ did evil in my eyes, and you have
in do we afflict thee? in tithes and in chosen the things that displease me.—
firstfruits.—Malach. iii. 7, 8.
' Is. Ixv. 2, 3, 5, 6, 12.
We would have cured Babylon, but
For I fear. . . . Lest again, w’hen I
come, God humble me among you : and she is not healed : let us forsake her,
I mourn many of them that sinned be­ and let us go every man to his own
fore, and have not done penance for the land : because her judgment hath
uncleanness, and fornication, and las­ reached even to the heavens, and is
civiousness, that they have committed. lifted up to the clouds.—Jer. Ii. 9.
Thy uncleanness is execrable: be—2 Cor. xii. 21.
And the fourth angel poured out his I cause I desired to cleanse thee, and
vial upon the sun, and it was given thou art not cleansed from thy filthi­
unto him to afflict men with heat and ness: neither shalt thou be cleansed,
before I cause my indignation to rest
fire:
And men were scorched with great I in thee.—Ezech. xxiv. 13.
Or despisest thou the riches of his
heat, and they blasphemed the name of
God, who hath power over these goodness, and patience, and longsufferplagues, neither did they penance, to ing? Knowest thou not that the be­
nignity of God leadeth thee to pen­
give him glory. ...
And they blasphemed the God of ance ?
heaven, because of their pains and
But according to thy hardness and
wounds, and did not penance for their impenitent heart, thou treasurest up to
works.—Apoc. xvi. 8, 9, 11.
! thyself wrath, against the day of wrath,
and revelation of the just judgment of
IMPENITENCE, PUNISHMENT OF God.—Rom. ii. 4, 5.
But ’they that were not amended by IMPOSSIBLE, GOD DOES NOT
DEMAND OF US THE
mockeries and reprehensions, experi­
enced the worthy judgment of God.— I See: Commandments of God are not
Ms. xii. 26.
I above our strength, the—page 58.
If we do not penance, we shall fall
into the hands of the Lord, and not into
IMPURITY
the hands of men.—Ecclus. ii. 22.
See: Unchastity—page 569.
Delay not, to be converted to the
Lord, and defer it not from day to day.
INCARNATION, THE
For his wrath shall come on a sud­
See also: Redeemer, the coming of
den, and in the time of vengeance, he
the—page 462.
will destroy thee.—Ecclus. v. 8, 9.
I have spread forth my hands all the
He bowed the heavens, and came
day to an unbelieving people, who walk
in a way that is not good after their down : and darkness was under his feet.
—Ps. xvii. 10.
own thoughts.
Sacrifice and oblation thou didst not
A people that continually provoke
desire; but thou hast pierced ears for
me to anger before my face. . . .
That say : Depart from me, come not me.
Burnt offering and sin offering thou
near me, because thou art unclean :
these shall be smoke in my anger, a didst not require: then said I, Behold,
I come.
fire burning all the day.
In the head of the book it is written
Behold it is written before me : I will
of me that I should do thy will: 0 my
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God, I have desired it, and thy law in
the midst of my heart.—Ps. xxxix. 7-9.
For while all things were in quiet
silence, and the night was in the midst
of her course,
Thy almighty word leapt down from
heaven from thy royal throne.— Wis.
xviii. 14, 15.
This is our God, and there shall no
other be accounted of in comparison of
him. . . .
Afterwards he was seen upon earth,
and conversed with men.—Bar. iii. 36,
38.
Now the generation of Christ was in
this wise. When as his mother Mary
was espoused to Joseph, before they
came together, she was found with
child, of the Holy Ghost.
Whereupon, Joseph her husband, be­
ing a just man, and not willing pub­
licly to expose her, was minded to put
her away privately.
But while he thought on these things,
behold the angel of the Lord appeared
to him in his sleep, saying: Joseph, son
of David, fear not to take unto thee
Mary thy wife, for that which is con­
ceived in her, is of the Holy Ghost.
And she shall bring forth a son:
and thou shalt call his name Jesus.
For he shall save his people from their
sins.
Now all this was done, that it might
be fulfilled, which the Lord spoke by
the prophet, saying:
Behold a virgin shall be with child,
and bring forth a son, and they shall
call his name, Emmanuel, which being
interpreted is, God with us.
And Joseph rising up from sleep, did
as the angel of the Lord had com­
manded him, and took unto him his
wife.
And he knew her not till she brought
forth her first-born son : and he called
his name Jesus.—Matt. i. 18-25.
When Jesus therefore was born in
Bethlehem of Juda, in the days of
king Herod, behold there came wise
men from the cast to Jerusalem,
Saying, Where is he that is born king
of the Jews? For we have seen his star
in the cast, and are come to adore him.
—Matt. ii. 1, 2.
And Joseph also went up from Gali­

lee, out of the city of Nazareth, into
Judea, to the city of David, which is
called Bethlehem: because he was of
the house and family of David,
To be enrolled with Mary his
espoused wife, who was with child.
And it came to pass that when they
were there, her days were accomplished,
that she should be delivered.
And she brought forth her first-born
son, and wrapped him up in swaddling
clothes, and laid him in a manger; be­
cause there was no room for them in
the inn.
And there were in the same country
shepherds watching, and keeping the
night watches over their flock. . . .
And the angel said to them: Fear
not; for behold, I bring you good tid­
ings of great joy, that shall be to all
the people:
For, this day, is born to you a
Saviour, who is Christ the Lord, in
the city of David.—Luke ii. 4-8, 10, 11.
And the Word was made flesh, and
dwelt among us, (and we «aw his glory,
the glory, as it were, of the only begot­
ten of the Father,) full of grace and
truth.—John i. 14.
For no where doth he take hold of the
angels: but of the seed of Abraham he
taketh hold.
Wherefore it behooved him in all
things to be made like unto his breth­
ren, that he might become a merciful
and faithful high priest before God,
that he might be a propitiation for the
sins of the people.
For in that, wherein he himself hath
suffered and been tempted, he is able to
succor them also that are tempted.—
Heb. ii. 16, 17, 18.
INCLINATIONS OF MAN, EVIL

Tf thou do well, shalt thou not re­
ceive? but if ill, shall not sin forthwith
be present at the door? but the lust
thereof shall be under thee, and thou
shalt have dominion over it.—Gen.
iv. 7.
And the Lord smelled a sweet savor,
and said: I will no more curse the
earth for the sake of man: for the
imagination and thought of man’s heart
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INCREDULITY
therefore I will no more destroy every
living soul, asl have done.— Gen. viii.21.
See also: Infidels—page 237.
For she is become weak unto good
In all these things ’they sinned still;
that dwelleth in bitterness: for evil is
come down from the Lord into the gate and they believed not for his wondrous
works.—Ps. Ixxvii. 32.
of Jerusalem.—Mich. i. 12.
They that fear the Lord, will not be
For when we were in the flesh, the
passions of sin, which were by the law, incredulous to his word.—Ecclus. ii. 18.
Be not thou incredulous to his word.
did work in our members, to bring
Ecclus. xvi. 29.
forth fruit unto death. . . .
Woe to you that draw iniquity with
For I do not that good which I will;
but the evil which I hate, that I do. . . . cords of vanity, and sin, as the rope of
For I know that there dwelleth not a cart.
That say: Let him make haste, and
in me, that is to say, in my flesh, that
let his work come quickly, that we may
which is good.
For, to will, is present with me; but see it : and let the counsel of the Holy
to accomplish that which is good, I find One of Israel come, that we may know
it.—Is. V. 18, 19.
not.
And when Jesus was come into the
For the good which I will, I do not;
but the evil which I will not, that I do. house of the ruler, and saw the min­
Now if 1 do that which I will not, strels and the multitude making a rout,
He said: Give place, for the girl is
it is no more I that do it, but sin that
dwelleth in me. I find then a law, that not dead, but sleepeth. And they
when I have a will to do good, evil is laughed him to scorn.—Mall. ix. 23, 24.
And Abraham said to ’him: They
present with me.
For I am delighted with the law of have Moses and the prophets; let them
hear them.
God, according to the inward man:
But he said : No, father Abraham : but
But I see another law in my mem­
bers, fighting against the law of my if one went to them from the dead, they
mind, and captivating me in the law of will do penance.
And he said to him: If they hear not
sin, that is in iny members. . . .
Therefore I myself, with the mind, Moses and the prophets, neither will
serve the law of God; but with the they believe, if one rise again from
flesh, the law of sin.—Rom. vii. 5, 15, the dead.—Luke xvi. 29, 30, 31.
And it was Mary Magdalen, and
18-23, 25.
I say then, walk in the spirit, and Joanna, and Mary of James, and the
you shall not fulfil the lusts of the other women that were with them, who
told ’these things to the apostles.
flesh.
And these words seemed to them as
For the flesh lusteth against the
spirit: and the spirit against the flesh; idle tales; and they did not believe
for these are contrary one to another: them.—Luke xxiv. 10,11.
If I have spoken to you earthly
so that you do not the things that you
things, and you believe not; how will
would.—Gal. V. 16, 17.
From whence are wars and conten­ you believe, if I shall speak to you
tions among you? Are they not hence, heavenly things?—John iii. 12.
Many therefore of his disciples, hear­
from your concupiscences, which war
ing it, said: This saying is hard, and
in your members?
You covet, and have not: you kill, who can hear it?—John vi. 61.
For neither did his brethren believe
and envy, and cannot obtain.—James
in him.—John vii. 5.
iv. 1, 2.
Take heed, brethren, lest perhaps
there be in any of you an evil heart
INCOMPREHENSIBILITY OF
of unbelief, to depart from the living
GOD
God.—Heb. iii. 12.
Israelites In the wilderness.
See: Understanding, God is above ’'The
The rich man in hell.
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INCREDULITY OF HIS PEOPLE,
Then he (Jesus) said to them: 0
GOD REBUKES THE
foolish, and slow of heart to believe in
all things which the prophets have
And the Lord said to Moses: How spoken.
—Luke xxiv. 25.
long will this people detract me? how
Now Thomas, one of the twelve,
long will they not believe me, for all
who is called Didymus, was not with
the signs that I have wrought before them
when
Jesus
came.
them?—Num. xiv. 11.
The other disciples therefore said to
And when the sabbath was come, he him : We have seen the Lord. But he
began to teach in the synagogue: and said to them : Except I shall see in his
many hearing him, were in admiration hands the print of the nails, and put
at his doctrine, saying: How came this my finger into the place of the nails, and
man by all these things? and what wis­ put my hand into his side, I will not be­
dom is this that is given to him, and lieve.
such mighty works as are wrought by
And after eight days again his disci­
his hands?
ples were within, and Thomas with
Is not this the carpenter, the son of them. Jesus cometh, the doors being
Mary, the brother of James, and shut, and stood in the midst, and said:
Joseph, and Jude, and Simon? are not Peace be to you.
also his sisters here with us? And
Then he saith to Thomas: Put in thy
they were scandalized in regard of finger hither, and see my hands; and
him.
bring hither thy hand, and put it into
And Jesus said to them: A prophet my side; and be not faithless, but be­
is not without honor, but in his own lieving.
country, and in his own house, and
Thomas answered, and said to him:
among his own kindred.
My Lord, and my God.
And he could not do any miracles
Jesus saith to him : Because thou
there, only that he cured a few that hast seen me, Thomas, thou hast be­
were sick, laying his hands upon them. lieved: blessed are they that have not
And he wondered, because of their seen, and have believed.—John xx.
unbelief.—Mark vi. 2-6.
24-29.
Who (Jesus) answering them, said:
O incredulous generation, how long INCREDULITY, PUNISHMENT OF
shall I be with you? how long shall I
suffer you?—Mark ix. 18.
And they spoke ill of God: they said:
But he rising early the first day of Can God furnish a table in the wilder­
the week, appeared first to Mary ness?
Magdalen, out of whom he had cast
Because he struck the rock, and the
seven devils.
waters gushed out, and the streams
She went and told them that had overflowed.
been with him, who were mourning and
Can he also give bread, or provide a
weeping.
table for his people?
And they hearing that he was alive,
Therefore the Lord heard, and was
and had been seen by her, did not be­ angry: and a fire was kindled against
lieve.
Jacob, and wrath came up against
And after that, he appeared in an­ Israel.
other shape to two of them walking, as
Because they believed not in God:
they were going into the country.
and trusted not in his salvation.—Ps.
And they going, told it to the rest: Ixxvii. 19-22.
neither did they believe them.
Woe to them that are faint-hearted,
At length he appeared to the eleven who believe not God : and therefore
as they were at table; and he upbraided they shall not be protected by him.—
them with their incredulity and hard­ Ecclus. ii. 15.
ness of heart, because they did not be­
Thou wilt say then: The branches
lieve them who had seen him after he were broken off, that I might be
grafted in.
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and no man hath been known to have
returned from hell:
For we arc born of nothing, and after
this, we shall be as if we had not been:
for the breath in our nostrils is smoke:
and speech, a spark to move our
heart,
Which being put out, our body shall
be ashes, and our spirit shall be poured
INDIFFERENCE TO OUR SPIRIT­ abroad as soft air, and our life shall
pass away as the trace of a cloud, and
UAL INTERESTS
be dispersed as a mist, which is
See also: Lukewarmness—page 298. shall
driven away by the beams of the sun,
and
overpowered
with
the
heat
there
­
The triflers that were departed from
. .
the law, I will gather together, because of.Come
therefore, and let us enjoy the
they were of thee: that thou mayst no good things that are present, and let us
more suffer reproach for them.—Soph. speedily use the creatures as in youth.
iii. 18.
—IVis. ii. 1-3, 6.
And the lord commended the unjust
Behold, he that is unbelieving, his
steward, forasmuch as he had done soul shall not be right in himself: but
wisely: for the children of this world the just shall live in his faith.—Hab.
are wiser in their generation, than the ii. 4.
children of light.—Luke xvi. 8.
He that believeth in him is not
And we desire that every one of you judged. But he that doth not be­
show forth the same carefulness to the lieve, is already judged: because he be­
accomplishing of hope unto the end: lieveth not in the name of the only
That you become not slothful, but begotten Son of God.
followers of them, who through faith
And this is the judgment: because
and patience shall inherit the promises. the light is come into the world, and
—Heb. vi. 11, 12.
men loved darkness rather than the
light: for their works were evil.—
INDUSTRY
John iii. 18, 19.
See: Diligence—page 113.
And the Father himself who hath
sent me, hath given testimony of me:
INFIDELS
neither have you heard his voice at any
Dost not thou think that God is time, nor seen his shape.
And you have not his word abiding
higher than heaven, and is elevated
in you : for whom he hath sent, him you
above the height of the stars?
And thou sayst: What doth God believe not.—John v. 37, 38.
And when he (the Paraclete) is
know? and he judgeth as it were
come, he will convince the world of sin,
through a mist.
The clouds are his covert, and he and of justice, and of judgment.
Of sin : because they believed not in
doth not consider our things, and he
walketh about the poles of heaven. . . . me.—John xvi. 8, 9.
For the wrath of God is revealed
Who said to God: Depart from us:
and looked upon the Almighty as if he from heaven against all ungodliness
and injustice of those men that detain
could do nothing:
Whereas he had filled their houses the truth of God in injustice:
Because that which is known of God
with good things: whose way of think­
ing be far from me.—Job xxii. 12-14, is manifest in them. For God hath
manifested it unto them.
17, 18.
For the invisible things of him, from
For they have said, reasoning with
themselves, but not right: The time the creation of the world, are clearly
of our life is short and tedious, and in seen, being understood by the things
the end of a man there is no remedy, that are made; his eternal power also,

Well: because of unbelief they were
broken off.—Rom. xi. 19, 20.
And to whom did he swear, that they
should not enter into his rest: but to
them that were incredulous?
And we see that they could not en­
ter in, because of unbelief.—Heb. iii.
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and divinity: so that they are inexcus­
able.
Because that, when they knew God,
they have not glorified him as God, or
given thanks; but became vain in their
thoughts, and their foolish heart was
darkened.
For professing themselves to be wise,
they became fools.—Rom. i. 18-22.
For what if some of them have not
believed? Shall their unbelief make
the faith of God without effect? God
forbid.
But God is true; and every man a
liar, as it is written, That thou mayst be
justified in thy words, and mayst
overcome, when thou art judged.—Rom.
iii. 3, 4.
Bear not the yoke with unbelievers.
For what participation hath justice
with injustice? Or what fellowship
hath light with darkness?
And what concord hath Christ with
Belial? Or what part hath the faithful
with the unbeliever?—2 Cor. vi. 14, 15.
If we believe not, he continueth
faithful, he cannot deny himself.—
2 Tim. ii. 13.
Wherefore it is said in the scripture:
Behold I lay in Sion a chief corner­
stone, elect, precious. And he that
shall believe in him, shall not be con­
founded.
To you therefore that believe, he is
honor: but to them that believe not, the
stone which the builders rejected, the
same is made the head of the corner:
And a stone of stumbling, and a rock
of scandal to them who stumble at the
word, neither do believe, whercunto
also they are set.—1 Peter ii. 6-8.
Knowing this first, that in the last
days there shall come deceitful scoffers,
walking after their own lusts.
Saying: Where is his promise, or his
coming? for since the time that the
fathers slept, all things continue as
they were from the beginning of the
creation.—2 Peter iii. 3, 4.
INFIDELS, PUNISHMENT OF
They spent their days in wealth,
and in a moment they go down to hell.
Who have said to God: Depart from
us, we desire not the knowledge of thy
ways.

Who is the Almighty, that we
should serve him? and what doth it
profit us, if we pray to him ?—Job xxi.
13-15.
Give not thy mouth to cause thy
flesh to sin: and say not before the an­
gel: There is no providence: lest God
be angry at thy words, and destroy all
the works of thy hands.—Eccles, v. 5.
Therefore thou hast sent a judgment
upon them as senseless children, to
mock them. . . .
For seeing w'ith indignation that
they suffered by those very things
which they took for gods, when they
were destroyed by the same, they
acknowledged him the true God, whom
in time past they denied that they
knew: for which cause the end also of
their condemnation came upon them —
JVis. xii. 25, 27.
Tn the congregation of sinners, a fire
shall be kindled, and in an unbelieving
nation, wrath shall flame out.—Ecclus.
xvi. 7.
And I will visit the evils of the
world, and against the wicked for their
iniquity: and I will make the pride of
infidels to cease, and will bring down
the arrogancy of the mighty.—Is.
xiii. 11.
ITe that bclieveth in the Son, hath
life everlasting; but he that bclieveth
not the Son, shall not see life; but the
wrath of God abideth on him.—John
iii. 36.
Therefore I said to you, that you
shall die in your sins. For if you be­
lieve not that I am he, you shall die
in your sin.—John viii. 24.
And as they liked not to have God
in their knowledge, God delivered them
up to a reprobate sense, to do those
things which are not convenient.—
Rom. i. 28.
Seeing it is a just thing with God
to repay tribulation to them that
trouble you :
And to you who are troubled, rest
with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be
revealed from heaven, with the angels
of his pow’er:
In a flame of fire, giving vengeance
to them who know not God, and who
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Who shall suffer eternal punish­
ment in destruction, from the face of
the Lord, and from the glory of his
power.—2 Thess. i. G-9.
And when that wicked one shall be
revealed, whom the Lord Jesus shall
kill with the spirit of his mouth; and
shall destroy with the brightness of his
coming, him,
Whose coming is according to the
working of Satan, in all power, and
signs, and lying wonders,
And in all seduction of iniquity to
them that perish; because they receive
not the love of the truth, that they
might be saved. Therefore God shall
send them the operation of error, to
believe lying:
That all may be judged, who have
not believed the truth, but have con­
sented to iniquity.—2 Thess. ii. 8-11.
For the time is that judgment should
begin at the house of God. And if first
at us, what shall be the end of them
that believe not the gospel of God?—
1 Peter iv. 17.
But the fearful, and unbelieving,
and the abominable, and murderers
. . . they shall have their portion in
the pool burning with fire and brim­
stone, which is the second death.—
Apoc. xxi. 8.
INFIDELS, A PRAYER FOR
See: Unbelievers, a prayer for—
page 569.
INGRATITUDE TO GOD
See also: Forgetfulness of God—
page 153.

The beloved grew fat, and kicked:
he grew fat, and thick and gross, ho
forsook God who made him, and de­
parted from God his saviour.—Deut.
xxxii. 15.
Dost thou desire to keep the path of
ages, which wicked men have trod­
den? . . .
Who said to God: Depart from us:
and looked upon the Almighty as if he
could do nothing:
Whereas he had filled their houses
with good things: whose way of think­
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For you have forgotten God, who
brought you up, and you have grieved
Jerusalem that nursed you.—Bar. iv. 8.
Hear ye another parable. There was
a man, a householder, who planted a
vineyard, and made a hedge round
about it, and dug in it a press, and built
a tower, and let it out to husbandmen ;
and went into a strange country.
And when the time of the fruits
drew nigh, he sent his servants to the
husbandmen, that they might receive
the fruits thereof.
And the husbandmen laying hands
on his servants, beat one, and killed an­
other. and stoned another.
Again he sent other servants, more
than the former; and they did to them
in like manner.
And last of all, he sent to them his
son, saying : They will reverence my son.
But the husbandmen seeing the son,
said among themselves: This is the
heir: Come, let us kill him, and we
shall have his inheritance.
And taking him, they cast him forth
out of the vineyard, and killed him.—
Matt. xxi. 33-39.
He came unto his owm, and his own
received him not.—John i. 11.
INGRATITUDE OF HIS PEOPLE,
COMPLAINT OF GOD
AGAINST THE
Is this the return thou makest to the
Lord, 0 foolish and senseless people?
Is not he thy father, that hath pos­
sessed thee, and made thee, and created
thee?—Deut. xxxii. 6.
For even the man of my peace, in
whom I trusted, who ate my bread,
hath greatly supplanted me.—Ps. xl. 10.
For if my enemy had reviled me, I
would verily have borne with it.
And if he that hated me, had spoken
great things against me. I would per­
haps have hidden myself from him.
But thou, a man of one mind, my
guide, and my familiar,
Who didst take sweetmeats together
with me: in the house of God we
walked with consent.—Ps. liv. 13-15.
My heart hath expected reproach and
misery. And I looked for one that
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there was none : and for one that would they are gone far from me, and have
comfort me, and I found none.
walked after vanity, and are become
And they gave me gall for my food, vain? . . .
and in my thirst they gave me vinegar
Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this,
to drink.—Ps. Ixviii. 21, 22.
and ye gates thereof, be very desolate,
They have spoken against me with saith the Lord.
deceitful tongues; and they have com­
For my people have done two evils.
passed me about with words of hatred; They have forsaken me, the fountain
and have fought against me without of living water, and have digged to
cause.
themselves cisterns, broken cisterns,
Instead of making me a return of that can hold no water.—J er. ii. 5,
love, they detracted me : but I gave my­ 12, 13.
self to prayer.
How can I be merciful to thee? thy
And they repaid me evil for good: children have forsaken me, and swear
and hatred for my love.—Ps. cviii. 3-5. by them that are not gods: I fed them
Hear, 0 ye heavens, and give ear, O to the full, and they committed adul­
earth, for the Lord hath spoken. I tery, and rioted in the harlot’s house —
have brought up children, and exalted Jer. v. 7.
For as the girdle sticketh close to the
them: but they have despised me.
The ox knoweth his owner, and the loins of a man, so have I brought close
ass his master’s crib: but Israel hath to me all the house of Israel, and all
not known me, and my people hath not the house of Juda, saith the Lord: that
they might be my people, and for a
understood.—Is. i. 2, 3.
What is there that I ought to do more name, and for a praise, and for a glory:
to my vineyard, that I have not done to but they would not hear.—Jer. xiii. 11.
And when thou wast born, in the day
it? was it that I looked that it should
bring forth grapes, and it hath brought of thy nativity, thy navel was not cut,
neither wast thou washed with water
forth wild grapes? . . .
For the vineyard of the Lord of for thy health, nor salted with salt, nor
hosts is the house of Israel: and the swaddled with clouts.
No eye had pity on thee, to do any of
man of Juda, his pleasant plant: and I
looked that he should do judgment, and these things for thee, out of compassion
behold iniquity: and do justice, and be­ to thee: but thou wast cast out upon
the face of the earth in the abjection of
hold a cry.—Is. v. 4, 7.
This people have I formed for my­ thy soul, in the day that thou wast born.
And passing by thee. I saw that thou
self, they shall show forth my praise.
But thou hast not called upon me, 0 wast trodden under foot in thy own
Jacob, neither hast thou labored about blood: and I said to thee when thou
wast in thy blood: Live: I have said to
me, 0 Israel.
Thou hast not offered me the ram of thee: Live in thy blood. . . .
thy holocaust, nor hast thou glorified
And I washed thee with water, and
me with thy victims : I have not caused cleansed away thy blood from thee : and
thee to serve with oblations, nor I anointed thee with oil.
And I clothed thee with embroidery,
wearied thee with incense.
Thou hast bought me no sweet cane and shod thee with violet-colored shoes:
with money, neither hast thou filled me and I girded thee about with fine linen,
with the fat of thy victims. But thou and clothed thee with fine garments.
hast made me to serve with thy sins,
I decked thee also with ornaments,
thou hast wearied me with thy iniqui­ and put bracelets on thy hands, and a
chain about thy neck.
ties.—Is. xliii. 21-24.
I am the Lord, and there is none
And I put a jewel upon thy forehead,
else: there is no God besides me: I and earrings in thy ears, and a beauti­
girded thee, and thou hast not known ful crown upon thy head.
me.—Is. xiv. 5.
And thou wast adorned with gold,
Thus saith the Lord: What iniquity and silver, and wast clothed with fine
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colors: thou didst eat fine flour and I For I brought thee up out of the land
honey and oil, and wast made exceed­ of Egypt, and delivered thee out of the
ing beautiful: and wast advanced to be house of slaves: and I sent before thy
face Moses, and Aaron, and Mary.—
a queen.
And thy renown went forth among Mich. vi. 2-4.
the nations for thy beauty: for thou
And they shall say to him: What are
wast perfect through my beauty, which these wounds in the midst of thy hands?
I had put upon thee, saith the Lord And he shall say: With these I was
wounded in the house of them that
God.
But trusting in thy beauty, thou loved me.—Zach. xiii. 6.
I have loved you, saith the Lord : and
playedst the harlot, because of thy re­
nown, and thou hast prostituted thyself you have said : Wherein hast thou loved
to every passenger, to be his. . . . us?—Malach. i. 2.
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killAnd thou hast taken thy sons and thy
daughters, whom thou hast borne to est the prophets, and stonest them that
me: and hast sacrificed the same to are sent unto thee, how often would I
them to be devoured. Is thy fornica­ have gathered together thy children, as
tion small? . . . And after all thy the hen doth gather her chickens under
abominations and fornications, thou her wings, and thou wouldst not?—
hast not remembered the days of thy Matt, xxiii. 37.
And Jesus answering, said, Were not
youth, when thou wast naked, and full
of confusion, trodden under foot in thy ten made clean ? and where are the
own blood.—Ezech. xvi. 4-6, 9-15, 20, 22.1 nine?
There is no one found to return and
Was it not enough for you to feed
upon good pastures? but you must also give glory to God, but this stranger.—
tread down with your feet the residue Luke xvii. 17, 18.
of your pastures: and when you drank
INGRATITUDE TO GOD,
the clearest water, you troubled the rest
EXAMPLES OF
with your feet.
And the people seeing that Moses de­
And my sheep were fed with that
which you had trodden with your feet: layed to come down from the mount,
and they drank what your feet had gathering together against Aaron, said:
Arise, make us gods, that may go before
troubled.—Ezech. xxxiv. 18, 19.
Woe to them, for they have departed us: for as to this Moses, the man that
from me: they shall be wasted because brought us out of the land of Egypt, we
they have transgressed against me: and know not what has befallen him.
And Aaron said to them : Take the
I redeemed t hem : and they have spoken
golden earrings from the ears of your
lies against me.—Osee vii. 13.
But I am the Lord thy God from the wives, and your sons and daughters, and
land of Egypt: and thou shalt know bring them to me. . . •
And when he had received them, he
no God but me, and there is no Saviour
fashioned them by founders’ work, and
beside me.
I knew thee in the desert, in the land made of them a molten calf. And they
said : These are thy gods, 0 Israel, that
of the wilderness.
According to their pastures they were have brought thee out of the land of
filled, and were made full : and they Egypt.—Et. xxxii. 1, 2, 4.
And speaking against God and
lifted up their heart, and have forgot­
Moses, they said : Why didst thou bring
ten me.—Osee xiii. 4-6.
Let the mountains hear the judgment us out of Egypt, to die in the wilder­
of the Lord, and the strong foundations ness? There is no bread, nor have we
of the earth: for the Lord will enter any waters: our soul now loatheth this
into judgment with his people, and he very light food.—Num. xxi. 5.
They kept not the covenant of God:
will plead against Israel.
0 my people, what have I done to and in his law they would not walk.
thee, or in what have I molested thee? , And they forgot his benefits, and his
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They remembered not his hand, in Barabbas was a robber.—John xviii.
the day that he redeemed them from 39, 40.
the hand of him that afflicted them.—
But you denied the Holy One and the
Ps. Ixxvii. 10, 11, 42.
Just, and desired a murderer to be
Our fathers understood not thy won­ granted unto you.
But the author of life you killed,
ders in Egypt: they remembered not
whom God hath raised from the dead,
the multitude of thy mercies:
And they provoked to wrath, going up of which we are witnesses.—Acts iii.
14, 15.
to the sea, even the Red Sea.
And he saved them for his own
INGRATITUDE TO GOD,
name’s sake: that he might make his
PUNISHMENT OF
power known.
. . . And he saved them from the
The Lord saw, and was moved to
hand of them that hated them : and he wrath : because his own sons and daugh­
redeemed them from the hand of the ters provoked him.
enemy. . . .
And he said : I will hide my face
And they believed his words: and from them, and will consider what their
they sang his praises.
last end shall be: for it is a perverse
They had quickly done, they forgot generation, and unfaithful children.—
his works: and they waited not for his Deut. xxxii. 19, 20.
counsel.—Ps. cv. 7, 8, 10, 12, 13.
For the hope of the unthankful shall
And he said: Surely they are my peo­ melt away as the winter’s ice, and shall
ple, children that will not deny: so he run off as unprofitable water.—IVw.
became their saviour.
xvi. 29.
Because thou hast forgotten God thy
In all their affliction, he was not
troubled, and the angel of his presence saviour, and hast not remembered thy
saved them: in his love, and in his strong helper: therefore shalt thou
mercy, he redeemed them, and he car­ plant good plants, and shalt sow strange
ried them, and lifted them up all the seed.
In the day of thy planting, shall be
days of old.
But they provoked to wrath, and the wild grape, and in the morning thy
afflicted the spirit of his holy one: and seed shall flourish : the harvest is taken
he was turned to be their enemy, and he away in the day of inheritance, and
shall grieve thee much.—Is. xvii. 10, 11.
fought against them.—Is. Ixiii. 8-10.
Then went one of the twelve, who
was called Judas Iscariot, to the chief INGRATITUDE TO OUR FELLOW
priests,
MEN
And said to them: What will you
Joseph answered: This is the inter­
give me, and I will deliver him unto pretation of the dream: The three
you? But they appointed him thirty branches are yet three days :
pieces of silver.
After which Pharao will remember
And from thenceforth he sought op­ thy service, and will restore thee to thy
portunity to betray him. . . .
former place: and thou shalt present
And he that betrayed him, gave them him the cup according to thy office, as
a sign, saying: Whomsoever I shall kiss, before thou wast wont to do.
that is he, hold him fast.
Only remember me when it shall be
And forthwith coming to Jesus, he well with thee, and do me this kindness:
said: Hail, Rabbi. And he kissed him. to put Pharao in mind to take me out
—Malt. xxvi. 14-16, 48, 49.
of this prison. . . .
But you have a custom, that I should
But the chief butler, when things
release one unto you at the pasch: will prospered with him. forgot his inter­
you. therefore, that I release unto you preter.—Gen. xl. 12-14, 23.
the king of the Jews?
And they said to Moses: Perhapa
Then cried they all again, saying: there were no graves in Egypt, there­
Not this man, but Barabbas. Now fore thou hast brought us to die in the

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wilderness: why wouldst thou do this,
to lead us out of Egypt?
Is not this the word that we spoke to
thee in Egypt, saying: Depart from us
that we may serve the Egyptians? for it
is much better to serve them, than to
die in the wilderness.—Ex. xiv. 11, 12.
So the people were thirsty there for
want of water, and murmured against
Moses, saying: Why didst thou make
us go forth out of Egypt, to kill us,
and our children, and our beasts with
thirst?
And Moses cried to the Lord, saying:
What shall I do to this people? Yet a
little more, and they will stone me.—
Ex. xvii. 3, 4.
He that rendereth evil for good, evil
shall not depart from his house.—Prov.
xvii. 13.
Many have looked upon a thing lent
as a thing found, and have given
trouble to them that helped them.
Till they receive, they kiss the hands
of the lender, and in promises they
humble their voice:
But when they should repay, they
will ask time, and will return tedious
and murmuring words, and will com­
plain of the time :
And if he be able to pay, he will
stand off, he will scarce pay one half,
and will count it as if he had found it:
But if not, he will defraud him of
his money, and he shall get him for an
enemy without cause :
And he will pay him with reproaches
and curses, and instead of honor and
good turn, will repay him injuries.—
Ecclus. xxix. 4-9.
A sinner attributeth to himself the
goods of his surety: and he that is of
an unthankful mind, will leave him
that delivered him.—Ecclus. xxix. 21.
INJURE OTHERS, WE MUST NOT

Thou shalt not speak evil of the deaf,
nor put a stumbling-block before the
blind: but thou shalt fear the Lord thy
God, because I am the Lord.—Lev.
xix. 14.
As he is guilty that shooteth arrows
and lances unto death :
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saith: I did it in jest.—Prov. xxvi.
18, 19.
Remember not any injury done thee
by thy neighbor, and do thou nothing by
deeds of injury.—Ecclus. x. 6.
If one cast a stone on high, it will
fall upon his own head: and the deceit­
ful stroke will wound the deceitful.
Hethat diggeth a pit,shall fall into it:
and he that setteth a stone for his neigh­
bor, shall stumble upon it : and he that layeth a snare for another,shall perish in it.
A mischievous counsel shall be rolled
back upon the author, and he shall not
know from whence it cometh to him.—
Ecclus. xxvii. 28-30.
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, saying:
Judge ye true judgment, and show ye
mercy and compassion every man to his
brother.
And oppress not the widow, and the
fatherless, and the stranger, and the
poor: and let not a man devise evil in
his heart against his brother.—Zach.
vii. 9, 10.
And let none of you imagine evil in
your hearts, against his friend: and
love not a false oath: for all these are
the things that I hate, saith the Lord.
—Zach. viii. 17.
And the soldiers also asked him (the
Baptist), saying: And what shall we
do? And he said to them: Do violence
to no man; neither calumniate any
man; and be content with your pay.—
Luke iii. 14.
INJUSTICE
See also: Fraud—page 161.
All bribery and injustice shall be
blotted out, and fidelity shall stand for
ever.—Ecclus. xl. 12.
Wherefore have a shame of these
things that I am now going to speak
of. . . .
Of injustice before a companion and
friend.—Ecclus. xii. 19, 23.
Woe to him that buildeth up his
house by injustice, and his chambers
not in judgment: that will oppress his
friend without cause, and will not pay
him his wages.—Jer. xxii. 13.
Know you not that the unjust shall
not possess the kingdom of God?—
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INNOCENCE, THE EXCELLENCE' I the disciples rebuked them that brought
them.
OF
Whom when Jesus saw, he was much
See also : Heart, purity of—page 194.
displeased, and saith to them: Suffer
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord the little children to come unto me,
hath not imputed sin, and in whose and forbid them not; for of such is the
spirit there is no guile.—Ps. xxxi. 2.
kingdom of God.
Blessed are the undefiled in the way,
Amen I say to you, whosoever shall
who walk in the law of the Lord.—Ps. not receive the kingdom of God as a
little child, shall not enter into it.—
cxviii. 1.
Justice keepeth the way of the inno-1 Mark x. 13-15.
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him:
cent: but wickedness overthroweth the
and he saith of him: Behold an Israel­
sinner.
One is as it were rich, when he hath ite indeed, in whom there is no guile —
nothing: and another is as it were John i. 47.
Now there was leaning on Jesus’
poor, when he hath great riches.—Prov.
! bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus
xiii. 6, 7.
For venerable old age is not that of loved.—John xiii. 23.
long time, nor counted by the number
of years: but the understanding of a INNOCENCE, EXHORTATION TO
man is grey hairs.
Keep innocence, and behold justice:
And a spotless life is old age.—Wts. for there are remnants for the peaceable
iv. 8, 9.
man.—Ps. xxxvi. 37.
And incorruption bringeth near to
At all times let thy garments be
God.—Wis. vi. 20.
white, and let not oil depart from thy
Religion clean and undefiled before head.—Eccles, ix. 8.
God and the Father is this: to visit the
Brethren, do not become children in
fatherless and widows in their tribu­ sense: but in malice be children, and
lation : and to keep one’s self un­ in sense be perfect.—1 Cor. xiv. 20.
spotted from this world.—James i. 27.
I will therefore that men pray in
INNOCENCE, THE GIFT OF GOD every place, lifting up pure hands, with­
out anger and contention.—1 Tim. ii. 8.
And may the God of peace himself
sanctify you in all things; that your INNOCENCE, THE REWARD OF
whole spirit, and soul, and body, may
The innocent shall be saved, and he
be preserved blameless in the coming
shall be saved by the cleanness of his
of our Lord Jesus Christ.
He is faithful who hath called you, hands.—J oh xxii. 30.
Lord, who shall dwell in thy taber­
who also will do it.—1 Thess. v. 23, 24.
Now to him who is able to preserve nacle? or who shall rest in thy holy
you without sin, and to present you hill ?
He that walketh without blemish, and
spotless before the presence of his
glory with exceeding joy, in the com­ worketh justice :
He that speaketh truth in his heart,
ing of our Lord Jesus Christ,
To the only God our Saviour, who hath not used deceit in his tongue:
Nor hath done evil to his neighbor:
through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory
and magnificence, empire and power, nor taken up a reproach against his
before all ages, and now, and for all neighbors. . . . He that hath not put
ages of ages. Amen.—Jude i. 24, 25. I out his money to usury, nor taken
bribes against the innocent:
INNOCENCE, GOD’S LOVE OF
He that doth these things shall not
With the holy, thou wilt be holy, and be moved for ever.—Ps. xiv. 1-3, 5.
The Lord knoweth the days of the
with the innocent man, thou wilt be in­
undefiled; and their inheritance shall be
nocent.—Ps. xvii. 26.
And they brought to him young chil­ for ever.
dren, that he might touch them. Andi They shall not be confounded in tH

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evil time; and in the days of famine, I
they shall be filled.—Ps. xxxvi. 18, 19.
But thou hast upheld me by reason
of my innocence : and hast established
me in thy sight for ever.—Ps. xl. 13.
He will not deprive of good things
them that walk in innocence.—Ps.
Ixxxiii. 13.
For if we sin, we are thine, knowing
thy greatness: and if we sin not, we
know that we are counted with thee.—
Wis. xv. 2.
But thou hast a few names in Sardis,
which have not defiled their garments:
and they shall walk with me in white,
because they are worthy.—Apoc. iii. 4.
INNOCENCE, PROFESSION OF
0 Lord my God, if I have done this
thing, if there be iniquity in my hands:
If I have rendered to them that re­
paid me evils, let me deservedly fall
empty before my enemies.
Let the enemy pursue my soul, and
take it, and tread down my life on the
earth, and bring down my glory to the
dust. . . .
Judge me, 0 Lord, according to my
justice, and according to my innocence
in me.—Ps. vii. 4-6, 9.
And the Lord will reward me accord­
ing to my justice; and will repay me ac­
cording to the cleanness of my hands :
Because I have kept the ways of the
Lord: and have not done wickedly
against my God.
For all his judgments are in my
sight: and his justices I have not put
away from me.
And I shall be spotless with him:
and shall keep myself from my iniquity.
And the Lord will reward me, accord­
ing to my justice; and according to the
cleanness of my hands before his eyes.
—Ps. xvii. 21-25.
Judge me, O Lord, for I have walked
in my innocence: and I have put my
trust in the Lord, and shall not be weak­
ened.
Prove me, O Ix>rd, and try me ; burn
my reins and my heart.
For thy mercy is before my eyes; and
I am well pleased with thy truth.
I have not sat with the council of
vanity: neither will I go in with the
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I have hated the assembly of the
malignant; and with the wicked I will
not sit.
I will wash my hands among the in­
nocent; and will compass thy altar, 0
Lord.—Ps. XXV. 1-6.
For behold they have caught my
soul: the mighty have rushed in upon
me :
Neither is it my iniquity, nor my
sin, 0 Lord: without iniquity have I
run, and directed my steps.—Ps. Iviii.
4, 5.
Preserve my soul, for I am holy:
save thy servant, 0 my God, that trusteth in thee.—Ps. Ixxxv. 2.
I walked in the innocence of my
heart, in the midst of my house.
I did not set before my eyes any un­
just thing: I hated the workers of in­
iquities.—Ps. c. 2, 3.
I have restrained my feet from every
evil way: that I may keep thy words.
I have not declined from thy judg­
ments, because thou hast set me a
law.—Ps. cxviii. 101, 102.
INNOCENCE, REGRET FOR LOST
Who will grant me, that I might be
according to the months past, accord­
ing to the days in which God kept me?
When his lamp shined over my head,
and I walked by his light in darkness?
As I was in the days of my youth,
when God was secretly in my taber­
nacle ?
When the Almighty was with me?—
Job xxix. 2-5.

INSTRUCTING OTHERS IN THE
WAY OF GOD
I will teach the unjust thy ways:
and the wicked shall be converted to
thee.—Ps. 1. 15.
The lips of the just teach many: but
they that are ignorant, shall die in the
want of understanding.—Prov. x. 21.
They that explain me (wisdom), shall
have life everlasting.—Ecclus. xxiv. 31.
But they that are learned, shall shine
as the brightness of the firmament : and
they that instruct many to justice, as
stars for all eternity.—Dan. xii. 3.
He therefore that shall break one of
these least commandments, and shall so

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teach men, shall be called the least i
Cease not, O my son, to hear instruc­
the kingdom of heaven. But he that tion, and be not ignorant of the words
shall do and teach, he shall be called of knowledge.—Prov. xix. 20, 27.
great in the kingdom of heaven.—Matt.
Incline thy ear, and hear the words
v. 19.
of the wise: and apply thy heart to my
doctrine.—Prov. xxii. 17.
INSTRUCTION, RECEIVING
Let thy heart apply itself to instruc­
A wise man shall hear, and shall be tion : and thy ears to words of knowl­
wiser: and he that understandeth, shall edge.—Prov. xxiii. 12.
Receive therefore instruction by my
possess governments.—Prov. i. 5.
Because the commandment is a words, and it shall be profitable to you.
lamp, and the law, a light, and re­ —TFís. vi. 27.
My son, from thy youth up. receive
proofs of instruction are the way of life.
instruction, and even to thy gray hairs,
—Prov. vi. 23.
The wise of heart receiveth precepts. thou shalt find wisdom. . . .
Give ear, my son, and take wise
—Prov. x. 8.
A wise son heareth the doctrine of his counsel, and cast not away my advice.
father: but he that is a scorner, hear­ —Ecclus. vi. 18, 24.
Despise not the discourse of them
eth not when he is reproved.—Prov.
that are ancient and wise, but acquaint
xiii. 1.
Good instruction shall give grace: in thyself with their proverbs.
For of them thou shalt learn wisdom,
the way of scorncrs is a deep pit.—
and instruction of understanding, and
Prov. xiii. 15.
serve great men without blame.
The heart of the wise seeketh instruc­ to Let
not the discourse of the ancients
tion : and the mouth of fools feedeth on
escape thee, for they have learned of
foolishness.—Prov. xv. 14.
A wise heart shall acquire knowl­ their fathers:
For of them thou shalt learn under­
edge: and the ear of the wise seeketh
standing, and to give an answer in
instruction.—Prov. xviii. 15.
Such is a wise and silent woman, time of need.—Ecclus. viii. 9-12.
Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest
anti there is nothing so much worth as
a well instructed soul.—Ecclus. xxvi. 18. my soul depart from thee, lest I make
thee desolate, a land uninhabited.—J er.
INSTRUCTION, EXHORTATION vi. 8.
Ilear, O Israel, the commandments
TO RECEIVE
of life: give ear, that thou mayst
And now, 0 ye kings, understand: learn wisdom.—Bar. iii. 9.
receive instruction, you that judge the
earth.—Ps. ii. 10.
INTENTION, PURITY OF
Come, children, hearken to me: I will
teach you the fear of the Lord.—Ps.
Take heed that you do not your jus­
xxxiii. 12.
tice before men, to be seen by them:
Hear, ye children, the instruction of otherwise you shall not have a reward
a father, and attend, that you may of your Father who is in heaven.—
know prudence. ...
Matt. vi. 1.
Take hold on instruction, leave it
The light of thy body is thy eye.
not : keep it, because it is thy life.— If thy eye be single, thy whole body
Prov. iv. 1, 13.
will be lightsome: but if it be evil, thy
Receive my instruction, and not body also will be darksome.
money: choose knowledge, rather than
Take heed therefore that the light
gold. ...
which is in thee, be not darkness.
Hear instruction and be wise, and
If then thy whole body be lightsome,
refuse it not.—Prov. viii. 10, 33.
having no part of darkness; the whole
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, shall be lightsome; and as a bright
that thou mayst be wise in thy latter lamp, shall enlighten thee.—Luke xi.
end. • . .
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All things indeed are clean : but it is
evil for that man who eateth with of­
fence.
. . . Hast thou faith? Have it to
thyself before God. Blessed is he that
condemneth not himself in that which
he alloweth.
But he that discerneth, if he eat is
condemned; because not of faith. For
all that is not of faith, is sin.—Rom.
xiv. 20, 22, 23.
Whatsoever you do, do it from the
heart, as to the Lord, and not to men:
Knowing that you shall receive of
the Lord the reward of inheritance.—
Col. iii. 23, 24.
For every creature of God is good,
and nothing to be rejected that is re­
ceived with thanksgiving:
For it is sanctified by the word of
God and prayer.—1 Tim. iv. 4, 5.
INVITATION TO COME TO THE
LORD
See: Come to the Lord—page 56.
JEALOUS, GOD IS
I am the Lord thy God, mighty, jeal­
ous, visiting the iniquity of the
fathers upon the children, unto the
third and fourth generation of them
that hate me.—Ex. xx. 5.
Adore not any strange god. The
Lord his name is Jealous, he is a jealous
God.—Ex. xxxiv. 14.
Because the Lord thy God is a con­
suming fire, a jealous God.—Deut.
iv. 24.
You shall not go after the strange
gods of all the nations that are round
about you :
Because the Lord thy God is a jealous
God in the midst of thee: lest at any
time the wrath of the Lord thy God be
kindled against thee, and take thee
away from the face of the earth.—Deut.
vi. 11, 15.
They provoked him (God) to anger
on their hills: and moved him to jeal­
ousy with their graven things.—Ps.
Ixxvii. 58.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God:
Now will I bring back the captivity
of Jacob, and will have mercy on all
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TAI

jealous for my holy name.—Ezech.
xxxix. 25.
The Lord is a jealous God, and a re­
venger: the Lord is a revenger, and
hath wrath: the Lord taketh vengeance
on his adversaries, and he is angry with
his enemies.—Nahum i. 2.
Neither shall their silver and their
gold be able to deliver them in the day
of the wrath of the Lord: all the land
shall be devoured by the fire of his
jealousy, for he shall make even a
speedy destruction of all them that
dwell in the land.—Soph. i. 18.
Thus saith the Lord of hosts: I have
been jealous for Sion with a great
jealousy, and with a great indignation
have I been jealous for her.—Zach.
viii. 2.
JEALOUSY
Now Israel loved Joseph above all
his sons, because he had him in his
old age: and he made him a coat of
divers colors.
And his brethren, seeing that he was
loved by his father more than all his
sons, hated him, and could not speak
peaceably to him.—Gen. xxxvii. 3, 4.
Now when David returned, after he
slew the Philistine, the women came
out of all the cities of Israel, singing
and dancing, to meet king Saul, with
timbrels of joy, and cornets.
And the women sung as they played,
and they said : Saul slew’ his thousands,
and David his ten thousands.
And Saul was exceeding angry, and
this word was displeasing in his eyes,
and he said: They have given David
ten thousands, and to me they have
given but a thousand ; what can he have
more but the kingdom?
And Saul did not look on David with
a good eye from that day and forward.
—1 Kings xviii. 6-9.
Be not jealous over the wife of thy
bosom, lest she show in thy regard the
malice of a wicked lesson.—Ecclus. ix. 1.
A jealous woman is the grief and
mourning of the heart.
With a jealous woman is a scourge
of the tongue which coramunicateth
with all.—Ecclus. xxvi. 8, 9.
Not as Cain, who was of the wicked
one, and killed his brother. And where­

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fore did he kill him? Because his own I Egypt : and he was there until the death
works were wicked: and his brother’s of Herod.—Matt. ii. 13, 14.
just.—1 John iii. 12.
And when Herod was dead, behold an
' angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to
JOSEPH, SAINT
Joseph in Egypt,
And when there (in Egypt) also they
Saying: Arise, and take the child
began to be famished, the people cried and his mother, and go into the land
to Pharao for food. And he said to of Israel. For they are dead that
them: Go to Joseph: and do all that he sought the life of the child.
shall say to you.—Gen. xii. 55.
Who arose, and took the child and
He that keepeth the fig-tree, shall eat his mother, and eame into the land of
the fruit thereof: and he that is the Israel.
But hearing that Archelaus reigned
keeper of his master, shall be glorified.
in Judea in the room of Herod his
—Prov. xxvii. 18.
A faithful man shall be much father, he was afraid to go thither: and
being warned in sleep, retired into the
praised.—Prov. xxviii. 20.
And Jacob begot Joseph the husband quarters of Galilee.
And coming, he dwelt in a city called
of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who
Nazareth.—Matt. ii. 19-23.
is called Christ.—Matt. i. 16.
Now the generation of Christ was | And in the sixth month, the angel
Gabriel was sent from God into a city
in this wise.
When as his mother Mary was es- of Galilee, called Nazareth,
To a virgin espoused to a man whose
poused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child, of name was Joseph, of the house of
David ; and the virgin’s name was
the Holy Ghost.
Whereupon Joseph, her husband, be­ Mary.—Luke i. 26, 27.
And Joseph also went up from Gali­
ing a just man, and not willing pub­
licly to expose her, was minded to put lee, out of the city of Nazareth into
Judea, to the city of David, which is
her away privately.
But while he thought on these things, called Bethlehem: because he was of
behold the angel of the Lord appeared the house and family of David,
To be enrolled with Mary his
to him in his sleep, saying: Joseph, son
of David, fear not to take unto thee espoused wife, who was with child.—
Mary thy wife, for that which is con­ Luke ii. 4, 5.
And they (the shepherds) came with
ceived in her, is of the Holy Ghost.
And she shall bring forth a son : and haste; and they found Mary and
thou shalt call his name Jesus. For he Joseph, and the infant lying in the
shall save his people from their manger.—Luke ii. 16.
And his father and mother were won­
sins. . . .
And Joseph rising up from sleep, dering at those things which were
did as the angel of the Lord had com­ spoken concerning him.—Luke ii. 33.
And his parents went every year to
manded him, and took unto him his
Jerusalem, at the solemh day of the
wife.
And he knew her not till she brought pasch. . . .
And having fulfilled the days, when
forth her first-born son: and he called
his name Jesus.—Matt. i. 18-21, 24, 25. they returned, the child Jesus remained
And after they (the wise men) were in Jerusalem; and his parents knew it
departed, behold an angel of the Lord | not.—Luke ii. 41, 43.
And seeing him, they wondered.
appeared in sleep to Joseph, saying:
Arise, and take the child and his I And his mother said to him: Son, why
mother, and fly into Egypt: and be there hast thou done so to us? behold, thy
until I shall tell thee. For it will father and I have sought thee sorrowcome to pass that Herod will seek the | ing.—Luke ii. 48.
child, to destroy him.
And he went down with them, and
Who arose, and took the child and came to Nazareth, and was subject to
his mother by night, and retired into them.—Luke ii. 51.

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mercy: and we have rejoiced, and are
delighted all our days.
We have rejoiced for the days in
which thou hast humbled us: for the
years in which we have seen evils.—Ps.
Ixxxix. 14, 15.
Sion heard, and was glad.
And the daughters of Juda rejoiced,
because of thy judgments, 0 Lord.—
Ps. xcvi. 8.
Light is risen to the just, and joy to
the right of heart.—Ps. xcvi. 11.
I rejoiced at the things that were
said to me: We shall go into the house
of the Lord.—Ps. cxxi. 1.
He that adoreth God with joy, shall
be accepted, and his prayer shall ap­
proach even to the clouds.—Ecclus.
JOY, SPIRITUAL
XXXV. 20.
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, and
Aly heart hath rejoiced in the Lord,
and my horn is exalted in my God: my my soul shall be joyful in my God: for
mouth is enlarged over my enemies: he hath clothed me with the garments
because I have joyed in thy salvation. of salvation : and with the robe of jus­
tice he hath covered me, as a bride­
—1 Kings ii. 1.
And I and my soul will rejoice in groom decked with a crown, and as a
bride adorned with her jewels.—Is.
him.—Tob. xiii. 9.
I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I Ixi. 10.
But I will rejoice in the Lord: and
will sing to thy name, 0 thou most
I will joy in God my Jesus.—Hab.
high. . . .
I will rejoice in thy salvation.—Ps. iii. 18.
And seeing the star, they (the wise
ix. 3, 16.
We will rejoice in thy salvation ; and men) rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
in the name of our God we shall be —Matt. ii. 10.
And Mary said: My soul doth mag­
exalted.—Ps. xix. 6.
I will be glad and rejoice in thy nify the Lord.
And my spirit hath rejoiced in God
mercy.
For thou hast regarded my hu­ my Saviour.—Luke i. 46, 47.
He that hath the bride is the bride­
mility, thou hast saved my soul out of
groom: but the friend of the bride­
distresses.—Ps. xxx. 8.
For in him our heart shall rejoice: groom, who standeth and heareth him,
and in his holy name we have trusted.— rejoiceth with joy because of the bride­
groom’s voice. This my joy therefore
Ps. xxxii. 21.
But my soul shall rejoice in the is fulfilled.—John iii. 29.
And continuing daily with one accord
Lord; and shall be delighted in his sal­
in the temple, and breaking bread
vation.—Ps. xxxiv. 9.
My lips shall greatly rejoice, when I from house to house, they took their
shall sing to thee; and my soul, which meat with gladness and simplicity of
heart.—Acts ii. 46.
thou hast redeemed.—Ps. Ixx. 23.
Blessed is the people that knoweth
And the disciples were filled with
joy and with the Holy Ghost.—Acts
jubilation.
They shall walk, O Lord, in the light xiii. 52.
Great is my confidence for you,
of thy countenance: and in thy name,
they shall rejoice all the day, and in great is my glorying for you. I am
thy justice, they shall be exalted.—Ps. filled with comfort: I exceedingly
abound with joy in all our tribulation.
Ixxxviii. 16, 17.
We are filled in the morning with thy —2 Cor. vii. 4.

And Jesus himself was beginning
about the age of thirty years; being (as
it was supposed) the son of Joseph.—
Luke iii. 23.
And all gave testimony to him: and
they wondered at the words of grace
that proceeded from his mouth, and
they said: Is not this the son of Joseph?
—Luke iv. 22.
The Jews therefore murmured at
him, because he had said : I am the liv­
ing bread which came down from
heaven.
And they said: Is not this Jesus, the
son of Joseph, whose father and mother
we know? How then saith he, I came
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And these things we write to you, I joy to the residue of his people.—It.
that you may rejoice, and your joy xxviii. 5.
may be full.—1 John i. 4.
JOY, EXHORTATION TO
SPIRITUAL
JOY IS FROM GOD, ALL TRUE
Bless ye the Lord, all his elect, keep
The light of thy countenance, O Lord, days
of
joy,
and
give
glory
to
him.
—
is signed upon us : thou hast given glad­ Tob. xiii. 10.
ness in my heart.—Ps. iv. 7.
Serve ye the Lord with fear: and
Restore unto me the joy of thy sal­
vation, and strengthen me with a per­ rejoice unto him with trembling.—Ps.
ii. 11.
fect spirit.—Ps. 1. 14.
But let all them be glad that hope
According to the multitude of my
sorrows in my heart, thy comforts have in thee: they shall rejoice for ever, and
thou shalt dwell
them.—Ps. v. 12.
given joy to my soul.—Ps. xciii. 19.
Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye
May he grant us joyfulness of heart,
and that there be peace in our days in just, and glory, all ye right of heart.—
Ps. xxxi. 11.
Israel for ever.—Ecclus. 1. 25.
Rejoice in the Lord, 0 ye just: praise
You shall draw waters with joy out
of the Saviour’s fountains.—Is. xii. 3. becometh the upright.—Ps. xxxii. 1.
Let all that seek thee, rejoice and be
And the angel said to them: Fear
not; for behold, I bring you good tid­ glad in thee: and let such as love
ings of great joy, that shall be to all thy salvation, say always : The Lord be
magnified.—Ps. xxxix. 17.
the people.—Luke ii. 10.
Shout with joy to God, all the earth,
These things I have spoken to you,
that my joy may be in you, and your sing ye a psalm to his name ; give glory
to his praise.—Ps. Ixv. 1, 2.
joy may be filled.—John xv. 11.
And let the just feast, and rejoice
Hitherto you have not asked any
thing in my name. Ask, and you shall before God : and be delighted with glad­
receive; that your joy may be full.— ness.—Ps. Ixvii. 4.
Rejoice to God, our helper: sing
John xvi. 24.
And now I come to thee; and these aloud to the God of Jacob.
things I speak in the world, that they
Take a psalm, and bring hither the
may have my joy filled in themselves. timbrel: the pleasant psaltery with the
—John xvii. 13.
harp.—Ps. Ixxx. 2, 3.
Now the God of hope fill you with
Come, let us praise the Lord with
all joy and peace in believing; that you joy: let us joyfully sing to God our
may abound in hope, and in the power Saviour.
of the Holy Ghost.—Rom. xv. 13.
Let us come before his presence with
But the fruit of the Spirit is charity, thanksgiving; and make a joyful noise
joy, peace, patience, benignity, good­ to him with psalms.—Ps. xciv. 1, 2.
ness, longanimity.—Gal. v. 22.
Let the heavens rejoice, and let the
earth be gladj let the sea be moved, and
JOY, GOD OUR
the fulness thereof :
The fields and all things that are in
Thou art my refuge from the trouble
which hath encompassed me : my joy, them shall be joyful.
Then shall all the trees of the woods
deliver me from them that surround me.
—Ps. xxxi. 7.
rejoice before the face of the Lord, be­
Delight in the Lord, and he will cause he cometh: because he cometh to
give thee the requests of thy heart.— judge the earth.—Ps. xcv. 11-13.
Ps. xxxvi. 4.
The Lord hath reigned, let the earth
Let my speech be acceptable to him : rejoice: let many islands bo glad.—Ps.
but I will take delight in the Lord.— xcvi. 1.
Ps. ciii. 34.
Rejoice, ye just, in the Lord: and
In that day the Lord of hosts shall give praise to the remembrance of his
be a crown of glory, and a garland of holiness.—Ps. xcvi. 12.

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Sing joyfully to God, all the earth; Lamb is come, and his wife hath pre­
pared herself.—Apoc. xix. 7.
make melody, rejoice and sing. . . .
Make a joyful noise before the Lord
JUDGE, GOD OUR
our king.—Ps. xcvii. 4, 6.
Sing joyfully to God, all the earth:
God therefore will not hear in vain,
serve ye the Lord with gladness.
and the Almighty will look into the
Come in before his presence with ex- causes of every one.
ceeding great joy.—Ps. xcix. 2.
Yea, when thou shalt say: He conGlory ye in his holy name: let the sidereth not: be judged before him, and
heart of them rejoice that seek the expect him.—Job xxxv. 13, 14.
Lord.—Ps. civ. 3.
And the heavens shall declare his jus­
This is the day which the Lord hath | tice: for God is judge.—Ps. xlix. 6.
made: let us be glad and rejoice therein.
And man shall say: If indeed there
—Ps. cxvii. 24.
be fruit to the just: there is indeed a
Let Israel rejoice in him that made God that judgeth them on the earth.—
him : and let the children of Sion be Ps. Ivii. 12.
joyful in their king.—Ps. cxlix. 2.
Many
seek
the
face
of
the
prince
:
but
Let your soul rejoice in his mercy, the judgment of every one cometh forth
and you shall not be confounded in his from the Lord.—Prov. xxix. 26.
praise.—Ecclus. Ii. 37.
For
the
Lord
is
our
judge,
the
Lord
Rejoice and praise, 0 thou habita­ is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king:
tion of Sion : for great is he that is in I he will save us.—Is. xxxiii. 22.
the midst of thee, the Holy One of
I am the judge and the witness, saith
Israel.—Is. xii. 6.
Give praise, 0 ye heavens, and re­
But
you
are
come
to
mount
Sion,
and
joice, 0 earth, ye mountains, give praise to the city of the living God, the heav­
with jubilation: because the Lord hath enly Jerusalem, and to the company of
comforted his people, and will have
many
thousands
of
angels.
mercy on his poor ones.—Is. xlix. 13.
And to the church of the first-born,
And you, 0 children of Sion, rejoice, I who
are written in the heavens, and to
and be joyful in the Lord your God:
because he hath given you a teacher of God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of
just made perfect.—Heb. xii. 22, 23.
justice, and he will make the early and theThere
is one lawgiver, and judge, that
the latter rain to come down to you as
is able to destroy and to deliver.—
in the beginning.—Joel ii. 23.
Give praise, O daughter of Sion; James iv. 12.
Grudge not, brethren, one against
shout. 0 Israel : be glad and rejoice with
all thy heart, O daughter of Jeru­ another, that you may not be judged.
Behold the judge standeth before the
salem.—Soph. iii. 14.
Blessed are ye when they shall revile door.—James v. 9.
you, and persecute you, and speak all
JUDGE,
GOD
A
JUST
that is evil against you, untruly, for my
See also: Justice of God—page 266.
sake:
Be glad, and rejoice, for your re­
God is a just judge, strong and pa­
ward is very great in heaven.—Matt.
tient: is he angry every day?—Ps
v. 11, 12.
But yet rejoice not in this, that vii. 12.
But the Lord remaineth for ever.
spirits are subject unto you ; but re­
He hath prepared his throne in judg­
joice in this, that your names are writ­
ment: and he shall judge the world in
ten in heaven.—Luke x. 20.
Rejoicing in hope. Patient in tribu­ equity, he shall judge the people in
lation. Instant in prayer.—Bom.xii. 12. justice.—Ps. ix. 8, 9.
Let the nations be glad and rejoice:
Rejoice in the Lord always; again, I
for thou judgest the people with jus­
say, rejoice.—Philipp, iv. 4.
Let us be glad and rejoice, and give tice, and directest the nations upon
glory to him; for the marriage of the earth.—Ps. Ixvi. 5.

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Then shall all the trees of the woods
rejoice before the face of the Lord, be­
cause he cometh: because he cometh to
judge the earth.
He shall judge the world with justice,
and the people with his truth.—Ps. xcv.
12, 13.
For there is no other God but thou,
who hast care of all, that thou shouldst
show that thou dost not give judgment
unjustly.—Ww. xii. 13.
He shall not judge according to the
sight of the eyes, nor reprove accord­
ing to toe hearing of the ears.
But he shall judge the poor with jus­
tice, and shall reprove with equity for
the meek of the earth.—Is. xi. 3, 4.
And a throne shall be prepared in
mercy, and one shall sit upon it in
truth, in the tabernacle of David, judg­
ing and seeking judgment, and quickly
rendering that which is just.—Is. xvi. 5.
Therefore will I judge every man ac­
cording to his ways, O house of Israel,
saith the Lord God.—Ezech. xviii. 30.
I cannot of myself do any thing. As
I hear, so I judge: and my judgment is
just; because I seek not my own will,
but the will of him that sent me.—John
<?■ 30.
JUDGE ONE ANOTHER, WE
MUST NOT
Do you accept his person, and do you
endeavor to judge for God?—Jobxiii.8.
Despise not a man that turneth away
from sin, nor reproach him therewith:
remember that we are all worthy of re­
proof.—Ecclus. viii. 6.
J udge not, that you may not be
judged.
For with what judgment you judge,
you shall be judged: and with what
measure you mete, it shall be measured
to you again.
And why seest thou the mote that is
in thy brother’s eye; and seest not the
beam that is in thy own eye?
Or how sayst thou to thy brother:
Let me cast the mote out of thy eye;
and behold a beam is in thy own eye?
Thou hypocrite, cast out first the
beam out of thy own eye, and then
shalt thou see to cast out the mote out
of thy brother’s eye.—Matt. vii. 1-5.
Wherefore thou art inexcusable, 0

man, whosoever thou art that judgest.
For wherein thou judgest another, thou
condemnest thyself. For thou dost the
same things which thou judgest.
. . . And thinkest thou this, 0 man,
that judgest them who do such things,
and dost the same, that thou shalt es­
cape the judgment of God?—Rom. ii.
1, 3.
Who art thou that judgest another
man’s servant? To his own lord he
standeth or fallcth. And he shall stand:
for God is able to make him stand —
Rom. xiv. 4.
But thou, why judgest thou thy
brother? or thou, why dost thou despise
thy brother? For we shall all stand be­
fore the judgment seat of Christ. . . .
Therefore every one of us shall render
account to God for himself.
Let us not therefore judge one an­
other any more. But judge this rather,
that you put not a stumbling-block or a
scandal in your brother’s way.—Rom.
xiv. 10, 12, 13.
Therefore judge not before the time;
until the Lord come, who both will
bring to light the hidden things of
darkness, and will make manifest the
counsels of the hearts; and then shall
every man have praise from God.—
1 Cor. iv. 5.
Detract not one another, my brethren.
He that detracteth his brother, or he
that judgeth his brother, detracteth the
law, and judgeth the law. But if thou
judge the law, thou art not a doer of the
law, but a judge.
There is one lawgiver and judge, that
is able to destroy and to deliver.
But who art thou that judgest thy
neighbor?—James iv. 11-13.
JUDGES SHOULD BE JUST IN
THEIR JUDGMENTS
Thou shalt not follow the multitude
to do evil: neither shalt thou yield in
judgment to the opinion of the most
part, to stray from the truth. . . .
Thou shalt not go aside in the poor
man’s judgment.—Ex. xxiii. 2, 6.
Thou shalt not do that which is un­
just, nor judge unjustly. Respect not
the person of the poor, nor honor the
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thy neighbor according to justice.—Lev. man, that he should have dominion over
the creature that was made by thee,
xix. 15.
That he should order the world ac­
Hear them, and judge that which is
just: whether he be one of your country, cording to equity and justice, and exe­
cute justice with an upright heart.—
or a stranger.
There shall be no difference of per­ Wis. ix. 1-3.
Seek not to be made a judge, unless
sons, you shall hear the little as well
as the great: neither shall you respect thou have strength enough to extirpate
any man’s person, because it is the judg­ iniquities: lest thou fear the person of
the powerful, and lay a stumbling-block
ment of God.—Deut. i. 16, 17.
Take heed what you do : for you for thy integrity.—Ecclus. vii. 6.
Thus saith the Lord: Go down to the
exercise not the judgment of man, but
of the Lord: and whatsoever you judge, house of the king of Juda, and there
it shall redound to you.—2 Paral. thou shalt speak this word. . . .
Thus saith the Lord: Execute judg­
xix. 6.
Give to the king thy judgment, 0 ment and justice, and deliver him that
God: and to the king’s son thy justice: is oppressed out of the hand of the op­
To judge thy people with justice, and pressor: and afflict not the stranger, the
fatherless and the widow, nor oppress
thy poor with judgment.—Ps. Ixxi. 2.
How long will you judge unjustly: them unjustly: and shed not innocent
blood in this place.—J er. xxii. 1, 3.
and accept the persons of the wicked?
These then are the things which you
Judge for the needy and fatherless:
do justice to the humble and the poor. shall do: Speak ye truth, every one to
Rescue the poor ; and deliver the his neighbor: judge ye truth and judg­
needy out of the hand of the sinner.— ment of peace in your gates.—Zach.
viii. 16.
Ps. Lxxxi. 2-4.
Judge not according to the appear­
Open thy mouth for the dumb, and
for the causes of all the children that ance, but judge just judgment.—John
pass.
vii. 24.
Open thy mouth, decree that which is JUDGES SHOULD BE MERCIFUL
just, and do justice to the needy and
IN THEIR JUDGMENTS
poor.—Prov. xxxi. 8, 9.
Therefore, whereas thou chastisest us.
Love justice, you that are the judges
thou scourgest our enemies very many
of the earth.—¡Vis. i. 1.
Hear, therefore, ye kings, and under­ ways, to the end that when we judge,
stand: learn, ye that are judges of the we may think on thy goodness: and
when we are judged, we may hope for
ends of the earth.
Give ear, you that rule the people, thy mercy.— IVis. xii. 22.
In judging, be merciful to the father­
and that please yourselves in multitudes
less as a father, and as a husband to
of nations:
For power is given you by the Lord, their mother.
And thou shalt be as the obedient son
and strength by the most High, who
will examine your works, and search of the most High, and he will have
mercy on thee more than a mother.—
out your thoughts:
Because being ministers of his king­ Ecclus. iv. 10, 11.
dom, you have not judged rightly, nor
JUDGMENT,
DAY
OF
kept the law of justice, nor walked ac­
The God of gods, the Lord hath
cording to the will of God.
Horribly and speedily will he appear spoken : and he hath called the earth.
From the rising of the sun, to the
to you: for a most severe judgment shall
be for them that bear rule.— IVís. vi. going down thereof. . . .
God shall come manifestly: our God
2-6.
God of my fathers, and Lord of shall come, and shall not keep silence.
A fire shall burn before him: and a
mercy, who hast made all things with
mighty tempest shall be round about
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He shall call heaven from above, and
the earth, to judge his people.—Ps. xlix.
1, 3, 4.
The heavens declared his justice:
and all people saw his glory.—Ps.
xcvi. 6.
I saw under the sun, in the place of
judgment, wickedness, and in the place
of justice, iniquity.
And I said in my heart: God shall
judge both the just and the wicked,
and then shall be the time of every
thing.—Eccles, iii. 16, 17.
But I know their works and their
thoughts: I come that I may gather
them together with all nations and
tongues: and they shall come, and shall
see my glory.—Is. Ixvi. 18.
But at that time shall Michael rise
up, the great prince, who standeth for
the children of thy people: and a time
shall come, such as never was from the
time that nations began, even until that
time. And at that time shall thy people
be saved, every one that shall be found
written in the book.
And many of those that sleep in the
dust of the earth, shall awake: some
unto life everlasting, and others unto
reproach, to see it always.—Dan. xii.
1, 2.
Let them arise, and let the nations
come up into the valley of Josaphat:
for there I will sit, to judge all na­
tions round about.—Joel iii. 12.
He that is best among them is as a
brier: and he that is righteous, as the
thorn of the hedge. The day of thy in­
spection. thy visitation comcth: now
shall be their destruction.—Mich. vii. 4.
The just Lord is in the midst thereof,
he will not do iniquity: in the morning,
in the morning he will bring his judg­
ment to light, and it shall not be hid:
but the wicked man hath not known
shame. . . .
Wherefore expect me, saith the Lord,
in the day of my resurrection that is
to come, for my judgment is to assem­
ble the Gentiles, and to gather the
kingdoms: and to pour upon them my
indignation, all my tierce anger: for
with the fire of my jealousy shall all the
earth be devoured.—Soph. iii. 5, 8.
Behold I will send you Elias the
prophet, before the coming of the great

and dreadful day of the Lord.—Malach.
iv. 5.
Whose fan is in his hand, and he
will thoroughly cleanse his floor, and
gather his wheat into the barn; but the
chaff he will burn with unquenchable
fire.—Matt. iii. 12.
And the servants of the goodman of
the house coming, said to him: Sir,
didst thou not sow good seed in thy
field? whence then hath it cockle?
And he said to them : An enemy hath
done this. And the servants said to
him: Wilt thou that we go and gather
it up?
And he said : No, lest perhaps gather­
ing up the cockle, you root up the wheat
also together with it.
Suffer both to grow until the har­
vest, and in the time of the harvest I
will say to the reapers: Gather up first
the cockle, and bind it into bundles to
burn, but the wheat gather ye into my
barn. . . .
So shall it be at the end of the world.
The angels shall go out, and shall
separate the wicked from among the
j ust.
And shall cast them into the furnace
of fire: there shall be weeping and
gnashing of teeth.—Mall. xiii. 27-30,
49, 50.
For as lightning comcth out of the
cast, and appeareth even into the west:
so shall also the coming of the Son of
man be. . . .
And then shall appear the sign of the
Son of man in heaven: and then shall
all tribes of the earth mourn : and they
shall sec the Son of man coming in the
clouds of heaven with much power and
majesty.
And he shall send his angels with a
trumpet, and a great voice: and they
shall gather together his elect from the
four winds, from the farthest parts of
the heavens, to the utmost bounds of
them.—Mall. xxiv. 27, 30, 31.
And when the Son of man shall come
in his majesty, and all the angels with
him, then shall he sit upon the scat of
his majesty:
And all nations shall be gathered to­
gether before him. and he shall separate
them one from another, as the shepherd
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And he shall set the sheep on his right I of life; but they that have done evil,
hand, but the goats on his left.
unto the resurrection of judgment—
Then shall the king say to them that Jo/in v. 28, 29.
shall be on his right hand : Come, yeHe that despiseth me, andreceiveth
blessed of my Father, possess you the not my words, hath one that judgeth
kingdom prepared for you from the him ; the word that I have spoken, the
foundation of the world.
same shall judge him in the last day.
For I was hungry, and you gave me—John xii. 48.
to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me Now of theseEnoch also, the seventh
to drink; I was a stranger, and you from Adam, prophesied, saying: Be­
took me in :
hold, the Lord cometh with thousands of
Naked, and you covered me: sick, and his saints,
you visited me: I was in prison, and
To execute judgment upon all, and
you came to me.
to reprove all the ungodly for all the
Then shall the just answer him, say- works of their ungodliness, whereby
ing: Lord, when did we see thee hungry, they have done ungodly, and of all
and fed thee; thirsty, and gave thee the hard things which ungodly sinners
drink?
have spoken against God.—Jude i.
And when did we see thee a stranger, 14, 15.
and took thee in ? or naked, and covered
Behold, he cometh with the clouds,
thee?
and every eye shall see him, and they
Or when did we see thee sick or in also that pierced him. And all the
prison, and came to thee?
tribes of the earth shall bewail themAnd the king answering, shall say to selves because of him. Even so. Amen.
them:
—Apoc. i. 7.
Amen, I say to you, as long as you
And the seventh angel sounded the
did it to one of these my least brethren, trumpet: and there were great voices in
you did it to me.
heaven, saying: The kingdom of this
Then shall he say to them also that world is become our Lord’s, and his
shall be on his left hand : Depart from Christ’s, and he shall reign for ever and
me, you cursed, into everlasting fire, ever. Amen. . . .
which was prepared for the devil and
We give thee thanks, 0 Lord, God
his angels.
Almighty, who art, and who wast, and
For I was hungry, and you gave me who art to come : because thou hast
not to eat : 1 was thirsty, and you gave taken to thee thy great power, and thou
me not to drink. I was a stranger, and hast reigned.
you took me not in: naked, and you covAnd the nations were angry, and thy
ered me not : sick and in prison, and you wrath is come, and the time of the dead,
did not visit me.
that they should be judged, and that
Then they also shall answer him, say- thou shouldst render reward to thy sering: Lord, when did we see thee hun- vants the prophets and the saints, and
gry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, to them that fear thy name, little and
or sick, or in prison, and did not minis- great, and shouldst destroy them who
ter to thee?
have corrupted the earth.—Apoc. xi.
Then he shall answer them, saying : 15, 17, 18.
Amen I say to you, as long as you did
And I saw a great white throne, and
\t not to one of these least, neither did one sitting upon it, from whose face the
/ou do it to me.
earth and heaven fled away, and there
And these shall go into everlasting was no place found for them.
punishment: but the just, into life everAnd T saw the dead, great and small,
lasting.—Matt. xxv. 31-46.
standing in the presence of the throne,
Wonder not at this; for the hour com- and the books were opened; and aneth, wherein all that are in the graves, other book was opened, which is the
shall hear the voice of the Son of God. book of life; and the dead were judged
And they that have done good things, by those things which were written in
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And the sea gave up the dead that
were in it, and death and hell gave up
their dead that were in them; and they
were judged, every one according to
their works. . . .
And whosoever was not found writ­
ten in the book of life, was cast into the
pool of fire.—Apoc. xx. 11-13, 15.
JUDGMENT, CERTAINTY OF THE
DAY OF
Flee then from the face of the sword,
for the sword is the revenger of in­
iquities: and know ye that there is a
judgment.—Job xix. 29.
But thou, why judgest thou thy
brother? or thou, why dost thou despise
thy brother? For we shall all stand
before the judgment seat of Christ. . . .
Therefore every one of us shall render
account to God for himself.—Rom. xiv.
10, 12.
For we must all be manifested be­
fore the judgment seat of Christ, that
every one may receive the proper things
of the body, according as he hath done,
whether it be good or evil.—2 Cor. v. 10.
The Lord knoweth how to deliver the
godly from temptation, but to reserve
the unjust unto the day of judgment,
to be tormented.—2 Peter ii. 9.
But the heavens and the earth which
are now, by the same word are kept in
store, reserved unto fire against the day
of judgment and perdition of the un­
godly men.
But of this one thing be not ignorant,
my beloved, that one day with the Lord
is as a thousand years, and a thousand
years as one day.
The Lord delayeth not his promise,
as some imagine, but dealeth patiently
for your sake, not willing that any
should perish, but that all should re­
turn to penance.—2 Peter iii. 7-9.
JUDGMENT DAY, A DAY OF
FEAR AND OF TERROR, THE
If he examine on a sudden, who shall
answer him? or who can say: Why dost
thou so?
God, whose wrath no man can resist,
and under whom they stoop that bear
up the world.—Job ix. 12, 13.
Thou hast caused judgment to be

heard from heaven : the earth trembled
and was still,
When God arose in judgment, to save
all the meek of the earth—Ps. Ixxv.
9, 10.
They shall come with fear at the
thought of their sins, and their iniqui­
ties shall stand against them, to convict
them.—IVis. iv. 20.
The lofty eyes of man are humbled,
and the haughtiness of men shall be
made to stoop : and the Lord alone shall
be exalted in that day.
Because the day of the Lord of hosts
shall be upon every one that is proud
and high-minded, and upon every one
that is arrogant, and he shall be hum­
bled. . . .
And they shall go into the holes of
rocks, and into the caves of the earth,
from the face of the fear of the Lord,
and from the glory of his majesty,
when he shall rise up to strike the earth.
—Is. ii. 11, 12, 19.
Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is
near: it shall come as a destruction
from the Lord.
Therefore shall all hands be faint,
and every heart of man shall melt. . ..
Behold, the day of the Lord shall
come, a cruel day, and full of indigna­
tion, and of wrath, and fury, to lay the
land desolate, and to destroy the sin­
ners thereof out of it. . . .
And I will visit the evils of the world,
and against the wicked for their in­
iquity: and I will make the pride of in­
fidels to cease, and will bring down the
arrogancy of the mighty.—Is. xiii. 6, 7,
9, 11.
For behold the Lord will come with
fire, and his chariots are like a whirl­
wind, to render his wrath in indigna­
tion, and his rebuke with flames of
fire.
For the Lord shall judge by fire, and
by his sword unto all flesh, and the
slain of the Lord shall be many.—Is.
Ixvi. 15. 16.
And the word of the Lord came to me,
saying:
Son of man, prophesy, and say: Thus
saith the Lord God: Howl ye, Woe,
woe to the day:
For the day is near, yea, the day of
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And I will distress men, and they
be the time of the nations.—Ezech. xxx.
shall walk like blind men, because they
1-3.
And the high places of the idol, the have sinned against the Lord: and their
sin of Israel shall be destroyed : the bur blood shall be poured out as earth, and
and the thistle shall grow up over their their bodies as dung.
Neither shall their silver and their
altars: and they shall say to the moun­
tains: Cover us; and to the hills: Fall gold be able to deliver them in the day
of the wrath of the Lord: all the land
upon us.—Osee x. 8.
Blow ye the trumpet in Sion, sound shall be devoured by the fire of his jeal­
an alarm in my holy mountain, let all ousy, for he shall make even a speedy
the inhabitants of the land tremble: be­ destruction of all them that dwell in
cause the day of the Lord cometh, be­ the land.—Soph. i. 14,15, 17, 18.
But according to thy hardness and
cause it is nigh at hand.
A day of darkness, and of gloominess, impenitent heart, thou treasurest up to
a day of clouds and whirlwinds: a thyself wrath, against the day of wrath,
numerous and strong people as the and revelation of the just judgment of
morning spread upon the mountains: God.—Rom. ii. 5.
For we know him that hath said:
the like to it hath not been from the
beginning, nor shall be after it, even Vengeance belongeth to me, and I will
to the years of generation and genera­ r?pay. And again: The Lord shall
judge his people.
tion.
It is a fearful thing to fall into the
Before the face thereof a devouring
fire, and behind it a burning flame: the hands of the living God.—Heb. x.
land is like a garden of pleasure be­ 30, 31.
And the kings of the earth, and the
fore it, and behind it a desolate wilder­
ness, neither is there any one that can princes, and tribunes, and the rich, and
the strong, and every bondman, and
escape it. . . .
And the Lord hath uttered his voice every freeman, hid themselves in the
before the face of his army: for his dens and in the rocks of mountains:
And they say to the mountains and
armies are exceeding great, for they are
strong, and execute his word: for the the rocks: Fall upon us, and hide us
day of the Lord is great and very ter­ from the face of him that sitteth upon
rible: and who can stand it?—Joel ii. the throne, and from the wrath of the
Lamb :
1-3, 11.
For the great day of their wrath is
Woe to them that desire the day of
the Lord : to what end is it for you? the come, and who shall be able to stand?—
day of the Lord is darkness, and not Apoc. vi. 15, 16, 17.
light.
As if a man should flee from the face JUDGMENT DAY A TIME OF JUS
of a lion, and a bear should meet him:
TICE AND NOT OF MERCY,
or enter into the house, and lean with
THE
his hand upon the wall, and a serpent
But the Lord remaineth for ever.
should bite him.
He hath prepared his throne in judg­
Shall not the day of the Lord be dark­
ness, and not light: and obscurity, and ment: and he shall judge the world in
equity, he shall judge the people in jus­
no brightness in it?—Amos v. 18-20.
The great day of the Lord is near, tice.—Ps. ix. 8, 9.
Then shall all the trees of the woods
it is near, and exceeding swift: the
voice of the day of the Lord is bitter, rejoice before the face of the Lord, be­
the mighty man shall there meet with cause he cometh: because he cometh to
tribulation.
judge the earth.
That day is a day of wrath, a day
He shall judge the world with jus­
of tribulation and distress, a day of tice, and the people with his truth.—
calamity and misery, a day of darkness Ps. xcv. 12, 13.
and obscurity, a day of clouds and
Remember the wrath that shall be at
whirlwinds. . . .
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ing, when he shall turn away his face.
—Ecclus. xviii. 24.
An encl is come, the end is come, it
hath awaked against thee: behold it is
come. . . .
Now very shortly I will pour out my
wrath upon thee, and I will accomplish
my anger in thee: and I will judge thee
according to thy ways, and I will lay
upon thee all thy crimes.
And my eye shall not spare, neither
will I show mercy: but I will lay thy
ways upon thee, and thy abominations
shall be in the midst of thee: and you
shall know that I am the Lord that
strike.—Ezech. vii. 6, 8, 9.
For the day of the Lord is at hand
upon all nations: as thou hast done, so
shall it be done to thee: he will turn
thy reward upon thy own head.—Ab.
i. 15.
For the Son of man shall come in the
glory of his Father with his angels: and
then will he render to every man accord­
ing to his works.—Matt. xvi. 27.
And God indeed having winked at
the times of this ignorance, now declareth unto men, that all should everywhere
do penance.
Because he hath appointed a day
wherein he will judge the world in
equity, by the man whom he hath ap­
pointed; giving faith to all, by raising
him up from the dead.—Acts xvii.
30, 31.
For we must all be manifested before
the judgment seat of Christ, that every
one may receive the proper things of
the body, according as he hath done,
whether it be good or evil.—2 Cor. v. 10.
As to the rest, there is laid up for me
a crown of justice, which the Lord, the
just judge, will render to me in that
day: and not only to me, but to them
also that love his coming.—2 Tim. iv. 8.
For the time is. that judgment should
begin at the house of God. And if
first at us, what shall be the end of
them that believe not the gospel of
God?
And if the just man shall scarcely be
saved, where shall the ungodly and the
sinner appear?—1 Peter iv. 17, 18.
Behold, I come quickly; and my re­
ward is with me, to render to every man
according to his works.—Apoc. xxii. 12.

JUDGMENT DAY, ALL THINGS
SHALL BE DISCLOSED AND
JUDGED AT THE
The heavens shall reveal his iniquity,
and the earth shall rise up against him.
—Job XX. 27.
Thy eyes did see my imperfect be­
ing, and in thy book all shall be writ­
ten.—Ps. cxxxviii. 16.
Rejoice therefore, 0 young man, in
thy youth, and let thy heart be in that
which is good in the days of thy youth,
and walk in the ways of thy heart, and
in the sight of thy eyes: and know that
for all these, God will bring thee into
judgment.—Eccles, xi. 9.
And all things that are done, God will
bring into judgment for every ‘error,
whether it be good or evil.—Eccles.
xii. 14.
But I say unto you, that every idle
word that men shall speak, they shall
render an account for it in the day of
judgment.—Matt. xii. 36.
For there is nothing covered that
shall not be revealed: nor hidden, that
shall not be known.
For whatsoever things you have
spoken in darkness, shall be published
in the light; and that which you have
spoken in the ear in the chambers, shall
be preached on the housetops.—Luke
xii. 2, 3.
Who show the work of the law writ­
ten in their hearts, their conscience
bearing witness to them, and their
thoughts between themselves accusing,
or also defending one another,
In the day when God shall judge the
secrets of men, by Jesus Christ, accord­
ing to my gospel.—Rom. ii. 15, 16.
Every man’s work shall be manifest;
for the day of the Lord shall declare
it, because it shall be revealed in fire;
and the fire shall try every man’s work,
of what sort it is.—1 Cor. iii. 13.
Therefore judge not before the time;
until the Lord come, who both will
bring to light the hidden things of dark­
ness, and will make manifest the coun­
sels of the hearts; and then shall every
man have praise from God.—1 Cor.
iv. 5.
Some men’s sins are manifest, going
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before to judgment: and some men they
follow after.
In like manner also good deeds are
manifest: and they that are otherwise,
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times, that you may be accounted
worthy to escape all these things that
are to come, and to stand before the
Son of man.—Luke xxi. 34-36.
And God indeed having winked at the
times of this ignorance, now declareth
JUDGMENT DAY, WE MUST PRE­ unto men, that all should everywhere
do penance.
PARE FOR THE
Because he hath appointed a day,
If he examine on a sudden, who shall wherein he will judge the world in
answer him ? or who can say : Why dost equity, by the man whom he hath ap­
thou so?—Job ix. 12.
pointed; giving faith to all, by raising
For what shall I do when God shall him
up from the dead.—Acts xvii.30,31.
rise to judge? and when he shall exam­
But
if
we
would
judge
ourselves,
we
ine, what shall I answer him?—Job should not be judged.—1 Cor. xi. 31.
xxxi. 14.
So speak ye, and so do, as being to be
Before sickness, take a medicine, and judged by the law of liberty .—James
before judgment, examine thyself, and ii. 12.
thou shalt find mercy in the sight of
But the end of all is at hand. Be
God.—Ecclus. xviii. 20.
prudent therefore, and watch in
Remember the wrath that shall be at prayers.—1 Peter iv. 7.
the last day, and the time of repaying,
But the day of the Lord shall come as
when he shall turn away his face.— a thief, in which the heavens shall pass
Ecclus. xviii. 24.
away with great violence, and the ele­
What will you do in the day of visi­ ments shall be melted with heat, and the
tation, and of the calamity which com­ earth and the works which are in it,
eth from afar? to whom will ye flee for shall be burnt up.
help? and where will ye leave your
Seeing then that all these things are
glory?—Is. x. 3.
to be dissolved, what manner of people
Therefore I will do these things to ought you to be in holy conversation
thee, 0 Israel ; and after I shall have and godliness?
done these things to thee, be prepared
Looking for and hasting unto the
to meet thy God, 0 Israel.—Amosiv.12. coming of the day of the Lord, by
Assemble yourselves together, be which the heavens being on fire, shall
gathered together, 0 nation not worthy be dissolved, and the elements shall
to be loved :
melt with the burning heat?
Before the decree bring forth the day
. . . Wherefore, dearly beloved,
as dust passing away, before the fierce waiting for these things, be diligent,
anger of the Lord come upon you, be­ that you may be found before him un­
fore the day of the Lord’s indignation spotted and blameless in peace.—2 Peter
come upon you.
iii. 10-12, 14.
Seek the Lord, all ye meek of the
And now, little children, abide in
earth, you that have wrought his judg­ him. that when he shall appear, we may
ment: seek the just, seek the meek: if have confidence, and not be confounded
by any means you may be hid in the by him at his coming.—1 John ii. 28.
day of the Lord's indignation.—Soph.
Because thou hast kept the word of
ii. 1-3.
my patience, I will also keep thee from
And take heed to yourselves, lest per­ the hour of temptation, which shall
haps your hearts be overcharged with come upon the whole world to try them
surfeiting and drunkenness, and the that dwell upon the earth.—Apoc.
cares of this life, and that day come iii. 10.
upon you suddenly.
For as a snare shall it come upon JUDGMENT AFTER DEATH, THE
all that sit upon the face of the whole
Thou hast set our iniquities before
earth.
thy eyes: our life, in the light of thy
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If thou, 0 Lord, wilt mark iniqui­
ties: Ix>rd, who shall stand it?—Ps.
cxxix. 3.
Woe to them that have lost pa­
tience, and that have forsaken the right
ways, and have gone aside into crooked
ways.
And what will they do, when the Lord
shall begin to examine?—Ecclus. ii.
16, 17.
For it is easy before God in the day
of death to reward every one according
to his ways.—Ecclus. xi. 28.
Remember my judgment: for thine
also shall be so: yesterday for me, and
to-day for thee.—Ecclus. xxxviii. 23.
And he said also to his disciples:
There was a certain rich man who had
a steward : and the same was accused
unto him, that he had wasted his goods.
And he called him, and said to him:
How is it that I hear this of thee? give
an account of thy stewardship: for now
thou canst be steward no longer.—Luke
xvi. 1, 2.
And as it is appointed unto men
once to die, and after this, the judg­
ment.—Heb. ix. 27.
JUDGMENTS OF GOD, THE
Thou art just, 0 Lord, and all thy
judgments are just, ami all thy ways
mercy, and truth, and judgment. . . .
And now. O Lord, great are thy
judgments, because we have not done
according to thy precepts, and have not
walked sincerely before thee.—Tob. iii.
2, 5.
The Lord shall be known when he
exeeuteth judgments: the sinner hath
been caught in the works of his own
hands.—Ps. ix. 17.
'I'he judgments of the Lord are true,
justified in themselves.—Ps. xviii. 10.
Thy justice is as the mountains of
God, thy judgments are a great deep.—
Ps. XXXV. 7.
Let mount Sion rejoice, and the
daughters of Juda be glad; because of
thy judgments, O Lord.—Ps. xlvii. 12.
lie is the Lord our God: his judg­
ments are in all the earth.—Ps. civ. 7.
I remembered. 0 Lord, thy judg­
ments of ol<l : and I was comforted.—
Ps. cxviii. 52.
I know, 0 Lord, that thy judgments

are equity: and in thy truth, thou hast
humbled me.—Ps. cxviii. 75.
When thou shalt do thy judgments on
the earth, the inhabitants of the world
shall learn justice.—Is. xxvi. 9.
For thou art just in all that thou
hast done to us, and all thy works are
true, and thy ways right, and all thy
judgments true.
For thou hast executed true judg­
ments in all the things that thou hast
brought upon us, and upon Jerusalem
the holy city of our fathers: for ac­
cording to truth and judgment, thou
hast brought all these things upon us
for our sins.—Dan. iii. 27, 28.
I cannot of myself do any thing. As
I hear, so I judge: and my judgment is
just; because 1 seek not my own will,
but the will of him that sent me —
John v. 30.
For we know that the judgment of
God is, according to truth, against them
that do such things.
And thinkest thou this, 0 man, that
judgest them who do such things, and
dost the same, that thou shalt escape
the judgment of God?—Rom. ii. 2, 3.
0 the depth of the riches of the wis­
dom and of the knowledge of God!
How incomprehensible are his judg­
ments, and how unsearchable his ways!
—Rom. xi. 33.
And I heard the angel of the waters
saying: Thou art just, O Lord, who
art, and who wast, the Holy One, be­
cause
thou
hast
judged these
things. . . .
And I heard another, from the altar,
saying: Yea, 0 Lord God Almighty,
true and just are thy judgments.—
Apoc. xvi. 5, 7.
JUDGMENT, RASH
Before thou inquire, blame no man:
and when thou hast inquired, reprove
justly.—Ecclus. xi. 7.
Judge not according to the appear­
ance, but judge just judgment.—John
vii. 24.
JUST, THE
Thou hast proved my heart, and
visited it by night, thou hast tried me
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That my mouth may not speak the
works of men : for the sake of the words
of thy lips, I have kept hard ways.—
Ps. xvi. 3, 4.
Better is a little to the just, than the
great riches of the wicked.—Ps.
XXXV i. 16.
The mouth of the just shall medi­
tate wisdom : and his tongue shall
speak judgment.
The law of his God is in his heart,
and his steps shall not be supplanted.—
Ps. xxxvi. 30, 31.
All the glory of the king’s daughter
is within, in golden borders.—Ps.
xliv. 14.
The just shall rejoice in the Lord,
and shall hope in him: and all the up­
right in heart shall be praised.—Ps.
Ixiii. 11.
Blessed are they that keep judgment,
and do justice at all times.—Ps. cv. 3.
But the path of the just, as a shining
light, goeth forwards and increaseth
even to perfect day.—Prov. iv. 18.
The memory of the just is with
praises: and the name of the wicked
shall rot.—Prov. x. 7.
The work of the just is unto life: but
the fruit of the wicked, unto sin.—
Prov. x. 16.
The expectation of the just is joy;
but the hope of the wicked shall perish.
—Prov. x. 28.
Whatsoever shall befall the just man,
it shall not make him sad: but the
wicked shall be filled with mischief.—
Prov. xii. 21.
Justice keepeth the way of the inno­
cent: but wickedness overt hroweth the
sinner.
One is as it were rich, when he hath
nothing: and another is as it were poor,
when he hath great riches.—Prov. xiii.
6, 7.
The just is first accuser of himself :
his friend cometh, and shall search
him.—Prov. xviii. 17.
For a just man shall fall seven times,
and shall rise again: but the wicked
shall fall down into evil.—Prov.xxiv. 16.
The wicked man fleeth, when no man
pursueth: but the just, bold as a lion,
shall be without dread.—Prov. xxviii. 1.
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of the poor : the wicked is void of
knowledge.—Prov. xxix. 7.
Blessed is the rich man that is found
without blemish: and that hath not
gone after gold, nor put his trust in
money nor in treasures.
Who is he, and we will praise him?
for he hath done wonderful things in
his life.
Who hath been tried thereby, and
made perfect, he shall have glory ever­
lasting. He that could have trans­
gressed, and hath not transgressed; and
could do evil things, and hath not done
them :
Therefore are his goods established
in the Lord, and all the church of the
saints shall declare his alms.—Ecclus.
xxxi. 8-11.
Say to the just man that it is well,
for he shall eat the fruit of his doings.
—Is. iii. 10.
My elect shall not labor in vain, nor
bring forth in trouble; for they are the
seed of the blessed of the Lord, and
their posterity with them.—Is. Ixv. 23.
0 ye spirits and souls of the just,
bless the Lord: praise and exalt him
above all for ever.—Dan. iii. 86.
Then shall the king say to them that
shall be on his right hand: Come, ye
blessed of my Father, possess you the
kingdom prepared for you from the
foundation of the world.
For I was hungry, and you gave me
to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me
to drink; I was a stranger, and you took
me in:
Naked, and you covered me: sick,
and you visited me: I was in prison,
and you came to me.
Then shall the just answer him, say­
ing: Lord, when did we see thee hun­
gry. and fed thee; thirsty, and gave
thee drink ?
And when did we see thee a stranger,
and took thee in ? or naked, and covered
thee ?
Or when did we see thee sick or in
prison, and came to thee?
And the king answering, shall say
to them : Amen I say to you, as long
as you did it to one of these my least
brethren, you did it to me.—Matt. xxv.
34-40.
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the light, that his works may be made I Therefore my heart hath been glad,
manifest, because they are done in God. and my tongue hath rejoiced: morecver
my flesh also shall rest in hope.
Whosoever is born of God, commitBecause thou wilt not leave my soul
teth not sin: for his seed abideth in in hell; nor wilt thou give thy holy one
him, and he cannot sin, because he is to see corruption.
born of God.
Thou hast made known to me the
In this the children of God are mani­ ways of life, thou shalt fill me with joy,
fest, and the children of the devil. with thy countenance: at thy right
Whosoever is not just, is not of God, hand are delights even to the end.—
nor he that loveth not his brother.— Ps. xv. 8-11.
They shall be inebriated with the
1 John iii. 9, 10.
Dearly beloved, follow not that which I plenty of thy house; and thou shalt
is evil, but that which is good. He that make them drink of the torrent of thy
doth good, is of God ; he that doth evil, pleasure.—Ps. xxxv. 9.
Light is risen to the just, and joy to
hath not seen God.—3 John i. 11.
And he said to me: Write: Blessed the right of heart.—Ps. xcvi. 11.
The voice of rejoicing and of salva­
are they that are called to the marriage
supper of the Lamb. And he saith to tion is in the tabernacles of the just —
me: These words of God are true.— Ps. cxvii. 15.
Much peace have they that love thy
Apoc. xix. 9.
law, and to them there is no stumblingJUST, GOD’S SPECIAL FAVOR block.—Ps. cxviii. 165.
But he that feareth the command­
AND LOVE FOR THE
How good is God to Israel, to them ment, shall dwell in peace.—Prov.
that are of a right heart!—Ps. Ixxii. 1. xiii. 13.
It is joy to the just to do judgment:
Acceptable is the man that showeth
mercy and lendcth: he shall order his and dread to them that work iniquity.
—Prov. xxi. 15.
words with judgment:
In the joy of the just, there is great
Because he shall not be moved for
glory.—Prov. xxviii. 12.
ever.—Ps. cxi. 5, 6.
The fear of the Lord is honor, and
The Lord loveth the just.—Ps.cxlv.8.
The blessing of the Lord is upon the glory, and gladness, and a crown of joy.
The fear of the Lord shall delight the
head of the just: but iniquity covereth
the mouth of the wicked.—Prov. x. 6. heart, and shall give joy and gladness,
He that is good, shall draw grace and length of days.—Ecclus. i. 11, 12.
But yet, rejoice not in this, that
from the Lord.—Prov. xii. 2.
The way of the wicked is an abomi­ spirits arc subject unto you ; but re­
nation to the Lord: but he that follow- joice in this, that your names are writ­
eth justice is beloved by him.—Prov. xv. 9. ten in heaven.—Luke x. 20.
JUST, REWARD OF THE
JUST, HAPPINESS OF THE
See also: Joy, spiritual—page 249.
See: Reward God gives to those who
serve IIim, the—page 480.
But let all them be glad that hope
in thee: they shall rejoice for ever, and
JUST, PROTECTED AND
thou shalt dwell in them.
ASSISTED BY GOD,
And all they that love thy name shall
THE
glory in thee:
For thou wilt bless the just.
Remember, I pray thee, who ever per­
O Lord, thou hast crowned us, as ished being innocent? or when were the
with a shield of thy good will.—Ps. v. I just destroyed?—Job iv. 7.
12. 13.
He will not take away his eyes from
I set the Lord always in my sight: | thejust.—Job xxxvi. 7.
for he is at my right hand, that I be
The wickedness of sinners shall be
not moved.
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root the just : the searcher of hearts and 11that the just may not stretch forth their
reins is God.
Ihands to iniquity.
Do good, 0 Lord, to those that are
Just is my help from the Lord: who
saveth the upright of heart.—Ps. vii. good, and to the upright of heart.—
Ps. exxiv. 3, 4.
10, 1L
The Lord keepeth all them that love
Thou shalt hide them (the just) in
the secret of thy face, from the dis­ him ; but all the wicked he will destroy.
—Ps. cxliv. 20.
turbance of men.
He will keep the salvation of the
Thou shalt protect them in thy tab­
ernacle from the contradiction of righteous, and protect them that walk
in simplicity,
tongues.—Ps. xxx. 21.
Keeping the paths of justice, and
Many are the afflictions of the just;
but out of them all will the Lord de­ guarding the ways of saints.—Prov. ii.
7, S.
liver them.
The Lord keepeth all their bones, not
The just is delivered out of distress:
one of them shall be broken.—Ps. and the wicked shall be given up for
xxxiii. 20. 21.
him.—Prov. xi. 8.
Extend thy mercy to them that know
But the just shall live for evermore:
thee, and thy justice to them that are and their reward is with the Lord, and
right in heart.—Ps. xxxv. 11.
the care of them with the most High.
For the arms of the wicked shall be
Therefore shall they receive a king­
broken in pieces; but the Lord strength­ dom of glory, and a crown of beauty at
ened! the just.—Ps. xxxvi. 17.
the hand of the Lord: for with his right
I have been young, and now am old ; hand, he will cover them, and with his
and I have not seen the just for­ holy arm he will defend them.—IVis.
saken nor his seed seeking bread.— I v. 16, 17.
Ps. xxxvi. 25.
And the Lord will not be slack, but
The wicked watcheth the just man, will judge for the just, and will do
and seeketh to put him to death.
judgment.—Ecclus. xxxv. 22.
But the Lord will not leave him in
And who is he that can hurt you,
his hands; nor condemn him, when he if you be zealous of good?
shall be judged.—Ps. xxxvi. 32, 33.
But if also you suffer any thing for
But the salvation of the just is from justice’ sake, blessed are ye. And be
the Lord, and he is their protector in not afraid of their fear, and be not
the time of trouble.
troubled.—1 Peter iii. 13, 14.
And the Lord will help them, and de­
liver them: and he will rescue them JUST, GOD HEARS THE PRAYERS
from the wicked, and save them, be­
OF
THE
cause they have hoped in him.—Ps.
Now therefore restore the man
xxxvi. 39, 40.
Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he (Abraham) his wife, for he is a
shall sustain thee: he shall not suffer prophet : and he shall pray for thee,
the just to waver for ever.—Ps. and thou shalt live.
... And when Abraham prayed,
liv. 23.
You that love the Lord, hate evil: God healed Abimelech and his wife,
the Lord preserveth the souls of hisi and his handmaids, and they bore chil­
saints, he will deliver them out of the dren.—Gen. XX. 7, 17.
And again the Lord said to Moses:
band of the sinner.—Ps. xcvi. 10.
lie hath made a remembrance of his See that this people is stiffnecked :
Let me alone, that my wrath may be
wonderful works, being a merciful andI
gracious Lord : he hath given food to• kindled against them, and that I may
destroy them, and I will make of thee
them that fear him.
lie will be mindful for ever of hisi a great nation.
And Moses besought the Lord his God.
covenant.—Ps. ex. 4, 5.
For the Lord will not leave the rodII saying : Why, 0 Lord, is thy indignation
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thou hast brought out of the land of
Egypt, with great power, and with a
mighty hand? . . .
Let thy anger cease, and be appeased
upon the wickedness of thy people. . . .
And the Lord was appeased from do­
ing the evil which he had spoken
against his people.—Ex. xxxi. 9-12, 14.
The eyes of the Lord are upon the
just: and his ears unto their prayers. . . .
The just cried, and the Lord heard
them: and delivered them out of all
their troubles.—Ps. xxxiii. 16, IS.
He will do the will of them that fear
him: and he will hear their prayer, and
save them.—Ps. cxliv. 19.
The Lord is far from the wicked : and
he will hear the prayers of the just.—
Prov. xv. 29.
The sacrifice of the just is acceptable,
and the Lord will not forget the
memorial thereof.—Ecclus. xxxv. 9.
Is not this rather the fast that I have
chosen? loose the bands of wickedness,
undo the bundles that oppress, let them
that are broken go free, and break
asunder every burden.
Deal thy bread to the hungry, and
bring the needy and the harborless into
thy house: when thou shalt see one
naked, cover him, and despise not thy
own flesh.
. . . Then shalt thou call, and the
Lord shall hear: thou shalt cry, and he
shall say, Here I am.—Is. Iviii. 6, 7, 9.
My elect shall not labor in vain, nor
bring forth in trouble; for they are the
seed of the blessed of the Lord, and
their posterity with them.
And it shall come to pass, that before
they call, 1 will hear; as they are yet
speaking, I will hear.—Is. Ixv. 23, 24.
Now we know that God doth not hear
sinners: but if a man be a server of
God. and doth his will, him he heareth.
—John ix. 31.
And there was a certain man in
Cæsarea, named Cornelius, a centurion
of that which is called the Italian
band ;
A religious man, and fearing God,
with all his Louse, giving much alms to
the people, and always praying to
God.
This man saw in a vision manifestly,
about the ninth hour of the day, an

angel of God coming in unto him, aid
saying to him: Cornelius.
And he, beholding him, being seiad
with fear, said - What is it, Lord? And
he said to him: Thy prayers and thy
alms are ascended for a memorial in
the sight of God.—Acts x. 1-4.
Confess therefore your sins one to
another : and pray one for another, that
you may be saved. For the continual
prayer of a just man availeth much.—
James v. 16.
JUST, GOD OFTEN AFFLICTS
THE
I that was formerly so wealthy, am
all on a sudden broken to pieces: he
hath taken me by my neck, he hath
broken me, and hath set me up to be
his mark. . . .
He hath torn me with wound upon
wound, he hath rushed in upon me like
a giant. . . .
My face is swollen with weeping,
and my eyelids are dim.
These things have 1 suffered without
the iniquity of my hand, when I offered
pure prayers to God.
0 earth, cover not thou my blood,
neither let my cry find a hiding place
in thee.
For behold my witness is in heaven,
and he that knoweth my conscience is
on high.—Job xvi. 13, 15, 17-20.
Now also my words are in bitterness,
and the hand of my scourge is more
grievous than my mourning. . . .
But he knoweth my way, and has
tried me as gold that passeth through
the fire :
My foot hath followed his steps, I
have kept his way, and have not de­
clined from it.
I have not departed from the com­
mandments of his lips, and the words
of his mouth I have hid in my bosom.—
Job xxiii. 2. 10-12.
Many are the afflictions of the just;
but out of them all will the Lord de­
liver them.—Ps. xxxiii. 20.
Thou hast shown thy people hard
things: thou hast made us drink the
wine of sorrow.—Ps. lix. 5.
There is also another vanity, which
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. . . He is become a censurer of our
thoughts.
He is grievous unto us, even to be­
hold : for his life is not like other
men’s, and his ways are very different
We are esteemed by him as triflers,
and he abstaineth from our ways as
from filthiness, and he preferreth the
latter end of the just, and glorieth that
he hath God for his father.—IVis. ii.
12, 14-16.
For they shall see the end of the wise
man, and shall not understand what
God hath designed for him, and why
the Lord hath set him in safety.
They shall see him, and shall de­
spise him: but the Lord shall laugh
them to scorn.—IVis. iv. 17, 18.
Then shall the just stand with great
constancy against those that have
afflicted them, and taken away their la­
bors.
JUST DESPISED AND HATED BY
These seeing it, shall be troubled with
THE WORLD AND THE
terrible fear, and shall be amazed at
WICKED, THE
the suddenness of their unexpected sal­
He that is mocked by his friends, as vation.
Saying within themselves, repenting,
I, shall call upon God, and he will hear
him: for the simplicity of the just and groaning for anguish of spirit:
These are they, whom we had some
man is laughed to scorn.
The lamp despised in the thoughts of time in derision, and for a parable of
the rich, is ready for the time ap­ reproach.
We fools esteemed their life madness,
pointed.—Job xii. 4, 5.
The sinner shall watch the just man: and their end without honor.
Behold how they are numbered
and shall gnash upon him with his
among the children of God, and their
teeth.
But the Lord shall laugh at him: for lot is among the saints.—Wis. v. 1-5.
And you shall be hated by all men,
he foreseeth that his day shall come.—
for my name’s sake. . . .
Ps. xxxvi. 12, 13.
The disciple is not above the master,
Fools hate them that flee from evil
nor the servant above his lord.
things.—Prov. xiii. 19.
It is enough for the disciple that he
He that walketh in the right way,
and feareth God, is despised by him be as his master, and the servant as his
that goeth by an infamous way.—Prov. lord. If they have called the goodman
of the house, Beelzebub, how much
xiv. 2.
Bloodthirsty men hate the upright: more them of his household?—Matt.
but just men seek his soul.—Prov. x. 22, 24, 25.
If the world hate you, know ye, that
xxix. 10.
The just abhor the wicked man: and it hath hated me before you.
If you had been of the world, the
the wicked loathe them that are in the
world would love its own: but because
right way.—Prov. xxix. 27.
Let us therefore lie in wait for the you are not of the world, but I have
just, because he is not for our turn, and chosen you out of the w’orld. therefore
he is contrary to our doings, and up- the world hateth you.
Remember my word that I said to
braidcth us with transgressions of the
law, and divulgeth against us the sins you : The servant is not greater than
his master. If they have persecuted me,
of our way of life.

men to whom evils happen, ns though
they had done the works of the wicked :
aid there are wicked men, who are as
lecure, as though they had the deeds of
the just: but this also I judge most
vain.—Eccles, viii. 14.
And though in the sight of men they
luffered torments, their hope is full of
immortality.
Afflicted in few things, in many they
shall be well rewarded: because God
hath tried them, and found them
worthy of himself.
As gold in the furnace he hath
proved them, and as a victim of a holo­
caust he hath received them, and in
time there shall be respect had to them.
—Wis. iii. 4-6.
For gold and silver are tried in the
fire, but acceptable men in the furnace
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they will also persecute you : if they have
kept my word, they will keep yours also.
But all these things they will do to
you for my name’s sake: because they
know not him that sent me.—John xv.
18-21.
I have given them (the disciples) thy
word, and the world hath hated them,
because they are not of the world ; as
1 also am not of the world.—John
xvii. 14.
And all that will live godly in
Christ Jesus, shall suffer persecution.—
2 Tim. iii. 12.
Wonder not, brethren, if the world
hate you.—1 John iii. 13.
JUST, AGAINST HATING OR
DESPISING THE
The death of the wicked is very evil:
and they that hate the just, shall be
guilty.—Ps. xxxiii. 22.
lie that justifieth the wicked, and he
that condemneth the just, both are
abominable before God.—Prov. xvii. 15.
They shall perish in a snare that are
delighted with the fall of the just: and
sorrow shall consume them before they
die.—Ecclus. xxvii. 32.
Woe to you . . . that justify the
wicked for gifts, and take away the jus­
tice of the just from him.—Is. v. 23.
JUST MEN, EXAMPLES OF
See: Appendix—page 755.
JUSTICE OF GOD, THE
See also: Judge, God a just—
page 251.
Doth God pervert judgment, or doth
the Almighty overthrow* that which is
just?—Job viii. 3.
For he will render to a man his
work, and according to the ways of
every one. he will reward them.
For in very deed God will not
condemn without cause, neither will
the Almighty pervert judgment.—Job
xxxiv. 11, 12.
And the heavens shall show* forth his
justice to a people that shall be born,
which the Lord hath made.—Ps. xxi. 32.
And my tongue shall meditate thy
justice, thy praise all the day long.—Ps.
xxxiv. 28.
Thy justice is as the. mountains of

God, thy judgments arc a great deep.Ps. XXXV. 7.
Extend thy mercy to them that knew
thee, and thy justice to them that a-e
right in heart.—Ps. xxxv. 11.
And the heavens shall declare his juitice: for God is judge.—Ps. xlix. 6.
'1'he Lord hath made known his salva
tion: he hath revealed his justice in the
sight of the Gentiles.—Ps. xcvii. 2.
He will put on justice as a breast­
plate, and will take true judgment in­
stead of a helmet.
He will take equity for an invincible
shield.— Wis. v. 19, 20.
For so much then as thou art just,
thou orderest all things justly: think­
ing it not agreeable to thy power, to
condemn him who deserveth not to be
punished.—Wis. xii. 15.
And the Lord of hosts shall be exalted
in judgment, and the holy God shall bo
sanctified in justice.—Is. v. 1G.
And justice shall be the girdle of his
loins: and faith, the girdle of his reins.
—Is. xi. 5.
Lift up your eyes to heaven, and
look down to the earth beneath: for the
heavens shall vanish like smoke, and
the earth shall be worn away like a gar­
ment, and the inhabitants thereof shall
perish in like manner: but my salvation
shall be for ever, and my justice shall
not fail.—Is. Ii. 6.
But let him that glorieth, glory in
this, that he understandeth and know­
eth me, for I am the Lord that exercise
mercy, and judgment, and justice in
the earth: for these things idease me,
saith the Lord.—J er. ix. 24.
To destroy a man wrongfully in his
judgment, the Lord hath not approved.
—Lam. iii. 36.
What shall we say then ? Ts there in­
justice with God? God forbid.—Rom.
ix. 14.
JUSTICE OF GOD IN REWARD­
ING GOOD, THE
And the Lord will reward me accord­
ing to my justice; and will repay me
according to the cleanness of my hands.
—Ps. xvii. 21.
But the mercy of the Lord is from
eternity and unto eternity upon them
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And thou art just in all things that
have come upon us: because thou hast
done truth, but we have done wickedly.
—2 Esd. ix. 33.
For the Lord is just, and hath loved
justice: his countenance hath beheld
righteousness.—Ps. x. 8.
According to thy name, 0 God, so
also is thy praise unto the ends of the
earth: thy right hand is full of justice.
—Ps. xlvii. 11.
Justice and judgment are the prep­
aration of thy throne.
Mercy and truth shall go before thy
face.—Ps. Ixxxviii. 15.
His work is praise and magnificence:
JUSTICE OF GOD IN PUNISHING and his justice continueth for ever and
EVIL, THE
I ever. . . .
All his commandments are faithful:
For he doth not now bring on his
fury, neither doth he revenge wicked­ confirmed for ever and ever, made in
truth and equity.—Ps. ex. 3, 8.
ness exceedingly.—Job xxxv. 15.
I know, 0 Lord, that thy judgments
For thus saith the Lord: Although
I shall send in upon Jerusalem my four are equity : and in thy truth, thou hast
grievous judgments, the sword and the humbled me. . . .
Thy justice is justice for ever: and
famine, and the mischievous beasts,
and the pestilence, to destroy out of it thy law is the truth.—Ps. cxviii. 75,142.
The Lord is just in all his ways: and
man and beast; . . .
You shall know that I have not done holy in all his works.—Ps. cxliv. 17.
And you shall say: To the Lord our
without cause all that I have done in it,
saith the Lord God.—Ezech. xiv. 21, 23. God belongeth justice, but to us conThen shall they begin to say to the I fusion of our face: as it is come to pass
mountains: Fall upon us; and to the at this day to all Juda, and to the in­
habitants of Jerusalem.—Bar. i. 15.
hills: Cover us.
For thou art just in all that thou hast
For if in the green wood they do
these things, what shall be done in the done to us, and all thy works are true,
and thy ways right, and all thy judg­
dry?—Luke xxiii. 30, 31.
But if our injustice commend the ments true.—Dan. iii. 27.
0 Lord God, Creator of all things,
justice of God, what shall we say? Is
dreadful and strong, just and merciful,
God unjust, who executeth wrath?
(I speak according to man.) God for­ who alone art the good king,
Who alone art gracious, who alone
bid: otherwise, how shall God judge
art just, and almighty, and eternal.—
this world?—Bom. iii. 5, 6.
For he that doth wrong, shall receive 2 Mach. i. 24, 25.
And I heard the angel of the waters
for that which he hath done wrong­
fully: and there is no respect of persons saying: Thou art just, 0 Lord, who
art, and who wast, the Holy One, be­
with God.—Col. iii. 25.
And if the just man shall scarcely be cause thou hast judged these things. . . .
And I heard another, from the altar,
saved, where shall the ungodly and the
saying: Yea, 0 Lord God Almighty,
sinner appear?—1 Peter iv. 18.
true and just are thy judgments.—
JUSTICE OF GOD, ACKNOWL­
Apoc. xvi. 5, 7.
EDGMENT OF THE
The works of God are perfect, and JUSTICE OF GOD, WE CANNOT
ESCAPE THE
all his ways are judgments: God is
See also: Deceive God, we cannot—
faithful, and without any iniquity, he
page 105.
is just and right.—Deut. xxxii. 4.

children’s children, to such as keep his I
covenant,
And are mindful of his command­
ments to do them.—Ps. cii. 17, 18.
With a good will serving, as to the
Lord, and not to men.
Knowing that whatsoever good thing
any man shall do, the same shall he
receive from the Lord, whether he be
bond or free.—Eph. vi. 7, 8.
For God is not unjust, that he should
forget your work, and the love which
you have shown in his name, you who
have ministered, and do minister to the
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Neither are they content not to re­
The beginning of a good way is to
turn thanks’ for benefits received, and do justice; and this is more acceptable
to violate in themselves the laws of with God, than to offer sacrifices.—
humanity, but they think they can also Prov. xvi. 5.
escape the justice of God who seeth
To do mercy and judgment, pleaseth
all things.—Esther xvi. 4.
the Lord more than victims.—Prov.
According as his mercy is, so his correc­ xxi. 3.
tion judgeth a man according to his works.
He that followeth justice and mercy,
The sinner shall not escape in his shall find life, justice, and glory.—Prov.
rapines, and the patience of him that xxi. 21.
showeth mercy shall not be put off.—
The offering of him that sacrificeth
Ecclus. xvi. 13, 14.
of a thing wrongfully gotten, is stained,
*For though for the present time, I and the mockeries of the unjust are
should be delivered from the punish­ not acceptable.
The Lord is only for them that wait
ments of men, yet should I not escape
the hand of the Almighty, neither upon him in the way of truth and jus­
tice.—Ecclus. xxxiv. 21, 22.
alive nor dead.—2 Mach. vi. 26.
All bribery and injustice shall be
But do not think that thou shalt es­
cape unpunished, for that thou hast blotted out, and fidelity shall stand for
attempted to fight against God.— ever.—Ecclus. xl. 12.
If you know that he is just, know ye,
2 Mach. vii. 19.
But Thou, 0 wicked, and of all men that every one also who doth justice,
most flagitious, be not lifted up with­ is born of him.—1 John ii. 29.
out cause with vain hopes, whilst thou JUSTICE IN OUR DEALINGS
art raging against his servants.
WITH ONE ANOTHER,
For thou hast not yet escaped the
EXHORTATION TO
judgment of the almighty God, who beThou shalt not do that w’hich is un­
holdeth all things.—2 Mach. vii. 34, 35.
Be not deceived, God is not mocked. just, nor judge unjustly. Respect not
For what things a man shall sow', the person of the poor, nor honor the
those also shall he reap. For he that countenance of the mighty. But judge
sowcth in his flesh, of the flesh also shall thy neighbor according to justice. . . .
Do not any unjust thing in judg­
reap corruption. But he that soweth
in the spirit, of the spirit shall reap life ment, in rule, in weight, or in meas­
ure.
everlasting.—Gal. vi. 7, 8.
Let the balance be just and the
weights equal, the bushel just, and the
JUSTICE IN OUR DEALINGS
sextary equal.—Lev. xix. 15, 35, 36.
WITH ONE ANOTHER
Thou shalt follow justly after that
See also: Debts, we should pay our
which is just: that thou mayst live and
just—page 104.
possess the land, w’hich the Lord thy
If I have despised to abide judgment God shall give thee.—Deut. xvi. 20.
with my manservant, or my maidser­
If in very deed you speak justice:
vant, when they had any controversy judge right things, ye sons of men.
against me:
For in your heart you work iniquity:
For what shall T do when God shall your hands forge injustice in the earth.
rise to judge? and when he shall exam­ —Ps. Ivii. 2, 3.
ine. what shall I answer him?
Masters, do to your servants that
Did not he that made me in the which is just and equal : knowing that
womb, make him also: and did not one you also have a master in heaven.—
and the same form me in the womb?— Col. iv. 1.
Job xxxi. 13-15.
And that no man overreach, nor cir­
Blessed are they that keep judgment, cumvent his brother in business : be­
and do justice at all times.—Ps. ev. 3. cause the Lord is the avenger of all
‘Eleaxar refusing to eat swine’s flesh at these things, as we have told you beAntiochus' command
‘ fore, and have testified ; . . .
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KING, GOD OUR
And that you walk honestly towards
them that are without; and that you
For the kingdom is the Lord’s; and
want nothing of any man’s.—1 Thess. he shall have dominion over the na­
iv. 6, 11.
tions.—Ps. xxi. 29.
For they that will become rich, fall
The Lord maketh the flood to dwell:
into temptation, and into the snare of and
the
Lord
shall
sit
king
for
ever.
—
the devil, and into many unprofitable Ps. xxviii. 10.
and hurtful desires, which drown men
O clap your hands, all ye nations:
into destruction and perdition. . . .
But thou, O man of God, fly these shout unto God with the voice of joy,
For the Lord is high, terrible: a
things: and pursue justice, godliness,
faith, charity, patience, mildness.— great king over all the earth. . . .
Sing praises to our God, sing ye:
1 Tim. vi. 9, 11.
sing praises to our king, sing ye.
KIND WORDS
For God is the king of all the earth:
Behold thou hast taught many, and sing ye wisely.—Ps. xlvi. 2, 3, 7, 8.
thou hast strengthened the weary
For the sparrow hath found herself
hands :
a house, and the turtle a nest for her­
Thy words have confirmed them that self, where she may lay her young ones :
were staggering, and thou hast strength­
Thy altars, 0 Lord of hosts, my king
ened the trembling knees.—Job iv. 3, 4. and my God.—Ps. Ixxxiii. 4.
Grief in the heart of a man shall
Sing praise to the Lord on the harp,
bring him low, but with a good word, on the harp, and with the voice of a
he shall be made glad.—Prov. xii. 25.
psalm: with long trumpets, and sound
My son, in thy good deeds, make no of cornet.
complaint, and when thou givest any
Make a joyful noise before the Lord
thing, add not grief by an evil word. our king.—Ps. xcvii. 5, 6.
Shall not the dew assuage the heat?
T will extol thee, 0 God my king:
so also the good word is better than the and I will bless thy name for ever; yea,
gift.
for ever and ever.—Ps. cxliv. 1.
Lo, is not a word better than a gift?
Let Israel rejoice in him that made
but both are with a justified man.— him: and let the children of Sion be
Ecclus. xviii. 15-17.
joyful in their king.—Ps. exlix. 2.
For by thy words thou shalt be jus­
There is one most high Creator Al­
tified, and by thy words thou shalt be mighty, and a powerful king, and
condemned.—Matt. xii. 37.
greatly to be feared, who sitteth upon
KINDNESS
his throne, and he is the God of domin­
Clemency prepareth life: and the ion.—Ecclus. i. 8.
He that liveth for ever, created all
pursuing of evil things, death.—Prov.
things together. God only shall be
xi. 19.
And whosoever shall give to drink justified, and he remaineth an invinci­
to one of these little ones a cup of cold ble king for ever.—Ecclus. xviii. 1.
I will give glory to thee, 0 Lord, 0
water only, in the name of a disciple,
amen I say to you, he shall not lose his King, and I will praise thee, 0 God
my Saviour.—Ecclus. li. 1.
reward.—Matt. x. 42.
And the Lord shall be king over all
But the fruit of the Spirit is charity,
joy, peace, patience, benignity, good­ the earth: in that day there shall be
ness, longanimity.—G a I. v. 22.
one Lord, and his name shall be one.
And be ye kind one to another; mer­ —Zach. xiv. 9.
Cursed is the deceitful man that
ciful, forgiving one another, even as
God hath forgiven you in Christ.— hath in his flock a male, and making a
vow. offereth in sacrifice that which is
Eph. iv. 32.
Put ye on, therefore, as the elect of feeble to the Lord : for I am a great
God, holy and beloved, the bowels of King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my
mercy, benignity, humility, modesty, name is dreadful among the Gentiles.
—Malach. i. 14.
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Now to the king of ages, immortal,
invisible, the only God, be honor and
glory for ever and ever. iVmen.—
1 Tim. i. 17.
I charge thee: . . . That thou keep
the commandment without spot, blame­
less, unto the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ,
Which in his times he shall show,
who is the Blessed and only Mighty,
the King of kings, and Lord of lords.—
1 Tim. vi. 14, 15.

thou the king of the Jews? But he
answering, said: Thou sayest it.—Lukt
xxiii. 3.
And on the next day a great multi­
tude that was come to the festival day,
when they had heard that Jesus was
coming to Jerusalem,
Took branches of palm-trees, and
went forth to meet him, and cried:
Hosanna, blessed is he that cometh in
the name of the Lord, the king of
Israel.
And Jesus found a young ass, and
KING, ACKNOWLEDGMENT
sat upon it, as it is written:
Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold,
THAT GOD IS OUR
thy king cometh, sitting on an ass’s
0 Lord God of our fathers, thou art colt.—John xii. 12-15.
God in heaven, and rulest over all the
Then therefore Pilate took Jesus, and
kingdoms and nations, in thy hand is scourged him.
strength and power, and no one can re­
And the soldiers platting a crown of
sist thee.—2 Paral, xx. 6.
thorns, put it upon his head; and they
Thou art thyself my king and my put on him a purple garment.
God, who commandest the saving of
And they came to him, and said:
Jacob.—Ps. xliii. 5.
Hail, king of the Jews; and they gave
But God is our king before ages: he him blows.
hath wrought salvation in the midst of
Pilate therefore went forth again,
the earth.—Ps. Ixxiii. 12.
and saith to them : Behold, I bring him
For the Lord is our judge, the Lord forth unto you, that you may know that
is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king: I find no cause in him.
he will save us.—Is. xxxiii. 22.
(Jesus therefore came forth, bearing
But the Lord is the true God: he is the crown of thorns and the purple gar­
the living God, and the everlasting ment.) And he saith to them: Behold
king.—Jer. x. 10.
the Man.—John xix. 1-5.
0 Lord God, Creator of all things,
And it was the parasceve of the
dreadful and strong, just and merciful, pasch, about the sixth hour, and he
who alone art the good king.—2 Mach. saith to the Jews: Behold your king.
1. 24.
But
they
cried
out:
Away
with
him;
KING, CHRIST OUR
away with him; crucify him. Pilate
When Jesus therefore was born in saith to them: Shall I crucify your
Bethlehem of Juda, in the days of king king? The chief priests answered: We
Herod, behold, there came wise men have no king but Cæsar.—John xix.
from the east to Jerusalem,
14, 15.
Saying, Where is he that is born
And Pilate wrote a title also, and he
king of the Jews? For we have seen put it upon the cross. And the writing
his star in the east, and are come to was: Jesus of Nazareth, the King of
adore him.
the Jews.—John xix. 19.
. . . But they said to him : In Beth­ KINGDOM OF GOD IN HEAVEN,
lehem of Juda. For so it is written
THE
by the prophet:
And thou Bethlehem the land of
Thou art great, O Lord, for ever, and
Juda art not the least among the thy kingdom is unto all ages.—Tob.
princes of Juda: for out of thee shall xiii. 1.
come forth the captain that shall
Thy throne, 0 God, is for ever and
rule my people Israel.—Malt. ii. 1, ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a
2, 5, 6.
sceptre of uprightness.—Ps. xliv. 7.
And Pilate asked him, saying: Art
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heaven: and his kingdom shall rule over I thunders, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord
all.—Ps. cii. 19.
our God the Almighty hath reigned.—
They shall speak of the glory of thy Apoc. xix. 6.
kingdom: and shall tell of thy power:
To make thy might known to the sons KINGDOM OF GOD ON EARTH,
THE
of men: and the glory of the magnifi­
cence of thy kingdom.
Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth
Thy kingdom is a kingdom of all be glad: and let them say among the
ages: and thy dominion endureth nations: The Lord hath reigned.
throughout all generations.—Ps. cxliv.
Let the sea roar, and the fulness
11-13.
thereof : let the fields rejoice, and all
The Lord shall reign for ever: thy things that are in them.
God, 0 Sion, unto generation and
Then shall the trees of the wood give
generation.—Ps. cxlv. 10.
praise before the Ix>rd: because he is
Fear not, little flock, for it hath iconic to judge the earth.—1 Paral, xvi.
pleased your Father to give you a king­ 31-33.
dom.—Luke xii. 32.
Sing praises to our God, sing ye:
There shall be weeping and gnashing sing praises to our king, sing ye.
of teeth, when you shall see Abraham
For God is the king of all the earth:
and Isaac and Jacob, and all the sing ye wisely.
prophets, in the kingdom of God, and
God shall reign over the nations: God
you yourselves thrust out.
sitteth on his holy throne.—Ps. xlvi. 7-9.
And there shall come from the east
And he shall rule from sea to sea,
and the west, and the north and the and from the river unto the ends of the
south; and shall sit down in the king­ earth. . . .
dom of God.—Luke xiii. 28, 29.
And all kings of the earth shall adore
So you also, when you shall see these him: all nations shall serve him.—Ps.
things come to pass, know that the Ixxi. 8, 11.
kingdom of God is at hand.—Luke
For a child is born to us. and a son
xxi. 31.
is given to us, and the government is
Jesus answered : My kingdom is not upon his shoulder: and his name shall
of this world. If my kingdom were of be called, Wonderful, Counsellor, God
this world, my servants would cer­ the Mighty, the Father of the world to
tainly strive that I should not be de­ come, the Prince of Peace.
livered to the Jews: but now my king­
His empire shall be multiplied, and
dom is not from hence.—John xviii. 36. there shall be no end of peace: he shall
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh sit upon the throne of David, and upon
and blood cannot possess the kingdom his kingdom; to establish it and
of God: neither shall corruption pos­ strengthen it with judgment and with
sess incorruption.—1 Cor. xv. 50.
justice, from henceforth and for ever:
For know you this, and understand, the zeal of the Lord of hosts will per­
that no fornicator, or unclean, or covet­ form this.—Is. ix. 6, 7.
ous person (which is a serving of idols),
The wolf shall dwell with the lamb:
hath inheritance in the kingdom of and the leopard shall lie down with the
Christ and of God.—Eph. v. 5.
kid : the calf, and the lion, and the
But you are come to mount Sion, sheep shall abide together, and a little
and to the city of the living God, the child shall lead them.
The calf and the bear shall feed:
heavenly Jerusalem, and to the com­
their young ones shall rest together:
pany of many thousands of angels,
And to the church of the first-born, and the lion shall eat straw’ like the ox.
And the sucking child shall play on
who are written in the heavens, and to
God, the judge of all. and to the spirits the hole of the asp: and the w’eaned
of the just made perfect.—Z7eb.xii.22,23. child shall thrust his hand into the
And I heard as it w’cre the voice of a den of the basilisk.
They shall not hurt, nor shall they
great multitude, and as the voice of
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earth is filled with the knowledge of the
And being asked by the Pharisees,
Lord, as the covering waters of the sea. when the kingdom of God should cornel
—Is. xi. 6-9.
he answered them, and said: The king­
For he that made thee shall rule over dom of God cometh not with observa­
thee, the Lord of hosts is his name: and tion :
thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel,
Neither shall they say: Behold here,
shall be called the God of all the earth. or behold there. For lo, the kingdom of
—Is. liv. 5.
God is within you.—Luke xvii. 20, 21.
And the Lord shall be king over all
God is a spirit; and they that adore
the earth : in that day there shall be one him, must adore him in spirit and in
Lord, and his name shall be one.— truth.—John iv. 24.
Zach. xiv. 9.
For the kingdom of God is not meat
Thy kingdom come.—Matt. vi. 10.
and drink; but justice, and peace, and
The kingdom of heaven is like to a joy in the Holy Ghost.—Horn. xiv. 17.
householder, who went out early in the
KNOWLEDGE
morning to hire laborers into his vine­
yard.—Matt. xx. 1.
See also: Wisdom—page 607.
He said therefore: To what is the
Teach me goodness, and discipline
kingdom of God like, and whereunto
and knowledge; for I have believed thy
shall I resemble it?
Tt is like to a grain of mustard seed, commandments.—Ps. cxviii. 66.
Receive my instruction, and not
which a man took, and cast into his
garden, and it grew, and became a money: choose knowledge rather than
great tree, and the birds of the air gold.—Prov. viii. 10.
A man shall be known by his learning:
lodged in the branches thereof.
And again he said: Whereunto shall but he that is vain and foolish, shall be
I esteem the kingdom of God to be exposed to contempt.—Prov. xii. 8.
Knowledge is a fountain of life to
like?
Tt is like to leaven, which a woman him that possesseth it : the instruction
took and hid in three measures of meal, of fools is foolishness.—Prov. xvi. 22.
A wise heart shall acquire knowl­
till the whole was leavened.—Luke xiii.
edge: and the ear of the wise seeketh
18-21.
And the seventh angel sounded the instruction.—Prov. xviii. 15.
The fear of the Lord is the religious­
trumpet: and there were great voices
in heaven, saying: The kingdom of this ness of knowledge.—Ecclus. i. 17.
I (wisdom) am the mother of fair
world is become our Lord’s and his
Christ’s, and he shall reign for ever and love, and of fear, and of knowledge, and
of holy hope.—Ecclus. xxiv. 24.
ever. Amen.—Apoc. xi. 15.
I directed my soul to her (t. e. wis­
dom),
and
in
knowledge
I
found her.—
KINGDOM OF GOD WITHIN US, Ecclus. Ii. 27.
THE
Therefore is my people led away cap­
All the glory of the king’s daughter tive, because they had not knowledge,
is within in golden borders.—Ps. and their nobles have perished with
famine, and their multitude were dried
xliv. 14.
Another parable he spoke to them: up with thirst.—Is. v. 13.
The kingdom of heaven is like to
leaven, which a woman took and hid KNOWLEDGE, LITTLENESS OF
MAN’S
in three measures of meal, until the
whole was leavened.—Matt. xiii. 33.
Dost thou know when God com­
The kingdom of heaven is like unto a manded the rains, to show his light of
treasure hidden in a field. Which a his clouds?
man. having found, hid it. and for joy
Knowest thou the great paths of the
thereof goeth, and selleth all that he clouds, and the perfect knowledges?—
hath, and buyeth that field.—Matt. Job xxxvii. 15, 16.
•
xiii. 44.
Where wast thou when I laid the

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foundations of the earth? tell me if I As it is not good for a man to eat
thou hast understanding.
much honey, so he that is a searcher of
Who hath laid the measures thereof, majesty, shall be overwhelmed by glory.
if thou knowest? or who hath stretched —Prov. xxv. 27.
the line upon it?
All things are hard: man cannot exUpon what are its bases grounded? plain them by word. The eye is not
or who laid the cornerstone thereof ?... filled with seeing, neither is the ear
Hast thou entered into the depths of filled with hearing.—Eccles. i. 8.
the sea, and walked in the lowest parts
He hath made all things good in their
of the deep?
time, and hath delivered the world to
Have the gates of death been opened their consideration, so that man can­
to thee, and hast thou seen the dark- not find out the work which God hath
some doors?
made from the beginning to the end.—
Hast thou considered the breadth of Eccles, iii. 11.
the earth? tell me, if thou knowest all
Only this I have found, that God
things?
made man right, and he hath entangled
Where is the way where light dwell- himself with an infinity of questions,
eth, and where is the place of darkness: Who is as the wise man? and who hath
That thou mayst bring every thing to known the resolution of the word?—
its own bounds, and understand the Eccles, vii. 30.
paths of the house thereof.
And I understood that man can find
Didst thou know then that thou no reason of all those works of God
shouldst be born? and didst thou know that are done under the sun: and the
the number of thy days?
more he shall labor to seek, so much the
Hast thou entered into the store- less shall he find : yea, though the wise
houses of the snow, or hast thou be- man shall say, that he knoweth it, he
held the treasures of the hail :
shall not be able to find it.—Eccles.
Which I have prepared for the time viii. 17.
of the enemy, against the day of battle
A fool multiplieth words. A man
and war?
cannot tell what hath been before him:
By what way is the light spread, and and what shall be after him, who can
heat divided upon the earth?
tell him?—Eccles, x. 14.
Who gave a course to violent showers,
As thou knowest not what is the way
or a way for noisy thunder:
of the spirit, nor how the bones are
That it should rain on the earth with- joined together in the womb of her
out man in the wilderness, where no that is with child : so thou knowest not
mortal dwelleth :
the works of God, who is the maker of
That it should fill the desert and all.—Eccles, xi. 5.
desolate land, and should bring forth
For who among men is he that can
green grass?
know the counsel of God? or who can
Who is the father of rain? or who think what the will of God is?
begot the drops of dew ?
For the thoughts of mortal men are
Out of whose womb came the ice; fearful, and our counsels uncertain.
and the frost from heaven, who hath
For the corruptible body is a load
gendered it ?.. .
upon the soul, and the earthly habitaDost thou know the order of heaven, tion presseth down the mind that mus­
ami canst thou set down the reason eth upon many things.
thereof on the earth ? ...
And hardly do we guess aright at
Who hath put wisdom in the heart things that are upon the earth: and
of man? or who gave the cock under- with labor dq we find the things that
standing? ...
are before us. But the things that are
When was the dust poured on the in heaven, who shall search out?
earth, and the clods fastened together?
And who shall know thy thought, ex—Job xxxviii. 4-6, 16-29, 33, 36, 38. cept thou give wisdom, and send thy
The Lord knoweth the thoughts of Holy Spirit from above?—Wis. ix.
men, that they are vain.—Ps. xciii. 11.I13-17.

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Who hath numbered the sand of tho
But the sure foundation oi God
sea, and the drops of rain, and the days standeth firm, having this seal: the
of the world? Who hath measured the Lord knoweth who are his; and let every
height of heaven, and the breadth of one depart from iniquity who nameth
the earth, and the depth of the abyss? the name of the Lord.—2 Tim. ii. 19.
Who hath searched out the wisdom of
God that goeth before all things?—
LABOR
Ecclus. i. 2, <3.
The life of a laborer that is content
Seek not the things that are too high
for thee, and search not into things with what he hath, shall be sweet, and
above thy ability: but the things that in it thou shalt find a treasure.—
God hath commanded thee, think on Ecclus. xl. 18.
Behold with your eyes how I have
them always, and in many of his works,
labored a little, and have found much
be not curious.
For it is not necessary for thee to see rest to myself. . . .
Work your work before the time, and
with thy eyes those things that are hid.
In unnecessary matters be not over he will give you your reward in his
—Ecclus. Ii. 35, 38.
curious, and in many of his works, thou time.
He that stole, let him now steal no
shalt not be inquisitive.
For many things are shown to thee more; but rather let him labor, working
with his hand the thing which is good,
above the understanding of men.
that
he
may
have
something
to
give
to
And the suspicion of them hath de­ him that suffereth need.—Eph. iv. 28.
ceived many, and hath detained their
Neither did we eat any man’s bread
minds in vanity.—Ecclus. iii. 22-26.
nothing, but in labor and in toil
0, how desirable are all his works, for
we worked night and day, lest we
and what we can know is but as a should
be chargeable to any of you. ...
spark!—Ecclus. xiii. 23.
also when we were with you, this
What shall we be able to do to glorify weFor
declared to you: that, if any man
him ? for the Almighty himself is above
will not work, neither let him eat.
all his works. ...
For we have heard that there are
There are many things hidden from some
among you who walk disorderly,
us, that are greater than these: for we working
have seen but a few of his works.— dling. not at all, but curiously med­
Ecclus. xliii. 30, 36.
we charge them that are such,
But if any man think that he know- andNow
beseech them by the Lcrd Jesus
eth any thing, he hath not yet known Christ,
that working with sik nee, they
as he ought to know.—1 Cor. viii. 2.
For we know in part, and we proph­ would eat their own bread.—2 Thess.
iii. 8, 10-12.
esy in part.
But when that which is perfect is
LABOR A LAW OF GOD
come, that which is in part shall be
done away. . . .
And to Adam, he said : Because thou
We see now through a glass in a dark hast hearkened to the voice of thy
manner; but then face to face. Now I wife, and hast eaten of the tree, whereof
know in part; but then I shall know I commanded thee that thou shouldst
even as I am known.—1 Cor. xiii. 9, I not eat, cursed is the earth in thy
10, 12.
, work ; with labor and toil shalt thou eat
KNOWLEDGE OF GOD, THE I thereof all the days of thy life.
Thorns and thistles shall it bring
See: Wisdom of God—page 607; and
forth to thee ; and thou shalt eat the
Omniscience of God—page 356.
herbs of the earth.
KNOWS HIS OWN, GOD
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou
I am the good shepherd; and I know eat bread till thou return to the earth,
mine, and mine know me.—John x. 14. out of which thou wast taken: for dust
But if any man love God, the same is thou art. and into dust thou shalt re­
known by him.—1 Cor. viii. 3.
turn.— Gen. iii. 17-19.

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Man is born to labor, and the bird to
Man shall go forth to his work, and
to his labor until the evening.—Ps.
ciii. 23.
This therefore hath seemed good to
me, that a man should eat and drink,
and enjoy the fruit of his labor, where­
with he hath labored under the sun, all
the days of his life which God hath
given him: and this is his portion.—
Eccles, v. 17.
Hate not laborious works, nor hus­
bandry ordained by the most High.—
Ecclus. vii. 1G.
Great labor is created for all men,
and a heavy yoke is upon the children
of Adam, from the day of their com­
ing out of their mother’s womb, until
the day of their burial into the mother
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He longeth and desireth all the day:
but he that is just will give, and will
not cease.—Prov. xxi. 25. 26.
The slothful man saith: There is a
lion without, I shall be slain in the
midst of the streets.—Prov. xxii. 13.
The slothful man saith: There is a
lion in the way, and a lioness in the
roads.
As the door tumeth upon its
hinges, so doth the slothful upon his
bed.
The slothful hideth his hand under
his armpit, and it grieveth him to turn
it to his mouth.
The sluggard is wiser in his own con­
ceit, than seven men that speak sen­
tences.—Prov. xxvi. 13-16.
The sluggard is pelted with a dirty
stone and all men will speak of his dis­
grace.
The sluggard is pelted with the dung
of oxen : and every one that toucheth
him will shake his hands.—Ecclus. xxii.

LAW OF GOD, THE
See: Commandments of God—
page 57.
LAW OF GOD, OBEDIENCE AND LAZINESS, CONSEQUENCES OF
SUBMISSION TO THE
How long wilt thou sleep, 0 slug­
See: Commandments of God, keep­ gard ? when wilt thou rise out of thy
ing the—page 58.
sleep?
Thou wilt sleep a little, thou wilt
LAW, THE OLD AND NEW
slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy
See: Covenant—page 83.
hands a little to sleep:
And want shall come upon thee, as a
LAZY, THE
traveller, and poverty as a man armed.
He that gathereth in the harvest, is But if thou be diligent, thy harvest
a wise son : but he that snoreth in the shall come as a fountain, and want
summer, is the son of confusion.— shall flee far from thee.—Prov. vi. 9-11.
The slothful hand hath wrought pov­
Prov. x. 5.
As vinegar to the teeth, and smoke erty: but the hand of the industrious
to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them getteth riches.—Prov. x. 4.
that sent him.—Prov. x. 26.
The hand of the valiant shall bear
The sluggard willeth and willeth not: rule: but that which is slothful, shall be
but the soul of them that work, shall under tribute.—Prov. xii. 24.
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep,
be made fat.—Prov. xiii. 4.
The way of the slothful is as a hedge and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.—
of thorns; the way of the just is with­ Prov. xix. 15.
Because of the cold the sluggard
out offence.—Prov. xv. 19.
Fear casteth down the slothful: and would not plough: he shall beg there­
the souls of the effeminate shall be fore in the summer, and it shall not be
given him.—Prov. xx. 4.
hungry.—Prov. xviii. 8.
The thoughts of the industrious al­
The slothful hideth his hand under
his armpit, and will not so much as ways bring forth abundance: but every
sluggard is always in want.—Prov.
bring it to his mouth.—Prov. xix. 24.
Desires kill the slothful: for his xxi. 5.
I passed by the field of the slothful
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man, and by the vineyard of the foolish himself will be with thee: he will not
leave thee nor forsake thee: fear not,
man:
And behold itwasall filled with nettles, neither be dismayed.—Deut. xxxi. 6, 8.
and thorns had covered the face there­
The Lord alone was his (the Israel­
of, and the stone wall was broken down. ite’s) leader: and there was no strange
Which when I had seen, I laid it up god with him.—Deut. xxxii. 12.
Thou hast conducted thy people like
in my heart, and by the example, I
sheep, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
received instruction.
Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou —Ps. Ixxvi. 21.
They wandered in a wilderness, in a
wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy
place without water: they found not
hands a little to rest:
And poverty shall come to thee as a the way of a city for their habitation.
They were hungry and thirsty: their
runner, and beggary as an armed man.
soul fainted in them.
—Prov. xxiv. 30-34.
And they cried to the Lord in their
By slothfulness a building shall be
brought down, and through the weak­ tribulation: and he delivered them out
ness of hands, the house shall drop of their distresses.
And he led them into the right way,
through.—Eccles, x. 18.
He that observeth the wind, shall not that they might go to a city of habita­
sow : and he that considereth the tion.—Ps. evi. 4-7.
Lead me into the path of thy com­
clouds, shall never reap.—Eccles, xi. 4.
mandments; for this same I have de­
LAZINESS, EXHORTATION
sired.—Ps. cxviii. 35.
AGAINST
Teach me to do thy will, for thou art
Go to the ant, 0 sluggard, and con­ my God.
Thy good spirit shall lead me into
sider her ways, and learn wisdom.—
the right hand.—Ps. exlii. 10.
Prov. vi. 6.
Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress LEADING OTHERS INTO EVIL
thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with
See also: Scandal—page 504.
bread.—Prov. xx. 13.
A wise man will fear in every thing,
For they sleep not except they have
and in the days of sins, will beware of done evil : and their sleep is taken away
sloth.—Ecclus. xviii. 27.
unless they have made some to fall.—
In carefulness not slothful. In Prov. iv. 16.
spirit fervent. Serving the Lord.—
An unjust man allureth his friend:
Rom. xii. 11.
and leadeth him into a way that is not
And we desire that every one of you good.—Prov. xvi. 29.
show forth the same carefulness to the
As vinegar upon nitre, so is he that
accomplishing of hope unto the end:
singeth songs to a very evil heart.—
That you become not slothful, but Prov. XXV. 20.
followers of them, who through faith
He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into
and patience, shall inherit the promises. it: and he that rolleth a stone, it shall
—Heb. vi. 11, 12.
return to him.—Prov. xxvi. 27.
A little leaven corrupteth the whole
LEADER, GOD OUR
lump.—Gal. v. 9.
In thy mercy, thou hast been a leader
For, speaking proud words of vanity,
to the people which thou bast re­ they allure by the desires of fleshly
deemed : and in thy strength, thou hast riotousness, those who for a little while
carried them to thy holy habitation.— escape, such as converse in error:
Ex. xv. 13.
Promising them liberty, whereas they
Do manfully, and be of good heart: themselves are the slaves of corruption.
fear not, nor be ye dismayed at their —2 Peter ii. 18, 19.
sight : for the Lord thy God, he himself
LEGISLATORS, UNJUST
is thy leader, and will not leave thee nor
Woe to them that make wicked laws:
forsake thee. . . .
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To oppress the poor in judgment, and I
do violence to the cause of the humble
of my people: that widows might be
their prey, and that they might rob
the fatherless.
What will you do in the day of visi­
tation, and of the calamity which com­
eth from afar? to whom will ye flee for
help? and where will ye leave your
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ruption, into the liberty of the glory of
the children of God.—Rom. viii. 21.
For he that is called in the Lord, be­
ing a bondman, is the freeman of the
Lord. Likewise, he that is called, be­
ing free, is the bondman of Christ.—
1 Cor. vii. 22.
Now the Lord is a Spirit. And
where the Spirit of the Lord is, there
is liberty.—2 Cor. iii. 17.
So then, brethren, we are not the chil­
dren of the bondwoman, but of the
free: by the freedom wherewith Christ
has made us free.—Gal. iv. 31.
But he that hath looked into the per­
fect law of liberty, and hath continued
therein, not becoming a forgetful
hearer, but a doer of the work ; this man
shall be blessed in his deed.—James
i. 25.

LIBERTY, TRUE
0 Lord, for I am thy servant: I am
thy servant, and the son of thy hand­
maid. Thou hast broken my bonds.—
Ps. cxv. 16.
The spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because the Lord hath anointed me:
he hath sent me to preach to the meek,
to heal the contrite of heart, and to
preach a release to the captives, and
deliverance to them that are shut up.— LIBERTY, FALSE; OR LICENSE
Is. Ixi. 1.
A
vain man is lifted up into pride,
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; and thinketh himself born free like &
because he hath visited, and wrought wild ass’s colt.—Job xi. 12.
the redemption of his people. . . .
For
you, brethren, have been called
That being delivered from the hand unto liberty: only make not liberty an
of our enemies, we may serve him with­ occasion to the flesh, but by charity of
out fear,
the spirit, serve one another.—Gal.
In holiness and justice before him, all V.
13.
our days.—Luke i. 68, 74, 75.
Be ye subject, therefore, to every hu­
Then Jesus said to those Jews who man creature for God’s sake: whether it
believed him: If you continue in my be to the king as excelling;
word, you shall be my disciples indeed.
Or to governors, as sent by him for
And you shall know the truth, and the punishment of evil doers, and for
the truth shall make you free.
the praise of the good:
They answered him : We are the seed
For so is the will of God. that by
of Abraham, and we have never been doing well, you may put to silence the
slaves to any man : how sayest thou : ignorance of foolish men:
You shall be free?
As free, and not as making liberty a
Jesus answered them : Amen, amen I cloak for malice, but as the servants of
say unto you : that whosoever commit- God.—1 Peter ii. 13-16.
teth sin, is the servant of sin.
For, speaking proud words of vanity,
Now the servant abideth not in the they allure by the desires of fleshly riot­
house for ever ; but the son abideth for ousness, those who for a little while es­
ever.
cape, such as converse in error:
If therefore the son shall make you
Promising them liberty, whereas they
free, you shall be free indeed.—John themselves are the slaves of corruption.
viii. 31-36.
For by whom a man is overcome, of the
For you have not received the spirit same also he is the slave.—2 Peter ii.
of bondage again in fear; but you have 18, 19.
received the spirit of adoption of sons,
LIES
whereby we cry: Abba (Father).—Rom.
0 ye sons of men, how long will you
viii. 15.
Because the creature also itself shall be dull of heart? why do you love vanbe delivered from the servitude of cor­ I ity, and seek after lying?—Ps. iv. 3.

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He that trusteth to lies, feedeth the I bear false witness for a wicked per­
winds: and the same runneth after son. . . .
birds that fly away.—Prov. x. 4.
i Thou shalt fly lying.—Ex. xxiii. 1, 7.
You shall not steal. You shall not
Lying lips hide hatred.—Prov. x. 18.
The just shall hate a lying word: ! lie, neither shall any man deceive his
but the wicked confoundeth, and shall neighbor.—Lev. xix. 11.
be confounded.—Prov. xiii. 5.
A needy man is merciful: and bet­ LIES DISPLEASING TO GOD
ter is the poor than the lying man.—
Six things there are which the Lord
Prov. xix. 22.
hateth, and the seventh, his soul detestThe bread of lying is sweet to a man : eth :
but afterwards his mouth shall be filled
Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands
with gravel.—Prov. xx. 17.
that shed innocent blood, . . .
A man that beareth false witness
A deceitful witness that uttereth lies,
against his neighbor, is like a dart and and him that soweth discord among
a sword and a sharp arrow.—Prov. brethren.—Prov. vi. 16, 17, 19.
XXV. 18.
Lying lips are an abomination to the
Lying men shall not be mindful of Lord : but they that deal faithfully
her (t’.e. wisdom): but men that speak please him.—Prov. xii. 22.
truth, shall be found with her, and
shall advance, even till they come to
LIES, PUNISHMENT OF
the sight of God.—Ecclus. xv. 8.
Thou hatest all the workers of in­
A lie is a foul blot in a man, and yet
it will be continually in the mouth of iquity: thou wilt destroy all that speak
a lie.—Ps. v. 7.
men without discipline.
A false witness shall not be unpun­
A thief is better than a man that is
always lying: but both of them shall ished: and he that speaketh lies, shall
perish.—Prov. xix. 9
inherit destruction.
A lying witness shall perish.—Prov.
The manners of lying men are with­
out honor: and their confusion is with xxi. 28.
But Peter said: Ananias, why hath
them without ceasing.—Ecclus. xx.
Satan tempted thy heart, that thou
26-28.
Three sorts my soul hateth, and I shouldst lie to the Holy Ghost, and by
fraud keep part of the price of the
am greatly grieved at their life:
A poor man that is proud : a rich land? . . .
Thou hast not lied to men, but to
man that is a liar: an old man that is
a fool, and doting.—Ecclus. xxv. 3, 4. God.
And Ananias hearing these words,
And a man shall mock his brother,
and they will not speak the truth: for fell down, and gave up the ghost. And
they have taught their tongue to speak there came great fear upon all that
lies: they have labored to commit in­ heard it.—Ads v. 3-5.
iquity.—J er. ix. 5.
But the fearful and unbelieving, and
You are of your father, the devil, and the abominable, and murderers, and
the desires of your father you will do. whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idola­
lie was a murderer from the begin­ ters, and all liars, they shall have their
ning, and he stood not in the truth; be­ portion in the pool burning with fire
cause truth is not in him. When he and brimstone, which is the second
speakcth a lie, he speaketh of his own : I death.—Apoc. xxi. 8.
for he is a liar, and the father thereof.
There shall not enter into it (the new
—John viii. 44.
Jerusalem) any thing defiled, or that
worketh abomination, or maketh a lie,
LIES FORBIDDEN BY GOD
but they that are written in the book
Thou shalt not bear false witness of life of the Lamb.—Apoc. xxi. 27.
against thy neighbor.—Ex. xx. 16.
Blessed are they that wash their robes
Thou shalt not receive the voice of a in the blood of the Lamb : that they
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The days of our years in them are
and may enter in by the gatea into the
threescore and ten years.
city.
But if in the strong they be fourscore
Without are doga and sorcerers, and
unchaste, and murderers, and servers of years: and what is more of them is
idols, and every one that loveth and labor and sorrow.—Ps. Ixxxix. 10.
Laughter shall be mingled with sor­
maketh a lie.—Apoc. xxii. 14, 15.
row, and mourning taketh hold of the
LIES, EXHORTATION AGAINST end of joy.—Prov. xiv. 13.
In nowise speak against the truth, I Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes:
but be ashamed of the lie of thy igno­ vanity of vanities, and all is vanity.
What hath a man more of all his la­
rance.—Ecclus. iv. 30.
Devise not a lie against thy brother: bor, that he taketh under the sun? . . .
I have seen all things that are done
neither do the like against thy friend.
Be not willing to make any manner under the sun, and behold, all is vanity,
of lie: for the custom thereof is not and vexation of spirit.—Eccles, i. 2,
good.—Ecclus. vii. 13, 14.
3, 14.
Wherefore putting away lying, speak
I said in my heart: I will go, and
ye the truth, every man with his neigh­ abound with delights, and enjoy good
bor; for we are members one of an­ things. And I saw that this also was
other.—Eph. iv. 25.
vanity. . . .
Lie not, one to another : stripping
And whatsoever my eyes desired, I
yourselves of the old man with his refused them not: and I withheld not
deeds.—Col. iii. 9.
my heart from enjoying every pleasure,
But if you have bitter zeal, and and delighting itself in the things
there be contentions in your hearts; which I had prepared: and esteemed
glory not, and be not liars against the this my portion, to make use of my
truth.—James iii. 14.
own labor.
And when I turned myself to all the
LIFE, EMPTINESS OF THIS
works which my hands had wrought,
The life of man upon earth is a war­ and to the labors wherein I had lafare, and his days are like the days of I bored in vain, I saw in all things van­
a hireling.
ity, and vexation of mind, and that
As a servant longeth for the shade, as nothing was lasting under the sun. . . .
the hireling looketh for the end of his
For what profit shall a man have of
work ;
all his labor, and vexation of spirit,
So I also have had empty months, with which he hath been tormented
and have numbered to myself weari­ under the sun?
some nights.
All his days are full of sorrows and
If 1 lie down to sleep, I shall say: miseries, even in the night, he doth not
When shall I arise? and again I shall rest in mind: and is not this vanity?—
look for the evening, and shall be filled Eccles, ii. 1, 10, 11, 22, 23.
with sorrows even till darkness.
As he came forth naked from his
My flesh is clothed with rottenness mother’s womb, so shall he return, and
and the filth of dust, my skin is with­ shall take nothing away with him of his
ered ami drawn together.—Job vii. 1-5. labor.
A most deplorable evil: as he came,
Man, born of a woman, living for a
short time, is filled with many mis­ so shall he return. What then doth it
profit him that he hath labored for the
eries.—Job xiv. 1.
But yet his flesh, while he phall live, wind ?
All the days of his life he eateth in
shall have pain, and his soul shall
darkness, and in many cares, and in
mourn over him.—Job xiv. 22.
Surely man passeth as an image: misery and sorrow.—Eccles, v. 14-16.
Great labor is created for all men,
yea, and he is disquieted in vain.
lie storeth up: and he knoweth not and a heavy yoke is upon the children
for whom he shall gather these things. of Adam, from the day of their com­
ing out of their mother’s womb, until
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the day of their burial into the mother and strangers, as were all our fathers.
oB.
Our days upon earth are as a shadow,
Their thoughts, and fears of the and there is no stay.—1 Paral, xxix. 15.
heart, their imagination of things to
My days have passed more swiftly
come, and the day of their end :
than the web is cut by the weaver, and
From him that sitteth on a glorious I are consumed without any hope.—Job
throne, unto him that is humbled in I vii. 6.
earth and ashes:
For we are but of yesterday, and are
From him that weareth purple, and ignorant that our days upon earth are
beareth the crown, even to him that is but a shadow.—Job viii. 9.
covered with rough linen: wrath, envy,
My days have been swifter than a
trouble, unquietness, and the fear of post : they have fled away, and have
death, continual anger, and strife. . . . not seen good.
Such things happen to all flesh, from
They have passed by as ships carry­
man even to beast, and upon sinners ing fruits, as an eagle flying to the
are sevenfold more. . . .
prey.—Job ix. 25, 26.
All things that are of the earth,
Shall not the fewness of my days be
shall return to the earth again, and all ended shortly ? suffer me, therefore,
waters shall return to the sea.—FccZus. that I may lament my sorrow a little:
xl. 1-4, 8, 11.
Before I go, and return no more, to
And there are some, of whom there a land that is dark, and covered with
is no memorial: who are perished, as the mist of death.—-Job x. 20, 21.
if they had never been : and are become,
Man, born of a woman, living for a
as if they had never been born, and short time, is filled with many miseries,
their children with them.—Fcc/us. Who cometh forth like a flower, and
xliv. 9.
is destroyed, and fleeth as a shadow,
0 Lord, if man’s life be such, and and never continueth in the same
the life of my spirit be in such things state. . . .
as these, thou shalt correct me, and
The days of man are short, and the
make me to live.
number of his months is with thee:
Behold in peace is my bitterness most thou hast appointed his bounds which
bitter.—Is. xxxviii, 16, 17.
cannot be passed. . . .
The voice of one, saying: Cry. And
Thou hast strengthened him for a
I said: What shall I cry? All flesh is little while, that he may pass away for
grass, and all the glory thereof as the ever: thou shalt change his face, and
flower of the field.
shalt send him away.—Job xiv. 1, 2,
The grass is withered, and the flower 5, 20.
is fallen, because the spirit of the Lord
For behold, short years pass by, and
hath blown upon it. Indeed the people I am walking in a path by which I
is grass:
shall not return.—Job xvi. 23.
The grass is withered, and the flower
I spoke with my tongue: 0 Lord,
is fallen: but the word of our Lord en- make me know my end.
durcth for ever.—Is. xl. 6-8.
And what is the number of my days:
that I may know what is wanting to
LIFE, SHORTNESS OF THIS
me.
After this, Joseph brought in his
Behold, thou hast made my days
father to the king, and presented him measurable: and my substance is as
before him : and he blessed him.
nothing before thee. . .
And being asked by him: How many
Surely pian passeth as an image: yea,
are the days of the years of thy life? and he is disquieted in vain.—Ps.
lie answered: The days of my pii- xxxviii. 5-7.
grimage are a hundred and thirty! In the morning, man shall grow up
years, few and evil, and they are not like grass; in the morning, he shall
come up to the days of the pilgrimage flourish and pass away: in the evening
of my fathers.—Oen. xlvii. 7-9.
he shall fall, grow dry, and wither. . . .
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spider: the days of our years in them
are threescore and ten years.
But if in the strong, they be four­
score years: and what is more of
them is labor and sorrow.—Ps. Ixxxix.
6, 9, 10.
Man’s days are as grass, as the flower
of the field, so shall he flourish.
For the spirit shall pass in him,
and he shall not be: and he shall know
his place no more.—Ps. cii. 15, 16.
Man is like to vanity: his days pass
away like a shadow.—Ps. cxliii. 4.
For our time is as the passing of a
shadow, and there is no going back of
our end: for it is fast sealed, and no
man returneth.—VVts. ii. 5.
What hath pride profited us? or what
advantage hath the boasting of riches
brought us?
All those things are passed away like a
shadow, and like a post that runneth on,
And as a ship that passeth through
the waves: whereof when it is gone by,
the trace cannot be found, nor the path
of ite keel in the waters:
Or as when a bird flieth through the
air, of the passage of which no mark
can be found, but only the sound of the
wings beating the light air, and parting
it by the force of her flight; she moved
her wings, and hath flown through, and
there is no mark found afterwards of
her way:
Or as when an arrow is shot at a
mark, the divided air presently cometh
together again, so that the passage
thereof is not known :
So we also being born, forthwith
ceased to be: and have been able to
show’ no mark of virtue: but are con­
sumed in our wickedness.
Such things as these the sinners said
in hell.—IVz'.s'. v. 8-14.
And of the same clay, by a vain la­
bor, he maketh a god : he who a little
before was made of earth himself, and
a little after, returneth to the same out
of which he was taken, when his life,
which was lent him, shall be called for
again.—IVis. xv. 8.
All flesh shall fade as grass, and as
the leaf that springeth out on a green
tree.
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cometh to an end, and another is born.
—Ecclus. xiv. 18, 19.
The number of the days of men at
the most are a hundred years: as a
drop of water of the sea are they es­
teemed: and as a pebble of the sand,
so are a few years compared to eternity.
—Ecclus. xviii. 8.
From the morning until the evening,
the time shall be changed, and all these
are swift in the eyes of God.—Ecclus.
xviii. 26.
I said: In the midst of my days I
shall go to the gates of hell: I sought
for the residue of my years. . . .
My generation is at an end, and it
is rolled aw-ay from me, as a shepherd’s
tent. My life is cut off, as by a weaver:
whilst I w’as yet but beginning, he cut
me off: from morning even to night,
thou wilt make an end of me.—Is.
xxxviii. 10, 12.
This therefore I say, brethren : The
time is short; it remaineth that they
also who have wives, be as if they had
none ;
And they that weep, as though they
w’ept not; and they that rejoice, as if
they rejoiced not; and they that buy,
as though they possessed not;
And they that use this world, as if
they used it not: for the fashion of this
world passeth away.—1 Cor. vii. 29-31.
But let the brother of low condition
glory in his exaltation:
And the rich, in his being low; be­
cause as the flower of the grass shall
he pass away.
For the sun rose with a burning heat,
and parched the grass, and the flower
thereof fell off, and the beauty of the
shape thereof perished: so also shall
the rich man fade away in his ways.—
James i. 9-11.
For what is your life? It is a vapor,
which appeareth for a little while, and
afterwards shall vanish away.—James
iv. 15.
For all flesh is as grass; and all the
glory thereof as the flower of grass.
The grass is withered, and the flower
thereof is fallen away.—1 Peler i. 24.
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If I lie down to sleep, I shall say:
When shall I arise? and again I shall
look for the evening, and shall be filled
with sorrows even till darkness.—Job
vii. 4.
For I know not how long I shall con­
tinue, and whether, after a while, my
Maker may take me away.—Job
xxxii. 22.
I spoke with my tongue: 0 Lord,
make me know my end.
And what is the number of my days :
that I may know what is wanting to
me.—Ps. xxxviii. 5.
Boast not for to-morrow, for thou
knowest not what the day to come may
bring forth.—Prov. xxvii. 1.
Behold now, you that say: To-day or
to-morrow we will go into such a city,
and there we will spend a year, and
will traffic, and make our gain.
Whereas you know not what shall be
on the morrow.
For what is your life? It is a vapor
which appeareth for a little while, and
afterwards shall vanish away. For that
you should say: If the Lord will, and
if we shall live, we will do this or that.
—James iv. 13-15.
LIFE A WARFARE, THIS
See: Heaven, we must fight and
work to gain—page 199.

Woe is me, that my sojourning is
prolonged! I have dwelt with the in­
habitants of Cedar: my soul hath been
long a sojourner.—Ps. cxix. 5.
What needeth a man to seek things
that are above him, whereas he knoweth
not what is profitable for him in his
life, in all the days of his pilgrimage,
and the time that passeth like a
shadow?—Eccles, vii. 1.
Arise ye, and depart, for there is no
rest here for you.—Mich. ii. 10.
All these died according to faith, not
having received the promises, but be­
holding them afar off, and saluting
them, and confessing that they are pil­
grims and strangers on the earth.
For they that say these things, do
signify that they seek a country.—Heb.
xi. 13, 14.
For we have not here a lasting city,
but we seek one that is to come.—Heb.
xiii. 14.
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as
strangers and pilgrims, to refrain your­
selves from carnal desires, which war
against the soul.—1 Peter ii. 11.
LIFE OF SUFFERING, A
So going in, he (the angel) saluted
him, and said: Joy be to thee always.
And Tobias said: What manner of
joy shall be to me, who sit in darkness,
and see not the light of heaven ?
And the young man said to him: Be
of good courage, thy cure from God is
at hand.—Tob. v. 11-13.
Why is light given to him that is in
misery, and life to them that are in
bitterness of soul?
That look for death, and it cometh
not, as they that dig for a treasure:
And they rejoice exceedingly, when
they have found the grave.
To a man whose way is hidden, and
God hath surrounded him with dark­
ness?—Job iii. 20-23.

LIFE A PILGRIMAGE ON EARTH
And (Jacob) being asked by him
(Pharao) : How many are the days of
the years of thy life?
He answered: The days of my pil­
grimage are a hundred and thirty
years, few and evil, and they are not
come up to the days of the pilgrimage
of my fathers.—Gen. xlvii. 8, 9.
For we are sojourners before thee,
and strangers, as wore all our fathers.
Our days upon earth are as a shadow,
and there is no stay.—1 Paral, xxix. 15.
Hear my prayer, 0 Lord, and my
LIFE THE TIME FOR GAINING
supplication: give ear to my tears.
MERIT AND WORKING FOR
Be not silent: for I am a stranger
HEAVEN
with thee, and a sojourner, as all my
fathers were.—Ps. xxxviii. 13.
For there is no one in death that is
I am a sojourner on the earth: hide mindful of thee: and who shall confess
not thy commandments from me.—Ps. to thee in hell?—Ps. vi. G.
cxviii. 19.
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live: I will sing praise to my God they may rest from their labors; for
while I have my being.—Ps. ciii. 33.
, their works follow them.—Apoc. xiv. 13.
The dead shall not praise thee, O ■
Lord; nor any of them that go down to | LIFE, EXHORTATION TO DO
GOOD IN THIS
hell.
Do good to thy friend before thou
But we that live bless the Lord:
from this time now ami for ever.—Ps. die, and according to thy ability,
stretching out thy hand, give to the
cxiii. (Heb. cxv.) 17, 18.
I will jilease the Lord in the land of ! poor.
Defraud not thyself of the good day,
the living.—Ps. cxiv. 9.
If the tree fall to the south or to the and let not the part of a good gift over­
north, in what place soever it shall fall, ! pass thee. . . .
there shall it be.—Eccles, xi. 3.
I Before thy death, work justice: for
For hell shall not confess to thee, ' in hell there is no finding food.—
neither shall death praise thee: nor Ecclus. xiv. 13, 14, 17.
Tarry not in the error of the ungodly,
shall they that go down into the pit,
give glory before death. Praise jxirlook for thy truth.
The living, the living, he shall give isheth from the dead as nothing.
Give thanks whilst thou art living,
praise to thee, as 1 do this day.—Is.
whilst thou art alive and in health
xxxviii. 18, 19.
Ixiok down upon us, O Lord, from thy thou shalt give thanks, and shalt praise
holy house, and incline thy car, and God, and shalt glory in his mercies.—
Ecclus. xvii. 26, 27.
hear us.
Work your work before the time, and
Ojien thy eyes, and behold: for the
dead that are in hell, whose spirit is he will give you your reward in his
taken away from their bowels, shall not time.—Ecclus. Ii. 38.
Seek ye the Lord while he may be
give glory and justice to the Lord:
But the soul that is sorrowful for the found: call upon him while he is near.
greatness of evil she hath done, and —Is. Iv. 6.
Give ye glory to the Lord your God,
goeth bowed down, and feeble, and the
eyes that fail, and the hungry soul giv­ before it be dark, and before your feet
eth glory and justice to thee, the Lord. stumble upon the dark mountains: you
shall look for light, and he will turn
—Bar. ii. 16-18.
I must work the works of him that it into the shadow of death, and into
sent me, whilst it is day: the night darkness.—Jer. xiii. 16.
Sow for yourselves in justice, and
cometh when no man can work.—John
ix. 4.
reaj) in the mouth of mercy, break up
Jesus answered : Are there not twelve your fallow ground: but the time to
hours of the day? If a man walk in seek the Lord is, when he shall come
the day, he stumbleth not, because he that shall teach you justice.—Osee
seeth the light of this world:
x. 12.
But if he walk in the night, he
Seek the Lord, all ye meek of the
stumbleth, because the light is not in earth, you that have wrought his judghim.—John xi. 9, 10.
I ment: seek the just, seek the meek: if
And we helping, do exhort you, that by any means, you may be hid in the
you receive not the grace of God in I day of the Lord's indignation.—Soph.
vain.
ii. 3.
For he saith: In an accepted time
Jesus therefore said to them: Yet a
have I heard thee; and in the day of little while the light is among you.
salvation have I helped thee. Behold, Walk whilst you have the light, that the
now is the acceptable time; behold, now darkness overtake you not. And he
is the day of salvation.—2 Cor. vi. 1, 2. that walketh in darkness, knoweth not
And I heard a voice from heaven, whither he goeth.
saying to me: Write: Blessed are the
Whilst you have the light, believe in
dead, who die in the Lord. From the light, that you may be the children
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And that knowing the season; that it
is now the hour for us to rise from
sleep. For now our salvation is nearer
than when we believed.
The night is passed, and the day is
at hand. Let us therefore cast off
the works of darkness, and put on the
armor of light.—Horn. xiii. 11, 12.
And in doing good jet us not fail. For
in due time, we shall reap, not failing.
Therefore, whilst we have time, let
us work good to all men, but especially
to those who are of the household of the
faith.—Gal. vi. 9, 10.
Charge the rich of this world. . . .
To do good, to be rich in good works, to
give easily, to communicate to others,
To lay up in store for themselves
a good foundation against the time to
come, that they may lay hold on the
true life.—1 Tim. vi. 18, 19.
But exhort one another every day,
whilst it is called to-day, that none of
you be hardened through the deceitful­
ness of sin.—Heb. iii. 13.

good fruit, shall be cut down, and shall
be cast into the fire.—Malt. vii. 19.
And in the morning, returning into
the city, he was hungry.
And seeing a certain fig-tree by the
wayside, he came to it, and found noth­
ing on it but leaves only, and he saith
to it: May no fruit grow on thee
henceforward for ever. And immedi­
ately the fig-tree withered away.—Mall.
xxi. 18, 19.
For even as a man going into a far
country, called his servants, and deliv­
ered to them his goods:
And to one he gave five talents, and
to another, two, and to another, one,
to every one according to his proper
ability: and immediately he took his
journey. . . .
But he that had received the one, go­
ing his way, digged into the earth, and
hid his lord’s money. . . .
And his lord answering, said to him:
Wicked and slothful servant, thou
knewest that I reap where I sow not,
and gather where I have not strewed:
Thou oughtest therefore to have com­
LIFE USELESS AND VOID OF
mitted my money to the bankers, and at
GOOD, A
my coming, I should have received my
See also : Omission,sins of—page 352. own with usury.
Take ye away therefore the talent
All the foolish of the earth were from him, and give it to him that hath
troubled. They have slept their sleep; ten talents.
For to every one that hath, shall be
and all the men of riches have found
given, and he shall abound: but from
nothing in their hands.—Ps. Ixxv. G.
And their days were consumed in him that hath not, that also which he
vanity, and their years in haste.—Ps. scemeth to have shall be taken away.
And the unprofitable servant cast ye
Ixxvii. 33.
So we also being born, forthwith out into the exterior darkness. There
ceased to be : and have been able to show shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Malt. XXV. 14, 15, 18, 26-30.
no mark of virtue: but are consumed
And to the angel of the church of
in our wickedness.
Such things as these the sinners said Sardis write: These things saith ho,
that hath the seven spirits of God, and
in hell.—Wis. v. 13, 14.
Thou shalt not appear empty in the the seven stars : I know thy works, that
thou hast the name of being alive: and
sight of the Lord.—Ecclus. xxxv. 6.
We have conceived, and been, as it thou art dead.
Be watchful, and strengthen the
were, in labor, and have brought forth
wind: we have not wrought salvation on things that remain, which are ready to
die. For I find not thy works full be­
the earth.—Is. xxvi. 18.
And this is the writing that is writ­ fore my God.—Apoc. iii. 1, 2.
ten: Mane, Thecel, Phares. . . .
LIFE OF A CHRISTIAN, THE
Thecel: thou art weighed in the bal­
ance. and art found wanting.—Dan. v.
I have glorified thee on the earth; I
have finished the work which thou gav25. 27.
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Now if we be dead with Christ, we also that love his coming.—2 Tim. iv.
believe that we shall live also together 7, 8.
For the grace of God our Saviour
with Christ. . . .
So do you also reckon, that you are hath appeared to all men;
dead to sin, but alive unto God, in
Instructing us, that, denying un­
Christ Jesus our Lord.—Rom. vi. 8, 11. godliness and worldly desires, we should
There is now therefore no condem­ live soberly, and justly, and godly in
nation to them that are in Christ this world,
Jesus, who walk not according to the
Looking for the blessed hope and
flesh. . . .
coming of the glory of the great God
For they that are according to the and our Saviour Jesus Christ,
flesh, mind the things that are of the
Who gave himself for us, that he
flesh; but they that are according to might redeem us from all iniquity, and
the spirit, mind the things that are of might cleanse to himself a people ac­
the spirit.—Rom. viii. 1, 5.
ceptable, a pursuer of good works.—
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be Titus ii. 11-14.
ye steadfast and unmovable; always
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as
abounding in the work of the Lord, strangers and pilgrims, to refrain your­
knowing that your labor is not in vain selves from carnal desires which war
in the Lord.—1 Cor. xv. 58.
against the soul,
For I, through the law, am dead to
Having your conversation good
the law, that I may live to God: with among the Gentiles: that whereas they
Christ I am nailed to the cross.
speak against you as evil-doers, they
And I live, now not I ; but Christ liv- may, by the good works, which they
eth in me. And that I live now in the shall behold in you, glorify God in the
flesh: I live in the faith of the Son of day of visitation.—1 Peter ii. 11, 12.
God, who loved me, and delivered him­
And you, employing all care, minister
self for me.—Gal. ii. 19, 20.
in your faith, virtue; and in virtue,
Therefore we also, from the day that knowledge ;
we heard it, cease not to pray for you,
And in knowledge, abstinence; and
and to beg that you may be filled with in abstinence, patience; and in pa­
the knowledge of his will, in all wis­ tience, godliness;
dom, and spiritual understanding:
And in godliness, love of brother­
That you may walk worthy of God, hood; and in love of brotherhood, char­
in all things pleasing; being fruitful in ity.
every good work, and increasing in the
For if these things be with you. and
knowledge of God:
abound, they will make you to be
Strengthened with all might, accord­ neither empty nor unfruitful in the
ing to the power of his glory, in all pa­ knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.—
tience and longsuffering with joy.
2 Peter i. 5-8.
Giving thanks to God the Father,
who hath made us worthy to be par­ LIFE, WE CANNOT BE NEUTRAL
takers of the lot of the saints in light.
IN THE BATTLE OF
-Col. i. 9-12.
See: Neutral in the battle of life—
For you are dead; and your life is page
343.
hid with Christ in God.
When Christ shall appear, who is
LIFE, GOD OUR
your life, then you also shall appear
And that thou mayst love the Lord
with him in glory.—Col. iii. 3, 4.
I have fought a good fight, I have thy God. and obey his voice, and adhere
finished my course, I have kept the to him (for he is thy life, and the
length of thy days).—Deut. xxx. 20.
faith.
For with thee is the fountain of life;
As to the rest, there is laid up for
me a crown of justice, which the Lord, and in thy light we shall see light.—
the just judge, will render to me in that Ps. xxxv. 10.
For he is not the God of the dead,
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but of the living: for all live to him.—
Luke xx. 38.
Neither is he served with men’s
hands, as though he needed anything;
seeing it is he who giveth to all life,
and breath, and all things. . . .
For in him we live and move, and are.
—Acts xvii. 25, 28.
LIFE, CHRIST OUR
In him was life, and the life was the
light of men.—John i. 4.
The thief cometh not, but for to steal,
and to kill, and to destroy. I am come
that they may have life, and may have
it more abundantly.—John x. 10.
Jesus said to her (Martha) : I am the
resurrection and the life: he that believ­
eth in me, although he be dead, shall
live.—John xi. 25.
Jesus saith to him (Thomas) : I am
the way, and the truth, and the life.—
John xiv. 6.
But the author of life you killed,
whom God hath raised from the dead,
of which we are witnesses.—Acts iii. 15.
And I live, now not I; but Christ
liveth in me.—Gal. ii. 20.
When Christ shall appear, who is
your life, then you also shall appear
with him in glory.—Col. iii. 4.
For the life was manifested; and we
have seen, and do bear witness, and de­
clare unto you the life eternal, which
was with the Father, and hath appeared
to us.—1 John i. 2.
And this is the testimony, that God
hath given to us eternal life. x\nd this
life is in his Son.
He that hath the Son, hath life. He
that hath not the Son, hath not life.
—1 John v. 11, 12.

LIGHT, GOD OUR
For thou art my lamp, 0 Lord: and
thou. 0 Lord, wilt enlighten my dark­
ness.—2 Kings xxii. 29.
The light of thy countenance, 0
Lord, is signed upon us: thou hast
given gladness in my heart.—Ps. iv. 7.
The Lord is my light and my salva­
tion, whom shall I fear?—Ps. xxvi. 1.
Come ye to him. and be enlightened:
and your faces shall not be confounded.
—Ps. xxxiii. 6.

Blessed is the people that knoweth
jubilation.
They shall walk, O Lord, in the light
of thy countenance.—Ps. Ixxxviii. 16.
Blessed is he that is conversant in
these good things: and he that layeth
them up in his heart, shall be wise al­
ways.
For if he do them, he shall be strong
to do all things: because the light of
God guideth his steps.—Ecclus. 1. 30,31.
Rejoice not, thou, my enemy, over
me, because I am fallen: I shall arise,
when I sit in darkness, the Lord is my
light.—Mich. vii. 8.
LIGHT OF THE WORLD,
GOD THE
For with thee is the fountain of life;
and in thy light, we shall see light.—
Ps. XXXV. 10.
Thou enlightenest wonderfully from
the everlasting hills.—Ps. Ixxv. 5.
The Lord cnlightcneth the blind.—
Ps. cxlv. 8.
And he (Samuel) was known to be
faithful in his words, because he saw
the God of light.—Ecclus. xlvi. 18.
For God, who commanded the light
to shine out of darkness, hath shined
in our hearts, to give the light of the
knowledge of the glory of God, in the
face of Christ Jesus.—2 Cor. iv. 6.
And this is the declaration which we
have hoard from him, and declare unto
you: That God is light, and in him
there is no darkness.—1 John i. 5.
LIGHT OF THE WORLD,
CHRIST THE
And I have given thee for a covenant
of the people, for a light of the Gen­
tiles:
That thou mightest open the eyes of
the blind, and bring forth the pris­
oner out of prison, and them that sit in
darkness out of the prison house.—Is.
xiii. 6, 7.
Arise, be enlightened, O Jerusalem:
for thy light is come, and the glory of
the Lord is risen upon thee.
For behold darkness shall cover the
earth, and a mist the people: but the
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And the Gentiles shall walk in thy I As long as I am in the world, I am
light, and kings in the brightness of the light of the world.—John ix. 5.
.Jesus therefore said to them: Yet a
thy rising.—Is. lx. 1-3.
For Sion’s sake 1 will not hold my little while, the light is among you.
peace, and for the sake of .Jerusalem, Walk whilst you have the light, that the
I will not rest till her just one come darkness overtake you not. And he
forth as brightness, and her saviour be that walketh in darkness, knoweth not
whither he goeth.
lighted as a lamp.—Is. Ixii. 1.
Whilst you have the light, believe in
And leaving the city Nazareth, he
came and dwelt in Capharnaum on the the light, that you may be the children
sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and of light. . . .
I am come a light into the world;
of Nephthalim ;
That it might be fulfilled which was that whosoever believeth in me, may
not remain in darkness.—John xii. 35,
said by Isaias the prophet:
Land of Zabulon and land of Neph- 36, 46.
Wherefore he saith: Rise, thou that
thalim, the way of the sea beyond the
sleepest, and arise from the dead; and
Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles:
The people that sat in darkness, hath Christ shall enlighten thee.—Eph. v. 14.
seen great light: and to them that sat !
LIGHT, WE ARE CHILDREN
in the region of the shadow of death,
OF THE
light is sprung up.—Mall. iv. 13-16.
Whilst you have the light, believe in
Through the bowels of the mercy of
our God, in which the Orient from on the light, that you may be the children
of light.—John xii. 36.
high hath visited us:
you were heretofore darkness,
To enlighten them that sit in dark­ butFor
now light in the Lord. Walk then
ness, and in the shadow of death: to di­ as children
of
the
light.
rect our feet into the way of peace.—
For the fruit of the light is in all
Luke i. 78, 79.
goodness, and justice, and truth.—Eph.
Now thou dost dismiss thy servant, v. 8, 9.
0 Lord, according to thy word in peace;
But you. brethren, are not in dark­
Because my eyes have seen thy salva­ ness, that that day should overtake you
tion,
as a thief.
Which thou hast prepared before the
For all you are the children of light,
face of all peoples:
and children of the day: we are not of
A light to the revelation of the Gen­ the night, nor of darkness.
tiles, and the glory of thy people
Therefore let us not sleep, as others
Israel.—Luke ii. 29-32.
do ; but let us watch, and be sober.—
In him was life, ami the life was the 1 Th ess. v. 4-6.
light of men.
And the light shineth in darkness, LIGHT, WE MUST WALK IN THE
and the darkness did not comprehend
O house of Jacob, come ye. and let us
it. . . .
walk in the light of the Lord.—Is. ii. 5.
That was the true light, which enFor you were heretofore darkness,
lighteneth every man that cometh into but now light in the Lord. Walk then
this world.—John i. 4, 5, 9.
as children of the light.
And this is the judgment: because
For the fruit of the light is in all
the light is come into the world, and goodness, ami justice, and truth;
men loved darkness rather than the
Proving what is well pleasing to God:
light: for their works were evil.—John
And have no fellowship with the un­
iii. 19.
fruitful works of darkness, but rather
Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, reprove them.—Eph. v. 8-11.
And this is the declaration which we
saying: I am the light of the world:
he that fol) owe th me, walketh not in have heard from him, and declare unto
darkness, but shall have the light of you : That God is light, and in him
there is no darkness.
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If we say that we have fellowship
with him, and walk in darkness, we lie,
and do not the truth.
But if we walk in the light, as he
also is in the light, we have fellowship
one with another, and the blood of
Jesus Christ, his Son cleanseth us from
all sin.—1 John i. 5-7.
LIGHT OF FAITH, THE

In his hands he hideth the light, and
commandeth it to come again.
He showeth his friend concerning it,
that it is his possession, and that he
may come up to it.—Job xxxvi. 32, 33.
Send forth thy light and thy truth:
they have conducted me, and brought
me unto thy holy hill, and into thy
tabernacles.—Ps. xiii. 3.
For behold thou hast loved truth: the
uncertain and hidden things of thy wis­
dom thou hast made manifest to me.—
Ps. 1. 8.
Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and
a light to my paths.—Ps. cxviii. 105.
I made that in the heavens there
should rise light that never faileth. . . .
I am the mother of fair love, and of
fear, and of knowledge, and of holy
hope.
In me is all grace of the way and of
the truth, in me is all hope of life and
of virtue.
Come over to me, all ye that desire
me, and be filled with my fruits. . . .
He that hearkeneth to me, shall not
be confounded: and they that work by
me, shall not sin. . . .
For her thoughts are more vast than
the sea, and her counsels more deep
than the great ocean. . . .
For I make doctrine to shine forth to
all as the morning light, and I will de­
clare it afar off.
I will penetrate to all the lower parts
of the earth, and will behold all that
sleep, and will enlighten all that hope
in the Lord.
I will yet pour out doctrine as
prophecy, and will leave it to them that
seek wisdom, and will not cease to in­
struct their offspring even to the holy
age.—Ecclus. xxiv. 6, 24-26, 30, 39,
44-46.
Delivering thee from the people, and

from the nations, unto which now I
send thee:
To open their eyes, that they may be
converted from darkness to light, and
from the power of Satan to God, that
they may receive forgiveness of sins,
and a lot among the saints, by the faith
that is in me.—Acts xxvi. 17, 18.
For God, who commanded the light
to shine out of darkness, hath shined
in our hearts, to give the light of the
knowledge of the glory of God, in the
face of Christ Jesus.—2 Cor. iv. 6.
And we have the more firm propheti­
cal word: whereunto you do well to
attend, as to a light that shineth in a
dark place, until the day dawn, and the
day star arise in your hearts.—2 Peter
i. 19.
Again a new commandment I write
unto you, which thing is true both in
him and in you; because the darkness
is passed, and the true light now shin­
eth.—1 John ii. 8.
LIGHT, SINNING AGAINST THE
See: Blindness, wilful—page 39.
LIGHT, A PRAYER FOR
Consider, and hear me, 0 Lord my
God.
Enlighten my eyes, that I never sleep
in death: lest at any time my enemy
say: I have prevailed against him.—
Ps. xii. 4, 5.
For thou lightest my lamp, 0 Lord:
0 my God, enlighten my darkness.—
Ps. xvii. 29.
Show, O Lord, thy ways to me, and
teach me thy paths.
Direct me in thy truth, and teach
me; for thou art God, my Saviour; and
on thee have I waited all the day long.
—Ps. xxiv. 4, 5.
Send forth thy light and thy truth:
they have conducted me, and brought
me unto thy holy hill, and into thy
tabernacles.—Ps. xiii. 3.
May God have mercy on us, and bless
us : may he cause the light of his coun­
tenance to shine upon us, and may he
have mercy on us.
That we may know thy way upon
earth: thy salvation in all nations —
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Blessed art thou, 0 Lord : teach me
thy justifications. . . .
Open thou my eyes: and I will con­
sider the wondrous things of thy
law. . . .
Make me to understand the way of
thy justifications: and 1 shall be exer­
cised in thy wondrous works. . . .
Give me understanding, and I will
search thy law; and I will keep it with
my whole heart..............
Make thy face to shine upon thy ser­
vant: and teach me thy justifica­
tions. ...
Thy testimonies are justice for ever:
give me understanding, and I shall live.
-Ps. cxviii. 12, 18, 27, 34, 135, 144.
Make the way known to me wherein
I should walk: for I have lifted up my
soul to thee. . . .
Teach me to do thy will, for thou
art my God.—Ps. exlii. 8, 10.
And Jesus stood and called ’them,
and said: What will ye that I do to
you?
They say to him : Lord, that our eyes
be opened.—Matt. xx. 32, 33.
And Jesus standing, commanded
’him to be brought unto him. And
when he was come near, he asked him,
Saying: What wilt thou that I do to
thee? But he said: Lord, that I may
see.—Luke xviii. 40, 41.
LIGHT TO KNOW OUR SINS, A
PRAYER FOR
How many are my iniquities and
sins? make me know my crimes and of­
fences.—Job xiii. 23.

LISTEN TO US, A PRAYER THAT
GOD WILL
See: Prayer—page 398.

LISTENING TO THE VOICE OF
GOD

And the Lord came and stood: and
he called, as he had called the other
times: Samuel, Samuel. And Samuel
said: Speak, Lord, for thy servant heareth.—1 Kings iii. 10.
Hear, O my people, and I will speak :
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O Israel, and I will testify to thee: I
am God, thy God.—Ps. xlix. 7.
1 will hear what the Lord God will
speak in me: for he will speak peace
unto his people:
And unto his saints: and unto them
that are converted to the heart.—Ps.
Ixxxiv. 9.
To-day, if you shall hear his voice,
harden not your hearts:
As in the provocation, according to
the day of temptation in the wilderness:
where your fathers tempted me, they
proved me, and saw my works.—Ps.
xciv. 8, 9.
Behold, I stand at the gate, and
knock. If any man shall hear my voice,
and open to me the door, I will come in
to him, and will sup with him, and he
with me.—Apoc. iii. 20.
LITTLE THINGS, FIDELITY IN

He that contemneth small things,
shall fall by little and little.—Ecclus.
xix. 1.
For amen, I say unto you, till heaven
and earth pass, one jot, or one tittle
shall not pass of the law, till all be
fulfilled.
He therefore that shall break one of
these least commandments, and shall so
teach men, shall be called the least
in the kingdom of heaven. But he that
shall do and teach, he shall be called
great in the kingdom of heaven.—
Matt. v. 18, 19.
His lord said to him: Well done,
good and faithful servant, because thou
hast been faithful over a few things,
I will place thee over many things:
enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
—Matt. XXV. 21.
lie that is faithful in that which is
least, is faithful also in that which is
greater: and he that is unjust in that
which is little, is unjust also in
that which is greater.—Luke xvi. 10.
And he said to him: Well done, thou
good servant, because thou hast been
faithful in a little, thou shalt have
pow’er over ten cities.—Luke xix. 17.
LITTLENESS OF MAN’S
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LIVE FOR GOD, WE SHOULD
And to him my soul shall live: and
my seed shall serve him.—Ps. xxi. 31.
And Christ died for all ; that they
also who live, may not now live to
themselves, but unto him who died for
them, and rose again.—2 Cor. v. 15.

, from all his work which God created
and made.—Gen. ii. 2, 3.
Remember that thou keep holy the
sabbath day.
| Six days shalt thou labor, and shalt
I do all thy works.
But on the seventh day is the sabbath
of the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no
work on it, thou nor thy son, nor thy
LIVING IN US, CHRIST
daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy
maid-servant, nor thy beast, nor the
See: Life, Christ our—page 286.
stranger that is within thy gates.
LIVING IN US, GOD
I For in six days the Lord made
heaven and earth, and the sea, and all
See: Dwelling in us, God—page 119. j things that are in them, and rested on
the seventh day: therefore the Lord
LONGSUFFERING OF GOD, THE blessed the seventh day, and sanctified
it.—Ex. xx. 8-11.
See: Patience of God, the—page 370.
Speak to the children of Israel, and
thou shalt say to them: See that thou
LOOK TO GOD IN ALL OUR ¡ keep my sabbath: because it is a sign
NEEDS, WE SHOULD
■ between me and you in your genera­
tions: that you may know that I am the
My eyes arc ever towards the Lord: Lord, who sanctify you.
for he shall pluck my feet out of the
Keep you my sabbath: for it is holy
snare.—Ps. xxiv. 15.
unto you : he that shall profane it, shall
Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he be put to death: he that shall do any
shall sustain thee: he shall not suffer w’ork in it, his soul shall perish out of
the just to waver for ever.—Ps. liv. 23. the midst of his people.
In all thy ways, think on him, and
Six days shall you do work: in the
he will direct thy steps.—Prov. iii. 6. seventh day is the sabbath, the rest holy
Lay open thy works to the Lord : and to the Lord. Every one that shall do
thy thoughts shall be directed.—Prov. any work on this day, shall die.
xvi. 3.
Let the children of Israel keep the
The soul of him that feareth the sabbath, and celebrate it in their gen­
Lord, is blessed.
erations. It is an everlasting covenant
To whom doth he look, and who is his
Between me and the children of
strength?—Ecclus. xxxiv. 17, 18.
i Israel, and a perpetual sign. For in six
Tn that day man shall bow down him­ I days the Lord made heaven and earth,
self to his Maker, and his eyes shall 1 and in the seventh, he ceased from
look to the Holy One of Israel.—Is. work.—Ex. xxxi. 13-17.
xvii. 7.
Six days shall ye do work: the sev­
enth day, because it is the rest of the
LOOK DOWN UPON US IN PITY, sabbath, shall be called holy. You shall
A PRAYER THAT GOD WILL
do no work on that day : it is the sab¡bath of the Lord in all your habitations.
See: Prayer—page 411.
—Lev. xxiii. 3.
Observe the day of the sabbath, to
LORD’S DAY, KEEPING
sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath
HOLY THE
commanded thee.
And on the seventh day God ended
Six days shalt thou labor, and shalt
his work which he had made: and he do all thy works
rested on the seventh day from all his
The seventh is the day of the sabbath,
work which he had done.
that is, the rest of the Lord thy God.
And he blessed the seventh day, and 1 hou shalt not do any work therein,
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thy man-servant nor thy maid-servant, I
nor thy ox, nor thy ass, nor any of thy
What is a man that thou shouldst
beasts, nor the stranger that is within magnify him? or why dost thou set thy
thy gates: that thy man-servant and heart upon him?—Job vii. 17.
thy maid-servant may rest, even as thyFor the Lord is well pleased with his
seìf.
people: and he will exalt the meek unto
Remember that thou also didst serve salvation.
—Ps. exlix. 4.
in Egypt, and the Lord thy God I
For thou lovest all things that are,
brought thee out from thence with a
strong hand, and a stretched out arm. and hatest none of the things which
Therefore hath he commanded thee that thou hast made: for thou didst not ap­
thou shouldst observe the sabbath day. point, or make any thing, hating
it. . . .
—Deut. v. 12-15.
But thou sparest all: because they are
And if the people of the land bring
in things to sell, or any things for use, thine, 0 Lord, who lovest souls.—Wis.
to sell them on the sabbath day, that xi. 25, 27.
That thy children, 0 Lord, whom
we would not buy them of them on the
sabbath, or on the holy day.—2 Esd. thou lovedst, might know that it is not
the growing of fruits that nourisheth
x. 31.
If thou turn away thy foot from the men, but thy word preserveth them
sabbath, from doing thy own will in that believe in thee.— IV ts. xvi. 26.
And now’ thus saith the Lord that
my holy day, and call the sabbath de­
lightful. and the holy of the Lord glori­ created thee, O Jacob, and formed
ous, and glorify him, while thou dost I thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have re­
not thy own ways, and thy own will is deemed thee, and called thee by thy
name: thou art mine. . . .
not found, to speak a word :
Then shalt thou be delighted in the ! Since thou becamest honorable in my
Lord, and I will lift thee up above the eyes, thou art glorious: I have loved
high places of the earth, and will feed thee, and I will give men for thee, and
thee with the inheritance of Jacob thy people for thy life.—Is. xliii. 1, 4.
Even to your old age, I am the same,
father. For the mouth of the Lord
and to your grey hairs, I will carry you :
hath spoken it.—Is. Iviii. 13, 14.
Thus saith the Lord : Take heed to I have made you, and I will bear: I will
your souls, and carry no burdens on the carry, and will save.—Is. xlvi. 4.
Can a woman forget her infant, so
sabbath day: and bring them not in
as not to have pity on the son of her
by the gates of Jerusalem.
And do not bring burdens out of womb? and if she should forget, yet
your houses on the sabbath day, neither will not I forget thee.—Is. xlix. 15.
And he said: Surely they are my
do ye any work: sanctify the sabbath
day, as I commanded your fathers.— people, children that will not deny:
so he became their saviour.
Jer. xvii. 21, 22.
In all their affliction he was not
But he (Jesus) said to them: What
man shall there be among you, that troubled, and the angel of his presence
hath one sheep: and if the same saved them: in his love, and in his
fall into a pit on the sabbath day, mercy, he redeemed them, and he car­
will he not take hold on it, and lift it ried them, and lifted them up all the
days of old.—Is. Ixiii. 8, 9.
up?
The Lord hath appeared from afar to
How much better is a man than a
sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do a me. Yea, I have loved thee with an
good deed on the sabbath days.—Matt. everlasting love, therefore have I drawn
thee, taking pity on thee.—Jer. xxxi. 3.
xii. 11, 12.
And I will espouse thee to me for
And he (Jesus) said to them: The
sabbath was made for man, and not ever: and I will espouse thee to me in
justice, and judgment, and in mercy,
man for the sabbath.
Therefore the Son of man is Lord of and in commiserations.
! And I will espouse thee to me in
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faith: and thou shalt know that I amiI Christ Jesus our Lord.—Rom. viii
the Lord.—Osee ii. 19, 20.
38, 39.
And I was like a foster father to
Behold what manner of charity the
Ephraim, I carried them in my arms: Father hath bestowed upon us, that we
and they knew not that I healed them. I should be called, and should be the
I will draw them with the cords of sons of God.—1 John iii. 1.
By this hath the charity of God ap­
Adam, with the bands of love: and I
will be to them as one that taketh off peared towards us, because God hath
the yoke on their jaws: and I put his sent his only begotten Son into the
meat to him that he might eat.—Osee world, that we may live by him.
In this is charity: not as though we
xi. 3, 4.
I will heal their breaches, I will love had loved God, but because he hath first
them freely: for my wrath is turned loved us, and sent his Son to be a
propitiation for our sins.—1 John iv.
away from them.—Osee xiv. 5.
10.
The Lord thy God in the midst of 9, And
we have known, and have be­
thee is mighty, he will save: he will lieved the
which God hath to
rejoice over thee with gladness, he us. God ischarity,
charity:
and
he
that
abidwill be silent in his love, he will be joy­ eth in charity, abideth in God, and God
ful over thee in praise.—Soph. iii. 17. in him.
For thus saith the Lord of hosts:
In this is the charity of God per­
After the glory he hath sent me to the fected with us, that we may have confi­
nations that have robbed you : for he dence in the day of judgment. . . .
that toucheth you, toucheth the apple of
Let us therefore love God, because
my eye.—Zach. ii. 8.
God first hath loved us.—1 John iv.
I have loved you, saith the Lord: 16, 17, 19.
and you have said: Wherein hast thou
LOVE FOR US, CHRIST’S
loved us?—Malach. i. 2.
For God so loved the world, as to
Come to me, all you that labor, and
give his only begotten Son; that whoso­ are burdened, and I will refresh you.
ever believcth in him, may not perish, —Matt. xi. 28.
but may have life everlasting.—Jo/tn
I am the good shepherd. The good
iii. 1G.
shepherd giveth his life for his
In that day you shall ask in my sheep. . . .
name; and I say not to you, that I will
As the Father knoweth me, and I
ask the Father for you:
know the Father: and I lay down my
For the Father himself loveth you, life for my sheep.—John x. 11, 15.
because you have loved me, and have be­
Now there was a certain man, sick,
lieved that I came out from God.— named Lazarus, of Bethania, of the
John xvi. 26, 27.
town of Mary and of Martha her sis­
Just Father, the world hath not ter. . . .
known thee; but I have known thee:
Hie sisters therefore sent to him, say­
and these have known that thou hast ing: Lord, behold, he whom thou lovsent me.
est is sick. . . .
And I have made known thy name
Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sisto them, and will make it known; that ! ter Mary and Lazarus. . . .
the love wherewith thou hast loved me,
And Jesus wept.
may be in them, and I in them.—John
The Jews therefore said: Behold how
xvii. 25, 26.
he loved him.—John xi. 1, 3, 5, 35, 36.
For I am sure that neither death, nor i And I, if I be lifted up from the
life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor earth, will draw all things to myself —
powers, nor things present, nor things JoAn xii. 32.
to come, nor might,
I Before the festival day of the pasch,
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other Jesus knowing that his hour was come,
creature, shall be able to separate us that he should pass out of this world to
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were in the world, he loved them unto every one that hangeth on a tree.—Gal.
the end.—John xiii. 1.
iii. 13.
That being rooted and founded in
In my Father’s house there are many
mansions. If not, I would have told charity,
You may be able to comprehend, with
you: because I go to prepare a place for
all the saints, what is the breadth and
you.
And if I shall go, and prepare a length, and height and depth:
To know also the charity of Christ,
place for you, I will come again, and
will take you to myself ; that where I which surpasseth all knowledge, that
you may be filled unto all the fulness
am, you also may be. . . .
I will not leave you orphans, I will of God.—Eph. iii. 17-19.
Be ye therefore followers of God, as
come to you.—John xiv. 2, 3, 18.
As the Father hath loved me, I also most dear children;
And walk in love, as Christ also hath
have loved you. Abide in my love.—
loved us, and hath delivered himself for
John xv. 9.
us, an oblation and a sacrifice to God
Greater love than this no man hath, for
an
odor
of
sweetness.
—
Eph.
v.
1,
2.
that a man lay down his life for his
For both he that sanctifieth, and
friends.
they who are sanctified, are all of one.
You are my friends, if you do the For which cause, he is not ashamed to
things that I command you.
I call them brethren, saying:
I will not now call you servants: for
I will declare thy name to my breth­
the servant knoweth not what his lord ren; in the midst of the church will I
doth. But I have called you friends: praise thee. . . .
because all things whatsoever I have
For no where doth he take hold of the
heard of my Father, I have made known angels: but of the seed of Abraham he
to you.—John xv. 13-15.
taketh hold.—Heb. ii. 11, 12, 16.
Who then shall separate us from the
In this we have known the charity of
love of Christ? Shall tribulation? or God, because he hath laid down his life
distress? or famine? or nakedness? or for us: and we ought to lay down our
danger ? or persecution ? or the lives for the brethren.—1 John iii. 16.
sword? . . .
But in all these things we overcome, LOVE FOR SINNERS, CHRIST’S
because of him that hath loved us.—
Hom. viii. 35, 37.
See also: Mercy of God to repentant
For the charity of Christ presseth sinners—page 316.
us: judging this, that if one died for
all, then all were dead.
And it came to pass, as he was sitting
And Christ died for all ; that they at meat in the house, behold many pub­
also who live, may not now live to them­ licans and sinners came, and sat down
selves, but unto him who died for with Jesus and his disciples.
them, and rose again.—2 Cor. v.
And the Pharisees seeing it, said to
14, 15.
his disciples: Why doth your master eat
For you know the grace of our Lord with publicans and sinners?
Jesus Christ, that being rich, he became
But Jesus hearing it, said : They that
poor, for your sakes; that through his are in health, need not a physician, but
poverty you might be rich.—2 Cor. they that are ill.
viii. 9.
Go then, and learn what this meanAnd I live, now not I; but Christ liv- eth. I will have mercy, and not sacrifice.
eth in me. And that 1 live now in the For I am not come to call the just, but
flesh: I live in the faith of the Son of sinners.—Malt. ix. 10-13.
And behold, a woman that was in the
God, who loved me, and delivered him­
city, a sinner, when she knew that he
self for me.—Gal. ii. 20.
Christ hath redeemed us from the sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house,
curse of the law. being made a curse brought an alabaster box of ointment;
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began to wash his feet with tears, and
And bring hither the fatted calf,
wiped them with the hairs of her head, and kill it, and let us eat and make
and kissed his feet, and anointed them merry :
with the ointment. . . .
Because this my son was dead, and is
And turning to the woman, he said come to life again: was lost, and is
unto Simon : Dost thou see this found.—Luke xv. 20-24.
For the Son of man is come to seek
woman ? I entered into thy house, thou
gavest me no water for my feet ; but she and to save that which was lost.—Luke
with tears hath washed my feet, and xix. 10.
And when he (Jesus) drew near, see­
with her hair hath wiped them. . . .
Wherefore I say to thee: Many sins ing the city, he wept over it.—Luke
are forgiven her, because she hath xix. 41.
For why did Christ, when as yet we
loved much. But to whom less is for­
were weak, according to the time, die
given, he loveth less.
And he said to her: Thy sins are for the ungodly?
For scarce for a just man will one
forgiven thee.—Luke vii. 37, 38, 44,
die; yet perhaps for a good man some
47, 48.
The Son of man came not to destroy one would dare to die.
But God commendeth his charity
souls, but to save.—Luke ix. 56.
Now the publicans and sinners drew towards us; because when as yet we
were sinners, according to the time,
near unto him, to hear him.
Christ died for us; much more there­
And the Pharisees and the scribes
murmured, saying: This man receiveth fore, being now justified by his blood,
shall we be saved from wrath through
sinners, and eateth with them.
And he spoke to them this parable, him.—Rom. v. 6-9.
A faithful saying, and worthy of all
saying:
What man of you that hath an hun­ acceptation, that Christ Jesus came
dred sheep: and if he shall lose one of into this world to save sinners, of whom
them, doth he not leave the ninety-nine I am the chief.—1 Tim. i. 15.
in the desert, and go after that which
was lost, until he find it?
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And when he hath found it, lay it
See also: Charity—page 46.
upon his shoulders, rejoicing:
And coming home, call together his
So Jacob served seven years for
friends and neighbors, saying to them:
Rejoice with me, because I have found Rachel: and they seemed but a few
days, because of the greatness of his
my sheep that was lost ?
I say to you, that even so, there shall love.—Gen. xxix. 20.
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
be joy in heaven upon one sinner that
doth penance, more than upon ninety- with thy whole heart, and with thy
nine just, who need not penance.—Luke whole soul, and with thy whole strength.
—Deut. vi. 5.
xv. 1-7.
And now, Israel, what doth the Lord
And rising up he (the prodigal son)
came to his father. And when he was thy God require of thee, but that thou
yet a great way off, his father saw him, fear the Lord thy God, and walk in his
and was moved with compassion, and ways, and love him, and serve the Lord
running to him, fell upon his neck, and thy God, with all thy heart, and with
all thy soul?—Deut. x. 12.
kissed him.
I will love thee, O Lord, my strength:
And the son said to him: Father,
I have sinned against heaven, and be­ The Lord is my firmament, my
fore thee; I am not now worthy to be refuge, and my deliverer.—Ps. xvii.2,3.
called thy son.
You that love the Lord, hate evil.—
And the father said to his servants: Ps. xcvi. 10.
Bring forth quickly the first robe, and
I have loved, because the Lord will
put it on him, and put a ring on his hear the voice of my prayer.—Ps. cxiv. 1.
hand, and shoes on his feet:
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seal upon thy arm. for love is strong
as death.—Cani. vili. 6.
The love of God is honorable wisdom.
—Ecclus. i. 14.
They that fear the Lord, will not be
incredulous to his word: and they that
love him, w'll keep his way.
They that fear the Lord, will seek
after the things that are well pleasing
to him: and they that love him,
shall be filled with his law.—Ecclus. ii.
18, 19.
lie that loveth father or mother more
than me, is not worthy of me; and he
that loveth son or daughter more than
me. is not worthy of me.—Matt. x. 37.
And one of them, a doctor of the law,
asked him, tempting him:
Master, which is the great command­
ment in the law?
Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love
the Lord thy God with thy whole heart,
and with thy whole soul, and with thy
whole mind.
This is the greatest and the first com­
mandment.
And the second is like to this: Thou
shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
On these two commandments depend­
ed the whole law, and the prophets.—
Malt. xxii. 35-40.
I am come to cast fire on the earth:
and what will I, but that it be kindled?
—Luke xii. 49.
If you love me, keep my command­
ments.
. . . He that hath my command­
ments, and keepeth them; he it is that
loveth me.
. . . Jesus answered, and said to
him: If any one love me. he will keep
my word.—John xiv. 15, 21, 23.
When therefore they had dined, Jesus
saith to Simon Peter: Simon, son of
John, lovest thou me more than these?
He saith to him: Yea, Lord, thou
knowest that I love thee. He saith to
him: Feed my lambs.—John xxi. 15.
And we know that to them that love
God. all things work together unto
good, to such as, according to his pur­
pose, arc called to be saints.—Rom.
viii. 28.
But if any man love God, the same
is known by him.—1 Cor. viii. 3.
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Christ, let him be anathema, marañ­
adla.—1 Cor. xvi. 22.
Grace be with all them that love our
Lord Jesus Christ in ineorruption.—
Eph. vi. 24.
That the trial of your faith (much
more precious than gold which is tried
by the fire) may be found unto praise
and glory and honor, at the appearing
of Jesus Christ:
Whom having not seen, you love.—
1 Peter i. 7, 8.
If any man say. I love God, and hateth his brother; he is a liar. For he
that loveth not his brother, whom he
sceth, how can he love God, whom he
seeth not?
And this commandment we have from
God, that he who loveth God, love also
his brother.—1 John iv. 20, 21.
LOVE FOR GOD REWARDED
I am the Lord thy God, mighty, jeal­
ous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers
upon the children, unto the third and
fourth generation of them that hate
me.
And showing mercy unto thousands
to them that love me, and keep my com­
mandments.—Ex. xx. 5, 6.
And thou shalt know that the Lord
thy God. he is a strong and faithful
God, keeping his covenant and mercy to
them that love him, and to them that
keep his commandments, unto a thou­
sand generations.—Deut. vii. 9.
So let all thy enemies perish. O Lord:
but let them that love thee shine, as the
sun shineth in his rising.—Judges
v. 31.
The Lord keepeth all them that love
him; but all the wicked he will de­
stroy.—Ps. cxliv. 20.
1 love them that love me: and they
that in the morning early watch for me,
shall find me.—Prov. viii. 17.
They that trust in him. shall under­
stand the truth : and they that are faith­
ful in love shall rest in him: for grace
and jieace is to his elect.— HTs. iii. 9.
All wisdom is from the Lord
God. . . .
And he poured her out upon all his
works, and upon all flesh, according to
his gift, and hath given her to them
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He that loveth God, shall obtain par­
LOVE OF OUR NEIGHBOR
don for his sins by prayer, and shall re­
See also: Charity—page 46.
frain himself from them, and shall be
heard in the prayer of days.—Ecclus.
And returning to the Lord, he
iii. 4.
(Moses) said: 1 beseech thee: this peoFor their hope is on him that saveth I pie hath sinned a heinous sin, and
them, and the eyes of the Lord are | they have made to themselves gods of
upon them that love him.—Ecclus. gold; either forgive them this trespass,
xxxiv. 15.
I Or if thou do not, strike me out of
And Daniel said: Thou hast remem­ the book that thou hast written.—Ex.
bered me, 0 God, and thou hast not xxxii. 31, 32.
With three things my spirit is
forsaken them that love thee.—Dan.
pleased, which are approved before God
xiv. 37.
Wherefore I say to thee: Many sins and men :
The concord of brethren, and the love
are forgiven her, because she hath loved
much. But to whom less is forgiven, of neighbors, and man and wife that
agree well together.—Ecclus. xxv. 1, 2.
he loveth less.—Luke vii. 47.
Have we not all one father? hath not
And he that loveth me. shall be loved
of my Father: and I will love him, and one God created us? why then doth
every one of us despise his brother,
will manifest myself to him. . . .
Jesus answered, and said to him violating the covenant of our fathers?
(Jude): If any one love me, he will —Malach. ii. 10.
And the scribe said to him: Well,
keep my word, and my Father will love
him, and we will come to him, and will Master, thou hast said in truth, that
make our abode with him.—John xiv. there is one God, and there is no other
besides him.
21, 23.
And that he should be loved with the
In that day you shall ask in my
name; and I say not to you, that I will whole heart, and with the whole under­
standing, and with the whole soul, and
ask the Father for you:
For the Father himself loveth you, with the whole strength; and to love
because you have loved me, and have one’s neighbor as one’s self, is a greater
believed that 1 came out from God.— thing than all holocausts and sacrifices.
And Jesus seeing that he had an­
John xvi. 26, 27.
swered wisely, said to him: Thou art
LOVE GOD, EXHORTATION TO not far from the kingdom of God.—
Mark xii. 32-34.
By this shall all men know that you
Therefore love the Lord thy God, and
observe his precepts and ceremonies, are my disciples, if you have love one
his judgments and commandments at for another.—John xiii. 35.
For I wished myself to be an
all times.—Deul. xi. 1.
This only take care of with all dili­ anathema from Christ, for my breth­
gence, that you love the Lord your God. ren, who are my kinsmen according to
the flesh.—Rom. ix. 3.
Owe no man any thing, but to love
O love the Lord, all ye his saints:
for the Lord will require truth, and one another. For he that loveth his
will repay them abundantly that act | neighbor, hath fulfilled the law.
proudly.—Ps. xxx. 24.
For, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
Ye that fear the Lord, love him, and I Thou shalt not kill: Thou shalt not
your hearts shall be enlightened.— | steal : Thou shalt not bear false witness:
Ecclus. ii. 10.
Thou shalt not covet: and if there be
With all thy strength love him that I any other commandment, it is commade thee.—Ecclus. vii. 32.
ILprised in this word : Thou shalt love thy
Love God all thy life, and call upon | neighbor as thyself,
him for thy salvation.—Ecclus. xiii. 18.
The love of our neighbor worketh no
I^et us therefore love God, because I evil. Love therefore is the fulfilling of
God first hath loved us.—1 John iv. 19.1 the law.—Rom. xiii. 8-10.

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For all the law is fulfilled in one I In this we know that we love the chil­
word: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as <dren of God : when we love God, and
thyself.—Gal. v. 14.
1keep his commandments.—1 John v.
Bear ye one another’s burdens; and 1, 2.
so you shall fulfil the law of Christ.— ;LOVE OF OUR NEIGHBOR COM­
Gal. vi. 2.
MANDED BY GOD, THE
But as touching the charity of
Seek not revenge, nor be mindful of
brotherhood, we have no need to write
to you: for yourselves have learned of the injury of thy citizens. Thou shalt
God to love one another.—1 Thess. iv. 9. love thy friend as thyself. I am the
If then you fulfil the royal law, ac­ Lord.—Lev. xix. 18.
If a stranger dwell in your land, and
cording to the scriptures, Thou shalt
love thy neighbor as thyself ; you do abide among you, do not upbraid him:
But let him be among you as one of
well.—James ii. 8.
He that loveth his brother, abideth i the same country: and you shall love
in the light, and there is no scandal in him as yourselves: for you were stran­
gers in the land of Egypt. T am the
him.—1 John ii. 10.
In this the children of God are mani­ Lord your God.—Lev. xix. 33, 34.
And one of them, a doctor of the law,
fest, and the children of the devil.
Whosoever is not just, is not of God, asked him, tempting him:
Master, which is the great command­
nor he that loveth not his brother.
For this is the declaration, which ment in the law ?
Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love
you have heard from the beginning,
that you should love one another.— the Lord thy God with thy whole heart,
1 John iii. 10, 11.
I and with thy whole soul, and with thy
We know that we have passed from whole mind.
This is the greatest and the first com­
death to life, because we love the breth­
ren. He that loveth not, abideth in mandment.
And the second is like to this: Thou
death.—1 John iii. 14.
In this we have known the charity of shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
On these two commandments dependGod, because he hath laid down his life
for us: and we ought to lay down our eth the whole law and the prophets.—
lives for the brethren.—1 John iii. 16. Matt. xxii. 35-40.
A new commandment I give unto
Dearly beloved, let us love one an­
other, for charity is of God. And every you : That you love one another, as I
one that loveth is born of God, and have loved you, that you also love one
another.—John xiii. 34.
knoweth God.
This is my commandment, that you
lie that loveth not, knoweth not God :
for God is charity.—1 John iv. 7, 8. love one another, as I have loved you.
My dearest, if God hath so loved us; —John xv. 12.
And this is his commandment, that
we also ought to love one another.
we
should
believe
in
the
name
of
his
No man hath seen God at any time.’ I Son Jesus Christ: and love one an­
If we love one another, God abideth in other, as he hath given commandment
us, and his charity is perfected in us.
us.—1 John iii. 23.
In this we know that we abide in’ I unto
And this commandment we have
him, and he in us: because he hath from
God.
that
he
who
loveth God, love
given us of his spirit.—1 John iv. 11-13. also his brother.—1 John iv. 21.
If any man say, I love God, and hat­
eth his brother, he is a liar. For he LOVE OF OUR NEIGHBOR, EX­
that loveth not his brother, whom he
HORTATION TO THE
seeth, how can he love God, whom he
And do you therefore love strangers,
seeth not?—1 John iv. 20.
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the because you also were strangers in the
Christ, is born of God. And every one land of Egypt.—Deut. x. 19.
Love thy neighbor, and be joined to
that loveth him who begot, loveth him
him with fidelity.—Ecclus. xxvii. 18.
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Loving one another with the charity! If thou see the ass of him that hateth
of brotherhood, with honor, preventing thee, lie underneath his burden, thou
one another.—Hom. xii. 10.
shalt not pass by, but shalt lift him
Owe no man any thing, but to love up with him.—Ex. xxiii. 4, 5.
one another. For he that loveth his
If thy enemy be hungry, give him to
neighbor, hath fulfilled the law.—Rom. eat: if he thirst, give him water to
xiii. S.
drink :
I therefore, a prisoner in the Lord,
For thou shalt heap hot coals upon
beseech you that you walk worthy of the his head, and the Lord will reward thee.
I—Prov. XXV. 21, 22.
vocation in which you are called,
With all humility and mildness, with
You have heard that it hath been
patience, supporting one another in said. Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and
hate thy enemy.
charity.—Eph. iv. 1, 2.
But I say to you, Love your
Be ye therefore followers of God, as
enemies: do good to them that hate you:
most dear children;
And walk in love, as Christ also hath and pray for them that persecute and
loved us, and hath delivered himself calumniate you :
That you may be the children of your
for us, an oblation, and a sacrifice to
God, for an odor of sweetness.—Eph. Father who is in heaven, who maketh
his sun to rise upon the good and bad,
v. 1, 2.
I beseech thee for my son, whom I and raineth upon the just and the un­
have begotten in my bonds, Onesi- just.
For if you love them that love yon,
mus, . . .
Whom I have sent back to thee. w’hat reward shall you have? do not
And do thou receive him as my own even the publicans this?
And if you salute your brethren only,
bowels. . . .
For perhaps he therefore departed what do you more? do not also the
for a season from thee, that thou might- heathens this?—Matt. v. 43-47.
And if you love them that love you,
est receive him again for ever:
Not now as a servant, but instead of what thanks are to you ? for sinners also
a servant,a most dear brother,especially love those that love them.
And if you do good to them who
to me: but how much more to thee both
in the flesh and in the Lord?—Phil. i. do good to you, what thanks are to
you ? for sinners also do this. . . .
10, 12, 15, 16.
But love ye your enemies: do good,
Purifying your souls in the obedience
of charity, with a brotherly love, from and lend, hoping for nothing thereby:
a sincere heart love one another and your reward shall be great, and you
earnestly.—1 Peter i. 22.
shall be the sons of the Highest; for
My little children, let us not love in he is kind to the unthankful, and to the
word, nor in tongue, but in deed, and evil.—Luke vi. 32, 33, 35.
in truth.—1 John iii. 18.
But if thy enemy bo hungry, give
Dearly beloved, let us love one an­ him to eat; if he thirst, give him to
other, for charity is of God.—1 John drink.
iv. 7.
For, doing this, thou shalt heap coals
And now I beseech thee, lady, not of fire upon his head.
as writing a new commandment to thee,
Be not overcome by evil, but over­
but that which we have had from the come evil by good.—Rom. xii. 20, 21.
beginning, that we love one another.—
2 John i. 5.
LUKEWARMNESS
See also: Indifference to our spirit­
LOVE OF OUR ENEMIES
ual interests—page 237.
See also: Forgiveness of injuries—
Jesus said to him : No man, putting
page 158.
his hand to the plough, and looking
If thou meet thy enemy’s ox or ass go­ back, is fit for the kingdom of God.—
ing astray, bring it back to him.
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I know thy works, that thou art not see my face: for man shall not see
neither cold nor hot. I would thou wort me and live.—Ex. xxxiii. 20.
Behold the Lord our God hath shown
cold or hot.
But because thou art lukewarm, us his majesty and his greatness, we
and neither cold nor hot, I will begin have heard his voice out of the midst of
to vomit thee out of my mouth.—Apoc. the fire, and have proved this day
that God speaking with man, man hath
iii. 15,16.
lived.
MAJESTY OF GOD, THE
Why shall we die, therefore, and why
And he said: I am the God of thy shall this exceeding great fire consume
father, the God of Abraham, the God of us: for if we hear the voice of the
Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Moses Lord our God any more, we shall die.
What is all flesh, that it should hear
hid his face: for he durst not look at
the voice of the living God, who speakGod.—Ex. iii. 6.
And now the third day was come, eth out of the midst of the fire, as we
and the morning appeared: and behold, have heard, and be able to live!—Deut.
thunders began to be heard, and light­ v. 24-26.
O Lord, when thou wentest out of
ning to flash, and a very thick cloud
to cover the mount, and the noise of Seir, and passedst by the regions of
the trumpet sounded exceeding loud, Edom, the earth trembled, and the
and the people that was in the camp, heavens dropped water.
The mountains melted before the face
feared.
. . . And all mount Sinai was on a of the Lord, and Sinai, before the face
smoke: because the Lord was come of the Lord, the God of Israel.—Judges
down upon it in fire, and the smoke v. 4, 5.
And the men of Bethsames said:
arose from it as out of a furnace: and
Who shall be able to stand before the
all the mount was terrible. . . .
And the Lord came down upon mount Lord, this holy God ? and to whom shall
Sinai, in the very top of the mount, he go up from us?—1 Kings vi. 20.
0 God, when thou didst go forth in
and he called Aloses unto the top there­
of. And when he was gone up thither, the sight of thy people, when thou didst
He said unto him: Go down, and pass through the desert:
The earth was moved, and the
charge the people; lest they should have
a mind to pass the limits, to see the heavens dropped at the presence of the
Lord, and a very great multitude of God of Sinai.at the presence of the God
them should perish.—Ex. xix. 16, 18, of Israel.—Ps. Ixvii. 8, 9.
And blessed be the name of his
20, 21.
And all the people saw’ the voices and majesty for ever : and the whole earth
the flames, ami the sound of the trum­ shall be filled with his majesty. So be
pet. and the mount smoking: and be­ it. So be it.—Ps. Ixxi. 19.
ing terrified, and struck with fear, they
The waters saw thee. 0 God. the
waters saw thee: and they were afraid,
stood afar off.
Saying to Moses: Speak thou to us, and the depths were troubled.—Ps.
and we will hear: let not the Lord speak Ixxvi. 17.
Bless the Lord, 0 my soul: 0 Lord,
to us. lest we die.—Ex. xx. 18, 19.
And when Moses wras gone up, a my God, thou art exceedingly great.
Thou hast put on praise and beauty:
cloud covered the mount.
And the glory of the Lord dwelt upon and art clothed with light as with a
Sinai, covering it with a cloud six days: garment.—Ps. ciii. 1, 2.
At the presence of the Lord the earth
and the seventh day he called him out
was moved, at the presence of the God
of the midst of the cloud.
And the sight of the glory of the of Jacob.—Ps. cxiii. 7.
And who shall show forth the power
Lord was like a burning fire upon the
top of the mount, in the eyes of the of his majesty?—Ecclus. xviii. 4.
He hath established the good things
children of Israel.—Ex. xxiv. 15-17.
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with beholding his glory?—Ecclus. xiii. I For they have intended evils against
26.
Ithee: they have devised counsels which
And they shall go into the holes of they have not been able to establish,
rocks, and into the caves of the earth,
For thou shalt make them turn their
from the face of the fear of the Lord, back: in thy remnants thou shalt preand from the glory of his majesty, when pare their face.—Ps. xx. 12, 13.
he shall rise up to strike the earth.—
But what have you to do with me,
Is. ii. 19.
O Tyre, and Sidon, and all the coast
In the year that king Ozias died, of the Philistines? will you revenge
I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne yourselves on me? and if you revenge
high and elevated : and his train filled yourselves on me, I will very soon rethe temple. ...
turn you a recompense upon your own
And I said: Woe is me, because I head.—Joel iii. 4.
have held my peace, because I am a
What do ye devise against the Lord?
man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the he will make an utter end : there shall
midst of a people that hath unclean lips, not rise a double affliction.—Nahumi.9.
and I have seen with my eyes the King,
Pilate therefore saith to him : Speakthe Lord of hosts.—Is. vi. 1, 5.
est thou not to me? knowest thou not
Which in his times he shall show, that I have power to crucify thee, and
who is the Blessed and only Mighty, the I have power to release thee?
King of kings, and Lord of lords;
Jesus answered: Thou shouldst not
Who only hath immortality, and in- have any power against me, unless it
habiteth light inaccessible, whom no were given thee from above.—John
man hath seen, nor can see: to whom xix. 10, 11.
bo honor and empire everlasting.
Therefore doth the Father love me:
Amen.—1 Tim. vi. 15, 16.
because I lay down my life, that I may
For our God is a consuming fire.— take it again.
Ilei), xii. 29.
No man taketh it away from me: but
And I saw a great white throne, and I lay it dow’n of myself, and I have
one sitting upon it, from whose face power to lay it down : and I have power
the earth and heaven fled away, and to take it up again. This command­
there was no place found for them.— ment have I received of my Father.—
Apoc. xx. 11.
John x. 17, 18.
MAN, THE BROTHERHOOD OF
MALICE OF MEN, GOD IS ABOVE
See: Brotherhood—page 43.
THE REACH OF THE
MAN, THE DIGNITY OF
Look up to heaven, and see, and be­
And he (God) said: Let us make
hold the sky, that it is higher than
thee.
man to our image and likeness: and let
If thou sin, what shalt thou hurt him have dominion over the fishes of
him ? and if thy iniquities be multiplied, the sea, and the fowls of the air, and
what shalt thou do against him? . . . the beasts, and the whole earth, and
Thy wickedness may hurt a man that every creeping creature that moveth
is like thee: and thy justice may help upon the earth.
the son of man.—Job xxxv. 5, 6, 8.
And God created man to his own
Why have the Gentiles raged, and the image: to the image of God he created
people devised vain things?
him: male and female he created them.
The kings of the earth stood up and —Gen. i. 26, 27.
the princes met together, against the
And the Lord God formed man of the
Lord, and against his Christ.
slime of the earth : and breathed into
Let us break their bonds asunder: his face the breath of life, and man be­
and let us cast away their yoke from us. came a living soul.—Gen. ii. 7.
He that dwelleth in heaven, shall
Ami God blessed Noe and his sons.
laugh at them: and the Lord shall de­ And he said to them: Increase and mulI tiply, and fill the earth.
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And let the fear and dread of you,
MAN, THE EQUALITY OF
bo upon all the beasts of the earth,
See: Equal in the sight of God; all
and upon all the fowls of the air, and men are—page 125.
all that move upon the earth: all the
fishes of the sea are delivered into your MAN’S DEPENDENCE UPON GOD
hand.—Gen. ix. 1, 2.
See: Dependence—page 106.
What is man that thou art mindful
of him ? or the son of man, that thou
visitest him?
MANLINESS
Thou hast made him a little less than
And the days of David drew nigh
the angels, thou hast crowned him with
that he should die, and he charged his
glory and honor:
And hast set him over the works of son Solomon, saying:
I am going the way of all flesh: take
thy hands.
Thou hast subjected all things under ' thou courage, and show thyself a man.
his feet, all sheep and oxen : moreover —3 Kings ii. 1, 2.
And David said to Solomon his son:
the beasts also of the fields.
The birds of the air, and the fishes of Act like a man, and take courage, and
the sea, that pass through the paths of do: fear not, and be not dismayed.—
1 Paral, xxviii. 20.
the sea.—Ps. viii. 5-9.
Expect the Lord, do manfully, and
For God created man incorruptible,
and to the image of his own likeness he let thy heart take courage, and wait
thou for the Lord.—Ps. xxvi. 14.
made him.— HTs. ii. 23.
Do ye manfully, and let your heart
God of my fathers, and Lord of
mercy, who hast made all things with be strengthened, all ye that hope in the
Lord.—Ps. XXX. 25.
thy word,
Watch ye, stand fast in the faith,
And by thy wisdom, hast appointed
man, that he should have dominion do manfully, and be strengthened.—
over the creature that was made by thee. 1 Cor. xvi. 13.
That he should order the world ac­
MARRIAGE
cording to equity and justice, and exe­
cute justice with an upright heart.—
Then the angel Raphael said to him
Ms. ix. 1-3.
(Tobias) :
God created man of the earth, and
Hear me, and I will show thee who
made him after his own image.
they are, over whom the devil can pre­
And he turned him into it again, vail.
and clothed him with strength accord­
For they who in such manner receive
ing to himself.
matrimony, as to shut out God from
He gave him the number of his days, themselves and from their mind, and to
and time, and gave him power over all give themselves to their lust, as the
things that are upon the earth.
horse and mule, which have not under­
He put the fear of him upon all standing, over them the devil hath
flesh, and he had dominion over beasts power.
But thou, when thou shalt take her,
and fowls.
He created of him a helpmate like to go into the chamber, and for three days
himself : he gave them counsel, and a keep thyself continent from her. and
tongue, and eyes, and cars, and a give thyself to nothing else but to
heart to devise: and he filled them with prayers with her. . . .
the knowledge of understanding.
And when the third night is past,
He created in them the science of thou shalt take the virgin with the fear
the spirit, he filled their heart with wis­ of the Lord, moved rather for love of
dom, and showed them both good and children than for lust, that in the seed
of Abraham, thou mayst obtain a bless­
evil.—Ecclus. xvii. 1-6.
The man indeed ought not to cover ing in children.—Tob. vi. 16-18, 22.
Then Tobias exhorted the virgin, and
his head, because he is the image and
said to her : Sara, arise, and let us pray
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to God to-day and to-morrow, and the
next day: because for these three nights
we are joined to God: and when the
third night is over, we will be in our
own wedlock.
For we are the children of saints,
and we must not be joined together like
heathens that know not God.—Tob. viii.
4, 5.
And now, Lord, thou knowest, that
not for fleshly lust do I take my sister
to wife, but only for the love of poster­
ity. in which thy name may be blessed
for ever and ever.—Tob. viii. 9.
It is better therefore that two should
be together, than one: for they have
the advantage of their society:
If one fall, he shall be supported by
the other : woe to him that is alone, for
when he falleth, he hath none to lift
him up.—Eccles, iv. 9, 10.
Marriage honorable in all, and the
bed undefiled.—Heb. xiii. 4.
MARRIAGE, INDISSOLUBILITY
OF
See: Part II—page 716.

in your eyes, till he take you away and
destroy you from off this excellent land,
which he hath given you.—Jos. xxiii.
12, 13.
Then Samson went down to Thamnatha, and seeing there a woman of the
daughters of the Philistines,
He came up, and told his father and
his mother, saying: I saw a woman in
Tharunatha of the daughters of the
Philistines: 1 beseech you, take her for
me to wife.
And his father and mother said to
him: Is there no woman among the
daughters of thy brethren, or among all
my people, that thou wilt take a wife
of the Philistines, who are uncircum­
cised? And Samson said to his father:
Take this woman for me, for she hath
pleased my eyes.—Judges xiv. 1-3.
And Esdras the priest stood up, and
said to them: You have transgressed,
and taken strange wives, to add to the
sins of Israel.—1 Esd. x. 10.

MARRIAGE, MUTUAL DUTIES OF
HUSBAND AND WIFE IN
And the Lord God built the rib which
MARRIAGES, MIXED
he took from Adam into a woman:
Make no covenant with the men of and brought her to Adam.
And Adam said : This is now bone of
those countries. . . .
Neither shalt thou take of their my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she
daughters a wife for thy son, lest after shall be called woman, because she was
they themselves have committed forni­ taken out of man.
Wherefore a man shall leave father
cation, they make thy sons also to
commit fornication with their gods.— and mother, and shall cleave to his
wife : and they shall be two in one flesh.
Ex. xxxiv. 15, 16.
Neither shalt thou make marriages —Gen. ii. 22-24.
Let thy vein be blessed, and rejoice
with them (the Chanaanites). Thou
shalt not give thy daughter to his son, with the wife of thy youth:
Let her be thy dearest hind, and most
nor take his daughter for thy son :
For she will turn away thy son from agreeable fawn : let her breasts inebriate
following me, that he may rather serve thee at all times; be thou delighted con­
strange gnds, and the wrath of the Lord tinually with her love.—Prov. v. 18. 19.
will be kindled, and will quickly de­ Live joyfully with the wife whom
thou lovest, all the days of thy unsteady
stroy thee.—Deul. vii. 3, 4.
But if you will embrace the errors of life, which are given to thee under the
these nations that dwell among you, sun, all the time of thy vanity: for this
and make marriages with them, and is thy portion in life, and in thy labor
wherewith thou laborest under the sun.
join friendships:
Know ye for a certainty that the —Eccles, ix. 9.
Lord your God will not destroy them
Depart not from a wise and good
before your face, but they shall be a wife, whom thou hast gotten in the fear
pit and a snare in your way, and a of the Lord : for the grace of her
stumbling-block at your side, and stakes modesty is above gold.—Ecclus. vii. 21.

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With three things my spirit is I Christ, so also let the wives be to their
pleased, which arc approved before God husbands in all things. .
and men:
' Husbands, love your wives, as Christ
The concord of brethren, and the love | also loved the church, and delivered
of neighbors, and man and wife that himself up for it, . . .
agree well together.—Ecclus. xxv. 1.2.
So also ought men to love their wives.
Feeble hands, and disjointed knees, a as their own bodies. lie that loveth his
woman that doth not make her husband wife, loveth himself.
<
happy.—Ecclus. xxv. 32.
I* or no man ever hateth his own
Happy is the husband of a good wife: flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it,
for the number of his years is double, as also Christ doth the church:
A virtuous woman rejoiceth her husBecause we are members of his body,
band, and shall fulfil the years of his of his flesh, and of his bones.
life in peace.
For this cause shall a man leave his
A good wife is a good portion, she | father and mother, and shall cleave to
shall be given in the portion of them > his wife, and they shall be two in one
that fear God, to a man for his good flesh. ...
deeds.—Ecclus. xxvi. 1-3.
Nevertheless, let every one of you in
He that possesseth a good wife, begin- ! particular love his wife as himself : and
neth a possession: she is a help like to let the wife fear her husband.—Eph.
himself, and a pillar of rest.—Ecclus. v. 22-25, 28-31, 33.
xxxvi. 2G.
Wives, be subject to your husbands,
A friend and companion meeting to- as it behoveth in the Lord.
gether in season, but above them both
Husbands, love your wives, and be
is a wife with her husband.—Ecclus. not bitter towards them.—Col. iii.
xl. 23.
IS. 19.
Because the Lord hath been witness
That they may teach the young
between thee, and the wife of thy youth, I women to be wise, to love their huswhom thou hast despised : yet she was bands, to love their children,
thy partner, and the wife of thy coveTo be discreet, chaste, sober, having
nant.
a care of the house, gentle, obedient to
Diri not one make her. and she is the their husbands, that the word of God he
residue of his spirit? And what doth not blasphemed.—Titus ii. 4, 5.
one seek, but the seed of God? Keep
In like manner also, let wives be subthen your spirit, and despise not the ject to their husbands: that if any bewife of thy youth.—Malach. ii. 14. 15. lieve not the word, they may be won
Let the husband render the debt to I without the word, by the conversation
his wife, and the wife also in like man- of the wives.
ner to the husband.
Considering your chaste conversation
The wife hath not power of her own with fear.
body, but the husband. And in like
Whose adorning, let it not be the outmanner, the husband also hath not ward plaiting of the hair, or the wear­
power of his own body, but the ing of gold, or the putting on of apwife.
parel :
Defraud not one another, except, perBut the hidden man of the heart in
haps, by consent for a time, that you ■ the incorruptibility of a quiet and a
may give yourselves to prayer ; and re- meek spirit, which is rich in the sight
turn together again, lest Satan tempt of God.
you for your iucontinency.—1 Cor. vii.
For after this manner heretofore the
3-5.
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Let women be subject to their hus-1 adorned themselves, being in subjeebands, as to the Lord:
I tion to their own husbands. ...
Because the husband is the head of
Ye husbands, likewise dwelling with
the wife, as Christ is the head of the them according to knowledge, giving
church. He is the saviour of his body, honor to the female, as to the weaker
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grace of life: that your prayers be not apprehended, and compelled by the
hindered.—1 Peter iii. 1-5, 7.
king to eat swine’s flesh against the
law, for which end they were tormented
MARTYRS, CONSTANCY OF THE with whips and scourges.
But one of them, who was the eld­
But the souls of the just are in the
hand of God, and the torment of death est, said thus: What wouldst thou ask,
or learn, of us? we are ready to die
shall not touch them. . . .
And though in the sight of men, they rather than to transgress the laws of
suffered torments, their hope is full of God, received from our fathers.—
2 Mach. vii. 1, 2.
immortality.
Blessed are they that suffer persecu­
Afflicted in few things, in many they tion
for
justice
’
sake:
for
theirs
is
the
shall bo well rewarded: because God kingdom of heaven.—Matt. v. 10.
hath tried them, and found them worthy
For he that will save his life, shall
of himself.
lose it: and he that shall lose his life
As gold in the furnace, he hath for my sake, shall find it.—Matt, xvi.25.
proved them, and as a victim of a holo­
And I say to you, my friends: Be not
caust, he hath received them, and in afraid of them who kill the body, and
time, there shall be respect had to after that, have no more that they can do.
them.—Wis. iii. 1, 4-6.
But I will show you whom you shall
And many of the people of Israel de­ fear: fear ye him, who after he hath
termined with themselves, that they killed, hath power to cast into hell.
would not eat unclean things : and they Yea, I say to you, fear him.—Luke xii.
chose rather to die, than to be defiled 4, 5.
with unclean meats.
And I say to you, Whosoever shall
And they would not break the holy confess me before men, him shall the
law of God. and they were put to death. Son of man also confess before the
—1 Mach. i. 65, 66.
angels of God.—Luke xii. 8.
Eleazar, one of the chief of the
Amen, amen, I say to you, unless the
scribes, a man advanced in years and of grain of wheat, falling into the ground,
a comely countenance, was pressed to die,
open his mouth to eat swine’s flesh.
Itself remaineth alone. But if it die,
But he, choosing rather a most glori­ it bringeth forth much fruit. He that
ous death than a hateful life, went for­ loveth his life shall lose it; and he that
ward voluntarily to the torment.
hateth his life in this world, keepeth
And considering in what manner he it unto life eternal.—John xii. 24, 25.
was come to it, patiently bearing, he de­ And now, behold, being bound in the
termined not to do any unlawful things spirit, I go to Jerusalem: not knowing
for the love of life. . . .
the things which shall befall me there:
Wherefore by departing manfully
Save that the Holy Ghost in every
out of this life, I shall show myself city witnesseth to me, saying: That
worthy of my old age:
bands and afflictions wait for me at
And I shall leave an example of forti­ Jerusalem.
tude to young men, if with a ready
But I fear none of these things,
mind and constancy I suffer an honor­ neither do I count my life more pre­
able death, for the most venerable and cious than myself, so that I may con­
most holy laws. And having spoken summate my course, and the ministry
thus, he was forthwith carried to exe­ of the word which I received from the
cution. . . .
Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the
Thus did this man die, leaving not grace of God.—Acts xx. 22-24.
only to young men, but also to the
Then Paul answered and said : What
whole nation, the memory of his death do you mean, weeping, and afflicting my
for an example of virtue and fortitude. heart? For I am ready, not only to
—2 Mach. vi. 18-20, 27. 28, 31.
be bound, but to die also in Jerusalem,
It came to pass also that seven breth­ for the name of the Lord Jesus.—Acts
ren, together with their mother, were xxi. 13.

MA STER
Who then shall separate us from the I
love of Christ? Shall tribulation? or
distress? or famine? or nakedness? or
danger? or persecution? or the sword?
(As it is written : For thy sake we are
put to death all the day long. We are
accounted as sheep for the slaughter.)
But in all these things we overcome,
because of him that hath loved us.—
Rom, viii. 35-37.
Women received their dead raised to
life again.
But others were racked, not accept­
ing deliverance, that they might find a
better resurrection.
And others had trial of mockeries
and stripes, moreover also of bands and
prisons.
They were stoned, they were cut
asunder, they were tempted, they were
put to death by the sword, they wan­
dered about in sheepskins, in goatskins,
being in want, distressed, afflicted:
Of whom the world was not worthy.
—Heb. xi. 35-38.
Dearly beloved, think not strange the
burning heat which is to try you, as if
some new thing happened to you ;
But if you partake of the sufferings
of Christ, rejoice that when his glory
shall be revealed, you may also be glad
with exceeding joy.—1 Peler iv. 12, 13.
And when he (the Lamb) had opened
the fifth seal, I saw under the altar, the
souls of them that were slain for the
word of God, and for the testimony
which they held.
And they cried with a loud voice, say­
ing: How long, O Lord, (holy and
true,) dost thou not judge and revenge
our blood on them that dwell on the
earth ?
And white robes were given to
every one of them, one; and it was
said to them, that they should rest for
a little while, till their fellow-servants
and their brethren, who are to be slain,
even as they, should be filled up.—Apoc.
vi. 9-11.
MASTER, GOD OUR
And the Lord God took man, and put
him into the paradise of pleasure, to
dress it, and to keep it.
And he commanded him, saying: Of
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But of the tree of knowledge of good
and evil, thou shalt not eat. For in
what day soever thou shalt eat of it,
thou shalt die the death.—Gen. ii.
15-17.
The Lord ruleth me, and I shall want
nothing.—Ps. xxii. 1.
For this is God, our God unto eter­
nity, and for ever and ever : he shall
rule us for evermore.—Ps. xlvii. 15.
Shall not my soul be subject to God ?
for from him is my salvation.—Ps.
Ixi. 2.
But be thou, 0 my soul, subject to
God: for from him is my patience.—
Ps. Ixi. 6.
0 Lord, for I am thy servant: I am
thy servant, and the son of thy hand­
maid. Thou hast broken my bonds.—
Ps. cxv. 16.
I am thine, save thou me: for I have
sought thy justifications.—Ps.cxviii.94.
And now, thus saith the Lord that
created thee, 0 Jacob, and formed thee,
0 Israel : Fear not, for I have redeemed
thee, and called thee by thy name : thou
art mine.—Is. xliii. 1.
Cannot I do with you as this potter,
0 house of Israel, saith the Lord? be­
hold, as clay is in the hand of the pot­
ter, so are you in my hand, 0 house of
Israel.—J er. xviii. 6.
Behold, all souls are mine: as the
soul of the father, so also the soul of
the son is mine.—Ezech. xviii. 4.
The son honoreth the father, and the
servant his master : if then I be a
father, where is my honor? and if I be
a master, where is my fear? saith the
Lord of hosts.—Malach. i. 6.
But which of you having a servant
ploughing, or feeding cattle, will say
to him. when he is come from the field:
Immediately go. sit down to meat:
And will not rather say to him: Make
ready my supper, and gird thyself, and
serve me, whilst I eat and drink, and
afterwards thou shalt eat and drink?
Doth he thank that servant, for do­
ing the things which he commanded
him ?
I think not. So you also, when you
shall have done all these things that are
commanded you, say: We are unprofit­
able servants; we have done that which
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0 man, who art thou, that repliest
against God? 'Shall the thing formed,
say to him that formed it: Why hast
thou made me thus?
Or hath not the potter power over
the clay, of the same lump, to make
one vessel unto honor, and another unto
dishonor?—Rom. ix. 20, 21.
Or know you not, that your members
are the temple of the Holy Ghost, who
is in you, whom you have from God;
and you are not your own?
For you are bought with a great
price. Glorify and bear God in your
body.—1 Cor. vi. 19, 20.
Masters, do to your servants that
which is just and equal: knowing that
you also have a master in heaven.—
Col. iv. 1.

I he Lord killeth and makoth alive,
he bringeth down to hell and bringeth
back again.—1 Kings ii. 6.
Our God is the God of salvation?
and of the Lord, of the Lord are the
issues from death.—Ps. Ixvii. 21.
For it was neither herb, nor mollify­
ing plaster, that healed them, but thy
word, O Lord, which healeth all things.
For it is thou, O Lord, that hast
power of life and death, and leadest
down to the gates of death, and bringest back again.— Wis. xvi. 12, 13.
Thus saith the Lord God, that
created the heavens, and stretched them
out : that established the earth, and the
things that spring out of it: that giveth breath to the people upon it, and
spirit to them that tread thereon.—Is.
xiii. 5.
MASTER, CHRIST OUR
But you denied the Holy One and
Neither be ye called masters; for one the Just, and desired a murderer to be
is your master, Christ.—Malt, xxiii. 10. granted unto you.
But the author of life you killed,
You call me Master and Lord; and
you say well, for so I am.—John whom God hath raised from the dead,
of which we are witnesses.—/Ids iii.
xiii. 13.
For none of us liveth to himself; and 14, 15.
no man dieth to himself.
MASTER OF ALL THINGS, GOD IS
For whether we live, we live unto the
If therefore you will hear my voice,
Lord ; or whether we die, we die unto
the Lord. Therefore, whether we live, and keep my covenant, you shall be my
peculiar possession above all people:
or whether we die, we are the Lord’s.
For to this end Christ died and rose for all the earth is mine.—Er. xix. 5.
Behold, heaven is the Lord’s, thy
again; that he might be Lord both of
the dead and of the living.—Rom. xiv. God, and the heaven of her ven, the
earth and all things that are I herein.—
7-9.
Deut. x. 14.
For all things are yours. . . .
Thine, O Lord, is magnificence, and
And you are Christ’s; and Christ is
power, and glory, and victory: and to
God’s.—1 Cor. iii. 22, 23.
For he that is called in the Lord, thee is praise: for all that is in heaven
being a bondman, is the freeman of and in earth is thine: thine is the king­
the Lord. Likewise he that is called, dom, 0 Lord, and thou art above all
being free, is the bondman of Christ. princes.
Thine are riches, and thine is glory,
You are bought with a price; be not
made the bond-slaves of men.—1 Cor. thou hast dominion over all, in thy
hand is power and might: in thy hand,
vii. 22, 23.
greatness, and the empire of all
MASTER OF LIFE AND DEATH, things. . , .
Who am I, and what is my people,
GOD IS
that we should be able to promise thee
See ye that I alone am, and there is all these things? all things are thine:
no other God besides me: I will kill and we have given thee what we re­
and I will make to live: I will strike received of thy hand.
and I will heal, and there is none that
. . . O Lord our God, all this store
can deliver out of my hand.—Deut. that we have prepared to build thee a
xxxii. 39.
house, for thy holy name, is from thy

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band, and all things arc thine.—
1 Paral, xxix. 11, 12, 14, 16.
Thou hast made heaven and earth,
and all things that are under the cope
of heaven.
Thou art Lord of all, and there is
none that can resist thy majesty.—
Esther xiii. 10, 11.
For he beholdeth the ends of the
world: and looketh on all things that
are under heaven.
Who made a weight for the winds,
and weighed the waters by measure.
When he gave a law for the rain, and
a way for the sounding storms.—Job
xxviii. 24-26.
Who hath given me before, that I
should repay him? All things that are
under heaven are mine.—Job xii. 2.
The earth is the Lord’s, and the ful­
ness thereof : the world, and all they
that dwell therein.—Ps. xxiii. 1.
For all the beasts of the woods are
mine: the cattle on the hills, and the
oxen.
I know all the fowls of the air: and
with me is the beauty of the field.
If I should be hungry, I would not
tell thee: for the world is mine, and
the fulness thereof.—Ps. xlix. 10-12.
Thine is the day, and thine is the
night: thou hast made the morning
light and the sun.—Ps. Ixxiii. 16.
Thine are the heavens, and thine is
the earth: the world and the fulness
thereof thou hast founded.—Ps.
Ixxxviii. 12.
For in his hand are all the ends of
the earth: and the heights of the moun­
tains are his.
For the sea is his, and he made it:
and his hands formed the dry land.—
Ps. xciv. 4, 5.
The Lord hath made all things for
himself.—Prov. xvi. 4.
And how could any thing enduro, if
thou wouldst not? or be preserved, if
not called by thee.
But thou sparest all : because they
are thine, 0 Lord, who lovest souls.—
Wis. xi. 26, 27.
For thy power is the beginning of
justice: and because thou art Lord of
all, thou makest thyself gracious to all.
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MASTERS TO THEIR SERVANTS,
DUTIES OF

Hurt not the servant that worketh
faithfully, nor the hired man that giveth thee his life.
Let a wise servant be dear to thee
as thy own soul, defraud him not of
liberty, nor leave him needy.—Ecclus.
vii. 22, 23.
If thou have a faithful servant, let
him be to thee as thy own soul: treat
him as a brother: because in the blood
of thy soul thou hast gotten him.—
Ecclus. xxxiii. 31.
And you, masters, do the same things
to them (servants), forbearing threatenings, knowing that the Lord both of
them and you, is in heaven; and there
is no respect of persons with him.—
Eph. vi. 9.
Masters, do to your servants that
which is just and equal: knowing that
you also have a master in heaven.—Col.
iv. 1.
MEANNESS OF DISPOSITION, OR
MISERLINESS

Let not thy hand be stretched out to
receive, and shut when thou shouldst
give.—Ecclus. iv. 36.
There is one that is enriched by
living sparingly, and this is the por­
tion of his reward.
In that he saith: I have found me
rest, and now I will eat of my goods
alone :
And he knoweth not what time shall
pass, and that death approacheth, and
that he must leave all to others, and
shall die.—Ecclus. xi. 18-20.
Riches are not comely for a covetous
man and a niggard, and what should
an envious man do with gold?—Ecclus.
xiv. 3.
Against him that is niggardly of his
bread, the city will murmur, and the
testimony of his niggardliness is true.
—Ecclus. xxxi. 29.
He that hath the substance of this
world, and shall see his brother in need,
and shall shut up his bowels from him:
how doth the charity of God abide in
him?—1 John iii. 17,

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MEDITATION

MEDDLING IN THE AFFAIRS OF I tho Father, that all fulness should
OTHERS, AGAINST dwell;
And through him, to reconcile all
The lips of a fool intermeddle with things
unto
himself,
making
peace
strife: and his mouth provoketh quar­ through the blood of his cross, both as
rels.—Prov. xviii. 6.
the things that are on earth, and
As he that taketh a dog by the ears, to
the things that are in heaven.—Col. i.
so is he that passcth by in anger, and 19, 20.
meddleth with another man’s quarrel.
For there is one God, and one media­
—Prov. xxvi. 17.
tor of God and men, the man Christ
Strive not in a matter which doth Jesus :
not concern thee, and sit not in judg­
Who gave himself a redemption for
ment with sinners.
all, a testimony in due times.—1 Tim.
My son, meddle not with many mat­ ii. 5, 6.
ters.—Ecclus. xi. 9, 10.
But this, for that he continueth for
But we entreat you, brethren, that ever, hath an everlasting priesthood,
you abound more:
Whereby he is able also to save for
And that you use your endeavor to ever them that come to God by him;
be quiet, and that you do your own busi­ always living to make intercession for
ness, and work with your own hands, as us.—Ilei), vii. 24, 25.
we commanded you.—1 Thess. iv.
But now he hath obtained a bet­
10, 11.
ter ministry, by how much also he is a
For we have heard there are some mediator of a better testament, which
among you who walk disorderly, work­ is established on better promises.—Ileb.
ing not at all, but curiously meddling. viii. 6.
Now we charge them that are such,
And therefore he is the mediator of
and beseech them by the Lord Jesus the new testament: that by means of
Christ, that, working with silence, they his death, for the redemption of those
would cat their own bread.—2 Thess. transgressions, which were under the
iii. 11, 12.
former testament, they that are called,
And withal being idle, they learn to may receive the promise of eternal in­
go about from house to house: and are heritance.—Hel). ix. 15.
not only idle, but tattlers also, and
But you are come to mount Sion, and
busybodies, speaking things which they to the city of the living God, the heav­
ought not.—1 Tim. v. 13.
enly Jerusalem, and to the company of
many thousands of angels, . . .
MEDIATOR, CHRIST OUR
And to Jesus, the mediator of the
Being justified, therefore, by faith, new testament, and to the sprinkling of
let us have peace with God, through blood which speaketh better than that
our Lord Jesus Christ:
of Abel.—Hel). xii. 22, 24.
By whom also we have access
My little children, these things I
through faith, into this grace, wherein write to you, that you may not sin.
we stand, and glory in the hope of the But if any man sin, wb have an ad­
glory of the sons of God.—Rom. v. 1,2. vocate with the Father, Jesus Christ
Who is he that shall condemn? the just:
Christ Jesus that died; yea, that is
And he is the propitiation for our
risen also again; who is at the right sins: and not for ours only, but also
hand of God, who also maketh inter­ for those of the whole world.—1 John
cession for us.—Rom. viii. 34.
ii. 1, 2.
But now in Christ Jesus, you, I
MEDITATION
who sometime were afar off, are made
nigh by the blood of Christ. . . .
Blessed is the man who hath not
For by him we have access both in I walked in the counsel of the ungodly,
one Spirit to the Father.—Eph. ii. ¡ nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat
13, 18.
in the chair of pestilence.
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and on his law he shall meditate day clare: for I am filled, as with a holy
transport.— Ecclus. xxxix. 16.
and night.—Ps. i. 1, 2.
With desolation is all the land made
I set the Lord always in my sight:
for he is at my right hand, that I be desolate ; because there is none that
considered) in the heart.—Jer. xii. 11.
not moved.—Ps. xv. 8.
Therefore, behold, I will allure her,
And the words of my mouth shall
be such as may please : and the medita­ and will lead her into the wilderness:
tion of my heart always in thy sight. and I will speak to her heart—Osee
0 Lord, my helper, and my redeemer. ii. 14.
But Mary kept all these words, pon­
—Ps. xviii. 15.
If I have remembered thee upon my dering them in her heart.—Luke ii. 19.
bed,
I will meditate on thee in the morn­ MEDITATION, EXHORTATION
TO PRACTISE
ing: because thou hast been my helper.
And these words which I command
—Ps. Ixii. 7, 8.
I thought upon the days of old: and thee this day, shall be in thy heart:
And thou shalt tell them to thy chil­
I had in my mind the eternal years.
And I meditated in the night with dren, and thou shalt meditate upon
my own heart: and I was exercised, them, sitting in thy house, and walk­
ing on thy journey, sleeping and rising.
and I swept my spirit. . . .
And I will meditate on all thy works: —Deul. vi. 6, 7.
Lay up these my words in your hearts
and will be employed in thy inventions.
and minds, and hang them for a sign
—Ps. Ixxvi. 6, 7, 13.
I will meditate on thy command­ on your hands, and place them be­
tween your eyes.
ments: and I will consider thy ways.
Teach your children that they medi­
I will think of thy justifications: I
will not forget thy words.—Ps. cxviii. tate on them, when thou sittest in thy
house, and when thou walkest on the
15, 16.
For thy testimonies are my medita­ way, and when thou liest down and ris­
tion: and thy justifications my coun­ esi up.—Deui. xi. 18, 19.
Remember the days of old, think
sel. .. .
I meditated also on thy command­ upon every generation: ask thy father,
and he will declare to thee: thy elders,
ments, which I loved. . . .
I have thought on my ways: and and they will tell thee.—Deut. xxxii. 7.
Let not the book of this law depart
turned my feet unto thy testimonies.—
from thy mouth: but thou shalt medi­
Ps. cxviii. 24, 47, 59.
Unless thy law had been my medita­ tate on it day and night, that thou
tion, I had then perhaps perished in mayst observe and do all things that are
written in it : then shalt thou direct thy
my abjection. . . .
My eyes to thee have prevented the way, and understand it.—Jos. i. 8.
Seek not the things that are too
morning: that I might meditate on thy
high for thee, and search not into
words.—Ps. cxviii. 92, 148.
I remembered the days of old, 1 things above thy ability: but the things
meditated on all thy works: I medi­ that God hath commanded thee, think
tated upon the works of thy hands.— on them always, and in many of his
works be not curious.—Ecclus. iii. 22.
Ps. cxlii. 5.
Let thy thoughts be upon the precepts
Blessed is the man that shall con­
tinue in wisdom, and that shall medi­ of God. and meditate continually on
tate in his justice, and in his mind his commandments: and he will give
shall think of the all-seeing eye of God. thee a heart, and the desire of wisdom
shall be given to thee.—Ecclus. vi. 37.
—Ecclus. xiv. 22.
And let the thought of God be in thy
And he (the wise man) shall direct
his counsel, and his knowledge, and in mind, and all thy discourse on the com­
his secrets shall he meditate.—Ecclus. mandments of the Highest.—Ecclus.
ix. 23.
xxxix. 10.
And he (Jesus) cometh to his disciI will yet meditate, that I may de­

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pies, and findeth them asleep, and he
Thou hast caused judgment to be
saith to Peter: What? Could you not heard from heaven: the earth trembled
watch one hour with me?—Matt. and was still,
xxvi. 40.
When (lod arose in judgment, to save
For the rest, brethren, whatsoever all the meek of the carth.—Ps. Ixxv.
things are true, whatsoever modest, 9, 10.
whatsoever just, whatsoever holy, what­
The Lord lifteth up the meek, and
soever lovely, whatsoever of good fame, bringeth the wicked down even to the
if there be any virtue, if any praise of ground.—Ps. cxlvi. 6.
For the Lord is well pleased with his
discipline, think on these things.—
Philipp, iv. 8.
people: and he will exalt the meek unto
Meditate upon these things, be wholly salvation.—Ps. exlix. 4.
in these things: that thy profiting may
He shall scorn the scorners, and to
be manifest to all.—1 Tim. iv. 15.
the meek, he will give grace.—Prov.
iii. 34.
MEEK, THE
God hath overturned the thrones of
He will guide the mild in judgment: proud princes, and hath set up the
he will teach the meek his ways.—Ps. meek in their stead.—Ecclus. x. 17.
xxiv. 9.
And in that day, the deaf shall hear
I will bless the Lord at all times, his the words of the book, and out of dark­
praise shall be always in my mouth.
ness and obscurity, the eyes of the blind
In the Lord shall my soul be praised: shall see.
let the meek hear and rejoice.—Ps.
And the meek shall increase their joy
xxxiii. 2, 3.
in the Lord, and the poor men shall re­
It is better to be humbled with the joice in the Holy One of Israel.—Is.
meek, than to divide spoils with the xxix. 18, 19.
proud.—Prov. xvi. 19.
Blessed are the meek: for they shall
But he shall judge the poor with jus­ possess the land.—Matt. v. 4.
tice, and shall reprove with equity for
MEEKNESS, EXHORTATION TO
the meek of the earth.—Is. xi. 4.
Seek the Lord, all ye meek of the
My son, do thy works in meekness,
earth, you that have wrought his judg­ and thou shalt be beloved above the
ment: seek the just, seek the meek: if glory of men.—Ecclus. iii. 19.
by any means, you may be hid in the
Be meek to hear the word, that thou
day of the Lord’s indignation.—Soph. mayst understand: and return a true
ii. 3.
answer with wisdom.—Ecclus. v. 13.
My son, keep thy soul in meekness,
MEEKNESS PLEASING TO GOD
For thy power, O Lord, is not in a and give it honor, according to its de­
multitude, nor is thy pleasure in the sert.—Ecclus. x. 31.
You have heard that it hath been
strength of horses, nor from the begin­
ning have the proud been acceptable to said,
An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a
thee: but the prayer of the humble and
the meek hath always pleased thee.— tooth.
But I say to you not to resist evil:
Judith ix. 1G.
() Lord, remember David, and all his but if one strike thee on thy right
cheek, turn to him also the other:
meekness.—Ps. cxxxi. 1.
And if a man will contend with thee
For the fear of the Lord is wisdom
and discipline: and that which is agree­ in judgment, and take away thy coat,
let go thy cloak also unto him.
able to him,
And whosoever will force thee one
Is faith and meekness: and he will
fill up his treasures.—Ecclus. i. 34, 35. mile, go with him other two.—Matt. v.
38-41.
MEEKNESS REWARDED BY GOD
Take up my yoke upon you, and
But the meek shall inherit the land, learn of me, because I am meek, and
and shall delight in abundance of humble of heart: and you shall find rest
peace.—Ps. XXXVi. 11.
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Brethren, and if a man be overtaken city of the Samaritans, to prepare for
in any fault, you, who are spiritual, in­ him.
struct such a one, in the spirit of meek­
And they received him not, because
ness, considering thyself, lest thou also his face was of one going to Jerusalem.
be tempted.—Gal. vi. 1.
And when his disciples James and
Wherefore, casting away all unclean­ John had seen this, they said: Lord,
ness, and abundance of naughtiness, wilt thou that we command fire to come
with meekness, receive the ingrafted down from heaven and consume them?
word, which is able to save your souls.
And turning, he rebuked them, say­
—James i. 21.
ing: You know not of what spirit you
Whose adorning, let it not be the out­ are.
ward plaiting of the hair, or the wear­
The Son of man came not to destroy
ing of gold, or the putting on of ap­ souls, but to save. And they went into
parel :
another town.—Luke ix. 52-56.
But the hidden man of the heart, in
You have condemned and put to
the incorruptibility of a quiet and a death the Just One, and he resisted you
meek spirit, which is rich in the sight not.—James v. 6.
of God.—1 Peter iii. 3, 4.
For unto this are you called: because
Christ also suffered for us, leaving you
MEEKNESS OF CHRIST, THE
an example, that you should follow his
Take up my yoke upon you, and steps. . . .
learn of me, because I am meek, and
Who, when he was reviled, did not
humble of heart.—Matt. xi. 29.
revile: when he suffered, he threatened
That it might be fulfilled which was not: but delivered himself to him that
spoken by Isaias the prophet, saying: judged him unjustly.—1 Peter ii. 21,23.
Behold my servant whom I have
chosen, my beloved, in whom my soul
MERCY OF GOD, THE
hath been well pleased. I will put my
And I w’ill have mercy on whom I
spirit upon him, and he shall show
will, and I will be merciful to whom it
judgment to the Gentiles.
He shall not contend, nor cry out, shall please me.—Ex. xxxiii. 19.
0 the Lord, the Lord God, merciful
neither shall any man hear his voice in
and gracious, patient, and of much com­
the streets.
The bruised reed he shall not break: passion, and true,
Who keepest mercy unto thousands:
and smoking flax he shall not extin­
guish: till he send forth judgment unto who takest away iniquity, and wicked­
ness, and sin, and no man of himself
victory.—Matt. xii. 17-20.
And when they drew’ nigh to Jeru­ is innocent before thee.—Ex. xxxiv. 6,7.
And David said to Gad: I am in a
salem, and were come to Bethphage,
unto mount Olivet, then Jesus sent twro great strait: but it is better that I
should fall into the hands of the Lord
disciples,
Saying to them: Go ye into the vil­ (for his mercies are many) than into
lage that is over against you, and im­ the hands of men.—2 Kings xxiv. 14.
And I wish that God would speak
mediately you shall find an ass tied,
and a colt with her: loose them and with thee, and would open his lips to
thee,
bring them to me. . . .
That he might show thee the secrets
Now all this w’as done that it might
be fulfilled, which was spoken by the of wisdom, and that his law is mani­
fold, and thou mightest understand that
prophet, saying:
Tell ye the daughter of Sion: Behold he exacteth much less of thee, than thy
thy king cometh to thee, meek, and sit­ iniquity deserveth.—Job xi. 5, 6.
He shall have mercy on him, and
ting upon an ass, and a colt, the foal of
her that is used to the yoke.—Matt. xxi. shall say: Deliver him, that he may
not go down to corruption: I have
1, 2, 4, 5.
And he sent messengers before his found wherein I may be merciful to
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And thy mercy will follow me all
But thou hast mercy upon all, because
the days of my life.—Ps. xxii. 6.
thou canst do all things, and overlookFor thy mercy is before my eyes; est the sins of men for the sake of re­
and I am well pleased with thy truth. pentance.—Wi's. xi. 24.
—Ps. xxv. 3.
Therefore God is patient in them
I will be glad, and rejoice in thy and poureth forth his mercy upon
mercy. For thou hast regarded my them. . . .
humility, thou hast saved my soul out
Therefore hath he filled up his mercy
of distress.—Ps. xxx. 8.
in their favor, and hath shown them
In the day time, the Lord hath com­ the way of justice.
manded his mercy; and a canticle to
The compassion of man is towards
him in the night.—Ps. xii. 9.
his neighbor: but the mercy of God is
God hath spoken once, these two upon all flesh.
things have I heard, that power belongHe hath mercy, and teacheth, and
correcteth, as a shepherd doth his flock.
eth to God,
And mercy to thee, 0 Lord; for thou —Ecclus. xviii. 9, 11-13.
wilt render to every man according to
Grace is like a paradise in blessings,
his works.—Ps. Ixi. 12, 13.
and mercy remaineth for ever.—Ecclus.
Will God then cast off for ever? or xl. 17.
will he never more be favorable again?
Let your soul rejoice in his mercy,
Or will he cut off his mercy for ever, and you shall not be confounded in his
praise.—Ecclus. Ii. 37.
from generation to generation?
Therefore the Lord waiteth, that he
Or will God forget to show mercy? or
will he in his anger shut up his mer­ may have mercy on you; and therefore
shall he be exalted, sparing you: be­
cies?—Ps. Ixxvi. 8-10.
Mercy and truth have met each cause the Lord is the God of judg­
other: justice and peace have kissed.— ment : blessed are all they that wait for
him.—Is. xxx. 18.
Ps. Ixxxiv. 11.
Give praise, O ye heavens, and re­
For thou hast said: Mercy shall be
built up for ever in the heavens: thy joice, O earth, ye mountains, give
truth shall be prepared in them. . . . praise with jubilation: because the
Justice and judgment are the prepa­ Lord hath comforted his people, and
Oli:
ration of thy throne. Mercy and truth
shall go before thy face.—Ps. Ixxxviii. xlix. 13.
3, 15.
For the mountains shall be moved,
Lord, where are thy ancient mercies, and the hills shall tremble; but my
according to what thou didst swear to mercy shall not depart from thee, and
David in thy truth?—Ps. Ixxxviii. 50. the covenant of my peace shall not be
Thou shalt arise, and have mercy on moved: said the Lord that hath mercy
Sion: for it is time to have mercy on on thee.—Is. liv. 10.
it, for the time is come.—Ps. ci. 14.
Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem,
Bless the Lord, 0 my soul, and never saying: Thus saith the Lord: I have re­
forget all he hath done for thee.
membered thee, pitying thy youth, and
Who forgiveth all thy iniquities: the love of thy espousals, when thou
who healeth all thy diseases.
followedst me in the desert, in a land
Who redeemeth thy life from destruc­ that is not sown.—Jer. ii. 2.
tion: who crowneth thee with mercy
But let him that glorieth, glory in
and compassion.—Ps. cii. 2-4.
this, that he understandeth and knowThe Lord is compassionate and mer eth me, for I am the Lord that exercise
ciful: long-suffering and plenteous ii ' mercy, and judgment, and justice in
mercy.
the earth : for these things please me,
He will not always be angry; nor wil saith the Lord.—Jer. ix. 24.
he threaten for ever.—Ps. cii. 8, 9.
I In the midst of the years, thou shalt
Let the mercies of the Lord giv make it (thy work) known: when thou
glory to him, and his wonderful work art angry, thou wilt remember mercy.
to the children of men.—Ps. evi. 15.
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Be ye therefore merciful, as your | heavens: and thy truth even unto the
Father also is merciful.—Luke vi. 36. clouds.—Ps. crii. 5.
Blessed be the Clod and Father of our
The earth, 0 Lord, is full of thy
Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mer­ mercy: teach me thy justifications.—
cies, and the God of all comfort.—2 Cor. Ps. cxviii. 64.
i. 3.
Many, O Lord, are thy mercies;
quicken me, according to thy judg­
MERCY OF GOD, THE POWER ment.—Ps. cxviii. 156.
AND EXCELLENCE OF THE
The Lord is sweet to all: and his
For wrath is in his indignation; and tender mercies are over all his works.
—Ps. cxliv. 9.
life in his good will.—Ps. xxix. 6.
For according to his greatness, so
For thy mercy is better than lives:
thee my lips shall praise.—Ps. Ixii. 4. also is his mercy with him.—Ecclus.
Brethren are a help in the time of ii. 23.
And who shall show forth the power
trouble, but mercy shall deliver more
of his majesty? or who shall be able
than they.—Ecclus. xl. 24.
But when the goodness and kindness to declare his mercy?—Ecclus. xviii. 4.
For a small moment have I forsaken
of God our Saviour appeared :
Not by the works of justice, which we thee, but with great mercies will I
have done, but according to his mercy, gather thee.
In a moment of indignation, have I
he saved us, by the laver of regenera­
tion, and renovation of the Holy Ghost. hid my face a little while from thee,
but with everlasting kindness have I
—Titus iii. 4, 5.
had mercy on thee, said the Lord thy
Redeemer.—7s. liv. 7, 8.
MERCY OF GOD, GREATNESS
The mercies of the Lord that we are
OF THE
not consumed: because his commisera­
But as for me, in the multitude of tions have not failed.
thy mercy,
They are new every morning, great
I will come into thy house.—Ps. v. 8. is thy faithfulness.—Lam. iii. 22, 23.
He loveth mercy and judgment; the
But God (who is rich in mercy), for
earth is full of the mercy of the Lord. his exceeding charity wherewith he
Ps. xxxii. 5.
loved us,
0, how hast thou multiplied thy
Even when we were dead in sins,
mercy, 0 God!—Ps. xxxv. 8.
hath quickened us together in Christ
I will give praise to thee, O Lord, (by whose grace you are saved). . . .
among the people: I will sing a psalm
That he might show in the ages to
to thee among the nations.
come, the abundant riches of his grace,
For thy mercy is magnified even to in his bounty towards us in Christ
the heavens: and thy truth unto the Jesus.—Eph. ii. 4, 5, 7.
clouds.—Ps. Ivi. 10, 11.
His mercy and truth who shall MERCY OF GOD, ACKNOWLEDG­
MENT OF THE
search?—Ps. lx. 8.
Praise ye his name: for the Lord is
O Lord, thou hast crowned us, as
sweet, his mercy endureth for ever, and with a shield of thy good will.—Ps.
his truth to generation and generation. v. 13.
—Ps. xeix. 4, 5.
Blessed be the Lord, for he hath
For according to the height of the shown his wonderful mercy to me in a
heaven above the earth : he hath fortified city.—Ps. xxx. 22.
strengthened his mercy towards them
We have received thy mercy, 0 God,
that fear him. . . .
in the midst of thy temple.—Ps. xlvii.
But the mercy of the Lord is from 10.
For thy mercy is great towards me:
eternity and unto eternity upon them
that fear him.—Ps. cii. 11, 17.
and thou hast delivered my soul out of
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The mercies of the Lord I will sing
for ever.—Ps. Ixxxviii. 2.
We are filled in the morning with thy
mercy: and we have rejoiced, and are
delighted all our days.—Ps. Ixxxix. 14.
It is good to give praise to the Lord :
and to sing to thy name, O most High.
To show forth thy mercy in the morn­
ing, and thy truth in the night.—Ps.
xci. 2, 3.
If I said: My foot is moved: thy
mercy, 0 Lord, assisted me.—Ps. xciii.
18.
He hath remembered his mercy and
his truth towards the house of Israel.
—Ps. xcvii. 3.
He hath not dealt with us according
to our sins: nor rewarded us according
to our iniquities.—Ps. cii. 10.
Give glory to the Lord, for he is good :
for his mercy endureth for ever.
Let them say so who have been re­
deemed by the Lord, whom he hath
redeemed from the hand of the enemy:
and gathered out of the countries.—Ps.
evi. 1, 2.
The Lord is merciful and just, and
our God showeth mercy. . . .
Turn, 0 my soul, into thy rest: for
the Lord hath been bountiful to thee.
For he hath delivered my soul from
death: my eyes from tears, my feet
from falling.—Ps. cxiv. 5, 7, 8.
0 praise the Lord, all ye nations:
praise him, all ye people.
For his mercy is confirmed upon us:
and the truth of the Lord remaineth
for ever.—Ps. cxvi. 1, 2.
But thou, our God, art gracious and
true, patient, and ordering all things in
mercy.—Wis. xv. 1.
Give thanks whilst thou art living,
whilst thou art alive and in health,
thou shalt give thanks, and shalt praise
God, and shalt glory in his mercies.—
Ecclus. xvii. 27.
I remembered thy mercy, 0 Lord,
and thy works, which are from the be­
ginning of the world.—Ecclus. Ii. 11.
Give praise, 0 ye heavens, for the
Lord hath shown mercy: shout with
joy, ye ends of the earth: ye moun­
tains, resound with praise, thou, 0
forest, and every tree therein: for the
Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and Israel
shall be glorified.—Is. xliv. 23.

I will remember the tender mercies
of the Lord, the praise of the Lord, for
all the things that the Lord hath be­
stowed upon us, and for the multitude
of his good things to the house of
Israel, which he hath given them ac­
cording to his kindness, and according
to the multitude of his mercies.—Is.
Ixiii. 7.
And thou hast dealt with us, 0 Lord
our God, according to all thy goodness,
and according to all that great mercy of
thine.—Bar. ii. 27.
O Lord God, Creator of all things,
dreadful and strong, just and merci­
ful, who alone art the good king,
Who alone art gracious, who alone
art just, and almighty, and eternal.—
2 Mach. i. 24, 25.
Blessed be the God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to
his great mercy, hath regenerated us
unto a lively hope, by the resurrection
of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Unto an inheritance, incorruptible
and undefiled, and that cannot fade, re­
served in heaven for you.—1 Peler i.
3, 4.
MERCY AND FAVOR TO US,
GOD’S SPECIAL
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MERCY AND FAVOR TO
OWN PEOPLE, GOD’S
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HIS

In thy mercy, thou hast been a leader
to the people which thou hast redeemed:
and in thy strength, thou hast carried
them to thy holy habitation.—Ex.
xv. 13.
You have seen what I have done to
the Egyptians, how I have carried you
upon the wings of eagles, and have taken
you to myself.
If therefore you will hear my voice,
and keep my covenant, you shall be
my peculiar possession above all people:
for all the earth is mine.
And you shall be to me a priestly
kingdom, and a holy nation. These
are the words thou shalt speak to the
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Salvation is of the Lord : and thy I And they shall spring up among the
blessing is upon thy people.—Ps. iii. 9. herbs, as willows beside the running
The Lord is the strength of his waters.—Is. xliv. 1-4.
people, and the protector of the salva­
Even to your old age, I am the same,
tion of his anointed.—Ps. xxvii, 8.
and to your grey hairs, I will carry
The Lord will give strength to his you: I have made you, and I will bear:
people: the Lord will bless his people I will carry, and will save.—Is. xlvi. 4.
with peace.—Ps. xxviii. 10.
And thou shalt be a crown of glory
Blessed is the nation whose God is in the hand of the Lord, and a royal
the Lord: the people whom he hath diadem in the hand of thy God.
chosen for his inheritance.—Ps. xxxii.
Thou shalt no more be called For­
saken; and thy land shall no more be
12.
Mountains arc round about it (Jeru­ called Desolate : but thou shalt be called
salem) : so the Lord is round about his My pleasure in her, and thy land, in­
people, from henceforth now and for habited. Because the Lord hath been
ever.—Ps. exxiv. 2.
I well pleased with thee: and thy land
For the Lord is well pleased with his shall be inhabited.—Is. Ixii. 3, 4.
people: and he will exalt the meek un­
And he said: Surely they are my
to salvation.—Ps. exlix. 4.
people, children that will not deny: so
For in all things thou didst magnify j he became their saviour.
thy people, O Lord, and didst honor
In all their affliction he was not
them, and didst not despise them, but troubled, and the angel of his presence
didst assist them at all times, and in saved them : in his love and in his
every place.— Wis. xix. 20.
mercy he redeemed them, and he car­
Thou hast been favorable to the na­ ried them, and lifted them up, all the
tion, 0 Lord, thou hast been favorable days of old.—Is. Ixiii. 8, 9.
And dost thou seek great things for
to the nation: art thou glorified? thou
hast removed all the ends of the earth thyself? Seek not: for behold Í will
bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord’,
far off.—Is. xxvi. 15.
But thou, Israel, art my servant, but I will give thee thy life, and save
Jacob, whom I have chosen, the seed of thee in all places whithersoever thou
shalt go.—J er. xiv. 5.
Abraham, my friend. . . .
And I will espouse thee to me for
Fear not, for I am with thee: turn
not aside, for I am thy God: I have ever : and I will espouse thee to me in
strengthened thee, and have helped justice, and judgment, and in mercy.
thee, and the right hand of my just one and in commiserations.
And I will espouse thee to me in
hath upheld thee.
Behold, all that fight against thee, faith: and thou shalt know that I am
shall be confounded and ashamed, they the Lord.—Osee ii. 19, 20.
And you shall know that I am in the
shall be as nothing, and the men shall
perish that strive against thee. . . . midst of Israel: and I am the Lord your
For I am the Lord thy God, who take God, and there is none besides: and
thee by the hand, and say to thee: Fear my people shall not be confounded for
not, I have helped thee.—Is. xii. 8, 10,
In that day it shall be said to Jerusa­
11, 13.
And now hear, O Jacob, my servant, lem : Fear not : to Sion : Let not thy
hands be weakened.
and Israel, whom I have chosen.
The Lord thy God in the midst of
Thus saith the Lord that made and
formed thee,thy helper from the womb: thee is mighty, he will save: he will
Fear not, 0 my servant Jacob, and thou rejoice over thee with gladness, he will
be silent in his love, he will be joyful
most righteous whom I have chosen.
For I will pour out waters upon the over thee in praise.—Soph. iii. 1G. 17.
And if I shall go, and prepare a place
thirsty ground, and streams upon the
dry land: I will pour out my spirit for you, I will come again, and will
upon thy seed, and my blessing upon take you to myself: that where I am,
you also may be.—John xiv. 3.
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MERCY OF GOD TO THE
I great favor disposest of us: for thy
JUST, THE
power is at hand, when thou wilt.
I am the Lord thy God, mighty,
®ut thou hast taught thy people by
jealous, visiting the iniquity of the :suca works, that they must be just end
fathers upon the children, unto the 'umane, and hast made thy children to
third and fourth generation of them , °* a £°°d hope: because in judging,
that hate me:
thou givest place for repentance for
And showing mercy unto thousands sinsls- x''- 1®» 19*
to them that love me, and keep my
But I say to you, Love your enccommandments—Ex. xx. 5, 6.
mies: do good to them that hate you:
The innocent in hands, and clean of and Pray for them that persecute and
heart, who hath not taken his soul in calumniate you:
That you may be the children of your
vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neigh­
Father who is in heaven, who maketh
bor.
He shall receive a blessing from the his sun to rise upon the good, and bad.
Lord, and mercy from God his Saviour. and raineth upon the just and the un­
just.—Matt. v. 4-1, 45.
—Ps. xxiii. 4, 5.
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killI have found David my servant: with
my holy oil I have anointed him. . . . est the prophets, and stonest them that
And my truth and my mercy shall be are sent unto thee, how often would I
with him: and in my name shall his have gathered together thy children, as
the hen doth gather her chickens under
horn be exalted. . . .
I will keep my mercy for him for her wings, and thou wouldst not?—
ever: and my covenant faithful to Matt, xxiii. 37.
But love ye your enemies: do good,
him. . . .
But my mercy I will not take away and lend, hoping for nothing thereby:
from him: nor will I suffer my truth to and your reward shall be great, and you
shall be the sons of the Highest; for
fail.—Ps. Ixxxviii. 21, 25, 29, 34.
For according to the height of the he is kind to the unthankful, and to the
heaven above the earth: he hath evil.—Luke vi. 35.
For why did Christ, when as yet we
strengthened his mercy towards them
were weak, according to the time, die
that fear him.—Ps. cii. 11.
He hath mercy on him that receiveth for the ungodly?
For scarce for a just man will one
the discipline of mercy, and that mak­
eth haste in his judgments.—Ecclus. die; yet perhaps for a good man, some
one would dare to die.
xviii. 14.
But God commendcth his charity
Till he have judged the cause of his
people, and he shall delight the just towards us; because when as yet we
were sinners, according to the time,
with his mercy.—Ecclus. xxxv. 25.
Christ died for us.—Rom. v. 6-9.
Blessed are the merciful: for they
shall obtain mercy.—Matt. v. 7.
And his mercy is from generation MERCY OF GOD TO REPENTANT
unto generations, to them that fear
SINNERS, THE
him.—Luke i. 50.
See also: Forgiveness of sins—
See then the goodness and the sever­
ity of God: towards them indeed that page 157.
are fallen, the severity; but towards
And having waited yet seven other
thee, the goodness of God, if thou abide
in goodness, otherwise thou also shalt days, he (Noah) again sent forth the
dove out of the ark.
be cut off.—Rom. xi. 22.
And she came to him in the evening,
carrying a bough of an olive-tree, with
MERCY OF GOD TO THE
green leaves, in her mouth.—Gen. viii.
UNJUST, THE
10, 11.
But thou, being master of power,
And when thou shalt seek there the
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so, if thou seek him with all thy heart, I thee, but with great mercies will I
and all the affliction of thy soul. . . ... | gather thee.
In a moment of indignation, have I
Because the Lord thy God is a merci­
ful God: he will not leave thee, nor al-1 hid my face a little while from thee,
together destroy thee, nor forget the but with everlasting kindness, have I
covenant, by which he swore to thy | had mercy on thee, said the Lord thy
Redeemer.—Is. liv. 7, 8.
fathers.—Deut. iv. 29, 31.
the-----------------------wicked forsake his way, ---and
For the Lord your God is merciful,. I>et
----—
and will not turn away his face from the unjust man his thoughts, and let
you. if you return to him.—2 Paral, him return to the Lord, and he will
have mercy on him, and to our God:
xix. 9.
Be converted therefore, ye sinners, for he is bountiful to forgive.—Is. Iv. 7.
For I will not contend for ever,
and do justice before God, believing
that he will show his mercy to you.— neither will I be angry unto the end:
because the spirit shall go forth from
Tob. xiii. 8.
A sacrifice to God is an afflicted | my face, and breathings I will make.
For the iniquity of his covetousness
spirit: a contrite and humbled heart,
0 God, thou wilt not despise.—Ps. I was angry, and I struck him: I hid
my face from thee, and w’as angry:
1.19.
0 God, thou hast cast us off, and and lie went away w'andering in his own
hast destroyed us; thou hast been heart.
I
saw
his
ways,
and
I
healed
him,
and
angry, and hast had mercy on us.—Ps. brought him back, and restored com­
fix. 3.
forts to him, and to them that mourn
Thou hast mitigated all thy anger: for him.—Is. Ivii. 16-18.
thou hast turned away from the wrath
For in my wrath have I struck thee,
of thy indignation. . . .
and in my reconciliation, have I had
Thou wilt turn, 0 God, and bring us mercy upon thee.—Is. lx. 10.
to life: and thy people shall rejoice in
It is commonly said: If a man put
thee.—Ps. Ixxxiv. 4, 7.
away his wife, and she go from him,
He will not always be angry; nor will and marry another man. shall he re­
he threaten for ever.—Ps. cii. 9.
turn to her any more? Shall not that
I shall not die, but live: and shall woman be polluted, and defiled? but
declare the works of the Lord.
thou hast prostituted thyself to many
The Lord chastising hath chastised lovers: nevertheless, return to me. saith
me: hut he hath not delivered me over the Lord, and I will receive thee.—
to death.—Ps. cxvii. 17, 18.
Jer. iii. 1.
For the Highest hateth sinners, and
Now therefore saith the Lord: Be
hath mercy on the penitent.—Ecclus. converted to me with all your heart, in
xii. 3.
fasting, and in weeping, and in mourn­
But to the penitent, he hath given the ing.
way of justice.—Ecclus. xvii. 20.
And rend your hearts, and not your
How great is the mercy of the Lord, garments, and turn to the Lord your
and his forgiveness to them that turn God: for he is gracious and merciful,
to him!—Ecclus. xvii. 28.
patient, and rich in mercy, and ready
And they called upon the Lord, who to repent of the evil.
is merciful, and spreading their hands,
Who knoweth but he will return, and
they lifted them up to heaven: and the forgive, and leave a blessing behind
holy Lord God quickly heard their him, sacrifice and libation to the Lord
voice.
your God?—Joel ii. 12-14.
Who is a God like to thee, who takHe was not mindful of their sins,
neither did he deliver them up to their est away iniquity, and passest by the
enemies, but he purified them by the sin of the remnant of thy inheritance?
hand of Tsai ns, the holy prophet.— he will send his fury in no more, be­
cause he delighteth in mercy.—Mich.
Ecclus. xlviii. 22, 23.
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Turn ye to me, saith the Lord of
hosts: and I will turn to you, saith the
Lord of hosts.—Zach. i. 3.
For thus saith the Lord of hosts: As
I purposed to afflict you, when your
fathers had provoked me to wrath,
saith the Lord,
And I had no mercy: so turning
again, I have thought in these days to
do good to the house of Juda, and Jeru­
salem: fear not.—Zach. viii. 14, 15.
And he (the penitent thief) said to
Jesus: Lord, remember me, when thou
shalt come into thy kingdom.
And Jesus said to him: Amen, I say
to thee, this day thou shalt be with me
in paradise.—Luke xxiii. 42, 43.
MERCY OF GOD TO THOSE IN
SORROW AND DISTRESS, THE
So going in he (the angel) saluted
him, and said: Joy be to thee always.
And Tobias said: What manner of
joy shall be to me, who sit in darkness,
and see not the light of heaven ?
And the young man said to him : Be
of good courage, thy cure from God is
at hand.—Tab. v. 11-13.
But yet thou stretchest not forth thy
hand to their consumption : and if they
shall fall down, thou wilt save.—Job
xxx. 24.
How great troubles hast thou shown
me, many and grievous: and turning,
thou hast brought me to life, and hast
brought me back again from the depths
of the earth:
Thou hast multiplied thy magnifi­
cence; and turning to me, thou hast
comforted me.—Ps. Ixx. 20, 21.
According to the multitude of my
sorrows in my heart, thy comforts have
given joy to my soul.—Ps. xciii. 19.
The Lord doth mercies, and judg­
ment for all that suffer wrong.—Ps.
cii. 6.
They were hungry and thirsty: their
soul fainted in them.
And they cried to the Lord in their
tribulation: and he delivered them out
of their distresses.
And he led them into the right way,
that they might go to a city of habita­
tion.
Let the mercies of the Lord give

glory to him: and his wonderful works
to the children of men.
For he hath satisfied the empty soul,
and hath filled the hungry soul with
good things.
Such as sat in darkness and in the
shadow of death: bound in want and
in iron. . . .
And their heart was humbled with
labors: they were weakened, and there
was none to help them.
Then they cried to the Lord in their
affliction : and he delivered them out of
their distresses.
And he brought them out of dark­
ness, and the shadow of death; and
broke their bonds in sunder.—Ps. evi.
5-10, 12-14.
The sorrows of death have compassed
me: and the perils of hell have found
me.
I met with trouble and sorrow: and
I called upon the name of the Lord.
O Lord, deliver my soul. The Lord
is merciful and just, and our God
showeth mercy.
. . . Turn, O my soul, into thy
rest: for the Lord hath been bountiful
to thee.
For he hath delivered my soul from
death : my eyes from tears, my feet
from falling.—Ps. cxiv. 3-5, 7, 8.
For he was mindful of us in our af­
fliction: for his mercy endureth for
ever.
And he redeemed us from our ene­
mies: for his mercy endureth for ever,
—Ps. cxxxv. 23, 24.
The Lord lifteth up all that fall: and
setteth up all that are cast down.—Ps.
cxliv. 14.
Blessed is he who hath the God of
Jacob for his helper, whose hope is in
the Lord his God.
. . . Who keepeth truth for ever:
who executeth judgment for them that
suffer wrong: who giveth food to the
hungry.
The Lord looseth them that are fet­
tered : the Lord enlighteneth the blind.
The Lord lifteth up them that are
cast down: the Lord loveth the just.
The Lord keepeth the strangers, he
will support the fatherless and the
widow.—Ps. cxlv. 5, 7-9.
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good: to our God be joyful and comely
praise. . . .
Who healeth the broken of heart, and
bindeth up their bruises.—Ps. cxlvi.
1, 3.
For God is compassionate and mer­
ciful, and will forgive sins in the day
of tribulation: and he is a protector
to all that seek him in truth.—Ecclus.
ii. 13.
The mercy of God is beautiful in the
time of affliction, as a cloud of rain, in
the time of drought.—Ecclus. xxxv. 26.
0 Lord, thou art my God, I will exalt
thee, and give glory to thy name. . . .
Because thou hast been a strength to
the poor, a strength to the needy in his
distress: a refuge from the whirlwind, a
shadow from the heat. For the blast
of the mighty, is like a whirlwind beat­
ing against a wall.—Is. xxv. 1, 4.
Give praise, O ye heavens, and re­
joice, 0 earth, ye mountains, give
praise with jubilation: because the
Lord hath comforted his people, and
will have mercy on his poor ones.—Is.
xlix. 13.
0 poor little one, tossed with tempest,
without all comfort, behold I will lay
thy stones in order, and will lay thy
foundations with sapphires.—Is. liv. 11.
As one whom the mother caresseth,
so will I comfort you, and you shall be
comforted in Jerusalem.—Is. Ixvi. 13.
For I have inebriated the weary soul:
and I have filled every hungry soul.—
Jer. xxxi. 25.
For the Lord will not cast off for
ever.
For if he hath cast off, he will also
have mercy, according to the multitude
of his mercies.
For he hath not willingly afflicted,
nor cast off the children of men.—Lam.
iii. 31-33.
The Lord is good and giveth strength
in the day of trouble: and knoweth
them that hope in him.—Nahum i. 7.
The bruised reed he shall not break ;
and smoking flax he shall not extin­
guish; till he send forth judgment unto
victory.—Natl. xii. 20.
You have heard of the patience of
Job, and you have seen the end of the
Lord, that the Lord is merciful and
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He hath chastised us for our iniqui­
ties: and he will save us for his own
mercy. ...
Be converted, therefore, ye sinners,
and do justice before God, believing
that he will show his mercy to you.—
Tob. xiii. 5, 8.
But I, as a fruitful olive-tree in the
house of God, have hoped in the mercy
of God for ever, yea, for ever and ever.
—Ps. Ii. 10.
The Lord taketh pleasure in them
that fear him: and in them that hope
in his mercy.—Ps. cxlvi. 11.
Ye that fear the Lord, wait for his
mercy: and go not aside from him, lest
ye fall.—Ecclus. ii. 7.
In their affliction, they will rise early
to me: Come, and let us return to the
Lord :
For he hath taken us, and he will heal
us: he will strike, and he will cure us.
He will revive us after two days: on
the third day, he will raise us up, and
we shall live in his sight. We shall
know, and we shall follow on, that we
may know the Lord. His going forth
is prepared as the morning light, and
he will come to us, as the early and the
latter rain to the earth.—Osee vi. 1-3.
For we have not a high priest, who
cannot have compassion on our infirmi­
ties: but one tempted in all things, like
as we are, without sin.
Let us go therefore with confidence
to the throne of grace: that we may ob­
tain mercy, and find grace in seasonable
aid.—Heb. iv. 15, 16.

MERCY OF GOD, OUR NEED
OF THE
See also: Help, our need of God's
—page 202.

Look thou upon inc, and have mercy
on me; for I am alone and poor.—Ps.
xxiv. 16.
Remember not our former iniquities:
let thy mercies speedily prevent us. for
we are become exceeding poor.—Ps.
Ixxviii. 8.
Behold, as the eyes of servants are
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the hands of her mistress: so are our
And according to the multitude oí
eyes unto the Lord our God, until he thy tender mercies, blot out my ini­
have mercy on us.—Ps. cxxii. 2.
quity.—Ps. 1. 3.
The mercies of the Lord that we are
In the multitude of thy mercy, hear
not consumed: because his commisera­ me, in the truth of thy salvation. . . .
tions have not failed.—Lam. iii. 22.
Hear me, O Lord, for thy mercy is
kind ; look upon me, according to the
MERCY OF GOD, WE SHOULD multitude of thy tender mercies.—Ps.
PRAY FOR THE
Ixviii. 14, 17.
Have mercy on me, 0 Lord, for I
But forasmuch as the Lord is patient,
let us be penitent for this same thing, have cried to thee, all the day.
Give joy to the soul of thy servant,
and with many tears, let us beg his par­
for to thee, O Lord, I have lifted up my
don :
For God will not threaten like man, soul.
For thou, O Lord, art sweet and
nor be inflamed to anger like the son
mild; and plenteous in mercy to all
of man.
And therefore let us humble our that call upon thee.—Ps. Ixxxv. 3-5.
Help me, O Lord my God; save me
souls before him, and continuing in an
according to thy mercy.—Ps. cviii. 26.
humble spirit, in his service:
Put us not to confusion, but deal
Let us ask the Lord with tears, that
according to his will, so he would show with us according to thy meekness, and
his mercy to us: that as our heart is according to the multitude of thy mer­
troubled by their (the enemy’s) pride, cies.—Dan. iii. 42.
0 Lord, to us belongeth confusion of
so also we may glorify in our humility.
face, to our princes, and to our fathers
—Judith viii. 14-17.
His flesh is consumed with punish­ that have sinned.
But to thee, the Lord our God.
ments, let him return to the days of his
mercy and forgiveness, for we have de­
youth.
He shall pray to God, and he will be parted from thee.—Dan. ix. 8, 9.
Incline, O my God, thy ear, and hear:
gracious to him: and he shall see his
face with joy, and he will render to open thy eyes, and see our desolation,
and the city upon which thy name is
man his justice.—Job xxxiii. 25, 26.
And now, beseech ye the face of God, called: for it is not for our justifica­
that he may have mercy on you (for tions, that we present our prayers be­
by your hand hath this been done), if fore thy face, but for the multitude of
by any means he will receive your faces, thy tender mercies.—Dan. ix. 18.
saith the Lord of hosts.—Malach. i. 9.
MERCY OF GOD, EXAMPLES
Let us go therefore with confidence
OF THE
to the throne of grace: that we may
obtain mercy, and find grace in season­ I will establish my covenant with
able aid.—Heb. iv. 16.
you, and all flesh shall be no more deMERCY OF GOD OUR PLEA AND neither shall there be from henceforth
OUR HOPE, THE
a flood to waste the earth.
Turn to me, 0 Lord, and deliver my
And God said : This is the sign of
soul: 0 save me, for thy mercy’s sake. the covenant which I give between me
—Ps. vi. 5.
and you, and to every living soul that is
Remember, 0 Lord, thy bowels of with you, for perpetual generations.
compassion; and thy mercies, that are
I will set my bow in the clouds, and
from the beginning of the world. . . . it shall be the sign of a covenant be­
According to thy mercy, remember tween me, and between the earth.
thou me: for thy goodness’ sake, O
And when I shall cover the sky with
Lord.—Ps. xxiv. 6, 7.
clouds, my bow shall appear in the
Have mercy on me, 0 God, accord­ clouds:
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with you, and with every living soul I But he is merciful, and will forgive
that beareth flesh: and there shall no their sins: and will not destroy them,
more be waters of a flood to destroy
And many a time did he turn away
all flesh.—Gen. ix. 11-15.
his anger: and did not kindle all his
Now after a long time, the king of wrath.
Egypt died: and the children of Israel
And he remembered that they are
groaning, cried out because of the flesh: a wind that goeth, and returneth
works: and their cry went up unto God not.—Ps. Ixxvii. 38, 39.
from the works.
And the word of the Lord came to
And he heard their groaning, and re- me, saying:
membered the covenant which he made
Son of man, make knowr to Jeruwith Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
salem her abominations.
And the Lord looked upon the chilAnd thou shalt say: Thus saith the
dren of Israel, and he knew them.— Lord God to Jerusalem: . . .
Ei. ii. 23-25.
And when thou wast born, in the day
But the Lord’s portion is his people : of thy nativity, thy navel was not cut,
Jacob, the lot of his inheritance.
neither wast thou washed with water
He found him in a desert land, in a for thy health, nor salted with salt, nor
place of horror, and of vast wilderness: swaddled with clouts.
he led him about, and taught him:
No eye had pity on thee, to do any
and he kept him as the apple of his of these things for thee, out of compaseye.
sion to thee : but thou wast cast out
As the eagle enticing her young to upon the face of the earth in the abfly, and hovering over them, he spread jection of thy soul, in the day that thou
his wings, and hath taken him and car- wast born.
ried him on his shoulders.—Deut. xxxii.
And passing by thee, I saw that thou
9-11.
wast trodden under foot in thy own
Yea, when they had made also to blood; and I said to thee, when thou
themselves a molten calf, and had said: wast in thy blood: Live: I have said
This is thy God, that brought thee out to thee: Live in thy blood.
of Egypt: and had committed great
. . . And I washed thee with water,
blasphemies :
and cleansed away thy blood from thee :
Yet thou, in thy many mercies, didst and I anointed thee with oil.
not leave them in the desert : the pillar
And I clothed thee with embroidery,
of the cloud departed not from them and shod thee with violet-colored
by day, to lead them in the way, and the shoes : and I girded thee about with fine
pillar of fire by night, to show them the linen, and clothed thee with fine garway by which they should go.
ments.
And thou gavest them thy good Spirit
I decked thee also with ornaments,
to teach them, and thy manna, thou and put bracelets on thy hands, and
didst not withhold from their mouth, a chain about thy neck.
and thou gavest them water for their
And I put a jewel upon thy forehead,
thirst.
and earrings in thy ears, and a beautiForty years didst thou feed them in ful crown upon thy head.
the desert, and nothing was wanting to
And thou wast adorned with gold,
them: their garments did not grow old, and silver, and wast clothed with fine
and their feet were not worn.
linen, and embroidered work, and many
. . . But after they had rest, they colors: thou didst eat fine flour and
returned to do evil in thy sight: and honey and oil, and wast made exceedthou leftest them in the hand of their ing beautiful: and wast advanced to
enemies, and they had dominion over be a queen.
them. Then they returned, and cried
And thy renown went forth among
to thee : and thou heardest from the nations for thy beauty : for thou
heaven, and deliveredst them many wast perfect through my beauty, which
times in thy mercies.—2 Esd. ix. I had put upon thee, saith the Lord
18-21, 28.
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And the men of Ninive believed in I in his bounty towards ua in Christ
God: and they proclaimed a fast, and Jesus.—Eph. ii. 4-7.
put on sackcloth from the greatest to
Giving thanks to God the Father,
the least. . . .
who hath made us worthy to be par­
And God saw their works, that they takers of the lot of the saints in light:
were turned from their evil way: and I Who hath delivered us from the
God had mercy with regard to the evil, power of darkness, and hath translated
which he had said that he would do us into the kingdom of the Son of hi»
them, and he did it not.—Jonas iii. love,
5, 10.
In whom we have redemption through
And the scribes and Pharisees bring, his blood, the remission of sins.—Col
unto him a woman taken in adultery : i. 12-14.
and they set her in the midst,
And you, when you were dead in your
And said to him: Master, this woman i sins, and the uncircumcision of your
was even now taken in adultery.
I flesh; he hath quickened together with
Now Moses in the law commanded us him, forgiving you all offences:
Blotting out the handwriting of the
to stone such a one. But what sayest
decree that was against us, which was
thou? ...
He that is without sin among you, contrary to us. And he hath taken the
let him first cast a stone at her. . . . same out of the way, fastening it to the
Then Jesus lifting up himself, said cross.—Col. ii. 13, 14.
to her: Woman, where are they that
But when the goodness and kindness
accused thee ? Hath no man con­ of God our Saviour appeared:
Not by the works of justice which we
demned thee ?
Who said : No man, Lord. And | have done, but according to his mercy,
Jesus said: Neither will I condemn he saved us, by the laver of regenera­
thee. Go, and now sin no more.—John tion, and renovation of the Holy Ghost;
Whom he hath poured forth upon us
viii. 3-5, 7, 10, 11.
Nevertheless he left not himself | abundantly, through Jesus Christ our
without testimony, doing good from Saviour :
That, being justified by his grace, we
heaven, giving rains and fruitful sea­
sons, filling our hearts with food and may be heirs, according to hope of life
gladness.—Acfs xiv. 16.
everlasting.—Titus iii. 4-7.
Wherefore it behoved him in all
But when the fulness of time was
come, God sent his Son, made of a things to be made like unto his brethren,
woman, made under the law :
that he might become a merciful
That he might redeem them who were | and faithful high priest before God,
under the law : that we might receive that he might be a propitiation for the
the adoption of sons.
sins of the people.
And because you are sons, God hath
For in that, wherein he himself hath
sent the Spirit of his Son into your suffered and been tempted, he is able to
hearts, crying: Abba. Father.
succor them also that are tempted.—
Therefore now he is not a servant, I Heb. ii. 17, 18. .
but a son. And if a son, an heir also
And whereas indeed he was the Son
through God.—Gal. iv. 4-7.
of God, he learned obedience by the
But God (who is rich in mercy), for things which he suffered :
his exceeding charity, wherewith he I And being consummated, he became,
loved us,
to all that obey him, the cause of eternal
Even when we were dead in sins, hath salvation.—Ucb. v. 8, 9.
quickened us together in Christ (by I For it is impossible that with the
whose grace you are saved),
' blood of oxen and goats sin should be
And hath raised us up together, and taken away.
hath made us sit together in the heav­ Wherefore when he cometh into the
enly places, through Christ Jesus.
¡world, he saith: Sacrifice and oblation
That he might show in the ages to I thou wouldest not: but a body thou
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Holocausts for sin did not please thee. I Remember not our former iniquities:
Then said 1: Behold 1 come: in the let thy mercies speedily prevent us, for
head of the book it is written of me: we are become exceeding poor.—Pt.
that I should do thy will, O God.— Ixxviii. 8.
Convert us, O God our saviour: and
Heb. x. 4-7.
turn off thy anger from us.
MERCY OF GOD, A PRAYER
Wilt thou be angry with us for ever:
FOR THE
or wilt thou extend thy wrath from
We have sinned with our fathers, we generation to generation ?...
Show’ us, O Lord, thy mercy; and
have done unjustly, we have committed
grant us thy salvation.—Ps. Ixxxiv. 5,
iniquity :
Have thou mercy on us, because thou 6, 8.
Have mercy on me, 0 Lord, for I
art pood, or punish our iniquities by
chastising us thyself, and deliver not have cried to thee all the day.
Give joy to the soul of thy servant,
them that trust in thee to a people that
knoweth not thee.—Judith vii. 19, 20. for to thee, O Lord, I have lifted up my
0 Lord, rebuke me not in thy indig­ soul.
For thou,O Lord, art sweet and mild:
nation, nor chastise me in thy wrath.
Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am and plenteous in mercy to all that call
weak: heal me, O Lord, for my bones upon thee.—Ps. Ixxxv. 3-5.
O ! let thy mercy be for my comfort,
are troubled.
And my soul is troubled exceedingly: according to thy word unto thy servant.
Let thy tender mercies come unto me,
but thou, 0 Lord, how long?
Turn to me, O Lord, and deliver my and I shall live. . . .
Deal with thy servant according to
soul: 0 save me, for thy mercy’s sake.
thy mercy: and teach me thy justifica­
vi. 2-5.
Show forth thy wonderful mercies; tions.—Ps. cxviii. 76, 77, 124.
Have mercy on us, 0 Lord, have
thou who savest them that trust in thee.
mercy on us: for we are greatly filled
—Ps. xvi. 7.
lx>ok thou upon me, and have mercy with contempt.—Ps. exxii. 3.
( The Lord will repay for me: thy
on me; for I am alone and poor.
The troubles of my heart are multi­ I mercy, 0 Lord, endureth for ever: 0
plied: deliver me from my necessities. despise not the works of thy hands.—
Ps. cxxxvii. 8.
—Ps. xxiv. 16, 17.
Cause me to hear thy mercy in the
Extend thy mercy to them that know
thee, and thy justice to them that are I morning; for in thee have I hoped.—
right in heart.—Ps. xxxv. 11.
Ps. exlii. 8.
Have mercy upon us. 0 God of all.
Withhold not thou, O Lord, thy
tender mercies from me: thy mercy and and behold us, and show’ us the light
thy truth have always upheld me.—Ps. of thy mercies.—Ecclus. xxxvi. 1.
And now. 0 Lord Almighty, the God
xxxix. 12.
I said: 0 Lord, be thou merciful to of Israel, the soul in anguish, and the
me: heal my soul, for I have sinned ; troubled spirit crieth to thee:
I TTear, 0 Lord, and have mercy, for
against thee.—Ps. xl. 5.
Have mercy on me, O God, according ¡ thou art a merciful God. and have pity
I on us: for we have sinned before thee.
to thy great mercy.
And according to the multitude of I For thou remainest for ever, and
thy tender mercies, blot out my in­ shall we perish everlastingly?—Bar.
iii. 1-3.
iquity.—Ps. 1. 3.
May God have mercy on us. and bless I Put us not to confusion, but deal
us: may he cause the light of his coun­ ¡with us according to thy meekness, and
tenance to shine upon us, and may he j according to the multitude of thy mer­
cies.
have mercy on us.
And deliver us according to thy won­
That we may know thy way upon
earth: thy salvation in all nations.—Ps. derful works, and give glory to thy
I name, 0 Lord.—Dan. iii. 42, 43.
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^Between the porch and the altar, the
priests, the Lord’s ministers, shall
weep, and shall say: Spare, O Lord,
spare thy people: and give not thy in­
heritance to reproach, that the heathen
should rule over them.—Joel ii. 17.
And as he went out of Jericho, with
his disciples and a very great multi­
tude, Bartimeus, the blind man, the son
of Timeus, sat by the wayside begging.
Who, when he had heard that it was
Jesus of Nazareth, began to cry out,
and to say: Jesus, son of David, have
mercy on me.—Mark x. 46, 47.
And as he entered into a certain
town, there met him ten men that were
lepers, who stood afar off;
And lifted up their voice, saying:
Jesus, master, have mercy on us.—
Luke xvii. 12, 13.
And the publican, standing afar off,
would not so much as lift up his eyes
towards heaven; but struck his breast,
saying: 0 God, be merciful to me a sin­
ner.—Luke xviii. 13.
MERCY TO ONE ANOTHER, WE
SHOULD SHOW

He that taketh away mercy from his
friend, forsaketh the fear of the Lord.
—Job vi. 14.
The sinner shall borrow, and not pay
again; but the just showeth mercy and
shall give.—Ps. xxxvi. 21.
For God loveth mercy and truth: the
Lord will give grace and glory.—Ps.
Ixxxiii. 12.
To the righteous a light is risen up in
darkness: he is merciful, and compas­
sionate, and just.—Ps. cxi. 4.
A merciful man doth good to his own
soul : but he that is cruel castefh off
even his own kindred.—Prov. xi. 17.
Deceitful souls go astray in sins: the
just arc merciful, and show mercy.—
Prov. xiii. 13.
Tic that bclieveth in the Lord, loveth
mercy.
They err that work evil : but mercy
and truth prepare good things.—Prov.
xiv. 21, 22.
To do mercy and judgment, pleaseth
the Lord more than victims.—Prov.
xxi. 3.
He that is inclined to mercy, shall be

blessed : for of his bread, he hath given
to the poor.—Prov. xxii. 9.
He shall return thanks, that offereth
fine flour: and he that doth mercy, of­
fereth sacrifice.—Ecclus. xxxv. 4.
For I desired mercy, and not sacri­
fice; and the knowledge of God, more
than holocausts.—Osee vi. 6.
I will show thee, 0 man, what is
good, and what the Lord requireth of
thee: Verily, to do judgment, and to
love mercy, and to walk solicitous with
thy God.—Mich. vi. 8.
Go then, and learn what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice.
For I am not come to call the just, but
sinners.—Malt. ix. 13.
And if you knew what this meaneth:
I will have mercy, and not sacrifice:
You would never have condemned the
innocent.—Malt. xii. 7.
Religion clean and undefiled before
God and the Father, is this: to visit the
fatherless and widows in their tribula­
tion: and to keep one’s self unspotted
from this world.—James i. 27.
For judgment without mercy to him
that hath not done mercy. And mercy
exalteth itself above judgment.—James
ii. 13.
MERCY TO ONE ANOTHER, EX­
HORTATION TO SHOW
Say not: I will do to him, as he hath
done to me : I will render to every one
according to his work.—Prov. xxiv. 29.
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, saying:
Judge ye true judgment, and show ye
mercy and compassion every man to
his brother.—Zach. vii. 9.
Be ye therefore merciful, as your
Father also is merciful.—Luke vi. <36.
And Jesus answering said: A cer­
tain man went down from Jerusalem to
Jericho, and fell among robbers, who
also stripped him, and having wounded
him. went away, leaving him half
dead.
And it chanced that a certain priest
went down the same way: and seeing
him, passed by.
In like manner also a Levite, when he
was near the place and saw him, passed
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journey, came near him; and seeing!
him, was moved with compassion.
And going up to him, bound up his
wounds, pouring in oil and wine: and
setting him upon his own beast,
brought him to an inn, and took care
of him. ...
Which of these three in thy opinion,
was neighbor to him that fell among
the robbers?
But he said: He that showed mercy
to him. And Jesus said to him : Go, and
do thou in like manner.—Luke x.
30-34, 36, 37.
And be ye kind one to another; merciful, forgiving one another, even as
God hath forgiven you in Christ.—
Eph. iv. 32.
Put ye on, therefore, as the elect of
God, holy and beloved, the bowels of
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He that followeth justice and mercy,
shall find life, justice and glory.—Prov.
xxi. 21.
In judging, be merciful to the father­
less as a father, and as a husband to
their mother.
And thou shalt be as the obedient son
of the most High, and he will have
mercy on thee more than a mother.—
Ecclus. iv. 10, 11.
The sinner shall not escape in his
rapines, and the patience of him that
showeth mercy shall not l>e put off.—
Ecclus. xvi. 14.
For from the merciful, all these (i.e.
evil) things shall be taken away, and
they shall not wallow in sins.—Ecclus.
xxiii. 16.
Blessed are the merciful: for they
shall obtain mercy.—Mall. v. 7.
MERITS. WE MUST STRIVE TO

And in fine, lie ye all of one mind.
ACQUIRE
having compassion one of another, beRemember me, 0 my God, for this
ing lovers of the brotherhood, merciful, thing, and wipe not out my kindness,
modest, humble.—1 Peter iii. 8.
which I have done, relating to the house
of my God and his ceremonies.—2 Esd.
MERCY WE SHOW TO OTHERS, xiij. j4
GOD WILL REWARD THE
por thus saith the Lord to the men
And he (Saul) said to David: Thou 1 of Juda and Jerusalem: Break up anew
art more just than I : for thou hast done I your fallow ground, and sow not upon
good to me, and I have rewarded thee thorns.—J er. iv. 3.
with evil.
Sow for yourselves in justice, and
And thou hast shown this day what | reap in the mouth of mercy, break up
good things thou hast done to me : how I your fallow ground : but the time to
the Lord delivered me into thy hand, seek the Lord is, when he shall come
and thou hast not killed me.
that shall teach you justice.—Oseex. 12.
For who, when he hath found his
Lay not up to yourselves treasures on
enemy, will let him go well away ? But earth : where the rust, and moth con­
tile Lord reward thee for this good turn, sume, and where thieves break through
for what thou hast done to me this day. and steal.
—1 Kings xxiv. 18-20.
But lay up to yourselves treasures in
Acceptable is the man that showeth heaven : where neither the rust nor
mercy, and lendeth: he shall order his moth doth consume, and where thieves
words with judgment: because he shall do not break through, nor steal.—Matt.
not be moved for ever.—Ps. cxi. 5, 6.
vi. 19, 20.
Let not mercy and truth leave thee.
For he that hath, to him shall be
put them about thy neck, and write given, and he shall abound: but he that
them in the tables of thy heart:
hath not, from him shall be taken away
And thou shalt find grace and good that also which he hath.—Matt. xiii. 12.
understanding before God and men.—
Make to yourselves bags which grow
Prov. iii. 3. 4.
not old, a treasure in heaven, which
By mercy and faith sins are purged faileth not: where no thief approacheth,
nwfly —Prov. xv. 27.
nor moth corrupteth.—Luke xii. 33.
By mercy and truth iniquity is reCharge the rich of this world not to
deemed.—Prov. xvi. 6.
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certainty of riches, but in the living
God (who giveth us abundantly all
things to enjoy),
To do good, to be rich in good works,
to give easily, to communicate to
others,
To lay up in store for themselves a
good foundation against the time to
come, that they may lay hold on the
true life.—1 Tim. vi. 17-19.

By patience a prince shall be ap­
peased, and a soft tongue shall break
hardness.—Prov. xxv, 15.
A sweet word multiplieth friend-,
and appeaseth enemies, and a gracious
tongue in a good man aboundeth.Ecclus. vi. 5.
But the fruit of the Spirit is charity,
joy, peace, patience, benignity, good­
ness, longanimity,
Mildness, faith, modesty, continency,
MERITS, NOW IS THE TIME TO chastity. Against such there is no law.
—Gal. v. 22, 23.
ACQUIRE
I therefore, a prisoner in the Lord,
Sec: Life, the time for gaining merit
beseech you that you walk worthy of
—page 282.
the vocation in which you are called,
With all humility and mildness, with
MERITS, LOST
patience, supporting one another in
Moreover, if the just man shall turn charity.—Eph. iv. 1, 2.
away from his justice, and shall com­
But thou, O man of God, fly these
mit iniquity: I will lay a stumbling- things: and pursue justice, godliness,
block before him, he shall die, because faith, charity, patience, mildness.—
thou hast not given him warning: he 1 Tim. vi. 11.
shall die in his sin, and his justices
But the servant of the Lord must not
which be hath done, shall not be re­ wrangle: but be mild towards all men,
membered.—Ezech. iii. 20.
apt to teach, patient.—2 Tim. ii. 24.
But if the just man turn himself
Admonish them to be subject to
away from his justice, and do iniquity, princes and powers, to obey at a word,
according to all the abominations which to be ready to every good work.
the wicked man useth to work, shall he
To speak evil of no man, not to be
live? all his justices which he hath litigious, but gentle: showing all mild­
done, shall not be remembered: in the ness towards all men.—Titus iii. 1, 2.
prevarication, by which he hath pre­
MILDNESS OF CHRIST, THE
varicated, and in his sin, which he hath
committed, in them he shall die.—
See: Meekness of Christ—page 311.
Ezech. xviii. 24.
MISCHIEF MAKER, THE
Thou therefore, O son of man. say to
the children of thy people: The justice
Six things there are, which the Lord
of the just shall not deliver him, in hateth, and the seventh his soul dewhat day soever he shall sin ; and the testeth. . . .
wickedness of the wicked shall not hurt
A deceitful witness that uttereth lies,
him. in what day soever he shall turn and him that soweth discord among
from his wickedness: and the just shall brethren.—Prov. vi. 16, 19.
not be able to live in his justice, in
A fool worketh mischief, as it were
what day soever he shall sin.
for sport : but wisdom is prudence to a
Yea. if 1 shall say to the just that he man.—Prov. x. 23.
shall surely live, and he, trusting in his
A perverse man stirreth up quarrels,
justice, commit iniquity: all his jus­ and one full of words separateth
tices shall be forgotten, and in his in­ princes.—Prov. xvi. 28.
iquity which he hath committed, in the i He that concealeth a transgression,
same shall he die.—Ezech. xxxiii. 12,13. seeketh friendships: he that repeateth
it again, separateth friends.—Prov.
MILDNESS
xvii. 9.
A mild answer breaketh wrath : but a ! Meddle not with him that revealeth
harsh word stirreth up fury.—Prov secrets, and walketh deceitfully, and
xv. 1.
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When the wood faileth, the fire shall i goodness: and iniquity rather than to
go out: and when the talebearer is speak righteousness.
Thou hast loved all the words of ruin,
taken away, contentions shall cease. ...
The words of a talebearer are, as it O deceitful tongue.
were, simple, but they reach to the in-1 Therefore will God destroy thee for
nermost parts of the belly.—Prov. xxvi. ever: he will pluck thee out, and re­
move thee from thy dwelling place:
20. 22.
Accuse not a servant to his master, and thy root out of the land of the liv­
lest he curse thee, and thou fall.—Prov. ing.—Ps. Ii. 3-7.
A man that is an apostate, an un­
XXX. 10.
Take heed to thyself of a mischievous profitable man, walketh with a perverse
man, for he worketh evils: lest he bring mouth,
lie w'inketh with the eyes, presseth
upon thee reproach for ever.—Ecclus.
with the foot, speaketh with the
xi. 35.
He that hateth babbling, extinguish- finger.
With a wicked heart, he deviseth evil,
eth evil.—Ecclus. xix. 5.
and at all times he soweth discord.
Rehearse not again a wicked and
To such a one his destruction shall
harsh word, and thou shalt not fare I presently come, and he shall suddenly
the worse. ...
I I be destroyed, and shall no longer have
Hast thou heard a word against thy any remedy.—Prov. vi. 12-15.
neighbor? let it die within thee, trust­ I He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into
ing that it will not burst thee.—Ecclus. 1 it: and he that rolleth a stone, it shall
xix. 7, 10.
return to him.—Prov. xxvi. 27.
The whisperer and the double- I Be not called a whisperer, and be not
tongued is accursed : for he hath I taken in thy tongue, and confounded.
troubled many that were at peace.
For confusion and repentance is
The tongue of a third person hath upon a thief, and an evil mark of disdisquieted many, and scattered them I grace upon the double-tongued, but to
from nation to nation.—Ecclus. xxviii. i the whisperer, hatred, and enmity, and
15, 16.
reproach.—Ecclus. v. 16, 17.
Repeat not the word which thou hast I The talebearer shall defile his own
heard, and disclose not the thing that is soul, and shall be hated by all : and he
secret; so shalt thou be truly without that shall abide with him, shall be hate­
confusion, and shalt find favor before ful : the silent and wise man shall be
all men.—Ecclus. xiii. 1.
I honored.—Ecclus. xxi. 31.
Now I beseech you, brethren, to mark
If one cast a stone on high, it will
them who make dissensions and of­ fall upon his own head; and the deceit­
fences, contrary to the doctrine which ful stroke will wound the deceitful.
you have learned, and avoid them.—
He that diggeth a pit. shall fall into
Rom. xvi. 17.
it: and he that setteth a stone for his
And withal, being idle, they learn to neighbor, shall stumble upon it: and
go about from house to house: and are he that layeth a snare for another, shall
not only idle, but tattlers also, and perish in it.
A mischievous counsel shall be rolled
busy-bodies, speaking things which
back upon the author, and he shall not
they ought not.—1 Tim. v. 13.
know from whence it cometh to him.—
Ecclus. xxvii. 28-30.
MISCHIEF MAKER, PUNISH­
MENT OF THE
MISERLINESS
Why dost thou glory in malice, thou
See: Meanness—page 307.
that art mighty in iniquity?
All the day long thy tongue hath de­ MISERY, ACKNOWLEDGMENT
vised injustice: as a sharp razor, thou
OF MAN’S
hast wrought deceit.
See: Acknowledgment—page 13.
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MISERY A CLAIM TO GOD’S
MERCY, OUR
Have mercy on me, 0 Lord, for I
am weak: heal me, 0 Lord, for my
bones are troubled.
And my soul is troubled exceedingly :
but thou, 0 Lord, how long?—Ps. vi.
3, 4.
Have mercy on me, 0 Lord: see my
humiliation which I suffer from my
enemies.—Ps. ix. 14.
Look thou upon me, and have mercy
on me; for I am alone and poor.
The troubles of my heart are multi­
plied: deliver me from my necessities.
See my abjection and my labor; and
forgive me all my sins.—Ps. xxiv. 16-18.
Remember what my substance is; for
hast thou made all the children of men
in vain?—Ps. Ixxxviii. 48.
But thou, 0 Lord, do with me for thy
name’s sake: because thy mercy is
sweet.
Do thou deliver me, for I am poor
and needy, and my heart is troubled
within me.—Ps. cviii. 21, 22.

I

Not given to wine, no striker, but
modest.—1 Tim. iii. 2, 3.
And in fine, be ye all of one mind,
having compassion one of another, be­
ing lovers of the brotherhood, merciful,
modest, humble.—1 Peter iii. 8.
But with modesty and fear, having a
good conscience: that whereas they
speak evil of you, they may be ashamed
who falsely accuse your good conversa­
tion in Christ.—1 Peter iii. 16.

MOTHERHOOD A DUTY AND A
BLESSING
Praise the Lord, ye children: praise
ye the name of the Lord. . . .
Who maketh a barren woman to
dwell in a house, the joyful mother of
children.—Ps. cxii. 1, 9.
Behold, the inheritance of the Lord
are children : the reward, the fruit of
the womb.—Ps. exxvi. 3.
For Adam was first formed; then
Eve.
And Adam was not seduced; but the
woman, being seduced, was in the trans­
gression.
Yet she shall be saved through child­
MISFORTUNES OF OTHERS, RE­
bearing; if she continue in faith, and
JOICING AT THE
love, and sanctification, with sobriety.
See: Rejoicing—page 470.
—1 Tim. ii. 13-15.
I will therefore that the younger
MODERATION IN EATING AND should marry, bear children, be mis­
DRINKING
tresses of families, give no occasion to
the adversary to speak evil.—1 Tim.
See: Frugality—page 164.
v. 14.
MORTAL SIN
MODESTY
See: Sin, mortal—Fart 11, page 735.
Let your modesty be known to all
men. The Lord is nigh.—Philipp.
MORTIFICATION
iv. 5.
See: Self-Denial—page 509.
For the rest, brethren, whatsoever
things are true, whatsoever modest,
MURDER
whatsoever just, whatsoever holy, what­
soever lovely, whatsoever of good fame,
Thou shalt not kill.—Ex. xx. 13.
if there be any virtue, if any praise of
The murderer riseth at the very break
discipline, think on these things.— of day, he killeth the needy and the poor
Philipp, iv. 8.
man: but in the night, he will be as a
Put ye on, therefore, as the elect of thief. . . .
God, holy and beloved, the bowels of
If the morning suddenly appear, it
mercy, benignity, humility, modesty, is to them the shadow of death : and
patience.—Col. iii. 12.
they walk in darkness, as if it were in
It behoveth, therefore, a bishop to be light.—Job xxiv. 14, 17.
blameless, the husband of one wife,
Deliver me from blood, O God, thou
sober, prudent, of good behavior, chaste, God of my salvation : and my tongue
given to hospitality, a teacher,
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Six things there are which the Lord
hateth, and the seventh, his soul detesteth :
Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands
that shed innocent blood.—Prov. vi.
16, 17.
A man indeed killeth through malice,
and when the spirit is gone forth, it
shall not return, neither shall he call
back the soul that is received:
But it is impossible to escape thy
hand.—Wis. xvi. 14, 15.
You have heard that it was said to
them of old : Thou shalt not kill. And
whosoever shall kill, shall be in danger
of the judgment.—Matt. v. 21.
But let none of you suffer as a mur­
derer, or a thief, or a railer, or a coveter
of other men’s things.—1 Peter iv. 15.
MURDER, PUNISHMENT OF
And Cain said to Abel his brother:
Let us go forth abroad. And when they
were in the field, Cain rose up against
his brother Abel, and slew him.
And the Lord said to Cain : Where is
thy brother Abel ? And he answered, I
know not: am I my brother’s keeper?
And he said to him : What hast thou
done? the voice of thy brother’s blood
crieth to me from the earth.
Now, therefore, cursed shalt thou be
upon the earth, which hath opened her
mouth and received the blood of thy
brother at thy hand.
When thou shalt till it, it shall not
yield to thee its fruit : a fugitive and a
vagabond shalt thou be upon the earth.
—Gen. iv. 8-12.
For I will require the blood of your
lives at the hand of every beast, and at
the hand of man, at the hand of every
man, and of his brother, will I require
the life of man.
Whosoever shall shed man’s blood, his
blood shall be shed : for man was made
to the image of God.—Gen. ix. 5, 6.
He that striketh a man with a will
to kill him, shall be put to death.—Ex.
xxi. 12.
If a man kill his neighbor on set pur­
pose, and by lying in wait for him:
thou shalt take him away from my
altar, that he may die.—Ex. xxi. 14.
He that striketh and killeth a man,
dying, let him die.—Lev. xxiv. 17.

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The murderer shall be punished by
witnesses: none shall be condemned
upon the evidence of one man.
You shall not take money of him that
is guilty of blood, but he shall die forth­
with.
. . . Defile not the land of your
habitation, which is stained with the
blood of the innocent: neither can it
otherwise be expiated, but by his blood
that hath shed the blood of another.—
Num. xxxv. 30, 31, 33.
But thou, 0 God, shalt bring them
down into the pit of destruction.
Bloody and deceitful men shall not
live out half their days.—Ps. liv. 24.
A man that doth violence to the
blood of a person, if he flee even to
the pit, no man will stay him.—Prov.
xxviii. 17.
Being filled with all iniquity, malice,
fornication, avarice, wickedness, full of
envy, murder. . . .
Who having known the justice of
God, did not understand that they who
do such things, are worthy of death;
and not only they that do them, but
they also that consent to them that do
them.—Rom. i. 29, 32.
Now the works of the flesh are mani­
fest, which are fornication, unclean­
ness, immodesty, luxury,
. . . Envies, murders, drunkenness,
revellings and such like. Of the which
I foretell you, as I have foretold to you,
that they who do such things shall not
obtain the kingdom of God.—Gal. v.
19, 21.
Whosoever hateth his brother, is a
murderer. And you know that no
murderer hath eternal life abiding in
himself.—1 John iii. 15.
But the fearful and unbelieving, and
the abominable, and murderers . . .
they shall have their portion in the pool
burning with fire and brimstone, which
is the second death.—Apoc. xxi. 8.
Blessed are they that wash their
robes in the blood of the Lamb: that
they may have a right to the tree of
life, and may enter in by the gates into
the city.
Without are dogs, and sorcerers, and
unchaste, and murderers, and servers
of idols, and every one that loveth and
maketh a lie.—Apoc. xxii. 14, 15.

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MURMURING

MURMURING
I the west, nor from the desert hills: for
Say not: What thinkest thou is the God is the judge.
cause that former times were better i One he putteth down, and another ho
than they are now? for this manner of lifteth up.—Ps. Ixxiv. 6-8.
The folly of a man supplanteth his
question is foolish.—Eccles, vii. 11.
Keep yourselves, therefore, from ¡steps: and he fretteth in his mind
murmuring, which profiteth nothing, against God.-—Prov. xix. 3.
In the good day enjoy good things,
and refrain your tongue from detrac­
tion, for an obscure speech shall not go and beware beforehand of the evil day:
for nought: and the mouth that be- for God hath made both the one and the
other, that man may not find against
lieth, kilieth the soul.—Wis. i. 11.
And they that erred in spirit, shall I him any just complaint.—E celes.vñ.15.
Say not: It is through God, that she
know understanding, and they that
murmured, shall learn the law.—Is. (wisdom) is not with me: for do not
thou the things that he hateth.—
xxix. 24.
Why hath a living man murmured, Ecclus. xv. 11.
man suffering for his sins?—Lam. I Woe to him that gainsayeth his
maker, a sherd of the earthen pots:
iii. <39.
These are murmurers, full of com­ shall the clay say to him that fashioned
plaints, walking according to their own it: What art thou making, and thy
desires, and their mouth speaketh work is without hands?—Is. xiv. 9.
You have wearied the Lord with your
proud things, admiring persons, for
words, and you said : Wherein have we
gain’s sake.—Jude i. 16.
wearied him? In that you say: Every
MURMURING AGAINST GOD
one that doth evil, is good in the sight
And all the congregation of the chil­ of the Lord, and such please him: or
dren of Israel murmured against surely where is the God of judgment?
—Malach. ii. 17.
Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.
Your words have been unsufferable to
And the children of Israel said to
them: Would to God we had died by me, saith the Lord.
And you have said: What have we
the hand of the Lord in the land of
Egypt, when we sat over the flesh pots, spoken against thee? You have said:
and ate bread to the full. Why have He laboreth in vain that serveth God,
you brought us into this desert, that and what profit is it that we have kept
you might destroy all the multitude his ordinances, and that we have
walked sorrowful before the Lord of
with famine?
. . . And Moses said: In the even­ hosts ?
ing the Lord will give you flesh to eat,
Wherefore now we call the proud
and in the morning, bread to the full: people happy, for they that work wick­
for he hath heard your murmurings, edness are built up, and they have
with which you have murmured tempted God, and are preserved.—
against him, for what are we? your Malach. iii. 13-15.
murmuring is not against us, but I Neither let us tempt Christ: as some
against the Lord.—Ex. xvi. 2, 3, 8.
of them tempted, and perished by the
In all these things. Job sinned not serpents.
by his lips, nor spoke he any foolish
Neither do you murmur: as some of
thing against God.—Job i. 22.
them murmured, and were destroyed by
Now this is the thing in which thou i the destroyer.—1 Cor. x. 9, 10.
art not justified: I will answer thee,
MURMURING AGAINST GOD
that God is greater than man.
PUNISHED
Dost thou strive against him, be­
cause he hath not answered thee to all
In the meantime there arose a mur­
words?—Job xxxiii. 12, 13.
muring of the people against the Lord,
Lift not up your horn on high: speak as it were repining at their fatigue.
not iniquity against God.
And when the Lord heard it, he was
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kindled against them, devoured them
that were at the uttermost part of the
camp.—Num. xi. 1.
And the Lord spoke to Moses and
Aaron, saying:
How long doth this wicked multitude
murmur against me? I have heard the
murmurings of the children of Israel.
Say therefore to them : As I live,
saith the Lord: According as you have
spoken in my hearing, so will I do to
you.
In the wilderness shall your car­
casses lie.
All you that were numbered from
twenty years old and upward, and have
murmured against me,
Shall not enter into the land, over
which I lifted up my hand, to make
you dwell therein, except Caleb, the son
of Jephone, and Josué, the son of Nun.
—Num. xiv. 26-30.
But they that did not receive the
trials with the fear of the Lord, but ut­
tered their impatience and the re­
proach of their murmuring against the
Lord,
Were destroyed by the destroyer, and
perished by serpents.—Judith viii.
24, 25.
And they spoke ill of God; they said:
Can God furnish a table in the wilder­
ness?
Because he struck the rock, and the
waters gushed out, and the streams
overflowed.
Can he also give bread, or provide a
table for his people?
Therefore the Lord heard, and was
angry: and a fire was kindled against
Jacob, and wrath came up against
Israel.
Because they believed not in God:
and trusted not in his salvation.—Ps.
Ixxvii. 19-22.
Give not thy mouth to cause thy
flesh to sin : and say not before the an­
gel: There is no providence: lest God
be angry at thy words, and destroy all
the works of thy hands.—Eccles, v. 5.
MUTABILITY OF CREATED
THINGS
Man, born of a woman, living for a
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is destroyed, and floeth as a shadow,
and never continueth in the same state.
—Job xiv. 1, 2.
In the beginning, 0 Lord, thou
founded&t the earth: and the heavens
are the works of thy hands.
'They shall perish, but thou remainest : and all of them shall grow old like
a garment:
And as a vesture, thou shalt change
them, and they shall be changed.—Ps.
ci. 26, 27.
From the morning until the even­
ing, the time shall be changed, and all
these are swift in the eyes of God.—
Ecclus. xviii. 26.
MYSTERIES OF GOD ARE ABOVE
OUR UNDERSTANDING, THE
Sec also: Ways of God are unsearch­
able, the—page 584.

Then Job answered the Lord, and
said: . . .
Who is this that hideth counsel with­
out knowledge? Therefore I have
spoken unwisely, and things that above
measure exceeded my knowledge.—Job
xiii. 1, 3.
As it is not good for a man to eat
much honey, so he that is a searcher of
majesty, shall be overwhelmed by glory.
—Prov. XXV. 27.
All things are hard: man cannot
explain them by word. The eye is not
filled with seeing, neither is the ear
filled with hearing.—Eccles, i. 8.
What needeth a man to seek things
that are above him, whereas he knoweth
not what is profitable for him in his
life, in all the days of his pilgrimage,
and the time that passeth like a
shadow? Or who can tell him what
shall be after him under the sun?—
Eccles, vii. 1.
Only this I have found, that God
made man right, and he hath entangled
himself with an infinity of questions.
Who is as the wise man ? and who hath
known the resolution of the word?—
Eccles, vii. 30.
As thou knowest not what is the way
of the spirit, nor how the bones are
joined together in the womb of her that
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works of God, who is the maker of all.
—Eccles, xi. 5.
For the corruptible body is a load
upon the soul, and the earthly habita­
tion presseth down the mind that museth upon many things.
And hardly do we guess aright at
things that are upon earth: and with
labor do we find the things that are be­
fore us. But the things that are in
heaven, who shall search out?
And who shall know' thy thought, ex­
cept thou give wisdom, and send thy
Holy Spirit from above?—IVis. ix.
15-17.
Seek not the things that are too high
for thee, and search not into things
above thy ability: but the things that
God hath commanded thee, think on
them always, and in many of his works,
be not curious.
For it is not necessary for thee to see
with thy eyes those things that are hid.
In unnecessary matters be not over
curious, and in many of his works, thou
shalt not be inquisitive.
For many things are shown to thee
above the understanding of men.
And the suspicion of them hath de­
ceived many, and hath detained their
minds in vanity.—Ecclus. iii. 22-26.
NAME OF GOD, THE
Moses said to God: Lo, I shall go to
the children of Israel, and say to them:
The God of your fathers hath sent me
to you. If they should say to me:
What is his name? what shall I say to
them ?
God said to Moses: I am who am.
He said: Thus shalt thou say to the
children of Israel: He who is, hath sent
me to you.—Ex. iii. 13, 14.
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
I am the Lord,
That appeared to Abraham, to Isaac,
and to Jacob, by the name of God Al­
mighty; and my name Adonai, I did
not show them.—Ex. vi. 2, 3.
I will declare thy name to my breth­
ren: in the midst of the church, will I
praise thee.—Ps. xxi. 23.
According to thy name, 0 God, so
also is thy praise unto the ends of the
earth.—Ps. xlvii. 11.

Blessed be he that cometh in the
name of the Lord.
We have blessed you out of the house
of the Lord.—Ps. cxvii. 26.
1 hy name, O Lord, is for ever: thy
memorial, 0 Lord, unto all generations.
—Ps. cxxxiv. 13.
And thou hast delivered me, accord­
ing to the multitude of the mercy of
thy name, from them that did roar,
prepared to devour.—Ecclus. Ii. 4.
Our redeemer, the Lord of hosts is
his name, the Holy One of Israel— Is.
xlvii. 4.
For all people will walk, every one,
in the name of his god: but we will
walk in the name of the Lord our
God for ever and ever.—Mich. iv. 5.
Then they that feared the Lord,
spoke every one with his neighbor: and
the Lord gave ear, and heard it: and
a book of remembrance wras written be­
fore him for them that fear the Lord,
and think on his name.
And they shall be my special posses­
sion, saith the Lord of hosts, in the day
that I do judgment: and I will spare
them, as a man spareth his son that
serveth him.—Malach. iii. 16, 17.
Thus therefore shall you pray: Our
Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be
thy name.—Mali. vi. 9.
Father, glorify thy name. A voice
therefore came from heaven : I have
both glorified it, and will glorify it
again.—John xii. 28.
NAME OF GOD IS GREAT, AND
GOOD, AND GLORIOUS, THE
Now therefore our God we give
thanks to thee, and we praise thy glori­
ous name.—1 Paral, xxix. 13.
Nations from afar shall come to thee
(Jerusalem) : and shall bring gifts, and
shall adore the Lord in thee, and shall
esteem thy land as holy.
For they shall call upon the great
name in thee.—Tob. xiii. 14, 15.
0 Lord our Lord, how admirable is
thy name in the whole earth !
For thy magnificence is elevated
above the heavens.—Ps. viii. 2.
I will praise thee for ever, because
thou hast done it: and I will wait on
thy name, for it is good in the sight
of thy saints.—Ps. Ii. 11.

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I will freely sacrifice to thee, and all that is within me bless his holy
will give praise, 0 God, to thy name: name.—Ps. cii. 1.
Glory ye in his holy name.—Ps.
because it is good.—Ps. liii. 8.
From the rising of the sun unto the civ. 3.
Save us, O Lord our God: and gather
going down of the same, the name of
the Lord is worthy of praise.—Ps. us from among the nations :
That we may give thanks to thy holy
cxii. 3.
Praise ye the Lord, for the Lord is name, and may glory in thy praise.—
good: sing ye to his name, for it is Ps. cv. 47.
Holy and terrible is his name.—Ps.
sweet.—Ps. cxxxiv. 3.
Young men and maidens: let the old ex. 9.
For thou hast magnified thy holy
with the younger, praise the name of
name above all.—Ps. cxxxvii. 2.
the Lord:
For men, serving either their affec­
For his name alone is exalted.—Ps.
tion, or their kings, gave the incom­
cxlviii. 12, 13.
Thy name is as oil poured out: there­ municable name to stones and wood.—
fore young maidens have loved thee. Wis. xiv. 21.
He set his eye upon their hearts, to
—Cant. i. 2.
And you say in that day: Praise show them the greatness of his works:
That they might praise the name
ye the Lord, and call upon his name:
make his works known among thy peo­ which he hath sanctified.—Ecclus. xvii.
7, 8.
ple: remember that his name is high.
And when they entered among the
Is. xii. 4.
There is none like to thee, O Lord : nations whither they went, they pro­
thou art great, and great is thy name faned my holy name, when it was said
of them : This is the people of the Lord,
in might.—Jer. x. 6.
Therefore hear ye the word of the and they are come forth out of his
Lord, all Juda, you that dwell in the land.
And I have regarded my own holy
land of Egypt : Behold I have sworn by
my great name, saith the Lord : that my name, which the house of Israel hath
name shall no more be named in the profaned among the nations to which
mouth of any man of Juda, in the they went in. . . .
And I will sanctify my great name,
land of Egypt, saying: The Lord God
which was profaned among the Gen­
liveth.—Jer. xliv. 26.
Blessed art thou, O Lord, the God tiles, which you have profaned in the
of our fathers, and thy name is worthy midst of them.—Ezech. xxxvi. 20,
23.
of praise, and glorious for ever.—Dan. 21,And
I will make my holy name
iii. 26.
known in the midst of my people Israel,
For from the rising of the sun even and my holy name shall be profaned
to the going down, my name is great no more: and the Gentiles shall know
among the Gentiles, and in every place that I am the Lord, the Holy One of
there is sacrifice, and there is offered Israel.—Ezech. xxxix. 7.
to my name a clean oblation : for my
Therefore, thus saith the Lord God :
name is great among the Gentiles, saith Now will I bring back the captivity of
the Lord of hosts.—Malach. i. 11.
Jacob, and will have mercy on all
the house of Israel: and I will be
NAME OF GOD IS HOLY, THE
jealous for my holy name.—Ezech.
Profane not my holy name, that I xxxix. 25.
Because he that is mighty, hath done
may be sanctified in the midst of the
children of Israel. I am the Lord who great things to me; and holy is his
name.—Luke i. 49.
sanctify you.—Lev. xxii. 32.
But the sure foundation of God
Let them give praise to thy great
name: for it is terrible and holy.—Ps. standeth firm, having this seal: the
Lord knoweth who are his; and let
xcviii. 3.
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nameth the name of the Lord.—2 Tim. tower: the just runneth to it, and shall
ii. 19.
I be exalted.—Prov. xviii. 10.
And it shall come to pass, that every
NAME OF GOD IS TERRIBLE,
one that shall call upon the name of
THE
the Lord, shall be saved.—Joel ii. 32.
Let them give praise to thy great : NAME OF GOD, WE SHOULD
name: for it is terrible and holy.—
LOVE THE
Ps. xcviii. 3.
And all they that love thy name,
Holy and terrible is his name.—Ps.
shall glory in thee.—Ps. v. 12.
ex. 9.
For God will save Sion, and the
Cursed is the deceitful man that]
hath in his flock a male, and making cities of Juda shall be built up. . . .
a vow, offereth in sacrifice that which | And the seed of his servants shall
is feeble to the Lord : for I am a great possess it; and they that love his name,
King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my shall dwell therein.—Ps. Ixviii. 36, 37.
In the night, I have remembered thy
name is dreadful among the Gentiles.—
name, () Lord : and have kept thy law.
Malach. i. 14.
I—Ps. cxviii. 55.
NAME OF GOD IS OUR STRENGTH
And in the way of thy judgments, 0
AND SHIELD, THE
Lord, we have patiently waited for
And David said to the Philistine: thee: thy name, and thy remembrance
Thou comest to me with a sword, and are the desire of the soul.—Is. xxvi. 8.
with a spear, and with a shield : but I I O Lord our God, other lords besides
come to thee in the name of the Lord ; thee have had dominion over us, only
of hosts, the God of the armies of in thee, let us remember thy name —
Israel, which thou hast defied. -1 Kings Is. xxvi. 13.
NAME OF GOD, WE SHOULD
xvii. 45.
And let them trust in thee, who
FEAR THE
know thy name: for thou hast not for­
For thou, my God, hast heard my
saken them that seek thee, O Lord.— prayer: thou hast given an inheritance
Ps. ix. 11.
to them that fear thy name.—Ps. lx. 6.
May the Lord hear thee in the day
Conduct me. O Lord, in thy way, and
of tribulation: may the name of the I will walk in thy truth: let my heart
God of Jacob protect thee.--Ps. xix. 2. rejoice that it may fear thy name.—Ps.
We will rejoice in thy salvation;) Ixxxv. 11.
and in the name of our God, we shall
And the Gentiles shall fear thy name,
be exalted.—Ps. xix. 6.
O Lord, and all the kings of the earth,
Through thee we will push down our thy glory.—Ps. ci. 1G.
enemies with the horn: and through
The voice of the Lord crieth to the
thy name we will despise them that rise city, and salvation shall be to them that
up against us.—Ps. xliii. 6.
fear thy name.—Mich. vi. 9.
Save me, O God, by thy name, and
My covenant was with him of life
judge me in thy strength.—Ps. liii. 3.
and peace: and I gave him fear: and lie
Blessed is the people that knoweth feared me, and he was afraid before my
jubilation.
name.—Malach. ii. 5.
They shall walk. 0 Lord, in the light
But unto you that fear my name, the
of thy countenance: and in thy name Sun of justice shall arise, and health
they shall rejoice all the day.—Pi. in bis wings: and you shall go forth,
Ixxxviii. in, 17.
and shall leap like calves of the herd.
And my truth ami my mercy shall be —Malach. iv. 2.
with him: and in my name shall his
NAME OF GOD. WE SHOUI.D
horn be exalted.—Ps. Ixxxviii. 25.
TRUST IN THE
Our help is in the name of the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.—Ps.
For in him our heart shall rejoice:
cxxiii. 8.
and in his holy name we have trusted.
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Blessed is the man whose trust is ini ye the Lord, and call upon his name:
the name of the Lord ; and who hath make his works known among the
not had regard to vanities, and lying people: remember that his name is
high.—Is. xii. 4.
follies.—Ps. xxxix. 5.
And every one that calleth upon my
I will praise thee for ever, because
thou hast done it: and I will wait on' name, I have created him for rny glory,
thy name, for it is good in the sight of I have formed him, and made him.—
Is. xliii. 7.
thy saints.—Ps. Ii. 11.
And it shall come to pass, that every
Thus will I bless thee all my life
long: and in thy name 1 will lift up my one that shall call upon the name of the
hands.—Ps. Ixii. 5.
Lord, shall be saved.—Joel ii. 32.
Who is there among you that feareth
Because then 1 will restore to the
the Lord, that heareth the voice of his people a chosen lip that all may call up­
servant, that hath walked in darkness, on the name of the Lord, and may serve
and hath no light? let him hope in the I him with one shoulder.—Soph. iii. 9.
name of the Lord, and lean upon his
NAME OF GOD, PRAISING THE
God.—Is. 1. 10.
And I will leave in the midst of thee
Now therefore, our God, we give
a poor and needy people : and they shall ! thanks to thee, and we praise thy glori­
hope in the name of the Lord.—Soph. ous name.—1 Paral, xxix. 13.
iii. 12.
Be thy name, 0 God of Israel, blessed
for ever.—Tob. iii. 23.
NAME OF GOD, WE SHOULD
I will give glory to the Lord, accord­
INVOKE THE
ing to his justice: and will sing to the
Because I will invoke the name of name of the Lord, the most high.—Ps.
the Lord: give ye magnificence to our vii. 18.
God.—Deut. xxxii. 3.
In God shall we glory all the day
Begin ye to the Lord with timbrels, long: and in thy name we will give
sing ye to the Lord with cymbals, tune praise for ever.—Ps. xliii. 9.
unto him a new psalm, extol and call
I will freely sacrifice to thee, and will
upon his name.—Judith xvi. 2.
give praise, O God, to thy name: be­
Some trust in chariots, and some in cause it is good.—Ps. liii. 8.
horses: but we will call upon the name
So will I sing a psalm to thy name
of the Lord our God.
for ever and ever: that I may pay my
They are bound, and have fallen; but vows from day to day.—Ps. lx. 9.
we are risen, and are set upright.—
I will praise the name of God with a
Ps. xix. 8, 9.
canticle: and I will magnify him with
We will praise thee, O God: we will praise.
praise, and we will call upon thy name.
And it shall please God better than a
—Ps. Ixxiv. 2.
young calf, that bringeth forth horns
And we depart not from thee, thou and hoofs.—Ps. Ixviii. 31, 32.
shalt quicken us: and we will call upon
Let his name be blessed for evermore:
thy name.—Ps. Ixxix. 19.
his name continueth before the sun. . . .
Give glory to the Lord, and call upon
And blessed be the name of his maj­
his name: declare his deeds among the esty for ever.—Ps. Ixxi. 17, 19.
Gentiles.—Ps. civ. 1.
All the nations thou hast made shall
The sorrows of death have compassed come and adore before thee, O Lord :
me: and the perils of hell have found and they shall glorify thy name.—Ps.
me.
Ixxxv. 9.
I met with trouble and sorrow: and
I will praise thee, O Lord my God,
I called upon the name of the Lord. O with my whole heart, and I will glorify
Lord, deliver my soul.—Ps. cxiv. 3, 4. thy name for ever.—Ps. Ixxxv. 12.
I will take the chalice of salvation;
It is good to give praise to the Lord;
and I will call upon the name of the and to sing to thy name, O most High.
—Ps. xci. 2.
Lord.—Ps. cxv. 13.
Praise the Lord, ye children:
And you shall say in that day: Praise

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praise ye the
name of
the
Lord.
Blessed be the name of the Lord,
from henceforth now and for ever.
From the rising of the sun unto the
going down of the same, the name of
the Lord is worthy of praise.—Ps. cxii.
1-3.
Not to us, 0 Lord, not to us; but to
thy name give glory.—Ps. cxiii. (Heb.
cxv.) 1.
I will worship towards thy holy tem­
ple, and I will give glory to thy name.
For thy mercy and for thy truth;
for thou hast magnified thy holy name
above all.—Ps. cxxxvii. 2.
But as for the just, they shall give
glory to thy name.—Ps. cxxxix. 14.
1 will extol thee, 0 God, my king;
and I will bless thy name for ever ; yea,
for ever and ever.
Every day will I bless thee: and I
will praise thy name for ever; yea, for
ever and ever.—Ps. cxliv. 1, 2.
He set his eye upon their hearts to
show them the greatness of his works:
That they might praise the name
which he hath sanctified.—Ecclus. xvii.
7, 8.
I will give glory to thy name; for
thou hast been a helper and protector
to me.—Ecclus. Ii. 2.
0 Lord, thou art my God, I will ex­
alt thee, and give glory to thy name:
for thou hast done wonderful things,
thy designs of old faithful, amen.—
Is. xxv. 1.
Blessed be the name of the Lord from
eternity and for evermore: for wisdom
and fortitude are his.—Dan. ii. 20.
Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and
magnify thy name? For thou only art
holy: for all nations shall come, and
shall adore in thy sight, because thy
judgments are manifest.—Apoc. xv. 4.
NAME OF GOD, EXHORTATION
TO PRAISE THE
Praise ye his holy name: let the heart
of them rejoice, that seek the Lord. . . .
Give to the Lord glory to his name.
—1 Paral, xvi. 10, 29.
Bring to the Lord glory and honor:
bring to the Lord glory to his name:
adore ye the Lord in his holy court.—
Ps. xxviii. 2.

O, magnify the Lord with me; and
let us extol his name together.—Pi.
xxxiii. 4.
Let all the earth adore thee, and sing
to thee: let it sing a psalm to thy name.
—Ps. Ixv. 4.
Sing ye to the Lord, and bless his
name: show forth his salvation from
day to day.—Ps. xcv. 2.
Let them give praise to thy great
name: for it is terrible and holy.—Ps.
xcviii. 3.
Bless the Lord, O my soul: and let
all that is within me bless his holy
name.—Ps. cii. 1.
Praise ye the name of the Lord. . . .
Praise ye the Lord, for the Lord is
good: sing ye to his name, for it is
sweet.—Ps. cxxxiv. 1, 3.
My mouth shall speak the praise of
the Lord: and let all flesh bless his
holy name for ever; yea, for ever and
ever.—Ps. cxliv. 21.
Young men and maidens: let the old
with the younger, praise the name of
the Lord: for his name alone is ex­
alted.—Ps. cxlviii. 12, 13.
Let Israel rejoice in him that made
him: and let the children of Sion be
joyful in their king.
Let them praise his name in choir:
let them sing to him with the timbrel
and the psaltery.—Ps. exlix. 2, 3.
Magnify his name, and give glory to
him with the voice of your lips, and
with the canticles of your mouths, and
with harps.—Ecclus. xxxix. 20.
Now therefore with the whole heart
and mouth, praise ye him, and bless the
name of the Lord.—Ecclus. xxxix. 41.
Now therefore, glorify ye the Lord in
instruction : the name of the Lord God
of Israel in the islands of the sea.—Is.
xxiv. 15.
NAME OF GOD, GRATITUDE
TO THE
Save us, 0 Lord our God : and gather
us from among the nations:
That we may give thanks to thy holy
name, and may glory in thy praise.—
Ps. cv. 47.
I will praise thy name continually,
and will praise it with thanksgiving,
and my prayer was heard.
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struction, and hast delivered me from cause the Lord hath sworn to make
you his people.—1 Kings xii. 22.
the evil time.
He hath converted my soul.
Therefore I will give thanks, and
He hath led me on the paths of
praise thee, and bless the name of the
justice, for his own name’s sake.—Ps.
Lord.—Ecclus. Ii. 15-17.
xxii. 3.
For thy name’s sake, O Lord, thou ’
NAME OF GOD IN VAIN,
wilt pardon my sin: for it is great.—
TAKING THE
xxiv. 11.
Thou shalt not take the name of the Ps.For
thou
art
my
strength
and
my
Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord refuge; and for thy name’s sake, thou
will not hold him guiltless, that shall wilt lead me, and nourish me.—Ps.
take the name of the Lord his God in i xxx. 4.
vain.—Ex. xx. 7.
Because he hoped in me, I will de­
Thou shalt not swear falsely by my liver
him: I will protect him, because
name, nor profane the name of thy he hath
known my name.—Ps. xc. 14.
God. I am the Lord.—Lev. xix. 12.
Our
fathers
understood
not
thy
won
­
Profane not my holy name, that I ders in Egypt : they remembered not
may be sanctified in the midst of the the multitude of thy mercies:
children of Israel. I am the Lord who
And they provoked to wrath, going
sanctify you.—Lev. xxii. 32.
to the sea, even the Red Sea.
Thou shalt not take the name of the upAnd
he
saved
them
for
his
own
Lord thy God in vain : for he shall not
name’s sake: that he might make his
be unpunished that taketh his name power
known.—Ps. cv. 7, 8.
upon a vain thing.—Deut. v. 11.
For thy name’s sake, 0 Lord, thou
Let not thy mouth be accustomed to wilt
quicken me in thy justice.
swearing: for in it there are many
Thou wilt bring my soul out of
falls.
—Ps. cxlii. 11.
And let not the naming of God be trouble.
For my name’s sake, I will remove
usual in thy mouth, and meddle not
wrath far off: and for my praise, I
with the names of saints, for thou shalt my
will bridle thee, lest thou shouldst
not escape free from them.
—Is. xlviii. 9.
For as a slave daily put to the ques­ perish.
they provoked me, and would
tion is never without a blue mark: so notBut
hearken to me : they did not every
every one that sweareth, and nameth,
man
cast
away
the
abominations
of
his
shall not be wholly pure from sin.
neither did they forsake the idols
A man that sweareth much, shall be eyes,
of
Egypt
:
and
I
said
I
would
pour
out
filled with iniquity, and a scourge shall my indignation upon them, and accom­
not depart from his house.—Ecclus. plish my wrath against them in the
xxiii. 9-12.
midst
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
And I will make my holy name known
But I did otherwise for my name’s
in the midst of my people Israel, and sake,
that
it
might
not
be
violated
be
­
my holy name shall be profaned no fore the nations, in the midst of whom
more: and the Gentiles shall know that they were, and among whom I made
I am the Lord, the Holy One of Israel. myself known to them, to bring them
—Ezech. xxxix. 7.
out. of the land of Egypt.—Ezech. xx.
Therefore, thus saith the Lord God: 8,
9.
Now will I bring back the captivity of
And you shall know that I am the
Jacob, and will have mercy on all the Lord, •when I shall have done well by
house of Israel: and I will be jealous you for my own name’s sake, and not
for my holy name.—Ezech. xxxix. 25. according to your evil ways, nor ac­
cording to your wicked deeds, O
NAME, GOD IS GOOD TO US FOR house of Israel, saith the Lord.—
THE SAKE OF HIS
Ezech. xx. 44.
And I have regarded my own holy
And the Lord will not forsake his
people, for his great name’s sake: be­ name, which the house of Israel hath

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profaned among the nations to which
they went in.
Therefore thou shalt say to the house
of Israel: Thus saith the Lord God: It
is not for your sake, that I will do this,
0 house of Israel, but for my holy
name’s sake, which you have profaned
among the nations whither you went.
—Ezech. xxxvi. 21, 22.

NAME OF JESUS, THE
But I will rejoice in the Lord: and 1
will joy in God my Jesus.—Hab. iii. 18.
But while he thought on these things,
behold the angel of the Lord appeared
to him in his sleep, saying: Joseph, son
of David, fear not to take unto thee
Mary thy wife, for that which is con­
ceived in her, is of the Holy Ghost.
And she shall bring forth a son: and
NAME, A PRAYER THAT GOD thou shalt call his name Jesus. For he
shall save his people from their sins.—
MAY BE GOOD TO US FOR
Matt. i. 20, 21.
THE SAKE OF HIS
And in his name the Gentiles shall
Arise, 0 Lord, help us and redeem us, hope.—Matt. xii. 21.
for thy name’s sake.—Ps. xliii. 26.
And the angel said to her: Fear not,
Help us, 0 God, our saviour: and for Mary, for thou hast found grace with
the glory of thy name, 0 Lord, deliver God.
us: and forgive us our sins for thy
Behold thou shalt conceive in thy
name’s sake.—Ps. Ixxviii. 9.
womb, and shalt bring forth a son; and
But thou, 0 Lord, do with me for thou shalt call his name Jesus.—Luke
thy name’s sake: because thy mercy i. 30, 31.
is sweet.—Ps. cviii. 21.
And after eight days were accom­
Give us not to be a reproach, for thy plished, that the child should be cir­
name’s sake, and do not disgrace in us cumcised, his name was called Jesus,
the throne of thy glory ; remember, which was called by the angel, before
break not thy covenant with us.—Jer. he was conceived in the womb.—Luke
xiv. 21.
ii. 21.
Remember not the iniquities of our
He humbled himself, becoming obe­
fathers, but think upon thy hand, and dient unto death, even to the death of
upon thy name at this time:
the cross.
For thou art the Lord our God, and
For which cause God also hath ex­
we will praise thee, 0 Lord.—Bar. iii. alted him, and hath given him a name
5, 6.
which is above all names:
Deliver us not up for ever, we be­
That in the name of Jes is, every
seech thee, for thy name’s sake, and knee should bow, of those that are in
abolish not thy covenant. . . .
heaven, on earth, and under the earth.
And deliver us according to thy —Philipp, ii. 8-10.
wonderful works, and give glory to thy
Wherefore also we pray always for
name. 0 Lord.—Dan. iii. 34, 43.
you; that our God would make you
0 Lord, hear: 0 Lord, be appeased: worthy of his vocation, and fulfil all
hearken and do: delay not for thy own the good pleasure of his goodness, and
sake, O my God: because thy name is the work of faith in power:
invocated upon thy city, and upon thy
That the name of our Lord Jesus
people.—Dan. ix. 19.
may be glorified in you, and you in him,
Others sold all that they had left, according to the grace of our God, and
and withal besought the Lord, that he of the Lord Jesus Christ.—2 Thess. i.
would deliver them from the wicked 11, 12.
Nicanor, who had sold them before he
And we charge you, brethren, in the
came near them:
name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that
And if not for their sakes, yet for you withdraw yourselves from every
the covenant that he had made with brother walking disorderly, and not ac­
their fathers, and for the sake of his cording to the tradition which they
holy and glorious name that was in­ have received of us.—2 Thess. iii. 6.
voked upon them.—2 Mach. viii. 14, 15.
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cause your sins are forgiven you for his
This same, following Paul and us,
name’s sake.—1 John ii. 12.
cried out saying: These men are the
servants of the most high God, who
NAME OF JESUS, POWER OF THE preach unto you the way of salvation.
And this she did many days. But
And these signs shall follow them
that believe: In my name they shall Paul, being grieved, turned, and said
cast out devils: they shall speak with to the spirit: I command thee, in the
name of Jesus Christ, to go out from
new tongues.
And he went out the same hour.
They shall take up serpents; and if her.
they shall drink any deadly thing, it —Acts xvi. 16-18.
shall not hurt them: they shall lay their NAME OF JESUS, WE SHOULD
hands upon the sick, and they shall re­ SANCTIFY OUR ACTIONS BY
cover.—Mark xvi. 17, 18.
DOING THEM IN THE
And the seventy-two returned with
For
whosoever
shall
give
you
to
drink
joy, saying: Lord, the devils also are a cup of water in my name, because you
subject to us in thy name.—Luke x. 17. belong to Christ: amen I say to you, he
But these are written that you may shall not lose his reward.—Mark ix. 40.
believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son
All whatsoever you do in word or in
of God: and that believing, you may work, do all in the name of the Lord
have life in his name.—John xx. 31.
Christ, giving thanks to God and
But Peter said to them : Do penance, Jesus
the Father by him.—Col. iii. 17.
and he baptized, every one of you, in the
name of Jesus Christ, for the remis­ NAME OF JESUS, WE SHOULD
sion of your sins: and you shall receive
PRAY IN THE
the gift of the Holy Ghost.—A cis ii. 38.
And whatsoever you shall ask the
But Peter said : Silver and gold I Father in my name, that will I do: that
have none ; but what I have, I give thee : the Father may be glorified in the Son.
In the name of Jesus Christ of Naza­
If you shall ask me any thing in my
reth, arise, and walk.—Acts iii. 6.
name, that I will do.—John xiv. 13, 14.
Be it known to you all, and to all the
Amen, amen, I say to you : if you ask
people of Israel, that by the name of the Father any thing in my name, he
our Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth, will give it you.
whom you crucified, w’hom God hath
Hitherto you have not asked any
raised from the dead, even by him, this thing in my name. Ask, and you shall
man standeth here before you whole.
receive; that your joy may be full.—
. . . Neither is there salvation in John xvi. 23, 24.
any other. For there is no other name
Giving thanks always for all things,
under heaven given to men, whereby in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
we must be saved.—Acts iv. 10, 12.
to God and the Father.—Eph. v. 20.
And now’, Lord, behold their th rea tenings, and grant unto thy servants, that NAME, THE VALUE OF A GOOD
with all confidence, they may speak thy
The light of the eyes rejoiceth the
word,
soul : a good name maketh the bones
By stretching forth thy hand to fat.—Prov. xv. 30.
A good name is better than great
cures, and signs, and wonders, to be
done by the name of thy holy Son riches: and good favor is above silver
and gold.—Prov. xxii. 1.
Jesus.—Ac/s iv. 29, 30.
A good name is better than precious
To him (Jesus Christ) all the proph­
ets give testimony, that by his name, ointments.—Eccles, vii. 2.
Take care of a good name: for this
all receive remission of sins, who be­
shall continue with thee, more than a
lieve in him.—Acts x. 43.
And it came to pass, as we went to thousand treasures precious and great.
A good life hath its number of days:
prayer, a certain girl, having a pythonical spirit, met us, who brought to but a good name shall continue for
ever.—Ecclus. xii. 15. 16.
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NEAR TO HIS PEOPLE, GOD IS I and my people shall not be confounded
See also: Presence of God in our for ever.—Joel ii. 27.
Seek ye good, and not evil, that you
midst—page 413.
I may live: and the Lord, the God of
Neither is there any other nation so hosts will be with you, as you have said.
great, that hath gods so nigh them, as —Amos v. 14.
our God is present to all our petitions.
The Lord hath taken away thy judg­
—Deal. iv. 7.
ment, he hath turned away thy ene­
No man shall be able to resist you all mies: the king of Israel, the Lord, is
the days of thy life: as I have been in the midst of thee, thou shalt fear
with Moses, so I will be with thee : I evil no more.—Soph. iii. 15.
will not leave thee nor forsake thee.—
Sing praise, and rejoice, 0 daughter
Jos. i. 5.
of Sion: for behold I come, and I will
And the spirit of God came upon dwell in the midst of thee: saith the
Azarias, the son of Oded,
Lord.—Zach. ii. 10.
And he went out to meet Asa, and
The things which you have both
said to him : Hear ye me, Asa, and all learned, and received, and heard, and
Juda and Benjamin: The Lord is with seen in me, these do ye, and the God
you, because you have been with him. of peace shall be with you.—Philipp.
If you seek him, you shall find : but if iv. 9.
you forsake him, he will forsake you. NEAR US, ESPECIALLY WHEN
—2 Paral, xv. 1, 2.
WE NEED HIM MOST, GOD IS
The Lord of armies is with us: the
I set the Lord always in my sight:
God of Jacob is our protector.—Ps.
xiv. 8.
for he is at my right hand, that I be
Mountains are round about it (Jeru­ not moved.—Ps. xv. 8.
For though I should walk in the
salem) : so the Lord is round about his
people from henceforth now and for midst of the shadow of death, I will
ever.—Ps. cxxiv. 2.
fear no evils, for thou art with me.
Thy rod and thy staff, they have com­
The Lord is nigh unto all them that
call upon him : to all that call upon him forted me.—Ps. xxii. 4.
in truth.—Ps. cxliv. 18.
He shall cry to me, and I will hear
Fear not. for I am with thee : turn him: I am with him in tribulation, I
not aside, for I am thy God : I have w’ill deliver him, and I will glorify him.
strengthened thee, and have helped —Ps. xc. 15.
thee, and the right hand of my just one
They that persecute me, have drawn
nigh to iniquity; but they are gone far
hath upheld thee. ...
For I am the Lord thy God who take off from thy law.
thee by the hand, and say to thee: Fear
Thou art near, O Lord: and all thy
not, I have helped thee.—Is. xii. 10, 13. ways are truth.—Ps. cxviii. 150, 151.
And now thus saith the Lord that | 0 Lord, Lord, the strength of my
created thee, 0 Jacob, and formed thee, salvation: thou hast overshadowed my
0 Israel : Fear not. for I have redeemed head in the day of battle.—Ps.cxxxix.8.
thee, and called thee by thy name : thou
If thou sleep, thou shalt not fear:
art mine.
thou shalt rest, and thy sleep shall be
When thou shalt pass through the sweet.
waters, I will be with thee, and the
Be not afraid of sudden fear, nor of
rivers shall not cover thee: when thou the power of the wicked falling upon
shalt walk in the fire, thou shalt not thee.
be burnt, and the flames shall not burn
For the Lord will be at thy side, and
in thee. . . .
will keep thy foot, that thou be not
Fear not, for I am with thee.—Is. taken.—Prov. iii. 24-26.
xliii. 1. 2, 5.
Even to your old age I am the same,
And you shall know that I am in the . and to your grey hairs I will carry
midst of Israel : and I am the Lord you : I have made you, and I will bear:
your God, and there is none besides: I will carry and will save.—Is. xlvi. 4.

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And I will make thee to this people I And he went up to them into the
as a strong wall of brass : and they ship, and the wind ceased: and they
shall fight against thee, and shall not were far more astonished within them­
prevail : for I am with thee, to save selves.—Mark vi. 47-51.
And the patriarchs, through envy,
thee, and to deliver thee, saith the Lord.
And I will deliver thee out of the sold Joseph into Egypt; and God was
hand of the wicked, and I will redeem with him,
And delivered him out of all his
thee out of the hand of the mighty.—
tribulations.—Acts vii. 9, 10.
J er. xv. 20, 21.
That they should seek God, if hap­
But the Lord is with me as a strong
warrior: therefore they that persecute pily they may feel after him or find
me shall fall and shall be weak.—Jer. him, although he be not far from every
one of us:
xx. 11.
For in him, we live, and move, and
I have called upon thy name, 0
are.—Acts xvii. 27, 28.
Lord, from the lowest pit.
And the Lord said to Paul in the
Thou hast heard my voice : turn not
away thy ear from my sighs and cries. night, by a vision: Do not fear, but
Thou drewest near in the day when I speak; and hold not thy peace,
Because I am with thee: and no man
called upon thee, thou saidst: Fear not.
shall set upon thee, to hurt thee.—Acts
—Lam. iii. 55-57.
But I am the Lord thy God from the xviii. 9, 10.
Let your modesty be known to all
land of Egypt : and thou shalt know no
God but me, and there is no saviour men. The Lord is nigh.—Philipp.
beside me.
iv. 5.
At my first answer, no man stood
I knew thee in the desert, in the land
with me, but all forsook me : may it not
of the wilderness.—Osee xiii. 4, 5.
The Lord thy God in the midst of be laid to their charge.
But the Lord stood by me, and
thee is mighty, he will save.—Soph.
strengthened me, that by me the
iii. 17.
And when he entered into the boat, preaching may be accomplished, and
that all the Gentiles may hear: and I
his disciples followed him:
And behold a great tempest arose in was delivered out of the mouth of the
the sea, so that the boat was covered lion.—2 Tim. iv. 16, 17.
with waves, but he was asleep.
NEAR TO GOD, WE SHOULD
And they came to him, and awaked
him, saying: Lord, save us, we perish.
DRAW
And Jesus saith to them: Why are
See also: Come to the Lord, invita­
you fearful, O ye of little faith? Then tion to—page 56.
rising up, he commanded the winds,
He hath loved the people, all the
and the sea, and there came a great
saints are in his hand: and they that
calm.—Matt. viii. 23-26.
And when it was late, the ship was in approach to his feet, shall receive of his
the midst of the sea, and himself doctrine.—Deut. xxxiii. 3.
The Lord render unto thee for thy
(Jesus) alone on the land.
And seeing them laboring in rowing work, and mayst thou receive a full
(for the wind was against them), and reward of the Lord, the God of Israel,
about the fourth watch of the night, he to whom thou art come, and under
cometh to them, walking upon the sea, whose wings thou art fled.—Ruth ii. 12.
Wait on God with patience: join thy­
and he would have passed by them.
But they, seeing him walking upon self to God, and endure, that thy life
the sea, thought it was an apparition, may be increased in the latter end.—
Ecclus. ii. 3.
and they cried out.
But now in Christ Jesus, you, who
For they all saw him, and were
troubled. And immediately he spoke some time were afar off, are made nigh
with them, and said to them: Have a by the blood of Christ.
For he is our peace, who hath made
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both one, and breaking down the middle
wall of partition, the enmities in his
flesh.—Eph. ii. 13, 14.
Having therefore, brethren, a confi­
dence in the entering into the holies by
the blood of Christ;
. . . Let us draw near with a true
heart, in fulness of faith, having our
hearts sprinkled from an evil con­
science, and our bodies washed with
clean water.—II eb. x. 19, 22.
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw
nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye
sinners: and purify your hearts, ye
double minded.—James iv. 8.

Rooted and built up in him, and con­
firmed in the faith, as also you have
learned, abounding in him, in thanks­
giving.—Col. ii. 9, 7.
And now, little children, abide in
him, that when he shall appear, we may
have confidence, and not be confounded
by him at his coming.—1 John ii. 28.
Whosoever abideth in him, sinnetli
not; and whosoever sinneth, hath not
seen him, nor known him.—1 John
iii. G.
NEED OF GOD, OUR
See also : Dependence upon God,
man’s—page 106.

NEAR TO GOD, WE SHOULD
But I am needy and poor; 0 God,
KEEP
See also : Presence of God, we should help me.
Thou art my helper and my deliv­
keep ourselves in the—page 413.
erer: O Lord, make no delay.—Ps.
And I will rejoice under the covert of Ixix. 6.
thy wings:
For behold they that go far from
My soul hath stuck close to thee: thy thee, shall perish: thou hast destroyed
right hand hath received me.—Ps. Ixii. all them that are disloyal to thee.—Ps.
8, 9.
Ixxii. 27.
If it had not been that the Lord was
But it is good for me to adhere to
my God, to put my hope in the Lord with us, let Israel now say:
God:
If it had not been that the Lord was
That I may declare all thy praises, with us,
When men rose up against us, per­
in the gates of the daughter of Sion.—
Ps. Ixxii. 28.
haps they had swallowed us up alive.
When their fury was enkindled
And Peter answering, said to Jesus:
Lord, it is good for us to be here: if against us, perhaps the water had swal­
thou wilt, let us make here three taber­ lowed us up.
Our soul hath passed through a tor­
nacles, one for thee, and one for Moses,
and one for Elias.—Matt. xvii. 4.
rent: perhaps our soul had passed
Abide in me, and I in you. As the through a water insupportable.—Ps.
branch cannot bear fruit of itself, un­ cxxiii. 1-5.
less it abide in the vine, so neither can
I stretched forth my hands to thee;
you, unless you abide in me.
my soul is as earth without water unto
I am the vine, you the branches: he thee.
that abideth in me, and I in him, the
Hear me speedily, O Lord; my spirit
same beareth much fruit: for without hath fainted away.
me, you can do nothing.
Turn not away thy face from me,
If any one abide not in me, he shall lest I be like unto them that go down
be cast forth as a branch, and shall into the pit.—Ps. exlii. 6, 7.
wither, and they shall gather him up,
As the branch cannot bear fruit of
and cast him into the fire, and he burn- itself, unless it abide in the vine, so
eth.
neither can you, unless you abide in me.
If you abide in me, and my words
I am the vine, you the branches: he
abide in you, you shall ask whatever that abideth in me, and I in him, the
you will, and it shall be done unto you. same beareth much fruit: for without
—John xv. 4-7.
me, you can do nothing.—John xv.
As therefore you have received Jesus 4, 5.
Christ the Lord, walk ye in him ;
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both to will and to accomplish, accord- I For the flesh lusteth against the
spirit: ami the spirit against the flesh;
ing to his good will.—Philipp, ii. 13.
for these are contrary one to another:
so that you do not the things that you
NEEDS, GOD KNOWS OUR
And when you are praying, speak not would.—Gal. v. 17.
I have fought a good fight, I have
much, as the heathens. For they think
that in their much speaking they may finished my course, I have kept the
faith.—2 Tim. iv. 7.
be heard.
Be not you therefore like to them, for
vour Father knoweth what is needful NEW LAW IS THE FULFILMENT
AND PERFECTION OF THE
for you, before you ask him.—Matt. vi.
OLD, THE
7, 8*
. .
Be not solicitous, therefore, saying,
See: Covenant of the New Law—
What shall we eat? or what shall we page 85.
drink,or wherewith shall we be clothed?
For after all these things do the
NEW SPIRIT, WE SHOULD
heathens seek. For your Father know­
PUT ON A
eth that you have need of all these
And I will give them one heart, and
things.
Seek ye, therefore, first the kingdom will put a new spirit in their bowels:
of God, and his justice, and all these and I will take away the stony heart
things shall be added unto you.—Matt. out of their flesh, and will give them a
heart of flesh :
vi. 31-33.
That they may walk in my command­
ments, and keep my judgments, and do
NEGLECT OF GOD’S GRACE
them : and that they may be my people,
See: Grace, abuse of—page 178.
and I may be their God.—Ezech. xi.
19, 20.
NEUTRAL IN THE BATTLE OF
Cast away from you all your trans­
LIFE, WE CANNOT BE
gressions, by which you have trans­
For the bed is straitened, so that one gressed. and make to yourselves a new
must fall out, and a short covering heart, and a new spirit: and why will
cannot cover both.—Is. xxviii. 20.
you die, 0 house of Israel?—Ezech.
lie that is not with me, is against xviii. 31.
me: and he that gathereth not with me,
And I will give you a new heart, and
scattered).—Matt. xii. 30.
put a new spirit within you: and I will
Either make the tree good and its take away the stony heart out of your
fruit good: or make the tree evil, and flesh, and will give you a heart of flesh.
its fruit evil. For by the fruit, the
And I will put my spirit in the midst
tree is known.—Matt. xii. 33.
of you: and I will cause you to walk in
John answered him, saying: Master, my commandments, and to keep my
we saw one casting out devils in thy judgments, and do them.—Ezech. xxxvi.
name, who followeth not us, and we 2(5. 27.
For we are buried together with him
forbade him.
But Jesus said: Do not forbid him. by baptism into death; that as Christ
For there is no man that doth a miracle is risen from the dead by the glory of
in my name, and can soon speak ill of the Father, so we also may walk in
newness of life.
me.
For if we have been planted together
For he that is not against you, is for
in the likeness of his death, we shall be
you.—Mark ix. 37-39.
No servant can serve two masters: also in the likeness of his resurrection.
Knowing this, that our old man is
for either he will hate the one, and
love the other; or he will hold to the crucified with him, that the body of sin
one, and despise the other. You can­ may be destroyed to the end that we
mn
not serve God and mammon.
—Luke may serve sin no longer.—Rom. vi. 4-6.
But now we are loosed from the law
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of death, wherein we were detained; so
that we should serve in newness of
spirit, and not in the oldness of the
letter.—Rom. vii. 6.
And be not conformed to this world;
but be reformed in the newness of your
mind, that you may prove what is the
good, and the acceptable, and the per­
fect will of God.—Rom. xii. 2.
Now we have received not the spirit
of this world, but the Spirit that is of
God; that we may know the things that
are given us from God.—1 Cor. ii. 12.
Purge out the old leaven, that you
may l>e a new paste, as you are un­
leavened. For Christ our pasch is sac­
rificed.
Therefore let us feast, not with the
old leaven, nor with the leaven of
malice and wickedness; but with the
unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
—1 Cor. v. 7, 8.
If then any be in Christ a new crea­
ture, the old things are passed away,
behold all things are made new.—2 Cor.
v. 17.
For as many of you as have been
baptized in Christ, have put on Christ.
—Gal. iii. 27.
For in Christ Jesus, neither circum­
cision availeth anything, nor uncircum­
cision, but a new creature.—Gal. vi. 15.
But you have not so learned Christ;
If so be that you have heard him,
and have been taught in him, as the
truth is in Jesus:
To put off. according to former con­
versation, the old man, who is corrupted
according to the desire of error.
And be renewed in the spirit of your
mind :
And put on the new man, who accord­
ing to God, is created in justice and
holiness of truth.—Eph. iv. 20-24.
Lie not one to another: stripping
yourselves of the old man with his
deeds.
And putting on the new, him who is
renewed unto knowledge, according to
the image of him that created him.—
Col. iii. 9, 10.
Wherefore, having the loins of your
mind girt up, being sober, trust per­
fectly in the grace which is offered you
in the revelation of Jesus Christ,
As children of obedience, not fash­

ioned according to the former desires of
your ignorance:
But according to him that hath called
you, who is holy, be you also in all man­
ner of conversation holy.—1 Peter i.
13-15.
NEW SPIRIT, A PRAYER THAT
GOD MAY GIVE US A
Create a clean heart in me, 0 God:
and renew a right spirit within my
bowels.—Ps. 1. 12.
Convert us, O Lord, to thee, and we
shall be converted: renew our days, as
from the beginning.—Lam. v. 21.

OBEDIENCE TO GOD
See also : Subjection of man’s will to
God—page 547.

And the Lord said to Abram: Go
forth out of thy country, and from thy
kindred, and out of thy father’s house,
and come into the land which I shall
show thee. . . .
So Abram went out as the Lord had
commanded him, and Lot went with
him : Abram was seventy-five years old
when he went forth from Haran.—Gen.
xii. 1, 4.
After these things, God tempted
Abraham, and said to him : Abraham,
Abraham. And he answered: Ilere I
am.
He said to him: Take thy only be­
gotten son, Isaac, whom thou lovest,
and go into the land of vision : and
there thou shalt offer him for an holo­
caust upon one of the mountains which
I will show thee.
So Abraham rising up in the night,
saddled his ass: and took with him two
young men, and Isaac his son : and
when he had cut wood for the holocaust,
he went his way to the place which God
had commanded him. . . .
And they came to the place which
God had shown him, where he built an
altar, and laid the wood in order upon
it: and w’hen ho had bound Isaac his
son, he laid him on the altar, upon the
pilo of wood.
And he put forth his hand and took
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from heaven called to him, saying: I Amen, amen I say to you: If any
Abraham, Abraham. And he an­ man keep my word, he shall not see
death for ever.—John viii. 51.
swered: Here 1 am.
And calling them, they charged them
And he said to him : Lay not thy
hand upon the boy, neither do thou any not to speak at all, nor teach in the
thing to him: now I know that thou name of Jesus.
But Peter and John answering, said
fearest Hod, and hast not spared thy
only begotten son for my sake.—Gen. to them: If it be just in the sight of
God to hear you rather than God, judge
xxii. 1-3, 9-12.
And Samuel said : Doth the Lord de­ ye.—Acts iv. 18, 19.
But Peter and the apostles answer­
sire holocausts and victims, and not
rather that the voice of the Lord should ing, said: We ought to obey God rather
be obeyed? For obedience is better than men.—Acts v. 29.
than sacrifices: and to hearken, rather I And we are witnesses of these things
and the Holy Ghost, whom God hath
than to offer the fat of rams.
Because it is like the sin of witch­ given to all that obey him.—Acts v. 32.
And falling on the ground, he heard
craft, to rebel: and like the crime of
idolatry, to refuse to obey.—1 Kings xv. a voice saying to him: Saul, Saul, why
persecutest thou me ?
22, 23.
Who said: Who art thou, Lord? And
Keep thy foot, when thou goest into
the house of God, and draw nigh to he: I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest.
hear. For much better is obedience, I It is hard for thee to kick against the
than the victims of fools, who know not goad.
And he trembling and astonished,
what evil they do.—Eccles, iv. 17.
And the Lord gave strength also to said : Lord, what wilt thou have me to
Caleb, and his strength continued even do?—Acts ix. 4-6.
Moreover we have had fathers of
to his old age, so that he went up to
the high places of the land, and his our flesh, for instructors, and we rever­
enced them: shall we not much more
seed obtained it for an inheritance:
That all the children of Israel might obey the Father of spirits, and live?—
see, that it is good to obey the holy Heb. xii. 9.
God.—Ecclus. xlvi. 11, 12.
OBEDIENCE OF THE LOWER
But this thing I commanded them,
CREATION TO GOD
saying: Hearken to my voice, and I
will be your God, and you shall be my I The pillars of heaven tremble, and
people: and walk ye in all the way that dread at his beck.—Job xxvi. 11.
When God bloweth, there cometh
I have commanded you, that it may be
frost, and again the waters are poured
well with you.—Jer. vii. 23.
Whether it be good or evil, we will out abundantly.
Corn desireth clouds, and the clouds
obey the voice of the Lord our God, to
whom we send thee: that it may be well spread their light:
Which go round about, whitherso­
with us, when we shall hearken to the
voice of the Lord our God.—J er. ever the will of him that governeth
them shall lead them, to whatsoever he
xiii. 6.
It is good for a man, when he hath shall command them upon the face of
borne the yoke from his youth.—Lam. the whole earth:
Whether in one tribe, or in his own
iii. 27.
The son honoreth the father, and the land, or in what place soever of his
servant, his master: if then I be a mercy he shall command them to be
father, where is my honor? and if I be found.—Job xxxvii. 10-13.
1 set my bounds around it, and made
a master, where is my fear? saith the
it bars and doors:
Lord of hosts.—Malach. i. 6.
And I said: Hitherto thou shalt
Then he saith to them: Render there­
fore to Cæsar the things that are come, and shalt go no further, and here
Cæsar’s; and to God, the things that are thou shalt break thy swelling waves.—
Job xxxviii. 10, 11.
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lie hath made the moon for seasons : strument, the work of the most
the sun knoweth his going down.
Iligh. . . .
Thou hast appointed darkness, and
Great is the Lord that made him, and
it is night.—Ps. ciii. 19, 20.
at his words he hath hastened his
For ever, 0 Lord, thy word standeth course. . . .
firm in heaven.
The glory of the stars is the beauty
... By thy ordinance the day go­ of heaven; the Lord enlighteneth the
eth on: for all things serve thee.—Ps. world on high.
cxviii. 89, 91.
By the words of the holy one, they
Praise the Lord from the earth, ye shall stand in judgment, and shall
dragons, and all ye deeps:
never fail in their watches. . . .
By his commandment he maketh
Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy winds,
which fulfil his word.—Ps. cxlviii. 7, 8. the snow to fall apace, and sendeth
But snow and ice endured the force forth swiftly the lightnings of his
of fire, and melted not: that they judgment.
Through this are the treasures
might know that fire burning in the
hail, and flashing in the rain, destroyed opened, and the clouds fly out like
birds. . . .
the fruits of the enemies. . . .
At his sight shall the mountains be
For the creature serving thee, the
Creator, is made fierce against the shaken, and at his will the south wind
unjust for their punishment; and shall blow.
... At his word the wind is still,
abateth its strength for the benefit
of them that trust in thee.—IV¿s. xvi. and with his thought he appeaseth the
deep.—Ecclus. xliii. 2, 5, 10, 11, 14, 15,
22, 24.
For every creature according to its 17, 25.
My hand also hath founded the earth,
kind was fashioned again as from the
beginning, obeying thy commandments, and my right hand hath measured the
that thy children might be kept with­ heavens: I shall call them, and they
shall stand together.—Is. xlviii. 13.
out hurt.—Wis. xix. 6.
I have set the sand a bound for the
Why doth one day excel another, and
one light another, and one year another sea, an everlasting ordinance, which it
shall not pass over: and the waves
year, when all come of the sun?
By the knowledge of the Lord they thereof shall toss themselves, and shall
were distinguished, the sun being made, not prevail : they shall swell, and shall
and keeping his commandment.— not pass over it.—J er. v. 22.
Tie that sendeth forth light, and it
Ecclus. xxxiii. 7, 8.
At his word, the waters stood as a goeth : and hath called it, and it obeyheap: and at the words of his mouth, eth him with trembling.
And the stars have given light in
the receptacles of water.—Ecclus.
their w’atches, and rejoiced:
xxxix. 22.
They were called, and they said:
Fire, hail, famine, and death, all
ITere we are : and with cheerfulness
these were created for vengeance.
The teeth of beasts, and scorpions, they have shined forth to him that
and serpents, and the sword taking made them.—Bar. iii. 33-35.
vengeance upon the ungodly unto de­ The sun. and the moon, and the stars
being bright, and sent forth for profit­
struction.
In his commandments they shall able uses, are obedient.
Tn like manner, the lightning, when
feast, and they shall be ready upon
earth, when need is, and when their it breaketh forth, is easy to be seen:
time is come, they shall not transgress and after the same manner, the wind
bloweth in every country.
his word.—Ecclus. xxxix. 35-37.
And the clouds, when God comAll these things live, and remain for
ever, and for every use all things obey mandeth them to go over the whole
him.—Ecclus. xiii. 24.
world, do that which is commanded
The sun, when he appeareth showing them.
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and the law, a light, and reproofs of in­
struction are the way of life.—Prov.
vi. 20-23.
Hearken to thy father, that begot
thee: and despise not thy mother when
she is old.—Prov. xxiii. 22.
lie that honoreth his father, shall en­
joy a long life: and he that obeyeth the
father, shall be a comfort to his mother.
He that feareth the Lord, honoreth
his parents, and will serve them as his
masters, that brought him into the
world.—Ecclus. iii. 7, 8.
Children, obey your parents in the
Lord, for this is just.
Honor thy father and thy mother,
which is the first commandment with a
promise :
That it may be well with thee, and
OBEDIENCE TO PARENTS
thou mayst be long-lived upon earth.—
See also: Parents, respect and love Eph. vi. 1-3.
Children, obey your parents in all
for—page 360.
things: for this is well pleasing to the
If a man have a stubborn and un­ Lord.—Col. iii. 20.
ruly son, who will not hear the com­
mandments of his father or mother, and
OBEDIENCE TO SUPERIORS
being corrected, slighteth obedience:
The mind of the just studieth obe­
They shall take him, and bring him dience:
the
mouth
of
the
wicked
overto the ancients of his city, and to the floweth with evils.—Prov. xv. 28.
gate of judgment,
An obedient man shall speak of vic­
And shall say to them : This our son tory.—Prov. xxi. 28.
is rebellious and stubborn, he slighteth
hearing our admonitions, he giveth OBEDIENCE TO ECCLESIASTI­
himself to revelling, and to debauchery
CAL SUPERIORS
and banquetings:
The people of the city shall stone him;
And the Lord spoke to Moses, say­
and he shall die, that you may take ing:
away the evil out of the midst of you.
This is the rite of a leper, when he
and all Israel hearing it, may be afraid. is to be cleansed: he shall be brought to
—Deut. xxi. 18-21.
the priest.—Lev. xiv. 1, 2.
My son, hear the instruction of thy
But he that will be proud, and refuse
father, and forsake not the law of thy to obey the commandment of the priest,
mother:
who ministereth at that time to the
That grace may be added to thy head, Lord thy God, and the decree of the
and a chain of gold to thy neck.—Prov. judge, that man shall die, and thou
i. 8, 9.
shalt take away the evil from Israel.—
My son, keep the commandments of Deut. xvii. 12.
thy father, and forsake not the law of
And Jesus saith to him (the leper):
thy mother.
See thou tell no man: but go. show
Bind them in thy heart continually, thyself to the priest, and offer the gift
and put them about thy neck.
which Moses commanded for a testi­
When thou walkest, let them go with mony unto them.—Matt. viii. 4.
thee: when thou sleepest, let them keep
Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes
thee; and when thou wakest, talk with and to his disciples,
them.
Saying: The scribes and the Phari­
Because the commandment is a lamp, sees have sitten on the chair of Moses

to consume mountains and woods, doth
as it is commanded.—Bar. vi. 59-62.
And when he entered into the boat,
his disciples followed him:
And behold a great tempest arose in
the sea, so that the boat was covered
with waves, but he was asleep.
And they came to him, and awaked
him, saying: Lord, save us, we perish.
And Jesus saith to them: Why are
you fearful, O ye of little faith? Then
rising up, he commanded the winds
and the sea, and there came a great
calm.
But the men wondered, saying: What
manner of man is this, for the winds
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All things therefore whatsoever they
shall say to you, observe and do: but
according to their works, do ye not;
for they say, and do not.—Matt, xxiii.
1-3.
He that heareth you, heareth me; and
he that despiseth you, despiseth me;
and he that despiseth me, despiseth him
that sent me.—Luke x. 16.
Obey your prelates, and be subject to
them. For they watch, as being to
render an account of your souls; that
they may do this with joy, and not with
grief. For this is not expedient for
you.—Heb. xiii. 17.
Tn like manner, ye young men, be
subject to the ancients.—1 Peter v. 5.
OBEDIENCE TO LAY SUPERIORS
And they (the Pharisees) sent to him
their disciples with the TIerodians, say­
ing: Master, we know that thou art a
true speaker, and teachest the way of
God in truth, neither carest thou for
any man: for thou dost not regard the
person of men.
Tell us therefore what dost thou
think, is it lawful to give tribute to
Csesar, or not?
But Jesus knowing their wickedness,
said: Why do you tempt me, ye hypo­
crites?
Show me the coin of the tribute.
And they offered him a penny.
And Jesus saith to them : Whose im­
age and inscription is this?
They say to him: Cæsar’s. Then he
saith to them : Render therefore to Cæsar the things that are Cæsar’s; and to
God, the things that are God’s.—Matt.
xxii. 16-21.
Let every soul be subject to higher
powers: for there is no power but from
God: and those that are, are ordained
of God.
Therefore he that resisteth the power,
resisteth the ordinance of God. And they
that resist, purchase to themselves dam­
nation. ...
Wherefore be subject of necessity,
not only for wrath, but also for con­
science’ sake.
For therefore also you pay tribute.
For they are the ministers of God,
serving unto this purpose.
Render therefore to all men their

dues. Tribute, to whom tribute is due:
custom, to whom custom : fear, to whom
fear : honor, to whom honor.—Rom. xiii.
1, 2, 5-7.
Servants, be obedient to them that
are your lords, according to the flesh,
with fear and trembling, in the simplic­
ity of your heart, as to Christ:
Not serving to the eye, as it were
pleasing men, but, as the servants of
Christ, doing the will of God from the
heart,
With a good will serving, as to the
Lord, and not to men.
Knowing that whatsoever good thing
any man shall do, the same shall he
receive from the Lord, whether he be
bond, or free.—Eph. vi. 5-8.
Servants, obey in all things your
masters according to the flesh, not serv­
ing to the eye, as pleasing men, but in
simplicity of heart, fearing God.
Whatsoever you do, do it from the
heart, as to the Lord, and not to men:
Knowing that you shall receive of the
Lord the reward of inheritance. Serve
ye the Lord Christ.—Col. iii. 22-24.
Whosoever are servants under the
yoke, let them count their masters
worthy of all honor; lest the name of
the Lord and his doctrine be blas­
phemed.
But they that have believing masters,
let them not despise them, because they
are brethren ; but serve them the rather
because they are faithful and beloved,
who are partakers of the benefit. These
things teach and exhort.—1 Tim. vi.
1,2.
Exhort servants to be obedient to
their masters, in all things pleasing,
not gainsaying;
Not defrauding, but in all things
showing good fidelity, that they may
adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour
in all things.—Titus ii. 9, 10.
Admonish them to be subject to
princes and powers, to obey at a word,
to be ready to every good work.—Titus
iii. 1.
Be ye subject therefore to every hu­
man creature for God’s sake: whether
it be to the king as excelling;
Or to governors as sent by him for
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For so is the will of God, that by
doing well, you may put to silence the
ignorance of foolish men :
As free, and not as making liberty a
cloak for malice, but as the servants of
God.—1 Peter ii. 13-16.
Servants, be subject to your masters
with all fear, not only to the good and
gentle, but also to the froward.—1
Peter ii. 18.
OBEDIENCE OF CHRIST, THE
And going a little further, he fell
upon his face, praying, and saying: My
Father, if it be possible, let this chalice
pass from me. Nevertheless, not as I
will, but as thou wilt. . . .
Again the second time he went, and
prayed, saying: My Father, if this
chalice may not pass away, but I must
drink it, thy will be done.—Matt. xxvi.
39. 42.
And he went down with them, and
came to Nazareth, and was subject to
them.—Luke ii. 51.
Jesus saith to them (the disciples) :
My meat is to do the will of him that
sent me. that I may perfect his work.
—.John iv. 34.
Because I came down from heaven,
not to do my own will, but the will of
him that sent me.—John vi. 38.
I will not now speak many things
with you. For the prince of this world
cometh, and in me he hath not any
thing.
But that the world may know, that I
love the Father: and as the Father
hath given me commandment, so do I.
—John xiv. 30, 31
If you keep my commandments, you
shall abide in my love; as I also have
kept my Father’s commandments, and
do abide in his love.— John xv. 10.
Jesus therefore said to Peter: Put
up thy sword into the scabbard. The
chalice which my Father hath given
me, shall I not drink it?—John
xviii. 11.
For as by the disobedience of one
man, many were made sinners; so also
by the obedience of one, many shall be
made just.—Horn. v. 19.
He humbled himself, becoming obe­
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And whereas indeed he was the Son
of God, he learned obedience by the
things which he suffered.—IIeb. v. 8.
Wherefore when he cometh into the
world, he saith: Sacrifice and oblation
thou wouldest not: but a body thou
hast fitted to me:
Holocausts for sin did not please
thee.
Then said I : Behold I come : in the
head of the book it is written of me:
that I should do thy will, 0 God.—
Heb. x. 5-7.
OBSTINACY
See: Self-will—page 511.
OBSTINACY IN SIN
See also: Impenitence—page 232.

And Pharao seeing that the rain and
the hail and the thunders were ceased,
increased his sin.
And his heart was hardened, and the
heart of his servants, and it was made
exceeding hard: neither did he let the
children of Israel go, as the Lord had
commanded by the hand of Moses.—Ex.
ix. 34, 35.
They kept not the covenant of God:
and in his law they would not walk.
And they forgot his benefits, and his
wonders that he had shown them. . . .
And they added yet more sin against
him: they provoked the most Fligh to
wrath in the place without water.—Ps.
Ixxvii. 10, 11, 17.
The wicked man impudently hardeneth his face: but he that is righteous,
correcteth his way.—Prov. xxi. 29.
A wicked heart shall be laden with
sorrows, and the sinner will add sin
to sin.—Ecclus. iii. 29.
For what shall I strike you any more,
you that increase transgression? the
whole head is sick, and the whole heart
is sad.—Is. i. 5.
The show of their countenance hath
answered them : and they have pro­
claimed abroad their sin. as Sodom, and
they have not hid it : woe to their souls,
for evils are rendered to them.—Is.
iii. 9.
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I will rest: thou hast found life of thy
hand, therefore thou hast not asked.—
Is. Ivii. 10.
Thus saith the Lord: Stand ye on
the ways, and see, and ask for the old
paths, which is the good way, and walk
ye in it: and you shall find refresh­
ment for your souls. And they said :
We will not walk.
And 1 appointed watchmen over you,
saying: Hearken ye to the sound of
the trumpet. And they said: We will
not hearken.—J er. vi. 16, 17.
I struck you with a burning wind,
and with mildew, the palmerworm hath
eaten up your many gardens, and your
vineyards: your olive groves, and fig
groves: yet you returned not to me,
saith the Lord.
I sent death upon you in the way of
Egypt, I slew your young mon with the
sword, even to the captivity of your
horses: and I made the stench of your
camp to come up into your nostrils;
yet you returned not to me, saith the
Lord.
I destroyed some of you, as God de­
stroyed Sodom and Gomorrha, and you
were as a firebrand plucked out of the
burning: yet you returned not to me,
saith the Lord.—Jz/ios iv. 9-11.
The just Lord is in the midst thereof,
he will not do iniquity: in the morning,
in the morning, he will bring his judg­
ment to light, and it shall not be hid:
but the wicked man hath not known
shame.—Soph. iii. 5.
Then Jesus answered and said: O
unbelieving and perverse generation,
how long shall I be with you? How
long shall I suffer you?—Matt. xvii. 16.
And you will not come to me, that
you may have life.—.John v. 40.
OBSTINACY IN SIN. PUNISH­
MENT OF I

Except you will be converted, he will
brandish his sword: he hath bent his
bow, and made it ready.
And in it he hath prepared the in­
struments of death, he hath made ready
his arrows for them that bum.—Ps.
vii. 13, 14.
But God shall break the heads of his
enemies: the hairy crown of them that
walk on in their sins.—Ps. Ixvii. 22.
A hard heart shall fear evil at the
last: and he that loveth danger, shall
perish in it.—Ecclus. iii. 27.
He that rejoiceth in iniquity, shall
be censured : , . .
... And he that is delighted with
wickedness, shall be condemned.—
Ecclus. xix. 5, 6.
All thy lovers have forgotten thee,
and will not seek after thee: for I have
wounded thee with the wound of an
enemy, with a cruel chastisement: by
reason of the multitude of thy iniqui­
ties. thy sins arc hardened.
Why criest thou for thy affliction?
thy sorrow is incurable: for the multi­
tude of thy iniquity, and for thy
hardened sins I have done these things
to thee.—J er. xxx. 14, 15.
Again therefore Jesus said to them:
I go, and you shall seek me, and you
shall die in your sin. Whither I go,
you cannot come.—John viii. 21.
For the earth that drinketh in the
rain which cometh often upon it, and
bringeth forth herbs meet for them by
whom it is tilled, receiveth blessing
from God.
But that which bringeth forth thorns
and briers, is reprobate, and very near
unto a curse, whose end is to be burnt.
—Heb. vi. 7, 8.
OBSTINACY IN SIN, EXHORTA­
TION AGAINST

Be not hasty to depart from his face,
God hath given him place for pen­ and do not continue in an evil work:
ance, and he abuseth it unto pride: but i for he will do all that pleaseth him.—
his eyes are upon his ways.
Eccles, viii. 3.
They are lifted up for a little while.) Be not without fear about sin for­
and shall not stand, and shall be, given, and add not sin upon sin.—
brought down as all things, and shall be Ecclus. v. 5.
taken away, and as the tops of the ears
Nor bind sin to sin: for even in one
of com they shall be broken.—Joh\ fhou shalt not be unpunished.—Ecclus.
xxiv. 23, 24.
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Wherefore, as the Holy Ghost saith: j
To-day, if you shall hear his voice,
Harden not your hearts, as in the
provocation; in the day of temptation,
in the desert. ...
But exhort one another every day,
whilst it is called to-day, that none of
you be hardened through the deceitful- j
ness of sin.—Heb. iii. 7, 8, 13.
OCCASIONS OF SIN, WE MUST
AVOID THE

Now the serpent was more subtle
than any of the beasts of the earth
which the Lord God had made. And he
said to the woman : Why hath God com­
manded you, that you should not eat
of every tree of paradise?
And the woman answered him, say­
ing: Of the fruit of the trees that are
in paradise, we do eat :
But of the fruit of the tree which is
in the midst of paradise, God hath com­
manded us that we should not eat ; and
that we should not touch it, lest perhaps
we die. . . .
And the woman saw that the tree was
good to eat, and fair to the eyes, and
delightful to behold: and she took of
the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave
to her husband who did eat.—Gen. iii.
1-3, 6.
Go not up, for the Lord is not with
you: lest you fall before your enemies.
—Num. xiv. 42.
Be not delighted in the paths of the
wicked, neither let the way of evil men
please thee.
Flee from it, pass not by it: go aside,
and forsake it.—Prov. iv. 14, 15.
A hard heart shall fear evil at the
last: and he that loveth danger, shall
perish in it.—Ecclus. iii. 27.
Look not upon a woman that hath a
mind for many: lest thou fall into her
snares.
Use not much the company of her
that is a dancer, and hearken not to
her, lest thou perish by the force of her
charms.
Gaze not upon a maiden, lest her
beauty be a stumbling-block to thee. . . .
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Turn away thy face from a woman
dressed up, and gaze not about upon
another’s beauty.
For many have perished by the beauty
of a woman, and hereby lust is en­
kindled as a fire. . . .
Many by admiring the beauty of an­
other man’s wife, have become repro­
bate, for her conversation burneth as
fire.
Sit not at all with another man’s
wife, nor repose upon the bed with her:
And strive not with her over wine,
lest thy heart decline towards her, and
by thy blood thou fall into destruction.
—Ecclus. ix. 3-5, 7-9, 11-13.
He that toucheth pitch, shall be de­
filed with it: and he that hath fellow­
ship with the proud, shall put on pride.
—Ecclus. xiii. 1.
Go not in the way of ruin, and thou
shalt not stumble against the stones:
trust not thyself to a rugged way, lest
thou set a stumbling-block to thy soul.
—Ecclus. xxxii. 25.
Behold not everybody’s beauty: and
tarry not among women.—Ecclus.
xiii. 12.
And if thy right eye scandalize thee,
pluck it out, and cast it from thee. For
it is expedient for thee that one of thy
members should perish, rather than
that thy whole body be cast into hell.
And if thy right hand scandalize
thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee:
for it is expedient for thee, that one of
thy members should perish, rather
than that thy whole body go into hell.—
Matt. v. 29, 30.
OLD AGE
Cast me not off in the time of old
age: when my strength shall fail, do not
thou forsake me. ...
And unto old age and gray hairs: O
God. forsake me not.—Ps. Ixx. 9. 18.
But my horn shall be exalted like
that of the unicorn: and my old age in
plentiful mercy.—Ps. xci. 11.
They (the just) shall still increase
in a fruitful old age: and shall be well
treated, that they may show.
That the Lord our God is righteous,
and there is no iniquity in him.—Ps.
xci. 15, 16.
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rejoiced in them all, he must remember it is found in the ways of justice.—
the darksome time, and the many days: Prov. xvi. 31.
which when they shall come, the things
The joy of young men is their
past shall be accused of vanity.—Ecclcs. strength: and the dignity of old men,
xi. 8.
their gray hairs.—Prov. xx. 29.
Remember thy Creator in the days
O how comely is judgment for a
of thy youth, before the time of afflic­ gray head, and for ancients to know
tion come, and the years draw nigh, of counsel !
which thou shalt say: They please me
O how comely is wisdom for the aged,
not:
I and understanding and counsel to men
Before the sun, and the light, and the of honor!
moon and the stars be darkened, and , Much experience is the crown of old
the clouds return after the rain:
men, and the fear of God is their glory.
When the keepers of the house shall | —Ecclus. XXV. 6-8.
tremble, and the strong men shall stag­
ger, and the grinders shall be idle in
OLD AGE, RESPECT FOR
a small number, and they that look
Rise up before the hoary head, and
through the holes shall be darkened:
And they shall shut the doors in the honor the person of the aged man : and
street, when the grinder’s voice shall fear the Lord thy God. I am the Lord.
be low, and they shall rise up at the —Lev. xix. 32.
Make thyself affable to the congre­
voice of the bird, and all the daughters gation
of the poor, and humble thy soul
of music shall grow deaf.
And they shall fear high things, and to the ancient.—Ecclus. iv. 7.
not a man in his old age; for
they shall be afraid in the way, the al­ weDespise
also shall become old.—Ecclus.
mond-tree shall flourish, the locust shall
7.
be made fat. and the caper-tree shall be viii.
Speak, thou that art elder: for it bedestroyed: because man shall go into
thee,
the house of his eternity, and the cometh
To speak the first word with careful
mourners shall go round about in the knowledge.
—Ecclus. xxxii. 4, 5.
street.—Eccles, xii. 1-5.
the company of great men, take
For venerable old age is not that of notInupon
thee: and when the ancients
long time, nor counted by the number
of years: but the understanding of a are present, speak not much.
Before a storm goeth lightning; and
man is gray hairs.
shamefacedness goeth favor; and
And a spotless life is old age.—Wis. before
for thy reverence, good grace shall come
iv. 8, 9.
Even to your old age I am the same, to thee.—Ecclus. xxxii. 13, 14.
An ancient man rebuke not, but en­
and to your gray hairs I will carry you:
I have made you, and I will bear: I will treat him as a father: . . .
Old women, as mothers.—1 Tim. v.
carry and will save.—Is. xlvi. 4.
But speak thou the things that be­ 1, 2.
OMISSION, SINS OF
come sound doctrine:
That the aged men be sober, chaste,
See also: Life, useless and void of
prudent, sound in faith, in love, in good, a—page 284.
patience.
The aged women, in like manner, in
Give them (the priests) their portion,
holy attire, not false accusers, not as it is commanded thee, of the first
given to much wine, teaching well.— fruits and of purifications: and for thy
Titus ii. 1-3.
negligences, purify thyself with a few.
—Ecclus. vii. 34.
But thou hast not called upon me,
OLD AGE, THE DIGNITY OF
0 Jacob, neither hast thou labored
In the ancient is wisdom, and in about me, O Israel.
length of days, prudence.—Job xii. 12.
Thou hast not offered me the ram of
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no other God besides me: I will kill,
and I will make to live: I will strike,
and I will heal, and there is none that
can deliver out of my hand.—Deu.1.
xxxii. 39.
The Lord killeth and maketh alive,
he bringeth down to hell, and bringetb
back again.
T he Lord maketh poor and maketh
rich, he humbleth and he exalteth.
He raiseth up the needy from the
dust, and lifteth up the poor from the
dung hill : that he may sit with princes,
and hold the throne of glory. For the
poles of the earth are the Lord’s, and
upon them he hath set the world.—1
Kings ii. 6-8.
And Jonathan said to the young man
that bore his armor: Come, let us go
over to the garrison of these uncir­
cumcised, it may be the Lord will do
for us, because it is easy for the Lord
to save either by many, or by few.—1
Kings xiv. 6.
He is wise in heart, and mighty in
strength: who hath resisted him, and
hath had peace?—Job ix. 4.
If he pull down, there is no man
that can build up: if he shut up a man,
there is none that can open.
If he withhold the waters, all things
shall be dried up: and if he send them
out. they shall overturn the earth.—
Job xii. 14, 15.
For he is alone, and no man can
turn away his thought: and whatsoever
his soul hath desired, that hath he done.
—Job xxiii. 13.
Who shall declare the powers of the
Lord? who shall set forth all his
praises?—Ps. cv. 2.
But our God is in heaven: he hath
OMNIPOTENCE OF GOD, THE done all things whatsoever he would.—
See also: Greatness of God, the— Ps. cxiii. (JIeb. cxv.) 3.
Be not hasty to depart from his face,
page 185.
and do not continue in an evil work:
And the Lord said to Abraham : Why for he will do all that pleaseth him:
And his word is full of power: neither
did Sara laugh, saying: Shall I who
am an old woman bear a child in­ can any man say to him: Why dost
thou so?—Eccles, viii. 3, 4.
deed ?
For the wisdom of God is great, and
Is there any thing hard to God? ac­
cording to appointment I vnll return he is strong in power, seeing all men
to thee at this same time, life accom­ without ceasing.—Ecclus. xv. 19.
And who shall show forth the power
panying, and Sara shall have a son.—
of his majesty? or who shall be able to
Gen. xviii. 13, 14.
See ye that I alone am, and there is declare his mercy?—Ecclus. xviii. 4.
me with thy victims: I have not caused
thee to serve with oblations, nor wea­
ried thee with incense.
Thou hast brought me no sweet cane
with money, neither hast thou filled me
with the fat of thy victims. But thou
hast made me to serve with thy sins,
thou hast wearied me with thy iniqui­
ties.—Is. xliii. 22-24.
Behold this was the iniquity of
Sodom thy sister, pride, fulness of
bread, and abundance, and the idleness
of her, and of her daughters: and they
did not put forth their hand to the
needy, and to the poor.—Ezech. xvi. 49.
Then shall he say to them also that
shall be on his left hand : Depart from
me, you cursed, into everlasting fire
which was prepared for the devil and
his angels.
For I was hungry, and you gave me
not to eat: I was thirsty, and you gave
me not to drink.
I was a stranger, and you took me
not in : naked, and you covered me not :
sick and in prison, and you did not
visit me.
Then they also shall answer him, say­
ing: Lord, when did we see thee hungry,
or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or
sick, or in prison, and did not minister
to thee?
Then he shall answer them, saying:
Amen T say to you, as long as you did
it not to one of these least, neither did
you do it to me.
And these shall go into everlasting
punishment.—Matt. xxv. 41-4G.
To him therefore who knoweth to do
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For the Lord of hosts hath decreed, OMNIPOTENCE OF GOD, AC­
and who can disannul it? and his hand
KNOWLEDGMENT OF THE
is stretched out: and who shall turn it
Who is like to thee among the strong,
away?—Is. xiv. 27.
O Lord? who is like to thee, glorious in
Behold the Lord is mighty and strong, holiness, terrible and praiseworthy, do­
as a storm of hail: a destroying whirl­ ing wonders?—Ex. xv. 11.
wind, as the violence of many waters
Lord God, thou hast begun to show
overflowing and sent forth upon a unto thy servant thy greatness, and
spacious land.—Is. xxviii. 2.
most mighty hand, for there is no other
And from the beginning I am the God either in heaven or earth, that is
same, and there is none that can de­ able to do thy works, or to be compared
liver out of my hand: I will work, and to thy strength.—Deut. iii. 24.
who shall turn it away?—Is. xliii. 13.
Thou art great, O Lord, for ever, and
Behold the hand of the Lord is not thy kingdom is unto all ages:
shortened that it cannot save, neither is
For thou scourgest, and thou savest:
his ear heavy that it cannot hear.—Is. thou leadest down to hell, and bringest
lix. 1.
up again: and there is none that can
Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all escape thy hand.—Tob. xiii. 1, 2.
O Adona i, Lord, great art thou, and
flesh: shall any thing be hard for me?
—Jer. xxxii. 27.
glorious in thy power, and no one can
Thus saith the Lord of hosts: If it overcome thee.
Let all thy creatures serve thee: be­
seem hard in the eyes of the remnant
of this people in those days: shall it cause thou hast spoken, and they were
be hard in my eyes, saith the Lord of made: thou didst send forth thy spirit,
and they’ were created, and there is no
hosts?—Zach. viii. 6.
But when they saw the army coming one that can resist thy voice.—Judith
to meet them, they said to Judas: flow xvi. 16, 17.
O Lord, Lord, almighty king, for all
shall we, being few, be able to fight
against so great a multitude and so things are in thy power, and there is
strong, and we are ready to faint with none that can resist thy will, if thou
determine to save Israel.
fasting to-day?
Thou hast made heaven and earth,
And Judas said: It is an easy mat­
ter for many to be shut up in the hands and all things that are under the cope
of a few: and there is no difference of heaven.
Thou art Lord of all, and there is
in the sight of the God of heaven, to
deliver with a great multitude, or none that can resist thy majesty —
with a small company.—1 Mach. iii. Esther xiii. 9-11.
I know that thou canst do all things,
17, 18.
For, said he (Judas), they trust in and no thought is hid from thee— Job
their weapons, and in their boldness: xiii. 2.
Be thou exalted, O Lord, in thy own
but we trust in the Almighty Lord, who
at a beck can utterly destroy both them strength: we will sing and praise thy
that come against us. and the whole power.—Ps. xx. 14.
Great is our Lord, and great is his
world.—2 Mach. viii. 18.
And think not to say within your­ power: and of his wisdom there is no
selves, We have Abraham for our number.—Ps. cxlvi. 5.
For thy almighty hand, which made
father. For I tell you that God is able
of these stones to raise up children to the world of matter without form, was
not unable to send upon ’them a multi­
Abraham.—Matt. iii. 9.
of bears, or fierce lions,
And Jesus beholding, said to them : tude
beasts of a new kind,
With men this is impossible: but with fullOr ofunknown
rage: either breathing out a
God all things are possible.—Matt. fiery vapor,
or sending forth a stinking
xix. 26.
or shooting horrible sparks out
Because no word shall be impossible smoke,
of their eyes:
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Whereof not only the hurt might be
able to destroy them, but also the very
sight might kill them through fear.
Yea, and without these, they might
have been slain with one blast, perseI cuted by their own deeds, and scattered
by the breath of thy power. . . .
For great power always belonged to
thee alone: and who shall resist the
I strength of thy arm?
1
For the whole world before thee is as
the least grain of the balance, and as
a drop of the morning dew that falleth
down upon the earth:
But thou hast mercy upon all, be­
cause thou canst do all things, and
overlookest the sins of men for the sake
of repentance.— IF ¿s'. xi. 18-24.
For thy power is the beginning of
justice: and because thou art Lord of
all, thou makest thyself gracious to all.
For thou showest thy power, when
men will not believe thee to be absolute
in power, and thou convincest the bold­
ness of them that know’ thee not.
But thou, being master of power,
judgest with tranquillity; and with
great favor disposest of us: for thy
power is at hand, when thou wilt.—
ll’is. xii. 16-18.
For it is thou, 0 Lord, that hast
power of life and death, and leadest
down to the gates of death, and bring­
est back again : . . .
But it is impossible to escape thy
hand.—IFis. xvi. 13, 15.
Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God, behold
thou hast made heaven and earth by
thy great power, and thy stretched out
arm: no word shall be hard to thee.—
Jer. xxxii. 17.
For behold, our God whom wTe wor­
ship is able to save us from the fur­
nace of burning fire, and to deliver us
out of thy hands, O king.—Dan. iii. 17.
Now at the end of the days, I,
Nabuehodonosor, lifted up my eyes to
heaven, and my sense w’as restored to
me: and T blessed the most High, and I
praised and glorified him that liveth for
ever: for his power is an everlasting
power, and his kingdom is to all gen­
erations.
And all the inhabitants of the earth
are reputed as nothing before him: for
he doth according to his will, as well
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with the powers of heaven, as among
the inhabitants of the earth: and there
is none that can resist his hand, and
say to him: Why hast thou done it?—
Dan. iv. 31, 32.
Now to him who is able to do all
things more abundantly than we de­
sire or understand, according to the
power that worketh in us;
To him be glory in the church, and
in Christ Jesus unto all generations,
world without end. Amen.—Eph. iii.
20, 21.
OMNIPOTENCE OF GOD, MANI­
FESTATIONS OF THE
See also: Greatness and power of
God shown by his works—page 187.

And God said: Be light made. And
light was made.—Gen. i. 3.
And Moses said : There are six hun­
dred thousand footmen of this people,
and sayest thou: I will give them flesh
to eat a whole month?
Shall then a multitude of sheep and
oxen be killed, that it may suffice for
their food? or shall the fishes of the
sea be gathered together to fill them?
And the Lord answered him: Is the
hand of the Lord unable? Thou shalt
presently see whether my word shall
come to pass or no. . . .
And a wind going out from the Lord,
taking quails up beyond the sea,
brought them, and cast them into the
camp for the space of one day’s jour­
ney, on every side of the camp round
about, and they flew in the air two
cubits high above the ground.—Num.
xi. 21-23, 31.
Who shaketh the earth out of her
place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
Who cominandeth the sun and it riscth not : and shutteth up the stars as it
were under a seal.
Who alone spreadeth out the heavens,
and walketh upon the waves of the
sea. ...
Who doth things great and incom­
prehensible, and wonderful, of which
there is no number.—Job ix. 6-8, 10.
Didst thou since thy birth, command
the morning, and show the dawning of
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of the earth, shaking them, and hast
thou shaken the ungodly out of it ( . . .
Who can declare the order of the
heavens, or who can make the harmony
of heaven to sleep? Job xxxviii. 1'2,
13. 37.
Thou who preparest the mountains
by thy strength, being girded with
power: who trou bloat the depth of the
sea, the noise of its waves. Ps. Ixiv.
7, 8.
0 Lord God of hosts, who is like to
thee? thou art mighty, O Lord, and
thy truth is round about thee.
Thou rulest the power of the sea:
and appeasest the motion of the waves
thereof.
Thou hast humbled the proud one, as
one that is slain: with the arm of thy
strength, thou hast seattered thy ene­
mies. Ps. Ixxxviii. 9-11.
Whatsoever the Lord pleased, he hath
done, in heaven, in earth, in the sea,
and in all the deeps.
lie bringvth up clouds from the end
of the earth: he hath made lightnings
for the rain.
He bringeth forth winds out of his
stores: lie slew the first born of Egypt,
from man even unto beast.
He sent forth signs and wonders in
the midst of thee, O Egypt: upon
Pharao, and upon all his servants.- Ps.
exxxiv. 6-9.
Praise ye him. O sun and moon:
praise him. all ye stars and light.
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens:
an<l let all the waters that are above
the heavens praise the name of the
Lord.
Eor ho spoke, and they were made:
ht* commanded, anti they were created.
Ht» hath established them for ever,
ami for ages of ages: he hath made a de­
cree, and it shall not pass away. Ps.
exLiii 3 lì
God of my fathers, and Lord of
mercy, who hast made all things with
thy word.— IVis. ix. 1.
Is my hand shortened, ami become
little, (hat 1 cannot redeem ? or is
then' no strength in me to deliver? Be­
hold at my rebuke 1 will make the sea
a desert. I will turn the rivers into dry
lauti: the fishes shall rot for want of
water, and shall die for thirst.

1 will clothe the heavens with dark- ’
ness, and will make sackcloth their cmering,—Is. I. 2, 3.

OMNIPRESENCE OF GOD
See also: Hidden from God, wo can
not be—page 206.
The Lord behold ami judge between
’us, when we shall be gone one from the
other.
If thou afflict my daughters, and ii
thou bring in other wives over them:
nom* is witness of our speech but God,
who is present and beholdcth.—Grn
xxxi. 49, 50.
Whither shall 1 go from thy spirit!
or whither shall 1 flee from thy facci
If 1 ascend into heaven, thou art
there: if I descend into ludi, thou art
present.
If I take my wings early in the morn­
ing, and dwell in the uttermost part*
of the sea :
Even there also shall thy hand lead
me; and thy right hand shall hold me.
—Ps. cxxxviii. 7-10.
For the spirit of the Lord hath tilled
the whole world: and that which con
taineth all things, hath knowledge of
the voice.—IVm. i. 7.
Am I, think ye. a God nt hand, saith
the Lord, and not a God afar off?
Shall a man be hid in secret place?
and 1 not see him, saith the IxvrdÎ do
not I fill heaven and earth, saith the
Lord?—Jer. xxiii. 23, 24.

OMNISCIENCE OF GOD, THE

ist. God Knows All Things
Do not multiply to speak lofty
things, boasting: let old matters depart
from your mouth: for the Lord is a
God of all knowledge, and to him an
thoughts prepared. 1 Kings ii. 3.
But deliver us by thy hand, nnd
help mo. who have no other helper but
thee. O Lord, who hast the knowledge
of all things.— Esther xiv. 14.
With him is strength and wisdom,
ho knoweth both the deceiver, and him
that is deceived.—Job xii. 16.
’l.nbnn gpenklng to .Incoi», when the lutter
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Can man bo compared with God, soarchoth all things, yea, the deep
even though Ito wore of perfect knowl­ things of God.—1 Cor. ii. 10.
For if our heart reprehend us, God ia
edge (—Job xxii. 2.
Times nre not hid from the Al­ greater than our heart, and knoweth all
mighty: but they that know him, know things.—1 John iii. 20.
Unto the angel of the church of
not his days.—Job xxiv. 1.
pheaua, write:
0 God, thou knowest my foolishness;
These things saith he, who holdeth
and my offences are not hidden from
the seven stars in his right hand, who
thee.—Ps. Ixviii. 0.
Lord, thou hast proved me, and walketh in the midst of the seven
golden candlesticks:
known me:
I know thy works, and thy labor, and
Thou hast known my sitting down,
thy patience, and how thou const not
and my rising up.
boar them that arc evil, ami thou hast
Thou hast understood my thoughts
tried them who say they are apostles,
ufar off: my path and my line thou hast
and are not, and hast found them liars:
searched out.
And thou hast patience, and hast en­
And thou hast foreseen all my ways: dured for my name, and hast not
for there is no speech in my tongue.
fainted.—Apoc. ii. 1-3.
Behold, () Lord, thou hast known all
And to the angel of the church of
things, the last, and those of old: thou Thyatira write: These things saith the
hast formed me, and hast laid thy hand Son of God, who hath his eyes like to
upon me.
a flame of fire, and hie feet like to fine
Thy knowledge is become wonderful brass.
to me: it is high, and 1 cannot reach
1 know thy works, and thy faith, and
to it.—P«. cxxxviii. 1-G.
thy charity, and thy ministry, and thy
For all things were known to the patience, and thy last works which aro
Lord God, before they were created: so more than the former.- Apoc. ii. 18, 19.
also after they were perfected, he beAnd to the angel of the church of
holdeth all things. Ecclus. xxiii. 29.
Sardis, write: 'These things saith ho,
For the Lord knoweth all knowledge, that hath the seven spirits of God and
ami hath beheld the signs of the world, tho seven stars: I know thy works, that
he deelareth the things (hat are past, thou hast the name of being alive: and
nnd the things that are to come, and thou art dead.—Apoc. iii. 1.
revealeth the traces of hidden things.—
And to the angel of the church of
Ecclus. xiii. 19.
Laodicea write: 'These things saith tho
Nor can he be diminished, and he Amen, the faithful and true witness,
hath no need of any counsellor.— who is the beginning of the creation of
Ecclus. xiii. 22.
( (od ;
Ho revealeth deep and hidden things,
I know thy works, that thou art
and knoweth what is in darkness: and neither cold nor hot. . . .
light is with him. Dan. ii. 22.
Because thou sayost : 1 am rich, and
Then Susanna cried out with a loud made wealthy, and have nix'd of noth­
voice, and said: O eternal God, who ing: ami knowest not that thou art
knowest hidden things, who knowest all wretched, and miserable, and poor, and
things before they come to pass,
blind, and naked. Apoc. iii. 14, 15, 17.
Thou knowest that 'they have borne
ad. God Secs All Things
false witness against me.— Dan. xiii.
42. 48.
See also: Hidden from God, we can­
To the Lord was his own work known not be—page 206,
from the beginning of the world. AcL<
Hast thou eyes of flesh: or shalt thou
xv. 18.
But to us God hath revealed them by see as num seeth I—Job x. 4.
He discovereth deep things out of
his Spirit. For the Spirit of God
darkness, and bringeth up to light the
'The two Wicked elders, who falsely accused
shadow of death.- Job xii. 22.
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The eye of the adulterer observeth
Laugh no man to scorn in the bitter­
darkness, saying: No eye shall see me: ness of his soul : for there is one that
and he will cover his face.
humbleth and exalteth, God who seeth
He diggeth through houses in the all.—Ecclus. vii. 12.
dark, as in the day they had appointed
Blessed is the man that shall con­
for themselves, and they have not tinue in wisdom, and that shall medi­
known the light. . . .
tate in his justice, and in his mind shall
God hath given him place for pen­ think of the all seeing eye of God.—
ance, and he abuseth it unto pride: but 1 Ecclus. xiv. 22.
his eyes are upon his ways.—Job xxiv.
For the wisdom of God is great, and
he is strong in power, seeing all men
15, 16, 23.
Hell is naked before him, and there without ceasing.
is no covering for destruction.—Job
The eyes of the Lord are towards
them that fear him, and he knoweth all
xxvi. 6.
For he beholdeth the ends of the the work of man.—Ecclus. xv. 19, 20.
Their ways are always before him,
world: and looketh on all things that
they are not hidden from his eyes....
are under heaven.—Job xxviii. 24.
And all their works are as the sun in
Doth not he consider my w’ays, and
the sight of God : and his eyes are con­
number all my steps?—Job xxxi. 4.
The Lord hath looked from heaven: tinually upon their ways.
Their covenants were not hid by their
he hath beheld all the sons of men.
From his habitation which he hath iniquity, and all their iniquities are in
prepared, he hath looked upon all that the sight of God.—Ecclus. xvii. 13,
dwell on the earth.—Ps. xxxii. 13, 14. 16, 17.
Darkness compasseth me about, and
And they have said: The Lord shall
not see: neither shall the God of Jacob the walls cover me, and no man seeth
me: whom do I fear? the most High
understand.
Understand, ye senseless among the will not remember my sins.
And he understandeth not that his
people: and, you fools, be wise at
eye seeth all things. . . .
last.
And he knoweth not that the eyes oí
He that planted the ear, shall he not
hear? or he that formed the eye, doth the Lord are far brighter than the sun,
beholding round about all the ways of
he not consider?—Ps. xciii. 7-9.
I have kept thy commandments and men, and the bottom of the deep, and
thy testimonies: because all my ways looking into the hearts of men, into the
most hidden parts.—Ecclus. xxiii.26-28.
are in thy sight.—Ps. cxviii. 168.
The works of all flesh are before him,
For the Lord is high, and looketh on
the low: and the high he knoweth afar and there is nothing hid from his eyes.
He seeth from eternity to eternity,
off.—Ps. cxxxvii. 6.
And I said : Perhaps darkness shall and there is nothing wonderful before
cover me: and night shall be my light him.—Ecclus. xxxix. 24, 25.
in my pleasures.
For my eyes are upon all their ways:
But darkness shall not be dark to they are not hid from my face, and
thee, and night shall be light as the their iniquity hath not been hid from
day: the darkness thereof and the my eyes.—J er. xvi. 17.
light thereof are alike to thee.—Ps.
Because they have acted folly in
cxxxviii. 11, 12.
Israel, and have committed adultery
Thy eyes did see my imperfect be­ with the wives of their friends, and
ing. and in thy book all shall be written. have spoken lying words in my name,
—Ps. cxxxviii. 16.
which I commanded them not: I am
The eyes of the Lord in every place the judge and the witness, saith the
behold the good and the evil.—Prov. Lord.—J er. xxix. 23.
xv. 3.
Great in counsel, and incomprehensi­
All the ways of a man are open to his ble in thought: whose eyes are open
eyes: the Lord is the weigher of spirits. upon all the ways of the children of
—Prov. xvi. 2.
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To thee is the poor man left: thou
wilt be a helper to the orphan. . . .
The Lord hath heard the desire of
the poor: thy ear hath heard the prepa­
ration of their heart.
To judge for the fatherless and for
the humble, that man may no more pre­
sume to magnify himself upon earth.
—Ps. ix. (JI eb. x.) 14, 17, 18.
For my father and my mother have
left me: but the Lord hath taken me
up.—Ps. xxvi. 10.
Sing ye to God, sing a psalm to his
name, make a way for him who ascendeth upon the west: the Lord is his
name . . . who is the father of orphans,
and the judge of widows. God in his
holy place.—Ps. Ixvii. 5, 6.
The Lord keepeth the strangers, he
will support the fatherless and the
widow : and the ways of sinners he will
destroy.—Ps. cxlv. 9.
He will not despise the prayers of
the fatherless; nor the widow, when she
pourcth out her complaint.
Do not the widow’s tears run down
the cheek, and her cry against him that
causeth them to fall?
For from the cheek they go up even
to heaven, and the Lord that heareth,
ORDERLINESS, OR REGULARITY will not be delighted with them.—
Wherefore, my brethren, when you Ecclus. XXXV. 17-19.
come together to eat, wait for one an­
Leave thy fatherless children: I will
other.
make them live: and thy widows shall
If any man be hungry, let him eat at hope in me.—J er. xlix. 11.
home; that you come not together unto
And I will come to you in judg­
judgment.
ment, anti will be a speedy witness
And the rest I will set in order, when against sorcerers, and adulterers, and
I come.—1 Cor. xi. 33, 34.
false swearers, and them that oppress
But let all things be done decently, the hireling in his wages, the widows,
and according to order.—1 Cor. xiv. 40. and the fatherless: and oppress the
stranger, and have not feared me. saith
ORPHANS, GOD IS THE PRO­ the Lord of hosts.—Malach. iii. 5.
TECTOR AND AVENGER OF
ORPHANS, PROHIBITION
You shall not hurt a widow or an
AGAINST DOING
orphan.
WRONG TO
If you hurt them they will cry out
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment
to me, and I will hear their cry:
And my rage shall be enkindled, and of the stranger nor of the fatherless,
I will strike you with the sword, and neither shalt thou take away the
your wives shall be widows, and your widow’s raiment for a pledge.—Deut.
children, fatherless.—Ex. xxii. 22-24. xxiv. 17.
Cursed be he that perverteth the
He doth judgment to the fatherless
and the widow, loveth the stranger, and judgment of the stranger, of the father­
giveth him food and raiment.—Deut. less. and the widow: and all the people
shall say: Amen.—Deut. xxvii. 19.
x. 18.
ing to his ways, and according to the
fruit of his devices.—J er. xxxii. 19.
Neither is there any creature invisi­
ble in his sight: but all things are
naked and open to his eyes, to whom
our speech is.—Ilcb. iv. 13.
OPPORTUNITIES, REGRET FOR
LOST
What shall 1 say, or what shall he an­
swer for me, whereas he himself hath
done it? I will recount to thee all my
years in the bitterness of my soul.—Is.
xxxviii. 15.
Strive to enter by the narrow gate;
for many, I say to you, shall seek to
enter, and shall not be able.
But when the master of the house
shall be gone in, and shall shut the door,
you shall begin to stand without, and
knock at the door, saying: Lord, open
to us. And he answering, shall say to
you: I know you not, whence you are.
. . . There shall be weeping and
gnashing of teeth, when you shall see
Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and
all the prophets, in the kingdom of
God, and you yourselves thrust out.—
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If I have lifted up my hand against
the fatherless, even when I saw myself
superior in the gate:
Let my shoulder fall from its joint,
and let my arm with its bones be
broken.—Job xxxi. 21, 22.
Touch not the bounds of little ones:
and enter not into the field of the
fatherless :
For their near kinsman is strong:
and he will judge their cause against
thee.—Prov. xxiii. 10, 11.
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, saying:
Judge ye true judgment, and show ye
mercy and compassion every man to his
brother.
And oppress not the widow, and the
fatherless, and the stranger, and the
poor: and let not a man devise evil in
his heart against his brother.—Zach.
vii. 9, 10.

OSTENTATION
Take heed that you do not your jus­
tice before men, to be seen by them:
otherwise you shall not have a reward
of your Father who is in heaven.
Therefore when thou dost an almsdeed, sound not a trumpet before thee,
as the hypocrites do in the synagogues,
and in the streets, that they may be
honored by men. Amen I say to you,
they have received their reward.
But when thou dost alms, let not
thy left hand know what thy right hand
doth. That thy alms may be in secret,
and thy leather, who seeth in secret, will
reward thee.
And when ye pray, you shall not be
as the hypocrites, that love to stand and
pray in the synagogues and corners
of the streets that they may be seen by
men : Amen I say to you, they have re­
ceived their reward. . . .
And when you fast, be not as the
hypocrites, sad. For they disfigure
their faces, that they may appear unto
men to fast. Amen I say to you, they
have received their reward.
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint
thy head, and wash thy face;
That thou appear not to men to fast,
but to thy Father, who is in secret:
and thy Father, who seeth in secret, will
repay thee.—Malt. vi. 1-5, 16-18.
And all their works ’they do for to
be seen of men. For they make their
phylacteries broad, and enlarge their
fringes.—Matt, xxiii. 5.

ORPHANS, WE SHOULD BE
ESPECIALLY KIND TO
When thou hast reaped the corn in
thy field, and hast forgot, and left a
sheaf, thou shalt not return to take it
away: but thou shalt suffer the stran­
ger, and the fatherless and the widow
to take it away: that the Lord thy God
may bless thee in all the works of
thy hands.
If thou have gathered the fruit of
thy olive-trees, thou shalt not return to
gather whatsoever remaineth on the
trees: but shalt leave it for the stran­
ger, for the fatherless, and the
widow.
If thou make the vintage of thy PARDON OF SINS, PRAYER FOR
See: Forgiveness of sins—page 155.
vineyard, thou shalt not gather the clus­
ters that remain, but they shall be for
PARENTS, OBEDIENCE TO
the stranger, the fatherless and the
widow.—Deut. xxiv. 19-21.
See: Obedience to—page 347.
In judging be merciful to the father­
less as a father, and as a husband to
PARENTS, RESPECT AND
their mother.
LOVE FOR
And thou shalt be as the obedient
son of the most High, and he will have
Ilonor thy father and thy mother,
mercy on thee more than a mother.— that thou mayst be longlived upon the
Ecclus. iv. 10, 11.
land which the Lord thy God will give
Religion clean and undefilcd before thee.—Er. xx. 12.
God and the Father is this : to visit the
Let every one fear his father and
fatherless and widows in their tribula- his mother.— Lev. xix. 3.
tion: and to keep one’s self unspotted
Honor thy’ father and mother, as the
from this world.—James i. 27.
’The scribes and Pharisees.
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Lord thy God hath commanded thee, day of his prayer, he shall be
that thou mayst live a long time, and heard.
He that honoreth his father shall
it may be well with thee in the land
which the Lord thy God will give thee. enjoy a long life: and he that obeyeth
the father, shall be a comfort to his
—Deut. v. 16.
Then Bethsabec came to king Solo­ mother.
He that feareth the Lord, honoreth
mon, to speak to him for Adonias: and
the king arose to meet her, and bowed his parents, and will serve them as his
to her, and sat down upon his throne: masters, that brought him into the
and a throne was set for the king's world.—Ecclus. iii. 5-8.
The father’s blessing establisheth the
mother, and she sat on his right hand.
And she said to him: I desire one houses of the children : but the mother’s
small petition of thee, do not put me curse rooteth up the foundation.
Glory not in the dishonor of thy
to confusion. And the king said to
her : My mother, ask : for I must not father: for his shame is no glory to thee.
For the glory of a man is from the
turn away thy face.—3 Kings ii. 19, 20.
But his (Tobias’) mother wept, and honor of his father, and a father with­
was quite disconsolate, and said: Woe, out honor is the disgrace of the son.—
woe is me, my son; why did we send Ecclus. iii. 11-13.
thee to go to a strange country, the
light of our eyes, the staff of our old PARENTS, EXHORTATION TO
HONOR AND LOVE
age, the comfort of our life, the hope
Therefore when Tobias thought that
of our posterity?—Tob. x. 4.
A wise son heareth the doctrine of his prayer was heard that he might die,
his father: but he that is a scorner, he called to him Tobias his son,
And said to him : Hear, my son, the
heareth not when he is reproved.—Prov.
words of my mouth, and lay them as
xiii. 1.
A fool laugheth at the instruction of a foundation in thy heart.
When God shall take my soul, thou
his father: but he that regardeth re­
proofs shall become prudent.—Prov. shalt bury my body: and thou shalt
honor thy mother all the days of her
xv. 5.
Children’s children are the crown of life :
For thou must be mindful what and
old men : and the glory of children are
their fathers.—Prov. xvii. 6.
how great perils she suffered for thee
He that stealeth any thing from his in her womb.—Tob. iv. 1-4.
My son, hear the instruction of thy
father or from his mother : and saith.
This is no sin, is the partner of a mur­ father, and forsake not the law of thy
derer.—Prov. xxviii. 24.
mother.—Prov. i. 8.
Hearken to thy father that begot
There is a generation that curseth
their father, and doth not bless their thee: and despise not thy mother when
mother.
she is old.
. . . Let thy father and thy mother
A generation that are pure in their
own eyes, and yet are not washed from be joyful, and let her rejoice that bore
their filthiness.—Prov. xxx. 11, 12.
thee.—Prov. xxiii. 22, 25.
Honor thy father in work and word,
Children, hear the judgment of your
father, and so do that you may be and all patience,
That a blessing may come upon thee
saved.
For God hath made the father honor­ from him, and his blessing may remain
able to the children: and seeking the in the latter end.—Ecclus. iii. 9, 10.
Son, support the old age of thy
judgment of the mothers, hath con­
firmed it upon the children.—Ecclus. father, and grieve him not in his life;
And if his understanding fail, have
iii. 2, 3.
And he that honoreth his mother, is patience with him, and despise him not,
when thou art in thy strength: for the
as one that layeth up a treasure.
He that honoreth his father, shall relieving of the father shall not be for­
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And in justice thou shalt be built up, curse the day of thy nativity.—Ecclui.
and in the day of affliction, thou shalt xxiii. 18, 19.
be remembered: and thy sins shall melt
away as the ice in the fair warm PARENTS TO THEIR CHILDREN,
weather.—Ecclus. iii. 14, 15, 17.
THE DUTY OF
With thy whole heart,
Honor thy father, and forget not the
ist. Teaching Them
groanings of thy mother:
Lay up these my words in .your hearts
Remember that thou hadst not been
born but through them: and make a and minds. . . .
Teach your children that they medi­
return to them as they have done for
tate on them, when thou sittest in thy
thee.—Ecclus. vii. 28-30.
house, and when thou walkest on the
way, and when thou liest down and
PARENTS, PUNISHMENT OF
risesi up.—Deal. xi. IS, 19.
FAILURE TO HONOR
And when he (Tobias) was a man, he
ONE’S
took to wife Anna, of his own tribe, and
He that striketh his father or had a son by her, whom he called after
his own name,
mother, shall be put to death. . .
And from his infancy he taught him
He that curseth his father or mother,
to fear God, and to abstain from all
shall die the death.—Er. xxi. 15, 17.
He that curseth his father or mother, sin.—Tob. i. 9, 10.
Instruct thy son, and he shall re­
dying let him die: he hath cursed his
father and mother, let his blood be upon fresh thee, and shall give delight to thy
soul.—Prov. xxix. 17.
him.—Lev. xx. 9.
Hast thou children? instruct them,
Cursed be he that honoreth not his
father and mother: and all the people and bow down their neck from their
childhood.—Ecclus. vii. 25.
shall say: Amen.—Deut. xxvii. 16.
A son ill taught is the confusion of
No good shall come to the deceitful
the father; and a foolish daughter shall
son.—Prov. xiv. 15.
He that atllictcth his father, and be to his loss.—Ecclus. xxii. 3.
He that instructeth his son, shall be
chaseth away his mother, is infamous
praised in him, and shall glory in him
and unhappy.—Prov. xix. 26.
He that curseth his father and in the midst of them of his household.
He that teacheth his son, maketh his
mother, his lamp shall be put out in the
enemy jealous, and in the midst of his
midst of darkness.—Prov. xx. 20.
The eye that mocketh at his father, friends he shall glory in him.
His father is dead, and he is as if he
and that despiseth the labor of his
mother in bearing him, let the ravens were not dead: for he hath left one be­
of the brooks pick it out, and the young hind him that is like himself.
While he lived, ho saw and rejoiced
eagles eat it,—Prov. xxx. 17.
The father’s blessing established the in him: and when he died, he was not
houses of the children: but the mother’s sorrowful, neither was he confounded
curse rooteth up the foundation.— before his enemies.—Ecclus. xxx. 2-5.
Instruct thy son, and labor about him,
Ecclus. iii. 11.
Of what an evil fame is he that lest his lewd behavior be an offence to
forsaketh his father: and he is cursed thee.—Ecclus. xxx. 13.
of God that angcrcth his mother.—
2d. Correcting Them
Ecclus. iii. 18.
Remember thy father and thy mother,
lie that spareth the rod, hateth his
for thou sittest in the midst of great son: but he that loveth him, correcteth
men :
him betimes.—Prov. xiii. 24.
Lest God forget thee in their sight,
Chastise thy son, despair not: but to
and thou, by thy daily custom, be in­ the killing of him, set not thy soul.—
fatuated and suffer reproach: and wish Prov. xix. 18.
that thou hadst not been born, and
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child, and the rod of correction shall her taketh away his sleep, when she is
young, lest she pass away the flower of
drive it away.—Prov. xxii. 15.
Withhold not correction from a child: her age, and when she is married, lest
for if thou strike him with the rod, he she should be hateful:
In her virginity, lest she should be
shall not die.
Thon shalt beat him with the rod,and corrupted, and be found with child in
deliver his soul from hell.—Prov. xxiii. her father’s house: and having a hus­
band, lest she should misbehave herself,
13. 14.
The rod and reproof give wisdom : or at the least, become barren.—Ecclus.
but the child that is left to his own xiii. 9, 10.
Keep a sure watch over a shameless
will, bringeth his mother to shame.
daughter: lest at any time she make
Prov. xxix. 15.
He that loveth his son, frequently thee become a laughing-stock to thy
chastiseth him, that he may rejoice in enemies, and a by-word in the city, and
his latter end, and not grope after the a reproach among the people, and she
doors of his neighbors.—Ecclus. xxx. 1. make thee ashamed before all the mul­
A horse not broken, becomcth stub­ titude.—Ecclus. xiii. 11.
But if any widow have children or
born, and a child left to himself will be­
grand-children, let her learn first to
come headstrong.
Give thy son his way, and he shall govern her own house, and to make a
make thee afraid: play with him, and return of duty to her parents: for this
is acceptable before God.—1 Tim. v. 4.
he shall make thee sorrowful. . . .
But if any man have not care of his
Give him not liberty in his youth,
own, and especially of those of his house,
and wink not at his devices.
Bow down his neck while he is young, he hath denied the faith, and is worse
and beat his sides while he is a child, than an infidel.—1 Tim. v. 8.
lest he grow stubborn, and regard thee
not, and so be a sorrow’ of heart to thee. 4th. Bringing Them Up in the Fear
of God and in Obedience to
—Ecclus. xxx. 8, 9, 11, 12.
His Laws
Fathers, provoke not your children to
indignation, lest they be discouraged.
And the Lord said : Can I hide from
-Col. iii. 21.
Abraham what I am about ’to do: . . .
For I know that he will command his
3d. Watchfulness and Care Over Them
children, and his household after him,
Hast thou daughters? have a care of to keep the way of the Lord, and do
their body, and show’ not thy counte­ judgment and justice: that for Abra­
nance gay towards them.
ham’s sake the Lord may bring to ef­
Marry thy daughter well, and thou fect all the things he hath spoken unto
shalt do a great work, and give her to him.—Gen. xviii. 17, 19.
a wise man.—Ecclus. vii. 26, 27.
And command your children that
On a daughter that turneth not away they do justice and almsdeeds, and that
herself, set a strict watch : lest, finding they be mindful of God, and bless him
an opportunity, she abuse herself.
at all times in truth, and with all their
Take heed of the impudence of her power.—Tob. xiv. 11.
eyes, and wonder not if she slight thee.
And you, fathers, provoke not your
She will open her mouth as a thirsty children to anger; but bring them up
traveller to the fountain, and will drink in the discipline and correction of the
of every water near her, and will sit Lord.—Eph. vi. 4.
down by every hedge, and open her
quiver against every arrow, until she PARENTS TO THEIR CHILDREN,
PUNISHMENT OF FAILURE
fail.—Ecclus. xxvi. 13-15.
IN THE DUTY OF
And beware of thy own children, and
take heed of them of thy household.—
And the Lord said to Samuel: Be­
Ecclus. xxxii. 26.
hold I do a thing in Israel: and whoThe father waketh for the daughter ’The Impending destruction of Sodom and
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soever shall hear it, both his ears shall
tingle.
In that day I will raise up against
Heli all the things I have spoken con­
cerning his house: I will begin, and I
will make an end.
For I have foretold unto him that I
will judge his house for ever, for in­
iquity, because he knew that his sons
did wickedly, and did not chastise them.
—1 Kings iii. 11-13.
The children will complain of an un­
godly father, because for his sake they
are in reproach.—Ecclus. xii. 10.
PARENTS SHOULD ALWAYS
MAINTAIN THEIR
AUTHORITY
Give not to son or wife, brother or
friend, power over thee while thou livest; and give not thy estate to another,
lest thou repent, and thou entreat for
the same.
As long as thou livest, and hast
breath in thee, let no man change thee.
For it is better that thy children
should ask of thee, than that thou look
toward the hands of thy children.
In all thy works, keep the pre-emi­
nence.
Let no stain sully thy glory. In the
time when thou shalt end the days of
thy life, and in the time of thy decease,
distribute thy inheritance.—Ecclus.
xxxiii. 20-24.
PASSION OF CHRIST, THE
When a man hath committed a crime,
for which he is to be punished with
death, and being condemned to die, is
hanged on a gibbet :
His body shall not remain upon the
tree, but shall be buried the same day :
for he is accursed of God that hangeth on a tree.—Deut. xxi. 22, 23.
Have pity on me, have pity on me, at
least you my friends, because the hand
of the Lord hath touched me.—Job
xix. 21.
O God, my God, look upon me: why
hast thou forsaken me?—Ps. xxi. 2.
But I am a worm, and no man: the
reproach of men. and the outcast of the
people.
All they that saw me, have laughed

me to scorn : they have spoken with the
lips, and wagged the head—Ps. xxi.
7, 8.

My friends and my neighbors have
drawn near, and stood against me.
And they that were near me, st
afar off: And they that sought my soul,
used violence.
And they that sought evils to me,
spoke vain things, and studied deceits
all the day long.
But I, as a deaf man, heard not:
and as a dumb man not opening his
mouth.
And I became as a man that heareth
not : and that hath no reproofs in his
mouth.—Ps. xxxvii. 12-15.
I was dumb, and was humbled, and
kept silence from good things: and my
sorrow was renewed.—Ps. xxxviii. 3.
For even the man of my peace, in
whom I trusted, who ate my bread,
hath greatly supplanted me.—Ps. xl. 10.
For if my enemy had reviled me, I
would verily have borne with it.
And if he that hated me had spoken
great things against me, I would per­
haps have hidden myself from him.
But thou, a man of one mind, my
guide and my familiar,
Who didst take sweetmeats together
with me: in the house of God we
walked with consent.—Ps. liv. 13-15.
My heart hath expected reproach and
misery. And I looked for one that
would grieve together with me, but
there was none : and for one that would
comfort me, and I found none.
And they gave me gall for my food,
and in my thirst, they gave me vine­
gar to drink.—Ps. Ixviii. 21, 22.
They have spoken against me with
deceitful tongues; and they have com­
passed me about with words of hatred;
and have fought against me without
cause.
Instead of making me a return of
love, they detracted me: but I gave my­
self to prayer.
And they repaid me evil for good:
and hatred for my love.—Ps. cviii. 3-5.
Go forth, ye daughters of Sion, and
seeking Solomon in the diadem, where­
with his mother crowned him in the day
of his espousals, and in the day of the
joy of his heart.—Cani. iii. 11.
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Let us see then if his words be true,
and let us prove what shall happen to
him, and we shall know what his end
shall be.
For if he be the true son of God, he
will defend him, and will deliver him
from the hands of his enemies.
Let us examine him by outrages
and tortures, that we may know his
meekness, and try his patience.
Let us condemn him to a most shame­
ful death: for there shall be respect had
unto him by his words.
These things they thought, and were
deceived: for their own malice blinded
them.—IVts. ii. 17-21.
For blessed is the wood, by which
justice cometh.— IV¿s. xiv. 7.
lie will crown thee with a crown of
tribulation.—Is. xxii. 18.
To whom have you likened me, and
made me equal, and compared me, and
made me like?—Is. xlvi. 5.
0 all ye that pass by the way, at­
tend, and see if there be any sorrow
like to my sorrow.—Lam. i. 12.
lie shall give his cheek to him that
striketh him, he shall be filled with re­
proaches.—Lam. iii. 30.
Out of thee shall come forth one
that imagincth evil against the Lord,
contriving treachery in his mind.—
Nahum i. 11.
Then Jesus came with them into a
country place which is called Gethsemani; and he said to his disciples:
Sit you here, till I go yonder, and pray.
And taking with him Peter and the
two sons of Zebedee, he began to grow
sorrowful, and to be sad.
Then he saith to them : My soul is
sorrowful even unto death: stay you
here, and watch with me.
And going a little further, he fell
upon his face, praying and saying: My
Father, if it be possible, let this chalice
pass from me. Nevertheless not as I
will, but as thou wilt.—Matt. xxvi.
36-39.
And he that betrayed him, gave them
a sign, saying: Whomsoever I shall
kiss, that is he. hold him fast.
And forthwith coming to Jesus, he
said: Hail. Rabbi. And he kissed him.
And Jesus said to him : Friend,
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came up, and laid hands on Jesus, and
held him.—Matt. xxvi. 48-50.
Then the high-priest rent his gar­
ments, saying: lie hath blasphemed;
what further need have we of wit­
nesses? Behold, now you have heard
the blasphemy:
What think you? But they answer­
ing, said: He is guilty of death.
Then did they spit in his face, and
buffeted him : and others struck his face
with the palms of their hands,
Saying: Prophesy unto us, 0 Christ,
who is he that struck thee?—Matt.
xxvi. 65-68.
Now upon the solemn day, the gov­
ernor was accustomed to release to the
people one prisoner, whom they would.
And he had then a notorious pris­
oner, that was called Barabbas.
They therefore being gathered to­
gether, Pilate said: Whom will you
that I release to you, Barabbas, or Jesus
that is called Christ? . . .
But the chief priests and ancients
persuaded the people, that they should
ask Barabbas, and make Jesus away.
And the governor answering, said to
them :
Whether will you of the two to be
released unto you? But they said:
Barabbas. Pilate saith to them: What
shall I do then with Jesus, that is
called Christ? They say all: Let him
be crucified.
The governor said to them: Why,
what evil hath he done? But they
cried out the more, saying: Let him be
crucified.—Matt, xxvii. 15-17, 20-23.
Then he released to them Barabbas,
and having scourged Jesus, delivered
him unto them to be crucified.
Then the soldiers of the governor tak­
ing Jesus into the hall, gathered to­
gether unto him the whole band;
And stripping him, they put a scar­
let cloak about him.
And platting a crown of thorns, they
put it upon his head, and a reed in his
right hand. And bowing the knee be­
fore him. they mocked him, saying:
Hail, king of the Jews.
And spitting upon him. they took the
reed, and struck his head.
And after they had mocked him, they
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him his own garments, and led him
And bearing his own cross, he went
away to crucify him.
forth to that place which is called Cai­
And going out, they found a man I vary, but in Hebrew, Golgotha,
of Cyrene, named Simon: him they
Where they crucified him, and with
forced to take up his cross.
------------_ each uside,
.uv, BU
I ---him two
others,, one__on
and,
And they came to the place that is | Jesus in the midst.—John xix. 16-18.
called Golgotha, which is the place of
Christ hath redeemed us from the
Calvary.
curse of the law, being made a curse for
And they gave him wine to drink, lus: for it is written: Cursed is every
mingled with gall. And when he had | one that hangeth on a tree—Gal.
iii. 13.
tasted, he would not drink.
Because Christ also suffered for us,
And after they had crucified him,
they divided his garments, casting lots. leaving you an example that you
should follow his steps.
—Matt, xxvii. 26-35.
Who did no sin, neither was guile
Now from the sixth hour there was
darkness over the whole earth, until the found in his mouth.
Who, when he was reviled, did not
ninth hour.
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried revile: when he suffered, he threatened
with a loud voice, saying: Eli, Eli, not: but delivered himself to him that
lamma sabacthani? that is, My God, judged him unjustly.
Who his own self bore our sins in
my God, why hast thou forsaken
his body upon the tree: that we, being
me? . . .
And Jesus again crying with a loud dead to sins, should live to justice: by
voice, yielded up the ghost.—Matt. whose stripes you were healed.—1 Pefer
ii. 21-24.
xxvii. 45, 46, 50.
And he was withdrawn away from
them a stone’s cast; and kneeling PASSION OF CHRIST, PROPH
ECIES OF THE
down, he prayed,
Saying: Father, if thou wilt, remove
See : Part II—page 796.
this chalice from me: but yet, not my
will, but thine be done.
PASTORS, WE SHOULD SUPPORT
And there appeared to him an angel
OUR
from heaven, strengthening him. And
And the Lord said to Aaron: Behold
being in an agony, he prayed the
I have given thee the charge of my
longer.
And his sweat became as drops of first-fruits. All things that are sancti­
blood, trickling down upon the ground. fied by the children of Israel, I have
delivered to thee and to thy sons for the
—Luke xxii. 41-44.
And Herod with his army set him at priestly office, by everlasting ordi­
nought, and mocked him, putting on nances. ...
But the first-fruits which the children
him a white garment, and sent him
of Israel shall vow and offer, I have
back to Pilate.—Luke xxiii. 11.
Now is my soul troubled. And what given to thee and to thy sons, and to
shall I say? Father, save me from thy daughters, by a perpetual law. . ..
Every thing that the children of
this hour. But for this cause, I came
unto this hour.—John xii. 27.
Israel shall give by vow, shall be thine.
Jesus therefore said to Peter: Put up|—Num. xviii. 8, 11. 14.
thy sword into the scabbard. The chal­
And I have given to the sons of Levi
ice which my Father hath given me, I all the tithes of Israel for a possession,
shall I not drink it?—John xviii. 11. for the ministry wherewith they serve
(Jesus therefore came forth, bearing'me in the tabernacle of the covenant.—
the crown of thorns and the purple Nuzn. xviii. 21.
garment.) And he (Pilate) saith to
soul, and
Honor God with all thy soni,
them: Behold the Man.—John xix. 5. give honor to the priests, and purify
And they took Jesus, and led him [thyself with thy arms.
forth.
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Ilear thou from heaven, from thy
commanded thee, of the first-fruits and
of purifications: and for thy negli­ high dwelling place, and forgive, and
gences, purify thyself with a few.— render to every one according to his
ways. . . .
Ecclus. vii. 33, 34.
That they may fear thee, and walk in
And in the same house remain, eat­
ing and drinking such things as they thy ways all the days that they live
have: for the laborer is worthy of his upon the face of the land, which thou
hast given to our fathers.—2 Paral, vi.
hire.—Luke x. 7.
For it hath pleased them of Mace­ 29-31.
My foot hath followed his steps, I
donia and Achaia to make a contribu­
tion for the poor of the saints that are have kept his way, and have not de­
in Jerusalem.
clined from it.
For it hath pleased them ; and they
I have not departed from the com­
are their debtors. For if the (lentiles mandments of his lips, and the words
have been made partakers of their spir­ of his mouth, I have hid in my bosom.
itual things, they ought also in carnal —Job xxiii. 11, 12.
things to minister to them.—Rom. xv.
For the sake of the words of thy lips,
26, 27.
I have kept hard ways.
Who serveth as a soldier at any time
Perfect thou my goings in thy paths:
at his own charges? Who pianteti: a that my footsteps be not moved.—Ps.
vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit xvi. 4, 5.
thereof? Who feedeth the flock, and
He hath converted my soul.
eateth not of the milk of the flock?
lie hath led me on the paths of jus­
Speak I these things according to tice, for his own name’s sake.—Ps.
man? Or doth not the law also say xxii. 3.
these things? . . .
My foot hath stood in the direct way:
If wc have sown unto you spiritual in the churches, I will bless thee, 0
things, is it a great matter if we reap Lord.—Ps. xxv. 12.
your carnal things? . . .
lie will keep the salvation of the
Know you not, that they who work in righteous, and protect them that walk
the holy place, eat the things that are in simplicity.
Keeping the paths of justice, and
of the holy place; and they that serve
guarding the ways of saints.—Prov. ii.
the altar, partake with the altar?
So also the Lord ordained that they 7, 8.
If wisdom shall enter into thy heart,
who preach the gospel, should live by
the gospel.—1 Cor. ix. 7, 8, 11, 13, 14. and knowledge please thy soul :
Counsel shall keep thee, and prudence
Or did I commit a fault, humbling
myself, that you might be exalted? Be­ shall preserve thee,
That thou mayst be delivered from
cause I preached unto you the gospel of
God freely ?
the evil way, . . .
That thou mayst walk in a good way:
1 have taken from other churches,
receiving wages of them for your min­ and mayst keep the paths of the just.—
Prov. ii. 10-12, 20.
istry.—2 Cor. xi. 7, 8.
In the path of justice is life: but the
Let the priests that rule well be es­
teemed worthy of double honor: espe­ by-way leadeth to death.—Prov. xii. 28.
Woe to them that have lost patience,
cially they who labor in the word and
and that have forsaken the right ways,
doctrine :
For the scripture saith: Thou shalt and have gone aside into crooked ways.
And what will they do. when the Lord
not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the
corn: and. The laborer is worthy of his shall begin to examine?—Ecclus. ii.
16. 17.
reward.—1 Tim. v. 17, 18.
When I was yet young, before I
PATH OF RECTITUDE, THE
wandered about, I sought for wisdom
Then if any of thy people Israel . . . openly in my prayer. . . .
My heart delighted in her, my foot
shall pray, and shall spread forth his
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youth up I sought after her.—Ecclus.
Ii. 18, 20.
The way of the just is right, the path
of the just is right to walk in.—Is.
xxvi. 7.
And a path and a way shall be there,
and it shall be called the holy way:
the unclean shall not pass over it, and
this shall be unto you a straight way
so that fools shall not err therein:
. . . But they shall walk there that
shall be delivered.—Is. xxxv. 8, 9.
For if thou hadst walked in the way
of God, thou hadst surely dwelt in peace
for ever.—Bar. iii. 13.
And they have not known his jus­
tices, nor walked by the ways of God’s
commandments, neither have they en­
tered by the paths of his truth and jus­
tice.—Bar. iv. 13.
Through the bowels of the mercy of
our God, in which the Orient from on
high hath visited us:
To enlighten them that sit in dark­
ness, and in the shadow of death: to
direct our feet into the way of peace.
—Luke i. 78, 79.
PATH OF RECTITUDE, EXHOR­
TATION TO WALK IN THE
Keep therefore and do the things
which the Lord God hath commanded
you: you shall not go aside, neither to
the right hand, nor to the left.
But you shall walk in the way that
the Lord your God hath commanded,
that you may live, and it may be well
with you, and your days may be long in
the land of your possession.—Deut. v.
32, 33.
Let our hearts also be perfect with
the Lord our God, that we may walk in
his statutes, and keep his command­
ments. as at this day.—3 Kings viii. Gl.
Let thy eyes look straight on, and let
thy eyelids go before thy steps.
Make straight the path for thy feet,
and all thy ways shall be established.
Decline not to the right hand, nor to
the left: turn away thy foot from evil.
For the Lord knoweth the ways that are
on the right hand: but those are per­
verse. which are on the left hand. But
he will make thy courses straight, he
will bring forward thy ways in peace.—
Prov. iv. 25-27.

Rejoice therefore, 0 young man, in
thy youth, and let thy heart be in that
which is good in the days of thy youth,
and walk in the ways of thy heart, and
in the sight of thy eyes: and know that
for all these God will bring thee into
judgment.—Eccles, xi. 9.
Be steadfast in the way of the Lord,
and in the truth of thy judgment, and
in knowledge, and let the word of peace
and justice keep with thee.—Ecclus.
v. 12.
And thy ears shall hear the word of
one admonishing thee behind thy back:
This is the way, walk ye in it: and go
not aside, neither to the right hand, nor
to the left.—Is. xxx. 21.
Thus saith the Lord : Stand ye on the
ways, and see, and ask for the old paths,
which is the good way, and walk ye in
it: and you shall find refreshment for
your souls.—J er. vi. 1G.
But this thing I commanded them,
saying: Hearken to my voice, and I
will be your God, and you shall be my
people: and walk ye in all the way that
I have commanded you, that it may be
well with you.—J er. vii. 23.
Set thee up a watch tower, make to
thee bitterness : direct thy heart into the
right way, wherein thou hast walked:
return, O virgin of Israel, return to
these thy cities.—J er. xxxi. 21.
PATH TO HEAVEN IS NARROW
AND HARD, THE
Enter ye in at the narrow gate. . . .
How narrow is the gate, and strait is
the way that leadeth to life: and few
there are that find it!—Mall. vii. 13,14.
And a certain man said to him: Lord,
are they few that arc saved? But he
said to them:
Strive to enter by the narrow gate;
for many, I say to you, shall seek to
enter, and shall not be able.—Luke xiii.
23, 24.
PATH TO HELL IS BROAD AND
EASY, THE
Enter ye in at the narrow gate: for
wide is the gate, and broad is the way
that leadeth to destruction, and many
there are who go in thereat.—Mali.
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PATIENCE IN SUFFERING AND | surrounds us, let us run by patience to
the
—
xii. X
UNDER DIFFICULTIES
My brethren, count it all joy, when
But now the scourge is come upon you shall fall into divers temptations;
thee, and thou faintest: it hath touched
Knowing that the trying of your
thee, and thou art troubled.
faith worketh patience.
Where is thy fear, thy fortitude, thy
And patience hath a perfect work;
patience, and the perfection of thy that you may be perfect and entire,
ways?—Job iv. 5, 6.
failing in nothing.—James i. 2-4.
But be thou, O my soul, subject to
Take, my brethren, for an example
God: for from him is my patience.— of suffering evil, of labor and patience,
Ps. Ixi. G.
the prophets, who spoke in the name of
For thou art my patience, O Lord: the Lord.
my hope, 0 Lord, from my youth.—Ps. I Behold, we account them blessed who
l.xx. 5.
have endured. You have heard of the
A patient man shall bear for a time, patience of Job, and you have seen the
and afterwards joy shall be restored to end of the Lord, that the Lord is mer­
him.—Ecclus. i. 29.
ciful and compassionate.—James v.
Woe to them that have lost patience, 10, 11.
and that have forsaken the right ways,
For what glory is it, if committing
and have gone aside into crooked sin, and being buffeted for it, you en­
ways.
dure? But if, doing well, you suffer
And what will they do, when the patiently; this is thankworthy before
Lord shall begin to examine?—Ecclus. God.
ii. 1G, 17.
For
unto this are you called: because
They that fear the Lord, keep his Christ also suffered for us, leaving you
commandments, and will have patience an example that you should follow his
even until his visitation.—Ecclus. ii. 21. , steps.—1 Peter ii. 20, 21.
In your patience you shall possess
your souls.—Luke xxi. 19.
PATIENCE IN SUFFERING, EX­
Who will render to every man accord­
HORTATION TO
ing to his works.
To them indeed who according to
Wait on God with patience: join thy­
patience in good work seek glory and self to God, and endure, that thy life
honor and incorruption, eternal life.— may be increased in the latter end.
Take all that shall be brought upon
Rom. ii. 6, 7.
But we glory also in tribulations, thee: and in thy sorrow endure, and in
knowing that tribulation worketh pa­ thy humiliation keep patience.
For gold and silver are tried in the
tience ;
And patience, trial; and trial, hope; fire, but acceptable men in the furnace
And hope confoundeth not: because of humiliation.—Ecclus. ii. 3-5.
My children, suffer patiently the
the charity of God is poured forth in
our hearts by the Holy Ghost, who is wrath that is come upon you: for thy
enemy hath persecuted thee, but thou
given to us.—Rom. v. 3-5.
But the fruit of the Spirit is charity, shalt quickly see his destruction: and
joy, peace, patience, benignity, good­ thou shalt get up upon his neck.—Bar.
iv. 25.
ness, longanimity.—Gal. v. 22.
Rejoicing in hope. Patient in tribu­
For patience is necessary for you:
that doing the will of God, you may lation. Instant in prayer.—Rom.
xii. 12.
receive the promise.
But in all things let us exhibit our­
For yet a little, and a very little
while, and he that is to come, will come, selves as the ministers of God, in much
patience, in tribulation, in necessities,
and will not delay.—Heb. x. 36, 37.
And therefore we also having so great in distresses.—2 Cor. vi. 4.
Therefore we also, from the day that
a cloud of witnesses over our head,
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and to beg that you may be filled with
the knowledge of his will, in all wis­
dom and spiritual understanding. . . .
Strengthened with all might, accord­
ing to the power of his glory, in all pa­
tience and long-suffering with joy.—
Col. i. 9, 11.
PATIENCE IN DEALING WITH
OTHERS
lie that is patient, is governed with
much wisdom : but he that is impatient,
exalteth his folly.—Prov. xiv. 29.
A passionate man stirreth up strifes:
he that is patient, appeaseth those that
are stirred up.—Prov. xv. 18.
The patient man is better than the
valiant: and he that ruleth his spirit,
than he that taketh cities.—Prov.
xvi. 32.
The learning of a man is known by
patience: and his glory is to pass over
wrongs.—Prov. xix. 11.
By patience, a prince shall be ap­
peased, and a soft tongue shall break
hardness.—Prov. xxv. 15.
Better is the patient man, than the
presumptuous.—Eccles, vii. 9.
The sinner shall not escape in his
rapines, and the patience of him that
showeth mercy, shall not be put off.—
Ecclus. xvi. 14.
PATIENCE IN OUR DEALINGS
WITH OTHERS, EXHORTA­
TION TO
You have heard that it hath been
said. An eye for an eye, and a tooth for
a tooth.
But I say to you, not to resist evil:
but if one strike thee on thy right
cheek, turn to him also the other:
And if a man will contend with thee
in judgment, and take away thy coat,
let go thy cloak also unto him.
And whosoever will force thee one
mile, go with him other two.—Malt. v.
38-41.
I therefore, a prisoner in the Lord,
beseech you that you walk worthy of
the vocation in which you are called,
With all humility and mildness, with
patience supporting one another in
charity.—Eph. iv. 1, 2.
Put ye on therefore, as the elect of

God, holy and beloved, the bowels of
mercy, benignity, humility, modesty,
patience :
Bearing with one another, and for­
giving one another.—Col. iii. 12, 13.
And we beseech you, brethren, re­
buke the unquiet, comfort the feeble­
minded, support the weak, be patient
towards all men.—1 Thess. v. 14.
But thou, O man of God, fly these
things: and pursue justice, godliness,
faith, charity, patience, mildness.—
1 Tim. vi. 11.
But the servant of God must not
wrangle: but be mild towards all men,
apt to teach, patient.—2 Tim. ii. 24.
PATIENCE OF CHRIST, THE
See : Meekness of Christ, the—
page 311.

PATIENCE OF GOD, THE
But forasmuch as the Lord is pa­
tient, let us be penitent for this same
thing, and with many tears, let us beg
his pardon :
For God will not threaten like roan,
nor be inflamed to anger like the son
of man.—Judith viii. 14, 15.
God is a just judge, strong and pa­
tient: is he angry every day?—Ps.
vii. 12.
And thou, O Lord, art a God of
compassion, and merciful, patient, and
of much mercy, and true.—Ps.
Ixxxv. 15.
But thou, our God, art gracious and
true, patient, and ordering all things
in mercy.—Wis. xv. 1.
Say not: I have sinned, and what
harm hath befallen me? for the most
High is a patient rewarder.—Ecclus.
v. 4.
The number of the days of men, at
the most, are a hundred years: as a
drop of water of the sea are they es­
teemed : and as a pebble of the sand,
so are a few years compared to eternity.
Therefore God is patient in them,
and pouret.h forth his mercy upon
them.—Ecclus. xviii. 8, 9.
Therefore the Lord waiteth, that he
may have mercy on you: and therefore
shall he be exalted, sparing you: be­
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mouth, and thou gavest them water for
their thirst.
Forty years didst thou feed them in
the desert, and nothing was wanting to
them : their garments did not grow
old, and their feet were not worn. . . .
And thou didst forbear with them
for many years, and didst testify
against them by thy spirit by the
hand of thy prophets: and they heard
not, and thou didst deliver them into
the hand of the people of the
lands.
Yet in thy very many mercies thou
didst not utterly consume them, nor
forsake them : because thou art a mer­
ciful and gracious God.—2 Esd. ix.
16-21, 30, 31.
But he is merciful, and will forgive
their sins: and will not destroy them.
And many a time did he turn away
his anger: and did not kindle all his
wrath. And he remembered that they
are flesh: a wind that goeth, and returneth not.—Ps. Ixxvii. 38, 39.
For because sentence is not speedily
PATIENCE OF GOD IN DEALING pronounced against the evil, the chil­
dren of men commit evils without any
WITH SINNERS, EXAMPLES
fear.
OF THE
But though a sinner do evil a hun­
But they and our fathers dealt dred times, and by patience be borne
proudly, and hardened their necks, and withal, I know from thence that it shall
hearkened not to thy commandments. be well with them that fear God. who
And they would not hear, and they dread his face.—Eccles, viii. 11, 12.
O how good and sweet is thy spirit,
remembered not thy wonders, which
thou hadst done for them. And they 0 Lord, in all things!
And therefore thou chastisest them
hardened their necks, and gave the head
to return to their bondage, as it were that err, by little and little: and ad­
by contention. But thou, a forgiving monishes! them, and speakest to them,
God. gracious and merciful, longsuffer­ concerning the things wherein they of­
ing, and full of compassion, didst not fend : that leaving their wickedness
they may believe in thee, 0 Lord.—IVis.
forsake them.
Yea, when they had made also to xii. 1, 2.
Yet even those thou sparedst as men,
themselves a molten calf, and had said:
This is thy God, that brought thee out and didst send wasps, forerunners of
of Egypt: and had committed great thy host, to destroy them by little and
little.
blasphemies :
Not that thou wast unable to bring
Yet thou, in thy many mercies, didst
not leave them in the desert: the pillar the wicked under the just by war, or
of the cloud departed not from them by by cruel beasts, or by one rough
day to lead them in the way, and the word to destroy them at once:
But executing thy judgments by de­
pillar of fire by night to show them the
grees. thou gavest them place of re­
way by which they should go.
And thou gavest them thy good pentance, not being ignorant that they
Spirit to teach them, and thy manna were a wicked generation, and their
thou didst not withhold from their malice natural, and that their thought

blessed are all they that wait for him.—
Is. xxx. 18.
The Lord is patient, and great in
power, and will not cleanse and acquit
the guilty.—Nahum i. 3.
Then Jesus answered and said: O
unbelieving and perverse generation,
how long shall I be with you? How
long shall I suffer you ?—Malt. xvii. 16.
Ór despisest thou the riches of his
goodness, and patience, and longsuffering? Knowest thou not that the be­
nignity of God leadeth thee to penance?
—Rom. ii. 4.
But for this cause have I obtained
mercy: that in me first Christ Jesus
might show forth all patience, for the
information of them that shall believe
in him unto life everlasting.—1 Tim.
i. 16.
And account the longsuffering of our
Lord, salvation; as also our most dear
brother Paul, according to the wisdom
given him, hath written to you.—
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could never be changed.— Wis. xii. vineyard, and let it out to husbandmen:
8-10.
and he was abroad for a long time.
But thou hast taught thy people by
And at the season he sent a servant to
such works, that they must be just and the husbandmen, that they should give
humane, and hast made thy children him of the fruit of the vineyard. Who,
to be of a good hope: because in judg­ beating him, sent him away empty.
ing thou givest place for repentance of
And again he sent another servant.
sins.
But they beat him also, and treating
For if thou didst punish the enemies him reproachfully, sent him away
of thy servants, and that deserved to empty.
die, with so great deliberation, giving
And again he sent the third: and
them time and place whereby they they wounded him also, and cast him
might be changed from their wicked­ out.
Then the lord of the vineyard said:
ness:
With what circumspection hast thou What shall I do? I will send my be­
judged thy own children, to whose loved son : it may be, when they see
parents thou hast sworn, and made him, they will reverence him.—Luke xx.
covenants of good promises?—Wis. xii. 9-13.
What if God, willing to show his
19-21.
For whom hast thou been solicitous wrath, and to make his power known,
and afraid, that thou hast lied, and hast endured with much patience vessels of
not been mindful of me, nor thought on wrath, fitted for destruction,
That he might show the riches of his
me in thy heart? for I am silent, and
as one that seeth not, and thou hast for­ glory on the vessels of mercy, which he
hath prepared unto glory?—Rom. ix.
gotten me.—Is. Ivii. 11.
I will not execute the fierceness of 22, 23.
But to Israel, he saith: All the day
my wrath: I will not return to destroy
Ephraim: because I am God, and not long have I spread my hands to a peo­
man : the holy one in the midst of thee, ple that believeth not, and contradictand I will not enter into the city.—Osee eth me.—Rom. x. 21.
The Lord delayeth not his promise,
xi. 9.
Thy eyes are too pure to behold evil, as some imagine, but dealeth patiently
and thou canst not look on iniquity. for your sake, not willing that any
Why lookest thou upon them that do should perish, but that all should return
unjust things, and boldest thy peace to penance.—2 Peter iii. 9.
when the wicked devoureth the man
that is more just than himself?—Hab.
PEACE THE GIFT OF GOD
i. 13.
For when he granteth peace, who is
He spoke also this parable: A certain
man had a fig-tree planted in his vine­ there that can condemn ?—Job xxxiv. 29.
The Lord will give strength to his
yard, and he came seeking fruit on it,
people: the Lord will bless his people
and found none.
And he said to the dresser of the with peace.—Ps. xxviii. 10.
And I said : Who will give me wings
vineyard : Behold, for these three years
I come seeking fruit on this fig­ like a dove, and I will fly, and be at
tree, and I find none. Cut it down rest?—Ps. liv. 7.
The old error is passed away: thou
therefore: why cumbereth it the
wilt keep peace : peace, because we have
ground ?
But he answering, said to him: hoped in thee.—Is. xxvi. 3.
Lord, let it alone this year also, until I
Lord, thou wilt give us peace: for
dig about it, and dung it.
thou hast wrought all our works for us.
And if happily it bear fruit: but if —Is. xxvi. 12.
not, then after that thou shalt cut it
I created the fruit of the lips, peace,
down.—Luke xiii. 6-9.
peace to him that is far off. and to him
And he began to speak to the people that is near, said the Lord, and I healed
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And when you come into the house, I commandments: thy peace had been as
salute it, saying: Peace 1x3 to this house. a river, and thy justice as the waves of
And if that house be worthy, your the sea.—Is. xlviii. 18.
All thy children shall be taught of
peace shall come upon it; but if it be
not worthy, your peace shall return to the Lord: and great shall be the peace
of thy children.—Is. liv. 13.
you.—Matt. x. 12, 13.
And I am not troubled, following
And rising up, he rebuked the wind,
and said to the sea : Peace, be still. And thee for my pastor, and I have not de­
the wind ceased : and there was made sired the day of man, thou knowest.—
Jer. xvii. 16.
a great calm.—Mark iv. 39.
For if thou hadst walked in the way
And suddenly there was with the angel
a multitude of the heavenly army, prais­ of God, thou hadst surely dwelt in peace
for ever.—Bar. iii. 13.
ing God, and saying:
Through the bowels of the mercy of
Glory to God in the highest; and on
earth, peace to men of good will.— our God, in which the Orient from on
high hath visited us:
Luke ii. 13, 14.
To enlighten them that sit in dark­
Now whilst they were speaking these
things, Jesus stood in the midst of ness, and in the shadow of death: to di­
them, and saith to them : Peace be to rect our feet into the way of peace.—
you; it is I, fear not.—Luke xxiv. 36. Luke i. 78, 79.
These things I have spoken to you,
Peace I leave with you, my peace I
give unto you: not as the world giveth, that in me you majy have peace. In
do I give unto you. Let not your heart the world you shall have distress: but
be troubled, nor let it be afraid.—John have confidence, I have overcome the
world.—John xvi. 33.
xiv. 27.
God sent the word to the children of
Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ
PEACE, A PRAYER FOR
(he is Lord of all).—Acts x. 36.
The Lord turn his countenance to
Now the God of peace be with you
thee, and give thee peace.—Num. vi. 26.
all. Amen.—Rom., xv. 33.
Give to the king thy judgment, 0
But the fruit of the Spirit is charity,
joy, peace, patience, benignity, good­ God; and to the king’s son thy jus­
tice. . . .
ness, longanimity.—Gal. v. 22.
Let the mountains receive peace for
the people: and the hills justice.—Ps.
PEACE OF THE JUST, THE
Ixxi. 2, 3.
Pray ye for the things that are for
Submit thyself then to him (God),
and be at peace: and thereby thou shalt the peace of Jerusalem : and abundance
for them that love thee.
have the best fruit.—Job xxii. 21.
Let peace be in thy strength: and
In peace, in the selfsame I will sleep,
abundance in thy towers.
and I will rest :
For the sake of my brethren, and of
For thou, O Lord, singularly hast set­
my neighbors, I spoke peace of thee.—
tled me in hope.—Ps. iv. 9, 10.
Let them rejoice and 1x3 glad, who are Ps. exxi. 6-8.
May he grant us joyfulness of heart,
well pleased with my justice, and let
them say always: The Lord be magni­ and that there lx? peace in our days in
fied, who delights in the peace of his Israel for ever.—Ecclus. 1. 25.
Grace to you, and peace from God
servant.—Ps. xxxiv. 27.
Much peace have they that love thy our Father, and from the Lord Jesus
law, and to them there is no stumbling- Christ.—Rom. i. 7.
And the peace of God, which sur­
block.—Ps. cxviii. 165.
I am a wall : and my breasts are as a passed? all understanding, keep your
tower, since I am become in his pres­ hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.—
ence as one finding peace.—Cant. Philipp, iv. 7.
Now the Lord of peace himself give
viii. 10.
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The Lord be with you all.—2 Thess.
With them that hated peace, I was
iii. 16.
peaceable: when I spoke to them, they
PEACE WITH GOD
fought against me without cause.—Pi.
Blessed are all they that love thee, cxix. 7.
Deceit is in the heart of them that
and that rejoice in thy peace.—Tob. think
evil things: but joy followeth
xiii. 18.
them that take counsels of peace.—
I will hear what the Lord God will Prov. xii. 20.
speak in me: for he will speak peace
Blessed are the peacemakers: for
unto his people:
they shall be called the children of God.
And unto his saints: and unto them —Malt. v. 9.
that are converted to the heart.—Ps.
For God is not the God of dissension,
Ixxxiv. 9.
but of peace: as also I teach in all the
For the peace of God is over all the churches of the saints.—1 Cor. xiv. 33.
face of the earth.—Ecclus. xxxviii. 8.
And the fruit of justice is sown in
How beautiful upon the mountains peace, to them that make peace.—James
are the feet of him that bringeth good iii. 18.
tidings, and that preacheth peace!—
Is. Iii. 7.
Being justified therefore by faith, let PEACE WITH ONE ANOTHER,
EXHORTATION TO HAVE
us have peace with God, through our
Lord Jesus Christ.—Rom. v. 1.
Be in peace with many, but let one
For he is our peace, who hath made of a thousand be thy counsellor.—
both one, and breaking down the middle Ecclus. vi. 6.
wall of partition, the enmities in his
Thus saith the Lord of hosts: The
flesh. . . .
fast of the fourth month, and the fast
And coming, he preached peace to of the fifth, and the fast of the sev­
you that were afar off, and peace to enth, and the fast of the tenth shall be
them that were nigh.—Eph. ii. 14, 17. to the house of Juda joy, and glad­
Because in him it hath well pleased ness, and great solemnities: only love
the Father, that all fulness should dwell ; ye truth and peace.—Zach. viii. 19.
And through him, to reconcile all
If therefore thou offer thy gift at
things unto himself, making peace the altar, and there thou remember that
through the blood of his cross, both as thy brother hath any thing against
to the things that are on earth, and the thee;
things that are in heaven.—Col. i.
Leave there thy offering before the
19, 20.
altar, and go first to be reconciled to
And let the peace of Christ rejoice thy brother: and then coming, thou
in your hearts, wherein also you are shalt offer thy gift.
called in one body: and be ye thankful.
Be at agreement with thy adversary
—Col. iii. 15.
betimes, whilst thou art in the way
with him : lest perhaps the adversary de­
PEACE WITH ONE ANOTHER liver thee to the judge, and the judge
See also: Concord, living in— deliver thee to the officer, and thou be
cast into prison.
page 70.
Amen I say to thee, thou shalt not
Who is the man that desireth life: go out from thence till thou repay the
who loveth to see good days?
last farthing.—Matt. v. 23-26.
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy
Salt is good. But if the salt become
lips from speaking guile.
unsavory; wherewith will you season it?
Turn away from evil and do good : Have salt in you. and have peace among
seek after peace, and pursue it.—Ps. you.—Mark ix. 49.
xxxiii. 13-15.
Being of one mind one towards an­
In his days shall justice spring up, other.—Rom. xii. 16.
and abundance of peace, till the moon
If it be possible, as much as is in you.
be taken away.—Ps. Ixxi. 7.
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Therefore let ua follow after the
things that are of peace; and keep the
tilings that are of edification, one
towards another.—Rom. xiv. 19.
For the rest, brethren, rejoice, be per­
fect, take exhortation, be of one mind,
have peace; and the God of peace and
of love shall be with you.—2 Cor.
xiii. 11.
1 therefore, a prisoner in the Lord,
beseech you that you walk worthy of
the vocation in which you are
called. . . .
Careful to keep the unity of the
Spirit in the bond of peace.—Eph. iv.
1, 3.
But flee thou youthful desires, and
pursue justice, faith, charity and peace,
with them that call on the Lord out of
a pure heart.—2 Tim. ii. 22.
Follow peace with all men, and holi­
ness: without which no man shall see
God.—Heb. xii. 14.
PENANCE, OR ATONEMENT FOR
SIN, THE EFFICACY OF
And this shall be to you an everlast­
ing ordinance: The seventh month, the
tenth day of the month, you shall afflict
your souls, and shall do no work,
whether it be one of your own country,
or a stranger that sojourneth among
you.
Upon this day shall be the expiation
for you, and the cleansing from all
your sins: you shall be cleansed before
the Lord.
For it is a sabbath of rest, and you
shall afflict your souls by a perpetual
religion.
And the priest that is anointed, and
whose hands are consecrated to do the
office of the priesthood in his father’s
stead, shall make atonement.—Lev. xvi.
29-32.
And if they be converted in their
heart in the land to which they were
led captive, and do penance, and pray
to thee in the land of their captivity,
saying: We have sinned, we have done
wickedly, we have dealt unjustly: . . .
Then hear thou from heaven, that is,
from thy firm dwelling place, their
prayers, and do judgment, and forgive
thy people, although they have sinned.
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If I shut up heaven, and there fall
no rain, or if I give orders, and com­
mand the locust to devour the land, or
if 1 send pestilence among my people:
And ray people, upon whom my name
is called, being converted, shall make
supplication to me, and seek out my
face, and do penance for their most
wicked ways: then will I hear from
heaven, and will forgive their sins, and
will heal their land.—2 Parai, vii.
13, 14.
But if the wicked do penance for all
his sins which he hath committed, and
keep all my commandments, and do
judgment and justice, living he shall
live, and shall not die.—Ezech. xviii. 21.
And if I shall say to the wicked:
Thou shalt surely die: and he do pen­
ance for his sin, and do judgment, and
justice,
And if that wicked man restore the
pledge, and render what he had robbed,
and walk in the commandments of life,
and do no unjust thing: he shall surely
live, and shall not die.—Ezech. xxxiii.
14, 15.
And Jonas began to enter into the
city one day’s journey: and he cried,
and said: Yet forty days, and Ninive
shall be destroyed.
And the men of Ninive believed in
God: and they proclaimed a fast, and
put on sackcloth, from the greatest to
the least. . . .
And God saw their works, that they
were turned from their evil way: and
God had mercy with regard to the evil
which he had said that he would do to
them, and he did it not.—Jonas iii.
4, 5, 10.
PENANCE, OR ATONEMENT FOR
SIN, THE NECESSITY OF
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Upon the tenth day of this seventh
month shall be the day of atonement, it
shall be most solemn, and shall be called
holy: and you shall afflict ^our souls
on that day. and shall offer a holocaust
to the Lord.
You shall do no servile work in the
time of this day: because it is a day
of propitiation, that the Lord your God
may be merciful unto you.
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this day, shall perish from among his | taught Balac to cast a stumbling-block
people.—Lev. xxiii. 26-29.
before the children of Israel, to eat, and
Then Job answered the Lord, and to commit fornication :
said: . . .
So hast thou also them that hold the
Who is this that hideth counsel with­ doctrine of the Nicolaites.
out knowledge? Therefore I have
In like manner, do penance: if not,
spoken unwisely, and things that above I will come to thee quickly, and will
measure exceed my knowledge. . . .
fight against them with the sword of
Therefore I reprehend myself, and do my mouth.—Apoc. ii. 14-16.
Be watchful and strengthen the
penance in dust and ashes.—Job xiii.
things that remain, which are ready to
If we do not penance, w’e shall fall | die. For I find not thy works full beinto the hands of the Lord, and not into fore my God.
Have in mind therefore in what man­
the hands of men.—Ecclus. ii. 22.
But unless you shall do penance, you ner thou hast received and heard: and
shall all likewise perish.—Luke xiii. 3. observe, and do penance.—Apoc. iii.
And God indeed having winked at the 2, 3.
Such as I love, I rebuke and chastise.
times of this ignorance, now declareth
unto men, that all should everywhere Be zealous therefore, and do penance.—
Apoc. iii. 19.
do penance.
Because he hath appointed a day,
wherein he will judge the world in PEOPLE, GOD IS NEAR TO HIS
equity, by the man whom he hath ap­
See: Near, God is—page 340.
pointed; giving faith to all, by raising
him up from the dead.—Acts xvii.
PEOPLE, GOD’S SPECIAL MERCY
30, 31.
AND FAVOR TO HIS
PENANCE, EXHORTATION
See: Mercy to his people, God’s—
TO DO
page 314.
Therefore will I judge every man
according to his ways, 0 house of
PERFECTION
Israel, saith the Lord God. Be con­
0 Lord God of Abraham, and of
verted, and do penance for all your in­
iquities: and iniquity shall not be your Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep
for ever this will of their heart, and let
ruin.—Ezech. xviii. 30.
And in those days cometh John the this mind remain always for the wor­
Baptist, preaching in the desert of ship of thee.
And give to Solomon, my son, a per­
Judea.
And saying: Do penance: for the fect heart, that he may keep thy com­
kingdom of heaven is at hand.—Matt. mandments, thy testimonies, and thy
iii. 1, 2.
ceremonies, and do all things.—1 Pardi.
From that time Jesus began to|xxix. 18, 19.
preach, and to say : Do penance, for the
Jesus saith to him (the rich young
kingdom of heaven is at hand.—Matt. I man) : If thou wilt be perfect, go, sell
what thou hast, and give to the poor,
But I have somewhat against thee and thou shalt have treasure in heaven:
because thou hast left thy first charity. | and come, follow me.—Matt. xix. 21.
Be mindful, therefore, from whence
I am the true vine; and my Father is
thou art fallen: and do penance, and the husbandman.
do the first works. Or else I come to
Every branch in me, that beareth not
thee, and will move thy candlestick out I fruit, he will take away ; and every one
of its place, except thou do penance.— I that beareth fruit, he will purge it, that
Apoc. ii. 4, 5.
Tit may bring forth more fruit.—John
But I have against thee a few things: | xv. 1, 2.
because thou hast there them that
* we pray for, your perfecThis also
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Whom we preach, admonishing every
man, and teaching every man in all
wisdom, that we may present every man
perfect in Christ Jc:us.—Col. i. 28.
But above all these things, have char­
ity, which is the bond of perfection.—
Col. iii. 14.
Epaphras saluteth you, who is one of
you, a servant of Christ Jesus, who is
always solicitous for you in prayers,
that you may stand perfect and full in
all the will of God.—Col. iv. 12.
All scripture, inspired of God, is
profitable to teach, to reprove, to cor­
rect, to instruct in justice,
That the man of God may be perfect,
furnished to every good work.—2 Tim.
iii. 16, 17.
My brethren, count it all joy, when
you shall fall into divers temptations;
Knowing that the trying of your
faith worketh patience.
And patience hath a perfect work;
that you may be perfect and entire,
failing in nothing.—James i. 2-4.
PERFECTION, WE SHOULD
STRIVE AFTER
And after he (Abraham) began to be
ninety and nine years old, the Lord ap­
peared to him: and said unto him: I
am the Almighty God: walk before me,
and be perfect.—Gen. xvii. 1.
Thou shalt be perfect, and without
spot before the Lord thy God.—Deut.
xviii. 13.
Let our hearts also be perfect with
the Lord our God, that we may walk
in his statutes, and keep his command­
ments, as at this day.—3 Kings viii. Gl.
Be you therefore perfect, as also your
heavenly Father is perfect.—Matt.
v. 48.
For the rest, brethren, rejoice, be
perfect, take exhortation, be of one
mind, have peace; and the God of peace
and of love shall be with you.—2 Cor.
xiii. 11.
PERJURY
Thou shalt not swear falsely by my
name, nor profane the name of thy God.
I am the Lord.—Lev. xix. 12.
And I turned, and lifted up my eyes:
and I saw, and behold a volume flying.
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This is the curse that goeth forth over
the face of the earth: for every thief
shall be judged, as is there written:
and every one that sweareth, in like
manner shall be judged by it.
I will bring it forth, saith the Lord
of hosts: and it shall come to the
house of the thief, and to the house
of him that sweareth falsely by my
name: and it shall remain in the midst
of his house, and shall consume it, with
the timber thereof, and the stones there­
of.—Zach. v. 1, 3, 4.
And let none of you imagine evil in
your hearts against his friend: and
love not a false oath: for all these are
the things that I hate, saith the Lord.
—Zach. viii. 17.
And I will come to you in judgment,
and will be a speedy witness against
sorcerers, and adulterers, and false
swearers; . . . saith the Lord of hosts.
—Malach. iii. 5.
Again you have heard that it was
said to them of old. Thou shalt not for­
swear thyself: but thou shalt perform
thy oaths to the Lord.—Matt. v. 33.
PERSECUTION FOR THE SAKE
OF CHRIST, SUFFERING
See also: Martyrs, constancy of the
—page 304.
Blessed are they that suffer persecu­
tion for justice’ sake: for theirs is the
kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are ye when they shall revile
you, and persecute you, and speak all
that is evil against you, untruly, for
my sake:
Be glad and rejoice, for your reward
is very great in heaven. For so they
j>ersecuted the prophets that were be­
fore you.—Matt. v. 10-12.
Blessed shall you be when men shall
hate you, and when they shall separate
you, and shall reproach you. and east
out your name as evil, for the Son of
man’s sake.
Be glad in that day and rejoice; for
behold, your reward is great in heaven.
—Luke vi. 22, 23.
Think ye, that I am come to give
peace on earth? I tell you, no; but
separation.
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five in one house divided: three against wreck, a night and a day I was in
two, and two against three.
the depth of the sea.—2 Cor. xi.
The father shall be divided against
the son, and the son against his father,
For which cause I please myself in
the mother against the daughter, and my infirmities, in reproaches, in neces­
the daughter, against the mother, the sities, in persecutions, in distresses, for
mother-in-law against her daughter-in- Christ. For when I am weak, then am
law, and the daughter-in-law against I powerful.—2 Cor. xii. 10.
her mother-in-law.—Luke xii. 51-53.
Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are
And calling in the apostles, after the children of promise.
they had scourged them, they charged
But as then he that was born accord­
them that they should not speak at all ing to the flesh, persecuted him that was
in the name of Jesus; and they dis­ after the spirit; so also it is now.—
Gal. iv. 28, 29.
missed them.
And they indeed went from the pres­
And in nothing be ye terrified by the
ence of the council, rejoicing that they adversaries: which to them is a cause
were accounted worthy to suffer re­ of perdition, but to you of salvation,
proach for the name of Jesus.—zlcfs v. and this from God:
For unto you it is given for Christ,
40, 41.
And the Lord said to him (/Inanias) : not only to believe in him, but also to
Go thy way; for this man is to me a suffer for him.—Philipp, i. 28, 29.
But thou hast fully known my. . . .
vessel of election, to carry my name
Persecutions, afflictions: such as
before the Gentiles, and kings, and the
came upon me at Antioch, at Iconium,
children of Israel.
For I will show him how great things and at Lystra : what persecutions I en­
he must suffer for my name’s sake.— dured, and out of them all the Lord de­
livered me.—2 Tim. iii. 10, 11.
Acts ix. 15, 16.
And all that will live godly in Christ
For I think that God hath set forth
us apostles, the last, as it were men ap­ Jesus, shall suffer persecution.—2 Tim.
pointed to death: we are made a spec­ iii. 12.
But call to mind the former days,
tacle to the world, and to angels, and to
wherein, being illuminated, you en­
men.
We are fools for Christ’s sake, but dured a great fight of afflictions.
you are wise in Christ; we are weak,
And on the one hand indeed, by re­
but you are strong; you are honorable, proaches and tribulations, were made
but we without honor.
a gazing stock; and on the other, be­
Even unto this hour we both hunger came companions of them that were
and thirst, and are naked, and are buf­ used in such sort.
feted, and have no fixed abode;
For you both had compassion on
And w’e labor, working with our them that were in bands, and took with
own hands: we are reviled, and we joy the being stripped of your own
bless; we are persecuted, and we suffer goods, knowing that you have a better
it.
and a lasting substance.
We are blasphemed, and we entreat;
Do not therefore lose your confidence,
we are made as the refuse of this world, which hath a great reward.—IIeb. x.
the offscouring of all even until now.— 32-35.
1 Cor. iv. 9-13.
But if also you suffer any thing for
They are the ministers of Christ (I justice’ sake, blessed are ye. And be
speak as one less wise): I am more; not afraid of their fear, and be not
in many more labors, in prisons more troubled.—1 Peter iii. 14.
frequently, in stripes above measure,
If you be reproached for the name of
in deaths often.
_____ for that
__
Christ, you shall be blessed:
Of the Jews five times did I receive which is of the honor, glory and power
forty stripes, save one.
iof* God,
~
‘
and that which
is his Spirit,
Thrice was I beaten with rods, once resteth upon you.»
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dured for my name, and hast not
fainted.
But I have somewhat against thee,
because thou hast left thy first charity.
Be mindful, therefore, from whence
thou art fallen: and do penance, and
do the first works. Or else I come to
thee, and will move thy candlestick out
of its place, except thou do penance.—
Apoc. ii. 2-5.
PERSEVERANCE, THE REWARD
OF
PERSECUTION OF THE CHURCH
For we are the children of saints, and
look
for
that
life
which
God
will
give
See: Church—page 54.
to those that never change their faith
PERSEVERANCE, THE NECES­ from him.—Tob. ii. 18.
But he that shall persevere to the end,
SITY OF
he shall be saved.—Matt. xxiv. 13.
Then Jesus said to those Jews who
Woe to them that are faint-hearted,
who believe not God : and therefore they believed him: If you continue in my
word, you shall be my disciples indeed.
shall not be protected by him.
Woe to them that have lost patience,
And you shall know the truth, and
and that have forsaken the right ways, the truth shall make you free.—John
and have gone aside into crooked viii. 31, 32.
ways.
I have glorified thee on the earth; I
And what will they do, when the have finished the work which thou gavLord shall begin to examine?—Ecclus. est me to do.
And now. glorify thou me. 0 Father,
ii. 15-17.
Yea, if T shall say to the just, that with thyself, with the glory which I
he shall surely live, and he. trusting in had, before the world was, with thee.—
his justice, commit iniquity: all his John xvii. 4, 5.
justices shall be forgotten, and in his
And you, whereas you were some
iniquity, which he hath committed, in time alienated and enemies in mind
the same shall he die. . . .
in evil works:
For when the just shall depart from
Yet now he hath reconciled in the
his justice, and commit iniquities, he body of his flesh through death, to pres­
shall die in them.—Ezech. xxxiii. 13.18. ent you holy and unspotted, and blame­
Jesus said to him: No man putting less before him :
If so ye continue in the faith,
his hand to the plough, and looking
back, is fit for the kingdom of God.— grounded and settled, and immovable
from the hope of the gospel which you
Luke ix. 62.
Now I make known unto you, breth­ have hoard, which is preached in all
ren. the gospel which I preached to the creation that is under heaven,
you, which also you have received, and whereof I. Paul, am made a minister.—
Col. i. 21-23.
wherein you stand ;
I have fought a good fight. I have
By which also you are saved, if you
hold fast after what manner I preached finished my course, I have kept the
unto you. unless you have believed in faith.
As to the rest, there is laid up for me
vain.—1 Cor. xv. 1. 2.
I know thy works, and thy labor, and a crown of justice, which the Lord, the
thy patience, and how thou canst not just judge, will render to me in that
bear them that are evil, and thou hast day: and not only to me. but to them
tried them who say they are apostles, also that love his coming. —2 Tim. iv.
and are not, and hast found them liars: 7, 8.
And Moses indeed was faithful in all
And thou hast patience, and hast en­

derer, or a thief, or a railer, or a coveter of other men’s things.
But if as a Christian, let him not be
ashamed, but let him glorify God in
that name.—1 Peter iv. 14-16.
Fear none of those things which thou
shalt suffer. Behold, the devil will cast
some of you into prison, that you may
be tried: and you shall have tribula­
tion ten days. Be thou faithful unto
death: and I will give thee the crown
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his house as a servant, for a testimony For in due time we shall reap, not fail­
of those things which were to be said: ing.—Gal. vi. 9.
But Christ, as the Son, in his own
Therefore, my dearly beloved breth­
house: which house are we, if we hold ren, and most desired, my joy and my
fast the confidence and glory of hope crown ; so stand fast in the Lord, my
unto the end.—Heb. iii. 5, 6.
dearly beloved.—Philipp, iv. 1.
For we are made partakers of Christ:
But prove all tilings; hold fast that
yet so, if we hold the beginning of his which is good.—1 7'hess. v. 21.
substance firm unto the end.—Heb.
But you, brethren, be not weary in
iii. 14.
well doing.—2 Thess. iii. 13.
Fear none of those things which thou
And we desire that every one of you
shalt suffer. Behold, the devil will cast show forth the same carefulness to the
some of you into prison that you may accomplishing of hope unto the end:
be tried : and you shall have tribulation
That you become not slothful, but
ten days. Be thou faithful unto death: followers of them, who through faith
and I will give thee the crown of life.— and patience, shall inherit the promises.
—Heb. vi. 11, 12.
Apoc. ii. 10.
Do not therefore lose your confi­
And he that shall overcome, and
keep my works unto the end, I will dence. which hath a great reward.
For patience is necessary for you;
give him power over the nations.—
that, doing the will of God, you may
Apoc. ii. 26.
receive the promise.
PERSEVERANCE, EXHORTA­
For yet a little, and a very little
TION TO
while, and he that is to come, will come,
And know the justices and judg­ and will not delay.—Heb. x. 35-37.
Look to yourselves, that you lose not
ments of God. and stand firm in the
lot set before thee, and in prayer to the the things which you have wrought:
but that you may receive a full reward.
most high God.—Ecclus. xvii. 24.
Let nothing hinder thee from praying —2 John i. 8.
But you, my beloved, building your­
always, and be not afraid to be justified
even to death: for the reward of God selves upon your most holy faith,
continueth for ever.—Ecclus. xviii. 22. praying in the Holy Ghost,
Keep yourselves in the love of God,
Who (Barnabas), when he was come,
an»l had seen the grace of God, rejoiced : waiting for the mercy of our Lord
and he exhorted them all with purpose Jesus Christ, unto life everlasting.—
of heart to continue in the Lord.—Acts Jude i. 20, 21.
Yet that, which you have, hold fast
xi. 23.
And when they (Paul and Barnabas) till I come.—Apoc. ii. 25.
Behold, I come quickly: hold fast
had preached the gospel to that city,
and had taught many, they returned that which thou hast, that no man take
again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and thy crown.—Apoc. iii. 11.
to Antioch:
Confirming the souls of the disciples, PERSEVERANCE THE GIFT OF
and exhorting them to continue in the
GOD
faith: and that through many tribula­
tions we must enter into the kingdom
So that nothing is wanting to you in
of God.—Acts xiv. 20, 21.
any grace, waiting for the manifesta­
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be tion of our Lord Jesus Christ.
ye steadfast and unmovable; always
Who also will confirm you unto the
abounding in the work of the Lord, end without crime, in the day of the
knowing that your labor is not in vain coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.—
in the Lord.—1 Cor. xv. 58.
1 Cor. i. 7, 8.
Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, do
Being confident of this very thing,
manfully, and be strengthened.—1 Cor. that he, who hath begun a good work
xvi. 13.
in you. will perfect it unto the day of
And in doing good, let us not fail. Christ Jesus.—Philipp, i. 6.

PLEASURES
Now to him who is able to preserve
you without sin, and to present you
spotless before the presence of his
glory, with exceeding joy, in the com­
ing of our Lord Jesus Christ,
To the only God our Saviour through
Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory and
magnificence, empire and power, before
all ages, and now, and for all ages of
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healed by that which he saw, but by
thee, the Saviour of all.—Wta. xvi. 7.
But not even the teeth of venomous
serpents overcame thy children: for
thy mercy came and healed them. . . .
For it was neither herb, nor mollify­
ing plaster that healed them, but thy
word, O Lord, which healeth all things.
— W'w. xvi. 10, 12.
Honor the physician for the need
thou hast of him: for the most High
hath created him.
For all healing is from God.—Ecclus.
xxxviii. 1, 2.
Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be
healed: save me, and I shall be saved:
for thou art my praise.—Jer. xvii. 14.
Behold I will close their wounds
and give them health, and I will cure
them: and I will reveal to them the
prayer of peace and truth.—Jer.
xxxiii. 6.

PERSEVERANCE, A PRAYER FOR
0 Lord God of Abraham, and of
Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep
for ever this will of their heart, and
let this mind remain always for the
worship of thee.—1 Paral, xxix. 18.
Command thy strength, O God:
confirm, O God, what thou hast
wrought in us.—Ps. Ixvii. 29.
And may the God of peace himself
sanctify you in all things; that your
whole spirit, and soul, and body, may
PLEASURES, VANITY OF
be preserved blameless in the coming
of our Lord Jesus Christ.
I said in my heart: I will go, and
He is faithful who hath called you, abound with delights, and enjoy good
who also will do it.—1 Thess. v. 23, 24. things. And I saw that this also was
vanity. . . .
And whatsoever my eyes desired, I
PHYSICIAN OF OUR SOUL AND
refused them not: and I withheld not
BODY, GOD IS THE
my heart from enjoying every pleasure,
If thou wilt hear the voice of the and delighting itself in the things
Lord thy God, and do what is right be­ which I had prepared : and esteemed this
fore him, and obey his commandments, my portion, to make use of my own
and keep all his precepts, none of the labor.
And when I turned myself to all the
evils that I laid upon Egypt, will I
bring upon thee: for I am the Lord thy works which my hands had wrought,
and to the labors wherein I had labored
healer.—Ex. xv. 26.
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and never in vain, I saw in all things vanity, and
forget all that he hath done for vexation of mind, and that nothing was
lasting under the sun.—Eccles, ii. 1,
thee.
Who forgiveth all thy iniquities: who 10. 11.
Remove anger from thy heart, and
healeth all thy diseases.—Ps. cii. 2, 3.
Their soul abhorred all manner of put away evil from thy flesh. For youth
meat: and they drew nigh even to the and pleasure are vain.—Eccles, xi. 10.
Good things that are hidden in a
gates of death.
And they cried to the Lord in their mouth that is shut, are as messes of
affliction : and he delivered them out of meat set about a grave.
What good shall an offering do to an
their distresses.
He sent his word, and healed them: idol? for it can neither eat. nor smell:
So is he that is persecuted by the
and delivered them from their destruc­
Lord, bearing the reward of his in­
tions.—Ps. evi. 18-20.
For he that turned to ’it, was not iquity.—Ecclus. XXX. 18-20.
For she that liveth in pleasures, is
■The brazen serpent raised by Moses In the dead while she is living.—1 Tim. v. 6,
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POLITENESS
A man amiable in society, shall be
more friendly than a brother.—Prov.
xviii. 24.
Make thyself affable to the congre­
gation of the poor, and humble thy soul
to the ancient, and bow thy head to a
great man.—Ecclus. iv. 7.
Art thou set at a great table? be not
the first to open thy mouth upon it.
Say not: There are many things
which are upon it. . . .
Stretch not out thy hand first, lest
being disgraced with envy thou be put
to confusion.
Be not hasty in a feast. . . .
Use as a frugal man the things that
are set before thee: lest, if thou catest
much, thou be hated.
Leave off first, for manner’s sake:
and exceed not, lest thou offend.
And if thou sittest among many,
reach not thy hand out first of all :
and be not the first to ask for
drink.—Ecclus. xxxi. 12, 13, 16, 17,
19-21.
Wherefore have a shame of these
things T am now’ going to speak of. . . .
Of leaning with thy elbow’ over
meat. . . .
Of silence before them that salute
thee.—Ecclus. xii. 19, 24, 25.
POOR, THE
Fear not, my son; we lead indeed a
poor life, but we shall have many good
things if we fear God, and depart from
all sin, and do that which is good.—
Tob. iv. 23.
Txit not the humble be turned aw’ay
with confusion: the poor and needy
shall praise thy name.—Ps. Ixxiii. 21.
Riches make many friends: but from
the poor man, even they whom he had,
depart.
. . . The brethren of the poor man,
hate him: moreover also his friends
have departed far from him.—Prov.
xix. 4, 7.
The rich and poor have met one
another: the Lord is the maker of
them both.—Prov. xxii. 2.
The poor man and the creditor have
met one another: the Lord is the en­
lightener of them both.—Prov. xxix. 13.

The poor man is glorified by his dis­
cipline and fear.—Ecclus. x. 33.
For it is easy in the eyes of God on
a sudden to make the poor man rich.—
Ecclus. xi. 23.
The rich man hath done wrong, and
yet he w’ill fume: but the poor is
wronged, and must hold his peace. . . .
When a rich man is shaken, he is
kept up by his friends: but when a poor
man is fallen down, he is thrust away
even by his acquaintance.
When a rich man hath been deceived,
he hath many helpers: he hath spoken
proud things, and they have justified
him.
The poor man w’as deceived, and he
is rebuked also: he hath spoken wisely,
and could have no place.
The rich man spoke,and all held their
peace, and what he said they extol even
to the clouds.
The poor man spoke, and they say:
Who is this? and if he stumble, they
will overthrow’ him.—Ecclus. xiii. 4,
25-29.
Three sorts my soul hateth, and I am
greatly grieved at their life:
A poor man that is proud: a rich
man that is a liar: an old man that is
a fool, and doting.—Ecclus. xxv. 3, 4.
Better is a poor man wrho is sound,
and strong of constitution, than a rich
man who is weak and afflicted with
evils.—Ecclus. xxx. 14.
And in that day the deaf shall hear
the words of the book, and out of dark­
ness and obscurity the eyes of the blind
shall see.
And the meek shall increase their joy
in the Lord, and the poor men shall re­
joice in the Holy One of Israel.—Is.
xxix. 18, 19.
There was a certain rich man, who
w’as clothed in purple and fine
linen: and feasted sumptuously every
day.
And there was a certain beggar,
named Lazarus, who lay at his gate,
full of sores,
Desiring to be filled w’ith the crumbs
that fell from the rich man’s table, and
no one did give him; moreover the dogs
came, and licked his sores.
And it came to pass, that the beggar
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Abraham’s bosom. And the rich man theirs is the kingdom of heaven.—Matt.
also died: and he was buried in hell. v. 3.
And he, lifting up his eyes on his
And lifting up his eyes, when he was
in torments, he saw Abraham afar off, disciples, said : Blessed are ye, poor, for
yours is the kingdom of heaven.
and Lazarus in his bosom:
Blessed are ye that hunger now: for
And he cried, and said: Father Abra­
ham, have mercy on me, and send you shall be filled. Blessed are ye that
Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his weep now: for you shall laugh.—Luke
finger in water, to cool my tongue: for vi. 20, 21.
Hearken, my dearest brethren: hath
1 am tormented in this flame.
And Abraham said to him: Son, re­ not God chosen the poor in this world,
member that thou didst receive good rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom,
things in thy lifetime, and likewise which God hath promised to them that
Lazarus evil things, but now he is com­ love him?—James ii. 5.
forted; and thou art tormented.—
POOR, GOD IS MINDFUL OF THE
Luke xvi. 19-25.
For the poor man shall not be for­
Now we make known unto you,
brethren, the grace of God, that hath gotten to the end: the patience of the
been given in the churches of Mace­ poor shall not perish for ever.—Ps.
ix. 19.
donia.
The Lord is in his holy temple, the
That in much experience of tribula­
tion, they have had abundance of joy; Lord’s throne is in heaven.
11 is eyes look on the poor man: hia
and their very deep poverty hath
abounded unto the riches of their sim­ eyelids examine the sons of men.—Ps.
plicity.—2 Cor. viii. 1, 2.
x. 5.
Who is as the Lord our God, who
But let the brother of low condition
dwelleth on high :
glory in his exaltation.—James i. 9.
And looketh down on the low things
POOR ARE ALWAYS WITH
in heaven and in earth?
US, THE
Raising up the needy from the earth,
There will not be wanting poor in and lifting up the poor out of the dung­
the land of thy habitation : therefore I hill:
That he may place him with princes,
command thee to open thy hand to thy
needy and poor brother, that liveth in with the princes of his people.—Ps.
cxii. 5-8.
the land.—Deut. xv. 11.
For God will not except any man’s
For the poor you have always with
you: and whensoever you will, you may person; neither will he stand in awe of
do them good : but me you have not any man’s greatness: for he made the
little and the great, and he hath
always.—Mark xiv. 7.
equally care of all.—IFis. vi. 8.
POOR ARE PLEASING TO
But to whom shall I have respect,
GOD, THE
but to him that is poor and little, and of
He shall spare the poor and needy: a contrite heart, and that trembleth at
. . . And their names shall be my words?—Is. Ixvi. 2.
honorable in his sight.—Ps. Ixxi. 13, 14. POOR, GOD IS THE HELPER AND
Better is the poor man that walketh
PROTECTOR OF THE
in his simplicity, than a rich man that
But he shall save the needy from the
is perverse in his lips, and unwise.—
sword of their mouth, and the poor
Prov. xix. 1.
Better is the poor man walking in from the hand of the violent.
And to the needy there shall be hope,
his simplicity, than the rich in crooked
but iniquity shall draw in her mouth.—
ways.—Prov. xxviii. 6.
Behold I have refined thee, but not as Job v. 15, 16.
He shall deliver the poor out of his
silver, I have chosen thee in the fur­
distress, and shall open his ear in af­
nace of poverty.—Is. xlviii. 10.
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And the Lord is become a refuge for
Because thou hast been a strength to
the poor: a helper in due time in tribu­ the poor, a strength to the needy in his
lation.—Ps. ix. 10.
distress : a refuge from the whirlwind,
To thee is the poor man left : thou a shadow from the heat. For the blast
wilt be a helper to the orphan.—Ps. of the mighty is like a whirlwind beat­
ix. (2/eb. x.) 14.
ing against a wall.—Is. xxv. 1. 4.
By reason of the misery of the needy,
Sing ye to the Lord, praise the Ix>rd:
and the groans of the poor, now will I because he hath delivered the soul of
arise, saith the Lord.
the poor out of the hand of the wicked.
I will set him in safety; I will deal —J er. xx. 13.
confidently in his regard.—Ps. xi. 6.
For the Lord is in the just genera­ POOR, GOD HEARS THE CRY
tion: you have confounded the counsel
AND PRAYER OF THE
of the poor man, but the Lord is his
hope.—Ps. xiii. 6.
Sing ye to the Lord who dwelleth in
All my bones shall say: Lord, who Sion : declare his ways among the Gen­
tiles :
is like to thee?
Who deliverest the poor from the
For requiring their blood he hath re­
hand of them that are stronger than he ; membered them : he hath not forgotten
the needy and the poor from them that the cry of the poor.—Ps. ix. 12, 13.
The Lord hath heard the desire of
strip him.—Ps. xxxiv. 10.
But I am a beggar and poor: the the poor : thy ear hath heard the prepa­
ration of their heart.—Ps. ix. (Heb.
Lord is careful for me.
Thou art my helper and my protec­ x.) 17.
Let all the seed of Israel fear him:
tor: 0 my God, be not slack.—Ps.
because he hath not slighted nor de­
xxxix. 18.
He shall judge the poor of the peo­ spised the supplication of the poor man.
ple, and he shall save the children of —Ps. xxi. 25.
I>ct the poor see and rejoice: seek
the poor: and he shall humble the op­
ye God, and your soul shall live.
pressor.—Ps. Ixxi. 4.
For the Lord hath heard the poor:
For he shall deliver the poor from
the mighty: and the needy that had no and hath not despised his prisoners —
helper.
Ps. Ixviii. 33, 34.
The prayer out of the mouth of the
He shall spare the poor and needy:
and he shall save the souls of the poor. poor shall reach the ears of God, and
He shall redeem their souls from judgment shall come for him speedily.
usuries and
iniquity.—Ps.
Ixxi. —Ecclus. xxi. 6.
The Lord will not accept any person
12-14.
I know that the Lord will do justice against a poor man, and he will hear
to the needy, and will revenge the poor. the prayer of him that is wronged.
—Ps. cxxxix. 13.
He will not despise the prayers of
And there shall come forth a rod out the fatherless ; nor the widow, when she
of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall poureth out her complaint.
rise up out of his root. . . .
Do not the widow’s tears run down
But he shall judge the poor with jus­ the cheek, and her cry against him that
tice, and shall reprove with equity for causeth them to fall?
the meek of the earth.—Is. xi. 1, 4.
For from the cheek they go up even
And what shall be answered to the to heaven, and the Lord that heareth,
messengers of the nations? That the will not be delighted with them.—
Lord hath founded Sion, and the poor Ecclus. XXXV. 16-19.
of his people shall hope in him.—Is.
The needy and the poor seek for
xiv. 32.
waters, and there are none: their
0 Lord, thou art my God, I will exalt tongue hath been dry with thirst. I,
thee, and give glory to thy name: for the Lord, will hear thorn, I, the God
thou hast done wonderful things, thy of Israel, will not forsake them.—Is.
designs of old faithful, amen- . . . xii. 17.

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thee, shall not abide with thee until the
morning.—Lev. xix. 13.
Thou shalt not refuse the hire of the
needy and the poor, whether he be thy
brother, or a stranger that dwelleth
with thee in the land, and is within thy
gates :
But thou shalt pay him the price of
his labor the same day, before the go­
ing down of the sun, because he is poor,
and with it maintaineth his life: lest
he cry against thee to the Lord, and it
be reputed to thee for a sin.—Deut.
xxiv. 14, 15.
If any man hath done any work for
thee, immediately pay him his hire, and
let not the wages of thy hired servant
POOR, WE SHOULD HELP THE stay with thee at all.—Tob. iv. 15.
He that offereth sacrifice of the goods
See: Almsgiving—page 23.
of the poor, is as one that sacrificeth
POOR, WE SHOULD DO JUSTICE the son in the presence of his father.
The bread of the needy is the life of
TO THE
the poor: he that defraudeth them
Judge for the needy and fatherless: thereof, is a man of blood.
do justice to the humble and the poor.
He that taketh away the bread gotten
Rescue the poor ; and deliver the by sweat, is like him that killeth his
needy out of the hand of the sinner.— neighbor.
lie that sheddeth blood, and he that
The just taketh notice of the cause of defraudeth the laborer of his hire, are
the poor: the wicked is void of knowl­ brothers.—Ecclus. xxxiv. 24-27.
edge.—Prov. xxix. 7.
_
Behold the hire of the laborers, who
Open thy mouth for the dumb, and I|haverea"pcddow'n your fields, which by
for the causes of all the children that | fraud, has been kept back by you, cri­
pass.
eth: and the cry of them hath entered
Open thy mouth, decree that which into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.—
is .just, and do justice to the needy and | James v. 4.
poor.—Prov. xxxi. 8, 9.
POOR, OPPRESSION OF THE
Bow down thy ear cheerfully to the
poor, and pay what thou owest, and an­
If thou lend money to any of my
swer him peaceable words with mild­ people that is poor, that dwelleth with
ness.—Ecclus. iv. 8.
thee, thou shalt not be hard upon them
Shalt thou reign, because thou com- as an extortioner, nor oppress them
parest thyself to the cedar? did not thy with usuries.—Ex. xxii. 25.
father eat and drink, and do judgment
If I have lifted up my hand against
and justice, and it was then well with the fatherless, even when I saw myself
him ?
superior in the gate:
lie judged the cause of the poor and
Let my shoulder fall from its joint,
needy for his own good : was it not and let my arm with its bones, be
therefore, because he knew me, saith
the Lord?—J er. xxii. 15, 16.
He that oppresseti^ the poor, upbraideth his Maker: but he that hath
POOR, AGAINST DEFRAUDING pity on the poor, honoreth him.—Prov.
THE
xiv. 31.
A poor man that oppresseti! the poor,
Thou shalt not calumniate thy neigh­
bor, nor oppress him by violence. The is like a violent shower, which bringwages of him that hath been hired by eth a famine.—Prov. xxviii. 3.
POOR, GOD PROVIDES FOR THE
The poor shall eat, and shall be filled :
and they shall praise the Lord, that seek
him: their hearts shall live for ever and
ever—Ps. xxi. 27.
In thy sweetness, O God, thou hast
provided for the poor.—Ps. Ixvii. 11.
Blessing I will bless her widow: I
will satisfy her poor with bread.—Ps.
cxxxi. 15.
And the first-born of the poor shall
be fed, and the poor shall rest with con­
fidence.—Is. xiv. 30.
He hath filled the hungry with good
things; and the rich he hath sent empty
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Thy princes are faithless, compan­
ions of thieves: they all love bribes,
they run after rewards. They judge
not for the fatherless: and the widow’s
cause cometh not in to them.—Is. i. 23.
Woe to them that make wicked laws :
and when they write, write injustice:
To oppress the poor in judgment, and
do violence to the cause of the humble
of my people: that widows might be
their prey, and that they might rob the
fatherless.
What will you do in the day of visi­
tation, and of the calamity which com­
eth from afar? to whom will ye flee for
help? and where will ye leave your
glory?—Is. x. 1-3.
And oppress not the widow, and the
fatherless, and the stranger, and the
poor: and let not a man devise evil in
his heart against his brother.—Zach.
vii. 10.
And I will come to you in judgment,
and will be a speedy witness against
sorcerers, and adulterers, and false
swearers, and them that oppress the
hireling in his wages, the widows, and
the fatherless: and oppress the stranger,
and have not feared me, saith the Lord
of hosts.—Malach. iii. 5.
POOR, PUNISHMENT OF
OPPRESSION OF THE

He shall be punished for all that he
did, and yet shall not be consumed : ac­
cording to the multitude of his devices
so also shall he suffer.
Because he broke in and stripped the
poor: he hath violently taken away a
house which he did not build.—Job xx.
18, 19.
Times are not hid from the Almighty :
but they that know him, know not his
days.
Some have removed landmarks, have
taken away flocks by force, and fed
them.
They have driven away the ass of the
fatherless, and have taken away tbo
widow’s ox for a pledge.
They have overturned the way of the
poor, and have oppressed together the
meek of the earth.
. . . They reap the field that is not
their own, and gather the vintage of

his vineyard whom by violence ttay
have oppressed.
They send men away naked, taking
away their clothes who have no cover­
ing in the cold:
Who are wet with the showers of the
mountains, and having no covering,
embrace the stones.
They have violently robbed the father­
less, and stripped the poor common
people.
From the naked, and them that go
without clothing, and from the hungry,
they have taken away the ears of com.
They have taken their rest at noon
among the stores of them, who after
having trodden the wine presses, suffer
thirst.
Out of the cities they have made men
to groan, and the soul of the wounded
hath cried out, and God doth not suf­
fer it to pass unrevenged.—Job xxiv.
1-4, 6-12.
May his days be few: and his bishop­
ric let another take. . . .
Because he remembered not to show
mercy,
But persecuted the poor man and the
beggar; and the broken in heart, to
put him to death.—Ps. cviii. 8, 16, 17.
I know that the Lord will do jus­
tice to the needy, and will revenge the
poor.—Ps. cxxxix. 13.
He that oppresseth the poor, to in­
crease his own riches, shall himself give
to one that is richer, and shall be in
need.—Prov. xxii. 16.
Do no violence to the poor, because
he is poor : and do not oppress the needy
in the gate:
Because the Lord will judge his
cause, and will afflict them that have
afflicted his soul.—Prov. xxii. 22, 23.
They are grown gross and fat: and
have most wickedly transgressed my
words. They have not judged the cause
of the widow, they have not managed
the cause of the fatherless, and they
have not judged the judgment of the
poor.
Shall I not visit for these things,
saith the Lord? or shall not my soul
take revenge on such a nation?—J er.
v. 28, 29.
Therefore because you robbed the
poor, and took the choice prey from

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him: you shall build houses with square
stone, and shall not dwell in them : you
shall plant most delightful vineyards,
and shall not drink the wine of them.
Because 1 know your manifold
crimes, and your grievous sins: enemies
of the just, taking bribes, and oppress­
ing the poor in the gate.—Amos v.
11.12.
Hear this, you that crush the poor,
and make the needy of the land to fail,
Saying: When will the month be
over, and we shall sell our wares: and
the sabbath, and we shall open the corn :
that we may lessen the measure, and
increase the sicle, and may convey in
deceitful balances,
That we may possess the needy for
money, and the poor for a pair of shoes,
and may sell the refuse of the corn?
The Lord hath sworn against the
pride of Jacob: Surely I will never for­
get all their works.
Shall not the land tremble for this,
and every one mourn that dwelleth
therein: and rise up altogether as a
river, and be cast out, and run down as
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answer him peaceable words with mild­
ness.—Ecclus. iv. 7, 8.
Despise not a just man that is poor,
and do not magnify a sinful man that
is rich.—Ecclus. x. 26.
Deal thy bread to the hungry, and
bring the needy and the harborlees into
thy house: when thou shalt see one
naked, cover him, and despise not thy
own flesh.—Is. Iviii. 7.
For if there shall come into your as­
sembly a man having a golden ring, in
fine apparel, and there shall come in
also a poor man in mean attire,
And you have respect to him that is
clothed with the fine apparel, and shall
say to him: Sit thou here well; but say
to the poor man: Stand thou there, or
sit under my footstool:
Do you not judge within yourselves,
and are become judges of unjust
thoughts?
Hearken, my dearest brethren: hath
not God chosen the poor in this world,
rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom
which God hath promised to them that
love him ?
But you have dishonored the poor
man. . . .
If then you fulfil the royal law ac­
POOR, DESPISING THE
cording to the scriptures, Thou shalt
If I have despised him that was per­ love thy neighbor as thyself; you do
ishing for want of clothing, and the well.
poor man that had no covering. . . .
But if you have respect to persons,
Let my shoulder fall from its joint, you commit sin, being reproved by the
and let my arm with its bones, be law as transgressors.—James ii. 2-6,
broken.—Job xxxi. 19, 22.
8, 9.
The poor man shall be hateful even to
his own neighbor: but the friends of POOR, REFUSING AID TO THE
If one of thy brethren that dwelleth
the rich are many.
He that despiseth his neighbor sin- within the gates of thy city in the land
neth : but he that showeth mercy to which the Lord thy God will give thee,
the poor, shall be blessed.—Prov. xiv. come to poverty: thou shalt not harden
thy heart, nor close thy hand,
20. 21.
But shalt open it to the poor man,
He that despiseth the poor, rcproachthou shalt lend him that which thou
eth his Maker.—Prov. xvii. 5.
Many honor the person of him that perccivest he hath need of.
Beware lest perhaps a wicked thought
is mighty, and are friends of him that
steal in upon thee, and thou say in thy
giveth gifts.
The brethren of the poor man hate heart: The seventh year of remission
him: moreover also his friends have de­ draweth nigh; and thou turn away thy
parted far from him.—Prov. xix. 6, 7. eyes from thy poor brother, denying to
Make thj’self affable to the congrega­ lend him that which he asketh : lest he
cry against thee to the Lord, and it be­
tio). of the poor. . . .
Bow down thy ear cheerfully to the come a sin unto thee.
But thou shalt give to him: neither
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shalt thou do anything craftily in re­ dom, thy sister, pride, fulness of bread,
lieving his necessities: that the Lord and abundance, and the idleness of her.
thy God my bless thee at all times, and and of her daughters: and they did not
in all things to which thou shalt put thy put forth their hand to the needy and
hand.—Deut. xv. 7-10.
to the poor.—Ezech. xvi. 49.
If I have denied to the poor what
He that hath the substance of this
they desired, and have made the eyes world, and shall see his brother in need,
of the widow wait :
and shall shut up his bowels from him:
If I have eaten my morsel alone, and how doth the charity of God abide in
the fatherless hath not eaten thereof : him ?—1 John iii. 17.
(For from my infancy mercy grew I
POOR, A PRAYER FOR THE
up with me: and it came out with me
from my mother’s womb:)
Arise, O Lord God, let thy hand be
If I have despised him that was per­ exalted : forget not the poor. . . .
ishing for want of clothing, and the
To thee is the poor man left: thou
poor man that had no covering:
wilt bo a helper to the orphan.—Ps. ix
If his sides have not blessed me, and (Heb. x.) 12, 14.
if he were not warmed with the fleece
Deliver not up to beasts the souls
of my sheep:
that confess to thee: and forget not to
If I have lifted up my hand against the end the souls of thy poor. . . .
the fatherless, even when I saw myself
Let not the humble be turned away
superior in the gate:
with confusion: the poor and needy
Let my shoulder fall from its joint, shall praise thy name.—Ps.lxxiii. 19,21.
and let my arm with its bones be
broken.—Job xxxi. 16-22.
POVERTY, ACKNOWLEDGMENT
He that stoppeth his ear against the
OF OUR
cry of the poor, shall also cry himself
Look thou upon me, and have mercy
and shall not be heard.—Prov. xxi. 13.
He that giveth to the poor, shall not on me; for I am alone and poor— Ps.
.
want: he that despiseth his entreaty, xxiv. 16.
But I am a beggar, and poor: the
shall suffer indigence.—Prov. xxviii. 27.
Son, defraud not the poor of alms, Lord is careful for me.—Ps. xxxix. IS.
But I am poor and sorrowful: thy
and turn not away thy eyes from the
salvation. O God, hath set me up.—Ps.
poor.
Despise not the hungry soul : and Ixviii. 30.
But I am needy and poor; 0 God.
provoke not the poor in his want.
Afflict not the heart of the needy, and help me.
Thou art my helper and my deliv­
defer not to give to him that is in
erer: O Lord, make no delay—Ps.
distress.
Reject not the petition of the af­ Ixix. 6.
Remember not our former iniquities:
flicted : and turn not away thy face
let thy mercies speedily prevent us,
from the needy.
Turn not away thy eyes from the for we are become exceeding poor.—Ps.
poor for fear of anger: and leave not Ixxviii. 8.
Incline thy car, O Lord, and hear
to them that ask of thee to curse thee
me: for I am needy and poor.—Ps.
behind thy back.
For the prayer of him that curseth
I am poor, and in labors from my
thee in the bitterness of his soul, shall
be heard, for he that made him, will youth: and being exalted, have been
humbled and troubled.—Ps. Ixxxvii. 16.
hear him.—Ecclus. iv. 1-6.
For there is no good for him that is
POVERTY OF CHRIST, THE
always occupied in evil, and that giveth
no alms: for the Highest hateth sin­
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Sion,
ners. and hath mercy on the penitent. shout for joy, O daughter of Jerusalem:
—Ecclus. xii. 3.
behold thy King will come to thee, the
Behold, this was the iniquity of So-1 just and saviour: he is poor, and riding

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upon an ass, and upon a colt, the foal
of an ass.—Zach. ix. 9.
And a certain acribe came, and said
to him: Master, 1 will follow thee
whithersoever thou shalt go.
And Jesus saith to him: The foxes
have holes, and the birds of the air
nests: but the Son of man hath not
where to lay his head.—Matt. viii.
19, 20.
And she brought forth her first-born
son, and wrapped him up in swaddling
clothes, and laid him in a manger; be­
cause there was no room for them in the
inn.—Luke ii. 7.
For, this day is born to you a Sa­
viour, who is Christ the Lord, in the
city of David.
And this shall be a sign unto you.
You shall find the infant wrapped in
swaddling clothes, and laid in a manger.
—Luke ii. 11, 12.
And the Jews wondered, saying:
How doth this man know letters,having
never learned?—John vii. 15.
For you know the grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ, that being rich, he be­
came poor, for your sakes; that through
his poverty you might be rich.—2 Cor.
viii. 9.
POWER OF GOD, THE
See: Omnipotence of God, the—
page 353.

POWER IS NOT SHORTENED,
GOD’S
And Moses said: There are six hun­
dred thousand footmen of this people,
and sayest thou : I will give them flesh
to eat a whole month ?
Shall then a multitude of sheep
and oxen be killed, that it may suffice
for their food? or shall the fishes
of the sea be gathered together to fill
them?
And the Lord answered him: Is the
hand of the Lord unable? Thou shalt
presently see whether my word shall
come to pass, or no.—Num. xi. 21-23.
Is my hand shortened and become
little, that T cannot redeem ? or is there
no strength in me to deliver? Behold
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land: the fishes shall rot for want of
water, and shall die for thirst.—Is. 1. 2.
Behold the hand of the Lord is not
shortened, that it cannot save, neither
is his ear heavy that it cannot hear.—
Is. lix. 1.
POWER IS FROM GOD, ALL
See: Authority is from God—page 34.

POWERLESSNESS BEFORE GOD,
MAN’S
See ye that I alone am, and there is
no other God besides me: I will kill, and
I will make to live: I will strike, and
I will heal, and there is none that can
deliver out of my hand.—Deut. xxxii.
39.
The bow of the mighty is overcome,
and the weak are girt with strength. . . .
He will keep the feet of his saints,
and the wicked shall be silent in dark­
ness, because no man shall prevail by
his own strength.—1 Kings ii. 4, 9.
If he shall overturn all things, or
shall press them together, who shall
contradict him?—Job xi. 10.
If he pull down, there is no man that
can build up: if he shut up a man, there
is none that can open.
If he withhold the waters, all things
shall be dried up: and if he send them
out, they shall overturn the earth.—
Job xii. 14, 15.
For it is no longer in the power of
man to enter into judgment with God.
—Job xxxiv. 23.
If thou sin, what shalt thou hurt
him? and if thy iniquities be multi­
plied, what shalt thou do against him ?
—Job XXXV. 6.
Thou perhaps hast made the heavens
with him, which are most strong, as if
they were of molten brass.—Job
xxxvii. IS.
And I said: Hitherto thou shalt
come, and shalt go no further, and here
thou shalt break thy swelling waves.
Didst thou since thy birth command
the morning, and show the dawning of
the day its place? . . .
Shalt thou be able to join together
the shining stars the Pleiades, or canst
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Canst thou bring forth the day star storm of wind : and the waves thereof
in its time, and make the evening star were lifted up.
to rise upon the children of the
They mount up to the heavens, and
earth? . . .
they go down to the depths: their soul
Canst thou lift up thy voice to the pined away with evils.
clouds, that an abundance of waters
They were troubled, and reeled like a
may cover thee?
drunken man ; and all their wisdom was
Canst thou send lightnings, and will swallowed up.—Ps. evi. 23-27.
they go, and will they return and say
Unless the Lord build the house, they
to thee: Here we are?—Job xxxviii. 11, labor in vain that build it.
12, 31, 32, 34, 35.
Unless the Lord keep the city, he
And hast thou an arm like God, and watcheth in vain that keepeth it.—Pscanst thou thunder with a voice like exxvi. 1.
him?—Job xl. 4.
Who hath ascended up into heaven,
I will not stir him (the leviathan) and descended ? who hath held the wind
up, like one that is cruel: for who can in his hands? who hath bound up the
waters together as in a garment? who
resist my countenance?—Job xii. 1.
Why have the Gentiles raged, and the hath raised up all the borders of the
earth ? what is his name, and what is
people devised vain things?
The kings of the earth stood up, and the name of his son, if thou knowest?
Prov. xxx. 4.
the princes met together, against the
I have learned that all the works
Lord, and against his Christ.
Let us break their bonds asunder: and which God hath made, continue for
ever: we cannot add any thing, nor
let us cast away their yoke from us.
He that dwelleth in heaven shall take away from those things which
laugh at them: and the Lord shall de­ God hath made, that he may be feared.
—Eccles, iii. 14.
ride them.—Ps. ii. 1-4.
Be not hasty to depart from his
For they have intended evils against
thee : they have devised counsels which face, and do not continue in an evil
work: for he will do all that pleaseth
they have not been able to establish.
For thou shalt make them turn their him :
And his word is full of power: neither
back: in thy remnants thou shalt pre­
can any man say to him: Why dost
pare their face.—Ps. xx. 12, 13.
The Lord bringeth to nought the thou so?—Eccles, viii. 3, 4.
Tt is not in man’s power to stop the
counsels of nations; and he rejecteth
the devices of people, and casteth away spirit, neither hath he power in the
the counsels of princes.
day of death.—Eccles, viii. 8.
But the counsel of the Lord standetb
As the potter’s clay is in his hand, to
for ever: the thoughts of his heart to fashion and order it:
all generations.—Ps. xxxii. 10, 11.
All his ways are according to his or­
Let God arise, and let his enemies be dering: so man is in the hand of him
scattered: and let them that hate him, that made him, and he will render to
flee from before his face.
him according to his judgment.—Ec­
As smoke vanisheth, so let them van­ clus. xxxiii. 13, 14.
ish away: as wax melteth before the
What will you do in the day of visi­
fire, so lot the wicked perish at the tation, and of the calamity which com­
presence of God.—Ps. Ixvii. 2, 3.
eth from afar? to whom will ye floe for
Who is the man that shall live, and help? and where will ye leave your
not see death: that shall deliver his glory?—Is. x. 3.
soul from the hand of hell?—Ps.
Nations shall make a noise like the
Ixxxviii. 49.
noise of waters overflowing, but he shall
They that go down to the sea in ships, rebuke him, and he shall flee far off:
doing business in the great waters:
and he shall be carried away as the dust
These have seen the works of the of the mountains before the wind, and
Lord, and bis wonders in the deep.
as a whirlwind before a tempest.—Is.
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Thou shalt bring down the tumult of I lay it down of myself, and I have
strangers, as heat in thirst: and as power to lay it down: and I have power
with heat under a burning cloud, thou to take it up again. This command­
shalt make the branch of the mighty to ment have I received of my Father.—
John x. 17, 18.
wither away.—Is. xxv. 5.
Jesus therefore, knowing all things
And from the beginning I am the
tame, and there is none that can deliver that should come upon him, went forth,
out of iny hand: I will work, and who and said to them: Whom seek ye?
They answered him: Jesus of Naza­
shall turn it away?—Is. xliii. 13.
Woe to him that gainsayeth his reth. Jesus saith to them: I am he.
maker,a sherd of the earthen pots: shall And Judas also, who betrayed him,stood
the clay say to him that fashioneth it: with them.
As soon, therefore, as he had said to
What art thou making, and thy work
them: I am he; they went backward,
is without hands.—Is. xiv. 9.
Cannot I do with you as this potter, and fell to the ground.—John xviii.
0 house of Israel, saith the Lord? be­ 4-6.
Pilate therefore saith to him : Speakhold, as clay is in the hand of the pot­
ter, so are you in my hand, 0 house of est thou not to me? knowest thou not
that I have power to crucify thee, and
Israel.—J er. xviii. 6.
For who is like to me? and who shall I have power to release thee?
Jesus answered: Thou shouldst not
bear up against me? and who is that
shepherd that can withstand my coun­ have any power against me, unless it
were given thee from above. There­
tenance?—J er. 1. 44.
For I will be like a lioness to fore, he that hath delivered me to thee,
Ephraim, and like a lion’s whelp to the hath the greater sin.—John xix. 10, 11.
Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy*
house of Juda: I, I will catch, and go:
I will take away, and there is none that Are we stronger than he ?—1 Cor. x. 22.
can rescue.—Osee v. 14.
But what have you to do with me, POWERLESSNESS, ACKNOWL­
0 Tyre, and Sidon, and all the coast
EDGMENT TO GOD OF
of the Philistines? will you revenge
MAN’S
yourselves on me? and if you revenge
O Lord God of our fathers, thou art
yourselves on me, I will very soon re­
turn you a recompense upon your own God in heaven, and rulest over all the
kingdoms and nations, in thy hand is
head.—Joel iii. 4.
Who can stand before the face of his strength and power, and no one can
indignation? and who shall resist in resist thee.—2 Paral, xx. 6.
And Tobias the elder, opening his
the fierceness of his anger? his indig­
nation is poured out like fire: and the mouth, blessed the Lord, and said:
Thou art great, 0 Lord, for ever, and
rocks are melted by him. . . .
What do ye devise against the Lord? thy kingdom is unto all ages:
For thou scourgest, and thou savest:
he will make an utter end : there shall
not rise a double affliction.—Nahum i. thou leadest down to hell, and bringest
up again: and there is none that can
6, 9.
Then Jesus saith to him (Peter) : escape thy hand.—Toh. xiii. 1, 2.
0 Adonai, Lord, great art thou, and
Put up again thy sword into its place:
for all that take the sword, shall perish glorious in thy power, and no one can
overcome thee.
with the sword.
Let all thy creatures serve thee: be­
Thinkest thou that I cannot ask my
Father, and he will give me presently cause thou hast spoken, and they were
more than twelve legions of angels?— made: thou didst send forth thy spirit,
and they were created, and there is no
Matt. xxvi. 52, 53.
Therefore doth the Father love me: one that can resist thy voice.—Judith
because I lay down my life, that I may xvi. 16. 17.
Are thy days as the days of man, and
take it again.
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That thou shouldst inquire after my
iniquity, and search after my sin?
And shouldst know that I have done
no wicked thing, whereas there is no
man that can deliver out of thy hand.—
Job x. 5-7.
Against a leaf, that is carried away
with the wind, thou showest thy power,
and thou pursuest a dry straw.—Job
xiii. 25.
The days of man are short, and the
number of his months is with thee:
thou hast appointed his bounds which
cannot be passed.—Job xiv. 5.
Thou art terrible, and who shall re­
sist thee? from that time thy wrath.—
Ps. Ixxv. 8.
0 grant us help from trouble: for
vain is the help of man.—Ps. cvii. 13.
Yea, and without these, they might
have been slain with one blast, perse­
cuted by their own deeds, and scat­
tered by the breath of thy power: but
thou hast ordered all things in measure,
and number, and weight.
For great power always belonged to
thee alone: and who shall resist the
strength of thy arm?
For the whole world before thee is
as the least grain of the balance, and as
a drop of the morning dew, that falleth
down upon the earth. . . .
And how could anything endure, if
thou wouldst not? or be preserved, if
not called by thee.—Wis. xi. 21-23, 26.
For who shall say to thee: What hast
thou done? or who shall withstand thy
judgment? or who shall come before
thee to be a revenger of wicked men?
or who shall accuse thee, if the nations
perish, which thou hast made?—Wis.
xii. 12.
But it is impossible to escape thy
hand.—Ww. xvi. 15.
PRACTICAL IN OUR FAITH, WE
MUST BE
See also: Service of God, sincerity
in the—page 513.
But to the sinner God hath said:
Why dost thou declare my justices, and
take my covenant in thy mouth?
Seeing thou hast hated discipline:
and hast cast my words behind thee. . . .
These things hast thou done, and I

was silent. Thou thoughtest unjustly
that I should be like to thee: but I will
reprove thee, and set before thy face.
Understand these things, you that
forget God; lest he snatch you away,
and there be none to deliver you.—Pj.
xlix. 16, 17, 21, 22.
And they loved him with their mouth:
and with their tongue they lied unto
him :
But their heart was not right with
him: nor were they counted faithful in
his covenant.—Ps. Ixxvii. 36, 37.
He hath commanded no man to do
wickedly, and he hath given no man
license to sin:
For he desireth not a multitude of
faithless and unprofitable children —
Ecclus. xv. 21, 22.
He that believeth God, taketh heed
to the commandments.—Ecclus. xxxii.
28.
And seeing many of the Pharisees and
Sadducees coming to his baptism, he
(John) said to them: Ye brood of
vipers, who hath showed you to flee
from the wrath to come?
Bring forth therefore fruit worthy
of penance.
And think not to say within your­
selves, We have Abraham for our
father. For I tell you that God is able
of these stones to raise up children to
Abraham.
For now the axe is laid to the root
of the trees. Every tree therefore that
doth not yield good fruit, shall be cut
down and cast into the fire.—Malt. iii.
7-10.
For T tell you, that unless your jus­
tice abound more than that of the
scribes and Pharisees, you shall not
enter into the kingdom of heaven.—
Matt. v. 20.
Wherefore by their fruits you shall
know them.
Not every one that saith to me, Lord,
Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of
heaven : but he that doth the will of my
Father who is in heaven, he shall enter
into the kingdom of heaven.
Many will say to me in that day:
Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in
thy name, and cast out devils in thy
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And then will I profess unto them, of Abraham, children; but in Isaac
I never knew you: depart from me, you shall thy seed be called:
That is to say, not they that are the
that work iniquity.—Matt. vii. 20-23.
And I say to you that many shall children of the flesh, are the children
come from the east and the west, and of God ; but they that are the children
shall sit down with Abraham, and of the promise, are accounted for the
Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of seed.—Rom. ix. 6-8.
For the kingdom of God is not in
heaven :
But the children of the kingdom shall speech, but in power.—1 Cor. iv. 20.
They profess that they know God:
be cast out into the exterior darkness :
there shall be weeping and gnashing of but in their works, they deny him; be­
ing abominable and incredulous, and to
teeth.—Matt. viii. 11, 12.
And he spoke to them many things in every good work reprobate.—Titus i. 16.
parables, saying: Behold the sower went
It is a faithful saying: and these
things I will have thee affirm con­
forth to sow. . . .
And others fell upon good ground: stantly: that they, who believe in God,
and they brought forth fruit, some an may be careful to excel in good works.
hundredfold, some sixtyfold, and some These things are good and profitable
thirtyfold.
unto men.—Titus iii. 8.
. . . But he that received the seed
I give thanks to my God, always
upon good ground, is he that heareth making a remembrance of thee in my
the word, and understandeth, and prayers.
beareth fruit, and yieldeth the one an
Hearing of thy charity and faith,
hundredfold, and another sixty, and an­ which thou hast in the Lord Jesus, and
other thirty.—Matt. xiii. 3, 8, 23.
towards all the saints:
He said unto them: Therefore every
That the communication of thy faith
scribe instructed in the kingdom of may be made evident in the acknowl­
heaven, is like to a man that is a house­ edgment of every good work, that is in
holder, who bringeth forth out of his you in Christ Jesus.—Phile, i. 4-6.
treasure new things and old.—Matt.
But be ye doers of the word, and
xiii. 52.
not hearers only, deceiving your own
And why call you me, Lord, Lord; selves.
and do not the things which I say?—
For if a man be a hearer of the word,
Luke vi. 46.
and not a doer, he shall be compared
And it came to pass, as he spoke these to a man beholding his own coun­
things, a certain woman from the tenance in a glass.
For he beheld himself, and went his
crowd, lifting up her voice, said to
him: Blessed is the womb that bore way, and presently forgot what man­
thee, and the paps that gave thee suck. ner of man he was.
But he that hath looked into the per­
But he said: Yea rather, blessed are
they who hear the word of God, and fect law of liberty, and hath continued
therein, not becoming a forgetful
keep it.—Luke xi. 27, 28.
For not the hearers of the law are hearer, but a doer of the work; this man
just before God, but the doers of the shall be blessed in his deed.
And if any man think himself to be
law shall be justified.—Rom. ii. 13.
For it is not he is a Jew, who is so religious, not bridling his tongue, but
outwardly; nor is that circumcision deceiving his own heart, this man’s re­
ligion is vain.
which is outwardly in the flesh:
Religion clean and undefiled before
But he is a Jew, that is one in­
wardly; and the circumcision is that of God and the Father is this: to visit
the heart, in the spirit, not in the let­ the fatherless and widows in their trib­
ter; whose praise is not of men, but of ulation: and to keep one’s self un­
spotted from this world.—James i.
God.—Rom. ii. 28, 29.
For all are not Israelites that are of 22-27.
And this is the declaration which we
Israel :
Neither are all they that are the seed have heard from him, and declare unto

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you: That God is light, and in him
there is no darkness.
If we say that we have fellowship
with him, and walk in darkness, we
lie, and do not the truth.
But if we walk in the light, as he
also is in the light, we have fellowship
one with another, and the blood of
Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from
all sin.—1 John i. 5-7.
And by this we know that we have
known him, if we keep his command­
ments.
Ho who saith that he knoweth him,
and keepeth not his commandments, is
a liar, and the truth is not in him.
But he that keepeth his word, in
him, in very deed, the charity of God
is perfected; and by this we know that
we are in him.
He that saith he abideth in him.
ought himself also to walk, even as he
walked.—1 John ii. 3-6.
PRACTICAL IN OUR FAITH, EX­
HORTATION TO BE

And Moses called all Israel, and said
to them: Hear, O Israel, the ceremonies
and judgments, which I speak in your
ears this day: learn them, and fulfil
them in work.—Deut. v. 1.
Be not hasty in thy tongue: and
slack and remiss in thy works.—Ecclus.
iv. 34.
Try your own selves if you be in the
faith; prove ye yourselves.—2 Cor.
xiii. 5.
I therefore a prisoner in the Lord,
beseech you that you walk worthy of
the vocation in which you are called.
—Eph. iv. 1.
Only let your conversation be worthy
of the gospel of Christ.—Philipp, i. 27.
The things which you have both
learned, and received, and heard, and
seen in mo. these do ye. and the God of
peace shall be with you.—Philipp, iv. 9.
Therefore we also, from the day that
we heard it, cease not to pray for you.
and to beg that you may be filled with
the knowledge of his will, in all wis­
dom, and spiritual understanding:
That you may walk worthy of God.
in all things pleasing’; being fruitful
in every good work, and increasing in
the knowledge of God.—Col. i. 9, 10.

As therefore you have received JesuChrist the Lord, walk ye in him;
Rooted and built up in him, and con­
firmed in the faith, as also you have
learned, abounding in him in thanks­
giving.—Col. ii. 6, 7.
As you know in what manner, en­
treating and comforting you, (as a
father doth his children,)
We testified to every one of you, that
you would walk worthy of God, who
hath called you unto his kingdom and
glory.—1 Thess. ii. 11, 12.
And you, employing all care, minister
in your faith, virtue; and in virtue,
knowledge ;
And in knowledge, abstinence; and
in abstinence,patience; and in patience,
godliness;
And in godliness, love of brother­
hood; and in love of brotherhood, char­
ity.
For if these things be with you and
abound, they will make you to be
neither empty nor unfruitful in the
knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ —
2 Peter i. 5-8.
My little children, let us not love in
word, nor in tongue, but in deed, and
in truth.—1 John iii. 18.
PRAISE GOD, EXHORTATION TO

Ye that fear the Lord, praise him:
all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him.—
Ps. xxi. 24.
Sing to the Lord, 0 ye his saints:
and give praise to the memory of his
holiness.—Ps. xxix. 5.
O magnify the Lord with me; and let
us extol his name together.—Ps.
xxxiii. 4.
Sing praises to our God, sing ye:
sing praises to our king, sing ye.
For God is the king of all the earth:
sing ye wisely.—Ps. xlvi. 7, 8.
Offer to God the sacrifice of praise:
and pay thy vows to the most High —
Ps. xlix. 14.
Let the people, O God, confess to
thee: let all the people give praise to
thee.—Ps. Ixvi. 6.
Let the heavens and the earth praise
him; the sea, and everything that creep*
cth therein.—Ps. Ixviii. 35.
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joy: let ub joyfully sing to God our God, and shalt glory in his mercies.—
Ecclus. xvii. 27.
saviour.
Let us come before his presence with
Now therefore with the whole heart
thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise and mouth praise ye him, and bless the
Io him with psalms.—Ps. xciv. 1, 2.
name of the Lord.—Ecclus. xxxix. 41.
Praise the Lord, ye children: praise
And you shall say in that day:
ye the name of the Lord.—Ps. cxii. 1. Praise ye the Lord, and call upon his
0 praise ye the Lord, for he is good: name: make his works known among
for his mercy endureth for ever.—Ps. the people: remember that his name is
cxvii. 29.
high.
Praise ye the name of the Lord: 0
Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath done
you his servants, praise the Lord:
great things: show this forth in all the
You that stand in the house of the earth.
Lord, in the courts of the house of our
Rejoice, and praise, 0 thou habita­
God.
tion of Sion : for great is he that is in
Praise ye the Lord, for the Lord is the midst of thee, the Holy One of
good: sing ye to his name, for it is Israel.—Is. xii. 4, 5, 6.
sweet.—Ps. cxxxiv. 1-3.
Give praise, O ye heavens, for the
Praise ye the Lord, because psalm is Lord hath shown mercy: shout with
good: to our God be joyful and comely joy, ye ends of the earth: ye moun­
praise.
tains, resound with praise, thou, 0
. . . Sing ye to the Lord with forest, and every tree therein: for the
praise: sing to our God upon the harp. Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and Israel
—Ps. cxlvi. 1, 7.
shall be glorified.—Is. xliv. 23.
Praise ye the Lord from the heavens:
All ye works of the Lord, bless the
praise ye him in the high places.
Lord: praise and exalt him above all
Praise ye him, all his angels: praise for ever.
ye him, all his hosts.
0 ye angels of the Lord, bless the
Praise ye him, O sun and moon: Lord: praise and exalt him above all
praise him, all ye stars and light.
for ever. . . .
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens:
0 ye sons of men, bless the Lord:
and let all the waters that are above praise and exalt him above all for
the heavens praise the name of the ever.
Lord.
0 let Israel bless the Lord: let them
For he spoke, and they were made: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
he commanded, and they were created.
O ye priests of the Lord, bless the
—Ps. cxlviii. 1-5.
Lord : praise and exalt him above all
Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: for ever.
let his praise be in the church of the
O ye servants of the Lord, bless the
saints. . . .
Lord: praise and exalt him above all
Let them praise his name in choir: for ever.
let them sing to him with the timbrel
O ye spirits and souls of the just,
and the psaltery.—Ps. cxlix. 1. 3.
bless the Lord: praise and exalt him
Praise ye the Lord in his holy places: above all for ever.
O ye holy and humble of heart, bless
praise ye him in the firmament of his
power.
the Lord: praise and exalt him above
Praise ye him for his mighty acts: all for ever. . . .
O all ye religious, bless the Lord the
praise ye him according to the multi­
God of gods: praise him, and give him
tude of his greatness. . . .
Praise him on high sounding cym­ thanks, because his mercy endureth
bals: praise him on cymbals of joy: let for ever and ever.—Dan. iii. <57. 58, 82every spirit, praise the Lord. Alleluia. 87, 90.
And bo not drunk with wine, wherein
—Ps. cl. 1, 2. 5.
Give thanks whilst thou art living, is luxury; but be ye filled with the holy
whilst thou art alive and in health, Spirit,
Speaking to yourselves in psalms.
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and hymns, and spiritual canticles, to receive glory, and honor, and power:
singing, and making melody in your because thou hast created all thing*;
hearts to the Lord.—Eph. v. 18, 19.
and for thy will they were, and hare
Let the word of Christ dwell in you been created.—Apoc. iv. 11.
abundantly, in all wisdom: teaching
The Lamb that was slain ia worthy
and admonishing one another in psalms, to receive power, and divinity, and wis­
hymns and spiritual canticles, singing dom, and strength, and honor, and
in grace in your hearts to God.—Col. glory, and benediction.—Apoc. v. 12.
iii. 16.
By him therefore let us offer the sac­
PRAISES OF GOD, THE
rifice of praise always to God, that is
Out of the mouth of infants and of
to say, the fruit of lips confessing to
I sucklings thou hast perfected praise,
his name.—Heb. xiii. 15.
And a voice came out from the because of thy enemies, that thou mayst
throne, saying: Give praise to our God, destroy the enemy and the avenger.—
all ye his servants; and you that fear Ps. viii. 3.
The sacrifice of praise shall glorify
him, little and great.—Apoc. xix. 5.
me: and there is the way by which I
will show him the salvation of God.—
PRAISE, GOD IS WORTHY
Ps. xlix. 23.
OF ALL
Who shall declare the powers of the
I will call on the Lord, who is worthy Lord? who shall set forth all his
to be praised: and I shall be saved praises?—Ps. cv. 2.
The praise of him is above heaven
from my enemies.—2 Kings xxii. 4.
Great is the Lord, and exceedingly to and earth : and he hath exalted the horn
be praised in the city of our God, in his of his people.—Ps. cxlviii. 14.
Praise is not seemly in the mouth of
holy mountain.—Ps. xlvii. 2.
For the Lord is great, and exceed­ a sinner.—Ecclus. xv. 9.
Sing ye to the Lord a new song, his
ingly to be praised: he is to be feared
praise is from the ends of the earth:
above all gods.—Ps. xcv. 4.
From the rising of the sun unto the you that go down to the sea, and all
going down of the same, the name of that are therein : ye islands, and ye in­
habitants of them.—Is. xiii. 10.
the Lord is worthy of praise.
The Lord is high above all nations;
and his glory above the heavens.—Ps.
PRAISING GOD
cxii. 3, 4.
See also: Glorifying God—page 166.
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be
praised : and of his greatness there is | Save us, O God our saviour: and
no end.—Ps. cxliv. 3.
gather us together, and deliver us from
Blessed art thou, O Lord the God of the nations, that we may give glory to
our fathers: and worthy to be praised, thy holy name, and may rejoice in
and glorified, and exalted above all for singing thy praises.—1 Paral, xvi. 35.
ever: and blessed is the holy name of
Thine, O Lord, is magnificence, and
thy glory: and worthy to be praised, power, and glory, and victory: and to
and exalted above all in all ages.
thee is praise: for all that is in heaven,
Blessed art thou in the holy temple and in earth, is thine: thine is the
of thy glory: and exceedingly to be kingdom, 0 Lord, and thou art above all
praised, and exceeding glorious for princes.
ever.
Thine are riches, and thine is glory,
Blessed art thou on the throne of thy thou hast dominion over all. in thy
kingdom, and exceedingly to be praised, . hand is power and might ; in thy hand
and exalted above all for ever. ... greatness, and the empire of all things.
Blessed art thou in the firmament of
Now therefore, our God, we givo
heaven: and worthy of praise, and thanks to thee, and we praise thy glori­
glorious for ever.—Dan. iii. 52-54, 56. ous name.—1 Paral, xxix. 11-13.
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with my whole heart: I will relate all
thy wonders.—Ps. ix. 2.
I will declare thy name to my breth­
ren: in the midst of the church will I
praise thee.—Ps. xxi. 23.
The Lord is my helper and my pro­
tector: in him hath my heart confided,
and 1 have been helped.
And my flesh hath flourished again,
and with my will I will give praise to
him.—Ps. xxvii. 7.
Rejoice in the Lord. O ye just:
praise becometh the upright.—Ps.
xxxii. 1.
I will bless the Lord at all times, his
praise shall be always in my mouth.—
Ps. xxxiii. 2.
Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel
from eternity to eternity. So be it. So
be it.—Ps. xl. 14.
0 Lord, thou wilt open my lips: and
my mouth shall declare thy praise.—
Ps. 1. 17.
I will give praise to thee, O Lord,
among the people: 1 will sing a psalm
to thee among the nations.
For thy mercy is magnified even to
the heavens: and thy truth unto the
clouds.
Be thou exalted, O God, above the
heavens: and thy glory above all the
earth.—Ps. Ivi. 10-12.
I will praise the name of God with a
canticle: and I will magnify him with
praise.
And it shall please God better than a
young calf, that bringeth forth horns
and hoofs.—Ps. Ixviii. 31, 32.
We will praise thee, O God: we will
praise, and we will call upon thy name.
We will relate thy wondrous works.—
Ps. Ixxiv. 2.
I will praise thee, O Lord my God,
with my whole heart, and I will glorify
thy name for ever.—Ps. Ixxxv. 12.
It is good to give praise to the Lord:
and to sing to thy name, O most High.
To show forth thy mercy in the morn­
ing, and thy truth in the night.—Ps.
xci. 2, 3.
I will sing to the Lord as long as I
live: I will sing praise to my God,
while I have my being.— Ps. ciii. 33.
My heart is ready. O God, my heart
¡8 ready: I will sing, and will give
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I will praise thee, 0 Lord, among the
people : and I will sing unto thee among
the nations.
For thy mercy is great above the
heavens: and thy truth even unto the
clouds.
Be thou exalted, 0 God, above the
heavens, and thy glory over all the
earth.—Ps. cvii. 2, 4-6.
I will praise thee, 0 Lord, with my
whole heart; in the council of the just,
and in the congregation.—Ps. ex. 1.
I will sacrifice to thee the sacrifice
of praise, and I will call upon the name
of the Lord.—Ps. cxv. 17.
Thou art my God, and I will praise
thee: thou art my God, and I will exalt
thee.
I will praise thee, because thou hast
heard me, and art become my salvation.
—Ps. cxvii. 28.
Seven times a day I have given praise
to thee, for the judgments of thy jus­
tice.—Ps. cxviii. 164.
1 will praise thee, 0 Lord, with my
whole heart: for thou hast heard the
words of my mouth.
I will sing praise to thee in the sight
of the angels.—Ps. cxxxvii. 1.
I will extol thee, O God my king:
and I will bless thy name for ever; yea,
for ever and ever.
Every day will I bless thee: and I
will praise thy name for ever; yea. for
ever and ever.—Ps. cxliv. 1, 2.
Praise the Lord, 0 my soul, in my
life I will praise the Lord: I will sing
to my God. as long as I shall be.—Ps.
cxlv. 2.
In all his works, he (David) gave
thanks to the holy one, and to the most
High, with words of glory.
With his whole heart he praised the
Lord, and loved God that made him:
and he gave him power against his ene­
mies.—Ecclus. xlvii. 9, 10.
My soul shall praise the Lord, even
to death.—Ecclus. Ii. 8.
They shall give glory to the Lord,
and shall declare his praise in the isl­
ands.—Is. xiii. 12.
And the multitudes that went before,
and that followed, cried, saying: Ho­
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Lord: Hosanna in the highest.—Matt.
I^et my prayer be- directed as incen&e
xxi. 9.
in thy sight ; the lifting up of my hands,
To the only God our Saviour, through as evening sacrifice.—Ps. cxl. 2.
Jesus Christ, our Lord, be glory and
I cried to the Lord with my voice:
magnificence, empire and power, be­ with my voice I made supplication to
fore all ages, and now, and for all ages the Lord.
of ages. Amen.—Jude i. 25.
In his sight I pour out my prayer,and
And the four living creatures had before him I declare my trouble.—Pi.
each of them six wings; and round cxli. 2, 3.
about and within they are full of eyes.
He (the wise man) will give his heart
And they rested not, day and night, to resort early to the Lord that made
saying: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Al­ him, and he will pray in the sight of
mighty, who was, and who is, and who the most High.
He will open his mouth in prayer,
is to come.—Apoc. iv. 8.
And every creature which is in and will make supplication for his
heaven, and on the earth, and under the sins. . . .
And he will pour forth the words of
earth, and such as are in the sea, and
all that are in them: I heard all say­ his wisdom as showers, and in his
ing: To him that sitteth on the throne, prayer, he will confess to the Lord.—
and to the Lamb, benediction, and Ecclus. xxxix. 6, 7, 9.
You covet, and have not: you kill,
honor, and glory, and power, for ever
and envy, and cannot obtain. You con­
and ever.—Apoc. v. 13.
tend and war, and you have not, because
PRAYER
you ask not.—James iv. 2.
And when he had opened the book,
And he (Jacob) saw in his sleep a
ladder standing upon the earth, and the the four living creatures, and the four
top thereof touching heaven: the an­ and twenty ancients fell down before
gels also of God ascending and descend­ the Lamb, having every one of them,
harps, and golden vials full of odors,
ing by it;
And the Lord leaning upon the lad­ which are the prayers of saints.—Apoc.
der. saying to him : I am the Lord God v. 8.
of Abraham thy father, and the God of
And another angel came, and stood
before the altar, having a golden
Isaac.—Gen. xxviii. 12, 13.
To thee, O Ix»rd, T turn my face, to censer; and there was given to him
thee I direct my eyes.—Tob. iii. 14.
much incense, that he should offer of
Prayer is good with fasting and alms, the prayers of all saints upon the golden
more than to lay up treasures of gold. altar, which is before the throne of God.
—Tob. xii. 8.
And the smoke of the incense of the
When thou didst pray with tears, and prayers of the saints ascended up Wore
didst bury the dead, and didst leave thy God from the hand of the angel.—Apoc.
dinner, and hide the dead by day in thy viii. 3, 4.
house, and bury them by night, I offered
PRAYER, EFFICACY OF
thy prayer to the Lord.—Tob. xii. 12.
Fnr this shall every one that is holy
See also: Prayers, God hears our—
pray to thee in a seasonable time.
page 403.
And yet in a flood of many waters,
they shall not come nigh unto him.—
And they turned themselves from
Ps. XXXi. 6.
thence, and went their way to Sodom:
In the daytime the Lord hath com­ but Abraham as yet stood before the
manded his mercy; and a canticle to Lord.
him in the night. With me is prayer
And drawing nigh, he said : Wilt thou
to the God of my life.
destroy the just with the wicked?
I will say to God : Thou art my sup­
If there be fifty just men in the city,
port. Why hast thou forgotten me? and shall they perish withal? and wilt thou
why go I mourning, whilst my enemy not spare that place for the sake of the
afflicteth me?—Ps. xii. 9, 10.
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Far be it from thee to do this thing, affliction : and he delivered them out of
and to slay the just with the wicked, their distresses.
He sent his word, and healed them:
and for the just to be in like case as
the wicked, this is not beseeming thee: and delivered them from their destruc­
thou who judgest all the earth, wilt not tions.—Ps. evi. 19, 20.
For the Lord will judge his people,
make this judgment.
And the Lord said to him: If I find and will be entreated in favor of his
in Sodom fifty just within the city, I servants.—Ps. cxxxiv. 14.
For a blameless man made haste to
will spare the whole place for their
pray for the people, bringing forth the
sake.
And Abraham answered, and said: shield of his ministry, prayer, and by
Seeing I have once begun, I will speak incense making supplication, withstood
to my Lord, whereas I am dust and the wrath, and put an end to the ca­
lamity, showing that he was thy servant
ashes.
And he overcame the disturbance,
What if there be five less than fifty
just persons? wilt thou for five and not by strength of body, nor with force
forty destroy the whole city? And he of arms, but with a word he subdued
said: I will not destroy it, if I find five him that punished them, alleging the
oaths and covenant made with the
and forty.
And again he said to him: But if fathers.—IVis. xviii. 21, 22.
For who hath continued in his com­
forty lx? found there, what wilt thou do?
He said: I will not destroy it for the mandment, and hath been forsaken?
or who hath called upon him, and he de­
sake of forty.
Lord, saith he, be not angry, I be­ spised him?—Ecclus. ii. 12.
He that loveth God, shall obtain
seech thee, if I speak: What if thirty
shall be found there? He answered pardon for his sins by prayer, and shall
I will not do it, if I find thirty refrain himself from them, and shall be
heard in the prayer of days.—Ecclus.
there.
Seeing, saith he, I have once begun, iii. 4.
Be of good comfort, my children, cry
I will speak to my Lord. What if
twenty be found there? He said: I to the Lord, and he will deliver you out
will not destroy it for the sake of of the hand of the princes your enemies.
—Bar. iv. 21.
twenty.
Ask, and it shall be given you: seek,
I beseech thee, saith he, be not angry.
Lord, if 1 speak yet once more: What and you shall find: knock, and it shall
if ten should be found there? And he be opened to you.
For every one that asketh. receiveth:
said: 1 will not destroy it for the sake
and he that seeketh, findeth: and to him
of ten.—Gen. xviii. 22-32.
Hoses said to Aaron: Take the that knocketh, it shall be opened.
Or what man is there among you. of
censer, and putting fire in it from the
altar, put incense upon it, and go whom, if his son shall ask bread, will he
quickly to the people to pray for them: reach him a stone ?
Or if he shall ask him a fish, will he
for already wrath is gone out from the
reach him a serpent?
Lord, and the plague rageth.
If you then being evil, know how to
When Aaron had done this, and had
run to the midst of the multitude give good gifts to your children: how
which the burning fire was now destroy­ much more will your Father who is in
heaven, give good things to them that
ing, he offered the incense:
And standing between the dead and ask him?—Matt. vii. 7-11.
And behold a leper came and adored
the living, he prayed for the people,
and the plague ceased.—Num. xvi. him. saying: Lord, if thou wilt, thou
canst make me clean.
46-48.
And Jesus stretching forth his hand,
Praising I will call upon the Lord:
and I shall be saved from my enemies. touched him, saying: I will, be thou
—Ps. xvii. 4.
... made clean. And forthwith his leprosy
And they cried to the Lord in their was cleansed.—Matt. viii. 2, 3.

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But this kind (of devil) is not cast I rained not for three years and six
out, but by prayer and fasting.—Matt. months.
xvii. 20.
And he prayed again : and the heaven
Again I say to you, that if two of gave rain, and the earth brought forth
you shall consent upon earth, concern­ her fruit.—James v. 16-18.
ing any thing whatsoever they shall ask,
Dearly beloved, if our heart do not
it shall be done to them by my Father reprehend us, we have confidence
who is in Heaven.—Matt, xviii. 19.
towards God:
And all things whatsoever you shall I And whatsoever we shall ask, we shall
ask in prayer, believing, you shall re­ receive of him: because we keep his
ceive.—Matt. xxi. 22.
commandments, and do those things
Because I go to the Father: and which are pleasing in his sight—
whatsoever you shall ask the Father in 1 John iii. 21, 22.
my name, that will I do: that the
Father may be glorified in the Son.
PRAYER, THE PROPER KIND OF
If you shall ask me any thing in my
name, that I will do.—John xiv. 13, 14.
Trust in him, all ye congregation of
If you abide in me, and my words people: pour out your hearts before
abide in you, you shall ask whatever him. God is our helper for ever.—Pt.
you will, and it shall be done unto you. Ixi. 9.
—John xv. 7.
I I entreated thy face with all my
And in that day you shall not ask heart: have mercy on me according to
me any thing. Amen, amen, I say to thy word.—Ps. cxviii. 58.
you: if you ask the Father any thing in . Make thy prayer before the face of
the Lord, and offend less.—Ecclus.
my name, he will give it you.
Hitherto you have not asked any xvii. 22.
thing in my name. Ask, and you shall ! Before prayer, prepare thy soul: and
receive; that your joy may be full.— I' be not as a man that tempteth God.—
John xvi. 23, 24.
Ecclus. xviii. 23.
For there is no distinction of the ! Let us lift up our hearts with our
Jew and the Greek: for the same is I hands to the Lord in the heavens —
Lord over all, rich unto all that call • Lam. iii. 41.
upon him.
But thou, when thou shalt pray, enter
For whosoever shall call upon the into thy chamber, and having shut the
name of the Lord,shall be saved.—Rom. door, pray to thy Father in secret: and
x. 12, 13.
thy Father who seeth in secret, will re­
Put you on the armor of God, that • pay thee.
you may be able to stand against the
And when you are praying, speak
deceits of the devil.
not much, as the heathens. For they
For our wrestling is not against flesh I think that in their much speaking they
and blood; but against principalities! may be heard.
and powers, against the rulers of the
Be not you therefore like to them,
world of this darkness, against the for your Father knoweth what is need­
spirits of wickedness in the high ful for you, before you ask him.—Matt.
places.
vi. 6-8.
Therefore take unto you the armor of
Therefore I say unto you, all things
God, that you may be able to resist in whatsoever you ask when ye pray, be­
the evil day, and to stand in all things lieve that you shall receive; and they
perfect.—Eph. vi. 11-13.
shall come unto you.—Mark xi. 24.
Confess therefore your sins one to
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our
another: and pray one for another, that infirmity. For we know not what we
you may be saved. For the continual should pray for as we ought; but the
prayer of a just man availeth much.
Spirit himself asketh for us with un­
Elias was a man passible like unto speakable
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groanings.
us: and with prayer he prayed that it
And he that searcheth the hearts,
might not rain upon the earth, and it knoweth
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it is break of day. He answered: I will
not let thee go except thou bless me. . ..
But he said : Thy name shall not be
called Jacob, but Israel: for if thou
hast been strong against God, how
much more shalt thou prevail against
men?—Gen. xxxii. 24, 26, 28.
And when Moses lifted up his hands,
Israel overcame: but if he let them
down a little, Amalee overcame.
And Moses’ hands were heavy: so
they took a stone, and put under him,
and he sat on it: and Aaron and Hur
stayed up his hands on both sides. And
it came to pass that his hands were not
weary until sunset.—Ex. xvii. 11, 12.
PRAYER, THE WRONG KIND OF
Know ye that the Lord will hear your
Be not full of words in a multitude prayers, if you continue with perse­
of ancients, and ’repeat not the word in verance in fastings and prayers in the
sight of the Lord.—Judith iv. 11.
thy prayer.—Ecclus. vii. 15.
I will bless the Lord at all times, his
And when ye pray, you shall not be
as the hypocrites, that love to stand and praise shall be always in my mouth.—
pray in the synagogues and corners of Ps. xxxiii. 2.
But I have cried to God: and the
the streets, that they may be seen by
men: Amen I say to you, they have re­ Lord will save me.
Evening and morning, and at noon I
ceived their reward. . . .
And when you are praying, speak not will speak and declare: and he shall
much, as the heathens. For they think hear my voice.—Ps. liv. 17, 18.
0 Lord, the God of my salvation: I
that in their much speaking they may
have cried in the day, and in the night
be heard.—Matt. vi. 5, 7.
Hypocrites, well hath Isaías prophe­ before thee.
... All the day I cried to thee, 0
sied of you, saying:
This people honoreth me with their Lord : 1 stretched out my hands to thee.
—Ps. Ixxxvii. 2, 10.
lips; but their heart is far from me.
To thee have I lifted up my eyes, who
And in vain do they worship me,
teaching doctrines and commandments dwellest in heaven.
Behold as the eyes of servants are on
of men.—Matt. xv. 7-9.
But let him ask in faith, nothing the hands of their masters,
As the eyes of the handmaid are on
wavering. For he that wavereth is like
a wave of the sea, which is moved and the hands of her mistress: so are our
eyes unto the Lord our God, until he
carried about by the wind.
Therefore let not that man think have mercy on us.—Ps. exxii. 1, 2.
The prayer of him that humbleth
that he shall receive any thing of the
himself, shall pierce the clouds: and
Lord.—James i. 6, 7.
You ask, and receive not; because you till it come nigh, he will not be com­
ask amiss: that you may consume it on forted : apd he will not depart till the
most High behold.—Ecclus. xxxv. 21.
your concupiscences.—James iv. 3.
And behold a woman of Chanaan,
who came out of those coasts, crying
PRAYER, PERSEVERANCE IN
out, said to him: Have mercy on me. 0
He (Jacob) remained alone: and be­ Lord, thou son of David: my daughter
hold a man wrestled with him till is grievously troubled by a devil.
morning. . . .
Who answered her not a word. And
And he said to him: Let me go, for his disciples came and besought him,
‘That 1b. make not much babbling by repe­ saying: Send her away, for she crieth
tition of words: but alm more at fervor of
after us :
heart.

cause he asketh for the saints according
to God.—Rom. viii. 26, 27.
I will, therefore, that men pray in
every place,lifting up pure hands, with­
out anger and contention.—1 Tim. ii. 8.
But if any of you want wisdom, let
him ask of God, who giveth to all men
abundantly, and upbraideth not; and it
shall be given him.
But let him ask in faith, nothing
wavering.—James i. 5, 6.
And this is the confidence which we
have towards him : That whatsoever we
shall ask according to his will, he
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And he answering, said: I was not I that we ought always to pray, and not
sent but to the sheep that are lost of to faint,
the house of Israel.
Saying: There was a judge in a cer­
But she came and adored him, say­ tain city, who feared not God, nor re­
ing: Lord, help me.
garded man.
Who answering, said: It is not good
And there was a certain widow in
to take the bread of the children, and that city, and she came to him, saying:
to cast it to the dogs.
Avenge me of my adversary.
But she said: Yea, Lord; for the
And he would not for a long time.
whelps also eat of the crumbs that fall I But afterwards he said within himself:
from the table of their masters.
Although I fear not God, nor regard
Then Jesus answering, said to her: I man,
0 woman, great is thy faith: be it done
Yet because this widow is trouble­
to thee as thou wilt: and her daughter some to me, I will avenge her, lest con­
was cured from that hour.—Matt. xv. tinually coming she weary me.
22-28.
And the Lord said: Hear what the
And behold two blind men sitting by unjust judge saith.
the wayside, heard that Jesus passed by,
And will not God revenge his elect
and they cried out, saying: 0 Lord, who cry to him day and night: and will
thou son of David, have mercy on us. he have patience in their regard?
And the multitude rebuked them that
I say to you that he will quickly re­
they should hold their peace. But they venge them.—Luke xviii. 1-8.
cried out the more, saying: 0 Lord,
And there appeared to him (Jesus)
thou son of David, have mercy on an angel from heaven, strengthening
us. . . .
him. And being in an agony, ho prayed
And Jesus having compassion on the longer.—Luke xxii. 43.
them, touched their eyes. And immedi­
All these (the apostles) were perse­
ately they saw, and followed him.— vering with one mind in prayer with
Matt. xx. 30, 31, 34.
the women, and Mary the mother of
And leaving them, he (Jesus) went Jesus, and with his brethren.—Acts
again: and he prayed the third time, i. 14.
saying the selfsame word.—Matt.
xxvi. 44.
PRAYER, EXHORTATION TO
And it came to pass in those days,
PERSEVERANCE IN
that he (Jesus) went out into a moun­
tain to pray, and he passed the whole
And know the justices and j idgments
night in the prayer of God.—Luke of God, and stand firm in the lot set
vi. 12.
before thee, and in prayer to the most
And he said to them: Which of you high God.—Ecclus. xvii. 24.
shall have a friend, and shall go to
Let nothing hinder thee from praying
him at midnight, and shall say to him: always, and be not afraid to be justi­
Friend, lend me three loaves,
fied even to death: for the reward of
Because a friend of mine is come off God continueth for ever.—Ecclus.
his journey to me, and I have not what xviii. 22.
to set before him.
Watch ye, therefore, praying at all
And he from within should answer, times, that you may be accounted
and say: Trouble me not, the door is worthy to escape all these things that
now shut, and my children are with me are to come, and to stand before the
in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
Son of man.—Luke xxi. 36.
Yet if he shall continue knocking, I
Rejoicing in hope. Patient in tribu­
say to you, although he will not rise lation. Instant in prayer.—Rom. xii. 12.
and give him, because he is his friend;
By all prayer and supplication, pray­
yet, because of his importunity, he will ing at all times in the spirit; and in the
rise, and give him as many as he need- same watching with all instance and
eth.—Luke xi. 5-8.
supplication for all the saints.—Eph.
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Be instant in prayer; watching in it
with thanksgiving.—Col. iv. 2.
Pray without ceasing.—1 These. v. 17.
But the end of all is at hand. Be
prudent therefore, and watch in
prayers.—1 Peler iv. 7.
PRAYERS, GOD HEARS OUR

See also: Cry of the distressed
reaches God, the—page 94.
Neither is there any other nation so
great, that hath gods so nigh them, as
our God is present to all our petitions.
—Deut. iv. 7.
And the priest and the Levi tes rose
up, and blessed the people: and their
voice was heard: and their prayer came
to the holy dwelling place of heaven.—
2 Paral, xxx. 27.
At that time the prayers of ’them
both were heard in the sight of the
glory of the most high God:
And the holy angel of the Lord,
Raphael, was sent to heal them both,
whose prayers at one time were re­
hearsed in the sight of the Lord.—Tob.
iii 24, 25.
I have cried to the Lord with my
voice: and he hath heard me from his
holy hill.—Ps. iii. 5.
When T called upon him, the God of
my justice heard me: when I was in dis­
tress, thou hast enlarged me. . . .
Know ye also that the Lord hath
made his holy one wonderful: the Lord
will hear me, when I shall cry unto
him.—Ps. iv. 2, 4.
Depart from me, all ye workers of in­
iquity: for the Lord hath heard the
voice of my weeping.
The Lord hath heard my supplica­
tion : the Lord hath received my prayer.
—Ps. vi. 9, 10.
Let all the seed of Israel fear him:
because he hath not slighted nor de­
spised the supplication of the poor man.
Neither hath he turned away his face
from me: and when 1 cried to him, he
heard me.—Ps. xxi. 25.
Blessed be the Lord, for he hath
heard the voice of my supplication.—
Ps. xxvii. 6.
But I said in the excess of my mind:
I am cast away from before thy eyes.
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Therefore thou hast heard the voice
of my prayer, when I cried to thee.—
Ps. xxx. 23.
J sought the Lord, and he heard me;
and he delivered me from all my
troubles. . . .
This poor man cried, and the Lord
heard him: and saved him out of all his
troubles.—Ps. xxxiii. 5, 7.
With expectation I have waited for
the Lord, and he was attentive to me.
And he heard my prayers, and
brought me out of the pit of misery and
the mire of dregs.
And he set my foot upon a rock, and
directed my steps.—Ps. xxxix. 2, 3.
Offer to God the sacrifice of praise:
and pay thy vows to the most High.
And call upon me in the day of
trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou
shalt glorify me.—Ps. xlix. 14, 15.
But I have cried to God: and the
Lord will save me.
Evening and morning, and at noon I
will speak and declare: and he shall
hear my voice.
He shall redeem my soul in peace
from them that draw near to me: for
among many they were with me.
God shall hear, and the Eternal shall
humble them.—Ps. liv. 17-20.
I will cry to God the most High; to
God who hath done good to me.
He hath sent from heaven, and de­
livered me: he hath made them a re­
proach that trod upon me. God hath
sent his mercy and his truth.—Ps. Ivi.
3, 4.
For thou, my God. hast heard my
prayer: thou hast given an inheritance
to them that fear thy name.—Ps. lx. 6.
Come and hear, all ye that fear God.
and I will tell you what great things he
hath done for my soul.
I cried to him with my mouth: and
T extolled him with my tongue. . . .
Therefore hath God heard me. and
hath attended to the voice of my sup­
plication.
Blessed be God, who hath not turned
away my prayer, nor his mercy from
me.—Ps. Ixv. 1G, 17. 19. 20.
I cried to the Lord with my voice; to
God with my voice, and he gave ear to
me.
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God. with my hands lifted up to him I will show thee great things, and sure
in the night, and I was not deceived.— things which thou knowest not.—J er.
Ps. Ixxvi. 2, 3.
xxxiii. 2, 3.
Thou calledst upon me in affliction,
And Jonas prayed to the Lord his
and I delivered thee: I heard thee in God out of the belly of the fish.
the secret place of tempest: I proved
And he said: 1 cried out of my af­
thee at the waters of contradiction.— fliction to the Lord, and he heard me:
Ps. Ixxx. 8
I cried out of the belly of hell, and
For thou, 0 Lord, art sweet and thou hast heard my voice.—Jonas ii.
mild: and plenteous in mercy to all that 2, 3.
call upon thee. . . .
And this is the confidence which we
I have called upon thee in the day of have towards him: That, whatsoever
my trouble: because thou hast heard we shall ask according to his will, he
me.—Ps. Ixxxv. 5, 7.
heareth us.
Moses and Aaron among his priests:
And we know that he heareth us
and Samuel among them that call upon whatsoever we ask: we know that we
his name.
have the petitions which we request of
They called upon the Lord, and he him.—1 John v. 14, 15.
heard them. . . .
Thou didst hear them, 0 Lord our PRAYERS OF THE JUST, GOD
HEARS THE
God: thou wast a merciful God to
them.—Ps. xcviii. 6, 8.
See: Just, prayers of the—page 263.
I have loved, because the Lord will
hear the voice of my prayer.
PRAYERS OF THE WICKED NOT
Because he hath inclined his ear unto
ACCEPTABLE TO GOD, THE
me: and in my days I will call upon
See: Wicked, prayers of the—
him.—Ps. cxiv. 1, 2.
In my trouble I called upon the Lord : page 600.
and the Lord heard me, and enlarged
PRAY, EXHORTATION TO
me. . . .
I will give glory to thee, because thou
Be subject to the Lord, and pray to
hast heard me: and art become my sal­ him.—Ps. xxxvi. 7.
vation.—Ps. cxvii. 5, 21.
Neglect not to pray, and to give alms.
The Lord is nigh unto all them that
Ecclus. vii. 10.
call upon him: to all that call upon him
Love God all thy life, and call upon
in truth.
him for thy salvation.—Ecclus. xiii. 18.
He will do the will of them that fear
Make thy prayer before the face of
him: and he will hear their prayer, and the Lord, and offend less.—Ecclus.
save them.—Ps. cxliv. 18, 19.
xvii. 22.
I called upon the Lord, the father of
My son. hast thou sinned? do so no
my Lord, that he would not leave me in more: but for thy former sins also pray
the day of my trouble, and in the time that they may be forgiven thee.—Ecclus.
of the proud without help.
xxi. 1.
I will praise thy name continually,
But above all these things, pray to
and will praise it with thanksgiving, the most High, that he may direct thy
and my prayer was heard.
way in truth.—Ecclus. xxxvii. 19.
And thou hast saved me from de­
My son, in thy sickness, neglect not
struction, and hast delivered me from thyself, but pray to the Lord, and he
the evil time.
shall heal thee.—Ecclus. xxxviii. 9.
Therefore I will give thanks and
And now pray ye to the God of all,
praise thee, and bless the name of the who hath done great things in all the
Lord.—Ecclus. Ii. 14-17.
earth, who hath increased our days
Thus saith the Lord, who will do, from our mother’s womb, and hath done
and will form it, and prepare it, the with us according to his mercy.—Ec­
Lord is his name.
clus. 1. 24.
Cry to me, and I will hear thee: and
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that he may have mercy on you (for
by your hand hath this been done), if
by any means, he will receive your
faces, saith the Lord of hosts.—Malach.
i. 9.
Ask, and it shall be given you: seek,
and you shall find: knock, and it shall
be opened to you.—Matt. vii. 7.
Watch ye, and pray, that ye enter
not into temptation. The spirit indeed
is willing, but the flesh weak.—Matt.
xxvi. 41.
Be nothing solicitous; but in every
thing, by prayer and supplication, with
thanksgiving, let your petitions be
made known to God.—Philipp, iv. 6.
I will therefore that men pray in
every place, lifting up pure hands, with­
out anger and contention.—1 Tim. ii. 8.
Let us go therefore with confidence
to the throne of grace: that we may
obtain mercy, and find grace in sea­
sonable aid.—Heb. iv. 16.
PRAYING FOR ONE ANOTHER

Now therefore restore the man his
wife, for he is a prophet: and he shall
pray for thee, and thou shalt live: but
if thou wilt not restore her, know that
thou shalt surely die, thou and all that
are thine. . . .
And when Abraham prayed, God
healed Ahimelech and his wife, and his
handmaids, and they bore children.—
Gen. XX. 7, 17.
And again the Lord said to Moses:
Sec that this people is stiffnecked:
Let me alone, that my wrath may be
kindled against them, and that I may
destroy them, and I will make of thee
a great nation.
But Moses besought the Lord his
God, saying: Why, O Lord, is thy in­
dignation enkindled against thy people,
whom thou hast brought out of the land
of Egypt, with great power, and with
a mierhty hand ? . . .
Let thy anger cease, and be appeased
upon the wickedness of thy people. . . .
And the Lord was appeased from do­
ing the evil which he had spoken
against his people.—Er. xxxii. 9-12, 14.
And far from me be this sin against
the Lord, that I should cease to pray for
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And Ozias and the ancients said to
her (Judith): All things which thou
hast spoken are true, and there is
nothing to be reprehended in thy
words.
Now therefore pray for us, for thou
art a holy woman, and one fearing God.
—Judith viii. 28, 29.
We therefore at all times without
ceasing, both in our festivals and other
days, wherein it is convenient, remem­
ber you in the sacrifices that we offer,
and in our observances, as it is meet
and becoming to remember brethren.—
1 Mach. xii. 11.
To the brethren the Jews that are
throughout Egypt, the brethren, the
Jews that are in Jerusalem, and in the
land of Judea, send health and good
peace. . . .
And now here we are praying for
you.—2 Mach. i. 1, 6.
Then some of the friends of Helio­
dorus forthwith begged of Onias, that
he would call upon the most High to
grant him his life, who was ready to
give up the ghost.
So the high priest, considering that
the king might perhaps suspect that
some mischief had been done to Helio­
dorus by the Jews, offered a sacrifice of
health for the recovery of the man.
And when the high priest was pray­
ing. the same young men in the same
clothing stood by Heliodorus, and said
to him: Give thanks to Onias the
priest: because for his sake the Lord
hath granted thee life.—2 Mach. iii.
31-33.
Peter therefore was kept in prison.
But prayer was made without ceasing
by the church unto God for him.—Acts
xii. 5.
For God is my witness, whom I serve
in my spirit in the gospel of his Son.
that without ceasing. I make a com­
memoration of you.—Rom. i. 9.
Wherefore I also, hearing of your
faith that is in the Lord Jesus, and of
your love towards all the saints.
Cease not to give thanks for you.
making commemoration of you in my
prayers.—Eph. i. 15, 16.
I give thanks to my God in every re­
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plication for you all, with joy.—
Philipp, i. 3, 4.
We give thanks to God, and the
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, pray­
ing always for you.—Col. i. 3.
Therefore we also, from the day that
we heard it. cease not to pray for you,
and to beg that you may be filled with
the knowledge of his will, in all wis­
dom and spiritual understanding:
That you may walk worthy of God, in
all things pleasing; being fruitful in
every good work, and increasing in the
knowledge of God.—Col. i. 9, 10.
Epaphras saluteth you, who is one of
you, a servant of Christ Jesus, who is
always solicitous for you in prayers,
that you may stand perfect, and full in
all the will of God.—Col. iv. 12.
We give thanks to God always for
you all : making a remembrance of you
in our prayers without ceasing.—
1 Thess. i. 2.
Wherefore also we pray always for
you; that our God would make you
worthy of his vocation, and fulfil all
the good pleasure of his goodness, and
the work of faith in power.—2 Thess.
i. 11.
I give thanks to God, whom I serve
from my forefathers, with a pure con­
science, that without ceasing, I have a
remembrance of thee in my prayers,
night and day.—2 Tim. i. 3.
I give thanks to my God, always mak­
ing a remembrance of thee in my
prayers.—Phile, i. 4.
Dearly beloved, concerning all things,
I make it my prayer, that thou mayst
proceed prosperously, and fare well as
thy soul doth prosperously.—3 John i. 2.
PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER, EX­
HORTATION TO

'Wherefore lift up thy prayer for the
remnant that is left.—Is. xxxvii. 4.
And they said to Jeremías the
prophet: Let our supplication fall be­
fore thee: and pray thou for us to the
Lord thy God for all this remnant, for
we are left but a few of many, as thy
eyes do behold us.—Jcr. xiii. 2.
And they said: Behold we have sent
you money, buy with it holocausts, and
‘The envoys of Ezechlas beseeching Isaías.

frankincense, and make meat offerings,
and offerings for sin at the altar oí the
Lord our God. . . .
And pray ye for us to the Lord our
God: for we have sinned against the
Lord our God, and his wrath is not
turned away from us even to this day.—
Rar. i. 10, 13.
But I say to you, Love your enemies:
do good to them that hate you: and pray
for them that persecute and calumniate
you.—Mall. v. 44.
I beseech you, therefore, brethren,
through our Lord Jesus Christ, and by
the charity of the Holy Ghost, that you
help me in your prayers for me to God.
—Rom. xv. 30.
You helping withal in prayer for us:
that for this gift obtained for us, by the
means of many persons, thanks may be
given by many in our behalf.—2 Cor.
i. 11.
By all prayer and supplication pray­
ing at all times in the spirit; and in the
same watching with all instance and
supplication for all the saints:
And for me, that speech may be given
me, that I may open my mouth with
confidence, to make known the mystery
of the gospel.—Eph. vi. 18, 19.
Praying withal for us also, that God
may open unto us a door of speech to
speak the mystery of Christ (for which
also I am bound) ;
That I may make it manifest as I
ought to speak.—Col. iv. 3, 4.
Brethren, pray for us.—1 Thess. v. 25.
For the rest, brethren, pray for us,
that the word of God may run, and may
be glorified, even as among you;
And that we may be delivered from
importunate and evil men ; for all men
have not faith.—2 Thess. iii. 1, 2.
T desire therefore, first of all, that
supplications, prayers, intercessions,
and thanksgivings be made for all
men :
For kings, and for all that are in
high station: that we may lead a quiet
and a peaceable life in all piety and
chastity.
I’’or this is good and acceptable in the
sight of God our Saviour.—1 Tim. ii.
1-3.
Pray for us. . . .
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That they all may be one, as thou,
thia, that I may be restored to you the
Father, in me, and I in thee; that they
sooner.—IL eb. xiii. 18, 19.
Confess therefore your sins one to an­ also may be one in us; that the world
other: and pray one for another, that may believe that thou hast sent me.—
you may be saved. For the continual John xvii. 9, 15, 20, 21.
Who in the days of his flesh, with a
prayer of a just man availeth much.—
strong cry and tears, offering up
James v. 16.
prayers and supplications to him that
PRAYERS OF CHRIST, THE
was able to save him from death, was
And having dismissed the multitude, heard for his reverence.—Heb. v. 7.
he went into a mountain alone to pray.
And when it was evening, he was there PRAYER OF ONE IN SORROW
alone.—Malt. xiv. 23.
AND DISTRESS, A
Then Jesus came with them into a
See also: Cry of one in distress, a—
country place which is called Gethsemani; and he said to his disciples: page 92.
Sit you here, till I go yonder and
Then Tobias sighed, and began to
pray with tears :
pray. . . .
And going a little further, he fell
. . .And now, 0 Lord, do with me
upon his face, praying, and saying: Aly according to thy will, and command
Father, if it be possible, let this chalice my spirit to be received in peace: for it
pass from me. Nevertheless, not as I is better for me to die, than to live.—
will, but as thou wilt. . . .
Tob. iii. 1, 6.
O Lord God of heaven and earth, be­
Again the second time, he went and
prayed, saying: Aly Father, if this chal­ hold their pride, and look on our low
ice may not pass away, but I must condition, and have regard to the face
of thy saints, and show that thou fordrink it, thy will be done. . . .
And leaving them, he went again: sakest not them that trust in thee, and
and he prayed the third time, saying that thou humblest them that presume
the selfsame word.—Matt. xxvi. 36, 39, of themselves, and glory in their own
strength.—Judith vi. 15.
42. 44.
Hear my supplication, and be merci­
And he retired into the desert, and
ful to thy lot and inheritance, and turn
prayed.—Luke v. 16.
And it came to pass in those days, our mourning into joy, that we may
that he went out into a mountain to live, and praise thy name, O Lord, and
pray, and he passed the whole night in shut not the mouths of them that sing
to thee.—Esther xiii. 17.
the prayer of God.—Luke vi. 12.
O my Lord, who alone art our king,
And it came to pass, as he was alone
praying, his disciples also wore with help me a desolate woman, and who
him : and he asked them, saying : Whom have no other helper but thee.
Aly danger is in my hands. . . .
do the people say that I am ?—Luke
Remember, O Lord, and show thyself
ix. IS.
And it came to pass, that as he was in to us in the time of our tribulation, and
a certain place praying, when he ceased, give me boldness, 0 Lord, king of gods,
one of his disciples said to him: Lord, and of all power. . . .
But deliver us by thy hand, and help
teach us to pray, as John also taught
me. who have no other helper but thee.
his disciples.—Luke xi. 1.
I pray for them: I pray not for the O Lord, who hast the knowledge of all
world, but for them whom thou hast things. . . .
O God, who art mighty above all. hoar
given me: because they are thine. . . .
I pray not that thou shouldst take the voice of them that have no other
them out of the world, but that thou hope, and deliver us from the hand of
the wicked, and deliver me from my
shouldst keep them from evil. . . .
And not for them only do I pray, but fear.—Esther xiv. 3, 4. 12, 14, 19.
Thy hands have made me, and fash­
for them also who through their word,
ioned me wholly round about, and dost
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thou thus cast me down headlong on a I walked sorrowful all the day
sudden ?
long. ...
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou
I am afflicted and humbled exceed­
hast made me as the clay, and thou wilt ingly : I roared with the groaning of my
bring me into dust again.—Job x. 8, 9. heart.
Have mercy on me, 0 Lord, for I am
Lord, all my desire is before thee, and
weak: heal me, 0 Lord, for my bones my groaning is not hidden from thee.
My heart is troubled, my strength
are troubled.
And my soul is troubled exceedingly: hath left me, and the light of my eyes
itself is not with me. . . .
but thou. 0 Lord, how long?
For I am ready for scourges: and
Turn to me, 0 Lord, and deliver my
soul: 0 save me, for thy mercy's sake. my sorrow is continually before me....
Forsake me not, O Lord my God: do
—Ps. vi. 3-5.
Have mercy on me, 0 Lord: see my not thou depart from me.—Ps. xxxvii.
humiliation which I suffer from my 2-5, 7, 9-11, 18, 22.
For evils without number have sur­
enemies.—Ps. ix. 14.
How long, 0 Lord, wilt thou forget rounded me; my iniquities have over­
me unto the end ? how long dost thou taken me, and I was not able to see.
They are multiplied above the hairs
turn away thy face from me?
How long shall I take counsels in my of my head: and my heart hath for­
saken me.
soul, sorrow in my heart all the day?
Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me:
How long shall my enemy be exalted
look down, 0 Lord, to help me.—Pt.
over me?
Consider, and hear me, 0 Lord my xxxix. 13, 14.
Arise, why sleepest thou, 0 Lord!
God.
Enlighten my eyes, that I never sleep arise, and cast us not off to the end.
Why turnest thou thy face away? and
in death: lest at any time my enemy
say: 1 have prevailed against him.—Ps. forgettest our want and our trouble?
For our soul is humbled down to the
xii. 1-5.
Have mercy on me, 0 Lord, for I dust: our belly cleaveth to the earth.
Arise, O Lord, help us and redeem us
am afflicted : my eye is troubled with
for thy name’s sake.—Ps. xliii. 23-26.
wrath, my soul, and my belly:
Have mercy on me, 0 God, for man
For my life is wasted with grief : and
hath trodden me under foot ; all the day
my years in sighs.
My strength is weakened through long he hath afflicted me fighting
poverty, and my bones are disturbed.... against me.
My enemies have trodden on me all
My lots are in thy hands.
Deliver me out of the hands of my the day long; for they are many that
enemies; and from them that persecute make war against me.—Ps. Iv. 2, 3.
Save me, O God: for the waters are
me.
. . . Let me not be confounded, O come in even unto my soul.
I stick fast in the mire of the deep:
Lord, for I have called upon thee.—Ps.
xxx. 10. 11, 16, 18.
and there is no sure standing.
Rebuke me not, O Lord, in thy indig­
I am come into the depth of the sea:
nation; nor chastise me in thy wrath. and a tempest hath overwhelmed me.
For thy arrows are fastened in me:
I have labored with crying; my jaws
and thy hand hath been strong upon are become hoarse : my eyes have failed,
me.
whilst I hope in my God. . . .
There is no health in my flesh, be­
Draw me out of the mire, that I may
cause of thy wrath: there is no peace not stick fast: deliver me from them
for my bones, because of my sins.
, that hate me, and out of the deep
For my iniquities are gone over my waters.
head : and as a heavy burden, are be­ Let not the tempest of water drown
come heavy upon me.
me, nor the deep swallow me up : and
... I am become miserable, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
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kind; look upon me according to the
multitude of thy tender mercies.
And turn not away thy face from thy
servant: for I am in trouble, hear me
speedily.
Attend to my soul, and deliver it:
save me because of my enemies.—Ps.
Ixviii. 2-4, 15-19.
Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I
have cried to thee all the day. . . .
I have called upon thee in the day
of my trouble : because thou hast heard
me.—Ps. Ixxxv. 3, 7.
Hear, 0 Lord, my prayer: and let my
cry come to thee.
Turn not away thy face from me: in
the day when I am in trouble, incline
thy ear to me.
In what day soever I shall call upon
thee, hear me speedily.
For my days are vanished like smoke:
and my bones are grown dry like fuel
for the fire.
I am smitten as grass, and my heart
is withered: because I forgot to eat my
bread.
Through the voice of my groaning,
my bone hath cleaved to my flesh.—Ps.
ci. 2-6.
But thou, O Lord, do with me for thy
name’s sake : because thy mercy is
sweet.
Do thou deliver me, for I am poor
and needy, and my heart is troubled
within me.
I am taken away like the shadow
when it declineth, and I am shaken off
as locusts.—Ps. cviii. 21-23.
The sorrows of death have com­
passed me: and the perils of hell have
found me.
I met with trouble and sorrow: and
I called upon the name of the Lord.
0 Lord, deliver my soul.—Ps. cxiv.
3, 4.
Out of the depths I have cried to
thee, 0 Lord : Lord, hear my voice.
Let thy ears be attentive to the voice
of my supplication.
If thou, O Lord, wilt mark iniquities:
Lord, who shall stand it.
For with thee there is merciful for­
giveness: and by reason of thy law, I
have waited for thee, 0 Lord.—Ps.
cxxix. 1-4.
I cried to the Lord with my voice:

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with my voice I made supplication to
the Lord.
In his sight I pour out my prayer,
and before him I declare my trou­
ble. . . .
I looked on my right hand, and be­
held, and there was no one that would
know me.
Flight hath failed me: and there is
no one that hath regard to my soul.
I cried to thee, 0 Lord : I said : Thou
art my hope, my portion in the land of
the living.
Attend to my supplication: for I am
brought very low.
Deliver me from my persecutors; for
they are stronger than I.—Ps. cxli. 2, 3.
5-7.
Hear, 0 Lord, my prayer : give ear to
my supplication in thy truth: hear me
in thy justice. . . .
For the enemy hath persecuted my
soul: he hath brought down my life
to the earth.
He hath made me to dwell in dark­
ness, as those that have been dead of
old: and my spirit is in anguish within
me: my heart w’ithin me is trou­
bled. . . .
I stretched forth my hands to thee:
my soul is as earth without water unto
thee.
Hear me speedily, 0 Lord; my spirit
hath fainted away.
Turn not away thy face from me, lest
I be like unto them that go down into
the pit.
Cause me to hear thy mercy in the
morning; for in thee have I hoped.—
Ps. exlii. 1, 3, 4, 6-8.
They compassed me on every side,
and there was no one that would help
me. I looked for the succor of men,
and there was none.
... I called upon the Lord, the
father of my Lord, that he would not
leave me in the day of my trouble, and
in the time of the proud without
help. . . .
And thou hast saved me from de­
struction, and hast delivered me from
the evil time.—Ecclus. Ii. 10, 14. 16.
I will cry like a young swallow. I will
meditate like a dove: my eyes are weak­
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violence, answer thou for me.—Is. I beseech thee, be open, and let thy ears
xxxviii. 14.
be attentive to the prayer, that is made
Look down upon us, O Lord, from in this place.—2 Paral, vi. 40.
thy holy house, and incline thy ear, and
Let thy ears be attentive, and thy
hear us.
eyes open, to hear the prayer of thy ser­
Open thy eyes, and behold: for the vant, which I pray before thee now,
dead that are in hell, whose spirit is night and day, for the children of
taken away from their bowels, shall not Israel thy servants: and I confess the
give glory and justice to the Lord:
sins of the children of Israel, by which
But the soul that is sorrowful for the they have sinned against thee: I and
greatness of evil she hath done, and go- my father’s house have sinned.—2 Esd.
eth bowed down, and feeble, and the i. G.
eyes that fail, and the hungry soul, giv­
O God of the heavens, creator of the
eth glory and justice to thee the Lord. waters, and Lord of the whole creation,
For it is not for the justices of our hear me a poor wretch, making sup­
fathers, that we pour out our prayers, plication to thee, and presuming of thy
and beg mercy in thy sight, O Lord our mercy.—Judith ix. 17.
God:
When I called upon him, the God of
But because thou hast sent out thy my justice heard me: when I was in
wrath, and thy indignation upon us, as distress, thou hast enlarged me. Have
thou hast spoken by the hand of thy mercy on me: and hear my prayer.—
servants, the prophets.—Ear. ii. 1G-20. Ps. iv. 2.
And now, 0 Lord Almighty, the God
Give ear, O Lord, to my words, un­
of Israel, the soul in anguish, and the derstand my cry.
troubled spirit crieth to thee:
Hearken to the voice of my prayer,
Hear, 0 Lord, and have mercy, for O my King and my God.
thou art a merciful God, and have pity
For to thee will I pray: 0 Lord, in
on us: for we have sinned before thee. the morning thou shalt hear my voice.
For thou remainest for ever, and —Ps. v. 2-4.
shall we perish everlastingly?
Hear, O Lord, my justice: attend to
0 Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, my supplication.
hear now the prayer of the dead of
Give ear unto my prayer, which proIsrael, and of their children, that have ceedeth not from deceitful lips. . .
sinned before thee, and have not heark­
I have cried to thee, for thou, 0
ened to the voice of the Lord their God, God, hast heard me: 0 incline thy ear
wherefore evils have cleaved fast to us. unto me, and hear my words.—Ps. xvi.
Remember not the iniquities of our 1, 6.
fathers, but think upon thy hand, and
May the Lord hear thee in the day of
upon thy name at this time:
tribulation: may the name of the God
For thou art the Lord our God, and of Jacob protect thee.—Ps. xix. 2.
we will praise thee, O Lord.—Bar. iii.
O Lord, save the king: and hear us
1-6.
in the day that we shall call upon thee.
When my soul was in distress within —Ps. xix. 9.
me, I remembered the Lord : that my
Hear, O Lord, my voice, with which
prayer may come to thee, unto thy holy I have cried to thee: have mercy on
temple.—Jonas ii. 8.
me, and hear me.—Ps. xxvi. 7.
Unto thee will I cry, 0 Lord; 0 my
God, be not thou silent to me: lest if
PRAYER THAT GOD WILL
thou be silent to me, I become like
LISTEN TO US, A
them that go down into the pit.
But have regard to the prayer of
Hear, O Lord, the voice of my sup­
thy servant, and to his supplications, O plication, when I pray to thee; when I
Lord my God : hear the hymn and the lift up my hands to thy holy temple.—
prayer, which thy servant prayeth be­ Ps. xxvii. 1, 2.
fore thee this day.—3 Kings viii. 28.
Hear my prayer, 0 Lord, and my
For thou art my God: let thy eyes, I supplication: give ear to my tears.

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Be not silent: for I am a stranger
with thee, and a sojourner, as all my
fathers were.—Ps. xxxviii. 13.
Hear, O God, my prayer, and
despise not my supplication: be at­
tentive to me. and hear me.—Ps. liv.
2, 3.
Hear, 0 God, my supplication : be
attentive to my prayer.
To thee have I cried from the ends
of the earth : when my heart was in
anguish, thou hast exalted me on a
rock.—Ps. lx. 2, 3.
Hear, 0 God, my prayer, when I
make supplication to thee : deliver my
soul from the fear of the enemy.—Ps.
Ixiii. 2.
0 hear my prayer: all flesh shall
come to thee.—Ps. Ixiv. 3.
But as for me, my prayer is to thee.
0 Lord; for the time of thy good
pleasure, O God.
In the multitude of thy mercy, hear
me, in the truth of thy salvation. . . .
Hear me, O Lord, for thy mercy is
kind. . . .
And turn not away thy face from thy
servant: for I am in trouble, hear me
speedily.—Ps. Ixviii. 14, 17, 18.
0 Lord God of hosts, hear my
prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob.—Ps.
Ixxxiii. 9.
Incline thy ear, O Lord, and hear
me: for I am needy and poor. . . .
Give ear, 0 Lord, to my prayer: and
attend to the voice of my petition.
I have called upon thee in the day
of my trouble: because thou hast heard
me.—Ps. Ixxxv. 1, 6, 7.
0 Lord, the God of my salvation : I
have cried in the day, and in the night
before thee.
Let my prayer come in before thee:
incline thy ear to my petition.—Ps.
Ixxxvii. 2, 3.
Return, O Lord, how long? and be
entreated in favor of thy servants.—
Ps. Ixxxix. 13.
Hear, 0 Lord, my prayer : and let my
cry come to thee.
Turn not away thy face from me: in
the day when I am in trouble, incline
thy ear to me. Tn what day soever I
shall call upon thee, hear me speedily.
'-Ps. ci. 2, 3.
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ing to thy mercy: and quicken me, ac­
cording to thy judgment. . . .
Let my supplication, 0 Lord, come
near in thy sight . . .
Let my request come in before thee;
deliver thou me according to thy word.
—Ps. cxviii. 149, 169, 170.
In what day soever I shall call upon
thee, hear me: thou shalt multiply
strength in my soul.—Ps. cxxxvii. 3.
I have cried to thee, O Lord, hear
me: hearken to my voice, when I cry
to thee.
Let my prayer be directed as incense
in thy sight; the lifting up of my
hands, as evening sacrifice.—Ps. cxl.
1, 2.
Now therefore, 0 our God, hear the
supplication of thy servant, and his
prayers: and show thy face upon thy
sanctuary which is desolate, for thy
own sake.
Incline, O my God, thy ear, and
hear: open thy eyes, and see our desola­
tion, and the city upon which thy name
is called: for it is not for our justifica­
tions that we present our prayers be­
fore thy face, but for the multitude of
thy tender mercies.
0 Lord, hear: O Lord, be appeased:
hearken and do : delay not, for thy own
sake. 0 my God: because thy name is
invocated upon thy city, and upon thy
people.—Dan. ix. 17-19.
PRAYER THAT GOD WILL LOOK
DOWN UPON US IN
PITY, A

See also : Mercy of God, a prayer for
the—page 323.

The Lord show his face to thee, and
have mercy on thee.
The Lord turn his countenance to
thee, and give thee peace.—Num. vi.
25, 26.
O God, my God, look upon me: why
hast thou forsaken me?—Ps. xxi. 2.
Look thou upon me, and have mercy
on me; for I am alone and poor.—Ps.
xxiv. 16.
Make thy face to shine upon thy ser­
vant; save me in thy mercy.—Ps.
XXX. 17.
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look down, 0 Lord, to help me.—Ps.
xxxix. 14.
Hear me, 0 Lord, for thy mercy is
kind ; look upon me according to the
multitude of thy tender mercies.
And turn not away thy face from thy
servant: for I am in trouble, hear me
speedily.—Ps. Ixviii. 17, 18.
Turn again, 0 God of hosts, look
down from heaven, and see, and visit
this vineyard:
And perfect the same, which thy
right hand hath planted: and upon the
son of man, whom thou hast confirmed
for thyself.—Ps. Ixxix. 15, 16.
0 look upon me, and have mercy on
me: give thy command to thy servant,
and save the son of thy handmaid.—
Ps. Ixxxv. 16.
Look upon thy servants, and upon
their works: and direct their children.
—Ps. Ixxxix. 16.
Look thou upon me, and have mercy
on me, according to the judgment of
them that love thy name.—Ps. cxviii.
132.
Look down from heaven, and behold
from thy holy habitation and the place
of thy glory: where is thy zeal, and thy
strength, the multitude of thy bowels,
and of thy mercies? they have held
back themselves from me.—Is. Ixiii. 15.
Look down upon us, 0 Lord, from
thy holy house, and incline thy ear, and
hear us.—Bar. ii. 16.

heart: I have declared thy truth and
thy salvation. I have not concealed thy
mercy and thy truth from a great coun­
cil.—Ps. xxxix. 10, 11.
The Lord shall give the word to them
that preach good tidings with great
power.—Ps. Ixvii. 12.
How beautiful upon the mountains
are the feet of him that bringeth good
tidings, and that preacheth peace: of
him that showeth forth good, that
preacheth salvation, that sayeth to
Sion: Thy God shall reign!—Is. Iii. 7.
But they that are learned, shall shine
as the brightness of the firmament: and
they that instruct many to justice, as
stars for all eternity.—Dan. xii. 3.
Behold upon the mountains the feet
of him that bringeth good tidings,
and that preacheth peace.—Nahum
i. 15.
How then shall they call on him, in
whom they have not believed? Or how
shall they believe him, of whom they
have not heard? And how shall they
hear without a preacher?
And how shall they preach unless
they be sent, as it is written: How
beautiful are the feet of them that
preach the gospel of peace, of them that
bring glad tidings of good things! . . .
Faith then cometh by hearing; and
hearing by the word of Christ— Rom.
x. 14, 15, 17.
For if I preach the gospel, it is no
glory to me, for a necessity lieth upon
PREACHING
me: for woe is unto me if I preach not
Moses said: I beseech thee, Lord, I the gospel.
am not eloquent from yesterday and the
For if I do this thing willingly, I
day before: and since thou hast spoken have a reward : but if against my will,
to thy servant, T have more impediment a dispensation is committed to me—1
and slowness of tongue.
Cor. ix. 16, 17.
The Lord said to him: Who made
For if the trumpet give an uncertain
man’s mouth? or who made the dumb sound, who shall prepare himself to the
and the deaf, the seeing and the blind? battle ?
did not I?
So likewise you, except you utter by
Go therefore, and I will be in thy the tongue plain speech, how shall it
mouth: and I will teach thee what thou be known what is said? For you shall
shalt speak.—Ex. iv. 10-12.
be speaking into the air.—1 Cor. xiv.
He (Balaam) answered him: Can I 8, 9.
speak anything else but what the Lord
For we preach not ourselves, but
commandeth?—Num. xxiii. 12.
Jesus Christ, our Lord; and ourselves
I have declared thy justice in a great your servants through Jesus.—2 Cor.
church, lo, I will not restrain my lips: iv. 5.
0 Lord, thou knowest it.
Praying withal for us also, that God
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speak the mystery of Christ (for which
also I am bound;)
That I may make it manifest as I
ought to speak.—Col. iv. 3, 4.
Take heed to thyself and to doctrine:
be earnest in them. For in doing this,
thou shalt both save thyself and them
that hear thee.—1 Tim. iv. 16.
Carefully study to present thyself ap­
proved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly handling
the word of truth.—2 Tim. ii. 15.
I charge thee before God and Jesus
Christ, who shall judge the living and
the dead, by his coming and his king­
dom:
Preach the word: be instant, in sea­
son, out of season : reprove, entreat, re­
buke in all patience and doctrine.
For there shall be a time, when they
will not endure sound doctrine; but, ac­
cording to their own desires, they will
heap to themselves teachers, having
itching ears:
And will indeed turn away their
hearing from the truth, but will be
turned unto fables.
But be thou vigilant, labor in all
things, do the work of an evangelist,
fulfil thy ministry.—2 Tim. iv. 1-5.
But hath in due times manifested his
word in preaching, which is committed
to me, according to the commandment
of God our Saviour.—Titus i. 3.
My brethren, if any of you err from
the truth, and one convert him:
He must know that he who causeth
a sinner to be converted from the error
of his way, shall save his soul from
death, and shall cover a multitude of
sins.—James v. 19, 20.
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Rejoice, and praise, O thou habita­
tion of Sion : for great is he that is in
the midst of thee, the Holy One of
Israel.—Is. xii. 6.
For where there are two or three
gathered together in my name, there
am I in the midst of them.—Matt.
xviii. 20.
And ‘they drew nigh to the town,
whither they were going: and he made
as though he would go farther.
But they constrained him, saying:
Stay, with us, because it is towards
evening, and the day is now far spent.
And he went in with them. . . .
And they said one to another: Was
not our heart burning within us, whilst
he spoke in the way, and opened to us
the scriptures?—Luke xxiv. 28, 29, 32.
For you are the temple of the living
God; as God saith: I will dwell in them,
and walk among them; and I will be
their God, and they shall be my people.
—2 Cor. vi. 16.
PRESENCE OF GOD, WE SHOULD
KEEP OURSELVES
IN THE
See also: Near to God, we should
keep—page 342.
And after he (Abram) began to be
ninety and nine years old. the Lord ap­
peared to him: and said unto him: I
am the Almighty God: walk before me,
and be perfect.—Gen. xvii. 1.
And all the days of thy life, have
God in thy mind: and take heed thou
never consent to sin, nor transgress the
commandments of the Lord our God.—
Tob. iv. 6.
In the morning I will stand before
thee, and will see: because thou art not
a God that wiliest iniquity.—Ps. v. 5.
I set the Lord always in my sight:
for he is at my right hand, that I be not
moved.—Ps. xv. 8.
And the words of my mouth shall be
such as may please: and the meditation
of my heart always in thy sight.
O Lord, my helper, and my redeemer.
—Ps. xviii. 15.
Come, let us praise the Lord with
joy: let us joyfully sing to God our
saviour.

See also: Near to his people, God is
—page 340.
And when Jacob awaked out of sleep,
he said: Indeed the Lord is in this place,
and I knew it not.—Gen. xxviii. 16.
I will set my tabernacle in the midst
of you, and my soul shall not cast you
off.
I will walk among you, and will be
your God, and you shall be my people.
"The two disciples on the way to Emmaus,
—Lev. xxvi. 11, 12.
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Let us come before his presence with
thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise
to him with psalms.—Ps. xciv. 1, 2.
Sing joyfully to God, all the earth:
serve ye the Lord with gladness.
Come in before his presence with ex­
ceeding great joy.—Ps. xcix. 2.
I am a wall: and my breasts are as a
tower, since I am become in his pres­
ence as one finding peace.—Cant.
viii. 10.
PRESERVER, GOD OUR

See also : Protector, God our—page 447.
Thou hast granted me life and mercy,
and thy visitation hath preserved my
spirit.—Job x. 12.
Thou, 0 Lord, wilt preserve us: and
keep us from this generation for ever.
—Ps. xi. 8.
You that love the Lord, hate evil : the
Lord preserveth the souls of his saints,
he will deliver them out of the hand of
the sinner.—Ps. xcvi. 10.
If it had not been that the Lord was
with us, let Israel now say:
If it had not been that the Lord was
with us,
When men rose up against us, per­
haps they had swallowed us up alive.
When their fury was enkindled
against us, perhaps the waters had swal­
lowed us up. . . .
Blessed be the Lord, who hath not
given us to be a prey to their teeth.
Our soul hath been delivered as a
sparrow out of the snare of the fowlers.
The snare is broken, and we are de­
livered.—Ps. cxxiii. 1-4, 6, 7.
I will give glory to thy name: for
thou hast been a helper and protector
to me.
And hast preserved my body from
destruction, from the snare of an un­
just tongue, and from the lips of them
that forge lies, and in the sight of them
that stood by, thou hast been my helper.
—Ecclus. Ii. 2, 3.
I pray not that thou shouldst take
them out of the world, but that thou
shouldst keep them from evil.—John
xvii. 15.
But God is faithful, who will
strengthen and keep you from evil.—
2 Thess. iii. 3.

Now to him who is able to presene
you without sin, and to present you
spotless before the presence of his glory,
with exceeding joy, in the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ,
To the only God our Saviour, through
Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory and
magnificence, empire and power, be­
fore all ages, and now, and for all ages
of ages. Amen.—Jude i. 24, 25.
PRESUMPTION
Blessed is the man that is always
fearful: but he that is hardened in
mind, shall fall into evil.—Prov. xxviii.
14.
Better is the patient man than the
presumptuous.—Eccles, vii. 9.
The fear of the Lord driveth out
sin :
For he that is without fear, cannot
be justified: for the wrath of his high
spirits is his ruin.—Ecclus. i. 27, 28.
Son, when thou comest to the service
of God, stand in justice and in fear,
and prepare thy soul for temptation —
Ecclus. ii. 1.
A wise man will fear in every thing,
and in the days of sins, will beware of
sloth.—Ecclus. xviii. 27.
And he will repay vengeance to the
Gentiles, till he have taken away the
multitude of the proud, and broken the
sceptres of the unjust,
Till he have rendered to men accord­
ing to their deeds: and according to
the works of Adam, and according to
his presumption.—Ecclus. xxxv. 23, 24.
0 wicked presumption, whence earn­
est thou to cover the earth with thy
maJice, and deceitfulness?—Ecclus.
xxxvii. 3.

PRESUMING UPON GOD’S
MERCY, AGAINST
Serve ye the Lord with fear: and
rejoice unto him with trembling.—
Ps. ii. 11.
If the just man receive in the earth,
how much more the wicked and the
sinner.—Prov. xi. 31.
All these things have I considered in
my heart, that I might carefully under­
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hand of God: nnd yet man knoweth your calling and election. For doing
not whether he be worthy of love or these things, you shall not sin at any
time.—2 Peter i. 10.
hatred.—Eccles, ix. 1.
Say not: I have sinned, and what
harm hath befallen inc? for the most PRESUMING UPON OUR OWN
High is a patient rewarder.
STRENGTH OR RESOURCES
Be not without fear about sin for­
The Lord said to me: Say to them:
given, and add not sin upon sin:
And say not: The mercy of the Lord Go not up, and fight not, for I am not
is great, he will have mercy on the with you : lest you fall before your ene­
mies.
multitude of my sins.
I spoke, and you hearkened not: but
For mercy and wrath quickly come
from him, and his wrath looketh upon resisting the commandment of the
Lord, and swelling with pride, you
sinners.—Ecclus. v. 4-7.
Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself: went up into the mountain.
And the Amorrhite that dwelt in the
and let him be your fear, and let him be
mountains, coming out, and meeting
your dread.
And he shall be a sanctification to you, chased you, as bees do: and made
slaughter of you from Seir as far as
you.—Is. viii. 13, 14.
Thou wilt say then: The branches Horma.—Deut. i. 42-44.
And after he had afflicted and proved
were broken off, that I might be grafted
thee, at the last, he had mercy on thee,
in.
Lest thou shouldst say in thy heart:
Well: because of unbelief they were
broken off. But thou standest by My own might, and the strength of my
own hand have achieved all these
faith: be not high-minded, but fear.
For if God hath not spared the natu­ things for me.
But remember the Lord thy God,
ral branches, fear lest perhaps he also
that he hath given thee strength, that
spare not thee.
See then the goodness and the severity he might fulfil his covenant, concern­
of God: towards them indeed that are ing which he swore to thy fathers, as
fallen, the severity; but towards thee, this present dav showeth.—Deut. viii.
the goodness of God, if thou abide in 16-18.
O Lord God of heaven and earth, be­
goodness, otherwise thou also shalt be
hold their pride, and look on our low
cut off.—Rom. xi. 19-22.
Wherefore, my dearly beloved, (as condition, and have regard to the face
you have always obeyed, not as in my of thy saints, and show that thou forpresence only, but much more now in sakest not them that trust on thee, and
my absence,) with fear and trembling that thou humblest them that presume
work out your salvation.—Philipp. of themselves, and glory in their own
strength.—Judith vi. 15.
ii. 12.
The just shall sec, and fear, and
Therefore receiving an immovable
kingdom, we have grace; whereby let shall laugh at him, and say: Behold the
us serve, pleasing God, with fear and man that made not God his helper:
reverence.
But trusted in the abundance of his
For our God is a consuming fire.— riches: and prevailed in his vanity.—
Heb. xii. 28, 29.
Ps. Ii. 8, 9.
He that is good, shall draw grace
And if you invoke as Father him
who, without respect of persons, judg- from the Lord : but he that trusteth in
eth according to every one’s work : con­ his own devices, doth wickedly.—
verse in fear during the time of your Prov. xii. 2.
He that trusteth in his own heart, is
sojourning here.—1 Peter i. 17.
And if the just man shall scarcely a fool: but he that walketh wisely, he
be saved, where shall the ungodly and shall be saved.—Prov. xxviii. 26.
Follow not in thy strength the de­
the sinner appear?—1 Peter iv. 18.
Wherefore, brethren, labor the more, sires of thy heart :
And say not: How mighty am I?
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and who shall bring me under for my I
deeds? for God will surely take revenge.
—Ecclus. v. 2, 3.
Say not: What need I, and what good
shall I have by this?
Say not : I am sufficient for myself :
and what shall I be made worse by this ?
—Ecclus. xi. 25, 26.
And thou hast trusted in thy wicked­
ness, and hast said: There is none that
seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowl­
edge, this hath deceived thee. And
thou hast said in thy heart: I am, and
besides me there is no other.
Evil shall come upon thee, and thou
shalt not know the rising thereof : and
calamity shall fall violently upon thee,
which thou canst not keep off: mis­
ery shall come upon thee suddenly,
which thou shalt not know.—Is. xlvii.
10, 11.
Then Jesus saith to them: All you
shall be scandalized in me this night.
For it is written: I will strike the shep­
herd, and the sheep of the flock shall be
dispersed. . . .
And Peter answering, said to him:
Although all shall be scandalized in
thee, I will never be scandalized.
Jesus said to him: Amen I say to
thee, that in this night before the cock
crow, thou wilt deny me thrice.
Peter saith to him: Yea, though I
should die with thee, I will not deny
thee. And in like manner said all the
disciples.—Matt. xxvi. 31, 33-35.
PRESUMING UPON OUR OWN
STRENGTH OR RESOURCES,
THE UNREASONABLE­
NESS OF

He will keep the feet of his saints,
and the wicked shall be silent in dark­
ness, because no man shall prevail by
his own strength.—1 Kings ii. 9.
Wilt thou make void my judgment:
and condemn me, that thou mayst be
justified ?
And hast thou an arm like God, and
canst thou thunder with a voico like
him?
Clothe thyself with beauty, and set
thyself up on high, and be glorious, and
put on goodly garments.
Scatter the proud in thy indignation,

and behold every arrogant man, and
humble him.
Look on all that are proud, and con­
found them, and crush the wicked in
their place.
Hide them in the dust together, and
plunge their faces into the pit.
Then I will confess that thy right
hand is able to save thee.—Job xl. 3-9.
They that trust in their own
strength, and glory in the multitude of
their riches,
No brother can redeem, nor shall
man redeem : he shall not give to God
his ransom,
Nor the price of the redemption of
his soul : and shall labor for ever—Ps.
xlviii. 7-9.
Who is the man that shall live, and
not see death: that shall deliver his
soul from the hand of hell?—Ps.
Ixxxviii. 49.
And such confidence we have,
through Christ, towards God.
Not that we are sufficient to think
any thing of ourselves, as of ourselves:
but our sufficiency is from God —
2 Cor. iii. 4, 5.
But we have this treasure in earthen
vessels, that the excellency may be of
the power of God, and not of us.—
2 Cor. iv. 7.
PRESUMING UPON OUR OWN
WISDOM OR KNOWLEDGE

Then Job answered the Lord, and
said :
I know that thou canst do all things,
and no thought is hid from thee.
Who is this that hideth counsel
without knowledge? Therefore I have
spoken unwisely, and things that above
measure exceeded my knowledge.—Job
xiii. 1-3.
Have confidence in the Lord with all
thy heart, and lean not upon thy own
prudence.
In all thy ways think on him, and
he will direct thy steps.
Be not wise in thy own conceit: fear
God, and depart from evil.—Prov. iii.
5-7.
Seek not the things that are too high
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God hath commanded thee, think on I that the Lord might accomplish his
them always, and in many of his works word, which he promised by oath to thy
fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.—
be not curious.
For it is not necessary for thee to see Deut. ix. 1, 4, 5.
Justify not thyself before God, for
with thy eyes those things that are
he knoweth the heart.—Ecclus. vii. 5.
hid.
And thou hast said: I am without sin
In unnecessary matters be not over
curious, and in many of his works thou and am innocent: and therefore let thy
anger be turned away from me. Be­
shalt not be inquisitive.
For many things are shown to thee hold, I will contend with thee in judg­
ment, because thou hast said: I have
above the understanding of men.
And the suspicion of them hath de-1 not sinned.—J er. ii. 35.
For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to
ceived many, and hath detained their
minds in vanity.—Ecclus. iii. 22-26. save thee: for I will utterly consume all
the nations, among which I have scat­
PRESUMING UPON OUR OWN tered thee: but I will not utterly con­
sume thee: but I will chastise thee in
WISDOM OR KNOWLEDGE,
judgment, that thou mayst not seem to
THE UNREASONABLE­
thyself innocent.—J er. xxx. 11.
NESS OF
Fer I bear them (the Jews) witness,
Shall any one teach God knowledge, that they have a zeal of God, but not
who judgeth those that are high?—Job according to knowledge.
For they, not knowing the justice of
xxi. 22.
Can man be compared with God, even God, and seeking to establish their own,
though he were of perfect knowledge? have not submitted themselves to the
I justice of God.—Rom. x. 2, 3.
—Job xxii. 2.
But I chastise my body, and bring it
To whom hast thou given counsel?
perhaps to him that hath no wisdom, into subjection: lest perhaps, when I
and thou hast shown thy very great have preached to others,! myself should
become a castaway.—1 Cor. ix. 27.
prudence.
Wherefore, he that thinketh himself
Whom hast thou desired to teach?
was it not him that made life?—Job to stand, let him take heed lest he fall.
—1 Cor. x. 12.
xxvi. 3, 4.
The steps of man are guided by the
Lord : but who is the man that can un­ PRESUMING UPON OUR OWN
derstand his own way?—Prov. xx. 24. JUSTICE OR MERIT. THE UN­
REASONABLENESS OF
PRESUMING UPON OUR OWN
0 the Lord, the Lord God, merciful
JUSTICE OR MERIT
and gracious, patient and of much com­
Hear, 0 Israel; Thou shalt go over passion, and true.
the Jordan this day; to possess nations
Who keepest mercy unto thousands:
very great, and stronger than thyself, who takest away iniquity, and wicked­
cities great, and walled up to the ness, and sin, and no man of himself
is innocent before thee.—Ex. xxxiv.
sky. . . .
Say not in thy heart, when the Lord 6, 7.
thy God shall have destroyed them in
Shall man be justified in comparison
thy sight: For my justice hath the of God, or shall a man be more pure
Lord brought me in to possess this than his maker?
land, whereas these nations are de­
Behold they that serve him are not
steadfast, and in his angels he found
stroyed for their wickedness.
For it is not for thy justices, and the wickedness :
How much more shall they that dwell
uprightness of thy heart, that thou
shalt go in to possess their lands: but in houses of clay, who have an earthly
because they have done wickedly, they foundation, be consumed, as with the
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What am I, then, that I should an­ ified; but he that judgeth me, is the
swer him, and have words with him?
Lord.—1 Cor. iv. 4.
I, who although I should have any
For not he who commendeth himself,
just thing, would not answer, but would is approved, but he whom God commake supplication to my judge.
mendeth.—2 Cor. x. 18.
And if he should hear me when I call,
For in many things we all offend. If
I should not believe that he had heard any man offend not in word, the same
my voice. . . .
is a perfect man.—James iii. 2.
If I would justify myself, my own
If we say that we have no sin, we de­
mouth shall condemn me: if I would ceive ourselves, and the truth is not in
show myself innocent, he shall prove us.—1 John i. 8.
me wicked. . . .
PRIDE
For I shall not answer a man that is
like myself : nor one that may be heard ! For thy power, O Lord, is not in a
with me equally in judgment.—Job ix. multitude, nor is thy pleasure in the
strength of horses, nor from the be­
14-16, 20, 32.
What is man that he should be with­ ginning have the proud been acceptable
out spot, and he that is born of a to thee: but the prayer of the humble
woman, that he should appear just?
and the meek hath always pleased thee.
Behold among his saints none is un­ —Judith ix. 16.
A vain man is lifted up into pride,
changeable, and the heavens are not
and thinketh himself born free like a
pure in his sight.
How much more is man abominable wild ass’s colt.—Job xi. 12.
The wicked man is proud all his days,
and unprofitable, who drinketh iniquity
and the number of the years of his
like water?—Job xv. 14-16.
Can man be justified compared with tyranny is uncertain.—Job m. 20.
The Lord hath heard the desire of
God, or he that is born of a woman, ap­
the poor: thy ear hath heard the prep­
pear clean ?
Behold even the moon doth not shine, aration of their heart.
To judge for the fatherless and for the
and the stars are not pure in his sight.
How much less man that is rotten­ humble, that man may no more presume
ness, and the son of man who is a worm ? to magnify himself upon earth.—Ps. ix.
(Heb. x.) 17, 18.
—Job xxv. 4-6.
And enter not into judgment with
Where pride is, there also shall be
thy servant: for in thy sight no man reproach: but where humility is, there
living shall be justified.—Ps. cxlii. 2.
also is wisdom.—Prov. xi. 2.
Who can say: My heart is clean, I
It is better to be humbled with the
am pure from sin?—Prov. xx. 9.
meek, than to divide spoils with the
For there is no just man upon earth, proud.—Prov. xvi. 19.
that doth good, and sinneth not.—Eccles.
Pride was not made for men: nor
vii. 21.
I wrath for the race of women.—Ecclus.
And the scribes and Pharisees bring x. 22.
unto him a woman taken in adultery:
Three sorts my soul nateth, and I am
and they set her in the midst,
greatly grieved at their life:
And said to him: Master, this woman
A poor man that is proud : a rich man
was even now taken in adultery.
that is a liar: an old man that is a fool
Now Moses in the law commanded us and doting.—Ecclus. xxv. 3, 4.
to stone such a one. But what sayest
We have heard of the pride of Moab,
thou? ...
he is exceeding proud: his pride and his
When therefore they continued ask­ arrogancy, and his indignation is more
ing him, he lifted up himself, and said than his strength.—Is. xvi. 6.
to them: He that is without sin among
We have heard the pride of Moab, he
you, let him first cast a stone at her.— is exceeding proud: his haughtiness,
John viii. 3-5, 7.
and his arrogancy, and his pride, and
For I am not conscious to myself of the loftiness of his heart.
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and that the strength thereof is not ac­
cording to it, neither hath it endeav­
ored to do according as it was able.—
Jer. xlviii. 29, 30.
The Lord hath sworn against the
pride of Jacob: surely I will never for­
get all their works.—Amos viii. 7.
PRIDE, THE FOLLY OF
What is a man that thou shouldst
magnify him? or why dost thou set thy
heart upon him?—Job vii. 17.
What is man that thou art mindful
of him? or the son of man that thou
visitest him?—Ps. viii. 5.
,
Lord, what is man that thou art made
known to him? or the son of man, that
thou makest account of him?
Man is like to vanity: his days pass
away like a shadow.—Ps. cxliii. 3, 4.
The proud and the arrogant is called
ignorant, who in anger worketh pride.
—Prov. xxi. 24.
Shall the axe boast itself against him
that cutteth with it? or shall the saw
exalt itself against him by whom it is
drawn? or as if a rod should lift itself
up against him that lifteth it up, and a
staff exalt itself, which is but wood.—
Is. x. 15.
Thus he (Antiochus) that seemed to
himself to command even the waves of
the sea, being proud above the condi­
tion of man, and to weigh the heights
of the mountains in a balance, now be­
ing cast down to the ground, was car­
ried in a litter, bearing witness to
the manifest power of God in him­
self :
So that worms swarmed out of the
body of this man, and whilst he lived
in sorrow and pain, his flesh fell off,
and the filthiness of his smell was noi­
some to the army.
And the man that thought a little be­
fore. he could reach to the stars of
heaven, no man could endure to carry,
for the intolerable stench.
And by this means, being brought
from his great pride, he began to come
to the knowledge of himself, being ad­
monished by the scourge of God, his
pains increasing every moment.
And when he himself could not now
abide his own stench, he spoke thus:
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a mortal man should not equal himself
to God.—2 Mach. ix. 8-12.
For who distinguished thee? Or what
hast thou that thou hast not received?
And if thou hast received, why dost
thou glory, as if thou hadst not re­
ceived it?—1 Cor. iv. 7.
For if any man think himself to be
something, whereas he is nothing, he
deceiveth himself.—Gal. vi. 3.
PRIDE OF LIFE

And thy heart was lifted up with thy
beauty: thou hast lost thy wisdom in
thy beauty, I have cast thee to the
ground : I have set thee before the face
of kings, that they might behold thee.—
Ezech. xxviii. 17.
You that rejoice in a thing of nought:
you that say: Have we not taken unto
us horns by our own strength?—Amos
vi. 14.
PRIDE OF LIFE, THE FOLLY OF

See also: Powerlessness, before God,
man’s—page 389.
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou
eat bread, till thou return to the earth,
out of which thou wast taken: for dust
thou art, and into dust thou shalt re­
turn. . . .
And the Lord God sent him out of
the paradise of pleasure, to till the
earth from which he was taken.—Gen.
iii. 19, 23.
Naked came I out of my mother’s
womb, and naked shall I return thither:
the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken
away: as it hath pleased the Lord, so
is it done.—Job i. 21.
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou
hast made me as the clay, and thou
wilt bring me into dust again.—Job
x. 9.
I have said to rottenness: Thou art
my father; to worms, my mother and
my sister.—Job xvii. 14.
All flesh shall perish together, and
man shall return into ashes.—Job
xxxiv. 15.
Where wast thou when I laid the
foundations of the earth? tell me, if
thou hast understanding.—Job xxxviii. 4.
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Shall dust confess to thee, or
and what is his good, or what is his
clare thy truth?—Ps. xxix. 10.
evil ?
For he knoweth our frame.
'1 he number of the days of men at
He remembereth that we are dust: the most are a hundred years: as a drop
man’s days are as grass, as the flower of water of the sea are they esteemed;
of the field, so shall he flourish.
and as a pebble of the sand, so are a
For the spirit shall pass in him, and few years compared to eternity.—Eche shall not be: and he shall know his chis, xviii. 7, 8.
place no more.—Ps. cii. 14-16.
And all men are from the ground,
And all things go to one place: of and out of the earth, from whence
earth they were made, and into earth Adam was created.—Ecclus. xxxiii. 10.
they return together.—Eccles, iii. 20.
And fear not the words of a sinful
What hath pride profited us? or what man, for his glory is dung and worms:
advantage hath the boasting of riches
To-day he is lifted up, and to-mor­
brought us?
row he shall not be found, because he
All those things are passed away like is returned into his earth; and his
a shadow, and like a post that runneth thought is come to nothing.—1 Mach.
on,
ii. 62, 63.
And as a ship that passeth through
For we brought nothing into this
the waves: whereof when it is gone by, world: and certainly we can earn
the trace cannot be found, nor the path nothing out.—1 Tim. vi. 7.
of its keel in the waters:
Behold, now you that say: To-day or
Or as when a bird flieth through the to-morrow we will go into such a city,
air, of the passage of which no mark and there we will spend a year, and
can be found, but only the sound of the will traffic, and make our gain.
wings beating the light air, and part­
Whereas you know not what shall be
ing it by the force of her flight; she on the morrow.
moved her wings, and hath flown
For what is your life? It is a vapor
through, and there is no mark found which appeareth for a little while, and
afterwards of her way:
afterwards shall vanish away. For that
Or as when an arrow is shot at a you should say: If the Lord will, and
mark, the divided air presently cometh if we shall live, we will do this or
together again, so that the passage that.
thereof is not known :
But now you rejoice in your arroSo we also being born, forthwith gancies. All such rejoicing is wicked.
ceased to be: and have been able to —James iv. 13-16.
show no mark of virtue: but are con­
PRIDE OF INTELLECT
sumed in our wickedness.
Such things as these the sinners said
And the serpent said to the woman:
in hell.—Wis. v. 8-14.
No. you shall not die the death.
For all men have one entrance into
For God doth know thaX in what day
life, and the like going out.—Wis. soever you shall eat thereof, your eyes
vii. 6.
shall be opened, and you shall be as
Why is earth and ashes proud ?... gods, knowing good and evil.—Gen.
For when a man shall die, he shall iii. 4. 5.
inherit serpents, and beasts, and worms.
Therefore men shall fear him, and all
—Ecclus. x. 9, 13.
that seem to themselves to be wise,
What is brighter than the sun ; yet it shall not dare to behold him.—Job
shall be eclipsed. Or what is more xxxvii. 24.
wicked than that which flesh and blood
Lord, my heart is not exalted: nor
hath invented? and this shall be re­ are my eyes lofty.
proved.
Neither have I walked in great mat­
He beholdeth the power of the height ters. nor in wonderful things above me.
of heaven: and all men are earth and —Ps. exxx. 1.
ashes.—Ecclus. xvii. 30, 31.
As it is not good for a man to eat
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the steps of God, and wilt find out the
Almighty perfectly?
He is higher than heaven, and what
wilt thou do? he is deeper than hell,
and how wilt thou know?—Job xi 7, 8.
Hast thou heard God’s counsel, and
shall his wisdom be inferior to thee?—
Job xv. 8.
His spirit shall go forth, and he shall
return into his earth: in that day,
all their thoughts shall perish.—Ps.
cxlv. 4.
What needeth a man to seek things
that are above him, whereas he know­
eth not what is profitable for him in
his life, in all the days of his pil­
grimage, and the time that passeth like
a shadow? Or who can tell him what
shall be after him under the sun? . . .
Only this I have found, that God
made man right, and he hath entangled
himself with an infinity of questions.
Who is as the wise man? and who hath
known the resolution of the word?—
Eccles, vii. 1, 30.
And I understood that man can find
no reason of all those works of God
that are done under the sün : and the
more he shall labor to seek, so much the
less shall he find : yea, though the wise
man shall say that he knoweth it, he
shall not be able to find it.—Eccles.
viii. 17.
For I am thy servant, and the son of
thy handmaid, a weak man, and of
short time, and falling short of the un­
derstanding of judgment and laws. . . .
For who among men is he that can
know the counsel of God? or who can
think what the will of God is?
For the thoughts of mortal men are
fearful, and our counsels uncer­
tain...........
And hardly do we guess aright at
things that are upon earth: and with
labor do we find the things that are be­
fore us. But the things that are in
heaven, who shall search out?
And who shall know thy thought, ex­
cept thou give wisdom, and send thy
PRIDE OF INTELLECT, THE
Holy Spirit from above?—Wis. ix. 5,
FOLLY OF
13. 14, 16. 17.
See also: Knowledge, the littleness
Seek not the things that are too hi gli
of man’s—page 272.
for thee, and search not into thiners
Poradventure thou wilt comprehend above thy ability: but the things that
God hath commanded thee, think on
‘That Is. In thy own conceit
majesty, shall be overwhelmed by glory.
—Prov. XXV. 27.
Where there is no hearing, pour not
out words, and be not lifted up out
of season with thy wisdom.—Ecclus.
xxxii. 6.
And it shall come to pass, that when
the Lord shall have performed all his
works in mount Sion, and in Jeru­
salem, I will visit the fruit of the
proud heart of the king of Assyria,
and the glory of the haughtiness of his
eyes.
For he hath said: By the strength
of my own hand, I have done it, and by
my own wisdom, I have understood.—
Is. x. 12, 13.
‘Behold thou art wiser than Daniel:
no secret is hid from thee.
In thy wisdom and thy understand­
ing thou hast made thyself strong: and
hast gotten gold and silver into thy
treasures.
By the greatness of thy wisdom, and
by thy traffic, thou hast increased thy
strength: and thy heart is lifted up
with thy strength.—Ezech. xxviii. 3-5.
At that time Jesus answered and
said: I confess to thee, O Father, Lord
of heaven and earth, because thou hast
hid these things from the wise and pru­
dent, and hast revealed them to little
ones.
Yea, Father; for so hath it seemed
good in thy sight.—Malt. xi. 25, 26.
For the weapons of our warfare are
not carnal, but mighty to God unto
the pulling down of fortifications, de­
stroying counsels.
And every height that exalteth itself
against the knowledge of God, and
bringing into captivity every under­
standing unto the obedience of Christ.
—2 Cor. x. 4, 5.
Who is a wise man, and endued with
knowledge among you? Let him show,
by a gond conversation, his work in the
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them always, and in many of his works
be not curious.
For it is not necessary for thee to
gee with thy eyes those things that are
hid.
In unnecessary matters, be not over
curious, and in many of his works, thou
shalt not be inquisitive.
For many things are shown to thee
above the understanding of men.
And the suspicion of them hath de­
ceived many, and hath detained their
minds in vanity.—Ecclus. iii. 22-26.
But the foolish things of the world
hath God chosen, that he may confound
the wise.—1 Cor. i. 27.
Let no man deceive himself : if any
man among you seem to be wise in this
world, let him become a fool, that he
may be wise.
For the wisdom of this world is fool­
ishness with God. For it is written :
I will catch the wise in their own
craftiness.
And again : The Lord knoweth the
thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
—1 Cor. iii. 18-20.
And if any man think that he know­
eth any thing, he hath not yet known
as he ought to know.—1 Cor. viii. 2.
PRIDE, SPIRITUAL

Say not in thy heart, when the
Ix>rd thy God shall have destroyed
them in thy sight: For my justice hath
the Lord brought me in to possess this
land, whereas these nations are de­
stroyed for their wickedness.
For it is not for thy justices, and
the uprightness of thy heart, that thou
shalt go in to possess their lands: but
because they have done wickedly, they
are destroyed at thy coming in: and
that the Lord might accomplish his
word, which he promised by oath to
thy fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Know therefore that the Lord thy
God giveth thee not this excellent land
in possession for thy justices, for thou
art a very stiff-necked people.—Deut.
ix. 4-6.
And if I be wicked, woe unto me:
and if just. I shall not lift up my head,
being filled with affliction and misery.
—Job x. 15.

And thou hast said: I am without
sin, and am innocent: and therefore let
thy anger be turned away from ne.
Behold, I will contend with thee in
judgment, because thou hast said: 1
have not sinned.—J er. ii. 35.
Doth he thank that servant, for do­
ing the things which he commanded
him ?
I think not. So you also, when you
shall have done all these things, that
are commanded you, say: We are un­
profitable servants; we have done that
which we ought to do.—Luke xvii. 9,10.
And to some who trusted in them­
selves as just, and despised others, he
spoke also this parable:
Two men went up into the temple to
pray: the one a Pharisee, and the other
a publican.
The Pharisee standing, prayed thus
with himself : O God, I give thee thanks
that I am not, as the rest of men, ex­
tortioners, unjust, adulterers, as also
is this publican.
I fast twice in a week: I give tithes
of all that I possess.
And the publican standing afar off,
would not so much as lift up his eyes
towards heaven; but struck his breast,
saying: 0 God, be merciful to me a
sinner.
I say to you, this man went down into
his house justified, rather than the
other: because every one that exnlteth
himself, shall be humbled: and he that
humhleth himself, shall be exalted —
Luke xviii. 9-14.
PRIDE, THE FOLLY OF
SPIRITUAL
See also: Acknowledgment of sin
—page 14.
What am I then, that I should an­
swer him, and have words with him?
1, who although I should have any
just thing, would not answer, but would
make supplication to my judge.
And if he should hear me when I
call, I should not believe that he had
heard my voice. . . .
If I would justify myself, my own
mouth shall condemn me: if I would
show myself innocent, ho shall prove
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1 feared all my works, knowing that I And if the just man shall scarcely be
thou didst not spare the offender.—Joi; saved, where shall the ungodly and the
ix. 28.
sinner appear}—1 Peter iv. 18.
Can man be justified compared with
(Jod, or he that is born of a woman ap- pRIDE IS REBELLION AGAINST
pear clean?
GOD
Behold even the moon doth not shine,
and the stars are not pure in his sight.
But the soul that committeth any
How much less man that is rotten- thing through pride, whether he be born
ness, and the son of man, who is a in the land, or a stranger (because he
worm?—Job xxv. 4-6.
hath been rebellious against the Lord),
And enter not into judgment with shall be cut off from among his people:
thy servant: for in thy sight no man
For he hath contemned the word of
living shall be justified.-—Ps. exlii. 2. the Lord, and made void his precept:
All these thingshave I considered in therefore shall he be destroyed, and
my heart, that I might carefully under- shall bear his iniquity.—Num. xv.30,31.
stand them: there are just men and
May the Lord destroy all deceitful
wise men, and their works are in the lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud
hand of God : and yet man knoweth not things.
whether he be worthy of love, or hatred.
Who have said: We will magnify our
—Eccles, ix. 1.
tongue; our lips are our own; who is
And Jesus said to him: Why dost Lord over us?—Ps. xi. 4, 5.
thou call me good ? None is good, but
The beginning of the pride of man,
God alone.—Luke xviii. 19.
is to fall off from God:
What then? Do we excel them?
Because his heart is departed from
No, not so. For we have charged both him that made him: for pride is the be­
Jews and Greeks, that they arc all un­ ginning of all sin.—Ecclus. x. 14, 15.
And thou hast trusted in thy wicked­
der sin.
As it is written: There is not any ness, and hast said : There is none that
seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowl­
man just.
. . . For all have sinned, and do edge, this hath deceived thee. And thou
need the glory of God.
hast said in thy heart: 1 am, and be­
Being justified freely by his grace, sides me there is no other.—Is. xlvii. 10.
through the redemption that is in
And the word of the Lord came to
Christ Jesus.—Rom. iii. 9, 10, 23, 24. me, saying:
But he that glorieth, let him glory in
Son of man, say to the prince of
Tyre: Thus saith the Lord God: Be­
the Lord.
For not he who commendeth himself cause thy heart is lifted up, and thou
is approved, but he whom God com­ hast said: I am God, and I sit in the
mendeth.—2 Cor. x. 17, 18.
chair of God, in the heart of the sea:
Wherefore, my dearly beloved, (as whereas thou art a man, and not God:
you have always obeyed, not as in my and hast set thy heart as if it were the
presence only, but much more now in heart of God.
. . . Therefore thus saith the Lord
my absence,) with fear and trembling
work out your salvation.—Philipp. God : Because thy heart is lifted up as
the heart of God:
ii. 12.
. . . They shall kill thee, and bring
Not by the works of justice, which we
have done, but according to his mercy, thee down : and thou shalt die the death
he saved us, by the laver of regenera­ of them that are slain in the heart of
tion, and renovation of the Holy Ghost; the sea.
Wilt thou yet say before them that
Whom he hath poured forth upon us
abundantly, through Jesus Christ our slay thee: I am God; whereas thou art
a man, and not God, in the hand of
Saviour:
That being justified by his grace, we them that slay thee?- Ezech. xxviii. 1,
8, 9.
may be heirs, according to hope nf life 8,
everlasting.—Titus iii. 5-7.
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not humbled thy heart, whereas thou I in the land, or a stranger (because he
knewest all these things.
hath been rebellious against the Lord),
But hast lifted thyself up against the shall be cut off from among his people:
Lord of heaven : . . . but the God who
For he hath contemned the word oí
hath thy breath in his hand, and all the Lord, and made void his precept:
thy ways, thou hast not glorified.—Dan. therefore shall he be destroyed, and
v. 22, 23.
shall bear his iniquity.—Num.xv.30,31.
For the weapons of our warfare are
The fear of the Lord hateth evil: I
not carnal, but mighty to God unto the hate arrogance, and pride, and every
pulling down of fortifications, destroy­ wicked way, and a mouth with a double
ing counsels,
tongue.—Prov. viii. 13.
And every height that exalteth itself I Every proud man is an abomination
against the knowledge of God, and to the Lord : even though hand should
bringing into captivity every under­ be joined to hand, he is not innocent —
standing unto the obedience of Christ. Prov. xvi. 5.
—2 Cor. x. 4, 5.
Pride is hateful before God and men:
PRIDE IS THE SOURCE OF ALL and all iniquity of nations is execrable.
—Ecclus. x. 7.
OTHER SINS
The Lord God hath sworn by his own
Never suffer pride to reign in thy soul, saith the Lord the God of hosts:
mind, or in thy words: for from it all I detest the pride of Jacob, and I hate
perdition took its beginning.—Tob. his houses, and I will deliver up the
iv. 14
city, with the inhabitants thereof.—
Among the proud, there are always Amos vi. 8.
contentions: but they that do all things
Now the Pharisees, who were covet­
with counsel, are ruled by wisdom.— ous, heard all these things: and they de­
Prov. xiii. 10.
rided him (Jesus).
The congregation of the proud shall
And he said to them : You are they
not be healed: for the plant of wicked­ who justify yourselves before men, but
ness shall take root in them, and it shall God knoweth your hearts; for that
not be perceived.—Ecclus. iii. 30.
which is high to men, is an abomination
The beginning of the pride of man, before God.—Luke xvi. 14, 15.
is to fall off from God:
But now you rejoice in your arroBecause his heart is departed from gancies. All such rejoicing is wicked.
him that made him: for pride is the be­ —James iv. 16.
ginning of all sin: he that holdeth it.
shall be filled with maledictions, and it
shall ruin him in the end.—Ecclus. x. PRIDE, EXHORTATION AGAINST
14, 15.
Take heed, and beware, lest at any
Behold ’this was the iniquity of time thou forget the Lord thy God, and
Sodom thy sister, pride, fulness of neglect his commandments, and judg­
bread, and abundance, and the idleness ments and ceremonies, which I com­
of her, and of her daughters: and they mand thee this day:
did not put forth their hand to the
Lest after thou hast eaten and art
needy and to the poor.
filled, hast built goodly houses and
And they were lifted up, and com­ dwelt in them, . . .
mitted abominations before me: and I
Thy heart be lifted up, and thou re­
took them away, as thou hast seen.— member not the Lord thy God, who
Ezech. xvi. 49, 50.
brought thee out of the land of Egypt,
PRIDE, GRIEVOUSNESS OF THE out of the house of bondage: . . .
Lest thou shouldst say in thy heart:
SIN OF
My own might, and the strength of my
But the soul that committeth any own hand have achieved all these things
thing through pride, whether he be born for me.—Deui. viii. 11, 12, 14, 17.
'That is : these were the steps by which the
Never suffer pride to reign in thy
Sodomites carne to fall into those abomina­
mind, or in thy words: for from it all
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perdition took its beginning.—Tob. I ness, and hast said: There is none that
seeth me. Thy wisdom, and thy knowl­
iv. 14.
Extol not thyself in the thoughts of edge, this hath deceived thee. And thou
thy soul like a bull : lest thy strength hast said in thy heart: I am, and be­
be quashed by folly,
sides me there is no other.
And it eat up thy leaves, and destroy
Evil shall come upon thee, and thou
thy fruit, and thou be left as a dry shalt not know the rising thereof : and
tree in the wilderness.—Ecclus. vi. 2, 3. calamity shall fall violently upon thee,
Say not : What need I, and what good which thou canst not keep off: misery
shall I have by this?
shall come upon thee suddenly, which
Say not: I am sufficient for myself: thou shalt not know.—Is. xlvii. 10, 11.
and what shall I be made worse by this?
Arise, arise, put on strength, 0 thou
—Ecclus. xi. 25, 26.
arm of the Lord, arise as in the days of
Hear ye, and give ear: Be not proud, old, in the ancient generations. Hast
for the Lord hath spoken. . . .
thou not struck the proud one, and
But if you will not hear this, my wounded the dragon ?—Is. Ii. 9.
soul shall weep in secret for your pride:
And he (Jesus) said to them: I saw
weeping, it shall weep, and my eyes Satan, like lightning, falling from
shall run down with tears, because the heaven.—Luke x. 18.
flock of the Lord is carried away cap­
tive.—J er. xiii. 15, 17.
PROUD TORMENTED BY
GOD, THE
PRIDE, PUNISHMENT OF
And for pride thou wilt take me as
0 love the Lord, all ye his saints: for a lioness, and returning thou tormentthe Lord will require truth, and will est me wonderfully.—Job x. 16.
As much as she hath glorified herrepay them abundantly that act proudly.
I self, and lived in delicacies, so much
—Ps. XXX. 24.
For pride is the beginning of all sin: torment and sorrow give ye to her; be­
he that holdeth it, shall be filled with cause she saith in her heart: I sit a
maledictions, and it shall ruin him in queen, and am no widow; and sorrow
I shall not see.—Apoc. xviii. 7.
the end.—Ecclus. x. 15.
Mockery and reproach are of the PROUD HUMBLED BY GOD, THE
proud, and vengeance as a lion shall lie
For thou wilt save the humble
in wait for him.—Ecclus. xxvii. 31.
And it shall come to pass, that when people; but wilt bring down the eyes of
the Lord shall have performed all his the proud.—Ps. xvii. 28.
Thou hast humbled the proud one, as
works in mount Sion and in Jerusalem,
I will visit the fruit of the proud heart one that is slain: with the arm of thy
of the king of Assyria, and the glory of strength, thou hast scattered thy ene­
mies.—Ps. Ixxxviii. 11.
the haughtiness of his eyes.
Thou hast rebuked the proud: they
For he hath said : By the strength of
my own hand I have done it, and by are cursed who decline from thy com­
my own wisdom I have understood. . . . mandments.—Ps. cxviii. 21.
Humiliation followeth the proud: and
Therefore the sovereign Lord, the
Lord of hosts, shall send leanness among glory shall uphold the humble of spirit.
his fat ones: and under his glory shall —Prov. xxix. 23.
Injuries and wrongs will waste riches :
be kindled a burning, as it were the
and the house that is very rich shall be
burning of a fire.—7s. x. 12, 13, 16.
When thou wast mad against me, thy brought to nothing by pride: so the
pride came up to my ears: therefore I substance of the proud shall be rooted
will put a ring in thy nose, and a bit out.—Ecclus. xxi. 5.
The lofty eyes of man are humbled,
between thy lips, and I will turn thee
back by the way by which thou earnest. and the haughtiness of men shall be
made to stoop : and the Lord alone shall
—Is. xxxvii. 29.
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Because the day of the Lord of hosts
Thy arrogancy hath deceived thet,
shall be upon every one that is proud and the pride of thy heart: 0 thou the*,
and high-minded, and upon every one dwellest in the clefts of the rock, aid
that is arrogant, and he shall be hum­ endeavorest to lay hold on the height of
bled.—Is. ii. 11, 12.
the hill: but though thou shouldat nuke
And I will visit the evils of the world, thy nest as high as an eagle, I will
and against the wicked, for their in­ bring thee down from thence, saith the
iquity: and I will make the pride of in­ Lord.—Jer. xlix. 16.
fidels to cease, and will bring down the
And the proud one shall fall, he shall
arrogancy of the mighty.—Is. xiii. 11. fall down, and there shall be none to
How art thou fallen from heaven, O lift him up: and I will kindle a fire in
Lucifer, who didst rise in the morning? his cities, and it shall devour all round
how art thou fallen to the earth, that about him.—Jer. 1. 32.
didst wound the nations?
Therefore I, Nabuchodonosor, do now
And thou saidst in thy heart: I will praise, and magnify, and glorify the
ascend into heaven, I will exalt my King of heaven : because all his works
throne above the stars of God, I will sit are true, and his ways judgments, and
in the mountain of the covenant, in the them that walk in pride he is able to
sides of the north.
abase.—Dan. iv. 34.
I will ascend above the height of the
But when his (Nabuchodonosofs)
clouds, I will be like the most High.
heart was lifted up, and his spirit hard­
But yet thou shalt be brought down ened unto pride, he was put down from
to hell, into the depth of the pit.
the throne of his kingdom, and his
They that shall see thee, shall turn glory was taken away.
toward thee, and behold thee. Is this
And he was driven out from the sons
the man that troubled the earth, that of men, and his heart was made like
shook kingdoms?
the beasts, and his dwelling was with
. . . Thy pride is brought down to the wild asses, and he did eat grass like
hell, thy carcass is fallen down: under an ox, and his body was wet with the
thee shall the moth be strewed, and dew of heaven : till he knew that the
worms shall be thy covering.—Is. xiv. most High ruled in the kingdom of
12-16, 11.
men, and that he will set over it whom­
Who hath taken this counsel against soever it shall please him.—Dan. v.
Tyre, that was formerly crowned, whose 20, 21.
The pride of thy heart hath lifted
merchants were princes, and her traders
thee up, who dwellest in the clefts of
the nobles of the earth ?
The Lord of hosts hath designed it, the rocks, and settest up thy throne on
to pull down the pride of all glory, and high: who sayest in thy heart: Who
bring to disgrace all the glorious ones shall bring me down to the ground?
of the earth.—Is. xxiii. 8, 9.
Though thou be exalted as an eagle,
We have heard the pride of Moab, he and though thou set thy nest among the
is exceeding proud: his haughtiness, stars: thence will I bring thee down,
and his arrogancy, and his pride, and saith the Lord.—Abdias i. 3, 4.
the loftiness of his heart. . . .
And as wine deceiveth him that
Upon all the housetops of Moab, and drinketh it: so shall the proud man be,
in the streets thereof, general mourn­ and he shall not be honored : who hath
ing: because I have broken Moab, as a enlarged his desire like hell: and is
useless vessel, saith the Lord.
himself like death, and he is never sat­
How is it overthrown, and they have isfied: but will gather together unto
howled ! How hath Moab bowed down him all nations, and heap together unto
the neck, and is confounded! And him all people.—Hab. ii. 5.
Moab shall be a derision, and an ex­
This is the glorious city that dwelt in
ample to all round about him. . . .
security: that said in her heart: T am,
And Moab shall cease to be a people: and there is none beside me: how is she
l>ecause he hath gloried against the become a desert, a place for beasts to
Lord.—J er. xlviii. 29, 38, 39, 42.
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her, shall hiss, and wag his hand.— shall be cut off from among his
people :
Soph. ii. 15.
For he hath contemned the word of
Thus he (Antiochus) that seemed to
himself to command even the waves of the Lord, and made void his precept:
the sea, being proud above the condi­ therefore shall he be destroyed, and
tion of man, and to weigh the heights shall bear his iniquity.—Num. xv.
of the mountains in a balance, now be­ 30, 31.
If his pride mount up even to heaven,
ing cast down to the ground, was car­
ried in a litter, bearing witness to the and his head touch the clouds:
In the end he shall be destroyed like
manifest power of God in himself. . . .
And the man that thought a little be­ a dung hill, and they that had seen
fore he could reach to the stars of him, shall say: Where is he?
As a dream that fleeth away, he shall
heaven, no man could endure to carry,
not be found, he shall pass as a vision
for the intolerable stench.
And by this means, being brought of the night.
The eyes that had seen him, shall see
from his great pride, he began to come
to the knowledge of himself, being ad­ him no more, neither shall his place
monished by the scourge of God, his any more behold him.—Job xx. 6-9.
The Lord will destroy the house of
pains increasing every moment.
And when he himself could not now the proud: and will strengthen the
abide his own stench, he spoke thus: It borders of the widow.—Prov. xv. 25.
Pride goeth before destruction: and
is just to be subject to God, and that
a mortal man should not equal him­ the spirit is lifted up before a fall.—
self to God.—2 Mach. ix. 8, 10, 11, 12. Prov. xvi. 18.
Before destruction, the heart of a
And many that are first, shall be last :
and the last shall be first.—Matt. man is exalted: and before he be glori­
fied, it is humbled.—Prov. xviii. 12.
xix. 30.
God hath overturned the thrones of
He hath showed might in his arm: he
bath scattered the proud in the conceit proud princes, and hath set up the meek
in their stead.
of their heart.
God hath made the roots of proud
He hath put down the mighty from
their seat, and hath exalted the humble. nations to wither, and hath planted the
humble of these nations. . . .
—Luke i. 51, 52.
God hath abolished the memory of
Because every one that exalteth him­
self, shall be humbled; and he that the proud, and hath preserved the mem­
humbleth himself, shall be exalted.— ory of them that are humble in mind.
—Ecclus. x. 17, 18, 21.
Luke xiv. 11.
And he will repay vengeance to the
And upon a day appointed, Herod,
being arrayed in kingly apparel, sat in Gentiles, till he have taken away the
the judgment seat, and made an ora­ multitude of the proud, and broken
the sceptres of the unjust.—Ecclus.
tion to them.
And the people made acclamation, XXXV. 23.
And the word of the Lord came to
saying: It is the voice of a god, and
me, saying:
not of a man.
Son of man, say to the prince of
And forthwith an angel of the Lord
struck him, because he had not given Tyre: Thus saith the Lord God: Be­
the honor to God: and being eaten up cause thy heart is lifted up, and thou
bv worms, he gave up the ghost.—.dc/s hast said: I am God. and I sit in the
chair of God, in the heart of the sea:
xii. 21-23.
whereas thou art a man, and not God:
PROUD DESTROYED BY
and hast set thy heart as if it were
GOD, THE
the heart of Gqd. . . .
Therefore, thus saith the Lord God:
But the soul that committeth any
thing through pride, whether he be born Because thy heart is lifted up as the
in the land, or a stranger (because he heart of God:
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thee strangers, the strongest of the na­ act so fiercely and barbarously, but give
tions: and they shall draw their honor to the day that is sanctified: and
swords against the beauty of thy wis­ reverence him that beholdeth all things:
dom, and they shall defile thy beauty.
That unhappy man asked, if there
They shall kill thee, and bring thee were a mighty One in heaven, that had
down: and thou shalt die the death of commanded the sabbath day to be kept.
them that are slain in the heart of the
And when they answered: There is
sea.
the living Lord himself in heaven, the
Wilt thou yet say before them that mighty One, that commanded the sev­
slay thee: I am God; whereas thou art enth day to be kept,
a man, and not God, in the hand of
Then he said : And I am mighty upon
them that slay thee ?
the earth, and I command to take arms,
Thou shalt die the death of the un­ and to do the king’s business. Never­
circumcised by the hand of strangers: theless he prevailed not to accomplish
for I have spoken it, saith the Lord his design.
God.—Ezech. xxviii. 1, 2, 6-10.
So Nicanor, being puffed up with ex­
Thou also his son, O Baltasar, hast ceeding great pride, thought to set up
not humbled thy heart, whereas thou a public monument of his victory over
knewest all these things:
Judas. . . .
But hast lifted thyself up against the
And when the battle was over, and
Lord of heaven : . . . but the God they (the Jews) were returning with
who hath thy breath in his hand, and all joy, they understood that Nicanor was
thy ways, thou hast not glorified.
slain in his armor.—2 Mach. xv. 1-6, 28.
Wherefore he hath sent the part of
the hand which hath written this that PROUD, A PRAYER THAT GOD
MAY PUNISH THE
is set down.
And this is the writing that is writ­
0 Lord God of heaven and earth, be­
ten: Mane, Thecel, Phares. . . .
hold their pride, and look on our low
The same night Baltasar the Chal­ condition, and have regard to the face
dean king was slain.—Dan. v. 22-25,30. of thy saints, and show that thou forTherefore, as I live, saith the Lord sakest not them that trust on thee, and
of hosts, the God of Israel, Moab shall that thou humblest them that presume
be as Sodom, and the children of Am­ of themselves, and glory in their own
mon as Gomorrha, the dryness of strength.—Judith vi. 15.
thorns, and heaps of salt, and a desert
May the Lord destroy all deceitful
even for ever: the remnant of my lips, and the tongue that speaketh
people shall make a spoil of them, and proud things.
the residue of my nation shall possess
Who have said: We will magnify our
them.
tongue; our lips are our own; who is
This shall befall them for their pride: Lord over us?—Ps. xi. 4, 5.
because they have blasphemed, and have
Lift up thy hands against their
been magnified against the people of the pride unto the end; see what things the
Lord of hosts.—Soph. ii. 9, 10.
enemy hath done wickedly in the
For behold, the day shall come kin­ sanctuary. . . .
dled as a furnace: and all the proud,
Forget not the voices of thy enemies:
and all that do wickedly shall be stub­ the pride of them that hate thee, asble: and the day that cometh, shall set cendeth continually.—Ps. Ixxiii. 3, 23.
them on fire, saith the Lord of hosts,
Lift up thyself, thou that judgest the
it shall not leave them root, nor branch. earth : render a reward to the proud.—
—Malach. iv. 1.
Ps. xciii. 2.
But when Nicanor understood that
PRIESTHOOD, SACREDNESS
Judas was in the places of Samaria, he
OF THE
purposed to set upon him with all vio­
lence on the sabbath day.
And the Lord spoke to "Moses, saying:
And when the Jews that were con­
Say to Aaron : Whosoever of thy
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blemish, he shall not offer bread to his
God.
Neither shall he approach to minister
to him: If he be blind, if he be lame, if
he have a little, or a great, or a crooked
nose,
If his foot, or if his hand be broken,
If he be crooked-backed, or blear-eyed,
or have a pearl in his eye, or a con­
tinual scab, or a dry scurf in his body,
or a rupture:
Whosoever of the seed of Aaron the
priest, hath a blemish, he shall not ap­
proach to offer sacrifices to the Lord,
nor bread to his God.
He shall eat nevertheless of the
loaves, that are offered in the sanctuary,
Yet so that he enter not within the
veil, nor approach to the altar, because
he hath a blemish, and he must not de­
file my sanctuary. I am the Lord who
sanctify them.—Lev. xxi. 16-23.
And when he (Ozias) was made
strong, his heart was lifted up to his
destruction, and he neglected the Lord
his God: and going into the temple of
the Lord, he had a mind to burn in­
cense upon the altar of incense.
And immediately Azarias the priest,
going in after him, and with him four­
score priests of the Lord, most valiant
men,
Withstood the king, and said : It doth
not belong to thee, Ozias, to burn in­
cense to the Lord, but to the priests,
that is, to the sons of Aaron, who are
consecrated for this ministry: go out
of the sanctuary, do not despise: for
this thing shall not be accounted to
thy glory by the Lord God.
And Ozias was angry, and holding in
his hand the censer to burn incense,
threatened the priests. And presently
there rose a leprosy in his forehead, be­
fore the priests, in the house of the
Lord at the altar of incense.—2 Paral.
xxvi. 16-19.
PRIESTHOOD A GREAT PRIV­
ILEGE, THE

Is it a small thing unto you, that
the God of Israel hath spared you from
all the people, and joined you to him­
self, that you should serve him in the
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people, and should minister to him?—
Num. xvi. 9.
The Lord is the portion of my inheri­
tance and of my cup: it is thou that
wilt restore my inheritance to me.
The lines are fallen unto me in
goodly places: for my inheritance is
goodly to me.—Pa. xv. 5, 6.
Thou hast anointed my head with
oil; and my chalice which inebriateth
me, how goodly is it!
And thy mercy will follow me all
the days of my life.
And that I may dwell in the house
of the Lord unto length of days.—Ps.
xxii. 5, 6.
One thing I have asked of the Lord,
this will I seek after; that I may dwell
in the house of the Lord all the days of
my life.
That I may see the delight of the
Lord, and may visit his temple.—Ps.
xxvi. 4.
Blessed is he whom thou hast chosen
and taken to thee: he shall dwell in
thy courts. We shall be filled with the
good things of thy house; holy is thy
temple.—Ps. Ixiv. 5.
How lovely are thy tabernacles, 0
Lord of hosts! my soul longeth and
fainteth for the courts of the Lord.
My heart and my flesh have rejoiced
in the living God. . • .
Blessed are they that dwell in thy
house, 0 Lord: they shall praise thee
for ever and ever. . . .
For better is one day in thy courts
above thousands.
I have chosen to be an abject in the
house of my God, rather than to dwell
in the tabernacles of sinners.—Ps.
Ixxxiii. 2, 3, 5, 11.
What shall I render to the Lord, for
all the things that he hath rendered to
me?
I will take the chalice of salvation ;
and I will call upon the name of the
Lord.—Ps. cxv. 12, 13. _
And he (God) said: It is a small
thing that thou shouldst be my servant
to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to
convert the dregs of Israel. Behold, I
have given thee to be the light of the
Gentiles, that thou mayst be my salva­
tion even to the farthest part of the
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I will not now call you servants: for
the servant knoweth not what his lord
doth. But I have called you friends:
because all things whatsoever I have
heard of my Father, 1 have made
known to you.—John xv. 15.

I own sins, and then for the people’s: for
this he did once, in offering himself.—
Heb. vii. 24-27.
Now of the things which we have
spoken, this is the sum: We have such
an high priest, who is set on the right
hand of the throne of majesty in the
heavens,
PRIEST, CHRIST OUR HIGH
A minister of the holies, and of the
The Lord hath sworn, and he will true tabernacle, which the Lord hath
not repent: Thou art a priest for ever, pitched, and not man.
according to the order of Melchiscdech.
For every high priest is appointed to
—Ps. cix. 4.
offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is
Wherefore it behoved him in all necessary that he also should have
things to be made like unto his breth­ something to offer.—Heb. viii. 1-3.
ren, that he might become a merciful
But Christ, being come an high
and faithful high priest before God, I priest of the good things to come, by a
that he might be a propitiation for the greater and more perfect tabernacle not
sins of the people.—Heb. ii. 17.
made with hand, that is, not of this
Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers creation :
of the heavenly vocation, consider the
Neither by the blood of goats, or of
apostle and high priest of our confes­ calves, but by his own blood, entered
sion, Jesus.—Heb. iii. 1.
once into the holies, having obtained
Having therefore a great high priest eternal redemption.—Heb. ix. 11, 12.
that hath passed into the heavens, Jesus
Having therefore, brethren, a confi­
the Son of God: let us hold fast our dence in the entering into the holies by
confession.
the blood of Christ;
For we have not a high priest, who
A new and living way which he hath
cannot have compassion on our infirmi­ dedicated for us through the veil, that
ties: but one tempted in all things like is to say, his flesh,
And a high priest over the house of
as we are, without sin.—Heb. iv. 14, 15.
And whereas indeed he was the Son God.—Heb. x. 19-21.
of God, he learned obedience by the
PRIEST, THE
things which he suffered :
And being consummated, he became,
And the Lord said to Aaron: You
to all that obey him, the cause of eternal shall possess nothing in their land,
salvation.
neither shall you have a portion among
Called by God a high priest accord­ them: I am thy portion and inheritance
ing to the order of Melchiscdech.— in the midst of the children of Israel.
Heb. v. 8-10.
—Num. xviii. 20.
Where the forerunner, Jesus, is en­
Send forth thy light and thy truth:
tered for us, made a high priest for they have conducted me, and brought
ever according to the order of Mclchise- me unto thy holy hill, and into thy
dech.—Heb. vi. 20.
tabernacles.
But this, for that he continueth for
And I will go in to the altar of God:
ever, hath an everlasting priesthood,
to God who giveth joy to my youth.—
Whereby he is able also to save for Ps. xiii. 3, 4.
ever them that come to God by him ;
In thy tabernacle I shall dwell for
always living to make intercession for ever: I shall be protected under the
us.
covert of thy wings.—Ps. lx. 5.
For it was fitting that we should have
For what have I in heaven? and be­
such a high priest, holy, innocent, un­ sides thee, what do I desire upon earth?
defiled. separated from sinners, and
For thee my flesh and my heart hath
made higher than the heavens;
fainted away: thou art the God of my
Who needeth not daily (as the other heart, and the God that is my portion
priests) to offer sacrifices first for his | for ever.—Ps. Ixxii. 25, 26.

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The Lord hath sworn, and he will not I PRIEST IS CHOSEN BY GOD, THE
repent : Thou art a priest for ever, ac­
shall be holy unto me, because I
cording to the order of Melchisedech. theYou
Lord am holy, and I have separated
—Ps. cix. 4.
I you from other people, that you should
How beautiful upon the mountains be mine.—Lev. xx. 26.
are the feet of him that bringeth good
Is
it
a
small
thing
unto
you,
that
tidings, and that preacheth peace: of the God of Israel hath spared you from
him that showeth forth good, that all the people, and joined you to him­
preacheth salvation, that saith to Sion: self, that you should serve him in the
Thy God shall reign!—Is. Iii. 7.
of the tabernacle, and should
Behold upon the mountains the feet service
before the congregation of the
of him that bringeth good tidings, and stand
people, and should minister to him?—
that preacheth peace.—Nahum i. 15.
You are the salt of the earth. But I Num. xvi. 9.
For the Lord thy God hath chosen
if the salt lose its savor, wherewith
shall it be salted? It is good for noth­ him (the priest) of all thy tribes, to
ing any more but to be cast out, and stand, and to minister to the name of
the Lord, him and his sons for ever.—
to be trodden on by men.
You are the light of the world. A Deut. xviii. 5.
My sons, be not negligent: the Lord
city seated on a mountain cannot be
hath chosen you to stand before him,
hid.
Neither do men light a candle and and to minister to him, and to worship
put it under a bushel, but upon a him, and to burn incense to him.—
candlestick, that it may shine to all 2 Paral, xxix. 11.
Blessed is he whom thou hast chosen
that are in the house.
So let your light shine before men, and taken to thee : he shall dwell in thy
that they may see your good works, and courts.—Ps. Ixiv. 5.
And he chose his servant David, and
glorify your Father who is in heaven.—
took him from the flocks of sheep: he
Matt. v. 13-16.
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, brought him from following the ewes
called to be an apostle, separated unto great with young,
To feed Jacob his servant, and Israel
the gospel of God.—Rom. i. 1.
For we are God’s coadjutors: you are his inheritance.—Ps. Ixxvii. 70, 71.
He chose him (Aaron) out of all men
God’s husbandry; you are God’s build­
living, to offer sacrifice to God, in­
ing.—1 Cor. iii. 9.
For Christ therefore we are ambas­ cense. and a good savor, for a memorial
sadors, God as it were exhorting by us. to make reconciliation for his
people :
—2 Cor. v. 20.
And he gave him power in his com­
For this Melchisedech was king of
Salem, priest of the most high God, mandments, in the covenants of his
who met Abraham returning from the judgments, that he should teach Jacob
slaughter of the kings, and blessed him: his testimonies, and give light to Israel
To whom also Abraham divided the in his law.—Ecclus. xiv. 20, 21.
You are my witnesses, saith the
tithes of all : who first indeed by inter­
pretation, is king of justice: and then Lord, and my servant whom I have
also king of Salem, that is, king of chosen : that you may know and believe
me, and understand that I myself am.
peace :
Without father, without mother, —Is. xliii. 10.
Then he saith to his disciples. The
without genealogy, having neither be­
ginning of days, nor end of life, but harvest indeed is great, but the laborers
likened unto the Son of God, continueth are few.
Pray ye therefore the Lord of the
a priest for ever.
Now consider how great this man is, harvest, that he send forth laborers into
to whom also Abraham the patriarch his harvest.—Matt. ix. 37, 38.
And going up into a mountain, he
gave tithes out of the principal things.
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self: and they came to him.—Mark the good pleasure of his goodness and
the work of faith in power.—2 That,
iii. 13.
Amen, amen, I say to you: He that i. 11.
entereth not by the door into the sheep­
I give him thanks who hath strength­
fold, but climbeth up another way, the ened me, even to Christ Jesus our
same is a thief and a robber.
Lord, for that he hath counted me
But he that entereth in by the door, faithful, putting me in the ministry.—
1 Tim. i. 12.
is the shepherd of the sheep. . . .
I am the door.—John x. 1, 2, 9.
Be not thou therefore ashamed of the
You have not chosen me: but I have testimony of our Lord, nor of me his
chosen you; and have appointed you. prisoner: but labor with the gospel, ac­
that you should go, and should bring I cording to the power of God,
forth fruit; and your fruit should re­
Who hath delivered us, and called
main.—John xv. 16.
us by his holy calling, not according to
I have manifested thy name to the our works, but according to his own
men whom thou hast given me out of purpose and grace, which was given us
the world. Thine they were, and to me I in Christ Jesus, before the times of the
thou gavest them; and they have kept world.—2 Tim. i. 8, 9.
thy word. ...
For every high priest taken from
I pray for them : I pray not for the among men, is ordained for men in the
world, but for them whom thou hast | things that appertain to God, that he
given me: because they are thine. . . . may offer up gifts and sacrifices for
As thou hast sent me into the world,I sins. . . .
also have sent them into the world.— I Neither doth any man take the honor
John xvii. 6, 9, 18.
to himself, but he that is called by God,
How then shall they call on him, in as Aaron was.
So Christ also did not glorify him­
whom they have not believed? Or how
shall they believe him, of whom they self, that he might be made a high
have not heard ? And how shall they priest : but he that said unto him : Thou
hear, without a preacher?
art my Son, this day have I begotten
And how shall they preach, unless thee.
they be sent?—Rom. x. 14, 15.
As he saith also in another place:
Not that we are sufficient to think Thou art a priest for ever, according
any thing of ourselves, as of ourselves: to the order of Melehisedech.—Heb. v.
but our sufficiency is from God.
I 1, 4-6.
Who also hath made us fit ministers
of the new testament, not in the letter, PRIEST, THE WORK OR DUTY
but in the spirit.—2 Cor. iii. 5, 6.
OF THE
But all things are of God, who hath
ist. To Guide Souls
reconciled us to himself by Christ; and
hath given to us the ministry of recon­
And he (David) fed them in the in­
ciliation.
nocence of his heart: and conducted
For God indeed was in Christ, recon­ them by the skilfulness of his hands.—
ciling the world to himself, not imput­ Ps. Ixxvii. 72.
ing to them their sins; and he hath
I the Lord have called thee in jus­
placed in us the word of reconciliation. tice, and taken thee by the hand, and
For Christ therefore we are ambas­ preserved thee. And I have given thee
sadors. God as it were exhorting by us. for a covenant of the people, for a light
—2 Cor. v. 18-20.
of the Gentiles:
I therefore, a prisoner in the Lord,
That thou mightest open the eyes of
beseech you, that you walk worthy of the blind, and bring forth the prisoner
the vocation in which you are called. out of prison, and them that sit in dark­
—Eph. iv. 1.
ness out of the prison house.—Is. xiii.
Wherefore also we pray always for 6. 7.
you; that our God would make you
Go through, go through the gates,
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the road plain, pick out the stones, and
lift up the standard to the people.—Is.
Ixii. 10.
The law of truth was in his mouth,
and iniquity was not found in his lips:
he walked with me in peace, and in
equity, and turned many away from
iniquity.—Malach. ii. 6.
But he that entereth in by the door,
is the shepherd of the sheep.
To him the porter openeth; and the
sheep hear his voice : and he calleth his
own sheep by name, and leadeth them
out.
And when he hath let out his own
sheep, he goeth before them: and the
sheep follow him, because they know
his voice.—John x. 2-4.
ad. To Teach and Preach
I will teach the unjust thy ways:
and the wicked shall be converted to
thee.—Ps. 1. 15.
He chose him (Aaron) out of all men
living. . . .
And he gave him power in his com­
mandments, in the covenants of his
judgments, that he should teach Jacob
his testimonies, and give light to Israel
in his law.—Ecclus. xiv. 20, 21.
Get thee up upon a high mountain,
thou that bringest good tidings to Sion :
lift up thy voice with strength, thou
that bringest good tidings to Jeru­
salem; lift it up, fear not. Say to the
cities of Juda: Behold your God:
Behold the Lord God shall come with
strength, and his arm shall rule: Be­
hold his reward is with him, and his
work is before him.—Is. xl. 9, 10.
The spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because the Lord hath anointed me: he
hath sent me to preach to the meek, to
heal the contrite of heart, and to preach
a release to the captives, and deliver­
ance to them that are shut up.
To proclaim the acceptable year of
the Lord, and the day of vengeance of
our God: to comfort all that mourn.—
Is. Ixi. 1, 2.
And the Lord said to me: Say not:
I am a child : for thou shalt go to all
that I shall send thee: and whatsoever
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Be not afraid at their presence: fot
I am with thee, to deliver thee, saith the
Lord.—J er. i. 7, 8.
That which I tell you in the dark,
speak ye in the light: and that which
you hear in the ear, preach ye upon the
house tops.—Mall. x. 27.
/Xnd 1 said: Who art thou, Lord!
And the Lord answered: I am Jesus,
whom thou persecutest.
But rise up, and stand upon thy
feet: for to this end have I appeared
to thee, that I may make thee a min­
ister, and a witness of those things
which thou hast seen, and of those
things wherein I will appear to thee,
Delivering thee from the people, and
from the nations, unto which now I
send thee:
To open their eyes, that they may be
converted from darkness to light, and
from the power of Satan to God, that
they may receive forgiveness of sins,
and a lot among the saints, by the faith
that is in me.—A cfs xxvi. 15-18.
To me, the least of all the saints, is
given this grace, to preach among the
Gentiles, the unsearchable riches of
Christ,
And to enlighten all men, that they
may see what is the dispensation of the
mystery which hath been hidden from
eternity in God, who created all things.
—Eph. iii. 8, 9.
To whom God would make known the
riches of the glory of this mystery
among the Gentiles, which is Christ,
in you the hope of glory.
Whom we preach, admonishing every
man, and teaching every man in all
wisdom, that we may present every man
perfect in Christ Jesus.—Col. i. 27, 28.
Praying withal for us also, that God
may open unto us a door of speech, to
speak the mystery of Christ; (for which
also I am bound;)
That I may make it manifest as I
ought to speak.—Col. iv. 3. 4.
These things proposing to the breth­
ren, thou shalt be a good minister of
Christ Jesus, nourished up in the words
of faith, and of the good doctrine which
thou hast attained unto. . . .
These things command and teach. . ..
Take heed to thyself and to doctrine:
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thou shalt both save thyself and them not, seeth the wolf coming, and leavthat hear thee.—1 Tim. iv. 6, 11, 16.
eth the sheep, and flieth; and the
wolf catcheth, and scattereth tho
3d. To Rebuke
sheep :
And the hireling flieth, because he is
Cry, cease not, lift up thy voice like
a trumpet, and show my people their a hireling: and he hath no care for the
wicked doings, and the house of Jacob sheep.
I am the good shepherd; and I know
their sins.—Is. Iviii. 1.
But the servant of the Lord must not mine, and mine know me.—John x.
wrangle: but be mild towards all men, 11-14.
But be thou vigilant, labor in all
apt to teach, patient,
With modesty, admonishing them things, do the work of an evangelist,
that resist the truth: if peradventure fulfil thy ministry.—2 Tim. iv. 5.
God may give them repentance to know
5th. To Feed Souls
the truth.—2 Tim. ii. 24, 25.
Preach the word: be instant in sea­
And he chose his servant David, and
son, out of season : reprove, entreat, re­
buke in all patience and doctrine.—2 took him from the flocks of sheep: he
brought him from following the ewes
Tim. iv. 2.
These things speak, and exhort and great with young,
To feed Jacob his servant, and Israel
rebuke with all authority. Let no man
his inheritance.
despise thee.—Titus ii. 15.
And he fed them in the innocence of
4th. To Watch Over and Guard Souls his heart: and conducted them by the
skilfulness of his hands.—Ps. Ixxvii.
And a lion cried out: I am upon the 70-72.
watch-tower of the Lord, standing con­
He shall feed his flock like a shep­
tinually by day: and I am upon my herd : he shall gather together the
ward, standing whole nights. . . .
lambs with his arm, and shall take them
The burden of Duma calleth to me up in his bosom, and he himself shall
out of Seir: Watchman, what of the carry them that are with young.—Is.
night? watchman, what of the night? xl. 11.
—Is. xxi. 8, 11.
And I will give you pasto-s accord­
He shall feed his flock like a shep­ ing to my own heart, and they shall
herd: he shall gather together the lambs feed you with knowledge and doctrine.
with his arm, and shall take them up —Jer. iii. 15.
in his bosom, and he himself shall
And I will set up pastors over them,
carry them that are with young.—Is. and they shall feed them: they shall
xl. 11.
fear no more, and they shall not be
Upon thy walls, 0 Jerusalem, I have dismayed: and none shall be wanting
appointed watchmen all the day and all of their number, saith the Lord.—Jer.
the night, they shall never hold their xxiii. 4.
peace. You that are mindful of the
And the word of the Lord came to
Lord, hold not your peace.—Is. Ixii. 6. me, saying:
What man of you that hath a hun­
Son of man, prophesy concerning the
dred sheep: and if he shall lose one of shepherds of Israel : prophesy, and say
them, doth he not leave the ninety-nine to the shepherds: Thus saith the Lord
in the desert, and go after that which God: Woe to the shepherds of Israel,
was lost, until he find it?
that fed themselves: should not the
And when he hath found it, lay it flocks be fed by the shepherds?—Ezech.
upon his shoulders, rejoicing?—Luke xxxiv. 1, 2.
xv. 4, 5.
Feed the flock of God which is
The good shepherd giveth his life for among you, taking care of it, not by
his sheep.
constraint, but willingly, according to
But the hireling, and he that is not God: not for filthy lucre’s sake, but
the shepherd, whose own the sheep are voluntarily.—1 Peter v. 2.

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6th. To Comfort and to Heal
The spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because the Lord hath anointed me:
he hath sent me to preach to the meek,
to heal the contrite of heart, and to
preach a release to the captives, and
deliverance to them that are shut
up: . . .to comfort all that
mourn :
To appoint to the mourners of Sion,
and to give them a crown for ashes, the
oil of joy for mourning, a garment of
praise for the spirit of grief.—Is. Ixi.
1-3.
These twelve Jesus sent: command­
ing them, saying: Go ye not into the
way of the Gentiles, and into the city
of the Samaritans enter ye not.
But go ye rather to the lost sheep of
the house of Israel.
And going, preach, saying: The king­
dom of heaven is at hand.
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse
the lepers, cast out devils: freely have
you received, freely give.—Matt.
x. 5-8.
For every high priest taken from
among men, is ordained for men in the
things that appertain to God, that he
may offer up gifts and sacrifices for
sins:
Who can have compassion on them
that are ignorant and that err: because
he himself also is compassed with in­
firmity.—Il e b. v. 1, 2.
7th. To Give Good Example
So let your light shine before men,
that they may see your good works,
and glorify your Father who is in
heaven.—Matt. v. 16.
For we are the good odor of Christ
unto God, in them that are saved, and
in them that perish.—2 Cor. ii. 15.
Let no man despise thy youth : but lx?
thou an example of the faithful in
word, in conversation, in charity, in
faith, in chastity.—1 Tim. iv. 12.
In all things show thyself an example
of good works, in doctrine, in integrity,
in gravity,
The sound word that cannot be
blamed : that he who is on the contrary
part, may be afraid, having no evil to
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8th. To Pray and Offer Sacrifice for
Others
For a blameless man (Aaron) made
haste to pray for the people, bringing
forth the shield of his ministry, prayer,
and by incense making supplication,
withstood the wrath, and put an end
to the calamity, showing that he was
thy servant.— IV is. xviii. 21.
He chose him (Aaron) out of all men
living, to offer sacrifice to God, incense,
and a good savor, for a memorial to
make reconciliation for his people.—
Ecclus. xiv. 20.
Remember that I have stood in thy
sight, to speak good for them, and to
turn away thy indignation from them.
—Jer. xviii. 20.
For every high priest taken from
among men, is ordained for men in the
things that appertain to God, that he
may offer up gifts and sacrifices for
sins:
Who can have compassion on them
that are ignorant and that err: because
he himself also is compassed with in­
firmity.
And therefore he ought, as for the
people, so also for himself, to offer for
sins.—IIeb. v. 1-3.
For every high priest is appointed to
offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it
is necessary that he (Jesus) also should
have something to offer.—Heb. viii. 3.
gth. To Praise God
Praise ye the name of the Lord: 0
you his servants, praise the Lord:
You that stand in the house of the
Lord, in the courts of the house of our
God.—Ps. cxxxiv. 1, 2.
0 ye priests of the Lord, bless the
Lord: praise and exalt him above all
for ever.
O ye servants of the Lord, bless the
Lord: praise and exalt him above all
for ever.—Dan. iii. 84, 85.

PRIEST, THE RESPONSIBILITY
OF THE
Watch ye in the charge of the sanc­
tuary, and in the ministry of the altar:
lest indignation rise upon the children
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And far from me be this sin against
For if I do this thing willingly, I
the Lord, that I should cease to pray for have a reward: but if against my will,
you, and I will teach you the good and a dispensation is committed to me.—
right way.—1 Kings xii. 23.
1 Cor. ix. 16, 17.
Cursed be he that doth the work of
Keep the good thing committed to
the Lord 'deceitfully.—J er. xlviii. 10. thy trust by the Holy Ghost, who dwell­
Son of man, I have made thee a eth in us.—2 Tim. i. 14.
watchman to the house of Israel: and
Obey your prelates, and be subject to
thou shalt hear the word out of my them. For they watch, as being to
mouth, and shalt tell it them from me. render an account of your souls; that
If, when I say to the wicked, Thou they may do this with joy, and not with
shalt surely die: thou declare it not to grief. For this is not expedient for
him, nor speak to him, that he may be you.—Heb. xiii. 17.
converted from his wicked way, and
Be ye not many masters, my breth­
live: the same wicked man shall die in ren, knowing that you receive the
his iniquity, but I will require his greater judgment.—James iii. 1.
blood at thy hand.
But if thou give warning to the PRIEST, THE FIDELITY OF THE
wicked, and he be not converted from
his wickedness, and from his evil way:
I have glorified thee on the earth;
he indeed shall die in his iniquity, but I have finished the work which thou
thou hast delivered thy soul.
gavest me to do.—John xvii. 4.
Moreover if the just man shall turn
But I fear none of these things,
away from his justice, and shall com­ neither do I count my life more pre­
mit iniquity: I will lay a stumbling- cious than myself, so that I may con­
block before him, he shall die, because summate my course, and the ministry
thou hast not given him warning: he of the word which I received from the
shall die in his sin, and his justices Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the
which he hath done, shall not be remem­ grace of God.—Acts xx. 24.
bered : but I will require his blood at
Then Paul answered, and said: What
do you mean weeping and afflicting my
thy hand.
But if thou warn the just man, that heart? For I am ready not only to be
the just may not sin, and he doth not bound, but to die also in Jerusalem,
sin: living he shall live, because thou for the name of the Lord Jesus.—Acts
hast warned him, and thou hast deliv­ xxi. 13.
ered thy soul.—Ezech. iii. 17-21.
For I say to you, Gentiles: as long
And there shall be like people like indeed as I am the apostle of the Gen­
priest: and I will visit their ways upon tiles, I will honor my ministry,
them, and I will repay them their de­
If, by any means, I may provoke to
emulation them who are my flesh, and
vices.—Osee iv. 9.
And unto whomsoever much is given, may save some of them.—Rom. xi.
of him much shall be required: and to 13, 14.
whom they have committed much, of
Let a man so account of us as of the
him they will demand the more.—Luke ministers of Christ, and the dispensers
of the mysteries of God.
xii. 48.
To the Greeks and to the barbarians,
Here now’ it is required among the
to the wise and to the unwise, I am a dispensers, that a man be found faith­
debtor ;
ful.—1 Cor. iv. 1, 2.
So (as much as is in me) I am
And say to Archippus: Take heed to
ready to preach the gospel to you also the ministry which thou hast received
that are at Rome.—Rom. i. 14, 15.
in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.—Col.
For if I preach the gospel, it is no iv. 17.
glory to me, for a necessity heth upon
But as we were approved by God that
me: for woe is unto me if I preach not the gospel should be committed to us:
the gospel.
even so we speak, not as pleasing men,
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For neither have we used, at any I thee, that thou shalt not do the office of
time, the speech of flattery, as you priesthood to me : and thou hast forgotknow ; nor taken an occasion of covet- ten the law of thy God, I also will forousness, God is witness :
get thy children.—Osee iv. 6.
Nor sought we glory of men, neither
For the lips of the priest shall keep
of you, nor of others.—1 Theas. ii. 4-6. knowledge, and they shall seek the law
These things proposing to the breth- at his mouth: because he is the angel of
ren, thou shalt be a good minister of the Lord of hosts.—Malach. ii. 7.
Christ Jesus, nourished up in the words
You are the light of the world. A
of faith, and of the good doctrine which city seated on a mountain cannot be
thou hast attained unto.—1 Tim. iv. 6. hid.
0 Timothy, keep that which is comNeither do men light a candle, and
mitted to thy trust, avoiding the pro- put it under a bushel, but upon a candle­
fane novelties of words, and opposi- stick, that it may shine to all that are
tions of knowledge falsely so called.
in the house.
Which some promising, have erred
So let your light shine before men,
concerning the faith.—1 Tim. vi. 20, 21. that they may see your good works, and
Carefully study to present thyself ap- glorify your Father who is in heaven,
proved unto God, a workman that need- —Matt. v. 14-16.
eth not to be ashamed, rightly handBehold I send you as sheep in the
ling the word of truth.—2 Tim. ii. 15. midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise
But be thou vigilant, labor in all as serpents, and simple as doves.—Matt.
things, do the work of an evangelist, x. 16.
Now the end of the commandment is
fulfil thy ministry.—2 Tim. iv. 5.
charity, from a pure heart, and a good
PRIEST, THE HUMILITY OF THE conscience, and an unfeigned faith.
From which things some going
Therefore, neither he that planteth is astray, are turned aside unto vain bab­
any thing, nor he that watereth ; but bling:
God that giveth the increase.—1 Cor.
Desiring to be teachers of the law,
iii. 7.
understanding neither the things they
But 1 chastise my body, and bring it sav, nor whereof they affirm.—1 Tim.
into subjection : lest perhaps, when I i. 5-7.
have preached to others, I myself
Let no man despise thy youth: but
should become a castaway.—1 Cor. be thou an example of the faithful in
ix. 27.
word, in conversation. . . .
For we preach not ourselves, but
Till I come, attend unto reading, to
Jesus Christ our Lord; and ourselves exhortation, and to doctrine. . . .
your servants through Jesus.—2 Cor.
Meditate upon these things, be wholly
iv. 5.
in these things: that thy profiting may
be manifest to all.
PRIEST, THE LEARNING OF THE
Take heed to thyself and to doctrine:
And that you may have knowledge to be earnest in them. For in doing this
discern between holy and unholy, be­ thou shalt both save thyself and them
that hear thee.—1 Tim. iv. 12, 13,
tween unclean and clean:
And may teach the children of Israel 15, 16.
Carefully study to present thyself
all my ordinances which the Lord hath
spoken to them by the hand of Moses.— approved unto God, a workman that
needeth not to be ashamed, rightly
Lev. x. 10, 11.
And I will give you pastors accord­ handling the word of truth.—2 Tim.
ing to my own heart, and they shall ii. 15.
Embracing that faithful word which
feed you with knowledge and doctrine.
is according to doctrine, that he may
—Jer. iii. 15.
My people have been silent, because be able to exhort in sound doctrine, and
they had no knowledge: because thou to convince the gainsayers.—Titus i. 9.
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of good works, in doctrine, in integrity,
in gravity,
The sound word that cannot be
blamed : that he who is on the contrary
part, may be afraid, having no evil to
say of us.—Titus ii. 7, 8.
PRIEST, THE SANCTITY OF THE

And the men of Bethsames said : Who
shall be able to stand before the Lord
this holy God? and to whom shall he
go up from us?—1 Kings vi. 20.
And I said to them (the priests) : You
are the holy ones of the Lord, and the
vessels are holy, and the silver and gold,
that is freely offered to the Lord the
God of our fathers.—1 Esd. viii. 28.
Lord, who shall dwell in thy taber­
nacle? or who shall rest in thy holy hill ?
He that walketh without blemish,
and worketh justice:
He that speaketh truth in his heart,
who hath not used deceit in his tongue :
Nor hath done evil to his neighbor:
nor taken up a reproach against his
neighbors.—Ps. xiv. 1-3.
Who shall ascend into the mountain
of the Lord: or who shall stand in his
holy place?
The innocent in hands, and clean of
heart, who hath not taken his soul in
vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neigh­
bor.
He shall receive a blessing from the
Lord, and mercy from God his Saviour.
—Ps. xxiii. 3-5.
And he chose his servant David, and
took him from the flocks of sheep: he
brought him from following the ewes
great with young,
To feed Jacob his servant, and Israel
his inheritance.
And he fed them in the innocence of
his heart: and conducted them by the
skilfulness of his hands.—Ps. Ixxvii.
70-72.
I will clothe her priests with salva­
tion: and her saints shall rejoice with
exceeding great joy.—Ps. cxxxi. 16.
When he (Simon the high priest)
went up to the holy altar, he honored
the vesture of holiness.—Ecclus. 1. 12.
The law of truth was in his (Levi’s)
mouth, and iniquity was not found in
his lips: he walked with me in peace

and in equity, and turned many away
from iniquity.—Malach. ii. 6.
And he (Judas) chose priests without
blemish, whose will was set upon the
law of God:
And they cleansed the holy places,
and took away the stones that had been
defiled into an unclean place.—1 Mach.
iv. 42, 43.
And for them do I sanctify myself,
that they also may be sanctified in
truth.—John xvii. 19.
But we renounce the hidden things
of dishonesty, not walking in crafti­
ness, nor adulterating the word of God;
but by manifestation of the truth com­
mending ourselves to every man’s con­
science, in the sight of God.—2 Cor.
iv. 2.
You are witnesses, and God also, how
holily, and justly, and without blame,
we have been to you that have believed.
1 Thess. ii. 10.
All scripture, inspired of God, is
profitable to teach, to reprove, to cor­
rect, to instruct in justice,
That the man of God may be perfect,
furnished to every good work.—2 Tim.
iii. 16, 17.
PRIEST COMMANDED BY GOD,
THE SANCTITY OF THE

Seven days shalt thou expiate the al­
tar and sanctify it, and it shall be most
holy. Every one that shall touch it,
shall be holy.—Ex. xxix. 37.
And Moses said to Aaron: This is
what the Lord hath spoken: I will be
sanctified in them that approach to
me, and I will be glorified in the sight
of all the people.—Lev. x. 3.
For I am the Lord your God: be
holy, because I am holy. Defile not
your souls by any creeping thing, that
moveth upon the earth.—Lev. xi. 44.
You shall be holy unto me, because I
the Lord am holy, and I have separated
you from other people, that you should
be mine.—Lev. xx. 26.
The Lord said also to Moses: Speak
to the priests the sons of Aaron, and
thou shalt say to them. . . .
They shall be holy to their God, and
shall not profane his name: for they
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the bread of their God, and therefore
they shall be holy; . . . because they
are consecrated to their God,
And oiler the loaves of proposition.
Let them therefore be holy, because I
also am holy, the Lord, who sanctify
them.—Lev. xxi. 1, 6-8.
Depart, depart, go ye out from thence,
touch no unclean thing: go out of the
midst of her, be ye clean, you that
carry the vessels of the Lord.—Is. Iii. 11.
PRIEST, EXHORTATION TO THE
SANCTITY OF THE

Now therefore arise, O Lord God,
into thy resting place, thou and the
ark of thy strength : let thy priests, O
Lord God, put on salvation, and thy
saints rejoice in good things.—2 Paral.
vi. 41.
Arise, 0 Lord, into thy resting place:
thou and the ark, which thou hast sanc­
tified.
Let thy priests be clothed with jus­
tice: and let thy saints rejoice.—Ps.
cxxxi. 8, 9.
But in all things let us exhibit our­
selves as the ministers of God, in much
patience, . . .
In chastity, in knowledge, in longsuffering, in sweetness, in the Holy
Ghost, in charity unfeigned; . . .
As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing;
as needy, yet enriching many; as hav­
ing nothing, and possessing all things.
—2 Cor. vi. 4, 6, 10.
I therefore, a prisoner in the Lord, be­
seech you that you walk worthy of the
vocation in which you are called.—Eph.
iv. 1.
Neglect not the grace that is in thee,
which was given thee by prophecy, with
imposition of the hands of the priest­
hood.—1 Tim. iv. 14.
But thou, O man of God, fly these
things: and pursue justice, godliness,
faith, charity, patience, mildness.
Fight the good fight of faith: lay
hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art
called, and hast confessed a good con­
fession before many witnesses.
I charge thee before God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ
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That thou keep the commandment
without spot, blameless, unto the com­
ing of our Lord Jesus Christ.—1 Tim.
vi. 11-14.
PRIEST, THE SELF-DENIAL
OF THE

To Levi also he (Moses) said: Thy
perfection and thy doctrine be to thy
'holy man, whom thou hast proved in
the temptation, and judged at the
waters of contradiction :
Who hath said to his father and to
his mother: I do not know you; and to
his brethren: I know you not: and their
own children they have not known.
These have kept thy word, and observed
thy covenant,
Thy judgments, 0 Jacob, and thy
law, 0 Israel: they shall put incense in
thy wrath and holocaust upon thy al­
tar.—Deut. xxxiii. 8-10.
Do not possess gold, nor silver, nor
money in your purses:
Nor scrip for your journey, nor two
coats, nor shoes, nor a staff; for the
workman is worthy of his meat—Matt.
x. 9, 10.
He that loveth father or mother more
than me, is not worthy of me; and he
that loveth son or daughter more than
me, is not worthy of me.
And he that taketh not up his cross,
and followeth me, is not worthy of me.
—Matt. x. 37, 38.
Then Jesus said to his disciples: If
any man will come after me, let him
deny himself, and take up his cross, and
follow me.—Matt. xvi. 24.
Then Peter answering, said to him:
Behold we have left all things, and have
followed thee: what therefore shall we
have?
And Jesus said to them: Amen, I say
to you, that you, who have followed me,
in the regeneration, when the Son of
man shall sit on the seat of his majesty,
you also shall sit on twelve seats, judg­
ing the twelve tribes of Israel.
And every one that hath left house,
or brethren, or sisters, or father, or
mother, or wife, or children, or lands for
my name’s sake,shall receive a hundred­
fold, and shall possess life everlasting.
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They are not of the world, as I also
Not given to wine.—1 Tim. iii. 2, 3.
am not of the world.—John xvii. 16.
But be thou vigilant, labor in all
But Peter said: Silver and gold I things, do the work of an evangelist,
have none; but what I have, I give fulfil thy ministry. Be sober.—2 Tim.
thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of iv. 5.
Nazareth, arise, and walk.—Acts. iii. 6.
For a bishop must be without crime,
But 1 chastise my body, and bring it as the steward of God : not proud, not
into subjection: lest perhaps, when I subject to anger, not given to wine....
have preached to others, I myself should
But given to hospitality, gentle,
become a castaway.—1 Cor. ix. 27.
sober, just, holy, continent.—Titus i.
In all things we suffer tribulation, 7, 8.
but are not distressed ; we are straitened,
PRIEST, THE ZEAL OF THE
but are not destitute; . . .
Always bearing about in our body the
For the zeal of thy house hath eaten
mortification of Jesus, that the life me up: and the reproaches of them that
also of Jesus may be made manifest in reproached thee are fallen upon me.—
our bodies.—2 Cor. iv. 8, 10.
Ps. Ixviii. 10.
Jesus saith to them: My meat is to
For we rejoice that we are weak, and
you are strong.—2 Cor. xiii. 9.
do the w’ill of him that sent me, that I
But God forbid that I should glory, may perfect his work.—John iv. 34.
save in the cross of our Lord Jesus
And when they were come to him
Christ; by whom the world is cruci­ (Paul), and were together, he said to
fied to me, and I to the world.—Gal. them : You know from the first day that
vi. 14.
1 came into Asia, in what manner I
But the things that were gain to me, have been with you, for all the time,
Serving the Lord with all humility,
the same I have counted loss for Christ.
Furthermore I count all things to and with tears, and temptations which
be but loss for the excellent knowledge befell me by the conspiracies of the
of Jesus Christ my Lord; for whom I J ews ;
How I have kept back nothing that
have suffered the loss of all things, and
count them but as dung, that I may was profitable to you, but have preached
it to you, and taught you publicly, and
gain Christ: . . .
That I may know’ him, and the power from house to house.—Acts xx. 18-20.
And Agrippa said to Paul: In a little
of his resurrection, and the fellowship
of his sufferings, being made conform­ thou persuadest me to become a Chris­
tian.
able to his death,
And Paul said: I would to God, that
If by any means I may attain to the
resurrection which is from the dead.— both in a little and in much, not only
Philipp, iii. 7, 8, 10, 11.
thou, but also all that hear me, this
Who now rejoice in my sufferings for day, should become such as I also am,
you, and fill up those things that are except these bonds.—Acts xxvi. 28, 29.
For I long to see you, that I may
wanting of the sufferings of Christ, in
my flesh, for his body, which is the impart unto you some spiritual grace,
to strengthen you:
church.—Col. i. 24.
That is to say, that I may be com­
PRIEST, THE SOBRIETY OF THE forted together in you, by that which is
The Lord also said to Aaron:
common to us both, your faith and
You shall not drink wine, nor any mine.—Rom. i. 11, 12.
thing that may make drunk, thou nor
Brethren, the will of my heart, in­
thy sons, when you enter into the taber­ deed, and my prayer to God, is for
nacle of the testimony, lest you die: them unto salvation.—Rom. x. 1.
because it is an everlasting precept
For whereas I was free as to all, I
through your generations.—Lev. x. 8, 9. made myself the servant of all, that I
It behoveth therefore a bishop to be might gain the more. . . .
blameless . . . sober, prudent, of good
To the weak I became weak, that I
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things to all men, that I might save may accomplish those things that are
wanting to your faith?—1 Thess. iii.
all.
And I do all things for the gospel’s 7-10.
sake: that I may be made partaker
Labor as a good soldier of Christ
thereof.—1 Cor. ix. 19, 22, 23.
Jesus.
Therefore, seeing we have this min­
No man, being a soldier to God, enistration, according as we have obtained tangleth himself with secular busi­
mercy, we faint not.—2 Cor. iv. 1.
nesses; that he may please him to whom
Besides those things which are with­ he hath engaged himself.—2 Tim. ii.
out: my daily instance, the solitude for 3, 4.
all the churches.
I charge thee, before God and Jesus
Who is weak, and I am not weak? Christ, who shall judge the living and
Who is scandalized, and I am not on the dead, by his coming, and his king­
fire?—2 Cor. xi. 28, 29.
dom :
For I seek not the things that are
Preach the word: be instant, in sea­
yours, but you. . . .
son, out of season : reprove, entreat, re­
But I most gladly will spend, and be buke in all patience and doctrine. . . .
spent myself, for your souls; although
But be thou vigilant, labor in all
loving you more, I be loved less.—2 Cor. things, do the work of an evangelist,
xii. 14, 15.
fulfil thy ministry.—2 Tim. iv. 1, 2, 5.
And many of the brethren in the
I have no greater grace than this, to
Lord, growing confident by my bands, hear that my children walk in truth.—
are much more bold to speak the word 3 John i. 4.
of God without fear.
Some indeed, even out of envy and
PRIEST, MOTIVES FOR THE
contention; but some also for good will,
ZEAL OF THE
preach Christ.
Some out of charity, knowing that I
But they that are learned, shall shine
am set for the defence of the gospel.
as the brightness of the firmament: and
And some out of contention preach they that instruct many to justice, as
Christ not sincerely: supposing that stars for all eternity.—Dan. xii. 3.
Then he saith to his disciples, The
they raise affliction to my bands.
But what then? So that by all harvest indeed is great, but the laborers
means, whether by occasion, or by truth, are few.
Pray ye therefore the Lord of the
Christ be preached : in this also I re­
joice, yea, and will rejoice.—Philipp, i. harvest, that he send forth laborers into
14-18.
his harvest.—Matt. ix. 37, 38.
Do not you say, There are yet four
So desirous of you, we would gladly
impart unto you, not only the gospel of months, and then the harvest cometh?
God, but also our own souls : because Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes,
you were become most dear unto us. . . . and see the countries; for they are
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown white already to harvest.
And he that reapeth, receiveth wages,
of glory? Are not you, in the presence
of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? and gathereth fruit unto life ever­
For you are our glory and joy.—1 lasting: that both he that soweth, and
he that reapeth, may rejoice together.
Thess. ii. 8, 19, 20.
Therefore we were comforted, breth­ —John iv. 35, 36.
But having the same spirit of faith,
ren, in you, in all our necessity and
as it is written: I believed, for which,
tribulation, by your faith,
Because now we live, if you stand in cause I have spoken; we also believe,
for which cause we speak also.—2 Cor,
the Lord.
For what thanks can we return to iv. 13.
My brethren, if any of you err from
God for you, in all the joy wherewith
the truth, and one convert him:
we rejoice for you before our God,
He must know that he who causeth
Night and day more abundantly
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of his way, shall save his soul from
David said to ’him : Why didst thou
death, and shall cover a multitude of not fear to put out thy hand to kill the
sins.—James v. 19, 20.
Lord’s anointed?—2 Kings i. 14.
And he (Elisons) went up from
PRIEST, THE REWARD OF THE
thence to Bethel : and as he was going
GOOD
up by the way, little boys came out of
They that are planted in the house of the city, and mocked him, saying: Go
the Lord, shall flourish in the courts of up, thou bald head ; go up, thou bald
the house of our God.
head.
They shall still increase in a fruit­
And looking back, he saw them, and
ful old age: and shall be well treated, cursed them in the name of the Lord:
that they may show,
I and there came forth two bears out oí
That the Lord our God is righteous, the forest, and tore of them two and
and there is no iniquity in him.—Ps. forty boys.—4 Kings ii. 23, 24.
xci. 14-16.
Blessed be he that cometh in the
I have glorified thee on the earth; name of the Lord.
I have finished the work which thou
We have blessed you out of the house
gavest me to do.
of the Lord.—Ps. cxvii. 26.
And now glorify thou me, O Father,
He that receiveth you, receiveth me:
with thyself, with the glory which I and he that receiveth me, receiveth him
had, before the world was, with thee.— that sent me.—Matt. x. 40.
John xvii. 4, 5.
lie that heareth you, heareth me; and
Father, I will that where I am, they he that despiseth you, despiseth me;
also whom thou hast given me, may be and he that despiseth me, despiseth
with me; that they may see my glory him that sent me.—Luke x. 16.
which thou hast given me, because thou
Amen, amen, I say to you, he that
hast loved me before the creation of the receiveth whomsoever I send, receiveth
world.—John xvii. 24.
me; and he that receiveth me, receiveth
For they that have ministered well, him that sent me.—John xiii. 20.
shall purchase to themselves a good de­
Let no man despise thy youth: but
gree, and much confidence in the faith be thou an example of the faithful in
which is in Christ Jesus.—1 Tim. iii. 13. word, in conversation, in charity, in
I have fought a good fight. I have faith, in chastity.—1 Tim. iv. 12.
finished my course, I have kept the
These things speak, and exhort and
faith.
rebuke with all authority. Let no man
As to the rest, there is laid up for me despise thee.—Titus ii. 15.
a crown of justice, which the Lord the
Moreover we have had fathers of our
just judge will render to me in that flesh, for instructors, and we reverenced
day : and not only to me, but to them them : shall we not much more obey the
also that love his coming.—2 Tim. iv. Father of spirits, and live?—Heb. xii.9.
7, 8.
Feed the flock of God, which is PRIEST, EXHORTATION TO RE­
among you, taking care of it, not by
SPECT AND REVERENCE
constraint, but willingly, according to
FOR THE
God : not for filthy lucre’s sake, but
voluntarily: . . .
Touch ye not my anointed: and do
And when the prince of pastors shall no evil to my prophets.—Ps. civ. 15.
appear, you shall receive a never fading
With all thy soul, fear the Lord, and
crown of glory.—1 Peter v. 2, 4.
reverence his priests.
With all thy strength love him that
PRIEST, RESPECT AND REVER­ made thee: and forsake not his min­
ENCE FOR THE
isters.
And David said to Abisai: Kill him
Honor God with all thy soul, and
(Saul) not: for who shall put forth his give honor to the priests, and purify
hand against the Lord’s anointed, and
Amaleclte who pretended to David that
shall be guiltless?—1 Kings xxvi. 9. I1 he 'The
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world, but for them whom thou hast
given me: because they are thine. . . .
And now I am not in the world, and
these are in the world, and I come to
thee.
Holy Father, keep them in thy name,
whom thou hast given me; that they
may be one, as we also are. . . .
I have given them thy word, and the
world hath hated them, because they
are not of the world; as I also am not
of the world.
I pray not that thou shouldst take
them out of the world, but that thou
shouldst keep them from evil.
They are not of the world, as I also
am not of the world.
Sanctify them in truth. Thy word
is truth.
As thou hast sent me into the world,
I also have sent them into the world,
And for them do I sanctify myself,
that they also may be sanctified in
truth.
And not for them only do I pray,
but for them also who through their
word, shall believe in me;
That they all may be one, as thou.
Father, in me, and I in thee; that they
also may be one in us; that the world
may believe that thou hast sent me. . . .
Father, I will that where I am, they
also whom thou hast given me, may be
with me; that they may see my glory
which thou hast given me, because thou
hast loved me before the creation of the
world.
. . . And I have made known thy
PRIEST, THE PRAYER OF
name to them, and will make it known;
CHRIST FOR THE
that the love wherewith thou hast loved
I have manifested thy name to the me, may be in them, and I in them.—
men whom thou hast given me out of John xvii. 6-9, 11, 14-21, 24, 26.
the world.
Thine they were, and to me thou
PRIEST, THE BAD AND
gavest them; and they have kept thy
UNFAITHFUL
word.
Now they have known, that all things
Now the sons of Heli were children
which thou hast given me, are from of Belial, not knowing the Lord,
thee:
Nor the office of the priests to the
Because the words which thou gavest people: but whosoever had offered a
me, I have given to them; and they sacrifice, the servant of the priest came,
have received them, and have known in while the flesh was in boiling, with a
very deed that I came out from thee, flesh-hook of three teeth in his hand,
and they have believed that thou didst
And thrust it into the kettle, or into
the caldron, or into the pot, or into the
send me.
I pray for them: I pray not for the pan : and all that the flesh-hook brought

thyself with thy arms.—Ecclus. vii.
31-33.
Ixit a man so account of us as of the
ministers of Christ, and the dispensers
of the mysteries of God.—1 Cor. iv. 1.
Now if Timothy come, see that he
be with you without fear, for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do.
Let no man therefore despise him,
but conduct ye him on his way in peace:
that he may come to me.—1 Cor. xvi.
10,11.
But I have thought it necessary to
send to you Epaphroditus, my brother
and fellow laborer, and fellow soldier,
but your apostle, and he that hath min­
istered to my wants. . . .
Receive him therefore with all joy in
the Lord; and treat with honor such
as he is.—Philipp, ii. 25, 29.
And we beseech you, brethren, to
know them who labor among you, and
are over you in the Lord, and admonish
you:
That you esteem them more abun­
dantly in charity, for their work’s sake.
Have peace with them.—1 Thess. v.
12, 13.
Let the priests that rule well, be
esteemed worthy of double honor: es­
pecially they who labor in the word
and doctrine.—1 Tim. v. 17.
Remember your prelates who have
spoken the word of God to you; whose
faith follow, considering the end of
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up, the priest took to himself. Thus
did they to all Israel that came to
Silo. . . .
Wherefore the sin of the young men
was exceeding great before the Lord:
because they withdrew men from the
sacrifice of the Lord.—1 Kings ii
12-14, 17.
I saw the wicked buried: who also
when they were yet living were in the
holy place, and were praised in the city
as men of just works: but this also is
vanity.—Eccles, viii. 10.
But these also have been ignorant
through wine, and through drunken­
ness have erred : the priest and the
prophet have been ignorant through
drunkenness, they are swallowed up
with wine, they have gone astray in
drunkenness, they have not known him
that seeth, they have been ignorant of
judgment.—Is. xxviii. 7.
His watchmen are all blind, they are
all ignorant: dumb dogs not able to
bark, seeing vain things, sleeping and
loving dreams.
And most impudent dogs, they never
had enough: the shepherds themselves
knew no understanding: all have turned
aside into their own way, every one
after his own gain, from the first even
to the last.
Come, let us take wine, and be filled
with drunkenness: and it shall be as to­
day, so also to-morrow, and much
more.—Is. Ivi. 10-12.
Because the pastors have done fool­
ishly, and have not sought the Lord :
therefore have they not understood, and
all their flock is scattered.—J er.
x. 21.
My people have been a lost flock,
their shepherds have caused them to go
astray, and have made them wander in
the mountains: they have gone from
mountain to hill, they have forgotten
their resting place.—J er. 1. 6.
Her priests have despised my law,
and have defiled my sanctuaries: they
have put no difference between holy and
profane: nor have distinguished be­
tween the polluted and the clean : and
they have turned away their eyes from
my sabbaths, and I was profaned in the
midst of them.—Ezech. xxii. 26.
Son of man. prophesy concerning the

shepherds of Israel : prophesy, and say
to the shepherds:
Thus saith the Lord God: Woe to the
shepherds of Israel, that fed themselves:
should not the flocks be fed by the shep­
herds ?
You ate the milk, and you clothed
yourselves with the wool, and you killed
that which was fat: but my flock you
did not feed.
The weak you have not strengthened,
and that which was sick you have not
healed, that which was broken you
have not bound up, and that which was
driven away you have not brought
again, neither have you sought that
which was lost: but you ruled over
them with rigor and with a high hand.
And my sheep were scattered, be­
cause there was no shepherd : and they
became the prey of all the beasts of the
field, and were scattered. . . .
Was it not enough for you to feed
upon good pastures? but you must also
tread dowm with your feet the residue
of your pastures: and when you drank
the clearest water, you troubled the
rest with your feet.
And my sheep were fed with that
which you had trodden with your
feet: and they drank what your feet
had troubled.—Ezech. xxxiv. 2-5,18,19.
Iler princes have judged for bribes,
and her priests have taught for hire,
and her prophets divined for money:
and they leaned upon the Lord, saying:
Is not the Lord in the midst of us? no
evil shall come upon us.
Therefore, because of you, Sion shall
be ploughed as a field, and Jerusalem
shall be as a heap of stones, and the
mountain of the temple as the high
places of the forests.—Mich. iii. 11, 12.
To you, O priests, that despise my
name, and have said : Wherein have we
despised thy name? You offer polluted
bread upon my altar, and you say:
Wherein have we polluted thee? In
that you say: The table of the Lord is
contemptible.
If you offer the blind for sacrifice, is
it not evil? and if you offer the lame
and the sick, is it not evil? offer it to
thy prince, if he will be pleased with it.
or if he will regard thy face, saith the
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Insomuch that the priests were not
now occupied about the offices of the
altar, but despising the temple, and
neglecting the sacrifices, hastened to be
partakers of the games, and of the un­
lawful allowance thereof, and of the
exercise of the discus.
And setting nought by the honors of
their fathers, they esteemed the Grecian
glories for the best :
For the sake of which they incurred
a dangerous contention, and followed
earnestly their ordinances, and in all
things they coveted to be like them, who
were their enemies and murderers.—
2 Mach. iv. 14-16.
You are the salt of the earth. But if
the salt lose its savor, wherewith shall
it be salted? It is good for nothing any
more but to be cast out, and to be
trodden on by men.—Matt. v. 13.
Beware of false prophets, who come
to you in the clothing of sheep, but in­
wardly they are ravening wolves.
By their fruits you shall know them.
Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs
of thistles?—Matt. vii. 15, 16.
Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes
and to his disciples,
Saying: The scribes and the Phari­
sees have sitten on the chair of
Moses.
All things therefore whatsoever they
shall say to you. observe and do: but
according to their works, do ye not;
for they say, and do not.
For they bind heavy and insupport­
able burdens, and lay them on men’s
shoulders; but with a finger of their
own they will not move them. . . .
But woe to you scribes and Phari­
sees, hypocrites; because you shut the
kingdom of heaven against men, for
you yourselves do not enter in; and
those that are going in, you suffer not
to enter.—Matt, xxiii. 1-4, 13.
Woe to you, lawyers, for you have
taken away the key of knowledge: you
yourselves have not entered in, and
those that were entering in, you have
hindered.—Luke xi. 52.
Jesus answered them: Have not I
chosen you twelve; and one of you is a
devil ?
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to betray him, whereas he was one of
the twelve.—John vi. 71, 72.
But the hireling, and he that is not
the shepherd, whose own the sheep are
not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth
the sheep, and flieth : and the wolf
catcheth and scattereth the sheep:
And the hireling flieth, because he is
a hireling: and he hath no care for the
sheep.—John x. 12, 13.
(But if thou) Art confident that thou
thyself art a guide of the blind, a light
of them that are in darkness,
An instructor of the foolish, a
teacher of infants, having the form
of knowledge and of truth in the law.
Thou therefore that teachest another,
teachest not thyself : thou that preachest that men should not steal, stealest:
Thou that sayest, men should not
commit adultery, committest adultery:
thou that abhorrest idols, committest
sacrilege :
Thou that makest thy boast of the
law, by transgression of the law dishonorest God.
(For the name of God through you
is blasphemed among the Gentiles, as it
is written.)
Circumcision profiteth indeed, if thou
keep the law; but if thou be a transgres­
sor of the law, thy circumcision is made,
uncircumcision.—Rom. ii. 19-25.
PRIESTS, PUNISHMENT OF BAD
AND UNFAITHFUL

Remember them. 0 Lord my God,
that defile the priesthood, and the law
of priests and Levites.—2 Esd. xiii. 29.
He leadeth away priests without
glory, and overthroweth nobles.—Job
xii. 19.
Thus saith the Lord God of hosts:
Go, get thee in to him that dwelleth in
the tabernacle, to Sobna, who is over
the temple: and thou shalt say to
him: . . .
Behold the Lord will cause thee to be
carried away, as a cock is carried away,
and he will lift thee up as a garment.
He will crown thee with a crown of
tribulation. . . .
/\nd I will drive thee out from thy
station, and depose thee from thy minis­
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For from the least of them even to
the greatest, all are given to covetous­
ness : and from the prophet even to the
priest, all are guilty of deceit.
And they healed the breach of the
daughter of my people disgracefully,
saying: Peace, peace: and there was no
peace.
They were confounded, because they
committed abomination: yea, rather
they were not confounded with con­
fusion, and they knew not how to blush :
wherefore they shall fall among them
that fall: in the time of their visitation,
they shall fall down, saith the Lord.—
J er. vi. 13-15.
Woe to the pastors, that destroy and
tear the sheep of my pasture, saith the
Lord.
Therefore thus saith the Lord the
God of Israel to the pastors that feed
my people: You have scattered my flock,
and driven them away, and have not
visited them: behold I will visit upon
you for the evil of your doings, saith
the Lord.—Jer. xxiii. 1, 2.
For the prophet and the priest are
defiled: and in my house I have found
their wickedness, saith the Lord.
Therefore their way shall be as a slip­
pery way in the dark: for they shall be
driven on, and fall therein: for I will
bring evils upon them, the year of their
visitation, saith the Lord.—Jer. xxiii.
11. 12.
Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the
word of the Lord:
As I live, saith the Lord God, foras­
much as my flocks have Leen made a
spoil, and my sheep are become a prey
to all the beasts of the field, because
there was no shepherd : for my shep­
herds did not seek after my flock, but
the shepherds fed themselves, and fed
not my flocks:
Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the
word of the Lord:
Thus saith the Lord God : Behold I
myself come upon the shepherds, I will
require my flock at their hand, and I
will cause them to cease from feeding
the flock any more, neither shall the
shepherds feed themselves any more :
and I will deliver my flock from their
mouth, and it shall no more be meat for
them.—Ezech. xxxiv. 7-10.

Hear ye this, 0 priests, and hearken,
O ye house of Israel, and give ear, 0
house of the king: for there is a judg­
ment against you, because you have
been a snare to them whom you should
have watched over, and a net spread
upon Thabor.
And you have turned aside victims
into the depth: and I am the teacher of
them all.—Osee v. 1, 2.
For behold I will raise up a shepherd
in the land, who shall not visit what is
forsaken, nor seek what is scattered,
nor heal what is broken, nor nourish
that which standeth, and he shall eat
the flesh of the fat ones, and break
their hoofs.
O shepherd, and idol, that forsaketh
the flock : the sword upon his arm, and
upon his right eye: his arm shall quite
wither away, and his right eye shall be
utterly darkened.—Zach. xi. 16, 17.
And now, O ye priests, this command­
ment is to you.
If you will not hear, and if you will
not lay it to heart, to give glory to my
name, saith the Lord of hosts: I will
send poverty upon you, and will curse
your blessings, yea I will curse them,
because you have not laid it to heart.
. . . But you have departed out of
the way, and have caused many to
stumble at the law : you have made void
the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of
hosts.
Therefore have I also made you con­
temptible and base before all people, as
you have not kept my ways, and have
accepted persons in the law.—Malach.
ii. 1, 2, 8, 9.
Many will say to me in that day:
Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in
thy name, and cast out devils in thy
name, and done many miracles in thy
name ?
And then will I profess unto them,
I never knew you : depart from me, you
that work iniquity.—Matt, vii. 22, 23.
PROCRASTINATION

Say not to thy friend: Go, and come
again: and to-morrow I will give to
thee: when thou canst give at present.—
Prov. iii. 28.
?
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and defer it not irom day to day. For by a vision, saying: Fear not, Abram,
his wrath shall come on a sudden, and I am thy protector, and thy reward ex­
in the time of vengeance he will de­ ceeding great.—Gen. xv. 1.
And I will be thy (Jacob’s) keeper
stroy thee.—Ecclus. v. 8, 9.
But he said to another: Follow me. whithersoever thou goest, and will bring
And he said : Lord, suffer me first to go, thee back into this land : neither will I
leave thee, till I shall have accom­
and to bury my father.
And Jesus said to him: Let the dead plished all that I have said.—Gen.
bury their dead : but go thou, and xxviii. 15.
The Lord will fight for you, and you
preach the kingdom of God.
And another said : I will follow thee, shall hold your peace.—Ex. xiv. 14.
The Lord is my firmament, my
Lord; but let me first take my leave of
refuge, and my deliverer.
them that are at my house.
My God is my helper, and in him will
Jesus said to him: No man putting
his hand to the plough, and looking I put my trust.
My protector, and the horn of my
back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
salvation, and my support. . . .
Luke ix. 59-62.
He sent from on high, and took me,
PRODIGALITY
and received me out of many waters.
He delivered me from my strongest
Make not thyself poor by borrowing
to contribute to feasts, when thou hast enemies, and from them that hated me:
nothing in thy purse: for thou shalt be for they were too strong for me.
They prevented me in the day of
an enemy to thy own life.—Ecclus.
my affliction: and the Lord became my
xviii. 33.
And he (Jesus) said: A certain man protector.
And he brought me forth into a large
had two sons:
And the younger of them said to his place: he saved me, because he was well
father: Father, give me the portion of pleased with me.—Ps. xvii. 3, 17-20.
As for my God, his way is undefiled :
substance that falleth to me. And he
the words of the Lord are fire tried : he
divided unto them his substance.
And not many days after, the younger is the protector of all that trust in him.
son, gathering all together, went abroad —Ps. xvii. 31.
The Lord is my light and my salva­
into a far country: and there wasted
tion, whom shall I fear?
his substance, living riotously.
The Lord is the protector of my life :
And after he had spent all, there
came a mighty famine in that country; of whom shall I be afraid? . . .
For he hath hidden me in his taber­
and he began to be in want.
And he went, and cleaved to one of nacle; in the day of evils, he hath pro­
the citizens of that country. And he tected me in the secret place of his
sent him into his farm to feed swine. tabernacle.—Ps. xxvi. 1, 5.
The Lord is my helper and my protec­
And he would fain have filled his belly
with the husks the swine did eat; and tor : in him hath my heart confided, and
no man gave unto him.—Luke xv. 11-16. I have been helped.
And my flesh hath flourished again,
and with my will I will give praise to
PROFANITY
him.
See: Cursing—page 95.
The Lord is the strength of his people,
Also: Name of God, taking in vain and the protector of the salvation of
his anointed.—Ps. xxvii. 7, 8.
the—page 337.
Our soul waiteth for the Lord: for
he is our helper and protector.—Ps.
PROTECTOR, GOD OUR
xxxii.
20.
See also : Preserver, God our—
With the Lord shall the steps of a
page 414.
man be directed, and he shall like well
Now when these things were done, his way.
When he shall fall, he shall not be
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bruised, for the Lord putteth his hand ful, and will forgive sins in the day of
under him.—Ps. xxxvi. 23, 24.
tribulation: and he is a protector to
But the salvation of the just is from all that seek him in truth.—Eccliu.
the Lord, and he is their protector in ii. 13.
the time of trouble.—Ps. xxxvi. 39.
The eyes of the Lord are upon them
The Lord of armies is with us: the that fear him, he is their powerful pro­
God of Jacob is our protector.—Ps. tector, and strong stay, a defence from
xiv. 8.
the heat, and a cover from the sun at
For behold God is my helper: and the noon,
Lord is the protector of my soul.—Ps.
A preservation from stumbling, and
liii. 6.
a help from falling.—Ecclus. xxxiv.
For our protection is of the Lord, 19, 20.
and of our king, the holy one of Israel.
In the shadow of his hand he hath
—Ps. Ixxxviii. 19.
protected me, and hath made me as a
He that dwelleth in the aid of the chosen arrow: in his quiver he hath
most High, shall abide under the pro­ hidden me.—Is. xlix. 2.
tection of the God of Jacob.
I, I myself will comfort you: who art
He shall say to the Lord: Thou art thou, that thou shouldst be afraid of a
my protector, and my refuge: my God, mortal man, and of the son of man, who
in him will I trust.
shall wither away like grass?
And thou hast forgotten the Lord thy
For he hath delivered me from the
snare of the hunters: and from the maker, who stretched out the heavens,
sharp word.
and founded the earth: and thou hast
He will overshadow thee with his been afraid continually all the day at
shoulders: and under his wings thou the presence of his fury who afflicted
thee, and had prepared himself to de­
shalt trust.
His truth shall compass thee with a stroy thee: where is now the fury of the
shield: thou shalt not be afraid of the oppressor? . . .
I have put my words in thy mouth,
terror of the night.
... A thousand shall fall at thy and have protected thee in the shadow
side, and ten thousand at thy right of my hand.—Is. Ii. 12, 13, 16.
But we had in ourselves the answer of
hand: but it shall not come nigh
death, that we should not trust in our­
thee. . . .
There shall no evil come to thee : nor selves, but in God, who raiseth the
shall the scourge come near thy dwell­ dead.
Who hath delivered, and doth deliver
ing.
For he hath given his angels charge us out of so great dangers : in whom we
over thee; to keep thee in all thy ways. trust that he will yet also deliver us.—
In their hands they shall bear thee 2 Cor. i. 9, 10.
And who is he that can hurt you, if
up: lest thou dash thy foot against a
you be zealous of good ?
stone.—Ps. xc. 1-5, 7, 10-12.
But if also you suffer any thing for
Behold he shall neither slumber nor
justice’ sake, blessed are ye. And be
sleep, that keepeth Israel.
The Lord is thy keeper, the Lord is not afraid of their fear, and be not
troubled.—1 Peter iii. 13, 14.
thy protection upon thy right hand.
The sun shall not burn thee by day:
nor the moon by night.
PROTECTOR, ACKNOWLEDG­
The Lord keepeth thee from all evil :
MENT THAT GOD IS OUR
may the Lord keep thy soul.—Ps.
cxx. 4-7.
But thou, 0 Lord, art my protector,
Often have they fought against me my glory, and the lifter up of my
from my youth, let Israel now say.
head. . . .
Often have they fought against me
I have slept and have taken my rest:
from my youth : but they could not pre­ and I have risen up, because the Lord
vail over me.—Ps. cxxviii. 1, 2.
hath protected me.—Ps. iii. 4, 6.
For God is compassionate and merci­
And thou hast given me the protec­

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tion of thy salvation: and thy right I rny trust: save me from all them that
persecute me, and deliver me.
hand hath held me up.—Ps. xvii. 36.
I>est at any time he seize upon my
Thou wilt bring me out of this snare,
which they have hidden for me : for soul like a lion, while there is no one
thou art my protector.—Ps. xxx. 5.
to redeem me, nor to save.—Ps. vii. 2, 3.
In thy tabernacle I shall dwell for
From them that resist thy right
ever: I shall be protected under the hand, keep me, as the apple of thy eye.
covert of thy wings.—Ps. lx. 5.
Protect me under the shadow of thy
And I will rejoice under the covert of wings. From the face of the wicked
thy wings: my soul hath stuck close who have afflicted me.—Ps. xvi. 8, 9.
to thee : thy right hand hath received
May the Lord hear thee in the day of
me.—Ps. Ixii. 8, 9.
tribulation: may the name of the God
Thou hast protected me from the of Jacob protect thee.
assembly of the malignant; from the
May he send thee help from the sanc­
multitude of the workers of iniquity.— tuary: and defend thee out of Sion.—
Ps. Ixiii. 3.
Ps. xix. 2, 3.
By thee have I been confirmed from
Bow down thy ear to me : make haste
the womb : from my mother’s womb to deliver me.
thou art my protector.—Ps. Ixx. 6.
Be thou unto me a God, a protector,
If I shall walk in the midst of tribu­ and a house of refuge, to save me.—Ps.
lation, thou wilt quicken me: and thou xxx. 3.
hast stretched forth thy hand against
Be thou unto me a God, a protector,
the wrath of my enemies : and thy right and a place of strength : that thou
hand hath saved me.—Ps. cxxxvii. 7.
mayst make me safe.
For thou hast possessed my reins:
For thou art my firmament and my
thou hast protected me from my refuge. Deliver me, 0 my God, out of
mother’s womb.—Ps. cxxxviii. 13.
the hand of the sinner, and out of the
I will give glory to thy name: for hand of the transgressor of the law, and
thou hast been a helper and protector of the unjust.—Ps. Ixx. 3, 4.
tn me. . . .
0 Lord, deliver my soul from wicked
And thou hast delivered me, accord­ lips, and a deceitful tongue.—Ps.cxix.2.
ing to the multitude of the mercy of thy
May the Lord keep thy soul.
name, from them that did roar, prepared
May the Lord keep thy coming in and
to devour.
thy going out; from henceforth now
Out of the hands of them that sought and for ever.—Ps. cxx. 7, 8.
my life, and from the gates of afflic­
Keep me, 0 Lord, from the hand of
tions, which compassed me about :
the wicked: and from unjust men de­
From the oppression of the flame liver me.
which surrounded me, and in the midst
Who have proposed to supplant my
of the fire, I was not burnt.
steps.—Ps. cxxxix. 5.
But to thee, 0 Lord, Lord, are my
From the depth of the belly of hell,
and from an unclean tongue, and from eyes: in thee have I put my trust, take
lying words, from an unjust king, and not away my soul.
Keep me from the snare, which they
from a slanderous tongue.—Ecclus. Ii.
have laid for me, and from the stum­
2, 4-7.
bling-blocks of them that work iniquity.
PROTECTION OF GOD, A
—Ps. cxl. 8, 9.
PRAYER FOR THE
Put forth thy hand from on high,
And Tobias answering, said : May take me out, and deliver me from many
you have a good journey, and God be waters: from the hand of strange chil­
with you in your way, and his angel ac­ dren :
Whose mouth hath spoken vanity:
company you.—Tdb. v. 21.
Deliver me, O Lord, and set me be­ and their right hand is the right hand
side thee, and let any man’s hand fight of iniquity.—Ps. exliii. 7, 8.
O Lord, have mercy on us: for we
against me.—Job xvii. 3.
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in the morning, and our salvation in the PROVIDENCE OF GOD CARINO
time of trouble.—Is. xxxiii. 2.
FOR US, THE
And in his prayer, he (Judas MachaThat thou mayst consider in thy
beus) said after this manner: Thou, O
Lord, who didst send thy angel in the heart, that as a man traineth up his
time of Ezechias king of Juda, and son, so the Lord thy God hath trained
didst kill a hundred and eighty-five) thee up.—Deut. viii. 5.
Thou hast granted me life and mercy,
thousand of the army of Sennacherib :
Send now also, 0 Lord of heaven, thy and thy visitation hath preserved my
good angel before us, for the fear and spirit.—Job x. 12.
But I am a beggar and poor: the
dread of the greatness of thy arm,
That they may be afraid, who come Lord is careful for me.—Ps. xxxix. 18.
He will overshadow thee with his
with blasphemy against thy holy people.
shoulders: and under his wings thou
—2 Mach. xv. 22-24.
I shalt trust. . . .
For he hath given his angels charge
PROVIDENCE OF GOD, THE
over thee ; to keep thee in all thy ways.
There is no other God like the God of
In their hands they shall bear thee
the Tightest: he that is mounted upon up : lest thou dash thy foot against a
the heaven is thy helper. By his mag­ stone.—Ps. xc. 4, 11, 12.
nificence the clouds run hither and I He hath given food to them that fear
thither.
him. He will be mindful for ever of
His dwelling is above, and ’under­ his covenant.—Ps. ex. 5.
neath are the everlasting arms.—Deut.
Praise the Lord, for he is good: for
xxxiii. 26, 27.
his mercy endureth for ever. . . .
For all thy ways are prepared, and in
Who giveth food to all flesh : for his
thy providence thou hast placed thy mercy endureth for ever.—Ps. cxxxv.
judgments.—Judith ix. 5.
!, 25.
In the good day enjoy good things,
The eyes of all hope in thee, 0 Lord:
and beware beforehand of the evil day: and
thou
givest
them
meat
in
due
sea
­
for God hath made both the one and the son.
other, that man may not find against
Thou openest thy hand, and fillest
him any just complaint.—Eccles.
with blessing every living creature —
vii. 15.
cxliv. 15, 16.
Good things and evil, life and death, Ps.Who
keepeth truth for ever : who expoverty and riches, are from God.—
ecuteth judgment for them that suffer
Ecclus. xi. 14.
The works of God are done in judg­ wrong : who giveth food to the hungry.
ment from the beginning, and from the —Ps. cxlv. 7.
And how could any thing endure, if
making of them he distinguished their
parts, and their beginnings in their gen­ thou wouldst not? or be preserved, if
not called by thee.—Wis. xi. 26.
erations.
For there is no other God but thou,
He beautified their works for ever,
they have neither hungered, nor labored, who hast care of all, that thou shouldst
and they have not ceased from their show that thou dost not give judgment
unjustly.— Wis. xii. 13.
works.
And for raiment, why are you solic­
Nor shall any of them straiten his
itous? Consider the lilies of the field,
neighbor at any time. ...
After this, God looked upon the earth, how they grow : they labor not, neither
and filled it with his goods.—Ecclus. do they spin.
But I say to you, that not even Solo­
xvi. 26-28, 30.
Or. is it not lawful for me to do what mon in all his glory was arrayed as one
I will? is thy eye evil, because I am of these.
And if the grass of the field, which
good?—Matt. xx. 15.
is to-day, and to-morrow is cast into
’That Is: though the dwelling of God be the oven, God doth so clothe: how
above In heaven. His arms are always
stretched out to help us here below.
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Be not solicitous therefore, saying,
What shall we cat: or what shall we
drink, or wherewith shall we be clothed?
For after all these things do the
heathens seek. For your Father know­
eth that you have need of all these
things.
Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of
God, and his justice, and all these
things shall be added unto you.—Matt.
vi. 28-33.
Are not two sparrows sold for a
farthing? and not one of them shall
fall on the ground without your Father.
But the very hairs of your head are
all numbered.
Fear not therefore: better are you
than many sparrows.—Matt. x. 29-31.
Casting all your care upon him, for
he hath care of you.—1 Peter v. 7.
PROVIDENCE OF GOD ORDER­
ING THE ELEMENTS AND ALL
THINGS FOR THE WEL­
FARE OF MAN, THE

And the Lord smelled a sweet savor,
and said : I will no more curse the earth
for the sake of man. . . .
All the days of the earth, seed time
and harvest, cold and heat, summer and
winter, night and day, shall not cease.
—Gen. viii. 21, 22.
Wherefore I will pray to the Lord,
and address my speech to God: . . .
Who giveth rain upon the face of the
earth, and watcreth all things with
waters.—Job v. 8, 10.
For he beholdeth the ends of the
world: and looketh on all things that
are under heaven.
Who made a weight for the winds,
and weighed the waters by measure.
When he gave a law for the rain, and
a way for the sounding storms.—Job
xxviii. 24-26.
He lifteth up the drops of rain, and
poureth out showers like floods:
Which flow from the clouds that
cover all above.
If he will spread out clouds as his
tent,
And lighten with his light from
above, he shall cover also the ends of
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giveth food to many mortals.—Job
xxxvi. 27-31.
He commandeth the snow to go down
upon the earth, and the winter rain, and
the shower of his strength.
He sealeth up the hand of all men,
that every one may know his works.
Then the beast shall go into his cov­
ert, and shall abide in his den.
Out of the inner parts shall a tempest
come, and cold out of the north.
When God bloweth, there cometh
frost, and again the waters are poured
out abundantly.
Corn desireth clouds, and the clouds
spread their light:
Which go round about, whitherso­
ever the will of him that govemeth them
shall lead them, to whatsoever he shall
command them upon the face of the
whole earth:
Whether in one tribe, or in his own
land, or in what place soever of his
mercy he shall command them to be
found.—Job xxxvii. 6-13.
Thou hast visited the earth, and hast
plentifully watered it; thou hast many
ways enriched it.
The river of God is filled with water,
thou hast prepared their food: for so
is its preparation. . . .
Thou shalt bless the crown of the
year of thy goodness: and thy fields
shall lx* filled with plenty.
The beautiful places of the wilder­
ness shall grow fat: and the hills shall
be girded about with joy,
The rams of the flock are clothed,
and the vales shall abound with corn :
they shall shout, yea. they shall sing
a hymn.—Ps. Ixiv. 10, 12-14.
Ix*t the people. 0 God. confess to
thee: let all the people give praise to
thee: the earth hath yielded her fruit.—
Ps. Ixvi. 6. 7.
Thou rulest the power of the sea:
and appeasest the motion of the waves
thereof.—Ps. Ixxxviii. 10.
Thou waterest the hills from thy up­
per rooms: the earth shall be filled with
the fruit of thy works:
Bringing forth grass for cattle, and
herb for the service of men.
That thou mayst bring bread out 'of
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That he may make the face cheerful
with oil : and that bread may strengthen
man’s heart. . . .
He hath made the moon for sea­
sons: the sun knoweth his going down.
Thou hast appointed darkness, and it
is night: in it shall all the beasts of
the woods go about.
. . . The sun ariseth, and they are
gathered together: and they shall lie
down in their dens.
Man shall go forth to his work, and
to his labor, until the evening.—Ps. ciii.
13-15, 19, 20, 22, 23.
Thou hast founded the earth, and it
continueth.
By thy ordinance the day goeth on:
for all things serve thee.—Ps. cxviii.
90, 91.
Sing ye to the Lord with praise:
sing to our God upon the harp.
Who covereth the heaven with clouds,
and prepareth rain for the earth.
Who maketh grass to grow on the
mountains, and herbs for the service of
men.—Ps. cxlvi. 7, 8.
Again, another designing to sail, and
beginning to make his voyage through
the raging waves, calleth upon a piece
of wood (an idol) more frail than the
wood that carrieth him. . . .
But thy providence, O Father, governeth it: for thou hast made a way
even in the sea, and a most sure path
among the waves,
Showing that thou art able to save
out of all things, yea, though a man
went to sea without art.
But that the works of thy w’isdom
might not be idle: therefore men also
trust their lives even to a little wood,
and passing over the sea by ship are
saved.—Was. xiv. 1, 3-5.
Let them that sail on the sea, tell
the dangers thereof : and when we hear
with our ears, we shall admire. . . .
Through him is established the end
of their journey, and by his word all
things are regulated.—Ecclus. xliii.
26, 28.
And they have not said in their heart :
Let us fear the Lord our God, who
giveth us the early and the latter rain
in due season: who preserveth for us
the fulness of the yearly harvest.—Jer.
v. 24.

Seek him that maketh Arcturus, and
Orion, and that turneth darkness into
morning, and that changeth day into
night: that calleth the waters of the
sea, and pourcth them out upon the
face of the earth : The Lord is his name.
—Amos v. 8.
That you may be the children of your
Father who is in heaven, who maketh
his sun to rise upon the good and bad.
and raineth upon the just and the un­
just.—Matt. v. 45.
Nevertheless he left not himself with­
out testimony, doing good from heaven,
giving rains and fruitful seasons, fill­
ing our hearts with food and gladness.
—Acts xiv. 16.
PROVIDENCE OF GOD CARING
FOR THE BRUTE CREA­
TION, THE

Who provideth food for the raven,
when her young ones cry to God, wan­
dering about, l)ecause they have no
meat?—Joi) xxxviii. 41.
Thou sendest forth springs in the
vales: between the midst of the hills
the waters shall pass.
All the beasts of the field shall drink:
the wild asses shall expect in their
thirst.
. . . Thou hast appointed darkness,
and it is night: in it shall all the
beasts of the woods go about:
The young lions roaring after their
prey, and seeking their meat from
God.
The sun ariseth. and they are gathered
together: and they shall lie down in
their dens. . . .
All expect of thee that thou give
them food in season.
What thou givest to them they shall
gather up: when thou openest thy hand,
they shall all be filled with good.
But if thou turnest away thy face,
they shall be troubled : thou shalt take
away their breath, and they shall fail,
and shall return to their dust.—Ps. ciii.
10, 11, 20-22, 27-29.
The eyes of all hope in thee, 0 Lord:
and thou givest them meat in due sea­
son.
Thou openest thy hand, and filles:
with blessing every living creature.—
Ps. cxliv. 15, 16.

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Sing ye to the Lord with praise: sing
to our God upon the harp. . . .
Who giveth to beasts their food: and
to the young ravens that call upon him.
—Ps. cxlvi. 7, 9.
Go to the ant, O sluggard, and con­
sider her ways, and learn wisdom :
Which, although she hath no guide,
nor master, nor captain,
Provideth her meat for herself in the
summer, and gathereth her food in the
harvest.—Prov. vi. 6-8.
Behold the birds of the air, for they
neither sow, nor do they reap, nor gather
into barns: and your heavenly Father
feedeth them. Are not you of much
more value than they?—Matt. vi. 26.
Are not two sparrows sold for a
farthing? and not one of them shall
fall on the ground without your Father.
—Matt. x. 29.
Are not five sparrows sold for two
farthings, and not one of them is for­
gotten before God?—Luke xii. 6.
PROVIDENCE OF GOD IN HIS
DEALINGS WITH MEN, EX­
AMPLES OF THE
And he (Joseph) said mildly to them:
Come nearer to me. And when they
were come near him, he said: I am
Joseph, your brother, whom you sold
into Egypt.
Be not afraid, and let it not seem to
you a hard case, that you sold me into
these countries: for God sent me before
you into Egypt for your preserva­
tion. . . .
Not by your counsel was I sent hither,
but by the will of God : who hath made
me as it were a father to Pharao, and
lord of his whole house, and governor
in all the land of Egypt.—Gen. xiv. 4,
5, 8.
And he (Joseph) answered them:
Fear not : can we resist the will of God ?
You thought evil against me: but
God turned it into good, that he might
exalt me, as at present you see, and
might save many people.—Gen. 1.19, 20.
And the Lord said to Moses: Arise
in the morning, and stand Ik*fore Pha­
rao. and thou shalt say to him: Thus
saith the Lord, tho God of the Hebrews :
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For now I will stretch out my hand
to strike thee and thy people with pesti­
lence, and thou shalt perish from the
earth.
And therefore have I raised thee, that
I may show my power in thee, and my
name may be spoken of throughout all
the earth.—Ex. ix. 13, 15, 16.
And in the wilderness (as thou hast
seen) the Lord thy God hath carried
thee, as a man is wont to carry his
little son, all the way that you have
come, until you came to this place.—
Deut. i. 31.
But the Lord’s portion is his people:
Jacob, the lot of his inheritance.
He found him in a desert land, in a
place of horror and of vast wilderness:
he led him about, and taught him: and
he kept him as the apple of his eye.
As the eagle enticing her young to
fly, and hovering over them, he spread
his wings, and hath taken him and car­
ried him on his shoulders.—Deut. xxxii.
9-11.
Give glory to the Lord, ye children of
Israel, and praise him in the sight of
the Gentiles:
Because he hath therefore scattered
you among the Gentiles, who know not
him, that you may declare his wonder­
ful works, and make them know that
there is no other almighty God besides
him.—Tob. xiii. 3, 4.
PROVIDENCE OF GOD, DENYING
THE
Give not thy mouth to cause thy flesh
to sin: and say not before the angel:
There is no providence: lest God be
angry at thy words, and destroy all the
works of thy hands.—Eccles, v. 5.
And it shall come to pass at that
time, that T will search Jerusalem with
lamps, and will visit upon the men that
are settled on their lees: that say in
their hearts: The Lord will not do good,
nor will he do evil.—Soph. i. 12.
You have wearied the Lord with your
words, and you said: Wherein have we
wearied him? Tn that you say: Every
one that doth evil, is good in the sight
of the Lord, and such please him: or
surely where is the God of judgment?—
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The innocent believeth every worl:
But a net is spread in vain before the the discreet man considereth his steps.
eyes of them that have wings.—Prov. —Prov. xiv. 15.
He that trusteth in his own heart, is
i. 17.
The wisdom of a discreet man is to a fool : but he that walketh wisely, he
understand his way: and the impru­ shall be saved.—Prov. xxviii. 26.
Before a stranger, do no matter oi
dence of fools erreth.—Prov. xiv. 8.
In the heart of the prudent resteth counsel: for thou knowest not what he
wisdom, and it shall instruct all the will bring forth.—Ecclus. viii. 21.
Strive not in a matter which doth not
ignorant.—Prov. xiv. 33.
The prudent man saw the evil, and concern thee, and sit not in judgment
hid himself: the simple passed on, and with sinners.
My son, meddle not with many mat­
suffered loss.—Prov. xxii. 3.
According to thy power beware of ters.—Ecclus. xi. 9, 10.
If thou be invited by one that is
thy neighbor, and treat with the wise
mightier, withdraw thyself: for so he
and prudent.—Ecclus. ix. 21.
He that is hasty to give credit, is will invite thee the more.
Be not troublesome to him, lest thou
light of heart, and shall be les­
be put back : and keep not far from
sened. . . .
And believe not every word. There him, lest thou be forgotten.
Affect not to speak with him as an
is one that slippeth with the tongue, but
not from his heart.—EccIxls. xix. 4, 16. equal : and believe not his many words:
Behold I send you as sheep in the for by much talk he will sift thee, and
midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise smiling, will examine thee concerning
as serpents, and simple as doves.—Matt. thy secrets. ...
Take heed to thyself, and attend dili­
x. 16.
Brethren, do not become children in gently to what thou hearest: for thou
sense: but in malice be children, and in walkest in danger of thy ruin.
When thou hearest those things, see
sense be perfect.—1 Cor. xiv. 20.
But the end of all is at hand. Be as it were in sleep, and thou shalt
prudent therefore, and watch in prayers. awake.—Ecclus. xiii. 12-14, 16, 17.
Give not to son or wife, brother or
—1 Peter iv. 7.
friend, power over thee while thou liv­
es! ; and give not thy estate to another,
PRUDENCE, THE VALUE OF
lest thou repent, and thou entreat for
Blessed is the man that findeth wis­ the same.
dom and is rich in prudence:
As long as thou livest, and hast breath
The purchasing thereof is better than in thee, let no man change thee.
the merchandise of silver, and her fruit
For it is better that thy children
than the chiefest and purest gold.
should ask of thee, than that thou
She is more precious than all riches: look toward the hands of thy chil­
and all the things that are desired, are dren.
not to be compared with her.—Prov. iii.
In all thy works keep the pre-emi­
13-15.
nence.
Get wisdom, because it is better than
Let no stain sully thy glory. In the
gold: and purchase prudence, *or it is time when thou shalt end the days of
more precious than silver.—Prov. thy life, and in the time of thy decease,
xvi. 16.
distribute thy inheritance.—Ecelui.
xxxiii. 20-24.
PRUDENCE IN CONDUCT
Consult not with him that layeth a
Among the proud there are always snare for thee, and hide thy counsel
contentions : but they that do all things from them that envy thee.
with counsel, are ruled by wisdom. . . .
Every counsellor giveth out counsel,
The prudent man doth all things with but there is one that is a counsellor for
counsel: but he that is a fool, layeth himself.
open his folly.—Prov. xiii. 10, 16.
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before what need he hath: for he will I before God. For God is in heaven, and
thou upon earth: therefore let thy
devise to his own mind :
Lest he thrust a stake into the words be few.
Dreams follow many cares: and in
ground, and say to thee:
Thy way is good ; and then stand on many words shall be found folly.—
the other side to see what shall befall Eccles, v. 1, 2.
The heart of a wise man understandthee.
Treat not with a man without re­ eth time and answer.—Eccles, viii. 5.
ligion concerning holiness, nor with an
Before thou hear, answer not a word :
unjust man, concerning justice, nor and interrupt not others in the midst
with a woman touching her of whom of their discourse.—Ecclus. xi. 8.
Before judgment prepare thee justice,
she is jealous, nor with a coward con­
cerning war, nor with a merchant about and learn before thou speak.—Ecclus.
traffic, nor with a buyer of selling, nor xviii. 19.
There is one that holdeth his peace,
with an envious man of giving thanks.
Nor with the ungodly of piety, nor that is found wise: and there is an­
with the dishonest of honesty, nor with other that is hateful, that is bold in
the field laborer of every work,
speech.
There is one that holdeth his peace,
Nor with him that worketh by the
year of the finishing of the year, nor because he knoweth not what to say:
with an idle servant of much business: and there is another that holdeth his
give no heed to these in any matter of peace, knowing the proper time.
A wise man will hold his peace till he
counsel.—Ecclus. xxxvii. 7-14.
Tn all thy works let the true word go see opportunity: but a babbler, and a
before thee, and steady counsel before fool, will regard no time.—Ecclus. xx.
every action.—Ecclus. xxxvii. 20.
5-7.
The lips of the unwise will be tell­
Where there are many hands, shut up,
and deliver all things in number, and ing foolish things: but the words of the
weight: and put all in writing that thou wise shall be weighed in a balance.
The heart of fools is in their mouth:
givest out or receivest in.—Ecclus.
and the mouth of wise men is in their
xiii. 7.
See therefore, brethren, how you walk heart.—Ecclus. xxi. 28, 29.
Let not thy mouth be accustomed to
circumspectly: not as unwise,
But as wise: redeeming the time, be­ indiscreet speech: for therein is the
cause the days are evil.—Eph. v. 15, 16. word of sin.—Ecclus. xxiii. 17.
Walk with wisdom towards them that I Praise not a man before he speaketh,
are without, redeeming the time.—Col.\ for this is the trial of men.—Ecclus.
xxvii. 8.
iv. 5.
Speak, thou that art elder: for it bePRUDENCE IN WORDS
cometh thee.
To speak the first word with careful
See also: Tongue; control of the—
knowledge.—Ecclus. xxxii. 4. 5.
page 5G0.
Young man, scarcely speak in thy
The mouth of the just shall meditate own cause.
If thou be asked twice, let thy answer
wisdom: and his tongue shall speak
be short.
judgment.—Ps. xxxvi. 30.
Tn many things be as if thou wert
A fool uttereth all his mind : a wise
man deferreth, and keepeth it till after­ ignorant, and hear in silence, and withal
seeking.
wards.—Prov. xxix. 11.
Tn the company of great men take
All things have their season, and in
their times all things pass under not upon thee: and when the ancients
are present, speak not much.—Ecclus.
heaven. . . .
A time to keep silence, and a time to xxxii. 10-13.
He that cleareth up a question, shall
speak.—Eccles, iii. 1, 7.
Speak not any thing rashly, and let i prepare what to say, and so having
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discipline, and then he shall answer.—
Treat thy cause with thy friend, an!
Ecclus. xxxiii. 4.
discover not the secret to a stranger:
Let your speech be always in grace,
Lest he insult over thee, when h
seasoned with salt: that you may know hath heard it, and cease not to upbrail
how you ought to answer every man.
thee.—Prov. xxv. 8-10.
Col. iv. 6.
Open not thy heart to every man:
You know, my dearest brethren. And lest he repay thee with an evil turn, and
let every man be swift to hear, but speak reproachfully to thee.—Ecclus.
slow to speak, and slow to anger.— viii. 22.
James i. 19.
A man full of tongue is terrible in
his city, and he that is rash in his word,
PRUDENCE IN WORDS
shall be hateful.—Ecclus. ix. 25.
COMMENDED
Tell not thy mind to friend or foe:
In the multitude of w’ords, there shall and if there be a sin with thee, disclose
not want sin: but he that refraineth his it not.
For he will hearken to thee, and will
lips is most wise.—Prov. x. 19.
A man rejoiceth in the sentence of watch thee, and as it were defending
his mouth: and a word in due time is thy sin, he will hate thee, and so will
he be with thee always.—Ecclus. xix.
best.—Prov. xv. 23.
Well ordered words are as a honey­ 8, 9.
He that useth many words, shall hurt
comb: sweet to the soul, and health to
his own soul.—Ecclus. xx. 8.
the bones.—Prov. xvi. 24.
He that setteth bounds to his words,
is knowing and wise: and the man of PUNISHMENT, ACKNOWLEDG­
understanding is of a precious spirit.—
MENT THAT WE DESERVE
Prov. xvii. 27.
See: Acknowledgment—page 13.
To speak a word in due time is like
apples of gold on beds of silver.—Prov. PUNISHMENT OR REWARD
XXV. 11.
GIVEN BY GOD ACCORDING
A man wise in words shall make him­
TO OUR DESERTS
self beloved: but the graces of fools
See: Rewards or punishes—page 487.
shall be poured out.—Ecclus. xx. 13.
A wise man shall advance himself
with his words, and a prudent man shall PUNISHMENT OF SINNERS, GOD
please the great ones.—Ecclus. xx. 29.
TAKES HIS TIME IN THE
See : Time, God takes his—page 556.
PRUDENCE IN WORDS, THE
NECESSITY OF
PURITY
In the multitude of words there shall
See: Chastity—page 47.
not want sin: but he that refraineth
his lips is most wise.—Prov. x. 19.
PURITY OF HEART
The lip of truth shall be steadfast
for ever : but he that is a hasty witness,
See: Heart—page 194.
frameth a lying tongue.—Prov. xii. 19.
Whosoever speaketh ill of any thing,
PURITY OF INTENTION
bindeth himself for the time to come:
See: Intention—page 246.
but he that feareth the commandment,
shall dwell in peace.—Prov. xiii. 13.
QUARRELS
He that answereth before he heareth,
See also: Dissensions—page 116.
showeth himself to be a fool and worthy
of confusion.—Prov. xviii. 13.
Strive not against a man without
The things which thy eyes have seen, cause, when he hath done thee no evil.
utter not hastily in a quarrel : lest —Prov. iii. 30.
afterward thou mayst not be able to
A mild answer breaketh wrath : but a
make amends, when thou hast dis­ harsh word stirreth up fury.—Prov.
honored thy friend.
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But the servant of God must not
A perverse man atirreth up quarrels:
end one full of words, separateti! wrangle: but be mild towards all men,
apt to teach, patient.—2 Tim. ii. 24.
princes.—Prov. xvi. 28.
Better is a dry morsel with joy, than
QUERULOUSNESS
a house full of victims with strife.—
Prov. xvii. 1.
See: Murmuring—page 330.
An evil man always seeketh quarrels:
but a cruel angel shall be sent against QUESTION GOD’S DOINGS, WE
him.—Prov. xvii. 11.
MUST NOT
He that studieth discords, loveth
See
also: Ways of God—page 5»4.
quarrels: and he that exalteth his door,
And Job answered, and said:
seeketh ruin.—Prov. xvii. 19.
Indeed I know it is so, and that man
The lips of a fool intermeddle with
strife: and his mouth provoketh quar­ cannot be justified compared with God.
If he will contend with him, he can­
rels.—Prov. xviii. 6.
A foolish son is the grief of his not answer him one for a thousand.
He is wise in heart, and mighty in
father: and a wrangling wife is like a
strength : who hath resisted him, and
roof continually dropping through.
hath had peace?—Job ix. 1-4.
Prov. xix. 13.
If he examine on a sudden, who shall
It is an honor for a man to separate
himself from quarrels: but all fools are answer him? or who can say: Why dost
meddling with reproaches.—Prov. xx. 3. thou so? . . .
What am I then, that I should an­
It is better to dwell in a wilderness,
than with a quarrelsome and passionate swer him, and have words with him?
I, who although I should have any
woman.—Prov. xxi. 19.
As he that taketh a dog by the ears, just thing, would not answer, but would
so is he that passeth by in anger, and make supplication to my judge.—Job
ix. 12, 14. 15.
meddleth with another man’s quarrel.
Shall any one teach God knowledge,
Prov. xxvi. 17.
Roofs dropping through in a cold who judgeth those that are high?—Job
day, and a contentious woman, are xxi. 22.
To whom hast thou given counsel?
alike.
He that retaineth her, is as he that perhaps to him that hath no wisdom,
would hold the wind, and shall call in and thou hast shown thy very great
the oil of his right hand.—Prov. xxvii. prudence.
Whom hast thou desired to teach?
15, 16.
And he that strongly squeezeth the was it not him that made life?—Job
paps to bring out milk, straineth out xxvi. 3, 4.
For it is no longer in the power of
butter: and he that violently bloweth
his nose, bringeth out blood : and he man to enter into judgment with God.
that provoketh wrath, bringeth forth —Job xxxiv. 23.
And the Lord answering Job out of
strife.—Prov. xxx. 33.
In the quarrels of the proud is the the whirlwind, said: . . .
Wilt thou make void my judgment:
shedding of blood: and their cursing is
a grievous hearing.—Ecclus. xxvii. 16. and condemn me, that thou mayst be
Refrain from strife, and thou shalt justified?—Job xl. 1, 3.
What ncedeth a man to seek things
diminish thy sins:
For a passionate man kindleth strife, that arc above him, whereas he knoweth
and a sinful man will trouble his not what is profitable for him in his
friends, and bring in doliate in the life, in all the days of his pilgrimage,
midst of them that are at peace.— and the time that passeth like a
shadow? . . .
Ecclus. xxviii. 10, 11.
Only this I have found, that God
A hasty contention kindleth a fire:
and a hasty quarrel sheddeth blood : made man right, and he hath entangled
and a tongue that bearcth witness himself with an infinity of questions.
—Eccles, vii. 1, 30.
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And his word is full of power:
neither can any man say to him: Why
dost thou so?—Eccles, viii. 4.
For who shall say to thee: What hast
thou done? or who shall withstand thy
judgment? or who shall come before
thee to be a revenger of wicked men?
or who shall accuse thee, if the nations
perish, which thou hast made?—Wis.
xii. 12.
Woe to him that gainsaycth his
maker, a sherd of the earthen pots:
shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it: What art thou making, and thy
work is without hands?
Woe to him that sayeth to his father:
Why begettest thou ? and to the woman :
Why dost thou bring forth?—Is. xiv.
9, 10.
And all the inhabitants of the earth
are reputed as nothing before him: for
he doth according to his will, as well
with the powers of heaven, as among
the inhabitants of the earth: and there
is none that can resist his hand, and
say to him: Why hast thou done it?—
Dan. iv. 32.
Therefore he hath mercy on whom
he will ; and whom he will,he hardeneth.
Thou wilt say therefore to me: Why
doth he then find fault? for who resisteth his will?
O man, who art thou that repliest
against God? Shall the thing formed
say to him that formed it: Why hast
thou made me thus?
Or hath not the potter power over
the clay, of the same lump to make one
vessel unto honor, and another unto
dishonor?—Rom. ix. 18-21.

an answer to him that reproacheth.—
Prov. xxvii. 11.
To you therefore, 0 kings, are these
my words, that you may learn wisdom,
and not fall from it.
For they that have kept just things
justly, shall be justified: and they that
have learned these things, shall find
what to answer.— HT's. vi. 10, 11.
Be meek to hear the word, that thou
mayst understand: and return a true
answer with wisdom.
If thou have understanding, answer
thy neighbor: but if not, let thy hand
be upon thy mouth, lest thou he sur­
prised in an unskilful word, and be con­
founded.—Ecclus. v. 13, 14.
Let not the discourse of the ancients
escape thee, for they have learned of
their fathers:
For of them thou shalt learn under­
standing, and to give an answer in time
of need.—Ecclus. viii. 11, 12.
Be not ashamed to inform the unwise
and foolish, and the aged, that are
judged by young men: and thou shalt
be well instructed in all things, and
well approved in the sight of all men
living.—Ecclus. xiii. 8.
Walk with wisdom towards them that
are without, redeeming the time.
Let your speech be always in grace
seasoned with salt: that you may know
how you ought to answer every man.—
Col. iv. 5, G.
For a bishop must be without crime,
as the steward of God : . . .
Embracing that faithful word which
is according to doctrine, that he may
be able to exhort in sound doctrine, and
to convince the gainsayers.—Titus i.
REASON FOR OUR FAITH, WE 7, 9.
But sanctify the Lord Christ in your
SHOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE A
hearts, being ready always to satisfy
Incline thy ear, and hear the words every one that asketh you a reason of
of the wise : and apply thy heart to my that hope which is in you.—1 Peter
iii. 15.
doctrine. ...
That thy trust may be in the Lord,
wherefore I have also shown it to thee
REBELLION AGAINST GOD
this day. ...
That I might show thee the certainty,
Because it is like the sin of witch­
and the words of truth, to answer out craft, to rebel: and like the crime of
of these to them that sent thee.—Prov. idolatry, to refuse to obey.—1 Kings
xv. 23.
xxii. 17, 19, 21.
Study wisdom, my son, and make
O children of Israel, fight not against
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it is not good for you.—2 Parol.
xiii. 12.
They spend their days in wealth, and
in n moment they go down to hell.
Who have said to God: Depart from
us, we desire not the knowledge of thy
ways.
Who is the Almighty, that we should
serve him? and what doth it profit us,
if we pray to him?—Job xxi. 13-15.
The kings of the earth stood up, and
the princes met together, against the
Lord, and against his Christ.
Let us break their bonds asunder:
and let us cast away their yoke from
us.
lie that dwellcth in heaven shall
laugh at them : and the Lord shall de­
ride them.—Ps. ii. 2-4.
May the Lord destroy all deceitful
lips, and the tongue that speaketh
proud things.
Who have said : We will magnify our
tongue; our lips are our own; who is
Lord over us?—Ps. xi. 4, 5.
For behold they that go far from thee
shall perish : thou hast destroyed all
them that are disloyal to thee.—Ps.
Ixxii. 27.
But the wicked shall be punished
according to their own devices: who
have neglected the just, and have re­
volted from the Lord.—Wis. iii. 10.
That the nations might know his
power, that it is not easy to fight
against God.—Ecclus. xlvi. 8.
Of old thou hast broken my yoke,
thou hast burst my bands, and thou
saidst: I will not serve.—J er. ii. 20.
See ye the word of the Lord: Am I
become a wilderness to Israel, or a lateward springing land? why then have
my people said : We are revolted, we
will come to thee no more?—Jer. ii. 31.
REBELLION AGAINST GOD,
SIN IS
See: Sin is rebellion against O-od—
page 522.
REDEEMER, THE
Thou art beautiful above the sons of
men: grace is poured abroad in thy lips,
therefore hath God blessed thee for
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Let his name be blessed for ever­
more: his name continueth before the
sun.
And in him shall all the tribes of the
earth be blessed: all nations shall mag­
nify him.—Ps. Ixxi. 17.
The stone which the builders re­
jected; the same is become the head of
the corner.—Ps. cxvii. 22.
Behold, God is my saviour, I will
deal confidently, and will not fear: be­
cause the Lord is my strength, and my
praise, and he is become my salvation.
—Is. xii. 2.
I am, I am the Lord : and there is
no saviour besides me.—Is. xliii. 11.
But I am the Lord thy God from the
land of Egypt: and thou shalt know’
no God but me, and there is no saviour
beside me.—Osee xiii. 4.
But I will rejoice in the Lord: and I
will joy in God my Jesus.—Hab. iii. 18.
And all nations shall know that there
is one that redeemeth and delivereth
Israel.—1 Mach. iv. 11.
And she shall bring forth a son: and
thou shalt call his name Jesus. For
he shall save his people from their
sins.—Matt. i. 21.
Therefore having yet one son, most
dear to him; he also sent him unto
them last of all, saying: They will rev­
erence my son.
But the husbandmen said one to an­
other: This is the heir; come let us
kill him; and the inheritance shall be
ours.
And laying hold on him. they killed
him. and cast him out of the vine­
yard. . . .
And have you not read this Scrip­
ture, The stone which the builders re­
jected, the same is made the head of
the corner.—Mark xii. 6-8, 10.
For the Son of man is come to seek
and to save that which was lost.—
Luke xix. 10.
The next day, John saw Jesus com­
ing to him, and he saith: Behold the
Lamb of God, behold him who taketh
away the sin of the world.—John i. 29.
And I. if I be lifted up from the
earth, will draw all things to myself.
—John xii. 32.
And if any man hear my words, and
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I came not to judge the world, but to I the sword, to sacrifice his son.—Gen.
save the world.—John xii. 47.
xxii. 3, 6, 9, 10.
The God of our fathers hath raised
Speak ye to the whole assembly of
up Jesus, whom you put to death, hang­ the children of Israel, and say to
ing him upon a tree.
them : On the tenth day of this month,
Him hath God exalted with his right let every man take a lamb by their
hand, to be Prince and Saviour, to give families and houses. . . .
repentance to Israel, and remission of
And it shall be a lamb without blem­
sins.—Acis v. 30, 31.
ish, a male, of one year: according
For there is one God, and one media­ to which rite also you shall take a
tor of God and men, the man Christ kid.
Jesus;
I And you shall keep it until the
Who gave himself a redemption for fourteenth day of this month: and
all, a testimony in due times.—1 Tim. the whole multitude of the children of
ii. 5, 6.
Israel shall sacrifice it in the even­
Who being the brightness of his ing.
glory, and the figure of his substance,
And they shall take of the blood
and upholding all things by the word thereof, and put it upon both the side
of his power, making purgation of sins, posts, and on the upper door posts of
sitteth on the right hand of the maj­ the houses, wherein they shall eat
esty on high.—Heb. i. 3.
it. . . .
And he is the propitiation for our
In one house shall it be eaten,
sins: and not for ours only, but also neither shall you carry forth of the
for those of the whole world.—1 John flesh thereof out of the house, neither
shall you break a bone thereof. . . .
ii. 2.
And the blood shall be unto you for
And from Jesus Christ, who is the
faithful witness, the first begotten of a sign in the houses where you shall
the dead, and the prince of the kings be: and I shall see the blood, and shall
of the earth, who hath loved us, and pass over you : and the plague shall not
washed us from our sins in his own be upon you to destroy you, when I
shall strike the land of Egypt.—Ex. xii.
blood,
And hath made us a kingdom, and 3, 5-7, 46, 13.
And he (Moses) took the blood, and
priests to God and his Father, to him
be glory and empire for ever and ever. sprinkled it upon the people, and he
said: This is the blood of the covenant
Amen.—Apoc. i. 5, 6.
which the Lord hath made with you
concerning all these words.—Ex. xxiv.8.
REDEEMER, FIGURES OF
But that whose lot was to be the
CHRIST THE
emissary goat, he shall present alive
So Abraham rising up in the night, before the Lord, that he may pour out
saddled his ass: and took with him two prayers upon him, and let him go into
young men, and Isaac his son : and the wilderness. . . .
After he hath cleansed the sanctuary,
when he had cut wood for the holocaust,
he went his way to the place which | and the tabernacle, and the altar, then
let him offer the living goat:
God had commanded him. ...
And putting both hands upon his
And he took the wood for the holo­
caust, and laid it upon Isaac his son: head, let him confess all the iniquities
and he himself carried in his hands fire of the children of Israel, and all their
offerees and sins: and praying that
and a sword. ...
And they came to the place which they may light on his head, he shall
God had shown him, where he built an turn him out by a man ready for it,
altar, and laid the wood in order upon into the desert.
it: and when he had bound Isaac his I And when the goat hath carried all
son, he laid him on the altar, upon the their iniquities into an uninhabited
land, and shall be let go into the
pile of wood.
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Aaron shall return into the taber­ REDEEMER, A PRAYER FOR THE
nacle of the testimony.—Lev. xvi. 10,
COMING OF THE
20-23.
Redeemer, longing of the world
And the Lord said to him: Make a forSee:
the—page 461.
brazen serpent, and set it up for a
sign: whosoever being struck shall look
REDEEMER, PROMISE OF THE
on it, shall live.
COMING OF THE
Moses therefore made a brazen ser­
pent, and set it up for a sign: which
See also: Part II—page 725.
when they that were bitten looked upon,
they were healed.—Num. xxi. 8, 9.
The sceptre shall not be taken away
For when the fierce rage of beasts from Juda, nor a ruler from his thigh,
came upon these, they were destroyed till he come that is to be sent, and he
with the bitings of crooked serpents.
shall be the expectation of nations.—
But thy wrath endured not for ever, Gen. xlix. 10.
but they were troubled for a short time,
I shall see him, but not now: I shall
for their correction, having a sign of , behold him. but not near. A star shall
salvation, to put them in remem­ rise out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall
brance of the commandment of thy spring up from Israel.—Num. xxiv. 17.
law.
Therefore the Lord himself shall
For he that turned to it, was not give you a sign. Behold a virgin shall
healed by that which he saw, but by conceive, and bear a son, and his name
thee, the Saviour of all.—Wfs. xvi. 5-7. shall be called Emmanuel.—Is. vii. 14.
Say to the faint-hearted: Take cour­
REDEEMER, LONGING OF THE age, and fear not: behold your God will
bring the revenge of recompense: God
WORLD FOR THE COMING
himself will come, and will save you.—
OF THE
Is. xxxv. 4.
I shall see him, but not now: I shall
Behold my servant, I will uphold
behold him, but not near. A star shall him: my elect, my soul dclighteth in
rise out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall him : I have given my spirit upon him,
spring up from Israel.—Num. xxiv. 17. he shall bring forth judgment to the
Send forth, O Lord, the lamb, the Gentiles.
He shall not cry. nor have respect to
ruler of the earth, from Petra of the
desert, to the mount of the daughter of person, neither shall his voice be heard
Sion.—Is. xvi. 1.
abroad.
In that day man shall bow down
The bruised reed he shall not break,
himself to his Maker, and his eyes shall and smoking flax he shall not quench;
look to the Holy One of Israel.—Is. he shall bring forth judgment unto
truth.
xvii. 7.
He shall not be sad, nor troublesome,
Drop down dew,, ye heavens, from
above, and let the clouds rain the just: till he set judgment in the earth: and
let the earth be opened, and bud forth the islands shall wait for his law.—Is.
a saviour.—Is. xiv. 8.
xiii. 1-4.
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
For Sion’s sake I will not hold my
peace, and for the sake of Jerusalem, I because the Lord hath anointed me: he
will not rest till her just one come hath sent me to preach to the meek,
forth as brightness, and her saviour be to heal the contrite of heart, and to
preach a release to the captives, and
lighted as a lamp.—Is. Ixii. 1.
0 that thou wouldst rend the deliverance to them that are shut up.
To proclaim the acceptable year of
heavens, and wouldst come down : the
mountains would melt away at thy pres­ the Lord, and the day of vengeance of
our God : to comfort all that mourn :
ence.—Is. Ixiv. 1.
To appoint to the mourners of Sion,
And I will move all nations: and the
desired of all nations shall come.— and to give them a crown for ashes, the
oil of joy for mourning, a garment of
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praise for the spirit of grief : and they
shall be called in it the mighty ones of
justice, the planting of the Lord to
glorify him.—Is. Ixi. 1-3.
For Sion’s sake I will not hold my
peace, and for the sake of Jerusalem,
I will not rest till her just one come
forth as brightness, and her saviour be
lighted as a lamp.
And the Gentiles shall see thy just
one, and all kings thy glorious one :
and thou shalt be called by a new
name, which the mouth of the Lord
shall name.—Is. Ixii. 1, 2.
Behold the Lord hath made it to be
heard in the ends of the earth, tell the
daughter of Sion: Behold thy Saviour
cometh : behold his reward is with him,
and his work before him.
And they shall call them, The holy
people, the redeemed of the Lord.—Is.
Ixii. 11, 12.
I will deliver them out of the hand
of death. I will redeem them from
death: 0 death, I will be thy death;
0 hell, I will be thy bite.—Osee xiii. 14.
And thou Bethlehem Ephrata, art a
little one among the thousands of Juda :
out of thee shall he come forth unto
me, that is to be the ruler in Israel:
and his going forth is from the begin­
ning, from the days of eternity.—
Mich. v. 2.
For thus saith the Lord of hosts:
yet a little while, and I will move the
heaven and the earth, and the sea, and
the dry land.
And I will move all nations: and
the desired of all nations shall come:
and I will fill this house with glory:
saith the Lord of hosts.—Aggeus ii.
7, 8.
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Sion,
shout for joy, O daughter of Jeru­
salem : behold thy King will come to
thee, the just and saviour: he is poor,
and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt
the foal of an ass.—Zach. ix. 9.
REDEEMER, THE COMING
OF THE

See also: Incarnation, the—page 233.
For a child is born to us, and a son
is given to us, and the government is
upon his shoulder: and his name shall

I be called, Wonderful, Counsellor, God
the Mighty, the Father of the world
to come, the Prince of peace.
His empire shall be multiplied, and
there shall be no end of peace : he shall
sit upon the throne of David, and upon
his kingdom; to establish it and
strengthen it with judgment and with
justice, from henceforth and for ever:
the zeal of the Lord of hosts will per­
form this.—Is. ix. 6, 7.
Afterwards he was seen upon earth,
and conversed with men.—Bar. iii. 38.
And we declare unto you, that the
promise which was made to our fathers,
This same God hath fulfilled to our
children, raising up Jesus, as in the
second psalm also is written: Thou art
my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
—Acts xiii. 32, 33.
But when the fulness of the time was
come, God sent his Son, made of a
woman, made under the law:
That he might redeem them who were
under the law: that we might receive
the adoption of sons.—Gal. iv. 4, 5.
God, who, at sundry times and in
divers manners, spoke in times past to
the fathers by the prophets, last of all,
In these days hath spoken to us by
his Son, whom he hath appointed heir
of all things, by whom also he made
the world.—Heb. i. 1, 2.
REDEMPTION, NEED OF THE

See also: Corruption of the world—
page 82.

They that trust in their own
strength, and glory in the multitude of
their riches,
No brother can redeem, nor shall
man redeem: he shall not give to God
his ransom,
Nor the price of the redemption of
his soul : and shall labor for ever.—
Ps. xlviii. 7-9.
For all have sinned, and do need the
glory of God.
Being justified freely by his grace,
through the redemption, that is in
Christ Jesus.—Rom. iii. 23, 24.
For which cause be mindful. . . .
That you were at that time without
Christ, being aliens from the conversa­
tion of Israel, and strangers to the

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testament, having no hope of the
promise, and without God in this world.
But now in Christ Jesus, you, who
sometime were afar off, are made nigh
by the blood of Christ.—Eph. ii.
12, 13.
And you, whereas you were some­
time alienated and enemies in mind in
evil works:
Yet now he hath reconciled in the
body of his flesh through death, to
present you holy and unspotted, and
blameless before him.—Col. i. 21. 22.
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FOR THE
Bless the Lord, O my soul: and let
all that is within me bless his holy
name.
Bless the Lord, 0 my soul, and never
forget all he hath done for thee.
Who forgiveth all thy iniquities:
who healeth all thy diseases.
Who redeemeth thy life from destruc­
tion : who crowneth thee with mercy
and compassion.—Ps. cii. 1-4.
Give glory to the Lord, for he is
good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Let them say so that have been
redeemed by the Lord, whom he hath
redeemed from the hand of the enemy:
and gathered out of the countries.—Ps.
evi. 1, 2.
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel;
because he hath visited and wrought
the redemption of his people:
And hath raised up a horn of salva­
tion to us, in the house of David, his
servant.—Luke i. 68, 69.

But God will redeem my soul from
the hand of hell, when he shall receive
me.—Ps. xlviii. 1G.
From the morning watch even until
night, let Israel hope in the Lord.
Because with the Lord there is
mercy: and with him plentiful redemp­
tion.
And he shall redeem Israel from all
his iniquities.—Ps. cxxix. 6-8.
For their hope is on him that saveth
them.—Ecclus. xxxiv. 15.
REDEMPTION, PRICE OF THE
Looking for the blessed hope and
See also: Passion of Christ, the—
coming of the glory of the great God
page 364.
and our Saviour Jesus Christ,
Who gave himself for us, that he
I. The Humiliation of Christ
might redeem us from all iniquity, and
might cleanse to himself a people ac­
But I am a worm, and no man : the
ceptable, a pursuer of good works.— reproach of men, and the outcast of the
Titus ii. 13, 14.
people.
All they that saw me have laughed
REDEMPTION, ACKNOWLEDG­ me to scorn: they have spoken with
the lips, and wagged the head.—Ps.
MENT OF THE
xxi. 7, 8.
I have given my body to the strikers,
Into thy hands I commend my spirit:
thou hast redeemed me, 0 Lord, the and my cheeks to them that plucked
them : I have not turned away my face
God of truth.—Ps. xxx. 6.
He hath sent redemption to his from them that rebuked me, and spit
people: he hath commanded his cove­ upon me.—Is. 1. 6.
So shall his visage be inglorious
nant for ever.—Ps. ex. 9.
And we have seen, and do testify, among men, and his form among the
that the Father hath sent his Son to be sons of men.—Is. Iii. 14.
Despised, and the most abject of men,
the Saviour of the world.—1 John
a man of sorrows, and acquainted with
iv. 14.
Thou art worthy, O Lord, to take infirmity: and his look was as it were
the book, and to open the seals thereof; hidden and despised, whereupon we
because thou wast slain, and hast re­ esteemed him not.—Is. liii. 3.
He shall give his cheek to him that
deemed us to God, in thy blood, out
of every tribe, and tongue, and people, striketh him, he shall be filled with re­
proaches.—Lam. iii. 30.
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For let this mind be in you, which
was also in Christ Jesus:
Who being in the form of God,
thought it not robbery to be equal with
God :
But emptied himself, taking the
form of a servant, being made in the
likeness of men, and in habit found as
a man.
He humbled himself, becoming obe­
dient unto death, even to the death of
the cross.—Philipp, ii. 5-8.
Looking on Jesus, the author and
finisher of faith, who having joy set be­
fore him, endured the cross, despising
the shame, and now sitteth on the
right hand of the throne of God.
For think diligently upon him that
endured such opposition from sinners
against himself; that you be not wea­
ried, fainting in your minds.—Heb. xii.
2, 3.
II. Christ Bearing Our Sins

Surely he hath borne our infirmities
and carried our sorrows: and we have
thought him as it were a leper, and
as one struck by God and afflicted:
. . . And was reputed with the
wicked : and he hath borne the sins of
many, and hath prayed for the trans­
gressors.—Is. liii. 4, 12.
Because his soul hath labored, he
shall see and be filled: by his knowledge
shall this my just servant justify many,
and he shall bear their iniquities.—Is.
liii. 11.
Him, who knew no sin, he hath made
sin for us, that we might be made the
justice of God in him.—2 Cor. v. 21.
Christ hath redeemed us from the
curse of the law, being made a curse
for us: for it is written: Cursed is
every one that hangeth on a tree.—Gal.
iii. 13.
Who his own self bore our sins in
his body upon the tree: that we, being
dead to sins, should live to justice: by
whose stripes you were healed.—1 Peter
ii. 24.
III. The Sorrows of Christ

I was dumb, and was humbled, and
kept silence from good things: and my
sorrow was renewed.—Ps. xxxviii. 3.

For if my enemy had reviled me, I
would verily have borne with it.
And if ho that hated me had spoken
great things against me, I would per­
haps have hidden myself from him.
But thou a man of one mind, my
guide, and my familiar,
Who didst take sweetmeats together
with me : in the house of God we walked
with consent.—Ps. liv. 13-15.
My heart hath expected reproach and
misery.
And I looked for one that would
grieve together with me, but there was
none: and for one that would comfort
me, and I found none.—Ps. Ixviii. 21.
Instead of making me a return of
love, they detracted me : but I gave my­
self to prayer.
And they repaid me evil for good:
and hatred for my love.—Ps. cviii. 4, 5.
Despised, and the most abject of men,
a man of sorrows, and acquainted with
infirmity.—Is. liii. 3.
0 all ye that pass by the way, attend,
and see if there be any sorrow like to
my sorrow : for he hath made a vintage
of me, as the Lord spoke in the day of
his fierce anger.—Lam. i. 12.
And taking with him Peter and the
two sons of Zebedee, he began to grow
sorrowful and to be sad.
Then he saith to them: My soul is
sorrowful even unto death: stay you
here, and watch with me.—Matt. xxvi.
37, 38.
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried
with a loud voice, saying: Eli, Eli,
lamma sabacthani? that is, My God,
my God, why hast thou forsaken me?—
Matt, xxvii. 46.
And as he was yet speaking, behold
a multitude; and he that was called
Judas, one of the twelve, went before
them, and drew near to Jesus, for to
kiss him.
And Jesus said to him: Judas, dost
thou betray the Son of man with a kiss?
—Luke xxii. 47, 48.
IV. The Sufferings of Christ
Go forth, ye daughters of Sion, and
see king Solomon in the diadem, where­
with his mother crowned him in the day
of his espousals, and in the day of the
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From the sole of the foot unto the top I cording to the riches of his grace.—
of the head, there is no soundness there­ Eph. i. 7.
Because in him, it hath well pleased
in: wounds and bruises and swelling
sores: they are not bound up, nor the Father, that all fulness should
dressed, nor fomented with oil.—Is. i. 6. dwell ;
And through him to reconcile all
Surely he hath borne our infirmities
and carried our sorrows: and we have things unto himself, making peace
thought him as it were a leper, and as through the blood of his cross, both as
to the things that are on earth, and the
one struck by God and afflicted.
But he was wounded for our iniqui­ things that are in heaven.—Col. i.
ties, he was bruised for our sins: the 19, 20.
chastisement of our peace was upon
But Christ, being come a high priest
him, and by his bruises we are healed. of the good things to come, by a greater
and more perfect tabernacle not made
—Is. liii. 4, 5.
Ought not Christ to have suffered with hand, that is, not of this crea­
these things, and so to enter into his tion :
Neither by the blood of goats, or of
glory?—Luke xxiv. 26.
And you, when you were dead in your calves, but by his own blood, entered
sins, and the uncircumcision of your once into the holies, having obtained
flesh; he hath quickened together with eternal redemption.
him, forgiving you all offences:
For if the blood of goats and of
Blotting out the handwriting of the oxen, and the ashes of a heifer being
decree that was against us, which was sprinkled, sanctify such as are defiled,
contrary to us. And he hath taken the to the cleansing of the flesh:
same out of the way, fastening it to
How much more shall the blood of
the cross.—Col. ii. 13, 14.
Christ, who by the Holy Ghost offered
And whereas indeed he was the Son himself unspotted unto God, cleanse
of God, he learned obedience by the our conscience from dead works, to
things which he suffered :
serve the living God? . . .
And being consummated, he became
And almost all things, according to
to all that obey him, the cause of the law, are cleansed with blood: and
eternal salvation.—Heb. v. 8, 9.
without shedding of blood there is no
For unto this are you called : because remission.—Heb. ix. 11-14, 22.
Christ also suffered for us, leaving you
Wherefore Jesus also, that he might
an example that you should follow his sanctify the people by his own blood,
steps. . . .
suffered without the gate. — Heb.
Who his own self bore our sins in his xiii. 12.
body upon the tree: that we, being dead
Knowing that you were not redeemed
to sins, should live to justice: by whose w’ith corruptible things as gold or silver,
stripes you were healed.—1 Peter ii. from your vain conversation of the tra­
dition of your fathers:
21, 24.
But with the precious blood of Christ,
V. The Shedding of His Blood
as of a lamb unspotted and undefiled.
And taking the chalice, he gave —1 Peter i. 18, 19.
Thou art worthy, 0 Lord, to take the
thanks, and gave to them, saying:
book, and to open the seals thereof; be­
Drink ye all of this.
For this is my blood of the new testa­ cause thou wast slain, and hast re­
ment, which shall be shed for many un­ deemed us to God, in thy blood, out of
to remission of sins.—Matt. xxvi. 27, 28. every tribe, and tongue, and people, and
Take heed to yourselves, and to the nation.—Apoc. v. 9.
whole flock, wherein the Holy Ghost
VI. The Sacrifice of His Life
hath placed you bishops, to rule the
Even as the Son of man is not come
church of God. which he hath purchased
to be ministered unto, but to minister,
with his own blood.—Acts xx. 28.
In whom we have redemption through and to give his life a redemption for
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And as Moses lifted up the serpent
For where there is a testament, the
in the desert, so must the Son of man death of the testator must of necessity
come in.
be lifted up:
That whosoever believeth in him, may
For a testament is of force after men
not perish; but may have life everlast­ are dead: otherwise it is as yet of no
ing.—John iii. 14, 15.
strength, whilst the testator liveth.—
I am the good shepherd. The good Heb. ix. 15-17.
shepherd giveth his life for his sheep.
But now once at the end of ages, he
... As the Father knoweth me, hath appeared for the destruction of
and I know the Father: and I lay down sin, by the sacrifice of himself.
my life for my sheep. . . .
And as it is appointed unto men once
Therefore doth the Father love me: to die, and after this the judgment:
So also Christ was offered once to ex­
because I lay down my life, that I may
haust the sins of many.—Heb. ix. 26-28.
take it again.
No man taketh it away from me:
but I lay it down of myself, and I have REDEMPTION, FRUIT OF THE
power to lay it down : and I have power
to take it up again. This command­ I. Freedom from Sin and the Devil
ment have I received of my Father.—
John x. 11, 15, 17, 18.
Thou hast ascended on high, thou
But one of them, named Caiphas, be­ hast led captivity captive; thou hast re­
ing the high priest that year, said to ceived gifts in men.—Ps. Ixvii. 19.
them: You know nothing.
Our soul hath been delivered as a
Neither do you consider that it is sparrow out of the snare of the fowlers.
expedient for you that one man should The snare is broken, and we are de­
die for the people, and that the whole livered.—Ps. cxxiii. 7.
nation perish not.
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel;
And this he spoke not of himself : but because he hath visited and wrought
being the high priest of that year, he the redemption of his people:
prophesied that Jesus should die for the
And hath raised up a horn of salva­
nation.
tion to us, in the house of David his
And not only for the nation, but to servant. . . .
gather together in one the children of
Salvation from our enemies, and
God, that were dispersed.—<7o7mxi.49-52. from the hand of all that hate as: . . .
Amen, amen I say to you, unless the
The oath, which he swore to Abra­
grain of wheat falling into the ground, ham our father, that he woulc grant to
die,
us,
Itself remaineth alone. But if it die,
That being delivered from the hand
it bringeth forth much fruit.—John xii. I of our enemies, we may serve him with­
24, 25.
out fear,
He humbled himself, becoming obe­
In holiness and justice before him,
dient unto death, even to the death of all our days.—Luke i. 68, 69, 71, 73-75.
the cross.—Philipp, ii. 8.
To open their eyes, that they may be
But we see Jesus, who was made a converted from darkness to light, and
little lower than the angels, for the from the power of Satan to God.—Acls
suffering of death, crowned with glory xxvi. 18.
and honor: that, through the grace of
But thanks be to God, that you were
God, he might taste death for all.— the servants of sin, but have obeyed
Heb. ii. 9.
from the heart unto that form of doc­
And therefore he is the mediator of trine, into which you have been deliv­
the new testament: that by means of ered.
his death, for the redemption of those
Being then freed from sin, we have
transgressions, which were under the been made servants of justice. . . .
former testament, they that are called
But now being made free from sin,
may receive the promise of eternal in­ and become servants to God, you have
heritance.
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Who gave himself for us, that he
end life everlasting.—Rom. vi. 17,
might redeem us from all iniquity, and
18, 22.
Grace be to you, and peace from God might cleanse to himself a people ac­
the Father, and from our Lord Jesus ceptable, a pursuer of good works.—
Titus ii. 14.
Christ,
But now once at the end of ages, he
Who gave himself for our sins, that
he might deliver us from this present hath appeared for the destruction of
wicked world, according to the will of sin, by the sacrifice of himself.
And as it is appointed unto men once
God and our Father.—Gal. i. 3, 4.
Giving thanks to God the Father, to die, and after this the judgment:
who hath made us worthy to be par­
So also Christ was offered once to ex­
takers of the lot of the saints in light: haust the sins of many.—Heb. ix. 26-28.
Who hath delivered us from the power
And you know that he appeared to
of darkness, and hath translated us in­ [ take away our sins, and in him there is
to the kingdom of the Son of his love. no sin.—1 John iii. 5.
-Col. i. 12,13.
Grace be unto you, and peace from
Therefore because the children are him that is, and that was, and that is
partakers of flesh and blood, he also to come, . . .
himself in like manner hath been par­
And from Jesus Christ, who is the
taker of the same : that, through death, faithful witness, the first begotten of
he might destroy him who had the em­ the dead, and the prince of the kings
pire of death, that is to say, the devil : I of the earth, who hath loved us, and
And might deliver them,who through I washed us from our sins in his own
the fear of death were all their life­ blood.—Apoc. i. 4, 5.
time subject to servitude.—Heb. ii.
III. Peace and Reconciliation
14,15.
with God
He that committeth sin is of the
devil: for the devil sinneth from the
In his days shall justice spring up,
beginning. For this purpose, the Son and abundance of peace, till the moon
of God appeared, that he might destroy be taken away.—Ps. Ixxi. 7.
the works of the devil.—1 John iii. 8.
Being justified therefore by faith, let
us have peace with God, through our
II. Forgiveness of Sins
Lord Jesus Christ:
Be it known therefore to you, men,
By whom also we have access through
brethren, that through him forgiveness faith into this grace, wherein we stand,
of sins is preached to you: and from all and glory in the hope of the glory of
the things, from which you could not the sons of God. . . .
be justified by the law of Moses.—A cis
For if, when we were enemies, we
xiii. 38.
were reconciled to God by the death of
To open their eyes, that they may be his Son; much more, being reconciled,
converted from darkness to light, and shall we be saved by his life.—Rom. v.
from the power of Satan to God, that 1, 2, 10.
But all things are of God, who hath
they may receive forgiveness of sins,
and a lot among the saints, by the faith reconciled us to himself by Christ ; and
hath given to us the ministry of rec­
that is in me.—Acts xxvi. 18.
Being justified freely by his grace, onciliation.
For God indeed was in Christ, rec­
through the redemption that is in Christ
onciling the world to himself, not im­
Jesus,
Whom God hath proposed to be a puting to them their sins; and he hath
propitiation, through faith in his blood, placed in us the word of reconciliation.
to the showing of his justice, for the —2 Cor. v. 18, 19.
For he is our peace, who hath made
remission of former sins.—Rom. iii.
both one, and breaking down the middle
24, 25.
In whom we have redemption wall of partition, the enmities in his
through his blood, the remission of flesh:
Making void the law of command­
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menta contained in decrees; that he
might make the two in himself into one
new man, making peace;
And might reconcile both to God in
one body by the cross, killing the en­
mities in himself.
And coming, he preached peace to
you that were afar off, and peace to
them that were nigh.—Eph. ii. 14-17.
Because in him, it hath well pleased
the Father, that all fulness should
dwell ;
And through him to reconcile all
things unto himself, making peace
through the blood of his cross, both as
to the things that are on earth, and the
things that are in heaven.
And you, whereas you were sometime
alienated and enemies in mind in evil
works :
Yet now he hath reconciled in the
body of his flesh through death, to pre­
sent you holy and unspotted, and blame­
less before him.—Col. i. 19-22.
IV. The Light of Faith
See also: Faith the gift of God—
page 134.
To open their eyes, that they may be
converted from darkness to light, and
from the power of Satan to God.—Acts
xxvi. 18.
For God, who commanded the light
to shine out of darkness, hath shined
in our hearts, to give the light of the
knowledge of the glory of God, in the
face of Christ Jesus.—2 Cor. iv. 6.
Again a new commandment I write
unto you, which thing is true both in
him and in you; because the darkness
is passed, and the true light now shineth.—1 John ii. 8.
V. Justification
Being justified freely by his grace,
through the redemption, that is in
Christ Jesus.—Rom. iii. 24.
For as by the disobedience of one
man, many were made sinners; so also
by the obedience of one, many shall be
made just.—Rom. v. 19.
And such some of you were; but you
are washed, but you are sanctified; but
you are justified in the name of our
Lord Jesus Christ, and the Spirit of
our God.—1 Cor. vi. 11.

In the which will, we are sanctified
by the oblation of the body of Jesus
Christ once. . . .
For by one oblation he hath per­
fected for ever them that are sanctified.
—Heb. x. 10, 14.
VI. Adoption of Children of God
And now thus saith the Lord that
created thee, O Jacob, and formed thee,
O Israel : Fear not, for I have redeemed
thee, and called thee by thy name:
thou art mine.—Is. xliii. 1.
For you have not received the spirit
of bondage again in fear; but you have
received the spirit of adoption of sons,
whereby we cry: Abba (Father).—
Rein. viii. 15.
But when the fulness of the time was
come, God sent his Son, made of a
woman, made under the law:
That he might redeem them who were
under the law: that we might receive
the adoption of sons.—Gal. iv. 4, 5.
Who hath predestinated us unto the
adoption of children through Jesus
Christ unto himself : according to the
purpose of his will.—Eph. i. 5.
Behold what manner of charity the
Father hath bestowed upon us, that we
should be called, and should be the sons
of God.—1 John iii. 1.
VII. All Spiritual Gifts and Blessings
He that spared not even his own Son,
but delivered him up for us all, how
hath he not also, with him, given us all
things?—Rom. viii. 32.
For by him we have access both in
one Spirit to the Father.
Now therefore you are no more
strangers and foreigners; but you are
fellow citizens with the saints, and the
domestics of God.—Eph. ii. 18, 19.
But to every one of us is given grace,
according to the measure of the giving
of Christ.
Wherefore he saith: Ascending on
high, he led captivity captive; he gave
gifts to men.—Eph. iv. 7, 8.
Grace be unto you, and peace from
him that is, and that was, and that is
to come, . . .
And from Jesus Christ, who is the
faithful witness, the first begotten of
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the earth, who hath loved us, and we may be heirs, according to hope of
washed us from our sins in his own life everlasting.—Titus iii. 4, 5, 7.
And whereas indeed he was the Son
blood,
And hath made us a kingdom, and of God, he learned obedience by the
priests to God and his Father, to him things which he suffered:
And being consummated, he became,
be glory and empire for ever and ever.
to all that obey him, the cause of eter­
Amen.—Apoc. i. 4-6.
nal salvation.—Heb. v. 8, 9.
VIII. Everlasting Life
Who is on the right hand of God,
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in swallowing down death, that we might
the desert, so must the Son of man be be made heirs of life everlasting.—
1 Peter iii. 22.
lifted up:
IX. The Happiness of Heaven
That whosoever believeth in him,
may not perish; but may have life ever­
That they may receive forgiveness of
lasting.
sins, and a lot among the saints, by the
For God so loved the world, as to faith that is in me.—Acts xxvi. 18.
give his only begotten Son ; that who­
Giving thanks to God the Father,
soever believeth in him, may not per­ who hath made us worthy to be par­
ish, but may have life everlasting.— takers of the lot of the saints in light:
John iii. 14-16.
Who hath delivered us from the
I am come that they may have life, power of darkness, and hath translated
and may have it more abundantly.— us into the kingdom of the Son of his
John x. 10.
love.—Col. i. 12, 13.
For if by one man’s offence, death
But we ought to give thanks to God
reigned through one; much more they always for you, brethren, beloved of
who receive abundance of grace, and God, for that God hath chosen you
of the gift, and of justice, shall reign first-fruits unto salvation, in sanctifica­
in life through one, Jesus Christ. . . . tion of the spirit, and faith of the
That as sin hath reigned to death; so truth :
also grace might reign by justice unto
Whereunto also he hath called you
life everlasting, through Jesus Christ by our gospel, unto the purchasing of
the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.—
our Lord.—Rom. v. 17, 21.
For by a man came death, and by a 2 Thess. ii. 12, 13.
Blessed be the God and Father of
man, the resurrection of the dead.
And as in Adam all die. so also in our Lord Jesus Christ, who according
Christ, all shall be made alive.—1 Cor. to his great mercy, hath regenerated us
unto a lively hope, by the resurrection
xv. 21, 22.
For God hath not appointed us unto of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Unto an inheritance incorruptible,
wrath, but unto the purchasing of sal­
and undefiled, and that cannot fade, re­
vation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
Who died for us; that, whether we served in heaven for you.—1 Peter i.
watch or sleep, we may live together 3, 4.
with him.—1 Thess. v. 9, 10.
But is now made manifest by the
REFUGE, GOD OUR
illumination of our Saviour Jesus
And he (David) said: The Lord is
Christ, who hath destroyed death, and
hath brought to light life and incorrup­ my rock, and my strength, and my
saviour.
tion by the gospel.—2 Tim. i. 10.
God is my strong one, in him will I
But when the goodness and kindness
trust: my shield, and the horn of my
of God our Saviour appeared:
Not by the works of justice, which salvation: he lifteth me up, and is my
we have done, but according to his refuge: my saviour, thou wilt deliver
mercy, he saved us, by the laver of me from iniquity.—2 Kings xxii. 2, 3.
T will love thee, O Lord, my strength:
regeneration, and renovation of the
The Lord is my firmament, my refuge,
Holy Ghost : . .. .
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My God is my helper, and in him will
I put my trust.
My protector, and the horn of my sal­
vation, and my support.—Ps. xvii. 2, 3.
Bow down thy ear to me: make haste
to deliver me.
Be thou unto me a God, a protector,
and a house of refuge, to save me.
For thou art my strength and my
refuge; and for thy name’s sake thou
wilt lead me, and nourish me.—Ps.
xxx. 3, 4.
Thou art my refuge from the trouble
which hath encompassed me: my joy,
deliver me from them that surround
me.—Ps. xxxi. 7.
Our God is our refuge and strength :
a helper in troubles, which have found
us exceedingly.
Therefore we will not fear, when the
earth shall be troubled; and the moun­
tains shall be removed into the heart
of the sea.—Ps. xiv. 2, 3.
But I will sing thy strength: and
will extol thy mercy in the morning.
For thou art become my support,
and my refuge, in the day of my
trouble.
Unto thee, O my helper, will I sing,
for thou art God my defence : my God,
my mercy.—Ps. Iviii. 17, 18.
Be thou unto me a God, a protector,
and a place of strength: that thou
mayst make me safe.
For thou art my firmament and my
refuge.—Ps. Ixx. 3.
Ix>rd, thou hast been our refuge from
generation to generation.—Ps. Ixxxix. 1.
He shall say to the Lord : Thou art
my protector, and my refuge: my God,
in him will I trust. . . .
Because thou, 0 Lord, art my hope:
thou hast made the most High thy
refuge.—Ps. xc. 2, 9.
Deliver me from my enemies, O
Lord, to thee have I fled.—Ps. cxlii. 9.
0 Lord, thou art my God, I will
exalt thee, and give glory to thy name:
for thou hast done wonderful things,
thy designs of old faithful, amen. . . .
Because thou hast been a strength to
the poor, a strength to the needy in his
distress: a refuge from the whirlwind,
a shadow from the heat. For the blast
of the mighty, is like a whirlwind beat­
ing against a wall.—Is. xxv. 1, 4.

O Lord, my might and my strength,
and my refuge in the day of tribulation.
—Jer. xvi. 19.
Heal me, 0 Lord, and I shall be
healed: save me, and I shall be saved:
for thou art my praise.—Jer. xvii. 14.
REGRET FOR LOST INNOCENCE

See: Innocence, lost—page 245.
REGRET FOR LOST
OPPORTUNITIES

See: Opportunities, regret for lost—
page 359.
REJECTS NO ONE THAT SEEKS
HIM, GOD

All that the Father giveth to me,
shall come to me; and him that com­
eth to me, I will not cast out.—John
vi. 37.
And he that loveth me, shall be loved
of my Father: and I will love him,
and will manifest myself to him.—John
xiv. 21.
And Peter opening his mouth, said:
In very deed I perceive, that God is not
a respecter of persons.
But in every nation, he that feareth
him, and worketh justice, is acceptable
to him.—Acts x. 34, 35.
For when the Gentiles, who have not
the law, do by nature those things that
are of the law; these having not the
law, are a law to themselves:
Who show the works of the law writ­
ten in their hearts, their conscience
bearing witness to them, and their
thoughts between themselves accusing,
or also defending one another,
In the day when God shall judge the
secrets of men by Jesus Christ, accord­
ing to my gospel.—Rom. ii. 14-16.
REJECTION OF GOD’S GRACE

See : Grace, abuse of God’s—page 178.
REJOICE IN THE LORD,
EXHORTATION TO

See: Joy, spiritual—page 249.
REJOICING AT THE MISFOR­
TUNE OF OTHERS

For what shall I do, when God shall
rise to judge? and when he shall exam­
ine, what shall I answer him? . . .

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If I have been glad at the downfall
of him that hated me, and have rejoiced
that evil had found him.—Job xxxi.
14, 29.
He that despiseth the poor, reproacheth his Maker; and he that rejoiceth
at another man’s ruin, shall not be un­
punished.—Prov. xvii. 5.
When thy enemy shall fall, be not
glad, and in his ruin let not thy heart
rejoice:
Lest the Lord see, and it displease
him, and he turn away his wrath from
him.—Prov. xxiv. 17, 18.
Rejoice not at the death of thy
enemy; knowing that we all die, and
are not willing that others should re­
joice at our death.—Ecclus. viii. 8.
They shall perish in a snare that are
delighted with the fall of the just: and
sorrow shall consume them before they
die.—Ecclus. xxvii. 32.
RELAPSE INTO SIN

As a dog that returneth to his vomit,
so is the fool that repeateth his folly.—
Prov. xxvi. 11.
He that washeth himself after touch­
ing the dead, if he toucheth him again,
what doth his washing avail?
So a man that fasteth for his sins,
and doth the same again, what doth
his humbling himself profit him? who
will hear his prayer?—Ecclus. xxxiv.
30. 31.
How exceeding base art thou become,
going the same ways over again!—Jer.
ii. 36.
And when an unclean spirit is gone
out of a man, he walketh through dry
places seeking rest, and findeth none.
Then he saith: I will return into my
house from whence I came out. And
coming, he findeth it empty, swept, and
garnished.
Then he goeth, and taketh with him
seven other spirits more wicked than
himself, and they enter in and dwell
there: and the last state of that man
is made worse than the first. So shall
it be also to this wicked generation.—
Malt. xii. 43-45.
Afterwards, Jesus findeth him in the
temple, and saith to him: Behold thou
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worse thing happen to thee.—John
v. 14.
But now, after that you have known
God, or rather are known by God : how
turn you again to the weak and needy
elements, which you desire to serve
again?—Gal. iv. 9.
Stand fast, and be not held again
under the yoke of bondage.—Gal. v. 1.
For it is impossible for those who
who were once illuminated, have tasted
also the heavenly gift, and were made
partakers of the Holy Ghost,
Have moreover tasted the good word
of God, and the powers of the world to
come,
And are fallen away: to be renewed
again to penance, crucifying again to
themselves the Son of God, and making
him a mockery.
For the earth that drinketh in the
rain which cometh often upon it, and
bringeth forth herbs meet for them by
whom it is tilled, receiveth blessing
from God.
But that which bringeth forth thorns
and briars, is reprobate, and very near
unto a curse, whose end is to be burnt.
—Heb. vi. 4-8.
For if, flying from the pollutions of
the world, through the knowledge of
our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,
they be again entangled in them and
overcome: their latter state is become
unto them worse than the former.
For it had been better for them not
to have known the way of justice, than
after they have known it, to turn back
from that holy commandment which
was delivered to them.
For, that of the true proverb has hap­
pened to them : The dog is returned to
his vomit: and, The sow that was
washed, to her wallowing in the mire.
—2 Peter ii. 20-22.
RELIGIOUSNESS

Religiousness shall keep and justify
the heart, it shall give joy and gladness.
—Ecclus. i. 18.
O all ye religious, bless the Lord, the
God of gods: praise him, and give him
thanks, because his mercy endureth for
ever and ever.—Dan. iii. 90.
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fables: and exercise thyself unto godli­
ness.
For bodily exercise is profitable to
little: but godliness is profitable to all
things, having promise of the life that
now is, and of that which is to come.—
1 Tim. iv. 7, 8.
And if any man think himself to be
religious, not bridling his tongue, but
deceiving his own heart, this man’s
religion is vain.
Religion clean and undefiled before
God and the Father, is this: to visit the
fatherless and widows in their tribula­
tion: and to keep one’s self unspotted
from this world.—James i. 26, 27.

Remember thy Creator in the days of
thy youth, before the time of affliction
come, and the years draw nigh of which
thou shalt say: They please me not.—
Eccles, xii. 1.
And let the thought of God be in thy
mind, and all thy discourse on the
commandments of the Highest —
Ecclus. ix. 23.
Blessed is the man that shall continue
in wisdom, and that shall meditate in
his justice, and in his mind shall think
of the all seeing eye of God.—Ecclus.
xiv. 22.
And in the way of thy judgments, 0
Lord, we have patiently waited for
thee: thy name, and thy remembrance
REMEMBERS ALL THINGS, GOD are the desire of the soul.—Is. xxvi. 8.

Although thou conceal these things
in thy heart, yet I know that thou rememberest all things.—Job x. 13.
They have sinned deeply, as in the
days of Gabaa: he will remember their
iniquity, and will visit their sin.—Osee
ix. 9.
The Lord hath sworn against the
pride of Jacob : surely I will never for­
get all their works.—Amos viii. 7.
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be
ye steadfast and unmovable; always
abounding in the work of the Lord,
knowing that your labor is not in vain
in the Lord.—1 Cor. xv. 58.
For God is not unjust, that he
should forget your work, and the love
which you have shown in his name,
you who have ministered, and do minis­
ter to the saints.—Heb. vi. 10.
REMEMBRANCE OF GOD

See also : Presence of God, we should
keep ourselves in the—page 413.
And all the days of thy life, have
God in thy mind: and take heed thou
never consent to sin, nor transgress the
commandments of the Lord our God.—
Tob. iv. 6.
If 1 have remembered thee upon my
bed. I will meditate on thee in the
morning: because thou hast been my
helper.—Ps. Ixii. 7, 8.
I remembered God, and was de­
lighted, and was exercised, and my
spirit swooned away.—Ps. Ixxvi. 4.

REMORSE

For I know my iniquity, and my sin
is always before me.—Ps. 1. 5.
Thy wrath hath come upon me: and
thy terrors have troubled me.
They have come round about me like
water all the day: they have compassed
me about together.—Ps. Ixxxvii. 17,18.
And thou mourn at the last, when
thou shalt have spent thy flesh and thy
body, and say:
Why have I hated instruction, and
my heart consented not to reproof,
And have not heard the voice of them
that taught me, and have not inclined
my ear to masters?
I have almost been in all evil, in the
midst of the church and of the congre­
gation.—Prov. v. 11-14.
These, seeing it, shall be troubled
with terrible fear, and shall be amazed
at the suddenness of their unexpected
salvation.
Saying within themselves, repenting,
and groaning for anguish of spirit:
These are they, whom we had some
time in derision, and for a parable of
reproach.
We fools esteemed their life mad­
ness, and their end without honor.
Behold how they are numbered
among the children of God, and their
lot is among the saints.
Therefore we have erred from the
way of truth, and the light of justice
hath not shined unto us, and the sun

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of understanding hath not risen upon I in the temple, he departed: and went,
and hanged himself with a halter.—
us.
We wearied ourselves in the way of Malt, xxvii. 3-5.
And if thy hand scandalize thee, cut
iniquity and destruction, and have
walked through hard ways, but the way it off: it is better for thee to enter into
life, maimed, than having two hands, to
of the Lord we have not known.
What hath pride profited us? or what go into hell, into unquenchable fire:
Where their worm dieth not, and the
advantage hath the boasting of riches
fire is not extinguished.—Marie ix.42,43.
brought us?
All those things are passed away like
REPENTANCE, TRUE
a shadow, and like a post that runneth
See also: Sin, hatred of—page 526.
on.
... So we also being born, forth­
And: Sin, sorrow for—page 527.
with ceased to be : and have been able
And when thou shalt seek there the
to show no mark of virtue: but are
Lord thy God, thou shalt find him: yet
consumed in our wickedness.
Such things as these the sinners said so, if thou seek him with all thy heart,
and all the affliction of thy soul.—Deut.
in hell.—Wis. v. 2-9, 13, 14.
For whether absent or present, they iv. 29.
Then if they do penance in their
were tormented alike.
For a double affliction came upon heart, in the place of captivity, and
them, and a groaning for the remem­ being converted, make supplication to
brance of things past.—IVis. xi. 12, 13. thee in their captivity, saying: We have
Blessed is the man that hath not sinned, we have done unjustly, we have
slipped by a word out of his mouth, committed wickedness:
And return to thee with all their
and is not pricked with the remorse of
heart, and all their soul, in the land
sin.
Happy is he that hath had no sad­ of their enemies, to which they had
ness of his mind, and who is not fallen been led captives. . . .
Then hear thou in heaven, in the
from his hope.—Ecclus. xiv. 1, 2.
I will recount to thee all my years firmament of thy throne, their prayers,
in the bitterness of my soul.—Is. and their supplications, and do judg­
ment for them.—3 Kings viii. 47-49.
xxxviii. 15.
Be converted therefore, ye sinners,
Thy own wickedness shall reprove
thee, and thy apostasy shall rebuke and do justice before God, believing
thee. Know thou, and see that it is that he will show his mercy to you.—
an evil and a bitter thing for thee, to Tob. xiii. 8.
For I am ready for scourges: and
have left the Lord thy God, and that
my fear is not with thee, saith the Lord, my sorrow is continually before me.
For I will declare my iniquity: and
the God of hosts.—Jer. ii. 19.
And though they be hid in the top I will think for my sin.—Ps. xxxvii.
of Carmel, 1 will search and take them 18, 19.
I will hear what the Lord God will
away from thence: and though they
hide themselves from my eyes in the speak in me: for he will speak peace
depth of the sea, there will I command unto his people:
And unto his saints: and unto them
the serpent, and he shall bite them.—
that are converted to the heart.—Ps.
Amos ix. 3.
Then Judas, who betrayed him, see­ Ixxxiv. 9.
Be not without fear about sin for­
ing that he was condemned, repenting
himself, brought back the thirty pieces given, and add not sin upon sin.—
of silver to the chief priests and an­ Ecclus. v. 5.
And I will give them a heart to know
cients,
Saying: I have sinned in betraying me, that I am the Lord : and they shall
innocent blood. But they said: What be my people, and I will be their God:
because they shall return to me with
is that to us? look thou to it.
And casting down the pieces of silver their whole heart.—Jer. xxiv. 7.

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Let us search our ways, and seek, and
return to the Lord.
Let us lift up our hearts with our
hands to the Lord in the heavens.—
Lam. iii. 40, 41.
For as it was your mind to go astray
from God; so when you return again
you shall seek him ten times as much.
-Bar. iv. 28.
Bring forth therefore fruits worthy
of penance; and do not begin to say,
We have Abraham for our father. For
I say unto you, that God is able of these
stones to raise up children to Abraham.
—Luke iii. 8.
REPENTANCE, FALSE

Is this such a fast as I have chosen:
for a man to afflict his soul for a day?
is this it, to wind his head about like
a circle, and to spread sackcloth and
ashes? wilt thou call this a fast, and a
day acceptable to the Lord?—Is. Iviii.
1-5.
REPENTANCE, NECESSITY OF

Except you will be converted, he will
brandish his sword : he hath bent his
bow, and made it ready.
And in it he hath prepared the in­
struments of death, he hath made ready
his arrows for them that burn.—Ps. vii.
13, 14.
If we do not penance, we shall fall
into the hands of the Lord, and not into
the hands of men.—Ecclus. ii. 22.
Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of
penance.
And think not to say within your­
selves, We have Abraham for our
father. For I tell you that God is able
of these stones to raise up children to
Abraham.
For now the axe is laid to the root of
the trees. Every tree therefore that
doth not yield good fruit, shall be cut
down, and cast into the fire.—Matt.
iii. 8-10.
But unless you shall do penance, you
shall all likewise perish.—Luke xiii. 3.
Now when they had heard these
things, they had compunction in their
heart, and said to Peter, and to the
rest of the apostles : What shall we do,
men and brethren?
But Peter said to them : Do penance,
and be baptized every one of you in the
name of Jesus Christ, for the remission
of your sins: and you shall receive the
gift of the Holy Ghost.—Acts ii. 37, 38.
Be penitent, therefore, and be con­
verted, that your sins may be blotted
out.—Acts iii. 19.

The Lord is only for them that wait
upon him in the way of truth and jus­
tice.
The most High approveth not the
gifts of the wicked: neither hath he re­
spect to the oblations of the unjust,
nor will he be pacified for sins by the
multitude of their sacrifices.—Ecclus.
xxxiv. 22, 23.
He that washeth himself after touch­
ing the dead, if he toucheth him again,
what doth his washing avail?
So a man that fasteth for his sins,
and doth the same again, what doth
his humbling himself profit him? who
will hear his prayer?—Ecclus. xxxiv.
30, 31.
Cry, cease not, lift up thy voice like
a trumpet, and show my people their
wicked doings, and the house of Jacob
their sins.
For they seek me from day to day,
and desire to know my ways, as a na­
tion that hath done justice,and hath not
forsaken the judgment of their God:
they ask of me the judgments of jus­
tice : they are willing to approach to God.
Why have we fasted, and thou hast
not regarded: have we humbled our
souls, and thou hast not taken notice?
Behold in the day of your fast your
REPENTANCE, GOD CALLS
own will is found, and you exact of all
US TO
your debtors.
Behold you fast for debates and
O how good and sweet is thy spirit,
strife, and strike with the fist wick­ 0 Lord, in all things!
edly. Do not fast as you have done
And therefore thou chastisest them
until this day, to make your cry to be that err, by little and little: and admonheard on high.
ishest them, and speakest to them, con­

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cerning the things wherein they offend:
that leaving their wickedness, they
may believe in thee, O Lord.— Wis. xii.
1, 2.
And the Lord, the God of hosts, in
that day shall call to weeping, and to
mourning, to baldness, and to girding
with sackcloth.—Is. xxii. 12.
Is it my will that a sinner should die,
saith the Lord God, and not that he
should be converted from his ways, and
live? . . .
Be converted, and do penance for all
your iniquities: and iniquity shall not
be your ruin.—Ezech. xviii. 23, 30.
And God indeed having winked at
the times of this ignorance, now declar­
ed! unto men, that all should every­
where do penance.
Because he hath appointed a day,
wherein he will judge the world in
equity, by the man whom he hath ap­
pointed; giving faith to all, by raising
him up from the dead.—Acts xvii.
30, 31.
REPENTANCE, NOW IS THE
TIME FOR

But thou hast taught thy. people by
such works, that they must be just and
humane, and hast made thy children to
be of a good hope: because in judging
thou givest place for repentance for
sins.
For if thou didst punish the ene­
mies of thy servants, and that deserved
to die, with so great deliberation, giv­
ing them time and place whereby they
might be changed from their wicked­
ness:
With what circumspection hast thou
judcred thy own children, to whose pa­
rents thou hast sworn, and made cove­
nants of good promises?—Wis. xii.
19-21.
Seek ye the Lord, while he may be
found : call upon him, while he is near.
—Is. Iv. 6.
Jesus therefore said to them: yet a
little while I am with you: and then
I go to him that sent me.
You shall seek me, and shall not find
me: and where I am, thither you can­
not come.—John vii. 33, 34.
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to the throne of grace: that we may ob­
tain mercy, and find grace in seasonable
aid.—Ileb. iv. 16.
REPENTANCE, EFFICACY OF

If heaven shall be shut up, and there
shall be no rain, because of their sins,
and they praying in this place, shall do
penance to thy name, and shall be con­
verted from their sins, by occasion of
their afflictions:
Then hear thou them in heaven, and
forgive the sins of thy servants, and of
thy people Israel: and show them the
good way wherein they should walk,
and give rain upon thy land, which
thou hast given to thy people in posses­
sion.—3 Kings viii. 35, 36.
Whatsoever curse or imprecation
shall happen to any man of thy people
Israel: when a man shall know the
wound of his own heart, and shall
spread forth his hands in this house,
Then hear thou in heaven, in the
place of thy dwelling, and forgive, and
do so as to give to every one according
to his ways, as thou shalt see his heart
(for thou only knowest the heart of all
the children of men).—3 Kings viii
38, 39.
A sacrifice to God is an afflicted
spirit: a contrite and humbled heart,
O God, thou wilt not despise.—Ps. 1. 19.
But thou hast mercy upon all, be­
cause thou canst do all things, and
overlookest the sins of men for the sake
of repentance.—IVis. xi. 24.
But to the penitent he hath given the
way of justice, and he hath strength­
ened them that were fainting in pa­
tience, and hath appointed to them the
lot of truth.—Ecclus. xvii. 20.
For thus saith the High and the
Eminent that inhabiteth eternity: and
his name is Holy, who dwelleth in the
high and holy place, and with a con­
trite and humble spirit, to revive the
spirit of the humble, and to revive the
heart of the contrite.—Is. Ivii. 15.
Is there no balm in Galaad? or is
there no physician there? Why then is
not the wound of the daughter of my
people closed <—Jer. viii. 22.
If that nation against which I have
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also will repent of the evil that I have to thee, this day thou shalt be with me
thought to do to them.—Jer. xviii. 8. in paradise.—Luke xxiii. 39-43.
You shall seek me, and shall find me:
Be penitent, therefore, and be con­
when you shall seek me with all your verted, that your sins may be blotted
heart.—J er. xxix. 13.
out.—Acts iii. 19.
But if the wicked do penance for all
For the sorrow that is according to
his sins which he hath committed, and God, worketh penance, steadfast unto
keep all my commandments, and do salvation.—2 Cor. vii. 10.
judgment, and justice, living he shall
Blessed are they that wash their robes
live, and shall not die.
in the blood of the Lamb: that they
I will not remember all his iniquities may have a right to the tree of life,
that he hath done: in his justice which and may enter in by the gates into the
he hath wrought, he shall live. . . . city.—Apoc. xxii. 14.
Because he considereth and turneth
away himself from all his iniquities REPUTATION, THE VALUE OF A
which he hath wrought, he shall surely
GOOD
live, and not die. . . .
See: Name, value of a good—
Be converted, and do penance for all
your iniquities: and iniquity shall not page 339.
be your ruin.
Cast away from you all your trans­ RESIGNATION TO GOD’S WILL
gressions, by which you have trans­
See: Will of God, conformity to the
gressed, and make to yourselves a new
heart, and a new spirit: and why will —page 604.
you die, 0 house of Israel?
RESOLUTIONS, GOOD
For I desire not the death of him
that dieth, saith the Lord God, return
As long as breath remaineth in me,
ye and live.—Ezech. xviii. 21, 22, 28, and the spirit of God in my nostrils,
30-32.
My lips shall not speak iniquity,
And if I shall say to the wicked: neither shall my tongue contrive lying.
Thou shalt surely die: and he do pen­
. . . Till I die, I will not depart
ance for his sin, and do judgment and from my innocence.—Job xxvii. 3-5.
justice,
And I said, Now have I begun: this
And if that wicked man restore the is the change of the right hand of the
pledge, and render what he had robbed, most High.—Ps. Ixxvi. 11.
and walk in the commandments of life,
I will keep thy justifications: 0! do
and do no unjust thing: he shall surely not thou utterly forsake me.—Ps.
live, and shall not die.
cxvi'i. 8.
None of his sins, which he hath com­
I have sworn and am determined to
mitted, shall be imputed to him: he keep the judgments of thy justice.—
hath done judgment and justice, he Ps. cxviii. 106.
shall surely live.—Ezech. xxxiii. 14-16.
And one of those robbers who were
RESPECT FOR PRIESTS
hanged, blasphemed him, saying: If
thou be Christ, save thyself and us.
See: Priests—page 430.
But the other answering, rebuked
him, saying: Neither dost thou fear
RESPECT FOR HOLY PLACES
God, seeing thou art under the same
condemnation ?
See: House of God, reverence and
And we indeed justly, for we receive respect for the—page 215.
the due reward of our deeds; but this
man hath done no evil.
RESPECT FOR HOLY THINGS
And he said to Jesus: Lord, remem­
ber me when thou shalt come into thy
And when Aaron and his sons have
kingdom.
wrapped up the sanctuary and the ves­
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camp, then shall the sons of Caath en-1 as the hireling looketh for the end of
ter in to carry the things wrapped up: his work;
So I also have had empty months,
and they shall not touch the vessels of
the sanctuary, lest they die.—Num. and have numbered to myself weari­
some nights.—Job vii. 1-3.
iv. 15.
All that I have shall go down into
Now therefore, if thou have any
thing at hand, though it were but five the deepest pit: thinkest thou that there
loaves, give me, or whatsoever thou at least I shall have rest?—Job xvii 16.
And I said: Who will give me wings
canst find.
And the priest answered David, say­ like a dove, and I will fly, and be at
ing: 1 have no common bread at hand, rest?—Ps. liv. 7.
but only holy bread, if the young men
Blessed is the man whom thou shalt
be clean, especially from women. ...
instruct, O Lord: and shalt teach him
The priest therefore gave him hai-I out of thy law.
lowed bread: for there was no bread
That thou mayst give him rest from
there, but only the loaves of proposi­ the evil days: till a pit be dug for the
tion, which had been taken away from wicked.—Ps. xciii. 12, 13.
before the face of the Lord, that hot
Turn, O my soul, into thy rest: for
loaves might be set up.—1 Kings xxi. the Lord hath been bountiful to thee.
3, 4, 6.
—Ps. cxiv. 7.
And when they came to the floor of I Seeing it is a just thing with God to
Nachon, Oza put forth his hand to the repay tribulation to them that trouble
ark of God, and took hold of it: be­ I you:
cause the oxen kicked and made it lean
And to you who are troubled, rest
aside.
with us when the Lord Jesus shall be
And the indignation of the Lord was revealed from heaven, with the angels
enkindled against Oza, and he struck of his power.—2 Thess. i. 6, 7.
him for his rashness: and he died there
REST FROM THE LABOR AND
before the ark of God. . . .
And David was afraid of the Lord
TROUBLES OF THIS LIFE
that day, saying: How shall the ark of
THE REWARD OF
the Lord come to me ?
SERVING GOD
And he would not have the ark of the
Lord brought in to himself, into the city
If thou wilt put away from thee the
of David : but he caused it to be carried iniquity that is in thy hand, and let
into the house of Obededom the Gethite. not injustice remain in thy taber­
—2 Kings vi. 6, 7, 9, 10.
nacle. . . .
Give not that which is holy to dogs;
And thou shalt have confidence, hope
neither cast ye your pearls before swine, being set before thee, and being buried,
lest perhaps they trample them under thou shalt sleep secure.
their feet, and turning upon you, they
Thou shalt rest, and there shall be
tear you.—Mall. vii. G.
none to make thee afraid: and many
shall entreat thy face.—Job xi. 14,
REST FROM THE TROUBLES 18. 19.
Forty years long was I offended with
AND LABOR OF THIS LIFE
that generation, and I said: These al­
And the Lord said: My face shall go ways err in heart.
before thee, and I will give thee rest.—
And these men have not known my
Ex. xxxiii. 14.
ways: so I swore in my wrath, that they
There the wicked cease from tumult, shall not enter into my rest.—Ps. xciv.
and there the wearied in strength are 1°. 11.
at rest.—Job iii. 17.
They that trust in him, shall under­
The life of man upon earth is a war­ stand the truth : and they that are faith­
fare, and his days are like the days of ful in love, shall rest in him: for grace
a hireling.
and peace is to his elect.— Wis. iii. 9.
As a servant longeth for the shade,
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to the hungry, and shalt satisfy the af­
flicted soul, then shall thy light rise up
in darkness, and thy darkness shall be
as the noon-day.
And the Lord will give thee rest con­
tinually, and will fill thy soul with
brightness, and deliver thy bones, and
thou shalt be like a watered garden,
and like a fountain of water, whose
waters shall not fail.—Is. Iviii. 10, 11.
Take up my yoke upon you, and
learn of me, because I am meek, and
humble of heart: and you shall find
rest to your souls.—Matt. xi. 29.
For we, who have believed, shall en­
ter into rest; as he said: As I have
sworn in my wrath ; If they shall enter
into my rest; and this indeed when the
works from the foundation of the
world were finished. . . .
There remaineth therefore a day of
rest for the people of God.
For he that is entered into his rest,
the same also hath rested from his
works, as God did from his.
Let us hasten therefore to enter into
that rest; lest any man fall into the
same example of unbelief.—Heb. iv. 3,
9-11.
And I heard a voice from heaven,
saying to me: Write: Blessed are the
dead who die in the Lord. From hence­
forth now, saith the Spirit, that they
may rest from their labors; for their
works follow them.—Apoc. xiv. 13.
RESTITUTION
If any man steal an ox or a sheep,
and kill or sell it: he shall restore five
oxen for one ox, and four sheep for one
sheep. . . .
If that which he stole, be found with
him, alive, either ox, or ass, or sheep:
he shall restore double.—Ex. xxii. 1, 4.
If a man seduce a virgin not yet es­
poused, and lie with her: he shall en­
dow her, and have her to wife.
If the maid’s father will not give her
to him, he shall give money, according
to the dowry, which virgins are wont to
receive.—Ex. xxii. 16, 17.
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Whosoever shall sin, and despising
the Lord, shall deny to his neighbor
the thing delivered to his keeping, which
was committed to his trust; or shall by

force extort any thing, or commit op­
pression ;
Or shall find a thing lost, and deny­
ing it, shall also swear falsely, or shall
do any other of the many things, where­
in men are wont to sin:
Being convicted of the offence, he
shall restore
All that he would have gotten by
fraud, in the principal, and the fifth
part besides to the owner, whom he
wronged.—Lev. vi. 1-5.
Say to the children of Israel: When
a man or woman shall have committed
any of all the sins that men are wont
to commit, and by negligence shall have
transgressed the commandment of the
Lord, and offended,
They shall confess their sin, and re­
store the principal itself, and the fifth
part over and above, to him against
whom they have sinned.
But if there be no one to receive it,
they shall give it to the Lord, and it
shall be the priest’s, besides the ram
that is offered for expiation, to be an
atoning sacrifice.—Num. v. 6-8.
And if I shall say to the wicked : Thou
shalt surely die : and he do penance for
his sin, and do judgment and justice,
And if that wicked man restore the
pledge, and render what he had robbed,
and walk in the commandments of life,
and do no unjust thing, he shall surely
live, and shall not die.—Ezech. xxxiii.
14,15.
But Zacheus standing, said to the
Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my
goods I give to the poor; and if I have
wronged any man of any thing, I re­
store him fourfold.
Jesus said to him: This day is sal­
vation come to this house, because he
also is a son of Abraham.—Luke xix.
8, 9.
RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD,
THE

See : Part II—page 728.
RETURNING TO GOD
If thou wilt return to the Almighty,
thou shalt be built up, and shalt. put
away iniquity far from thy taber­
nacle. . . .

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Then shalt thou abound in delights
in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy
face to God.
Thou shalt pray to him, and he will
hear thee, and thou shalt pay vows.
Thou shalt decree a thing, and it
shall come to thee, and light shall shine
in thy ways.—Job xxii. 23, 26-28.
Return, you rebellious children, and I
will heal your rebellions. Behold we
come to thee: for thou art the Lord our
God.—Jer. iii. 22.
But even until this day, when Moses
is read, the veil is upon their heart.
But when they shall be converted to
the Lord, the veil shall be taken away.
—2 Cor. iii. 15, 16.
RETURN TO GOD, EXHORTA­
TION TO
Return to the Lord, and turn away
from thy injustice, and greatly hate
abomination.—Ecclus. xvii. 23.
Return as you had deeply revolted,
0 children of Israel.—Is. xxxi. 6.
Remember this, and be ashamed : re­
turn, ye transgressors, to the heart.—
Is. xlvi. 8.
It is commonly said: If a man put
away his wife, and she go from him,
and marry another man, shall he re­
turn to her any more? shall not that
woman be polluted, and defiled? but
thou hast prostituted thyself to many
lovers: nevertheless return to me, saith
the Lord, and I will receive thee.—Jer.
iii. 1.
Go, and proclaim these words towards
the north, and thou shalt say: Return,
0 rebellious Israel, saith the Lord, and
I will not turn away my face from you:
for I am holy, saith the Lord, and I
will not be angry for ever.—Jer. iii. 12.
Let us search our ways, and seek,
and return to the Lord.—Lam. iii. 40.
For from the days of your fathers,
you have departed from my ordinances,
and have not kept them: Return to me,
and I will return to you, saith the Lord
of hosts.—Malach. iii. 7.

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of him that hated me, and have re­
joiced that evil had found him.
For I have not given my mouth to
sin, by wishing a curse to his soul. . . .
Ix3t thistles grow up to me instead
of wheat, and thorns instead of barley.
—Job xxxi. 29, 30, 40.
O Lord my God, if I have done this
thing, if there be iniquity in my hands:
If I have rendered to them that re­
paid me evils, let me deservedly fall
empty before my enemies.
Let the enemy pursue my soul, and
take it, and tread down my life on the
earth, and bring down my glory to the
dust.—Ps. vii. 4-6.
The Lord is the God to whom revenge
belongeth : the God of revenge hath
acted freely.—Ps. xciii. 1.
He that seeketh to revenge himself,
shall find vengeance from the Lord, and
he will surely keep his sins in remem­
brance.
Forgive thy neighbor, if he hath hurt
thee: and then shall thy sins be for­
given to thee when thou prayest.
Man to man reserveth anger, and
doth he seek remedy of God?
He hath no mercy on a man like him­
self, and doth he entreat for his own
sins?
He that is but flesh, nourisheth an­
ger, and doth he ask forgiveness of
God? who shall obtain pardon for his
sins?—Ecclus. xxviii. 1-5.
REVENGE FORBIDDEN BY GOD
See also: Forgiving injuries—
page 158.
Seek not revenge, nor be mindful of
the injury of thy citizens.—Lev. xix. 18.
You have heard that it hath been
said. An eye for an eye, and a tooth
for a tooth.
But I say to you. not to resist evil:
but if one strike thee on thy right
cheek, turn to him also the other.—
Matt. v. 38, 39.

REVENGE, EXHORTATION
AGAINST
REVENGE
Say not: I will return evil: wait for
Revenge is mine, and I will repay the Lord, and he will deliver thee.—
Prov. XX. 22.
them in due time.—Deut. xxxii. 35.
Say not: I will do to him as he hath
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done to me: I will render to every one
according to his work.—Prov. xxiv. 29.
Rejoice not at the death of thy
enemy; knowing that we all die, and are
not willing that others should rejoice
at our death.—Ecclus. viii. 8.
Remember not any injury done thee
by thy neighbor, and do thou nothing
by deeds of injury.—Ecclus. x. 6.
Remember thy last things, and let
enmity cease.—Ecclus. xxviii. 6.
Bless them that persecute you: bless,
and curse not. . . .
To no man rendering evil for evil... .
Revenge not yourselves, my dearly
beloved ; but give place unto wrath, for
it is written: Revenge is mine, I will
repay, saith the Lord.
But if thy enemy be hungry, give
him to eat; if he thirst, give him to
drink. For, doing this, thou shalt heap
coals of fire upon his head.
Be not overcome by evil, but over­
come evil by good.—Rom. xii. 14, 17,
19-21.
See that none render evil for evil to
any man ; but ever follow that which is
good towards each other, and towards
all men.—1 Thess. v. 15.
Not rendering evil for evil, nor rail­
ing for railing, but contrariwise, bless­
ing: for unto this are you called, that
you may inherit a blessing.—1 Peter
iii. 9.
REWARD, GOD OUR
Now when these things were done,
the word of the Lord came to Abram by
a vision, saying: Fear not, Abram, I am
thy protector, and thy reward exceed­
ing great.—Oen. xv. 1.
The Lord is the portion of my inheri­
tance and of my cup: it is thou that
wilt restore my inheritance to me.
The lines are fallen unto me in
goodly places: for my inheritance is
goodly to me.—Ps. xv. 5, 6.
0 Lord, my portion, I have said, I
would keep thy law.—Ps. cxviii. 57.

there shall be a reward for your work.—
2 Paral, xv. 7.
For we are the children of saints, and
look for that life which God will give
to those that never change their faith
from him.—Tob. ii. 18.
Delight in the Lord, and he will gire
thee the requests of thy heart—Pi.
XXXvi. 4.
He w’ill not deprive of good things
them that walk in innocence: 0 Lord
of hosts, blessed is the man that trust­
eth in thee.—Ps. Ixxxiii. 13.
I have inclined my heart to do thy
justifications for ever, for the reward.—
Ps. cxviii. 112.
The wicked man maketh an unsteady
work; but to him that soweth justice,
there is a faithful reward.—Prov. xi. 18.
He that walketh uprightly, shall be
saved: he that is perverse in his ways,
shall fall at once.—Prov. xxviii. 18.
If thou foliowest justice, thou shall
obtain her: and shalt put her on as a
long robe of honor, and thou shalt dwell
with her : and she shall protect thee for
ever, and in the day of acknowledgment,
thou shalt find a strong foundation —
Ecclus. xxvii. 9.
And he that reapeth, receiveth wages,
and gathereth fruit unto life everlast­
ing: that both he that soweth, and he
that reapeth, may rejoice together —
John iv. 36.
If any man minister to me, let him
follow me ; and where I am, there also
shall my minister be. If any man min­
ister to me, him will my Father honor.
—John xii. 26.
In my Father’s house there are
many mansions. If not, I would have
told you : because I go to prepare a
place for you.
And if I shall go, and prepare a
place for you, I will come again, and
w’ill take you to myself; that where I
am, you also may be.—John xiv. 2, 3.
Whatsoever you do, do it from the
heart, as to the Lord, and not to men:
Knowing that you shall receive «f the
REWARD GOD GIVES TO THOSE Lord the reward of inheritance. Serve
ye the Lord Christ.—Col. iii. 23, 24.
WHO SERVE HIM, THE
I
have
fought a good fight, I have fin­
I. Certainty of the Reward, The
ished my course, I have kept the faith.
Do you therefore take courage, and
As to the rest, there is laid up for
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the just judge will render to me in I ways with me, and all I have is thine.
that day: and not only to me, but to —Luke xv. 31.
For I reckon that the sufferings of
them also that love his coming.—2 Tim.
this time, are not worthy to be com­
iv. 7, 8.
For God is not unjust, that he should pared with the glory to come, that shall
forget your work, and the love which be revealed in us.—Rom. viii. 18.
But, as it is written : That eye hath
you have shown in his name, you who
have ministered, and do minister to the not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it
saints.—Heb. vi. 10.
I entered into the heart of man, what
Blessed is the man that endureth things God hath prepared for them that
temptation; for when he hath been love him.—1 Cor. ii. 9.
Know you not that they that run in
proved, he shall receive the crown of
life, which God hath promised to them the race, all run indeed, but one receiveth the prize? So run that you may ob­
that love him.—James i. 12.
tain.
II. Greatness of the Reward
And every one that striveth for the
And Amasias said to the man of mastery, refraineth himself from all
God: What will then become of the things: and they indeed that they may
hundred talents which I have given to receive a corruptible crown; but we, an
the soldiers of Israel ? and the man of incorruptible one.—1 Cor. ix. 24. 25.
Blessed be the God and Father of our
God answered him: The Lord is rich
enough to be able to give thee much Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to
his great mercy, hath regenerated us
more than this.—2 Paral, xxv. 9.
Fear not, my son: we lead indeed a unto a lively hope, by the resurrection
poor life, but we shall have many good of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Unto an inheritance incorruptible,
things, if we fear God, and depart from
all sin, and do that which is good.— and undefiled, and that cannot fade, re­
served in heaven for you.—1 Peferi.3,4.
Tob. iv. 23.
And when the prince of pastors shall
0 how great is the multitude of thy
sweetness, 0 Lord, which thou hast hid­ appear, you shall receive a never fad­
ing crown of glory.—1 Peter v. 4.
den for them that fear thee!
Which thou hast wrought for them
III. Reward Even in This Life
that hope in thee, in the sight of the
Blessed is the man that hath not
sons of men.—Ps. xxx. 20.
Afflicted in few things, in many they walked in the counsel of the ungodly,
shall be well rewarded: because God nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat
hath tried them, and found them in the chair of pestilence.
But his will is in the law of the
worthy of himself.—Wis. iii. 5.
Let nothing hinder thee from pray­ Lord, and on his law he shall meditate
ing always, and be not afraid to be day and night.
And he shall be like a tree which is
justified even to death: for the reward
of God continueth for ever.—Ecclus. planted near the running waters, which
shall bring forth its fruit, in due sea­
xviii. 22.
From the beginning of the world son.
And his leaf shall not fall off: and
they have not heard, nor perceived with
the ears: the eye hath not seen, 0 God, all whatsoever he shall do, shall prosper.
besides thee, what things thou hast pre­ —Ps. i. 1-3.
The just shall flourish like the palmpared for them that wait for thee.—Is.
tree: he shall grow up like the cedar
Ixiv. 4.
Blessed are ye when they shall revile of Libanus.
. . . They shall still increase in a
you, and persecute you, and speak all
that is evil against you, untruly, for my fruitful old age: and shall be well
treated, that they may show,
sake:
That the Lord our God is righteous,
Be glad and rejoice, for your reward
is very great in heaven.—Malt.v. 11,12. and there is no iniquity in him.—Ps.
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Blessed are all they that fear the
Lord: that walk in his ways.
For thou shalt eat the labors of thy
hands: blessed art thou, and it shall
be well with thee.
Thy wife as a fruitful vine, on the
sides of thy house.
Thy children as olive plants, round
about thy table.
Behold, thus shall the man be blessed
that feareth the Lord.—Ps. cxxvii. 1-4.
That which the wicked feareth, shall
come upon him: to the just, their de­
sire shall be given.—Ptov. x. 24.
The justice of the upright, shall make
his way prosperous: and the wicked
man shall fall by his own wickedness.
The justice of the righteous, shall de­
liver them: and the unjust shall be
caught in their own snares.—Prov. xi.
5, 6.
God hath given to a man that is
good in his sight, wisdom, and knowl­
edge, and joy: but to the sinner he hath
given vexation, and superfluous care,
to heap up, and to gather together, and
to give it to him that hath pleased God.
—Eccles, ii. 26.
But the Lord hath made all things,
and to the godly he hath given wisdom.
—Ecclus. xliii. 37.
If you be willing, and will hearken
to me, you shall eat the good things of
the land.—Is. i. 19.
IV. The Blessing of God

For thou wilt bless the just.
0 Lord, thou hast crowned us,
as with a shield of thy good will.—
Ps. v. 13.
The Lord hath been mindful of us,
and hath blessed us.
He hath blessed the house of Israel:
he hath blessed the house of Aaron.
He hath blessed all that fear the
Lord, both little and great.—Ps. cxiii.
(Heb. cxv.) 12, 13.
Want is from the Lord in the house
of the wicked: but the habitations of
the just shall be blessed.—Prov. iii. 33.
The blessing of the Lord maketh
men rich: neither shall affliction be
joined to them.—Prov. x. 22.
The blessing of God maketh haste to
reward the just, and in a swift hour his
blessing beareth fruit.—Ecclus. xi. 24.

I V. They Become His Chosen People

If therefore you will hear my voice,
and keep my covenant, you shall be my
peculiar possession above all people:
for all the earth is mine.—Ex. xix. 5.
Seek ye good, and not evil, that you
may live: and the Lord the God of hosts
will be with you, as you have said.—
Arnos v. 14.
Then they that feared the Lord spoke
every one with his neighbor: and the
Lord gave ear, and heard it: and a
book of remembrance was written be­
fore him for them that fear the Lord,
and think on his name.
And they shall be my special pos­
session, saith the Lord of hosts, in the
day that I do judgment: and I will
spare them, as a man spareth his son
that serveth him.
And you shall return, and shall see
the difference between the just and the
wicked: and between him that serveth
God, and him that serveth him not —
Malach. iii. 16-18.
Blessed are the peacemakers: for
they shall be called the children of
God.—Mati. v. 9.
And one said unto him: Behold thy
mother and thy brethren stand with­
out, seeking thee.
But he answering him that told him,
said : Who is my mother, and who are
my brethren ?
And stretching forth his hand
towards his disciples, he said: Behold
my mother, and my brethren.
For whosoever shall do the will of
my Father, that is in heaven, he is my
brother, and sister, and mother.—Malt.
xii. 47-50.
Then Jesus said to those Jews who
believed him: If you continue in my
word, you shall be my disciples indeed.
And you shall know the truth, and
the truth shall make you free.—John
viii. 31, 32.
The things which you have both
learned and received, and heard, and
seen in me, these do ye, and the God of
peace shall be with you.—Philipp, iv. 9.
And I heard a great voice from the
throne, saying: Behold the tabernacle
of God with men, and he will dwell
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people; and God himself with them I And the eunuch, that hath not
wrought iniquity with his hands, nor
shall be their God. ...
He that shall overcome, shall pos­ thought wicked things against God :
sess these things, and 1 will be his God; for the precious gift of faith shall be
and he shall be my son.—Apoc. xxi. 3, 7. given to him, and a most acceptable lot
in
the
temple
of
God.
—
Wis.
iii.
13,
14.
VI. Peace and Security and
The gift of God abideth with the
Refreshment
just, and his advancement shall have
The just shall be in everlasting re­ success for ever.—Ecclus. xi. 17.
Because thou hast kept the word of
membrance: he shall not fear the evil
my patience, I will also keep thee
hearing.
His heart is ready to hope in the from the hour of temptation, which
Lord : his heart is strengthened, he shall come upon the whole world to try
shall not be moved, until he look over them that dwell upon the earth.—Apoc.
iii. 10.
his enemies.—Ps. cxi. 7, 8.
But he that shall hear me, shall rest
VIII. Happiness of the Just
without terror, and shall enjoy abun­
See : Just, happiness of the—page 262.
dance, without fear of evils.—Prov. i. 33.
My son, forget not my law, and let
IX. Eternal Life
thy heart keep my commandments.
For they shall add to thee length of
lie asked life of thee: and thou hast
days, and years of life and peace.— given him length of days for ever and
ever.—Ps. xx. 5.
Prov. iii. 1, 2.
And my people shall sit in the beauty
Who is the man that desireth life:
of peace, and in the tabernacles of I who loveth to see good days ?
confidence, and in wealthy rest.—Is.
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy
lips from speaking guile.
xxxii. 18.
0 that thou hadst hearkened to my
Turn away from evil and do good:
commandments: thy peace had been as seek after peace, and pursue it.—Ps.
a river, and thy justice as the waves of xxxiii. 13-15.
the sea.—Is. xlviii. 18.
Decline from evil and do good, and
Thus saith the Lord: Stand ye on dwell for ever and ever.
the ways, and see, and ask for the old
For the Lord loveth judgment, and
paths, which is the good way, and walk will not forsake his saints: they shall be
ye in it : and you shall find refreshment preserved for ever.—Ps. xxxvi. 27, 28.
for your souls.—J er. vi. 1G.
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and never
Come to me, all you that labor, and forget all he hath done for thee. . . are burdened, and I will refresh you.
Who satisfieth thy desire with good
Take up my yoke upon you, and things : thy youth shall be renewed like
learn of me, because I am meek, and the eagle’s.—Ps. cii. 2, 5.
humble of heart: and you shall find
I shall not die, but live : and shall cio­
rest to your souls.—Matt. xi. 28, 29. ciare the works of the Lord.—Ps.
But glory, and honor, and peace to cxvii. 17.
every one that worketh good, to the
But the souls of the just are in the
Jew first, and also to the Greek.—Rom. hand of God, and the torment of death
ii. 10.
shall not touch them.
VII. The Grace of God in This Life
In the sight of the unwise they
They that trust in him shall under­ seemed to die: and their departure was
stand the truth: and they that are taken for misery:
And their going away from us. for
faithful in love shall rest in him: for
grace and peace is to his elect.—IVis. utter destruction: but they are in peace.
And though in the sight of men
iii. 9.
For happy is the barren : and the they suffered torments, their hope is
undefiled, that hath not known bed in full of immortality.—Wis. iii. 1-4.
But the just shall live for evermore:
sin: she shall have fruit in the visita­
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the care of them with the most High.— | and shall reign with him a thousand
IVw. v. 16.
years.—Apoc. xx. 6.
It is great glory to follow the Lord:
X. The Happiness and Glory of
for length of days shall be received
Heaven
from him.—Ecclus. xxiii. 38.
And every one that hath left house,
Lord, who shall dwell in thy taber­
or brethren, or sisters, or father, or nacle? or who shall rest in thy holy hill?
mother, or wife, or children, or lands
He that walketh without blemish,
for my name’s sake, shall receive an and worketh justice:
He that speaketh truth in his heart,
hundred-fold, and shall possess life ever­
who hath not used deceit in his tongue:
lasting.—Malt. xix. 29.
Nor hath done evil to his neighbor:
And these shall go into everlasting
punishment: but the just, into life ever­ nor taken up a reproach against his
neighbors.
lasting.—Matt. XXV. 46.
. . . He that hath not put out his
Amen, amen I say to you: If any
man keep my word, he shall not see money to usury, nor taken bribes against
the innocent:
death for ever.—John viii. 51.
He that doth these things, shall not
My sheep bear my voice : and I know
be moved for ever.—Ps. xiv. 1-3, 5.
them, and they follow me.
For thou hast prevented him with
And I give them life everlasting;
and they shall not perish for ever, and blessings of sweetness: thou hast set
no man shall pluck them out of my on his head a crown of precious
stones ...
hand.—John x. 27, 28.
His glory is great in thy salvation:
He that loveth his life shall lose it;
and he that hateth his life in this glory and great beauty shalt thou lay
world, keepeth it unto life eternal.— upon him.
For thou shalt give him to be a bless­
John xii. 25.
Who will render to every man ac­ ing for ever and ever : thou shalt make
him joyful in gladness with thy counte­
cording to his works.
To them indeed, who, according to nance.—Ps. xx. 4, 6, 7.
But the just shall inherit the land,
patience in good work, seek glory and
honor and incorruption, eternal life.— and shall dwell therein for evermore.—
Ps. xxxvi. 29.
Rom. ii. 6, 7.
lie hath distributed, he hath given to
For if we have been planted together
in the likeness of his death, we shall be the poor: his justice remaineth for ever
also in the likeness of his resurrec­ and ever: his horn shall be exalted in
glory.—Ps. cxi. 9.
tion. . . .
Open ye to me the gates of justice:
Now if we be dead with Christ, we
believe that we shall live also together I will go in to them, and give praise to
the Lord. This is the gate of the
with Christ.—Rom. vi. 5, 8.
And this is the promise which he Lord, the just shall enter into it.—Ps.
hath promised us, life everlasting.— cxvii. 19, 20.
But as for the just, they shall give
1 John ii. 25.
He, that hath an ear, let him hear glory to thy name: and the upright
what the Spirit saith to the churches: shall dwell with thy countenance.—Ps.
To him. that overcometh, I will give to cxxxix. 14.
The just shall shine, and shall run
eat of the tree of life, which is in the
to and fro like sparks among the reeds.
paradise of my God.—Apoc. ii. 7.
They shall judge nations, and rule
He, that hath an ear, let him hear
what the Spirit saith to the churches: over people, and their Lord shall reign
He that shall overcome, shall not be for ever.— IVis. iii. 7, 8.
Behold how they are numbered
hurt by the second death.—Apoc. ii. 11.
Blessed and holy is he that hath part among the children of God, and their
in the first resurrection. In these the lot is among the saints. . . .
Therefore shall they receive a king­
second death hath no power; but they
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the hand of the Lord : for with hia I ily arise, and thy justice shall go be­
right hand he will cover them, and with fore thy face, and the glory of the Lord
his holy arm he will defend them.— shall gather thee up. . . .
When thou shalt pour out thy soul
IVis. v. 5, 17.
He that feareth God, will do good: to the hungry, and shalt satisfy the
and he that possesseth justice, shall lay afflicted soul, then shall thy light rise
up in darkness, and thy darkness shall
hold on her (i.e. wisdom). ...
She shall heap upon him a treasure be as the noonday.
And the Lord will give thee rest con­
of joy and gladness, and shall cause
him to inherit an everlasting name.— tinually, and will fill thy soul with
brightness, and deliver thy bones, and
Ecclus. xv. 1, 6.
Open ye the gates, and let the just thou shalt be like a watered garden,
nation, that kecpeth the truth, enter in. and like a fountain of water whose
waters shall not fail.—Is. Iviii. 7, 8,
—Is. xxvi. 2.
He that walketh in justices, and 10, 11.
God will clothe thee with the double
speaketh truth, that casteth away ava­
rice by oppression, and shaketh his garment of justice, and will set a crown
hands from all bribes, that stoppeth on thy head of everlasting honor.
For God will show his brightness in
his ears lest he hear blood, and shutteth his eyes, that he may see no evil. thee, to every one under heaven.
For thy name shall be named to thee
He shall dwell on high, the fortifica­
tions of rocks shall be his highness: by God for ever: the peace of justice,
bread is given him, his waters are sure. and honor of piety.—Bar. v. 2-4.
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for
His eyes shall see the king in his
beauty, they shall see the land far off. theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are the meek: for they shall
—Is. xxxiii. 15-17.
For thus saith the Lord to the possess the land.
eunuchs, They that shall keep my sab­ Blessed are they that mourn : for they
baths, and shall choose the things that shall be comforted. . . .
Blessed are the clean of heart: for
please me, and shall hold fast my cove­
they shall see God. . . .
nant :
Blessed are they that suffer persecu­
I will give to them in my house, and
within my -,vails, a ¡dace, and a name tion for justice’ sake: for theirs is the
better than sons and daughters: I will kingdom of heaven.—Matt. v. 3-5, 8, 10.
Suffer both to grow until the harvest,
give then» an everlasting name which
and in the time of the harvest I will
shall never perish.
And the children of the stranger that say to the reapers : Gather up first the
adhere to the Lord, to worship him, cockle, and bind it into bundles to burn,
and to love his name, to be his servants: but the wheat gather ye into my barn.
every one that kecpeth the sabbath from —Matt. xiii. 30.
Then shall the just shine as the sun,
profaning it, and that holdeth fast my
in the kingdom of their Father.—Matt.
covenant :
I will bring them into my holy xiii. 43.
His lord said to him : Well done, good
mount, and will make them joyful in
my house of prayer: their holocausts and faithful servant, because thou hast
and their victims shall please me upon been faithful over a few things. I will
my altar: for my house shall be called place thee over many things: enter thou
the house of prayer, for all nations.— into the joy of thy lord.—Matt. xxv. 21.
'Phen shall the king say to them, that
Is. Ivi. 4-7.
Beal thy bread to the hungry, and shall be on his right hand : Come, ye
bring the needy and the harborless into I blessed of my Father, possess you the
thy house: when thou shalt see one I kingdom prepared for you from the
naked, cover him, and despise not thy i foundation of the world.—Matt. xxv.34.
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will
own flesh.
Then shall thy light break forth as purge his floor, and will gather the
the morning, and thy health shall speed­ I wheat into his barn; but the chaff he

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will burn ^with unquenchable fire.— I He that shall overcome, I will make
Luke iii. 17.
him a pillar in the temple of my God;
But our conversation is in heaven; and he shall go out no more; and I will
from whence also we look for the write upon him the name of my God,
Saviour, our Lord Jesus Christ,
and the name of the city of my Godi
Who will reform the body of our the new Jerusalem, which cometh down
lowness, made like to the body of his out of heaven from my God, and my
glory, according to the operation where- new name. . . .
by also he is able to subdue all things
To him that shall overcome, I will
unto himself.—Philipp, iii. 20, 21.
give to sit with me in my throne: as I
When Christ shall appear, who is also have overcome, and am set down
your life, then you also shall appear with my Father in his throne.—Apoc.
with him in glory.—Col- iii. 4.
iii. 12, 21.
And we will not have you ignorant,
And one of the ancients answered,
brethren, concerning them that are and said to me: These that are clothed
asleep, that you be not sorrowful, even in white robes, who are they! and
as others who have no hope.
whence came they?
For if we believe that Jesus died, and
And I said to him: My Lord, thou
rose again; even so them who have knowest. And he said to me: These
slept through Jesus, will God bring are they who are come out of great
with him. ...
tribulation, and have washed their
Then we who are alive, who are left, robes, and have made them white in
shall be taken up together with them in the blood of the Lamb.
the clouds to meet Christ, into the air,
Therefore they are before the throne
and so shall we be always with the Lord, of God, and they serve him day and
—1 Thess. iv. 12, 13, 16.
night in his temple: and he, that sitWherefore, brethren, labor the more, teth on the throne, shall dwell over
that by good works you may make sure them.
your calling and election. For doing
They shall no more hunger nor
these things, you shall not sin at any thirst, neither shall the sun fall on
time.
them, nor any heat.
For so an entrance shall be minisFor the Lamb, which is in the midst
tered to you abundantly into the ever- of the throne, shall rule them, and
lasting kingdom of our Lord and shall lead them to the fountains of the
Saviour Jesus Christ.—2 Peler i. 10,11. waters of life, and God shall wipe away
He. that hath an ear, let him hear all tears from their eyes.—Apoc. vii.
what the Spirit saith to the churches: 13-17.
To him that overcometh, I will give the
And I, John, saw the holy city, the
hidden manna, and will give him a new Jerusalem, coming down out of
white counter, and in the counter, a heaven from God, prepared as a bride
new name written, which no man know- adorned for her husband. . . .
eth, but he that receiveth it
And God shall wipe away all tears
. . . And he that shall overcome, from their eyes: and death shall be no
and keep my works unto the f id I will more, nor mourning, nor crying, nor
give him power over the n tions.— sorrow shall be any more, for the
Apoc. ii. 17, 26.
former things arc passed away. . . .
But thou hast a few names in Sardis,
He that shall overcome, shall possess
which have not defiled their garments: these things, and I will be his God;
and they shall walk with me in white, and he shall be my son.—Apoc. xxi. 2,
because they are worthy.
4, 7.
H
He that shall overcome, shall thus be
And they shall see his face: and bis
clothed in white garments, and I will name shall be on their foreheads,
not blot out his name out of the book
And night shall be no more: and
of life, and I will confess his name be- they shall not need the light of the
fore my Father, and before his angels, lamp, nor the light of the sun, because
—Apoc. iii. 4, 5.
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they shall reign for ever and ever.—
Apoc. xxii. 4, 5.
XI. Prayer that God May Reward the
Just
The Lord render unto thee for thy
work, and mayst thou receive a full re­
ward of the Lord the God of Israel, to
whom thou art conic, and under whose
wings thou art fled.—Ruth ii. 12.
Father, I will that where I am, they
also whom thou hast given me, may
be with me; that they may see my glory
which thou hast given me, because thou
hast loved me before the creation of the
world.—John xvii. 24.
REWARDS OR PUNISHES US AC­
CORDING TO OUR DESERTS,
GOD

See also: Justice of God, the—
page 266.

For he will render to a man his work,
and according to the ways of every one,
he will reward them.—Job xxxiv. 11.
For thou wilt render to every man
according to his works.—Ps. Ixi. 13.
By the fruit of his own mouth shall
a man be filled with good things, and
according to the works of his hands it
shall be repaid him.—Prov. xii. 14.
If thou say: I have not strength
enough: he that seeth into the heart,
he understandeth, and nothing deceiv­
ed! the keeper of thy soul, and he shall
render to a man according to his works.
—Prov. xxiv. 12.
For it is easy before God in the day
of death, to reward every one according
to his ways.—Ecclus. xi. 28.
According as his mercy is, so his cor­
rection judgeth a man according to his
works.
The sinner shall not escape in his
rapines, and the patience of him that
showeth mercy shall not be put off.
All mercy shall make a place for
every man according to the merit of his
works, and according to the wisdom of
his sojournment.—Ecclus. xvi. 13-15.
Ami he will repay vengeance to the
Gentiles, till he have taken away the
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Till he have rendered to men accord­
ing to their deeds: and according to
the works of Adam, and according to
his presumption.—Ecclus. xxxv. 23, 24.
Say to the just man that it is well,
for he shall eat the fruit of his doings.
Woe to the wicked unto evil: for the
reward of his hands shall be given him.
—Is. iii. 10, 11.
Great in counsel, and incomprehensi­
ble in thought: whose eyes are open
upon all the ways of the children of
Adam, to render unto every one accord­
ing to his ways, and according to the
fruit of his devices.—Jer. xxxii. 19.
The soul that sinneth, the same shall
die: the son shall not bear the iniquity
of the father, and the father shall not
bear the iniquity of the son: the jus­
tice of the just shall be upon him, and
the wickedness of the wicked shall be
upon him. . . .
Therefore will I judge every man ac­
cording to his ways, 0 house of Israel,
saith the Lord God.—Ezech. xviii.
20, 30.
Therefore there is a judgment of the
Lord with Juda, and a visitation for
Jacob: he will render to him according
to his ways, and according to his de­
vices.—Osee xii. 2.
And you shall return, and shall see
the difference between the just and the
wicked : and between him that serveth
God, and him that serveth him not.—
Malach. iii. 18.
For the Son of man shall come in the
glory of his Father with his angels:
and then will he render to every man
according to his works.—Matt. xvi. 27.
Wonder not at this; for the hour
cometh, wherein all that are in the
graves shall hear the voice of the Son
of God.
And they that have done good things,
shall come forth unto the resurrection
of life; but they that have done evil,
unto the resurrection of judgment.—
John v. 28. 29.
But according to thy hardness and
impenitent heart, thou treasurest up to
thyself wrath, against the day of wrath,
and revelation of the just judgment of
God.
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To them indeed, who according to pa­
tience in good work, seek glory and
honor and incorruption, eternal life:
But to them that are contentious,
and who obey not the truth, but give
credit to iniquity, wrath and indigna­
tion.—Rom. ii. 5-8.
And every man shall receive his own
reward, according to his own labor.—
1 Cor. iii. 8.
For we must all be manifested be­
fore the judgment seat of Christ, that
every one may receive the proper things
of the body, according as he hath done,
whether it be good or evil.—2 Cor.
v. 10.
Be not deceived, God is not mocked.
For what things a man shall sow,
those also shall he reap. For he that
soweth in his flesh, of the flesh also
shall reap corruption. But he that
soweth in the spirit, of the spirit shall
reap life everlasting.
And in doing good, let us not fail.
For in due time we shall reap, not fail­
ing.—Gal. vi. 7-9.
Alexander the coppersmith hath done
me much evil: the Lord will reward
him according to his works.—2 Tim.
iv. 14.
And if you invoke as Father him
who, without respect of persons, judgeth according to every one’s work : con­
verse in fear during the time of your
sojourning here.—1 Peter i. 17.
And all the churches shall know that
I am he that searcheth the reins and
hearts, and I will give to every one of
you according to your works.—Apoc.
ii. 23.
And I saw the dead, great and small,
standing in the presence of the throne,
and the books were opened ; and another
book was opened, which is the book of
life; and the dead were judged by those
things which were written in the books,
according to their works.
And the sea gave up the dead that
were in it, and death and hell gave up
their dead that were in them; and they
were judged every one according to
their works. . . .
And whosoever was not found writ­
ten in the book of life, was cast into the
pool of fire.—Apoc. xx. 12, 13, 15.
Behold, I come quickly; and my re­

ward is with me, to render to every man
according to his works.—Apoc. xxii. 12.
RICH, THE

Their storehouses full, flowing out of
this into that.
Their sheep fruitful in young,
abounding in their goings forth: their
oxen fat.
There is no breach of wall, nor pas­
sage, nor crying out in their streets.
They have called the people happy,
that hath these things: but happy is
that people whose God is the Lord —
Ps. exliii. 13-15.
The rich and poor have met one an­
other: the Lord is the maker of them
both.—Prov. xxii. 2.
Better is the poor man walking in
his simplicity, than the rich in crooked
ways.—Prov. xxviii. 6.
The rich man seemeth to himself
wise: but the poor man that is prudent
shall search him out.—Prov. xxviii. 11.
Three sorts my soul hateth, and I
am greatly grieved at their life:
A poor man that is proud : a rich man
that is a liar: an old man that is a fool,
and doting.—Ecclus. xxv. 3, 4.
Woe to you that are wealthy in Sion,
and to you that have confidence in the
mountain of Samaria: ye great men,
heads of the people, that go in with
state into the house of Israel.
. . .You that sleep upon beds of
ivory, and are wanton on your couchesthat eat the lambs out of the flock, and
the calves out of the midst of the herd;
You that sing to the sound of the
psaltery: they have thought themselves
to have instruments of music like
David ;
That drink wine in bowls, and anoint
themselves with the best ointments: and
they are not concerned for the affliction
of Joseph.
Wherefore now they shall go captive
at the head of them that go into cap­
tivity: and the faction of the luxuri­
ous ones shall be taken away.—Amos
vi. 1, 4-7.
Ile hath filled the hungry with good
things; and the rich he hath sent empty
away.—Luke i. 53.
But woe to you that are rich : for you
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There was a certain rich man, who
was clothed in purple and fine linen;
and feasted sumptuously every day.
And there was a certain beggar,
named Lazarus, who lay at his gate,
full of sores,
Desiring to be filled with the crumbs
that fell from the rich man’s table, and
no one did give him; moreover the dogs
came, and licked his sores.
And it came to pass, that the beggar
died, and was carried by the angels in­
to Abraham’s bosom. And the rich
man also died: and he was buried in
hell.
And lifting up his eyes when he was
in torments, he saw Abraham afar off,
and Lazarus in his bosom :
And he cried, and said: Father
Abraham, have mercy on me, and send
Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his
finger in water, to cool my tongue: for
I am tormented in this flame.
And Abraham said to him: Son, re­
member that thou didst receive good
things in thy lifetime, and likewise
Lazarus evil things, but now he is com­
forted; and thou art tormented.
And besides all this, between us and
you, there is fixed a great chaos: so
that they who would pass from hence to
you, cannot, nor from thence, come
hither.—Luke xvi. 19-26.
But let the brother of low condition,
glory in his exaltation :
And the rich, in his being low; be­
cause as the flower of the grass shall he
pass away.
For the sun rose with a burning heat,
and parched the grass, and the flower
thereof fell off, and the beauty of the
shape thereof perished: so also shall the
rich man fade away in his ways.—
James i. 9-11.
He that hath the substance of this
world, and shall see his brother in need,
and shall shut up his bowels from him:
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For laughter they make bread, and
wine that the living may feast: and all
things obey money.—Eccles, x. 19.
Despise not a just man that is poor,
and do not magnify a sinful man that
is rich.—Ecclus. x. 26.
When a rich man is shaken, he is
kept up by his friends: but when a poor
man is fallen down, he is thrust away
even by his acquaintance.
When a rich man hath been deceived,
he hath many helpers: he hath spoken
proud things, and they have justified
him. . . .
The rich man spoke, and all held
their peace, and what he said they ex­
tol even to the clouds.—Ecclus. xiii. 25,
26, 28.
My brethren, have not the faith of
our Lord Jesus Christ of glory, with
respect of persons.
For if there shall come into your as­
sembly a man having a golden ring, in
fine apparel, and there shall come in
also a poor man in mean attire,
And you have respect to him that is
clothed with the fine apparel, and shall
say to him: Sit thou here well; but say
to the poor man : Stand thou there, or
sit under my footstool:
Do you not judge within yourselves,
and are become judges of unjust
thoughts?—James ii. 1-4.
RICHES, THE DANGER OF

Give me neither beggary, nor riches:
give me only the necessaries of life:
Lest perhaps being filled, I should be
tempted to deny, and say: Who is the
Lord ? or being compelled by poverty, I
should steal, and forswear the name of
my God.—Prov. xxx. 8, 9.
For gold and silver hath destroyed
many, and hath reached even to the
heart of kings, and perverted them.—
Ecclus. viii. 3.
And if thou be rich, thou shalt not
be free from sin: for if thou pursue
after, thou shalt not overtake: and if
thou run before, thou shalt not escape.
RICH, ADULATION AND SUB­
—Ecclus. xi. 10.
SERVIENCE TO THE
Riches are not comely for a covetous
The poor man shall be hateful even man and a niggard, and what should an
to his own neighbor: but the friends of envious man do wùth gold?—Ecclus.
the rich are many.—Prov. xiv. 20.
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Injuries and wrongs will waste riches:
and the house that is very rich shall be
brought to nothing by pride: so the sub­
stance of the proud shall be rooted out.
—Ecclus. xxi. 5.
Many have been brought to fall for
gold, and the beauty thereof hath been
their ruin.
Gold is a stumbling-block to them
that sacrifice to it: woe to them that
eagerly follow after it, and every fool
shall perish by it.—Ecclus. xxxi. 6, 7.
I spoke to thee in thy prosperity:
and thou saidst: I will not hear: this
hath been thy way from thy youth, be­
cause thou hast not heard my voice.—
Jer. xxii. 21.
According to their pastures they were
filled, and were made full: and they
lifted up their heart, and have forgot­
ten me.—Osee xiii. 6.
And he spoke to them many things in
parables, saying: Behold the sower
went forth to sow. . . .
And others fell among thorns; and
the thorns grew up and choked them....
And he that received the seed among
thorns, is he that heareth the word, and
the care of this world and the deceit­
fulness of riches choketh up the word,
and he becometh fruitless.—Matt. xiii.
3, 7, 22.
Jesus saith to him: If thou wilt be
perfect, go, sell what thou hast, and
give to the poor, and thou shalt have
treasure in heaven : and come follow me.
And when the young man had heard
this word, he went away sad: for he had
great possessions.
Then Jesus said to his disciples:
Amen, I say to you, that a rich man
shall hardly enter into the kingdom of
heaven.
And again I say to you: It is easier
for a camel to pass through the eye of
a needle, than for a rich man to enter
into the kingdom of heaven.—Matt.
xix. 21-24.
And Jesus looking round about, saith
to his disciples: How hardly shall they
that have riches, enter into the king­
dom of God!
And the disciples were astonished at
his words. But Jesus again answer­
ing, saith to them: Children, how hard
is it for them that trust in riches, to

enter into the kingdom of jodí—
Mark x. 23, 24.
For they that will become neh, fall
into temptation, and into the snare oí
the devil, and into many urprofitable
and hurtful desires, which drown men
into destruction and perdition.
For the desire of money is the root
of all evils; w’hich some coveting, have
erred from the faith, and have en­
tangled themselves in many sorrows1 Tim. vi. 9, 10.
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and
howl in your miseries, which shall come
upon you.
Your riches are corrupted: and your
garments are motheaten.
Your gold and silver is cankered: and
the rust of them shall be for a testi­
mony against you, and shall eat your
flesh like fire. You have stored up to
yourselves wrath against the last days.
—James v. 1-3.
RICHES, THE VANITY OF

The riches which he hath swallowed,
he shall vomit up, and God shall draw
them out of his belly.—Job xx. 15.
The rich man, when he shall sleep,
shall take away nothing with him: he
shall open his eyes, and find nothing.—
Job xxvii. 19.
I am brought to nothing: as a wind,
thou hast taken away my desire: and
my prosperity hath passed away like a
cloud.—Job XXX. 15.
Better is a little to the just, than the
great riches of the wicked.
For the arms of the wicked shall be
broken in pieces; but the Lord strengtheneth the just.—Ps. xxxvi. 16, 17.
Behold thou hast made my days
measurable: and my substance is as
nothing before thee.
And indeed all things are vanity:
every man living.
Surely man passeth as an image: yea.
and he is disquieted in vain.
He storeth up: and he knoweth not
for whom he shall gather these things.
—Ps. xxxviii. 6, 7.
They that trust in their own strength,
and glory in the multitude of their
riches,
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redeem : he shall not give to God his I There is but one, and he hath not a
second, no child, no brother, and yet he
ransom,
Nor the price of the redemption of ceaseth not to labor, neither are his eyes
his soul: nnd shall labor for ever. . . . satisfied with riches, neither doth he re­
The senseless and the fool shall per­ flect, saying: For whom do I labor, and
defraud my soul of good things? in
ish together:
And they shall leave their riches to this also is vanity, and a grievous vex­
strangers: and their sepulchres shall ation.—Eccles, iv. 7, 8.
Where there are great riches, there
be their houses for ever.—Ps. xlviii.
are also many to eat them. And what
7-9, 11, 12.
Be not thou afraid, when a man shall doth it profit the owner, but that he
be made rich, and when the glory of seeth the riches with his eyes?—Eccles.
v. 10.
his house shall be increased.
There is also another grievous evil,
For when he shall die he shall take
nothing away; nor shall his glory de­ which I have seen under the sun : riches
kept to the hurt of the owner.
scend with him.
For they are lost with very great af­
. . . He shall go in to the genera­
tions of his fathers: and he shall never I fliction: he hath begotten a son, who
shall be in extremity of want.
see light.—Ps. xlviii. 17, 18, 20.
As he came forth naked from his
The just shall see and fear, and shall
laugh at him, and say: Behold the man mother’s womb, so shall he return, and
shall take nothing away with him of his
that made not God his helper:
But trusted in the abundance of his labor.
A most deplorable evil : as he came, so
riches: and prevailed in his vanity.—
shall he return. What then doth it
Ps. Ii. 8, 9.
All the foolish of heart were troubled. profit him that he hath labored for the
They have slept their sleep; and all wind?—Eccles, v. 12-15.
What hath pride profited us? or what
the men of riches have found nothing
advantage hath the boasting of riches
in their hands.—Ps. Ixxv. 6.
Riches shall not profit in the day of brought us ?
All those things are passed away like
revenge: but justice shall deliver from
a shadow, and like a post that runneth
death.—Prov. xi. 4.
He that trusteth in his riches shall on,
And as a ship that passeth through
fall: but the just shall spring up as a
the waves : whereof, when it is gone by,
green leaf.—Prov. xi. 28.
The inheritance gotten hastily in the the trace cannot be found, nor the path
beginning, in the end shall be without of its keel in the waters:
Or as when a bird flieth through the
a blessing.—Prov. xx. 21.
I heaped together for myself silver air, of the passage of which no mark
and gold, and the wealth of kings, and can be found, but only the sound of the
provinces: I made me singing men, and wings beating the light air, and parting
singing women, and the delights of the it by the force of her flight ; she moved
sons of men, cups and vessels to serve her wings, and hath flown through, and
there is no mark found afterwards of
to pour out wine:
And I surpassed in riches all that her way :
Or as when an arrow is shot at a
were before me in Jerusalem: my wis­
mark, the divided air presently cometh
dom also remained with me. . . .
And when I turned myself to all the together again, so that the passage
works which my hands had wrought, thereof is not known.—Wts. v. 8-12.
There is one that is enriched by liv­
and to the labors wherein I had labored
in vain, I saw in all things vanity, and ing sparingly, and this is the portion of
vexation of mind, and that nothing was his reward.
lasting under the sun.—Eccles, ii. 8,
In that he saith: I have found me
rest, and now I will eat of my goods
9,11.
Considering, T found also another alone:
vanity under the sun:
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pass, and that death approacheth, and and whose shall those things be vhich
that he must leave all to others, and thou hast provided?
shall die.—Ecclus. xi. 18-20.
So is he that layeth up treasure for
The riches of the unjust shall be himself, and is not rich towards God.—
dried up like a river, and shall pass Luke xii. 16-21.
away with a noise like a great thunder
For we brought nothing into this
in rain.—Ecclus. xl. 13.
world: and certainly we can carry noth­
Where are the princes of the nations, ing out.—1 Tim. vi. 7.
and they that rule over the beasts that
Because thou sayest: I am rich, and
are upon the earth?
made wealthy, and have need of noth­
. . . That hoard up silver and gold, ing: and knowest not, that thou art
wherein men trust, and there is no end wretched, and miserable, and poor, and
of their getting? who work in silver blind, and naked.—Apoc. iii. 17.
and are solicitous, and their works are
unsearchable.
RICHES, THE LOVE OF
They are cut off, and are gone down
See also : Covetousness—page 86.
to hell, and others are risen up in their
place.—Bar. iii. 16, 18, 19.
For what shall I do when God shall
Their silver shall be cast forth, and rise to judge? and when he shall exam­
their gold shall become a dung hill. ine, what shall I answer him? . . .
Their silver and their gold shall not be
If I have thought gold my strength,
able to deliver them in the day of the and have said to fine gold: My confi­
wrath of the Lord. They shall not dence :
If I have rejoiced over my great
satisfy their soul, and their bellies shall
not be filled: because it hath been the riches, and because my hand had gotten
stumbling-block of their iniquity.— much.—Job xxxi. 14, 24, 25.
Trust not in iniquity, and cover not
Ezech. vii. 19.
Neither shall their silver and their robberies : if riches abound, set not your
gold be able to deliver them in the day heart upon them.—Ps. Ixi. 11.
A covetous man shall not be satis­
of the wrath of the Lord: all the land
shall be devoured by the fire of his fied with money: and he that loveth
jealousy, for he shall make even a riches, shall reap no fruit from them:
speedy destruction of all them that so this also is vanity.—Eccles, v. 9.
Do not transgress against thy friend
dwell in the land.—Soph. i. 18.
Lay not up to yourselves treasures on deferring money, nor despise thy dear
earth: where the rust and moth con­ brother for the sake of gold.—Ecclus.
sume, and where thieves break through vii. 20.
There is not a more wicked thing
and steal.—Matt. vi. 19.
And he spoke a similitude to them, than to love money : for such a one setsaying: The land of a certain rich man teth even his own soul to sale: because
brought forth plenty of fruits.
while he liveth he hath cast away his
And he thought within himself, bowels.—Ecclus. x. 10.
Through poverty many have sinned:
saying: What shall I do, because I
have no room where to bestow my and he that seeketh to be enriched,
turneth away his eye.—Ecclus. xxvii. 1.
fruits?
And he said: This will I do: I will
Watching for riches consumeth the
pull down my barns, and will build flesh, and the thought thereof driveth
greater; and into them will I gather all away sleep.—Ecclus. xxxi. 1.
things that are grown to me, and my
He that loveth gold, shall not be jus­
tified : and he that followeth after cor­
goods.
And I will say to my soul: Soul, ruption, shall be filled with it.
thou hast much goods laid up for many
Many have been brought to fall for
years, take thy rest; eat, drink, make gold, and the beauty thereof hath been
good cheer.
their ruin.
But God said to him: Thou fool, this
Gold is a stumbling-block to them
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eagerly follow after it, and every fool excel in this, that they give life to
him that possesseth them.—Eccles.
shall perish by it.—Ecclus. xxxi. 5-7.
No man can serve two masters. For vii. 12, 13.
Riches are good to hirn that hath no
either he will hate the one, and love the
other: or he will sustain the one, and sin in his conscience: and poverty is
despise the other. You cannot serve very wicked in the mouth of the un­
godly.—Ecclus. xiii. 30.
God and mammon.—Matt. vi. 24.
Remember poverty in the time of
Then went one of the twelve, who
was called Judas Iscariot, to the chief abundance, and the necessities of pov­
erty in the day of riches.—Ecclus. xviii.
priests,
And said to them : What will you give 25.
Blessed is the rich man that is found
me, and I will deliver him unto you?
But they appointed him thirty pieces of without blemish: and that hath not
gone after gold, nor put his trust in
silver.
And from henceforth he sought op­ money nor in treasures.
Who is he, and we will praise him?
portunity to betray him.—Mall. xxvi.
for he hath done wonderful things in
14-16.
Then one of his disciples, Judas his life.
Who hath been tried thereby, and
Iscariot, he that was about to betray
made perfect, he shall have glory ever­
him, said :
Why was not this ointment sold for lasting. He that could have trans­
three hundred pence, and given to the gressed, and hath not transgressed: and
could do evil things, and hath not done
poor?
Now he said this, not because he them :
Therefore are his goods established
cared for the poor; but because he was
a thief, and having the purse, carried in the Lord, and all the church of the
the things that were put therein.—John saints shall declare his alms.—Ecclus.
xxxi. 8-11.
xii. 4-6.
And I say to you: Make unto you
Deacons in like manner chaste, not
double tongued, not given to much friends of the mammon of iniquity;
wine, not greedy of filthy lucre.—1 Tim. that when you shall fail, they may re­
ceive you into everlasting dwellings.—
iii. 8.
But they that will become rich, fall Luke xvi. 9.
Charge the rich of this world not to
into temptation, and into the snare of
the devil, and into many unprofitable be high-minded, nor to trust in the un­
and hurtful desires, which drown men certainty of riches, but in the living
God. (who giveth us abundantly all
into destruction and perdition.
For the desire of money is the root of things to enjoy,)
To do good, to be rich in good works,
all evils; which some coveting, have
erred from the faith, and have en­ to give easily, to communicate to others.
To lay up in store for themselves a
tangled themselves in many sorrows.—
good foundation against tlie time to
1 Tim. vi. 9, 10.
come, that they may lay hold on the
true life.—1 Tim. vi. 17-19.
RICHES, THE RIGHT USE OF
RICHES, ILL-GOTTEN
And every man to whom God hath
given riches, and substance, and hath
Sec: Goods, ill-gotten—page 171.
given him power to eat thereof, and to
enjoy his portion, and to rejoice of his
RICHES, TRUE
labor: this is the gift of God.—Ecclcs.
And now what is my hope? is it not
v. 18.
Wisdom with riches is more profit­ the Lord? and my substance is with
able, and bringeth more advantage to thee.—Ps. xxxviii. 8.
With me (wisdom) are riches and
them that see the sun.
For as wisdom is a defence, so money glory, glorious riches, and justice.
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the precious stone, and my blossoms I be high-minded, nor to trust in tie un­
than choice silver.
certainty of riches, but in the living
I walk in the way of justice, in the God, (who giveth us abundantly all
midst of the paths of judgment,
things to enjoy,)
That I may enrich them that love
To do good, to be rich in goo] works,
me, and may fill their treasures.—Prov.
... To lay up in store for themselves
viii. 18-21.
a good foundation against the time to
The blessing of the Lord maketh men come, that they may lay hold on the
rich: neither shall affliction be joined true life.—1 Tim. vi. 17-19.
to them.—Prov. x. 22.
I know thy tribulation and thy pov­
And if riches be desired in life, what erty. but thou art rich: and thou art
is richer than wisdom, which maketh all blasphemed by them that say they an
things?—IVis. viii. 5.
Jews and are not, but are the synagogue
Place thy treasure in the command­ of Satan.—Apoc. ii. 9.
ments of the most High, and it shall
I counsel thee to buy of me gold firebring thee more profit than gold.— tried, that thou mayst be made rich;
Ecclus. xxix. 14.
and mayst be clothed in white gar­
And there shall be faith in thy times: ments, and that the shame of thy naked­
riches of salvation, wisdom and knowl­ ness may not appear; and anoint thy
edge: the fear of the Lord is his treas­ eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayst see.
ure.—Is. xxxiii. 6.
—Apoc. iii. IS.
Lay not up to yourselves treasures on
RULERS, THE DUTY AND
earth : where the rust and moth con­
RESPONSIBILITY OF
sume, and where thieves break through
See also: Judges—page 252.
and steal.
And nowr, O ye kings, understand:
But lay up to yourselves treasures in
heaven : where neither the rust nor receive instruction, you that judge the
moth doth consume, and where thieves earth.—Ps. ii. 10.
Hear therefore, ye kings, and under­
do not break through nor steal.
For where thy treasure is, there is thy stand : learn, ye that are judges of the
ends of the earth.
heart also.—Mall. vi. 19-21,
Give ear, you that rule the people,
Jesus saith to him: If thou wilt be
perfect, go, sell what thou hast, and and that please yourselves in multitudes
give to the poor, and thou shalt have of nations:
For pow’er is given you by the Lord,
treasure in heaven : and come, follow
and strength by the most Iligh, who
me.—Matt. xix. 21.
Sell what you possess, and give alms. will examine your w’orks, and search
Make to yourselves bags which grow out your thoughts:
Because being ministers of his king­
not old, a treasure in heaven which faileth not: where no thief approacheth. dom, you have not judged rightly, nor
kept the law’ of justice, nor walked ac­
nor moth corrupteth.—Duke xii. 33.
I give thanks to my (Jod always for cording to the will of God.
you, for the grace of God that is given
Horribly and speedily w’ill he appear
you in Christ Jesus,
to you: for a most severe judgment
That in all things you are made rich shall be for them that bear rule.
in him, in all utterance, and in all
For to him that is little, mercy is
knowledge.—1 Cor. i. 4, 5.
granted : but the mighty shall be might­
But in all things let us exhibit our­ ily tormented.
selves as the ministers of God, in much
For God will not except any man’s
patience, in tribulation, in necessities, person, neither will be stand in awe of
in distresses; ...
any man’s greatness: for he made the
As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as little and the great, and he hath equally
needy, yet enriching many; as having care of all.
nothing, and possessing all things.—
But a greater punishment is ready
2 Cor. vi. 4, 10.
for the more mighty.
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And to depart from injustice, is to
offer a propitiatory sacrifice for injus­
tices, and a begging of pardon for sins.
He shall return thanks, that offereth
fine flour: and he that doth mercy,
offereth sacrifice.
To depart from iniquity is that which
pleaseth the Lord, and to depart from
injustice, is an entreaty for sins.—
Ecclus. xxxv. 2-5.
The oblation of the just maketh the
altar fat, and is an odor of sweetness
in the sight of the most High.
SABBATH, SANCTITY OF THE
The sacrifice of the just is acceptable,
and the Lord will not forget the memo­
See: Lord’s day, the—page 290.
rial thereof.—Ecclus. xxxv. 8, 9.
SACRAMENT, THE BLESSED
I What shall I offer to the Lord that is
See : Eucharist, the Holy—page 129. worthy? wherewith shall I kneel before
SACRAMENTS, THE
I the high God? shall I offer holocausts
unto him, and calves of a year old?
May the Lord be appeased with thou­
Thou hast visited the earth, and hast
plentifully watered it; thou hast many sands of rams, or with many thousands
of fat he goats? shall I give my first
ways enriched it.
The river of God is filled with water, born for my wickedness, the fruit of
thou hast prepared their food : for so is my body for the sin of my soul?
I will show thee, 0 man, what is
its preparation.—Ps. Ixiv. 10.
You shall draw waters with joy out good, and what the Lord requireth of
of the saviour’s fountains.—Is. xii. 3. thee: Verily, to do judgment, and to
In that day there shall be a foun­ love mercy, and to walk solicitous with
tain open to the house of David, and to thy God.—Mich. vi. 6-8.
Who is there among you, that will
the inhabitants of Jerusalem: for the
washing of the sinner, and of the un­ shut the doors, and will kindle the fire
on my altar gratis? I have no pleasure
clean woman.—Zach. xiii. 1.
in you, saith the Lord of hosts: and
SACRIFICE THAT PLEASES
I will not receive a gift of your hand.
GOD, THE
For from the rising of the sun even
Offer up the sacrifice of justice, and to the going down, my name is great
trust in the Lord: many say, Who among the Gentiles, and in every place
there is sacrifice, and there is offered to
showeth us good things?—Ps. iv. 6.
For if thou hadst desired sacrifice, I my name a clean oblation : for my name
would indeed have given it : w’ith burnt is great among the Gentiles, saith the
Lord of hosts.—Malach. i. 10, 11.
offerings thou wilt not be delighted.
And do not forget to do good, and
A sacrifice to God is an afflicted
spirit: a contrite and humbled heart. to impart ; for by such sacrifices God’s
0 God, thou wilt not despise.—Ps. 1. favor is obtained.—Heb. xiii. 16.
Be you also as living stones built up,
18, 19.
I will sacrifice to thee the sacrifice of a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to
praise, and I will call upon the name offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable
to God by Jesus Christ.—1 Peter ii. 5.
of the Lord.—Ps. cxv. 17.
The beginning of a good way is to do
SADNESS
justice; and this is more acceptable
with God, than to offer sacrifices.—
See also: Sorrowing, the—page 540.
Prov. xvi. 5.
Why art thou sad, O my soul? and
It is a wholesome sacrifice to take
heed to the commandments, and to de­ why dost thou trouble me?
I Hope in God, for I will still give
part from all iniquity.

my words, that you may learn wisdom, I
and not fall from it.— IVis. vi. 2-10.
Have they made thee ruler? be not
lifted up : be among them as one of
them.
Have care of them, and so sit down,
and when thou hast acquitted thyself
of all thy charge, take thy place:
That thou mayst rejoice for them,
and receive a crown as an ornament of
grace, and get the honor of the con­
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praise to him: the salvation of my I row of the heart boweth down the
countenance, and my God.—Ps. xii. 6. neck. . . .
Upon the rivers of Babylon, there we
Give not up thy heart to sadness, but
sat and wept: when we remembered drive it from thee: and remember the
Sion:
latter end.—Ecclus. xxxviii. 19,21.
On the willows in the midst thereof
we hung up our instruments. For there
SAINTS, THE, PROTECTED
they that led us into captivity required
BY GOD
of us the words of songs.
And he (Moses) said: The Lord
And they that carried us away, said: came from Sinai, and from Seir he
Sing ye to us a hymn of the songs of rose up to us: he hath appeared from
Sion.
mount Pharan, and with him thousands
How shall we sing the song of the of saints. In his right hand a fiery
Lord in a strange land ?—Ps. cxxxvi. law.
1-4.
He hath loved the people, all the
Grief in the heart of a man shall saints are in his hand: and they that
bring him low, but with a good approach to his feet, shall receive of
word he shall be made glad.—Prov. his doctrine.—Deut. xxxiii. 2, 3.
xii. 25.
He will keep the feet of his saints,
A glad heart maketh a cheerful coun- and the wicked shall be silent in darktenance: but by grief of mind the spirit ness, because no man shall prevail by
is cast down.—Prov. xv. 13.
his own strength.—1 Kings ii. 9.
A joyful mind maketh age flourishFor the Lord loveth judgment, and
ing: a sorrowful spirit drieth up the will not forsake his saints: they shall
bones.—Prov. xvii. 22.
be preserved for ever.—Ps. xxxvi. 28.
As a moth doth by a garment, and a | You that love the Lord, hate evil;
worm by the wood: so the sadness of tile Lord preserveth the
a man consumeth the heart.—Prov. saints, he will deliver them out of the
hand of the sinner.—Ps. xcvi. 10.
XXV. 20.
Precious in the sight of the Lord is
The affliction of an hour maketh one
forget great delights, and in the end of the death of his saints.—Ps. cxv. 15.
For his soul pleased God: therefore
a man is the disclosing of his works.—
he hastened to bring him out of the
Ecclus. xi. 29.
Happy is he that hath had no sad­ midst of iniquities: but the people see
ness of his mind, and who is not fallen this, and understand not, nor lay up
such things in their hearts:
from his hope.—Ecclus. xiv. 2.
That the grace of God, and his mercy
The sadness of the heart is every
is with his saints, and that he hath re­
plague. . . .
And a man will chose any plague, but spect to his chosen.—Wis. iv. 14, 15.
the plague of the heart.—Ecclus. xxv.
SAINTS, THE HAPPINESS
17, 18.
OF THE
Give not up thy soul to sadness, and
afflict not thyself in thy own coun­
He shall call heaven from above, and
sel. ...
the earth, to judge his people.
Have pity on thy own soul, pleasing
Gather ye together his saints to him:
God, and contain thyself: gather up thy who set his covenant before sacrifices.
heart in his holiness: and drive away —Ps. xlix. 4, 5.
sadness far from thee.
With thee is the principality in the
For sadness hath killed many, and day of thy strength : in the brightness
there is no profit in it.
of the saints: from the womb before the
Envy and anger shorten a man’s day star I begot thee.—Ps. cix. 3.
days, and pensiveness will bring old
Let thy priests be clothed with jus­
age before the time.—Ecclus. xxx. 22, tice: and let thy saints rejoice. . . .
24-26.
I w’ill clothe her priests with salva­
For of sadness comcth death, and it tion: and her saints shall rejoice with
overwhelmeth the strength, and the sor­ exceeding great joy.—Ps. cxxxi. 9, 16,

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SAINTS PRAISE AND GIVE
The saints shall rejoice in glory : they
shall be joyful in their beds.—Ps.
GLORY TO GOD, THE
cxlix. 5.
Sing
to
the
Lord,
0
ye
his
saints:
Go forth, ye daughters of Sion, and and give praise to the memory of his
see king Solomon in the diadem, where­ holiness.—Ps. xxix. 5.
with his mother crowned him in the
Let all thy works, 0 Lord, praise
day of his espousals, and in the day of thee:
and let thy saints bless thee.
the joy of his heart.—Cant. iii. 11.
They shall speak of the glory of thy
Moses was beloved of God and men: kingdom: and shall tell of thy power:
whose memory is in benediction.
To make thy might known to the
He made him like the saints in glory. sons
of men : and the glory of the mag­
—Ecclus. xiv. 1, 2.
of thy kingdom.—Ps. cxliv.
That being rooted and founded in nificence
10-12.
charity,
The saints shall rejoice in glory:
You may be able to comprehend, with they shall be joyful in their beds.
all the saints, what is the breadth, and
The high praises of God shall be in
length, and height, and depth:
their mouth.—Ps. cxlix. 5, 6.
To know also the charity of Christ,
Hath not the Lord made the saints
which surpasseth all knowledge, that to declare all his wonderful works,
you may be filled unto all the fulness of which the Lord Almighty hath firmly
God.—Eph. iii. 17-19.
settled to be established for his glory?
Giving thanks to God the Father, —Ecclus. xiii. 17.
who hath made us worthy to be par­
After this I saw a great multitude,
takers of the lot of the saints in light. which no man could number, of all
-Col. i. 12.
nations, and tribes, and peoples, and
After this I saw a great multitude, tongues, standing before the throne,
which no man could number, of all na­ and in sight of the Lamb, clothed with
tions, and tribes, and peoples, and white robes, and palms in their hands:
tongues, standing before the throne,
And they cried with a loud voice,
and in sight of the Lamb, clothed with saying: Salvation to our God, who sitwhite robes, and palms in their teth upon the throne, and to the Lamb.
hands. . . .
—Apoc. vii. 9, 10.
And one of the ancients answered,
and said to me : These that are clothed
SAINTS ARE WORTHY OF
in white robes, who are they? and
HONOR AND REVER­
whence came they?
ENCE, THE
And I said to him: My Lord, thou
But to me thy friends, 0 God, are
knowest. And he said to me : These are
they who are come out of great tribu­ made exceedingly honorable: their prin­
lation, and have washed their robes, and cipality is exceedingly strengthened.—
have made them white in the blood of Ps. cxxxviii. 17.
The saints shall rejoice in glory:
the Lamb.
Therefore they are before the throne they shall be joyful in their beds.
The high praises of God shall be in
of God, and they serve him day and
night in his temple: and he, that sit- their mouth: and two-edged swords in
teth on the throne, shall dwell over their hands:
To execute vengeance upon the na­
them.
They shall no more hunger, nor tions, chastisements among the people:
To bind their kings with fetters, and
thirst, neither shall the sun fall on
their nobles with manacles of iron.
them, nor any heat.
To execute upon them the judgment
For the Lamb, which is in the midst
of the throne, shall rule them, and shall that is written: this glory is to all his
lead them to the fountains of the waters saints.—Ps. cxlix. 5-9.
As gold in the furnace he hath proved
of life, and God shall wipe away all
tears from their eyes.—Apoc. vii. 9, them, and as a victim of a holocaust
he hath received them, and in time
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there shall be respect had to them.— I serving. Who stood and said: Lord,
Wis. iii. 6.
I hast thou no care that my sister hath
And let not the naming of God be left me alone to serve? speak to her
usual in thy mouth, and meddle not therefore, that she help me.
with the names of saints, for thou shalt
And the Lord answering, said to her:
not escape free from them.—Ecclus. Martha, Martha, thou art careful, and
xxiii. 10.
art troubled about many things:
Know you not that the saints shall
But one thing is necessary. Mary
judge this world? And if the world hath chosen the best part, which shall
shall be judged by you, are you | not be taken away from her.—-Lute i.
unworthy to judge the smallest mat­ 40-42.
ters?
While we look not at the things
Know you not that we shall judge which are seen, but at the things which
angels? how much more things of this are not seen. For the things which are
world?—1 Cor. vi. 2, 3.
seen, are temporal; but the things
Now therefore you are no more which are not seen, are eternal.—2 Cor.
strangers and foreigners; but you are iv. 18.
fellow citizens with the saints, and the
Therefore ought we more diligently
domestics of God.—Eph. ii. 19.
to observe the things which we have
I heard, lest perhaps we should let them
SAINTS, GOD IS GLORIFIED
I slip.
For if the word, spoken by angels,
IN HIS
God is wonderful in his saints: the became steadfast, and every transgres­
God of Israel is he who will give power sion and disobedience received a just
and strength to his people. Blessed be recompense of reward:
How shall we escape if we neglect so
God.—Ps. Ixvii. 36.
God, who is glorified in the assembly great salvation? which having begun
of the saints: great and terrible above to be declared by the Lord, was con­
all them that are about him.—Ps. firmed unto us by them that heard
him.—Heb. ii. 1-3.
Ixxxviii. 8.
And to you who are troubled, rest
with us when the Lord Jesus shall be
SALVATION, GOD CUR
revealed from heaven, with the angels
Neither is my house so great with
of his power. ...
When he shall come to be glorified in God, that he should make wi h me an
his saints, and to be made wonderful eternal covenant, firm in all t lings and
in all them who have believed; because assured. For he is all my salvation,
our testimony was believed upon you in and all my will : neither is there ought
thereof that springeth not up.—2 Kings
that day.—2 Thess. i. 7,10.
xxiii. 5.
Bring out the sword, and shut up the
SAINTS, THE COMMUNION OF
way against them that persecute me:
See: Part II—page 732.
say to my soul: I am thy salvation.—
Ps. xxxiv. 3.
SALVATION, THE IMPORTANCE
OF
I I will give glory to thee because thou
hast heard me : and art become my sal­
For what doth it profit a man, if he vation.—Ps. cxvii. 21.
gain the whole world, and suffer the
Behold, God is my saviour, I will
loss of his own soul ? Or what exchange deal confidently, and will not fear: be­
shall a man give for his soul?—Matt. cause the Lord is my strength, and my
xvi. 26.
praise, and he is become my salvation.
But yet rejoice not in this, that —Is. xii. 2.
spirits are subject unto you; but re­
O Lord, have mercy on us: for we
joice in this, that your names are writ­ have waited for thee: be thou our arm
ten in heaven.—Luke x. 20.
in the morning, and our salvation in
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God, for that God hath chosen you
firstfruits
unto
salvation,
in sanctifi­
Salvation is of the Lord: and thy cation of the spirit, and faith of the
blessing is upon thy people.—Ps. iii. 9. truth.—2 Thess. ii. 12.
But the salvation of the just is from
the Lord, and he is their protector in SALVATION IS FROM GOD, AC­
the time of trouble.—Ps. xxxvi. 39.
KNOWLEDGMENT THAT
Shall not my soul be subject to God?
for from him is my salvation. . . .
My heart hath rejoiced in the Lord,
In God is my salvation and my glory : and my horn is exalted in my God:
he is the God of my help, and my hope my mouth is enlarged over my enemies:
is in God.—Ps. Ixi. 2, 8.
because I have joyed in thy salvation.
But God is our king before ages: he —1 Kings ii. 1.
hath wrought salvation in the midst of
I will rejoice in thy salvation: the
the earth.—Ps. Ixxiii. 12.
Gentiles have stuck fast in the destruc­
I will fill him with length of days; tion which they prepared.
and I will show him my salvation.—
Their foot hath been taken in the
Ps. xc. 16.
very snare which they hid.—Ps. ix. 16.
But I am poor and sorrowful: thy
He hath remembered his mercy and
salvation, O God, hath set me up.—
his truth toward the house of Israel.
All the ends of the earth have seen Ps. Ixviii. 30.
He shall cry out to me : Thou art my
the salvation of our God.—Ps. xcvii. 3.
Love God all thy life, and call upon father: my God, and the support of my
him for thy salvation.—Ecclus. xiii. 18. salvation.—Ps. Ixxxviii, 27.
I looked for thy salvation, 0 Lord:
For at his commandment favor is
shown, and there is no diminishing of and I loved thy commandments. . . .
I have longed for thy salvation, O
his salvation.—Ecclus. xxxix. 23.
I am, I ain the Lord : and there is no Lord; and thy law is my meditation.—
Ps. cxviii. 166, 174.
saviour besides me.—Is. xliii. 11.
Now thou dost dismiss thy servant,
Israel is saved in the Lord with an
eternal salvation: you shall not be con­ 0 Lord,according to thy word in peace;
Because my eyes have seen thy salva­
founded, and you shall not be ashamed
tion,
for ever and ever.—Is. xiv. 17.
Which thou hast prepared before the
I am the door. By me, if any man
enter in, he shall be saved: and he shall face of all peoples.—Luke ii. 29-31.
go in, and go out, and shall find pas­
SANCTITY OF GOD, THE
tures.—John x. 9.
Jesus saith to him (Thomas): I am
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
the way, and the truth, and the life.
Speak to all the congregation of the
No man cometh to the Father, but by children of Israel, and thou shalt say
me.—John xiv. 6.
to them: Be ye holy, because I the
These things Jesus spoke, and lifting Lord your God am holy.—Lev. xix. 1, 2.
up his eyes to heaven, he said: Father,
Shall man be justified in comparison
the hour is come, glorify thy Son, that of God, or shall a man be more pure
thy Son may glorify thee.
than his maker?—Job iv. 17.
As thou hast given him power over
Behold among his saints none is un­
all flesh, that he may give eternal life changeable, and the heavens are not
to all whom thou hast given him.— pure in his sight.—Job xv. 15.
John xvii. 1, 2.
Can man be justified compared with
For by grace you are saved through God, or he that is born of a woman ap­
faith, and that not of yourselves, for it pear clean?
Behold even the moon doth not shine,
is the gift of God ;
Not of works, that no man may and the stars are not pure in his sight.
—Job XXV. 4, 5.
glory.—Eph. ii. 8, 9.
Once have I sworn by my holiness:
But we ought to give thanks to God
I will not lie unto David: his seed
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shall endure for ever.—Ps. Ixxxviii. the Lord God of hosts, all the earth is
36, 37.
full of his glory.—Is. vi. 3.
Rejoice, ye just, in the Lord: and
Thy eyes are too pure to behold evil,
give praise to the remembrance of his and thou canst not look on iniquity.
holiness.—Ps. xcvi. 12.
Why lookest thou upon them that do
Exalt ye the Lord our God, and unjust things, and boldest thy peace
adore at his holy mountain: for the 1 when the wicked devoureth the man
Lord our God is holy.—Ps. xcviii. 9.
that is more just than himself l—Hab.
God hath spoken in his holiness.— i. 13.
Ps. cvii. 8.
And the four living creatures had
Go, and proclaim these words towards each of them six wings; and round
the north, and thou shalt say: Return, about and within they are full of eyes.
0 rebellious Israel, saith the Lord, and And they rested not day and night,
I will not turn away my face from you : saying: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Al­
for I am holy, saith the Lord, and I mighty, who was, and who is, and who
will not be angry for ever.—Jer. iii. 12. is to come.—Apoc. iv. 8.
The Lord God hath sworn by his holi­
Who shall not fear thee, 0 Lord, and
ness, that lo, the days shall come upon magnify thy name? For thou only art
you, when they shall lift you up on holy: for all nations shall come, and
pikes, and what shall remain of you in shall adore in thy sight, because thy
boiling pots.—Amos iv. 2.
judgments are manifest.—Apoc. xv. 4.
Be you therefore perfect, as also your
heavenly Father is perfect.—Matt.
SANCTITY OF CHRIST, THE
v. 48.
And the angel answering, said to her:
The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee,
SANCTITY OF GOD, ACKNOWL­ and the power of the most High shall
EDGMENT OF THE
overshadow thee. And therefore also
Who is like to thee,among the strong, the Holy which shall be born of thee,
0 Lord? who is like to thee, glorious shall be called the Son of God.—Luke
in holiness, terrible and praiseworthy, i. 35.
And it came to pass that when Elisa­
doing wonders?—Ex. xv. 11.
There is none holy as the Lord is : beth heard the salutation of Mary, the
for there is none beside thee, and there I infant leaped in her womb. And Elisa­
is none strong like our God.—1 Kings beth was filled with the Holy Ghost:
And she cried out with a loud voice,
ii. 2.
In the morning I will stand before and said : Blessed art thou among
thee, and will see: because thou art not women, and blessed is the fruit of thy
womb.—Luke i. 41, 42.
a God that wiliest iniquity.
Which of you shall convince me of
Neither shall the wicked dwell near
thee: nor shall the unjust abide before sin? If I say the truth to you, why
do you not believe me?—John viii. 46.
thy eyes.
But you denied the Holy One and
Thou hatest all the workers of in­
iquity : thou wilt destroy all that speak the Just, and desired a murderer to be
granted unto you.—Acts iii. 14.
a lie.
And now, Lord, behold their threatThe bloody and the deceitful man
enings, and grant unto thy servants,
the Lord will abhor.—Ps. v. 5-7.
Generation and generation shall that with all confidence they may speak
praise thy works : and they shall de­ thy word,
By stretching forth thy hand to
clare thy power.
They shall speak of the magnificence cures, and signs, and wonders to be
of the glory of thy holiness: and shall done by the name of thy holy Son
tell thy wondrous works.—Ps. cxliv. Jesus.—Acts iv. 29, 30.
4, 5.
SANCTITY OF GOD’S HOUSE
And they (the seraphim) cried one
to another, and said : Holy, holy, holy,
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And I shall be perfect with him: and
shall keep myself from my iniquity.—
2 Kings xxii. 24.
Preserve my soul, for I am holy:
save thy servant, O my God, that trusteth in thee.—Ps. Ixxxv. 2.
They that fear the Lord, will pre­
pare their hearts, and in his sight
will sanctify their souls.—Ecclus.
ii. 20.
Health of the soul in holiness of jus­
tice, is better than all gold and silver:
and a sound body, than immense reve­
nues.—Ecclus. xxx. 15.
But godliness with contentment is
great gain.—1 Tim. vi. 6.
And every one that hath this hope in
him, sanctifieth himself, as he also is
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PERSONAL
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Speak to all the congregation of the
children of Israel, and thou shalt say
to them :
Be ye holy, because I the Lord your
God am holy.—Lev. xix. 1, 2.
Sanctify yourselves, and be ye holy,
because I am the Lord your God.
Keep my precepts, and do them. I
am the Lord that sanctify you. . . .
You shall be holy unto me, because I
the Lord am holy, and I have separated
you from other people, that you should
be mine.—Lev. xx. 7, 8, 26.
But avoid foolish and old wives’
fables: and exercise thyself unto godli­
ness.
For bodily exercise is profitable to
little: but godliness is profitable to all
things, having promise of the life that
now is, and of that which is to come.—
1 Tim. iv. 7, 8.
But thou, O man of God, fly these
things: and pursue justice, godliness,
faith, charity, patience, mildness.—
1 Tim. vi. 11.
Follow peace with all men, and holi­
ness: without which no man shall see
God.—Heb. xii. 14.
But according to him that hath called
you, who is holy, be you also in all
manner of conversation, holy:
Because it is written: You shall be
holy, for I am holy.—1 Peter i. 15, 16.
And you, employing all care, minis­
ter in your faith, virtue; and in virtue,
knowledge ;
And in knowledge, abstinence; and
in abstinence, patience; and in pa­
tience, godliness;
And in godliness, love of brother­
hood ; and in love of brotherhood,
charity.
For if these things be with you and
abound, they will make you to be
neither empty nor unfruitful in the
knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.—
2 Peter i. 5-8.

SANCTITY, GOD CALLS US TO
PERSONAL
To all that are at Rome, the beloved
of God, called to be saints.—Rom.
i. 7.
As he chose us in him before the
foundation of the world, that we should
be holy and unspotted in his sight in
charity.—Eph. i. 4.
For this is the will of God, your
sanctification; that you should abstain
from fornication;
That every one of you should know
how to possess his vessel in sanctifica­
tion and honor. . . .
For God hath not called us unto un­
cleanness, but unto sanctification.—
1 Thess. iv. 3, 4, 7.
But we ought to give thanks to God
always for you, brethren, beloved of
God, for that God hath chosen you
firstfruits unto salvation, in sanctifica­
tion of the spirit, and faith of the truth.
—2 Thess. ii. 12.
For the grace of God our Saviour
hath appeared to all men ;
Instructing us, that, denying ungod­
liness and worldly desires, we should
live soberly, and justly, and godly in
this world,
SAVED, THE, OR THE ELECT
Looking for the blessed hope and
See also: Saints, the—page 496.
coming of the glory of the great God
and our Saviour Jesus Christ.—Titus
And these are thy servants, and thy
ii. 11-13.
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thy great strength, and by thy mighty kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
hand.—2 Esd. i. 10.
—Matt. xi. 11.
They that are planted in the house of
And Jesus answering, said to them;
the Lord shall flourish in the courts of You err, not knowing the Scriptures,
the house of our God.
nor the power of God.
They shall still increase in a fruit­
For in the resurrection they shall
ful old age: and shall be well treated, neither marry nor be married; but shall
that they may show,
be as the angels of God in heaven.—
That the Lord our God is righteous, Matt. xxii. 29, 30.
and there is no iniquity in him.—Ps.
Fear not, little flock, for it hath
xci. 14-16.
pleased your Father to give you a
Give glory to the Lord, for he is kingdom.—Luke xii. 32.
good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
When one of them that sat at table
Let them say so that have been re­ with him, had heard these things, he
deemed by the Lord, whom he hath re­ said to him : Blessed is he that shall eat
deemed from the hand of the enemy: bread in the kingdom of God.—Lute
xiv. 15.
and gathered out of the countries.
But they that shall be accounted
From the rising and from the set­
ting of the sun, from the north, and worthy of that world, and of the resur­
rection from the dead, shall neither be
from the sea.—Ps. evi. 1-3.
They that trust in him, shall under­ married, nor take wives.
Neither can they die any more: for
stand the truth : and they that are
faithful in love shall rest in him: for they are equal to the angels, and are
grace and peace is to his elect.—Wis. the children of God, being the children
of the resurrection.—Luke xx. 35, 36.
iii. 9.
These shall fight with the Lamb, and
Behold how they are numbered
among the children of God, and their the Lamb shall overcome them, because
he is Lord of lords, and King of kings,
lot is among the saints.—Wis. v. 5.
And they shall say in that day: Lo, and they that are with him are called,
this is our God, we have waited for him, and elect, and faithful.—Apoc. xvii. 14.
And he said to me: Write: Blessed
and he will save us: this is the Lord,
we have patiently waited for him, we are they that are called to the mar­
shall rejoice and be joyful in his salva­ riage supper of the Lamb. And he
saith to me: These words of God are
tion.—Is. xxv. 9.
In that day the Lord of hosts shall true.—Apoc. xix. 9.
Blessed and holy is he that hath part
be a crown of glory, and a garland of
joy to the residue of his people.—Is. in the first resurrection. In these the
xxviii. 5.
second death hath no power; but they
And my people shall sit in the beauty shall be priests of God and of Christ;
of peace, and in the tabernacles of con­ and shall reign with him a thousand
fidence. and in wealthy rest.—Is. xxxii. years.—Apoc. xx. 6.
There shall not enter into it (the
18.
And the redeemed of the Lord shall new Jerusalem) any thing defiled, or
return, and shall come into Sion with that worketh abomination or maketh a
praise, and everlasting joy shall be upon lie, but they that are written in the
their heads: they shall obtain joy and book of life of the Lamb.—Apoc.
gladness, and sorrow and mourning xxi. 27.
shall flee away.—Is. xxxv. 10.
SAVED, THE SMALL NUMBER
Israel is saved in the Lord with an
OF THE
eternal salvation : you shall not be con­
founded, and you shall not be ashamed
How narrow is the gate, and strait is
for ever and ever.—Is. xiv. 17.
the way that leadeth to life: and few
Amen I say to you, there hath not there are that find it!—Matt. vii. 14.
risen among them that are born of
So shall the last be first, and the
women, a greater than John the Bap­ first last. For many are called, but few
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Strive to enter by the narrow gate; it: save me because of my enemies.—
for many, I say to you, shall seek to Ps. Ixviii. 2, 15, 16, 19.
enter, and shall not be able.—Luke Stir up thy might, and come to save
xiii. 24.
us.
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Convert us, 0 God: and show us thy
SAVED, A PRAYER O BE
face, and we shall be saved.—Ps. Ixxix.
Save us, O God our saviour: and 3, 4.
gather us together, and deliver us from
Show us, 0 Lord, thy mercy; and
the nations, that we may give glory to grant us thy salvation.—Ps. Ixxxiv. 8.
thy holy name, and may rejoice in
Preserve my soul, for I am holy : save
singing thy praises.—1 Paral, xvi. 35. thy servant, O my God, that trusteth
Who will grant me this, that thou in thee. . . .
inayst protect me in hell, and hide me
0 look upon me, and have mercy on
till thy wrath pass, and appoint me a me: give thy command to thy servant,
time when thou wilt remember me?— and save the son of thy handmaid.—
Job xiv. 13.
Ps. Ixxxv. 2, 16.
I will not fear thousands of the peoRemember us, 0 Lord, in the favor
pie, surrounding me: arise, O Lord; of thy people: visit us with thy salvasave me, O my God.—Ps. iii. 7.
tion.
Turn to me, 0 Lord, and deliver my
That we may see the good of thy
soul: 0 save me for thy mercy’s sake.— chosen, that we may rejoice in the joy
Ps. vi. 5.
of thy nation : that thou mayst be
But thou,O Lord, remove not
thy praised with thy inheritance.—Ps. cv.
help to a distance from me; look 4, 5.
towards my defence.
Be thou exalted, 0 God, above the
Deliver, 0 God, my soul from the heavens, and thy glory over all the
sword: my only one from the hand of earth: that thy beloved may be dethe dog.
livered.
Save me from the lion’s mouth; and
Save with thy right hand and hear
my lowness from the horns of the uni- me.—Ps. cvii. 6, 7.
corns.—Ps. xxi. 20-22.
Help me, 0 Lord my God; save me
Keep thou my soul, and deliver me: according to thy mercy.
I shall not be ashamed, for I have
And let them know that this is thy
hoped in thee.—Ps. xxiv. 20.
hand: and that thou, 0 Lord, hast done
But as for me, I have walked in my it.—Ps. cviii. 26, 27.
innocence : redeem me, and have mercy
I am thine, save thou me : for I have
on me.—Ps. xxv. 11.
sought thy justifications. .
Save, 0 Lord, thy people, and bless
Let thy hand be with me to save me;
thy inheritance : and rule them, and for I have chosen thy precepts. . . .
exalt them for ever.—Ps. xxvii. 9.
I have gone astray like a sheep that
Make thy face to shine upon thy ser- is lost: seek thy servant, because I have
vaut ; save me in thy mercy.
not forgotten thy commandments.—Ps.
Let me not be confounded, O Lord, cxviii. 94, 173, 176.
for I have called upon thee.—Ps. xxx.
Bring my soul out of prison, that I
17. 18.
may praise thy name: the just wait for
Save me, O God : for the waters are me, until thou reward me.—Ps. cxli. 8.
come in even unto my soul. ...
O Lord, have mercy on us: for we
Draw me out of the mire, that 11 have waited for thee: be thou our arm
may not stick fast: deliver me from I in the morning, and our salvation in
them that hate me, and out of the deep j the time of trouble.—Is. xxxiii. 2.
waters.
Heal me, 0 Lord, and I shall be
Let not the tempest of water drown i healed: save me, and I shall be saved:
me, nor the deep swallow me up: for thou art my praise.—J er. xvii. 14.
and let not the pit shut her mouth upon
And lead us not into temptation,
me.
But deliver us from evil. Amen.—
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And behold a great tempest arose in
the sea, so that the boat was covered
with waves, but he was asleep.
And they came to him, and awakcd
him, saying: Lord, save us, we perish.
—Malt. viii. 24, 25.
And he said to Jesus: Lord, remem­
ber me, when thou shalt come into thy
kingdom.—Luke xxiii. 42.
SCANDAL
See also: Leading others into evil—
page 276.

Wherefore the sin of the ‘young
men was exceeding great before the
Lord : because they withdrew men from
the sacrifice of the Lord.—1 Kings
ii. 17.
Sitting, thou didst speak against thy
brother, and didst lay a scandal against
thy mother’s son : these things hast
thou done, and I was silent.
Thou though test unjustly that I
should be like to thee: but I will re­
prove thee, and set before thy face.—
Ps. xlix. 20, 21.
Let not them be ashamed for me, who
look for thee, 0 Lord, the Lord of hosts.
Let them not be confounded on my
account, who seek thee, 0 God of
Israel.—Ps. Ixviii. 7.
If the Ethiopian can change his
skin, or the leopard his spots: you also
may do well, when you have learned
evil.—Jer. xiii. 23.
But woe to you scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites; because you shut the king­
dom of heaven against men, for you
yourselves do not enter in; and those
that are going in, you suffer not to
enter.—Matt, xxiii. 13.
Thou that makest thy boast of the
law, by trangression of the law dishonorest God.
(For the name of God through you
is blasphemed among the Gentiles, as it
is written).—Rom. ii. 23, 24.
Let us not therefore judge one
another any more. But judge this
rather, that you put not a stumblingblock or a scandal in your brother’s
way. . . .
It is good not to cat flesh, and not

to drink wine, nor any thing whereby
thy brother is offended, or scandalized,
or made weak.—Rom. xiv. 13, 21.
Your glorying is not good. Know
you not that a little leaven corrupteth
the whole lump?—1 Cor. v. 6.
But take heed lest perhaps this your
liberty become a stumbling-block to the
weak.
For if a man see him that hath
knowledge sit at meat in the idol’s tem­
ple, shall not his conscience, being
weak, be emboldened to eat those things
which are sacrificed to idols?
And through thy knowledge shall the
weak brother perish, for whom Christ
hath died?
Now when you sin thus against the
brethren, and wound their weak con­
science, you sin against Christ.
Wherefore, if meat scandalize my
brother, I will never eat flesh, lest I
should scandalize my brother.—1 Cor.
viii. 9-13.
You did run well, who hath hindered
you, that you should not obey the
truth? . . .
I have confidence in you in the Lord:
that you will not be of another mind:
but he that troubleth you, shall bear
the judgment, whosoever he be. . . .
I would they were even cut off, who
trouble you.—Gal. v. 7, 10, 12.
SCANDAL, THE PUNISHMENT OF

If thy brother the son of thy mother,
or thy son. or daughter, or thy wife
that is in thy bosom, or thy friend,
whom thou lovest as thy own soul,
would persuade thee secretly, saying:
Let us go, and serve strange gods, which
thou knowest not, nor thy fathers. . . .
Consent not to him, hear him not,
neither let thy eye spare him to pity
and conceal him.
But thou shalt presently put him to
death. Let thy hand be first upon him.
and afterwards the hands of all the
people.
With stones shall he be stoned to
death: because he would have with­
drawn! thee from the Lord thy God, who
brought thee out of the land of Egypt,
’The two wicked sons of the high priest from the house of bondage :
Hell.
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may do no more any thing like this.—
Deut. xiii. 6, 8-11.
Nevertheless, 'because thou hast
given occasion to the enemies of the
Lord to blaspheme, for this thing, the
child that is born to thee, shall surely
die.—2 Kings xii. 14.
The Son of man shall send his angels,
and they shall gather out of his king­
dom all scandals, and them that work
iniquity.
And shall cast them into the furnace
of fire: there shall be weeping and
gnashing of teeth.—Matt. xiii. 41, 42.
But he that shall scandalize one of
these little ones that believe in me, it
were better for him that a millstone
should be hanged about his neck, and
that he should be drowned in the depth
of the sea.
Woe to the world because of scandals.
For it must needs be that scandals
come: but nevertheless woe to that man
by whom the scandal cometh.
And if thy hand, or thy foot scandal­
ize thee, cut it off, and cast it from
thee. It is better for thee to go into
life maimed or lame, than having two
hands or two feet, to be cast into ever­
lasting fire.
And if thy eye scandalize thee, pluck
it out, and cast it from thee. It is bet­
ter for thee having one eye to enter into
life, than having two eyes to be cast
into hell fire.—Matt, xviii. 6-9.
SCOFFER, THE
For every mocker is an abomination
to the Lord, and his communication is
with the simple. . . .
He shall scorn the scorners, and to
the meek he will give grace.—Prov.
iii. 32, 34.
Rebuke not a scorner lest he hate
thee.
Rebuke a wise man, and he will love
thee.—Prov. ix. 8.
If thou be wise, thou shalt be so to
thyself: and if a scorner, thou alone
shalt bear the evil.—Prov. ix. 12.
A wise son heareth the doctrine of
his father: but he that is a scorner,
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Good instruction shall give grace:
in the way of scorners is a deep pit.—
Prov. xiii. 15.
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: the learning of the wise is
easy.—Prov. xiv. 6.
Judgments are prepared for scorners;
and striking hammers for the bodies of
fools.—Prov. xix. 29.
Cast out the scoffer, and contention
shall go out with him, and quarrels and
reproaches shall cease.—Prov. xxii. 10.
Mockery and reproach are of the
proud, and vengeance as a lion shall
lie in wait for him.—Ecclus. xxvii. 31.
A friend that is a mocker, is like a
stallion horse: he neigheth under every
one that sitteth upon him.—Ecclus.
xxxiii. 6.
And now do not mock, lest your
bonds be tied strait. For I have heard
of the Lord the God of hosts a con­
sumption and a cutting short upon all
the earth.—Is. xxviii. 22.
For he that did prevail hath failed,
the scorner is consumed, and they are
all cut off that watched for iniquity.—
Is. xxix. 20.
But you, my dearly beloved, be mind­
ful of the words which have been
spoken before by the apostles of our
Lord Jesus Christ,
Who told you that in the last time
there should come mockers, walking ac­
cording to their own desires in ungod­
linesses.—Jude i. 17, 18.
SEARCHER OF HEARTS,
GOD THE

And the Lord said to Samuel: Look
not on his countenance, nor on the
height of his stature: because I have
rejected him, nor do I judge according
to the look of man : for man seeth those
things that appear, but the Lord beholdeth the heart.—1 Kings xvi. 7.
And thou my son Solomon, know the
God of thy father, and serve him with
a perfect heart, and a willing mind :
for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and
understandeth all the thoughts of
minds.—1 Paral, xxviii. 9.
For behold my witness is in heaven,
and he that knoweth my conscience is
‘Nathan upbraiding David for bla sin against
on high.—Job xvi. 20.
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The Lord is in his holy temple, the
Lord’s throne is in heaven.
His eyes look on the poor man: his
eyelids examine the sons of men.—Ps.
x. 5.
Tf we have forgotten the name of our
God, and if we have spread forth our
hands to a strange god :
Shall not God search out these things:
for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
—Ps. xliii. 21, 22.
The Lord knoweth the thoughts of
men, that they are vain.—Ps. xeiii. 11.
Hell and destruction are before the
Lord : how much more the hearts of the
children of men?—Prov. xv. 11.
All the ways of a man are open to
his eyes: the Lord is the weigher of
spirits.—Prov. xvi. 2.
Every way of a man seemeth right to
himself: but the Lord wcigheth the
hearts.—Prov. xxi. 2.
If thou say: I have not strength
enough: he that seeth into the heart, he
understandeth, and nothing deceiveth
the keeper of thy soul, and he shall
render to a man according to his works.
—Prov. xxiv. 12.
For the spirit of wisdom is benevo­
lent,and will not acquit the evil speaker
from his lips: for God is witness of his
reins, and he is a true searcher of his
heart, and a hearer of his tongue.—
Wts. i. 6.
For power is given you by the Lord,
and strength by the most High, who
will examine your works, and search
out your thoughts.—Wis. vi. 4.
Justify not thyself before God, for
he knoweth the heart.—Ecclus. vii. 5.
And in all these things the heart is
senseless: and every heart is under­
stood by him.—Ecclus. xvi. 20.
And he knoweth not that the eyes of
the Lord are far brighter than the sun, ■
beholding round about all the ways of
men, and the bottom of the deep, and i
looking into the hearts of men, into the ]
most hidden parts.—Ecclus. xxiii. 28. !
He that searched out the deep, and
the heart of men: and considered their ]
crafty devices. ...
<
No thought eseapeth him, and no 1
word can hide itself from him.—Ecclus.
xiii. 18, 20.
Woe to you that are deep of heart,

to hide your counsel from the Lord:
and their works are in the dark, and
they say: Who seeth us, and who know­
eth us?

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a flame of fire, and his feet like to fine
brass. . . .
And all the churches shall know that
I am he that searcheth the reins and
hearts, and I will give to every one of
you according to your works.—Apoc. ii.
18, 23.

My heart hath said to thee: My face
hath sought thee: thy face, 0 Lord,
will I still seek.—Ps. xxvi. 8.
Let all that seek thee rejoice and be
glad in thee: and let such as love thy
salvation say always : The Lord be mag­
nified.—Ps. xxxix. 17.
Glory ye in his holy name: let the
SEARCHER OF HEARTS, AC­
heart of them rejoice that seek the
KNOWLEDGMENT THAT
Lord.—Ps. civ. 3.
GOD IS THE
Blessed are they that search his tes­
Whatsoever curse or imprecation timonies: that seek him with their
shall happen to any man of thy people whole heart.—Ps. cxviii. 2.
With my whole heart have I sought
Israel: when a man shall know the
wound of his own heart, and shall after thee: let me not stray from thy
spread forth his hands in this house, commandments.—Ps. cxviii. 10.
Evil men think not on judgment:
Then hear thou in heaven, in the
place of thy dwelling, and forgive, and but they that seek after the Lord, take
do so as to give to every one according notice of all things.—Prov. xxviii. 5.
I have not spoken in secret, in a
to his ways, as thou shalt see his heart
(for thou only knowest the heart of all dark place of the earth : I have not said
the children of men).—3 Kings viii. to the seed of Jacob: Seek me in vain.
I am the Lord that speak justice, that
38, 39.
I know that thou canst do all things, declare right things.—Is. xiv. 19.
And now we follow thee with all our
and no thought is hid from thee.—Job
heart, and we fear thee, and seek thy
xüi. 2.
The wickedness of sinners shall be face.
Put us not to confusion, but deal
brought to nought: and thou shalt di­
rect the just: the searcher of hearts and with us according to thy meekness, and
according to the multitude of thy mer­
reins is God.—Ps. vii. 10.
Lord, thou hast proved me, and cies.—Dan. iii. 41, 42.
When Jesus therefore was born in
known me: thou hast known my sitting
Bethlehem of Juda, in the days of king
down, and my rising up.
Thou hast understood my thoughts Herod, behold, there came wise men
afar off: my path and my line thou from the east to Jerusalem,
Saying. Where is he that is born king
hast searched out.
And thou hast foreseen all my ways: of the Jews? For we have seen his
for there is no speech in my tongue.— star in the east, and are come to adore
him.—Matt. ii. 1, 2.
Ps. cxxxviii. 1-4.
And hath made of one, all mankind,
And praying, they said : Thou, Lord,
who knowest the hearts of all men,show to dwell upon the whole face of the
whether of these two thou hast chosen, earth, determining appointed times,
To take the place of this ministry and the limits of their habitation.
That they should seek God, if happily
and apostleship, from which Judas hath
by transgression fallen, that he might they may feel after him, or find him,
although he lie not far from every one
go to his own place.—Acts i. 24, 25.
of us.—Ac/s xvii. 26, 27.
SEEKING AFTER GOD

Who will grant me that I might know
and find him, and come even to his
throne?—Job xxiii. 3.
We can not find him worthily: he is
great in strength, and in judgment, and
in justice, and he is ineffable.—Job
xxxvii. 23.

SEEKING AFTER GOD, THE
REWARD OF

And when thou shalt seek there the
Lord thy God. thou shalt find him: yet
so, if thou seek him with all thy heart,
and all the affliction of thy soul.—Dent.
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And thou my son Solomon, know the I enee as one finding peace.—Cant
God of thy father, and serve him with viii. 10.
a perfect heart, and a willing mind. . . .
For God is compassionate and merci­
If thou seek him, thou shalt find him: ful, and will forgive sins in the day
but if thou forsake him, he will cast of tribulation : and he is a protector to
thee off for ever.—1 Paral, xxviii. 9.
all that seek him in truth.—Ecclut.
And when in their distress, they shall ii. 13.
return to the Lord the God of Israel,
He that feareth the Lord, will re­
and shall seek him, they shall find him. ceive his discipline: and they that will
—2 Paral, xv. 4.
seek him early, shall find a blessing.—
For with all their heart they swore, Ecclus. xxxii. 18.
and with all their will they sought him,
You shall seek me, and shall find me:
and they found him, and the Lord gave when you shall seek me with all your
them rest round about.—2 Paral, xv. 15. heart.—Jer. xxix. 13.
And Ezechias prayed for them, say­
The Lord is good to them that hope
ing: The Lord who is good will show in him, to the soul that seeketh him.—
mercy,
Lam. iii. 25.
To all them who, with their whole
SEEK AFTER GOD, EXHOR­
heart, seek the Lord the God of their
TATION TO
fathers.—2 Paral, xxx. 18, 19.
The hand of our God is upon all
Give therefore your hearts and your
them that seek him in goodness: and souls, to seek the Lord your God.—
his power and strength, and wrath upon 1 Paral, xxii. 19.
all them that forsake him.—1 Esd.
Let the poor see and rejoice: seek ye
viii. 22.
God, and your soul shall live.—Ps.
And let them trust in thee who know Ixviii. 33.
thy name: for thou hast not forsaken
Seek ye the Lord, and be strength­
them that seek thee, 0 Lord.—Ps.ix.ll. ened: seek his face evermore.—Ps.civ.4.
The poor shall eat and shall be filled :
Think of the Lord in goodness, and
and they shall praise the Lord that seek him in simplicity of heart.
seek him: their hearts shall live for
For he is found by them that tempt
ever and ever.—Ps. xxi. 27.
him not: and he showeth himself to
Who shall ascend into the mountain them that have faith in him.—IFw. i.
of the Lord: or who shall stand in his 1, 2.
holy place?
Seek ye the Lord, while he may be
The innocent in hands, and clean of found : call upon him, while he is near.
heart, who hath not taken his soul in —Is. Iv. 6.
vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neigh­
For thus saith the Lord to the house
bor.
of Israel: Seek ye me, and you shall
lie shall receive a blessing from the live. . . .
Lord, and mercy from God his Saviour.
Seek ye the Lord, and live.—Amos,
This is the generation of them that v. 4, 6.
seek him, of them that seek the face
Seek the Lord, all ye meek of the
of the God of Jacob.—Ps. xxiii. 3-6.
earth, you that have wrought his judg­
The rich have wanted, and have suf­ ment: seek the just, seek the meek: if
fered hunger: but they that seek the by any means you may be hid in the
Lord, shall not be deprived of any good. day of the Lord’s indignation.—Soph.
—Ps. xxxiii. 11.
ii. 3.
I love them that love me : and they
Be not solicitous, therefore, saying,
that in the morning early watch for me, What shall we eat: or what shall we
shall find me. ...
drink, or wherewith shall we be clothed?
He that shall find me, shall find life,
For after all these things do the
and shall have salvation from the Lord. I heathens seek. For your Father know­
—Prov. viii. 17, 35.
eth that you have need of all these
I am a wall : and my breasts are as a things.
tower since I am become in his pres-1 Seek ye therefore first the kingdom

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of God, and his justice, and all these I multiplied over me: but I will seek
things shall be added unto you.—Matt, thy commandments with my whole
vi. 31-33.
heart.—Ps. cxviii. 69.
Make the way known to me, wherein
SEEKING GOD’S DOCTRINE AND I should walk: for I have lifted up my
soul to thee. . . .
TRUTH
Teach me to do thy will, for thou
He hath loved the people, all the
my God.—Ps. exlii. 8, 10.
saints are in his hand: and they that artThey
that
fear
the
Lord,
will
seek
approach to his feet, shall receive of after the things that are well pleasing
his doctrine.—Deut. xxxiii. 3.
If I have erred, teach thou me: if I to him: and they that love him, shall
filled with his law.—Ecclus. ii. 19.
have spoken iniquity, I will add no be He
that seeketh the law, shall be
more.—Job xxxiv. 32.
In his hands he hideth the light, and filled with it: and he that dealeth deceit­
fully, shall meet with a stumbling-block
commandeth it to come again.
He showeth his friend concerning it, therein.—Ecclus. xxxii. 19.
of myself do any thing.
that it is his possession, and that he AsI I cannot
so I judge: and my judg­
may come up to it.—Job xxxvi. 32, 33. ment hear,
is just; because I seek not my
Show, 0 Lord, thy ways to me, and
own
will,
but
the
will
of
him
that
sent
teach me thy paths.
Direct me in thy truth, and teach me.—John v. 30.
me; for thou art God my Saviour; and
SELF-CONTROL
on thee have I waited all the day long.
The patient man is better than the
—Ps. xxiv. 4, 5.
Send forth thy light and thy truth: valiant: and he that ruleth his spirit,
they have conducted me, and brought than he that taketh cities.—Prov.
me unto thy holy hill, and into thy xvi. 32.
Have pity on thy own soul, pleasing
tabernacles.
And I will go in to the altar of God: God, and contain thyself : gather up thy
to God who giveth joy to my youth.— heart in his holiness: and drive away
sadness far from thee.—Ecclus. xxx. 24.
Ps. xiii. 3, 4.
My son, prove thy soul in thy life:
Conduct me, 0 Lord, in thy way, and
I will walk in thy truth: let my heart and if it be wicked, give it no power.—
rejoice that it may fear thy name.— Ecclus. xxxvii. 30.
Ps. Ixxxv. 11.
SELF-DENIAL
SEEKING GOD’S WILL AND
And he that taketh not up his cross,
LAW
and followeth me, is not worthy of me.
All the ways of the Lord are mercy —Matt. x. 38.
And whosoever doth not carry his
and truth, to them that seek after his
covenant and his testimonies.—Ps. cross, and come after me, cannot be my
disciple.—Luke xiv. 27.
xxiv. 10.
So likewise every one of you that
Blessed is the man whom thou shalt
instruct, O Lord: and shalt teach him doth not renounce all that he possesseth,
cannot be my disciple.—Luke xiv. 33.
out of thy law.—Ps. xciii. 12.
Who said to them : Amen, I say to
Set before me for a law the way of
thy justifications. O Lord: and I will you, there is no man that hath left
house, or parents, or brethren, or wife,
always seek after it.
Give me understanding, and I will or children, for the kingdom of God’s
search thy law; and I will keep it with sake,
Who shall not receive much more in
my whole heart.
Lead me unto the path of thy com­ this present time, and in the world to
mandments; for this same I have de­ come life everlasting.—Luke xviii.
29, 30.
sired.—Ps. cxviii. 33-35.
Now if we be dead with Christ, wç
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believe that we shall live also together shall a man give for his soul?—Mall.
with Christ.—Rom. vi. 8.
xvi. 24-26.
For if you live according to the flesh,
And he said to all : If any man will
you shall die: but if by the Spirit you come after me, let him deny himself,
mortify the deeds of the flesh, you shall and take up his cross daily, and follow
live.—Rom. viii. 13.
me.—Luke ix. 23.
Know you not that they that run in
I beseech you therefore, brethren, bj
the race, all run indeed, but one re- the mercy of God, that you present
ceiveth the prize? So run that you your bodies a living sacrifice, holy,
may obtain.
pleasing unto God, your reasonable ser­
And every one that striveth for the vice.—Rom. xii. 1.
mastery, refraineth himself from all
If then you be dead with Christ from
things: and they indeed that they may the elements of this world, why do you
receive a corruptible crown; but we an yet decree as though living in the
world ?—Col. ii. 20.
incorruptible one.—1 Cor. ix. 24, 25.
Mortify therefore your members
But I chastise my body, and bring it
into subjection: lest perhaps, when I which are upon the earth; fornication,
have preached to others,! myself should uncleanness, lust, evil concupiscence,
and covetousness, which is the service
become a castaway.—1 Cor. ix. 27.
I die daily, I protest by your glory, of idols.—Col. iii. 5.
brethren, which I have in Christ Jesus
SELF-PRAISE
our Lord.—1 Cor. xv. 31.
Always bearing about in our body the
See: Boasting—page 41.
mortification of Jesus, that the life
also of Jesus may be made manifest in
SELF-SUFFICIENCY
our bodies.—2 Cor. iv. 10.
Have confidence in the Lord with all
With Christ I am nailed to the cross.
And I live, now not I; but Christ thy heart, and lean not upon thy own
prudence. . . .
liveth in me.—Gal. ii. 19, 20.
Be not wise in thy own conceit—
And they that are Christ’s, have cru­
cified their flesh, with the vices and Prov. iii. 5, 7.
He that trusteth in his own heart, is
concupiscences.—Gal. v. 24.
But God forbid that I should glory, a fool; but he that walketh wisely, he
save in the cross of our Lord Jesus shall be saved.—Prov. xxviii. 26.
Follow not in thy strength the de­
Christ; by whom the world is cruci­
fied to me, and I to the world.—Gal. sires of thy heart:
And say not: How mighty am I? and
vi. 14.
Who now rejoice in my sufferings for who shall bring me under for my deeds?
you, and fill up those things that are for God will surely take revenge.—
wanting of the sufferings of Christ, in Ecclus. v. 2, 3.
Say not : What need I, and what good
my flesh, for his body, which is the
shall I have by this?
church.—Col. i. 24.
Say not: I am sufficient for myself:
and what shall I be made worse by this ?
SELF-DENIAL, EXHOR­
—Ecclus. xi. 25, 26.
TATION TO
Woe to you, apostate children, saith
Then Jesus said to his disciples: If the Lord, that you would take counsel,
any man will come after me, let him and not of me : and would begin a web,
deny himself, and take up his cross, and and not by my spirit, that you might
follow me.
add sin upon sin :
For he that will save his life, shall
Who walk to go down into Egypt, and
lose it: and he that shall lose his life have not asked at my mouth, hoping
for my sake, shall find it.
for help in the strength of Pharao, and
For what doth it profit a man, if he trusting in the shadow of Egypt.—Is.
gain the whole world, and suffer the XXX. 1, 2.
loss of his own soul? Or what exchange
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man is not his: neither is it in a mani
to walk, and to direct his steps.—J er.
x. 23.
And such confidence we have, through
Christ, towards God.
Not that we are sufficient to think
any thing of ourselves, as of ourselves:
but our sufficiency is from God.—
2 Cor. iii. 4, 5.
SELF-WILL, OR OBSTINACY
The rod and reproof give wisdom :
but the child that is left to his own will,
bringeth his mother to shame.—Prov.
xxix. 15.
A horse not broken becometh stub­
born, and a child left to himself will
become headstrong.—Ecclus. xxx. 8.
Know also this, that, in the last days,
shall come dangerous times.
Men shall be lovers of them­
selves, . . .
Traitors, stubborn, puffed up, and
lovers of pleasures more than of God.
—2 Tim. iii. 1, 2, 4.
SELF, DISTRUST OF
See: Distrust of self—page 117.

SELF, FORGETFULNESS OF
See: Forgetfulness of self—page 155.
SELFISHNESS
Let not thy hand be stretched out to
receive, and shut when thou shouldst
give.—Ecclus. iv. 36.
There is one that is enriched by liv­
ing sparingly, and this is the portion of
his reward.
In that he saith : I have found me
rest, and now I will eat of my goods
alone :
And he knoweth not what time shall
pass, and that death approacheth, and
that he must leave all to others, and
shall die.—Ecclus. xi. 18-20.
Against him that is niggardly of his
bread, the city will murmur, and the
testimony of his niggardliness is true.
—Ecclus. xxxi. 29.
For all seek the things that are their
own; not the things that are Jesus
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But do not apply thy heart to all
words that are spoken : lest perhaps
thou hear thy servant reviling thee.
For thy conscience knoweth that thou
also hast often spoken evil of others.—
Eccles, vii. 22, 23.
SERVANTS, THE DUTY OF

See: Obedience to lay superiors—
page 348.
SERVICE OF GOD, THE

But yet they shall serve him (the
king of Egypt), that they may know
the difference between my service, and
the service of a kingdom of the earth.—
2 Paral, xii. 8.
Son, when thou comest to the service
of God, stand in justice and in fear,
and prepare thy soul for temptation.—
Ecclus. ii. 1.
Your words have been unsufferable to
me, saith the Lord.
And you have said: What have we
spoken against thee? You have said:
He laboreth in vain that serveth God,
and what profit is it that we have kept
his ordinances, and that we have walked
sorrowful before the Lord of hosts? . . .
And you shall return, and shall see
the difference between the just and the
wicked: and between him that serveth
God, and him that serveth him not.—
Malach. iii. 13, 14, 18.
The kingdom of heaven is like unto
a treasure hidden in a field. Which a
man having found, hid it, and for joy
thereof goeth, and selleth all that he
hath, and buyeth that field.
Again the kingdom of heaven is like
to a merchant seeking good pearls.
Who when he had found one pearl of
great price, went his way, and sold all
that he had, and bought it.—Matt. xiii.
44-46.
Know- you not, that to whom you
yield yourselves servants to obey, his
servants you are whom you obey,
whether it be of sin unto death, or of
obedience unto justice.—Rom. vi. 16.
But w’C are confident, and have a good
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And therefore we labor, whether ab­
That I may declare all thy praises,
sent or present, to please him.—2 Cor. in the gates of the daughter of Sion.v. 8, 9.
Ps. Ixxii. 28.
It is great glory to follow the Lord:
SERVICE OF GOD A DUTY OF for length of days shall be received
JUSTICE, THE
from him.—Ecclus. xxiii. 38.
And now, Israel, what doth the Lord. Take up- my
- -yoke upon
.
.you, and
thy God require of thee, but that thou | learn ^of me, because I am meek and
fear the Lord thy God, and walk in humble of heart: and you shall find
his ways, and love him, and serve the rest to your souls.
For my yoke is sweet and my burden
Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and
light.—Matt. xi. 29, 30.
with all thy soul:
And keep the commandments of the
Lord, and his ceremonies, which I SERVICE OF GOD SHOULD BE
command thee this day, that it may be
A WILLING SERVICE, THE
well with thee?—Deut. x. 12, 13.
So Jacob served seven years for
Who am I, and what is my people,
that we should be able to promise thee Rachel : and they seemed but a few
all these things? all things are thine: days, because of the greatness of his
and we have given thee what we re­ love.—Gen. xxix. 20.
Set aside with you firstfruits to the
ceived of thy hand.—1 Paral, xxix. 14.
Then Jesus saith to him: Begone, Lord. Let every one that is willing and
Satan : for it is written, The Lord thy hath a ready heart, offer them to the
God shalt thou adore, and him only Lord.—Ex. XXXV. 5.
And thou my son Solomon, know the
shalt thou serve.—Matt. iv. 10.
But which of you having a servant God of thy father, and serve him with
ploughing, or feeding cattle, will say a perfect heart, and a willing mind:
to him, when he is come from the field : for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and
understandeth all the thoughts of
Immediately go, sit down to meat:
And will not rather say to him : Make minds.—1 Paral, xxviii. 9.
Delight in the Lord, and he will give
ready my supper, and gird thyself, and
serve me whilst I eat and drink, and thee the requests of thy heart—Pi.
afterwards thou shalt eat and drink? xxxvi. 4.
Sing joyfully to God, all the earth:
Doth he thank that servant, for doing
the things which he commanded him? serve ye the Lord with gladness.
Come in before his presence with ex­
I think not. So you also, when you
shall have done all these things that ceeding great joy.—Ps. xcix. 2.
I have inclined my heart to do thy
are commanded you, say: We are un­
profitable servants; we have done that justifications for ever, for the reward.
which we ought to do.—Luke xvii. 7-10. —Ps. cxviii. 112.
My soul hath kept thy testimonies:
For the charity of Christ presseth us:
judging this, that if one died for all, and hath loved them exceedingly.—Ps.
cxviii. 167.
then all are dead.
My son, give me thy heart: and let
And Christ died for all, that they also
who live, may not now live to them­ thy eyes keep my ways.—Prov. xxiii. 26.
Give glory to God with a good heart:
selves, but unto him who died for them,
and diminish not the firstfruits of thy
and rose again.—2 Cor. v. 14, 15.
hands.
In every gift show a cheerful counte­
SERVICE OF GOD A PRIVILEGE,
nance, and sanctify thy tithes with joy.
THE
—Ecclus. XXXV. 10, 11.
See also: Happiness in serving God
May God be gracious to you, and re­
—page 193.
member his covenant that he made with
But it is good for me to adhere to Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, his
my God, to put my hope in the Lord faithful servants:
God:
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him, and to do his will with a great eth the prize? So run that you may
heart, and a willing mind.—2 Mach. i. obtain.
And every one that striveth for the
2, 3.
mastery, refraineth himself from all
things: and they indeed that they may
SERVICE OF GOD, EARNEST­
receive a corruptible crown; but we an
NESS IN THE
incorruptible one.
And now, Israel, what doth the Lord
I therefore so run, not as at an un­
thy God require of thee, but that thou certainty: I so fight, not as one beating
fear the Lord thy God, and walk in the air.—1 Cor. ix. 24-26.
his ways, and love him, and serve the
Brethren, I do not count myself to
Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and have apprehended. But one thing I
with all thy soul.—Deut. x. 12.
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and judgments: and to keep and fulfil
I press towards the mark, to the
them with all thy heart, and with all prize of the supernal vocation of God,
thy soul.—Deut. xxvi. 16.
in Christ Jesus.—Philipp, iii. 13, 14.
Therefore fear the Lord, and serve
Whatsoever you do, do it from the
him in truth and with your whole heart, as to the Lord, and not to men:
heart, for you have seen the great works
Knowing that you shall receive of
which he hath done among you.— the Lord the reward of inheritance.
1 Kings xii. 24.
Serve ye the Lord Christ.—Col. iii.
Lord God of Israel, there is no God 23, 24.
like thee in heaven above, or on earth
beneath : who keepest covenant and SERVICE OF GOD, SINCERITY
mercy with thy servants that have
IN THE
walked before thee with all their heart.
See also: Practical in our faith—
—3 Kings viii. 23.
Hearken therefore, my children, to page 392.
your father: serve the Lord in truth,
Adore not any strange god. The
and seek to do the things that please Lord his name is Jealous, he is a jealous
him:
God.—Ex. xxxiv. 14.
And command your children that
Now therefore fear the Lord, and
they do justice and almsdeeds, and that serve him with a perfect and most sin­
they be mindful of God, and bless him cere heart : and put away the gods
at all times in truth, and with all their which your fathers served in Meso­
power.—Tob. xiv. 10, 11.
potamia and in Egypt, and serve the
Give me understanding, and I will
search thy law; and I will keep it with
Therefore fear the Lord, and serve
my whole heart.—Ps. cxviii. 34.
him in truth and with your whole
Cursed be he that doth the work of heart, for you have seen the great works
the Lord ‘deceitfully.—Jer. xlviii. 10. which he hath done among you.—
And now we follow thee with all our 1 Kings xii. 24.
heart, and we fear thee, and seek thy
Hearken, therefore, my children, to
face.—Dan. iii. 41.
your father: serve the Lord in truth,
Jesus said to him: No man putting and seek to do the things that please
his hand to the plough, and looking him.—Tob. xiv. 10.
back, is fit for the kingdom of God.—
The Lord is only for them that wait
Luke ix. 62.
upon him in the way of truth and jus­
In carefulness not slothful. In spirit tice.—Ecclus. xxxiv. 22.
fervent.
Serving the Lord.—Rom.
Ts not this rather the fast that I have
xii. 11.
chosen? loose the hands of wickedness,
Know you not that they that run in undo the bundles that oppress, let them
the race, all run indeed, but one receiv- that are broken go free, and break asun­
der every burden.
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Deal thy bread to the hungry, and
Be not incredulous to the fear of the
bring the needy and the harborless into Lord : and come not to him with i
thy house: when thou shalt see one double heart.
Be not a hypocrite in the sight of
naked, cover him, and despise not thy
men, and let not thy lips be a stum­
own flesh.
Then shall thy light break forth as bling-block to thee.
Watch over them, lest thou fall, and
the morning, and thy health shall speed­
ily arise, and thy justice shall go be­ bring dishonor upon thy soul,
And God discover thy secrets, and
fore thy face, and the glory of the Lord
cast thee down in the midst of the
shall gather thee up.—Is. Iviii. 6-8.
For I am the Lord that love judg­ congregation.
Because thou earnest to the Lord
ment, and hate robbery in a holocaust.
wickedly, and thy heart is full of guile
—Is. Ixi. 8.
No man can serve two masters. For and deceit.—Ecclus. i. 36-40.
A heart that goeth two ways shall not
either he will hate the one, and love the
other: or he will sustain the one, and have success, and the perverse of heart
despise the other. You cannot serve shall be scandalized therein.—Ecelui.
God and mammon.—Matt. vi. 24.
iii. 28.
And the Lord said: Forasmuch as
That being delivered from the hand
of our enemies, we may serve him with­ this people draw near me with their
mouth, and with their lips glorify me,
out fear,
Tn holiness and justice before him, but their heart is far from me, and they
have feared me with the command­
all our days.—Luke i. 74, 75.
But the hour cometh, and now is, ment and doctrines of men:
Therefore behold I will proceed to
when the true adorers shall adore the
Father in spirit and in truth. For the cause an admiration in this people, by
Father also seeketh such to adore him. a great and wonderful miracle: for wis­
God is a spirit; and they that adore dom shall perish from their wise men,
him, must adore him in spirit and in and the understanding of their pru­
dent men shall be hid.—Is. xxix. 13,14
truth.—John iv. 23, 24.
Why have we fasted, and thou hast
For our glory is this, the testimony
of our conscience, that in simplicity of not regarded: have we humbled our
heart and sincerity of God, and not in souls, and thou hast not taken notice!
carnal wisdom, but in the grace of God, Behold in the day of your fast your own
we have conversed in this world: and will is found, and you exact of all your
more abundantly towards you.—2 Cor. debtors.
Behold you fast for debates and
i. 12.
And this I pray, that your charity strife, and strike with the fist wickedly.
may more and more abound in knowl­ Do not fast as you have done until this
day, to make your cry to be heard on
edge, and in all understanding:
That you may approve the better high.
Is this such a fast as I have chosen:
things, that you may be sincere and
without offence unto the day of Christ, for a man to afflict his soul for a day!
Filled with the fruit of justice, is this it, to wind his head about like
through Jesus Christ, unto the glory a circle, and to spread sackcloth and
ashes? wilt thou call this a fast, and a
and praise of God.—Philipp, i. 9-11.
day acceptable to the Lord?—Is. Iviii.
SERVICE OF GOD, HYPOCRISY 3-5.
Behold you put your trust in lying
IN THE
words, which shall not profit you:
And they loved him with their
To steal, to murder, to commit adul­
mouth : and with their tongue they lied tery, to swear falsely, to offer to Baalim,
unto him:
and to go after strange gods, which you
But their heart was not right with know not.
him: nor wore they counted faithful in
And you have come, and stood before
his covenant.—Ps. Ixxvii. 36, 37.
me in this house, in which my name ia

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called upon, and have said: We are de­
livered, because we have done all these
abominations.
Is this house, then, in which my name
hath been called upon, in your eyes be­
come a den of robbers? I, I am he:
I have seen it, saith the Lord.—Jer.
vii. 8-11.
For I tell you, that unless your jus­
tice abound more than that of the
scribes and Pharisees, you shall not en­
ter into the kingdom of heaven.—Matt.
v. 20.
But he (Jesus) answering, said to
them: Well did Isaías prophesy of yqu
hypocrites, as it is written : This people
honoreth me with their lips, but their
heart is far from me.
And in vain do they worship me,
teaching doctrines and precepts of men.
For leaving the commandment of
God, you hold the tradition of men,
the washing of pots and of cups: and
many other things you do like to these.
—Mark vii. 6-8.
SERVICE WE RENDER TO GOD
MUST BE REASONABLE, THE
Therefore glorify ye the Lord in in­
struction : the name of the Lord God of
Israel in the islands of the sea.—Is.
xxiv. 15.
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by
the mercy of God, that you present
your bodies a living sacrifice, holy,
pleasing unto God, your reasonable ser­
vice.— Rom. xii. 1.
SERVICE OF GOD, THE FOLLY
OF ABANDONING THE
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saken the Lord, the vein of living
waters.—Jer. xvii. 13.
Thou hast forsaken the fountain of
wisdom :
For if thou hadst walked in the way
of God, thou hadst surely dwelt in peace
for ever.—Rar. iii. 12, 13.
I and my sons, and my brethren, will
obey the law of our fathers.
God be merciful unto us: it is not
profitable for us to forsake the law,
and the justices of God.—1 Mach. ii.
20, 21.
SERVICE, GOD STANDS NOT IN
NEED OF OUR
See also : God needs not our goods.—
page 171.

What doth it profit God if thou be
just ? or what dost thou give him if thy
way be unspotted?—Job xxii. 3.
Whose helper art thou? is it of him
that is weak? and dost thou hold up
the arm of him that has no strength?
To whom hast thou given counsel?
perhaps to him that hath no wisdom,
and thou hast shown thy very great
prudence.—Job xxvi. 2, 3.
Look up to heaven and see, and be­
hold the sky, that it is higher than thee.
If thou sin, what shalt thou hurt
him? and if thy iniquities be multi­
plied, what shalt thou do against
him ?
And if thou do justly, what shalt thou
give him, or what shall he receive of
thy hand?
Thy wickedness may hurt a man that
is like thee: and thy justice may help
the son of man.—Job xxxv. 5-8.
So you also, when you shall have
done all these things that are com­
manded you, say: We are unprofitable
servants; we have done that which we
ought to do.—Luke xvii. 10.
But Jesus did not trust himself unto
them, for that he knew all men,
And because he needed not that any
should give testimony of man: for he
knew what was in man.—John ii. 24,25.

Be astonished. O ye heavens, at this,
and ye gates thereof, be very desolate,
saith the Lord.
For my people have done two evils.
They have forsaken me, the fountain
of living water, and have digged to
themselves cisterns, broken cisterns,
that can hold no water.—Jer. ii. 12, 13.
0 Lord, the hope of Israel : all that
forsake thee shall be confounded: they SERVING GOD, THE HAPPINESS
OF
that depart from thee, shall be written
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SERVING GOD, THE REWARD OF which they are carried captives: be­
cause I have broken their heart that
See: Reward—page 480.
was faithless, and revolted from me:
SERVE GOD BY DOING WRONG, and their eyes that went a fornicating
after
their
idols:
and
they
shall
be
dis
­
WE CANNOT
pleased with themselves because of the
See also: Wicked not acceptable to evils which they have committed in all
their abominations.
God, the offerings of the—page 599.
And they shall know that I the Lord
Hath God any need of your lie, that
you should speak deceitfully for him?— have not spoken in vain that I would
do this evil to them.—Ezech. vi. 9,10.
Job xiii. 7.
Say not : He hath caused me to err :
for he hath no need of wicked men.— SERVE GOD, EXHORTATION TO
Ecclus. xv. 12.
Yet so that you observe attentively,
He hath commanded no man to do
wickedly, and he hath given no man li­ and in work fulfil the commandment
and the law which Moses the servant oi
cense to sin:
For he desireth not a multitude of the Lord commanded you : that you love
faithloss and unprofitable children.— the Lord your God, and walk in all his
ways, and keep all his commandments,
Ecclus. xv. 21, 22.
Do not offer wicked gifts, for such and cleave to him, and serve him with
all your heart, and with all your soul
he will not receive.
And look not upon an unjust sacri­ —Jos. xxii. 5.
And thou my son Solomon, know the
fice, for the Lord is judge, and there is
not with him respect of person.— God of thy father, and serve him with
a perfect heart and a willing mind: for
Ecclus. xxxv. 14, 15.
the Lord searcheth all hearts, and unSERVE GOD, THE PUNISHMENT derstandeth all the thoughts of minds.
If thou seek him, thou shalt find him:
OF REFUSAL TO
but if thou forsake him, he will cast
Because thou didst not serve the Lord thee off for ever.—1 Paral, xxviii. 9.
thy God with joy and gladness of heart,
Harden not your necks, as your
for the abundance of all things:
fathers did: yield yourselves to the
Thou shalt serve thy enemy, whom Lord, and come to his sanctuary, which
the Lord will send upon thee, in hun­ he hath sanctified for ever: serve the
ger, and thirst, and nakedness, and in Lord the God of your fathers, and the
want of all things: and he shall put an wrath of his indignation shall be turned
iron yoke upon thy neck, till he con­ away from you.—2 Paral, xxx. 8.
sume thee.—Deut. xxviii. 47, 48.
Hearken therefore, my children, to
And when the Lord saw that they your father: serve the Lord in truth,
were humbled, the word of the Lord and seek to do the things that please
came to Semeias, saying: Because they him.—Tob. xiv. 10.
are humbled, I will not destroy them,
Serve ye the Lord with fear: and re­
and I will give them a little help, and joice unto him with trembling.—Ps.
my wrath shall not fall upon Jeru­ ii. 11.
salem by the hand of Sesac.
My son, give me thy heart: and let
But yet they shall serve him, that thy eyes keep my ways.—Prov. xxiii. 26.
they may know the difference between
All you that thirst, come to the
my service, and the service of a king­ w’aters: and you that have no money,
dom of the earth.—2 Paral, xii. 7, 8. make haste, buy, and eat : come ye, buy
For the nation and the kingdom that wine and milk without money, and
will not serve him, shall perish: and without any price.
the Gentiles shall be wasted with deso­
Why do you spend money for that
lation.—Is. lx. 12.
which is not bread, and your labor for
And they that are saved of you shall that which doth not satisfy you?
remember me amongst the nations to Hearken diligently to me, and eat that

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which is good, and your soul shall be
delighted in fatness.
Incline your ear and come to me:
hear and your soul shall live, and
I will make an everlasting covenant
with you, the faithful mercies of David.
—Is. Iv. 1-3.
Take up my yoke upon you, and learn
of me, because I am meek, and humble
of heart : and you shall find rest to
your souls.
For my yoke is sweet, and my bur­
den light.—Matt. xi. 29, 30.
Labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for that which endureth unto
life everlasting, which the Son of man
will give you. For him hath God, the
Father, sealed.—John vi. 27.
Serve ye the Lord Christ.—Col.
iii. 24.
Therefore receiving an immovable
kingdom, we have grace; whereby let
us serve, pleasing God, with fear and
reverence.
For our God is a consuming fire.—
Heb. xii. 28, 29.
SHEPHERD, THE GOOD
The Lord ’ruleth me: and I shall
want nothing. He hath set me in a
place of pasture.
He hath brought me up, on the water
of refreshment.—Ps. xxii. 1, 2.
And he took away his own people as
sheep: and guided them in the wilder­
ness like a flock.—Ps. Ixxvii. 52.
But we thy people, and the sheep of
thy pasture, will give thanks to thee for
ever. We will show forth thy praise,
unto generation and generation.—Ps.
Ixxviii. 13.
For he is the Lord our God: and we
are the people of his pasture and the
sheep of his hand.—Ps. xciv. 7.
Know ye that the Lord he is God:
he made us, and not we ourselves.
We are his people and the sheep of
his pasture.—Ps. xcix. 3.
I have gone astray like a sheep that
is lost: seek thy servant, because I have
not forgotten thy commandments.—Ps.
cxviii. 176.
He hath mercy, and teacheth, and
correcteth, as a shepherd doth his flock.
—Ecclus. xviii. 13.
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He shall feed his flock like a shep­
herd: he shall gather together the lambs
with his arm, and shall take them up
in his bosom, and he himself shall carry
them that are with young.—Is. xl. 11.
They shall not hunger, nor thirst,
neither shall the heat nor the sun strike
them: for he that is merciful to them,
shall be their shepherd, and at the
fountains of waters he shall give them
drink.—Is. xlix. 10.
And I am not troubled, following
thee for my pastor, and I have not de­
sired the day of man, thou knowest.—
Jer. xvii. 16.
For thus saith the Lord God: Be­
hold I myself will seek my sheep, and
will visit them.
As the shepherd visiteth his flock in
the day when he shall be in the midst
of his sheep that were scattered, so will
I visit my sheep, and will deliver them
out of all the places where they have
been scattered in the cloudy and dark
days. . . .
I will feed them in the most fruitful
pastures, and their pastures shall be in
the high mountains of Israel: there
shall they rest on the green grass, and
be fed in fat pastures upon the moun­
tains of Israel.
I will feed my sheep : and I will cause
them to lie down, saith the Lord God.
I will seek that which was lost: and
that which was driven away, I will
bring again: and I will bind up that
which was broken, and I will strengthen
that which was weak, and that which
was fat and strong I will preserve : and
I will feed them in judgment.
. . . And I will set up one shep­
herd over them, and he shall feed them,
even my servant David: he shall feed
them, and he shall be their shep­
herd. . . .
And you my flocks, the flocks of my
pasture are men: and I am the Lord
your God, saith the Lord God.—Ezech.
xxxiv. 11. 12, 14-16, 23, 31.
And seeing the multitudes, he
(Jesus) had compassion on them: be­
cause they were distressed, and lying
like sheep that have no shepherd.—
Matt. ix. 36.
What think you? If a man have a
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go astray: doth he not leave the ninetyFit you in all goodness, that you
nine in the mountains, and go to seek may do his will; doing in you that
that
which_ is o
gone
astray?
_ _____
—----„ .
. which is well pleasing in his sight,
And if it so be that he find it: Amen through Jesus Christ, to whom is glory
I say to you, he rejoiceth more for' for ever and ever. Amen.—Heb. xiii
that, than for the ninety-nine that went | 20, 21.
not astray.—Matt, xviii. 12, 13.
For you were as sheep going astray;
What man of you that hath a hun­ but you are now converted to the shep­
dred sheep: and if he shall lose one of herd and bishop of your souls.—1 Pelei
them, doth he not leave the ninety-nine ii. 25.
in the desert, and go after that which
SICK, VISITING THE
was lost, until he find it?
And when he hath found it, lay it
Be not slow to visit the sick : for by
UPAD?'Snminp11 "tro-pthpr bis I ^ese things thou shalt be confirmed in
And coming home, call together his | iove
vii. 39.
friends and neighbors, saying to them:1
Then shall the king say to them that
Rejoice with me, because I have found shall
be on his right hand: Come, ye
my sheep that was lost?
of my Father, possess you the
I say to you, that even so there blessed
shall be joy in heaven upon one sinner kingdom prepared for you from the
of the world.
that doth penance, more than upon foundation
For
I
was
hungry,
and
you
gave
me
ninety-nine just who need not penance.
to eat : . . . sick, and you visited me.
—Luke xv. 4-7.
. . . Then shall the just answer
But he that entereth in by the door
him, saying: Lord, when did we see
is the shepherd of the sheep.
hungry, and fed thee? . . .
To him the porter openeth; and the thee
Or when did we see thee sick or in
sheep hear his voice : and he calleth his prison,
and came to thee?
own sheep by name, and leadeth them
And
the king answering, shall say to
out.
them : Amen I say to you, as long as
And when he hath let out his own you
did it to one of these my least
sheep, he goeth before them: and the brethren,
did it to me.—Matt. xxv.
sheep follow him, because they know 34-37, 39, you
40.
his voice.—John x. 2-4.
I am the good shepherd. The good
SICKNESS
shepherd giveth his life for his
He rebuketh also by sorrow in the
sheep. . . .
I am the good shepherd ; and I know bed, and he maketh all his bones to
wither.—Job xxxiii. 19.
mine, and mine know me.
The thinking beforehand turneth
As the Father knoweth me, and I
know the Father: and I lay down my away the understanding, and a grievous
life for my sheep.
sickness maketh the soul sober.—Ecclus.
And other sheep I have, that are not xxxi. 2.
of this fold: them also I must bring,
Now there was a certain man sick,
and they shall hear my voice, md there named Lazarus, of Bethania, of the
shall be one fold and one shepl erd. . . . town of Mary and of Martha her sisMy sheep hear my voice : and I know ter. . . .
them, and they follow me.
His sisters therefore sent to him,
And I give them life everlasting; saying: Lord, behold, he whom thou
and they shall not perish for ever, and lovest is sick.
no man shall pluck them out of my
And Jesus hearing it, said to them:
hand.—John x. 11, 14-16, 27, 28.
This sickness is not unto death, but for
And may the God of peace, who the glory of God: that the Son of God
brought again from the dead the great may be glorified by it.—John xi. 1, 3, 4.
pastor of the sheep, our Lord Jesus
And he said to me : My grace is suf­
Christ, in the blood of the everlasting ficient for thee : for power is made per­
testament,
fect in infirmity. Gladly therefore will

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I glory in my infirmities, that the power
of Christ may dwell in me.—2 Cor.
xii. 9.
SICKNESS, CONDUCT IN
Humble thyself before thou art sick,
and in the time of sickness show thy
conversation.—Ecclus. xviii. 21.
Honor the physician for the need
thou hast of him: for the most High
hath created him. . . .
The most High hath created medi­
cines out of the earth, and a wise man
will not abhor them.
Was not bitter water made sweet with
wood?
The virtue of these things is come
to the knowledge of men, and the most
High hath given knowledge to men,
that he may be honored in his wonders.
By these he shall cure and shall al­
lay their pains, and of these the apothe­
cary shall make sweet confections, and
shall make up ointments of health, and
of his works there shall be no end.—
Ecclus. xxxviii. 1, 4-7.
My son, in thy sickness neglect not
thyself, but pray to the Lord, and he
shall heal thee.
Turn away from sin and order thy
hands aright, and cleanse thy heart
from all offence.
Give a sweet savor, and a memorial
of fine flour, and make a fat offering,
and then give place to the physician.
For the Lord created him: and let
him not depart from thee, for his works
are necessary.
For there is a time when thou must
fall into their hands :
And they shall beseech the Lord, that
he would prosper what they give for
ease and remedy, for their conversation.
—Ecclus. xxxviii. 9-14.
Is any man sick among you? Let
him bring in the priests of the church,
and let them pray over him, anointing
him with oil in the name of the Lord.
And the prayer of faith shall save the
sick man : and the Lord shall raise him
up: and if he be in sins, they shall be
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his lips, a man of understanding.—
Prov. xvii. 28.
He that keepeth his mouth and his
tongue, keepeth his soul from distress.
—Prov. xxi. 23.
And there is a judgment that is not
allowed to be good: and there is one
that holdeth his peace, he is wise.—
Ecclus. xix. 28.
There is one that holdeth his peace,
that is found wise : and there is another
that is hateful, that is bold in speech.
There is one that holdeth his peace,
because he knoweth not what to say:
and there is another that holdeth his
peace, knowing the proper time.
A wise man will hold his peace till
he see opportunity: but a babbler, and
a fool, will regard no time.—Ecclus. xx.
5-7.
Hear in silence, and for thy rever­
ence good grace shall come to thee.
Young man, scarcely speak in thy
own cause.
If thou be asked twice, let thy an­
swer be short.
In many things be as if thou wert
ignorant, and hear in silence and withal
seeking.
In the company of great men, take
not upon thee: and when the ancients
are present, speak not much.—Ecclus.
xxxii. 9-13.
Let the woman learn in silence, with
all subjection.
But I suffer not a woman to teach,
nor to use authority over the man: but
to be in silence.—1 Tim. ii. 11, 12.
SILENCE OF CHRIST, THE

My friends and my neighbors have
drawn near, and stood against me.
And they that were near me, stood
afar off : And they that sought my soul,
used violence.
And they that sought evils to me
spoke vain things, and studied deceits
all the day long.
But I, as a deaf man, heard not:
and as a dumb man not opening his
mouth.
And I became as a man that heareth
SILENCE, THE VALUE OF
not: and that hath no reproofs in his
Even a fool, if he will hold his peace mouth.—Ps. xxxvii. 12-15.
I was dumb, and was humbled, and
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kept silence from good things : and my I with thee, because thou hast thought
sorrow was renewed.—Ps. xxxviii. 3.
that the gift of God may be purchased
He was offered because it was his own I with money.
will, and he opened not his mouth : he
Thou hast no part nor lot in this
shall be led as a sheep to the slaughter, | matter. For thy heart is not right in
and shall be dumb as a lamb before I the sight of God.
his shearer, and he shall not open his
Do penance therefore for this thy
mouth.—Is. liii. 7.
wickedness; and pray to God, that per­
And the high priest rising up, said to haps this thought of thy heart may be
him: Answerest thou nothing to the forgiven thee.
things which these witness against
For I see thou art in the gall of bit­
terness, and in the bonds of iniquity.
thee?
But Jesus held his peace.—Matt. —Acts viii. 18-23.
xxvi. 62, 63.
SIMPLICITY
And when he was accused by the
chief priests and ancients, he answered
Let him weigh me in a just balante,
nothing.
and let God know my simplicity.—
Then Pilate saith to him: Dost not xxxi. 6.
thou hear how great testimonies they
The simplicity of the just shall guide
allege against thee?
them: and the deceitfulness of the
And he answered him to never a wicked shall destroy them.—Prov. xi.3.
word; so that the governor wondered
Better is the poor man, that walketh
exceedingly.—Matt, xxvii. 12-14.
in his simplicity, than a rich man that
And Herod seeing Jesus, was very is perverse in his lips, and unwise —
glad; for he was desirous of a long time Prov. xix. 1.
to see him, because he had heard many
The just that walketh in his simplic­
things of him; and he hoped to see ity, shall leave behind him blessed chil­
some sign wrought by him.
dren.—Prov. xx. 7.
And he questioned him in many
Love justice, you that are the judges
words. But he answered him nothing. of the earth. Think of the Lord in
And the chief priests and the scribes goodness, and seek him in simplicity
stood by, earnestly accusing him.
of heart.—Wis. i. 1.
And Herod with his army set him at
Better is a man that hath less
nought, and mocked him, putting on wisdom, and wanteth understanding,
him a white garment, and sent him back with the fear of God, than he that
to Pilate.—Luke xxiii. 8-11.
aboundeth in understanding, and transFor unto this are you called: because gresseth the law of the most High —
Christ also suffered for us, leaving Ecclus. xix. 21.
you an example that you should follow
And Jesus calling unto him a little
his steps. ...
child, set him in the midst of them,
Who, when he was reviled, did not
And said : Amen I say to you, unless
revile: when he suffered, he threatened you be converted, and become as little
not: but delivered himself to him that children, you shall not enter into the
judged him unjustly.—1 Peter ii. 21, 23. kingdom of heaven.
Whosoever therefore shall humble
himself as this little child, he is the
SIMONY
greater in the kingdom of heaven —
And when Simon saw, that by the Matt, xviii. 2-4.
imposition of the hands of the apos­
But Jesus, calling them together,
tles, the Holy Ghost was given, he of­ said : Suffer children to come to me.
fered them money,
and forbid them not : for of such is the
Saying: Give me also this power, kingdom of God.
that on whomsoever I shall lay my
Amen, I say to you : Whosoever shall
hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost. not receive the kingdom of God as a
But Peter said to him :
child, shall not enter into it.—Luki
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And continuing daily with one ac-1 He that is mocked by his friends as
cord in the temple, and breaking bread I, shall call upon God, and he will hear
from house to house, they took their him: for the simplicity of the just man
meat with gladness and simplicity of ia laughed to scorn.—Job xii. 4.
heart.—Acts ii. 46.
The Lord is the keeper of little ones:
For our glory is this, the testimony I was humbled, and he delivered me.
of our conscience, that in simplicity of —Ps. cxiv. 6.
heart and sincerity of God, and not in
He will keep the salvation of the
carnal wisdom, but in the grace of righteous, and protect them that walk
God, we have conversed in this world; in simplicity.
and more abundantly towards you.— Keeping the paths of justice, and
2 Cor. i. 12.
guarding the ways of saints. . . .
Now we make known unto you,
For they that are upright, shall
brethren, the grace of God, that hath dwell in the earth, and the simple shall
been given in the churches of Mace- continue in it.—Prov. ii. 7, 8, 21.
donia.
That in much experience of tribulation, they have had abundance of joy;
and their very deep poverty hath
Who can understand sins? from my
abounded unto the riches of their sim- secret ones cleanse me, 0 Lord.—Ps.
plicity.—2 Cor. viii. 1, 2.
xviii. 13.
And he that ministereth seed to the
For evils without number have sursower, will both give you bread to eat, rounded me; my iniquities have overand will multiply your seed, and in- taken me, and I was not able to see.
crease the growth of the fruits of your
They are multiplied above the hairs
justice :
of my head : and my heart hath forThat being enriched in all things, saken me.—Ps. xxxix. 13.
you may abound unto all simplicity,
Trust not in iniquity, and cover not
which worketh through us thanksgiv- robberies.—Ps. Ixi. 11.
ing to God.—2 Cor. ix. 10, 11.
Stolen waters are sweeter, and hidden
But I fear lest, as the serpent se- bread is more pleasant.—Prov. ix. 17.
duced Eve by his subtilty, so your | Justice exalteth a nation : but sin makminds should be corrupted, and fall eth nations miserable.—Prov. xiv. 34.
from the simplicity that is in Christ.— I Better is a little with justice, than
2 Cor. xi. 3.
great revenues with iniquity.—Prov.
Wherefore laying away all malice, xvi. 8.
and all guile, and dissimulations, and
Be not without fear about sin forenvies, and all detractions,
given, and add not sin upon sin.—
As newborn babes, desire the rational Ecclus. v. 5.
milk without guile, that thereby you
For a wicked soul shall destroy him
may grow unto salvation.—1 Peter ii. that hath it, and maketh him to be a
1, 2.
joy to his enemies, and shall lead him
into the lot of the wicked.—Ecclus.
SIMPLICITY PLEASING TO GOD vi- f .
.
. .
.
Flee from sins as from the face of
I know, my God, that thou provest I a serpent: for if thou comest near them,
hearts, and lovest simplicity, where- they will take hold of thee.
fore I also in the simplicity of my I The teeth thereof are the teeth of a
heart, have joyfully offered all these lion, killing the souls of men.
things: and I have seen with great joy
All iniquity is like a two-edged sword,
thy people, which are here present, of- there is no remedy for the wound
fer thee their offerings.—1 Paral, thereof.—Ecclus. xxi. 2-4.
xxix. 17.
The lion always lieth in wait for
God will not cast away the simple, prey: so do sins for them that work
nor reach out his hand to the evil- iniquities.—Ecclus. xxvii. 11.
doer.—Job viii. 20.
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tified : and he that followeth after cor­ SIN IS REBELLION AGAINST
ruption, shall be filled with it.—Ecclus.
GOD
xxxi. 5.
After these things Moses and Aaron
For wickedness is kindled as a fire,
it shall devour the brier and the thorn : went in, and said to Pharao: Thus saith
and shall kindle in the thicket of the the Lord God of Israel: Let my people
forest, and it shall be wrapped up in go that they may sacrifice to me in the
desert.
smoke ascending on high.—Is. ix. 18.
But he answered: Who is the Lord,
Though thou wash thyself with nitre,
and multiply to thyself the herb borith, that I should hear his voice, and let
thou art stained in thy iniquity before Israel go? I know not the Lord,
neither will I let Israel go.—Ex. v. 1, 2.
me, saith the Lord God.—Jer. ii. 22.
Whom hast thou reproached, and
Susanna sighed, and said: I am
straitened on every side: for if I whom hast thou blasphemed? against
do this thing, it is death to me: and whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and
if I do it not, I shall not escape your lifted up thy eyes on high? against the
holy one of Israel.—4 Kings xix. 22.
hands.
For he hath stretched out his hand
But it is better for me to fall into
your hands without doing it, than to against God, and hath strengthened
sin in the sight of the Lord.—Dan. himself against the Almighty.
He hath run against him with his
xiii. 22, 23.
And fear ye not them that kill the neck raised up, and is armed with a
body, and are not able to kill the soul : fat neck.—Job xv. 25, 26.
They spend their days in wealth, and
but rather fear him that can destroy
both soul and body in hell.—Matt. in a moment they go down to hell.
Who have said to God: Depart from
x. 28.
And because iniquity hath abounded, us, we desire not the knowledge of thy
the charity of many shall grow cold.— ways.
Who is the Almighty, that we should
Malt. xxiv. 12.
Now the sting of death is sin: and I serve him? and what doth it profit us
the power of sin is the law.—1 Cor. if we pray to him?—Job xxi. 13-15.
xv. 56.
He hath struck them, as being wicked,
And you, when you were dead in your in open sight.
offences and sins,
Who as it were on purpose have re­
Wherein in time past you walked ac­ volted from him, and would not under­
cording to the course of this world, stand all his ways:
So that they caused the cry of the
according to the prince of the power of
this air, of the spirit that now worketh needy to come to him, and he heard
on the children of unbelief :
the voice of the poor.—Job xxxiv. 26-28.
May the Lord destroy all deceitful
In which also we all conversed in
time past, in the desires of our flesh, lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud
fulfilling the will of the flesh and of things.
our thoughts, and were by nature chil­
Who have said : We will magnify our
dren of wrath, even as the rest.—Eph. tongue; our lips are our own; who is
B. 1-3.
Lord over us?—Ps. xi. 4, 5.
But exhort one another every day,
Thy own wickedness shall reprove
whilst it is called to-day, that none of thee, and thy apostasy shall rebuke thee.
you be hardened through the deceitful-1 Know thou, and see that it is an evil
ness of sin.—Heb. iii. 13.
and a bitter thing for thee, to have left
the Lord thy God. and that my fear is
SIN, MORTAL
not with thee, saith the Lord the God
of hosts.
See: Part II—page 735.
Of old time thou hast broken my
yoke, thou hast burst my bands, and
SIN, VENIAL
thou saidst: I will not serve.—Jer. ii.
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But the heart of this people is be­
come hard of belief and provoking, they
are revolted and gone away.
And they have not said in their
heart: Let us fear the Lord our God,
who giveth us the early and the latter
rain in due season : who preserve*!! for
us the fulness of the yearly harvest.—
Jer. v. 23, 24.
Thus saith the Lord : Stand ye on the
ways, and see, and ask for the old paths,
which is the good way, and walk ye in
it: and you shall find refreshment for
your souls. And they said: We will
not walk.
And I appointed watchmen over you,
saying: Hearken ye to the sound of the
trumpet. And they said: We will not
hearken.—Jer. vi. 16, 17.
The son honoreth the father, and the
servant his master: if then I be a
father, where is my honor? and if I
be a master, -where is my fear ? saith the
Lord of hosts.—Malach. i. 6.
And it was the parasceve of the
pasch, about the sixth hour, and he
(Pilate) saith to the Jews: Behold your
king.
But they cried out: Away with him;
away with him; crucify him. Pilate
saith to them: Shall I crucify your
king? The chief priests answered: We
have no king but Cæsar.—John xix.
14, 15.
SIN IS INGRATITUDE TO GOD
They have sinned against him, and
are none of his children in their filth :
they are a wicked and perverse genera­
tion.
Is this the return thou makest to the
Lord, 0 foolish and senseless people?
Is not he thy father, that hath pos­
sessed thee, and made thee, and created
thee?—Deut. xxxii. 5, 6.
The beloved grew- fat. and kicked: he
grew fat, and thick and gross, he for­
sook God who made him, and departed
from God his saviour. . . .
Thou hast forsaken the God that be­
got thee, and hast forgotten the Lord
that created thee.—Deut. xxxii. 15, 18.
The tabernacles of robbers abound,
and they provoke God boldly; whereas
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For even the man of my peace, in
whom I trusted, who ate my bread,
hath greatly supplanted me.—Ps.
xl. 10.
My heart hath expected reproach and
misery.
And I looked for one that would
grieve together with me, but there was
none: and for one that would comfort
me, and I found none.
And they gave me gall for my food,
and in my thirst they gave me vinegar
to drink.—Ps. Ixviii. 21, 22.
And they turned back and tempted
God: and grieved the holy one of Is­
rael.—Ps. Ixxvii. 41.
They have spoken against me with
deceitful tongues; and they have com­
passed me about with words of hatred;
and have fought against me without
cause.
Instead of making me a return of
love, they detracted me : but I gave my­
self to prayer.
And they repaid me evil for good:
and hatred for my love.—Ps. cviii. 3-5.
Hear, 0 ye heavens, and give ear,
O earth, for the Lord hath spoken. I
have brought up children, and exalted
them: but they have despised me.
The ox knoweth his owner, and the
ass his master’s crib: but Israel hath
not known me, and my people hath not
understood.
Woe to the sinful nation, a people
laden with iniquity, a wicked seed, un­
gracious children : they have forsaken
the Lord, they have blasphemed the
Holy One of Israel, they are gone away
backwards.—Is. i. 2-4.
What is there that I ought to do
more to my vineyard, that I have not
done to it? was it that I looked that it
should bring forth grapes, and it hath
brought forth wild grapes?—Is. v. 4.
And he said: Surely they are my
people, children that will not deny: so
he became their saviour.
In all their affliction he was not
troubled, and the angel of his presence
saved them: in his love, and in his
mercy he redeemed them, and he car­
ried them and lifted them up all the
days of old.
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he was turned to be their enemy, and
Shall a man afflict God? for you af­
he fought against them.—Is. Ixiii. 8-10. flict me. And you have said: Wherein
Yet I planted thee a chosen vineyard, do we afflict thee? in tithes and in firstall true seed: how then art thou turned fruits.
unto me into that which is good for
And you are cursed with want, and
nothing, O strange vineyard?—Jer. you afflict me, even the whole nation of
ii. 21.
you.—Malach. iii. 8, 9.
For you have forgotten God, who
Then went one of the twelve, who
brought you up, and you have grieved was called Judas Iscariot, to the chief
Jerusalem that nursed you.—Bar. priests,
iv. 8.
And said to them : What will you
And they shall say to him: What give me, and I will deliver him unto
are these wounds in the midst of thy you ?
hands? And he shall say: With these I
But they appointed him thirty pieces
was wounded in the house of them that of silver. And from thenceforth he
loved me.—Zach. xiii. 6.
sought opportunity to betray him. . . .
And he that betrayed him, gave them
SIN, THE MALICE OF
a sign, saying: Whomsoever I shall
And the Lord said: The cry of So­ kiss, that is he, hold him fast.
dom and Gomorrha is multiplied, and
And forthwith coming to Jesus, he
their sin is become exceedingly griev­ said: Hail, Rabbi. And he kissed him.
ous.—Gen. xviii. 20.
—Malt. xxvi. 14-16, 48, 49.
For he doth not now bring on his
And the governor answering, said to
fury, neither doth he revenge wicked­ them: Whether will you of the two to
ness exceedingly.—Job xxxv. 15.
be released unto you? But they said,
Who can understand sins?—Ps. Barabbas.
xviii. 13.
Pilate saith to them: What shall I do
And he (the Lord) said: Hear ye then with Jesus that is called Christ?
therefore, 0 house of David: Is it a They say all : Let him be crucified.—
small thing for you to be grievous to Matt, xxvii. 21, 22.
men, that you are grievous to my God
And grieve not the holy Spirit of
also?—Is. vii. 13.
God: whereby you are sealed unto the
Upon whom have you jested? upon day of redemption.—Eph. iv. 30.
whom have you opened your mouth
And have no fellowship with the un­
wide, and put out your tongue? are fruitful works of darkness, but rather
not you wicked children, a false seed? reprove them.
—Is. Ivii. 4.
For the things that are done by them
Be astonished, 0 ye heavens, at this, in secret, it is a shame even to speak
and ye gates thereof, be very desolate, of.—Eph. v. 11, 12.
saith the Lord.
A man making void the law of Moses
For my people have done two evils. dieth without any mercy under two or
They have forsaken me, the fountain three witnesses:
of living water, and have digged to
How much more, do you think he dethemselves cisterns, broken cisterns, serveth worse punishments, who hath
that can hold no water.—Jer. ii. 12, 13. trodden under foot the Son of God, and
Thy own wickedness shall reprove hath esteemed the blood of the testa­
thee, and thy apostasy shall rebuke ment unclean, by which he was sancti­
thee. Know thou, and see that it is fied. and hath offered an affront to the
an evil and a bitter thing for thee, to Spirit of grace?—IIeb. x. 28, 29.
have left the Lord thy God, and that my
fear is not with thee, saith the Lord the
SIN, THE FOLLY OF
God of hosts.
See also: Sinner, blindness of the—
Of old time thou hast broken my page 535.
yoke, thou hast burst my bands, and
thou saidst: I will not serve.—Jer. ii.
And Jacob said to him: Sell me thy
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He answered : Lo, I die, what will the
first birthright avail me.
Jacob said: Swear therefore to me.
Esau swore to him, and sold his first
birthright.
And so taking bread and the pottage
of lentils, he ate, and drank, and went
his way ; making little account of having
sold his first birthright.—Gen. xxv.
31-34.
But they that commit sin and in­
iquity, are enemies to their own soul.
—Tob. xii. 10.
0 God my God, look upon me: why
hast thou forsaken me?
Far from my salvation are the words
of my sins.—Ps. xxi. 2.
Men shall not be strengthened by
wickedness: and the root of the just
shall not be moved.—Prov. xii. 3.
It is not in man’s power to stop the
spirit, neither hath he power in the day
of death, . . . neither shall wicked­
ness save the wicked.—Eccles, viii. 8.
Who will justify him that sinneth
against his own soul? and who will
honor him that dishonoreth his own
soul?—Ecclus. x. 32.
Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this,
and ye gates thereof, be very desolate,
saith the Lord.
For my people have done two evils.
They have forsaken me, the fountain
of living water, and have digged to
themselves cisterns, broken cisterns,
that can hold no water.—Jer. ii. 12, 13.
Your iniquities have turned these
things away, and your sins have withholden good things from you.—Jer.
v. 25.
What fruit therefore had you then in
those things of which you are now
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And as long as they sinned not in
the sight of their God, it was well with
them : for their God hateth iniquity.—
Judith v. 21.
Therefore, ye men of understanding,
hear me: far from God be wickedness,
and iniquity from the Almighty.—Job
xxxiv. 10.
In the morning I will stand before
thee, and will see: because thou art not
a God that wiliest iniquity.—Ps. v. 5.
The way of the wicked is an abomi­
nation to the Lord : he that followeth
justice is beloved by him.—Prov. xv. 9.
But to God the wicked and his
wickedness are hateful alike.—Wis.
xiv. 9.
Say not: It is through God, that she
(wisdom) is not with me: for do not
thou the things that he hateth. . . .
The Lord hateth all abomination of
error, and they that fear him shall not
love it. . . .
He hath commanded no man to de
wickedly, and he hath given no man
license to sin.—Ecclus. xv. 11, 13, 21.
For the wrath of God is revealed
from heaven against all ungodliness
and injustice of those men that detain
the truth of God in injustice.—Rom.
i. 18.
SIN SEPARATES US FROM GOD
Behold the hand of the Lord is not
shortened that it cannot save, neither
is his ear heavy that it cannot hear.
But your iniquities have divided be­
tween you and your God, and your
sins have hid his face from you that
he should not hear.—Is. lix. 1, 2.
We have done wickedly, and pro­
voked thee to wrath: therefore thou
art inexorable.
Thou hast covered in thy wrath, and
hast struck us: thou hast killed and
hast not spared.
Thou hast set a cloud before thee,
that our prayer may not pass through.
—Lam. iii. 42-44.

SIN, THE HATRED OF GOD FOR
I am the Lord thy God, mighty, jeal­
ous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers
upon the children, unto the third and
fourth generation of taem that hate
me.—Ex. xx. 5.
SIN, THE SLAVERY OF
Let the fear of the Lord be with you,
Direct my steps according to thy
and do all things with diligence: for
there is no iniquity with the Lord our word: and let no iniquity have domin­
God, nor respect of persons, nor desire ion over me.—Ps. cxviii. 133.
For wisdom will not enter into a
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malicious soul, nor dwell in a body sub-1 you; for you are not under the lew,
ject to sins.— Wis. i. 4.
but under grace.—Rom. vi. 14.
Jesus answered them: Amen, amen
But thanks be to God, that you were
I say unto you: that whosoever com- the servants of sin, but have obeyed
mitteth sin, is the servant of sin.— from the heart, unto that form of docJohn viii. 34.
trine, into which you have been deLet not sin therefore reign in your livered.
mortal body, so as to obey the lusts
Being then freed from sin, we have
thereof.
been made servants of justice.—Rom.
Neither yield ye your members as vi. 17, 18.
instruments of iniquity unto sin. ...
Having therefore these promises,
Know you not, that to whom you dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves
yield yourselves servants to obey, his from all defilement of the flesh and of
servants you are whom you obey, the spirit, perfecting sanctification in
whether it be of sin unto death, or of tho fear of God.—2 Cor. vii. 1.
obedience unto justice.—Rom. vi. 12,
Giving thanks to God the Father,
13. 16.
who hath made us worthy to be parFor, speaking proud words of vanity, takers of the lot of the saints in light:
they allure by the desires of fleshly
Who hath delivered us from the
riotousness, those who for a little while power of darkness, and hath translated
escape, such as converse in error:
us into the kingdom of the Son of his
Promising them liberty, whereas love.—Col. i. 12, 13.
they themselves are the slaves of corWith modesty admonishing them
ruption. For by whom a man is over-) that resist the truth: if peradventure
come, of the same also he is the slave. God may give them repentance to
—2 Peter ii. 18, 19.
know the truth,
And they may recover themselves
from the snares of the devil, by whom
SIN, FREEDOM FROM THE
they are held captive at his will —
SLAVERY OF
2 Tim. ii. 25, 26.
I am the Lord your God: who have
SIN, HATRED OF
brought you out of the land of the
Egyptians, that you should not serve
You that love the Lord, hate evil.—
them, and who have broken the chains Ps. xcvi. 10.
of your necks, that you might go up­
By thy commandments I have had
right.—Lev. xxvi. 13.
understanding: therefore have I hated
Who can understand sins? from my every way of iniquity.—Ps. cxviii. 104.
secret ones cleanse me, 0 Lord: and
I have hated and abhorred iniquity;
from those of others spare thy servant. but I have loved thy law.—Ps. cxviii.
If they shall have no dominion over 163.
me, then shall I be without spot: and
And you shall remember your wicked
I shall be cleansed from the greatest ways, and your doings that were not
sin.—Ps. xviii. 13, 14.
good: and your iniquities, and your
Our soul hath been delivered as a wicked deeds shall displease you —
sparrow out of the snare of the fowlers. Ezech. xxxvi. 31.
The snare is broken, and we are de­
Seek ye good, and not evil, that you
livered.—Ps. cxxiii. 7.
may live: and the Lord the God of
For we that are dead to sin, how shall hosts will be with you, as you have said.
we live any longer therein?—Rom.
líate evil, and love good, and estab­
vi. 2.
lish judgment in the gate: it may be
Knowing this, that our old man is the Lord the God of hosts may have
crucified with him, that the body of mercy on the remnant of Joseph.—
sin may be destroyed, to the end that Amos v. 14, 15.
we may serve sin no longer.—Rom.
Let love be without dissimulation.
vi. 6.
Hating that which is evil, cleaving to
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He that hideth his sins, shall not
SIN, SORROW FOR
: but he that shall confess, and
See also : Contrite of heart—page 79. prosper
forsake them, shall obtain mercy.—
Prov. xxviii. 13.
And: Repentance, true—page 473.
It is a wholesome sacrifice to take
My eyes have sent forth springs of heed to the commandments, and to de­
water: because they have not kept thy part from all iniquity.
law.—Ps. cxviii. 136.
___
_ ___ _____________
And to depart
from injustice, is to
, I will recount to thee all my years I offer a propitiatory sacrifice for injusin „e bitterness of my soul.—.Is. tjceg> and a begging of pardon for
xxxviii. 15.
sins. . . .
But the soul that is sorrowful for
_ ___ ___
__ _is_____
To depart
from __
iniquity
that
the greatness of evil she hath done, I wh¡ch pleaseth the Lord, and to depart
and goeth bowed down, and feeble, and from injustice, is an entreaty for sins,
the eyes that fail, and the hungry soul _ Ecclus. xxxv. 2 3 5.
giveth glory and justice to thee the
Lord.—Bar. ii. 18.
Now therefore saith the Lord: Be; SIN, EXHORTATION TO TURN
AWAY FROM
converted to me with all your heart,
in fasting, and in weeping, and in
Who is the man that desireth life:
mourning.
who loveth to see good days?
And rend your hearts, and not your
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy
garments, and turn to the Lord your | jjpg from speaking guile.
God: for he is gracious and merciful,
Turn away from evil and do good:
patient and rich in mercy, and ready seek after peace and pursue it.—Ps.
to repent of the evil.—Joel ii. 12, 13. xxxiii. 13-15.
And Peter remembered the word of
Decline from evil and do good, and
Jesus which he had said: Before the dwell for ever and ever.—Ps. xxxvi. 27.
cock crow, thou wilt deny me thrice.
Be not wise in thy own conceit: fear
And going forth, he wept bitterly.— God, and depart from evil.—Prov.
Mail. xxvi. 75.
iii. 7.
For the sorrow that is according to
Be not without fear about sin for­
God worketh penance, steadfast unto given, and add not sin upon sin.—
salvation; but the sorrow of the world Ecclus. v. 5.
worketh death.—2 Cor. vii. 10.
Nor bind sin to sin : for even in one
Cleanse your hands, ye sinners: and thou shalt not be unpunished.—Ecclus.
purify your hearts, ye double-minded. vii. 8.
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep:
Abide not in the works of sinners.
let your laughter be turned into But trust in God, and stay in thy place.
mourning, and your joy into sorrow. —Ecclus. xi. 22.
Be humbled in the sight of the Lord,
Return to the Lord, and turn away
and he will exalt you.—James iv. 8-10. from thy injustice, and greatly hate
abomination.—Ecclus. xvii. 23.
SIN, TURNING AWAY FROM
Turn away from sin and order thy
See also: Amendment of life— hands aright, and cleanse thy heart
page 27.
from all offence.—Ecclus. xxxviii. 10.
Say to them: As I live, saith the
And he said to man : Behold the fear
of the Lord, that is wisdom : and to de­ Lord God, I desire not the death of
part from evil, is understanding.—Job the wicked, but that the wicked turn
from his way, and live. Turn ye, turn
xxviii. 28.
He hath delivered his soul from go­ ye from your evil ways: and why will
ing into destruction, that it may live you die, 0 house of Israel?—Ezech.
xxxiii. 11.
But the sure foundation of God
The path of the just departeth from
evils: he that keepeth his soul keepeth standeth firm, having this seal : the
Lord knoweth who are his; and let
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every one depart from iniquity who rounded me; my iniquities have over­
nameth the name of the Lord.—2 Tim. taken me, and I was not able to see.
ii. 19.
They are multiplied above the hairs
SIN, AVOIDING
of my head: and my heart hath for­
And all the days of thy life have God saken me.
Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me:
in thy mind: and take heed thou never
consent to sin, nor transgress the com­ look down, O Lord, to help me.—Ps.
mandments of the Lord our God.—Tob. xxxix. 13, 14.
Let my heart be undefiled in thy jus­
iv. 6.
Beware thou turn not aside to in­ tifications, that I may not be con­
iquity: for this thou hast begun to founded.—Ps. cxviii. 80.
Direct my steps according to thy
follow after misery.—Job xxxvi. 21.
I have restrained my feet from every word: and let no iniquity have domin­
evil way: that I may keep thy words. ion over me.—Ps. cxviii. 133.
And may the God of peace himself
—Ps. cxviii. 101.
Seek not death in the error of your sanctify you in all things; that your
life, neither procure ye destruction by whole spirit, and soul, and body, may
the works of your hands.— Wis. i. 12. be preserved blameless in the coming
A wise heart, and which hath un­ of our Lord Jesus Christ.—1 Thess.
derstanding, will abstain from sins, v. 23.
and in the works of justice shall have SIN, WITHDRAWING OTHERS
success.—Ecclus. iii. 32.
FROM
Son, observe the time, and fly from
evil.—Ecclus. iv. 23.
The just considereth seriously the
Do no evils, and no evils shall lay house of the wicked, that he may with­
hold of thee.—Ecclus. vii. 1.
draw the wicked from evil.—Prov.
Say not: It is through God, that she xxi. 12.
(wisdom) is not with me: for do not
The law of truth was in his (Levi’s)
thou the things that he hateth.— mouth, and iniquity was not found in
Ecclus. xv. 11.
his lips: he walked with me in peace,
And their eye saw the majesty of his and in equity, and turned many away
glory, and their ears heard his glorious from iniquity.—Malach. ii. 6.
voice, and he said to them: Beware
My brethren, if any of you err from
of all iniquity.—Ecclus. xvii. 11.
the truth, and one convert him:
Flee from sins as from the face of a
He must know that he who causeth
serpent: for if thou comest near them, a sinner to be converted from the error
they will take hold of thee.—Ecclus. of his way, shall save his soul from
xxi. 2.
death, and shall cover a multitude of
Awake, ye just, and sin not. For sins.—James v. 19, 20.
some have not the knowledge of God,
I speak it to your shame.—1 Cor. xv. 34. SIN, CERTAINTY OF THE PUN­
From all appearance of evil refrain
ISHMENT OF
yourselves.—1 Thess. v. 22.
But if you do not what you say, no
SIN, A PRAYER FOR DELIVER­ man can doubt but you sin against
God: and know ye, that your sin shall
ANCE AND PRESERVATION
overtake
you.
—
Num.
xxxii.
23.
FROM
Nor bind sin to sin : for even in one
Who can understand sins? from my thou shalt not be unpunished.—Ecclus.
secret ones cleanse me, 0 Lord: and vii. 8.
from those of others spare thy servant.
The sinner shall not escape in his
—Ps. xviii. 13, 14.
rapines, and the patience of him that
Deliver thou me from all my in­ showeth mercy shall not be put off.—
iquities: thou hast made me a reproach Ecclus. xvi. 14.
to the fool.—Ps. xxxviii. 9.
Sin shall be destroyed with the sin­
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of judgment, and the rage of a fire
which shall consume the adversaries.
A man making void the law of
Moses, dieth without any mercy under
two or three witnesses:
How much more, do you think he
deserveth worse punishments, who
hath trodden under foot the Son of
Behold all souls are mine: as the God, and hath esteemed the blood of
soul of the father, so also the soul of the testament unclean, by which he was
the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, I sanctified, and hath offered an affront
to the Spirit of grace?
the same shall die.—Ezech. xviii. 4.
For we know him that hath said:
The soul that sinneth, the same shall
die: the son shall not bear the iniquity Vengeance belongeth to me, and I will
of the father, and the father shall not repay. And again: The Lord shall
bear the iniquity of the son: the jus­ judge his people.
It is a fearful thing to fall into the
tice of the just shall be upon him,
and the wickedness of the wicked shall hands of the living God.—Heb.x.26-31.
be upon him.—Ezech. xviii. 20.
Yea, if I shall say to the just that
SIN, THE PUNISHMENT OF
he shall surely live, and he, trusting in
his justice, commit iniquity: all his| See also: Wicked, punishment of the
justices shall be forgotten, and in his —page 589.
I. In this Life
iniquity, which he hath committed, in
To the woman also he said: I will
the same shall he die.—Ezech.xxxiii. 13.
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh multiply thy sorrows, and thy concep­
and blood cannot possess the kingdom tions: in sorrow shalt thou bring forth
of God: neither shall corruption pos­ children, and thou shalt be under thy
sess incorruption.—1 Cor. xv. 50.
husband’s power, and he shall have
For know you this and understand, dominion over thee.
that no fornicator, or unclean, or covet­
And to Adam he said: Because thou
ous person (which is a serving hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife,
of idols), hath inheritance in the and hast eaten of the tree, whereof I
kingdom of Christ and of God.
commanded thee that thou shouldst not
Let no man deceive you with vain eat, cursed is the earth in thy work;
words. For because of these things with labor and toil shalt thou eat there­
cometh the anger of God upon the chil­ of all the days of thy life.
dren of unbelief.—Eph. v. 5, 6.
Thorns and thistles shall it bring
For this is the will of God, your forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the
sanctification; that you should abstain herbs of the earth.
from fornication;
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou
That every one of you should know eat bread till thou return to the earth,
how to possess his vessel in sanctifica­ out of which thou wast taken: for dust
tion and honor:
thou art, and into dust thou shalt re­
Not in the passion of lust, like the turn.—Gen. iii. 16-19.
Gentiles that know not God:
And the Lord said to Cain: Where
And that no man overreach, nor cir­ is thy brother Abel ? And he answered.
cumvent his brother in business: be- I know not: am I my brother’s keeper?
cause the Lord is the avenger of all
And he said to him : What hast thou
these things, as we have told you be­ done? the voice of thy brother’s blood
fore, and have testified.—1 Thess. iv. crieth to me from the earth.
3-6.
Now, therefore, cursed shalt thou be
For if we sin wilfully after having upon the earth, which hath opened her
the knowledge of the truth, there is mouth and received the blood of thy
now left no sacrifice for sins,
brother at thy hand.
But a certain dreadful expectation
When thou shalt till it, it shall not

In those days they shall say no more :
The fathers have eaten a sour grape,
and the teeth of the children are set
on edge.
But every one shall die for his own
iniouitv: every
iniquity:
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yield to thee its fruit: a fugitive and a I And thou hast made his soul to
vagabond shalt thou be upon the earth. waste away like a spider: surely in vain
—Gen. iv. 9-12.
is any man disquieted.—Ps. xxxviii.
And God seeing that the wicked­ 10-12.
ness of men was great on the earth, and
For whereas wickedness is fearful, it
that all the thought of their heart was beareth witness of its condemnation:
bent upon evil at all times,
for a troubled conscience always forIt repented him that he had made casteth grievous things.— Wis. xvii. 10.
man on the earth. And being touched
For Jerusalem is ruined, and Juda is
inwardly with sorrow of heart,
fallen: because their tongue, and their
He said: I will destroy man, whom devices are against the Lord, to pro­
I have created, from the face of the voke the eyes of his majesty.
earth, from man even to beasts, from
The show of their countenance hath
the creeping thing even to the fowls of answered them : and they have pro­
the air, for it rcpenteth me that I have claimed abroad their sin as Sodom, and
made them.—Gen. vi. 5-7.
they have not hid it : woe to their souls,
And the Lord said : The cry of Sodom for evils are rendered to them.—Is. iii.
and Gomorrha is multiplied, and their 18, 9.
sin is become exceedingly grievous. . . .
There is none that calleth upon thy
And the Lord rained upon Sodom name: that riseth up, and taketh hold
and Gomorrha brimstone and fire from of thee: thou hast hid thy face from
the Lord out of heaven.
us, and hast crushed us in the hand of
And he destroyed these cities, and our iniquity.—Is. Ixiv. 7.
all the country about, all the inhabi­
Thy ways, and thy devices have
tants of the cities, and all things that brought these things upon thee: this is
spring from the earth. . . .
thy wickedness, because it is bitter, be­
And Abraham got up early in the cause it hath touched thy heart.—Jer.
morning, and in the place where he had iv. 18.
stood before with the Lord,
But the heart of this people is be­
He looked towards Sodom and Go­ come hard of belief and provoking,
morrha, and the whole land of that they are revolted and gone away.
country: and he saw the ashes rise up I And they have not said in their
from the earth as the smoke of a fur­ heart: Let us fear the Lord our God,
nace.—Gen. xviii. 20; xix. 24, 25, 27, 28. who giveth us the early and the lat­
And when they came to the floor of ter rain in due season: who ireserveth
Nachon, Oza put forth his hand to the for us the fulness of tl e yearly
ark of God, and took hold of it: be­ harvest.
cause the oxen kicked and made it lean
Your iniquities have turned these
aside.
things away, and your sins have withAnd the indignation of the Lord was holden good things from you.—Jer. v.
enkindled against Oza, and he struck 23-25.
him for his rashness: and he died there
So that the Lord could no longer
before the ark of God.—2 Kings vi. bear, because of the evil of your doings,
6, 7.
and because of the abominations which
There is no health in my flesh, be­ you have committed: therefore your
cause of thy wrath : there is no peace land is become a desolation, and an
for my bones, because of my sins.
astonishment, and a curse, without an
For my iniquities are gone over my inhabitant, as at this day.
head : and as a heavy burden are be­
Because you have sacrificed to idols,
come heavy upon me.—Ps. xxxvii. 4, 5. and have sinned against the Lord: and
I was dumb, and I opened not my have not obeyed the voice of the Lord,
mouth, because thou hast done it. Re­ and have not walked in his law, and in
move thy scourges from me.
his commandments, and in his testi­
The strength of thy hand hath made monies: therefore, are these evils come
me faint in rebukes: thou hast cor­ upon you, as at this day.—Jer. xliv.
rected man for iniquity.
I 22, 23.

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Our fathers have sinned,and are not:
and we have borne their iniquities. . . .
The crown is fallen from our head:
woe to us, because we have sinned.—
Lam. v. 7, 1G.
But exhort one another every day,
whilst it is called to-day, that none of
you be hardened through the deceitful­
ness of sin.—Ileb. iii. 13.
II. In the Life to Come
And the Lord answered him (Moses) :
He that hath sinned against me, him
will I strike out of my book.—Ex.
xxxii. 33.
If thou, 0 Lord, wilt mark iniquities:
Lord, who shall stand it.—Ps. cxxix. 3.
Clemency prepareth life : and the pur­
suing of evil things, death.—Prov.
xi. 19.
He that soweth iniquity shall reap
evils, and with the rod of his anger he
shall be consumed.—Prov. xxii. 8.
Seek not death in the error of your
life, neither procure ye destruction by
the works of your hands.—Wis. i. 12.
And Pilate seeing that he prevailed
nothing, but that rather a tumult was
made; taking water washed his hands
before the people, saying: I am inno­
cent of the blood of this just man; look
you to it.
And the whole people answering,
said: His blood be upon us and upon
our children.—Matt, xxvii. 24, 25.
Who, having known the justice of
God, did not understand that they who
do such things, are worthy of death;
and not only they that do them, but
they also that consent to them that do
them.—Rom. i. 32.
What fruit therefore had you then in
those things, of which you are now
ashamed? For the end of them is
death. . . .
For the wages of sin is death. But
the grace of God, life everlasting, in
Christ Jesus our Lord.—Rom. vi. 21, 23.
Then when concupiscence hath con­
ceived, it bringeth forth sin. But sin,
when it is completed, begetteth death.
—James i. 15.
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but they that are written in the book of
life of the Lamb.—Apoc. xxi. 27.
SINS ARE KNOWN TO GOD, OUR

And the Lord said : The cry of
Sodom and Gomorrha is multiplied,
and their sin is become exceedingly
grievous.
I will go down and see whether they
have done according to the cry that
is come to me: or whether it be
not so, that I may know.—Gen. xviii.
20, 21.
For he knoweth the vanity of men,
and when he seeth iniquity, doth he not
consider it?—Job xi. 11.
With him is strength and wisdom: he
knoweth both the deceiver, and him
that is deceived. . . .
He discovereth deep things out of
darkness, and bringeth up to light the
shadow of death.—Job xii. 16, 22.
The eye of the adulterer observeth
darkness, saying: No eye shall see me:
and he will cover his face.
He diggeth through houses in the
dark, as in the day they had appointed
for themselves, and they have not
known the light. . . .
God hath given him place for pen­
ance, and he abuseth it unto pride:
but his eyes are upon his way’s.—Job
xxiv. 15, 16, 23.
For his ey’es are upon the ways of
men, and he considereth all their steps.
There is no darkness, and there is no
shadow of death, where they may be
hid who work iniquity.—Job xxxiv.
21, 22.
O God, thou knowest my foolishness;
and my offences are not hidden from
thee.—Ps. Ixviii. 6.
Thou hast set our iniquities before
thy eyes: our life in the light of thy
countenance.—Ps. Ixxxix. 8.
How long shall sinners, O Lord : how
long shall sinners glory ? . . .
They have slain the widow and the
stranger: and they have murdered the
fatherless.
And they have said: The Lord shall
not see: neither shall the God of Jacob
understand.
Understand, ye senseless among the
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He that planted the ear, shall he not
hear? or he that formed the eye, doth
he not consider?
He that chastiseth nations, shall he
not rebuke : he that teacheth man knowl­
edge?—Ps. xciii. 3, 6-10.
And all their works are as the sun in
the sight of God : and his eyes are con­
tinually upon their ways.
Their covenants were not hid by
their iniquity, and all their iniquities
are in the sight of God.—Ecclus. xvii.
16, 17.
Every man that passeth beyond his
own bed, despising his own soul, and
saying: Who seeth me?
Darkness compasseth me about, and
the walls coter me, and no man seeth
me: whom do I fear? the most High
will not remember my sins.
And he understandeth not that his
eye seeth all things, for such a man’s
fear driveth from him the fear of God,
and the eyes of men fearing him:
And he knoweth not that the eyes of
the Lord are far brighter than the sun,
beholding round about all the ways of
men, and the bottom of the deep and
looking into the hearts of men, into the
most hidden parts.
For all things were known to the
Lord God, before they were created: so
also after they were perfected he
beholdeth all things.—Ecclus. xxiii.
25-29.
No thought escapeth him, and no
word can hide itself from him.—Ecclus.
xiii. 20.
For my eyes are upon all their ways:
they are not hid from my face, and
their iniquity hath not been hid from
my eyes.—J er. xvi. 17.
Because they have acted folly in Is­
rael, and have committed adultery with
the wives of their friends, and have
spoken lying words in my name, which
I commanded them not: I am the judge
and the witness, saith the Lord.—J er.
xxix. 23.
Because I know your manifold
crimes,and your grievous sins: enemies
of the just, taking bribes, and oppress­
ing the poor in the gate.—Amos v. 12.
For her sins have reached unto
heaven, and the Lord hath remembered
her iniquities.—Apoc. xviii. 5.

SINS OF THE WICKED TURN
AGAINST THEM, THE

But if you do not what you say, no
man can doubt but you sin against
God : and know ye, that your sin shall
overtake you.—Num. xxxii. 23.
On the contrary I have seen those
who work iniquity, and sow sorrows,
and reap them,
Perishing by the blast of God, and
consumed by the spirit of his wrath —
Job iv. 8, 9.
Shall not the light of the wicked be
extinguished, and the flame of his fire
not shine? . . .
The step of his strength shall be
straitened, and his own counsel shall
cast him down headlong.
For he hath thrust his feet into a
net, and walketh in its meshes.—Job
xviii. 5, 7, 8.
Behold he hath been in labor with
injustice; he hath conceived sorrow,
and brought forth iniquity.
He hath opened a pit and dug it:
and he is fallen into the hole he made.
His sorrow shall be turned on his
own head: and his iniquity shall come
down upon his crown.—Ps. vii. 15-17.
I will rejoice in thy salvation: the
Gentiles have stuck fast in the destruc­
tion which they prepared.
Their foot hath been taken in the
very snare which they hid.
The Lord shall be known when he
executeth judgments: the sinner hath
been caught in the works of his own
hands.—Ps. ix. 16, 17.
And they themselves lie in wait for
their own blood, and practise deceits
against their own souls.—Prov. i. 18.
Because they have hated instruction,
and received not the fear of the Lord,
Nor consented to my counsel, but
despised all my reproof.
Therefore they shall eat the fruit of
their own way, and shall be filled with
their own devices.—Prov. i. 29-31.
His own iniquities catch the wicked,
and he is fast bound with the ropes of
his own sins.—Prov. v. 22.
The simplicity of the just shall guide
them : and the deceitfulness of the
wicked shall destroy them. . . .
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his way prosperous: and the wicked
man shall fall by his own wickedness.
The justice of the righteous shall
deliver them: and the unjust shall be
caught in their own snares.—Prov. xi.
3, 5, 6.
Justice keepeth the way of the inno­
cent: but wickedness overthroweth the
sinner.—Prov. xiii. 6.
The robberies of the wicked shall be
their downfall, because they would not
do judgment.—Prov. xxi. 7.
He that soweth iniquity shall reap
evils, and with the rod of his anger he
shall be consumed.—Prov. xxii. 8.
He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into
it: and he that rolleth a stone, it shall
return to him.—Prov. xxvi. 27.
A snare shall entangle the w’icked
man when he sinneth: and the just
shall praise and rejoice.—Prov. xxix. 6.
He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into
it: and he that breaketh a hedge, a
serpent shall bite him.
He that removeth stones, shall be
hurt by them : and he that cutteth trees,
shall be wounded by them.—Eccles, x.
8, 9.
Seek not death in the error of your
life, neither procure ye destruction by
the works of your hands.—i. 12.
These things they thought, and were
deceived: for their own malice blinded
them.—IVï's. ii. 21.
But the wicked shall be punished
according to their own devices: who
have neglected the just, and have re­
volted from the Lord.—IVt’s. iii. 10.
That they might know that by what
things a man sinneth, by the same also
he is tormented.—Wis. xi. 17.
Wherefore thou hast also greatly
tormented them who in their life have
lived foolishly and unjustly, by the
same things which they worshipped.—
IVLs. xii. 23.
For whereas wickedness is fearful, it
heareth witness of its condemnation:
for a troubled conscience always fore­
casted! grievous things.—IVis. xvii. 10.
A sinner is caught in his own van­
ity, and the proud and the evil speakers
shall fall thereby.—Ecclus. xxiii.. 8.
If one cast a stone on high, it will
fall upon his own head : and the deceit­
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He that diggeth a pit, shall fall
into it: and he that setteth a stone for
his neighbor, shall stumble upon it:
and he that layeth a snare for another,
shall perish in it.
A mischievous counsel shall be
rolled back upon the author, and he
shall not know from whence it cometh
to him.—Ecclus. xxvii. 28-30.
For our iniquities are multiplied be­
fore thee, and our sins have testified
against us: for our wicked doings are
with us, and we have known our in­
iquities.—7s. lix. 12.
But as for them whose heart walketh
after their scandals and abominations,
I will lay their way upon their head,
saith the Lord God.—Ezech. xi. 21.
According to the multitude of them
so have they sinned against me: I will
change their glory into shame.
They shall eat the sins of my people,
a..d shall lift up their souls to their
iniquity.
And there shall be like people like
priest : and I will visit their ways upon
them, and I will repay them their de­
vices.—Osee iv. 7-9.
For they shall sow wind, and reap a
whirlwind.—Osee viii. 7.
You have ploughed wickedness, you
have reaped iniquity, you have eaten
the fruit of lying.—Osee x. 13.
Be not deceived. God is not mocked.
For what things a man shall sow,
those also shall he reap. For he that
soweth in his flesh, of the flesh also
shall reap corruption. But he that
soweth in the spirit, of the spirit shall
reap life everlasting.—Gal. vi. 7, 8.
SINS CANNOT HURT GOD, OUR
See: Malice of men. God is above the
reach of the—page 300.
SINCERITY
See also: Truth, love of—page 567.
He that walketh sincerely, walketh
confidently: but he that perverteth his
ways, shall be manifest.—Prov. x. 9.
A perverse heart is abominable to the
Lord : and his will is in them that
walk sincerely.—Prov. xi. 20.
Therefore let us feast, not with the
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ice and wickedness; but with the un-1 them, and they that worship them.—
leavened bread of sincerity and truth. | Wis. xv. 6.
—1 Cor. v. 8.
For his heart is ashes, and his hope
vain earth, and his life more base than
SINCERITY IN THE SERVICE I clay.— IVts. xv. 10.
OF GOD
Error and darkness are created with
sinners: and they that glory in evil
See: Service of God, sincerity in the things,
grow
old in evil.—Ecclus. xi. 16.
—page 513.
Praise is not seemly in the mouth of
a sinner.—Ecclus. xv. 9.
SINNER, THE
Anger and fury are both of them
See also: Wicked, the—page 586.
abominable, and the sinful man shall
But they provoked thee to wrath, be subject to them.—Ecclus. xxvii. 33.
and departed from thee, and threw thy
For what shall I strike you any more,
law behind their backs.—2 Esd. ix. 26. you that increase transgression? the
Behold among his saints none is un­ whole head is sick, and the whole heart
changeable, and the heavens are not is sad.—Is. i. 5.
pure in his sight.
But thou hast made me to serve with
How much more is man abominable, thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thy
and unprofitable, who drinketh iniquity iniquities. . . .
Put me in remembrance, and let us
like water?—Job xv. 15, 16.
But to the sinner God hath said: plead together : tell me if thou hast any
Why dost thou declare my justices, and thing to justify thyself.—Is. xliii.
take my covenant in thy mouth?
| 24, 26.
My people have been a lost flock: . . .
Seeing thou hast hated discipline:
and hast cast my words behind thee. . . . they have gone from mountain to hill,
Thy mouth hath abounded with evil, they have forgotten their resting place.
All that found them, have devoured
and thy tongue framed deceits. . . .
These things hast thou done, and I them: and their enemies said: We have
not sinned in so doing: because they
was silent.
Thou thoughtest unjustly that I have sinned against the Lord the beauty
should be like to thee : but I will re­ of justice, and against the Lord the
hope of their fathers.—Jer. 1. 6, 7.
prove thee, and set before thy face.
Whosoever abideth in him, sinneth
Understand these things, you that
forget God; lest he snatch you away, not; and whosoever sinneth, hath not
and there be none to deliver you.— seen him, nor known him. . . .
He that committeth sin is of the
Ps. xlix. 16, 17, 19, 21, 22.
Who by his power ruleth for ever : devil : for the devil sinneth from the
his eyes behold the nations; let not beginning. ...
Whosoever is born of God, commit­
them that provoke him be exalted in
teth not sin: for his seed abideth in
themselves.—Ps. Ixv. 7.
Salvation is far from sinners; be­ him, and he cannot sin, because he is
cause they have not sought thy justi­ born of God.
In this the children of God are mani­
fications.—Ps. cxviii. 155.
Justice keepeth the way of the inno­ fest, and the children of the devil.
cent: but wickedness overthroweth the Whosoever is not just, is not of God,
nor he that loveth not his brother.—
sinner.
One is as it were rich, when he hath 1 John iii. 6, 8-10.
Dearly beloved, follow not that which
nothing: and another is as it were poor,
when he hath great riches.—Prov. is evil, but that which is good. He that
doth good, is of God : he that doth evil,
xiii. 6, 7.
He that deviseth to do evils, shall I hath not seen God.—3 John i. 11.
be called a fool—Prov. xxiv. 8.
And to the angel of the church of
The lovers of evil things deserve to Sardis, write: These things saith he,
have no better things to trust in, both that hath the seven spirits of God, and
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thou hast the name of being alive: and of his hands: thou shalt destroy them,
and shalt not build them up.—Ps.
thou art dead.—Apoc. iii. 1.
xxvii. 3, 5.
And man when he was in honor did
SINNER, FOLLY AND BLIND­
not understand ; he is compared to
NESS OF THE
senseless beasts, and is become like to
Neither are they content not to re­ them.—Ps. xlviii. 13.
turn thanks for benefits received, and
And they said: How doth God know?
to violate in themselves the laws of and is there knowledge in the most
humanity, but they think they can also High ?
escape the justice of God who seeth all
Behold these are sinners; and yet
things.—Esther xvi. 4.
abounding in the world, they have ob­
Thou hast set their heart far from tained riches.—Ps. Ixxii. 11, 12.
understanding, therefore they shall not
They have not known nor under­
be exalted.—Job xvii. 4.
stood: they walk on in darkness: all
The eye of the adulterer observeth the foundations of the earth shall be
darkness, saying: No eye shall see me: moved.—Ps. Ixxxi. 5.
and he will cover his face.
How long shall sinners, 0 Lord: how
He diggeth through houses in the long shall sinners glory?
dark, as in the day they had appointed
Shall they utter, and speak iniquity:
for themselves, and they have not shall all speak who work injustice? . . .
known the light.
And they have said: The Lord shall
If the morning suddenly appear, it not see: neither shall the God of Jacob
is to them the shadow of death: and understand.
they walk in darkness as if it were in
Understand, ye senseless among the
light.—Job xxiv. 15-17.
people: and, you fools, be wise at last.
0 ye sons of men, how long will you
He that planted the ear, shall he not
be dull of heart ? why do you love van­ hear? or he that formed the eye, doth
ity, and seek after lying?—Ps. iv. 3.
he not consider?
The sinner hath provoked the Lord,
He that chastiseth nations, shall he
according to the multitude of his wrath not rebuke: he that teacheth man
knowledge?—Ps. xciii. 3, 4, 7-10.
he will not seek him :
They made also a calf in Horeb:
God is not before his eyes: his ways
and they adored the graven thing.
are filthy at all times.
And they changed their glory into
Thy judgments are removed from his
sight : he shall rule over all his enemies. the likeness of a calf that eateth grass.
For he hath said in his heart: I shall —Ps. cv. 19, 20.
And I said: Perhaps darkness shall
not be moved from generation to gen­
eration. and shall be without evil. . . . cover me: and night shall be my light
For he hath said in his heart: God in my pleasures.
But darkness shall not be dark to
hath forgotten, he hath turned away his
thee, and night shall be light as the
face not to see to the end. . . .
Wherefore hath the wicked provoked day: the darkness thereof, and the light
God? for he hath said in his heart: He thereof are alike to thee.—Ps. cxxxviii.
11, 12.
will not require it.
Such also is the way of an adulter­
Thou seest it, for thou considerest
labor and sorrow : that thou mayst de­ ous woman, who eateth, and wipeth her
liver them into thy hands.—Ps. ix. mouth, and saith: I have done no evil.
—Prov. xxx. 20.
(Reb. x.) 4-6, 11, 13, 14.
But let our strength be the law of
Draw me not away together with the
wicked; and with the workers of in­ justice: for that which is feeble, is
found to be nothing worth. . . .
iquity destroy me not:
These things they thought, and were
Who speak peace with their neighbor,
deceived: for their own malice blinded
but evils are in their hearts. . . .
Because they have not understood the them.
And they knew not the secreta of
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God, nor hoped for the wages of jus­ I Woe to you that call evil good, and
tice, nor esteemed the honor of holy good evil : that put darkness for light,
souls.— IKis. ii. 11, 21, 22.
and light for darkness: that put bitter
Therefore we have erred from the for sweet, and sweet for bitter.
way of truth, and the light of justice
Woe to you that are wise in your
hath not shined unto us, and the sun of own eyes, and prudent in your own
understanding hath not risen upon us. conceits.—Is. v. 20, 21.
We wearied ourselves in the way of
Wherefore hear the word of the
iniquity and destruction, and have Lord, ye scornful men, who rule over
walked through hard ways, but the way my people that is in Jerusalem.
of the Lord we have not known.—WVs.
For you have said : We have entered
v. 6, 7.
into a league with death, and we have
For regarding not wisdom, they did made a covenant with hell. When the
not only slip in this, that they were overflowing scourge shall pass through,
ignorant of good things, but they left it shall not come upon us: for we have
also unto men a memorial of their placed our hope in lies, and by false­
folly, so that in the things in which hood we are protected. . . .
they sinned, they could not so much as
And your league with death shall be
lie hid.—JKtf. x. 8.
abolished, and your covenant with hell
But they have fled from the praise shall not stand : when the overflowing
of God, and from his blessing.—Wis. scourge shall pass, you shall be trodden
xv. 19.
down by it.
Whensoever it shall pass through, it
In the treasures of wisdom is under­
standing. and religiousness of knowl­ shall take you away: because in the
edge : but to sinners wisdom is an morning early it shall pass through, in
abomination.—Ecclus. i. 26.
the day and in the night, and vexation
Every man that passeth beyond his alone shall make you understand what
own bed, despising his own soul, and you hear.—Is. xxviii. 14, 15, 18, 19.
saying: Who seeth me?
Woe to you that are deep of heart,
Darkness compasseth me about, and to hide your counsel from the Lord:
the walls cover me, and no man seeth and their works are in the dark, and
me : whom do I fear ? the most High they say : Who seeth us, and who know­
will not remember my sins.
eth us?
This thought of yours is perverse: as
And he understandeth not that his
eye seeth all things, for such a man’s if the clay should think against the
fear driveth from him the fear of God, potter, and the work should say to the
and the eyes of men fearing him :
maker thereof: Thou madest me not:
And he knoweth not that the eyes of or the thing framed should say to him
the Lord are far brighter than the sun, that fashioned it: Thou understandest
beholding round about all the ways of not.—Is. xxix. 15, 16.
men. and the bottom of the deep, and
And thou hast trusted in thy wicked­
looking into the hearts of men, into the ness, and hast said : There is none that
most hidden parts.—Ecclus. xxiii. 25-28. seeth me. Thy wisdom, and thy knowl­
A sinful man will flee reproof, and edge, this hath deceived thee. And
will find an excuse according to his thou hast said in thy heart: I am, and
will.—Ecclus. xxxii. 21.
besides me there is no other.—Is. xlvii.
The harp, and the lyre, and the tim­ 10.
brel, and the pipe, and wine are in your
For my foolish people have not
feasts: and the work of the Lord you known me: they are foolish and sense­
regard not, nor do you consider the less children : they are wise to do evil,
works of his hands.
but to do good they have no knowledge.
Therefore is my people led away cap­ —Jer. iv. 22.
tive. because they had not knowledge,
Hear. O foolish people, and without
and their nobles have perished with understanding: who have eyes, and see
famine, and their multitude were dried not: and ears, and hear not.—Jer. v. 21.
up with thirst.—Is. v. 12, 13.
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thorns: they have received an inheri­
tance, and it shall not profit them : you
shall be ashamed of your fruits, be­
cause of the fierce wrath of the Lord.
—Jer. xii. 13.
Thou hast forsaken the fountain of
wisdom.—Bar. iii. 12.
And he said to me: Surely thou
seest, 0 son of man, what the ancients
of the house of Israel do in the dark,
every one in private in his chamber:
for they say: The Lord seeth us not,
the Lord hath forsaken the earth.—
Ezech. viii. 12.
And every one that heareth these my
words, and doth them not, shall be like
a foolish man that built his house upon
the sand,
And the rain fell, and the floods
came, and the winds blew, and they
beat upon that house, and it fell, and
great was the fall thereof.—Matt. vii.
26, 27.
And this is the judgment: because
the light is come into the world, and
men loved darkness rather than the
light: for their works were evil.
For every one that doth evil hateth
the light, and cometh not to the light,
that his works may not be reproved.—
John iii. 19, 20.
But these men, as irrational beasts,
naturally tending to the snare and to
destruction, blaspheming those things
which they know not, shall perish in
their corruption,
Receiving the reward of their injus­
tice, counting for a pleasure the de­
lights of a day: stains and spots, sport­
ing themselves to excess, rioting in
their feasts with you. . . .
Leaving the right way, they have
gone astray, having followed the way
of Balaam of Bosor, who loved the
wages of iniquity.—2 Peter ii. 12,
13, 15.
Because thou sayest: I am rich, and
made wealthy, and have need of noth­
ing: and knowest not, that thou art
wretched, and miserable, and poor, and
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death: because I abhor the wicked.—
Ex. xxiii. 7.
God will not cast away the simple,
nor reach out his hand to the evildoer.
—Job viii. 20.
I made a covenant with my eyes, that
I would not so much as think upon a
virgin.
For what part should God from
above have in me, and what inheritance
the Almighty from on high?
Is not destruction to the wicked, and
aversion to them that work iniquity?—
Job xxxi. 1-3.
Thou hatest all the workers of in­
iquity: thou wilt destroy all that speak
a lie.
The bloody and the deceitful man
the Lord will abhor.—Ps. v. 7.
Thou hast despised all them that fall
off from thy judgments; for their
thought is unjust.—Ps. cxviii. 118.
A perverse heart is abominable to
the Lord: and his will is in them that
walk sincerely.—Prov. xi. 20.
But to God the wicked and his
wickedness are hateful alike.—TV vs.
xiv. 9.
For there is no good for him that is
always occupied in evil, and that giveth
no alms: for the Highest hateth sin­
ners, and hath mercy on the penitent.—
Ecclus. xii. 3.
You have wearied the Lord with your
words, and you said : Wherein have we
wearied him? In that you say: Every
one that doth evil, is good in the sight
of the Lord, and such please him: or
surely where is the God of judgment?—
Malach. ii. 17.
If we say that we have fellowship
with him, and walk in darkness, we
lie, and do not the truth.—1 John i. 6.
SINNER AN ENEMY TO HIS
OWN SOUL, THE

But they that commit sin and in­
iquity, are enemies to their own soul.
—Tob. xii. 10.
Can the rush be green without mois­
ture? or a sedge-bush grow without
SINNER IS GOD’S ENEMY, THE water ?
When it is yet in flower, and is not
Thou shalt fly lying. The innocent plucked up with the hand, it withereth
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Even so are the ways of all that for­
And you will not come to me that
get God, and the hope of the hypo­ you may have life.—John v. 40.
crite shall perish.
His folly shall not please him, and
SLANDER
his trust shall be like the spider’s
See: Detraction—page 110.
web.
He shall lean upon his house, and
SLAVES AND SLAVERY
it shall not stand: he shall prop it up,
and it shall not rise.—Job viii. 11-15.
If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six
He is wise in heart, and mighty in years shall he serve thee : in the seventh,
strength : who hath resisted him, and he shall go out free for nothing.
hath had peace?—Job ix. 4.
With what raiment he came in, with
Can he be healed that loveth not the like let him go out: if having a
judgment?—Job xxxiv. 17.
wife, his wife also shall go out with
The Lord trieth the just and the him.—Ex. xxi. 2, 3.
wicked : but he that loveth iniquity hat­
Let a wise servant be dear to thee as
eth his own soul.—Ps. x. 6.
thy own soul, defraud him not of lib­
But he that shall sin against me, erty, nor leave him needy.—Ecclus.
shall hurt his own soul. All that hate vii. 23.
If thou have a faithful servant, let
me love death.—Prov. viii. 36.
For wisdom will not enter into a him be to thee as thy own soul: treat
malicious soul, nor dwell in a body sub­ him as a brother : because in the blood
of thy soul thou hast gotten him.—
ject to sins.
For the Holy Spirit of discipline Ecclus. xxxiii. 31.
For perhaps he therefore departed
will flee from the deceitful, and will
withdraw himself from thoughts that for a season from thee, that thou mightare without understanding, and he est receive him again for ever:
Not now as a servant, but instead of
shall not abide when iniquity cometh
a servant, a most dear brother, espe­
in.—Wis. i. 4, 5.
For God made not death, neither cially to me: but how much more to
hath he pleasure in the destruction of thee both in the flesh and in the Lord!
—Phile, i. 15, 16.
the living.
For he created all things that they
SLOTH
might be: and he made the nations of
the earth for health: and there is no
See: Laziness, page 275.
poison of destruction in them, nor
kingdom of hell upon the earth. . . .
SOLICITUDE, VAIN OR
But the wicked with works and
WORLDLY
words have called it to them: and es­
When the wicked man is dead, there
teeming it a friend, have fallen away,
and have made a covenant with it: be­ shall be no hope any more : and the ex­
cause they are worthy to be of the part pectation of the solicitous shall perish.
—Prov. xi. 7.
thereof.—Ww. i. 13, 14, 16.
Who will justify him that sinneth
Therefore I say to you, be not solici­
against his own soul? and who will tous for your life, what you shall eat,
honor him that dishonoreth his own nor for your body, what you shall put
soul?—Ecclus. x. 32.
on. Is not the life more than the meat:
He that is evil to himself, to whom and the body more than the raiment!
will he be good? and he shall not take
Behold the birds of the air, for they
pleasure in his goods.—Ecclus. iv. 5.
neither sow, nor do they reap, nor
And he that sinneth against his own gather into barns: and your heavenly
soul, shall be despised.—Ecclus. xix. 4. Father feedeth them. Are not you of
Destruction is thy own, 0 Israel : thy much more value than they?
help is only in me.—Osee xiii. 9.
And which of you by taking thought,
They that are vain observe vanities, can add to his stature one cubit?
forsake their own mercy.—Jonas ii. 9.
And for raiment why are you solici-

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tous? Consider the lilies of the field,
how they grow: they labor not, neither
do they spin.
But I say to you, that not even Solo­
mon in all his glory was arrayed as one
of these.
And if the grass of the field, which
is to-day, and to-morrow is cast into the
oven, God doth so clothe: how much
more you, 0 ye of little faith?
Be not solicitous therefore, saying,
What shall we eat: or what shall we
drink, or wherewith shall we be clothed ?
For after all these things do the
heathens seek. For your Father know­
eth that you have need of all these
things.
Seek ye therefore first the kingdom
of God, and his justice, and all these
things shall be added unto you.
Be not solicitous therefore for to­
morrow; for the morrow will be solici­
tous for itself. Sufficient for the day
is the evil thereof.—Matt. vi. 25-34.
Labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for that which endureth unto
life everlasting, which the Son of man
will give you. For him hath God, the
Father, sealed.—John vi. 27.
Let not your heart be troubled. You
believe in God, believe also in me.—
John xiv. 1.
Be nothing solicitous; but in every
thing, by prayer and supplication, with
thanksgiving, let your petitions be made
known to God.—Philipp, iv. 6.
SOPHISTRY
There is a man that is subtle and a
teacher of many, and yet is unprofitable
to his own soul.—Ecclus. xxxvii. 21.
lie that speaketh sophistically, is
hateful: he shall be destitute of every
thing.—Ecclus. xxxvii. 23.
There is an exquisite subtilty, and
the same is unjust.
And there is one that uttereth an
exact word telling the truth.—Ecclus.
xix. 22, 23.
SORROW FOR SIN
Sec: Sin, sorrow for—page 527.

SORROWS AND TRIBULATIONS,
GOD COMFORTS US IN OUR
See: Tribulations—page 562.

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SORROWS AND AFFLICTIONS
ARE KNOWN TO GOD, OUR
See also : Cry of the distressed
reaches God, the—page 94.

Lord, all my desire is before thee,
and my groaning is not hidden from
thee.—Ps. xxxvii. 10.
Praise the Lord, for he is good: for
his mercy endureth for ever. . . .
For he was mindful of us in our
affliction: for his mercy endureth for
ever.—Ps. cxxxv. 1, 23.
SORROW INTO JOY, GOD TURNS
OUR
But this every one is sure of that
worshippeth thee, that his life, if it be
under trial, shall be crowned: and if
it be under tribulation, it shall be de­
livered : and if it be under correction,
it shall be allowed to come to thy
mercy.
For thou art not delighted in our
being lost: because after a storm thou
makest a calm, and after tears and
weeping thou pourest in joyfulness.—
Tob. iii. 21, 22.
If thou wilt put away from thee the
iniquity that is in thy hand, and let
not injustice remain in thy taber­
nacle: . . .
Thou shalt also forget misery, and
remember it only as waters that are
passed away.
And brightness like that of the noon­
day, shall arise to thee at evening: and
when thou shalt think thyself con­
sumed, thou shalt rise as the day star.
—Job xi. 14, 16. 17.
In the evening weeping shall have
place, and in the morning glad­
ness. . . .
Thou hast turned for me my mourn­
ing into joy: thou hast cut my sack­
cloth, and hast compassed me with
gladness.—Ps. xxix. 6, 12.
We have passed through fire and
water, and thou hast brought us out
into a refreshment.—Ps. Ixv. 12.
How great troubles hast thou shown
me, many and grievous: and turning
thou hast brought me to life, and hast
brought me back again from the
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Thou hast multiplied thy magniti-1 for you shall be filled. Blessed are ye
cence; and turning to me, thou hast that weep now: for you shall laugh.—
comforted me.—Ps. Ixx. 20, 21.
Luke vi. 21.
They that sow in tears shall reap in
Amen, amen I say to you, that you
joy.
shall lament and weep, but the world
Going they went and wept, casting shall rejoice; and you shall be made
their seeds.
sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be
But coming they shall come with turned into joy.
joyfulncss, carrying their sheaves.— A woman, when she is in labor, hath
Ps. exxv. 5-7.
sorrow, because her hour is come; but
lie shall cast death down headlong when she hath brought forth the child,
for ever : and the Lord God shall wipe she remembereth no more the anguish,
away tears from every face, and the for joy that a man is born into the
reproach of his people he shall take world.
away from off the whole earth: for the
So also you now indeed have sorrow;
Lord hath spoken it.
but I will see you again, and your
And they shall say in that day: Lo, heart shall rejoice; and your joy no
this is our God. we have waited for man shall take from you.—John xvi.
him, and he will save us: this is the 20-22.
Lord, we have patiently waited for
That our hope for you may be steadhim, we shall rejoice and be joyful in fast: knowing that as you are partakers
his salvation.—Is. xxv. 8, 9.
of the sufferings, so shall you be also
The spirit of the Lord is upon me, of the consolation.—2 Cor. i. 7.
because the Lord hath anointed me: he
Wherein you shall greatly rejoice, if
hath sent me to preach to the meek, to now you must be for a little time
heal the contrite of heart, and to made sorrowful in divers temptations:
preach a release to the captives, and deThat the trial of your faith (much
liverance to them that are shut up.
more precious than gold which is tried
To proclaim the acceptable year of by the fire) may be found unto praise
the Lord, and the day of vengeance of and glory and honor at the appearing
our God : to comfort all that mourn :
of Jesus Christ.—1 Peter i. 6, 7.
To appoint to the mourners of Sion,
And God shall wipe away all tears
and to give them a crown for ashes, from their eyes: and death shall be no
the oil of joy for mourning, a gar- more, nor mourning, nor crying, nor
ment of praise for the spirit of grief : sorrow shall be any more, for the
and they shall be called in it the former things are passed away.—Apoc.
mighty ones of justice, the planting of xxi. 4.
the Lord to glorify him.—Is. Ixi. 1-3.
SORROWING, THE
I hen shall the virgin rejoice in the
gee a]so; Sadness—page 495.
dance, the young men and old men to­
gether: and I will turn their mournBut she said to them: Call me not
ing into joy, and will comfort them, Noemi (that is, beautiful,) but call me
and make them joyful after their sor- Mara, (that is, bitter,) for the Alrow.—Jer. xxxi. 13.
mighty hath quite filled me with bitterFor my hope is in the Eternal that ness.
he will save you: and joy is come upon
I went out full, and the Lord hath
me from the Holy One, because of the brought me back empty. Why then do
mercy which shall come to you from you call me Noemi, whom the Lord
our everlasting Saviour.
hath humbled and the Almighty hath
For I sent you forth with mourning afflicted?—Ruth i. 20, 21.
and weeping: but the Lord will bring
Wherefore I will pray to the Lord,
you back to me with joy and glad- and address my speech to God: . . .
ness for ever.—Rar. iv. 22, 23.
Who setteth up the humble on high.
Blessed are they that mourn: for and comforteth with health those that
they shall be comforted.—Matt. v. 5.
mourn.—Job v. 8. 11.
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every night I will wash my bed: I w'ill
water my couch with my tears.—Ps.
vi. 7.
Is there no balm in Galaad? or is
there no physician there? Why then is
not the wound of the daughter of my
people closed?—Jer. viii. 22.
0 all ye that pass by the way, attend,
and see if there be any sorrow like to
my sorrow: for he hath made a vintage
of me, as the Lord spoke in the day of
his fierce anger.—Lam. i. 12.
Blessed arc they that mourn : for
they shall be comforted.—Matt. v. 5.
Come to me, all you that labor, and
are burdened, and I will refresh you.
—Malt. xi. 28.
But in all things let us exhibit our­
selves as the ministers of God, in much
patience, in tribulation, in necessities,
in distresses;
... As sorrowful, yet always re­
joicing; as needy, yet enriching many,
as having nothing, and possessing all
things.—2 Cor. vi. 4, 10.
Is any of you sad? Let him pray.
—James v. 13.
SORROWING AND AFFLICTED,
WE SHOULD COMFORT THE

See: Comfort the afflicted—page 56.
SOUL, THE
And he said: Let us make man to
our image and likeness. . . .
And God created man to his own
image: to the image of God he created
him.—Gen. i. 26, 27.
And the Lord God formed man of
the slime of the earth: and breathed
into his face the breath of life, and
man became a living soul.—Gen. ii. 7.
Keep thou my soul, and deliver me:
I shall not be ashamed, for I have
hoped in thee.—Ps. xxiv. 20.
For the price of a harlot is scarce
one loaf: but the woman catcheth the
precious soul of a man.—Prov. vi. 26.
Where there is no knowledge of the
soul, there is no good: and he that is
hasty with his feet shall stumble.—
Prov. xix. 2.
My son, prove thy soul in thy life:
and if it be wicked, give it no power.
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SOUL, VALUE OF THE
But he that possesseth a mind, lov­
eth his own soul.—Prov. xix. 8.
My son, keep thy soul in meekness,
and give it honor according to its de­
sert.
Who will justify him that sinneth
against his own soul? and u’ho will
honor him that dishonoreth his own
soul?—Ecclus. x. 31, 32.
For what shall it profit a man, if
he gain the w-hole world, and suffer the
loss of his soul?
Or what shall a man give in ex­
change for his soul?—Mark viii. 36, 37.

SOUL WITHOUT GOD, THE
WRETCHEDNESS OF A
Behold thou dost cast me out this
day from the face of the earth, and I
shall be hidden from thy face, and I
shall be a vagabond and a fugitive on
the earth.—Gen. iv. 14.
And my wrath shall be kindled
against them in that day: and I will
forsake them, and will hide my face
from them, and they shall be devoured:
all evils and afflictions shall find them,
so that they shall say in that day:
In truth it is because God is not with
me, that these evils have found me.—
Deut. xxxi. 17.
I stretched forth my hands to thee:
my soul is as earth without water unto
thee. Hear me speedily, 0 Lord: my
spirit hath fainted away.
Turn not away thy face from me,
lest I be like unto them that go down
into the pit.—Ps. exlii. 6, 7.
When you shall be as an oak with
the leaves falling off, and as a garden
without water.
And your strength shall be as the
ashes of tow. and your work as a spark:
and both shall burn together, and there
shall be none to quench it.—Is. i. 30, 31.
To what shall I compare thee? or to
what shall I liken thee, 0 daughter of
Jerusalem ? to what shall I equal thee,
that I may comfort thee, 0 virgin
daughter of Sion? for great as the sea
is thy destruction: who shall heal
thee?—Lam. ii. 13.
Yea, and woe to them, when I shall
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Jesus answered: He it is to whom I I not our heart burning within us, whilst
shall reach bread dipjx»d. And when he he spoke in the way, and opened to us
had dipped the bread, he gave it to the scriptures?—Luke xxiv. 32.
Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.
Behold, I stand at the gate, and
And after the morsel, Satan entered knock. If any man shall hear my
into him. And Jesus said to him: I voice, and open to me the door, I will
That which thou dost, do quickly. . . . come in to him, and will sup with him,
He therefore having received the and he with me.—Apoc. iii. 20.
morsel, went out immediately. And it
was night.—John xiii. 26, 27, 30.
SPIRITUAL LIFE, THE
SPEAKING TO GOD
All the glory of the king’s daughter
within in golden borders.—Ps.xliv.14.
And Abraham answered, and said : is Labor
not for the meat which perSeeing I have once begun, I will speak isheth, but
that which endureth unto
to my Lord, whereas 1 am dust and ¡ life everlasting, which the Son of man
ashes.—Gen. xviii. 27.
will give you. For him hath God, the
With me is prayer to the God of Father, sealed.—John vi. 27.
my life. I will say to God: Thou art
There is now therefore no condemna­
my support.
tion to them that are in Christ Jesus,
Why hast thou forgotten me ? and who walk not according to the
why go I mourning, whilst my enemy flesh. . . .
afflicteth me?—Ps. xii. 9, 10.
For they that are according to the
flesh, mimi the things that are of the
SPEAKING TO US, GOD
flesh; but they that are according to
What is all flesh, that it should hear the spirit, mind the things that are of
the voice of the living God, who speak- the spirit.
eth out of the midst of the fire, as we
For the wisdom of the flesh is death;
have heard, and be able to live?—/Jeu?, but the wisdom of the spirit is life
v. 26.
and peace.
And the Lord came and stood : and
. . . But you are not in the flesh,
he called, as he had called the other but in the spirit, if so be that the Spirit
times: Samuel, Samuel. And Samuel of God dwell in you. Now if any man
said: Speak, Lord, for thy servant have not the Spirit of Christ, he is
hcareth.—1 Kings iii. 10.
none of his.—Rom. viii. 1, 5, 6, 9.
Ilear, O my people, and I will speak:
For we walk by faith, and not by
0 Israel, and I will testify to thee: I sight.—2 Cor. v. 7.
am God thy God.—Ps. xlix. 7.
For though we walk in the flesh, we
I will hear what the Lord God will do not war according to the flesh.
speak in me: for he will speak peace
For the weapons of our warfare are
unto his people:
not carnal, but mighty to God unto the
And unto his saints: and unto them pulling down of fortifications, destroy­
that are converted to the heart.—Ps. ing counsels,
Lxxxiv. 9.
And every height that cxalteth itself
To-day if you shall hear his voice, against the knowledge of God, and
harden not your hearts.—Ps. xciv. 8.
bringing into captivity every under­
God hath spoken in his holiness.—Ps. standing unto the obedience of Christ.
cvii. 8.
—2 Cor. x. 3-5.
Behold my beloved speaketh to me.—
I say then, walk in the spirit, and
Cant. ii. 10.
you shall not fulfil the lusts of the
Therefore, behold I will allure her, flesh.
and will lead her into the wilderness:
For the flesh lusteth against the
and I will speak to her heart.—Osee spirit: and the spirit against the flesh;
ii. 14.
for these are contrary one to another:
And ’they said one to another: Was so that you do not the things that you
‘The two disciples on the way to Emmaus. would. . . .

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If wo live in the Spirit, let us also I
walk in the Spirit.—Gal. v. 16, 17, 25.
For what tilings a man shall sow,
those also shall he reap. For he that
soweth in his flesh, of the flesh also
shall reap corruption. But he that
soweth in the spirit, of the spirit shall
reap life everlasting.—Gal. vi. 8.
To put off, according to former con­
versation, the old man, who is cor­
rupted according to the desire of
error.
And be renewed in the spirit of your
mind :
And put on the new man, who ac­
cording to God is created in justice
and holiness of truth.—Eph. iv. 22-24.
Therefore if you be risen with
Christ, seek the things that are above;
where Christ is sitting at the right
hand of God:
Mind the things that are above, not
the things that are upon the earth.
For you are dead; and your life is
hid with Christ in God.
When Christ shall appear, who is
your life, then you also shall appear
with him in glory.—Col. iii. 1-4.
For the grace of God our Saviour
hath appeared to all men;
Instructing us, that, denying ungod­
liness and worldly desires, we should
live soberly, and justly, and godly in
this world,
Looking for the blessed hope and
coming of the glory of the great God
and our Saviour Jesus Christ.—Titus
ii. 11-13.
Be you also as living stones built up,
a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to
offer up spiritual sacrifices, accept­
able to God by Jesus Christ.—1 Peter
ii. 5.
In like manner also let wives be sub­
ject to their husbands: that if any be­
lieve not the word, they may be won
without the word, by the conversation
of the wives.
. . . Whose adorning, let it not be
the outward plaiting of the hair, or
the wearing of gold, or the putting on
of apparel:
But the hidden man of the heart in
the incorruptibility of a quiet and a
meek spirit, which is rich in the sight
of God.—1 Peter iii. 1, 3, 4.

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SPIRITUAL OR UNSEEN WORLD,
THE
While we look not at the things
which are seen, but at the things which
are not seen. For the things which are
seen, are temporal; but the things
which are not seen, are eternal.—
2 Cor. iv. 18.
For we walk by faith, and not by
sight.—2 Cor. v. 7.
Therefore, if you be risen with
Christ, seek the things that are above;
where Christ is sitting at the right
hand of God :
Mind the things that are above, not
the things that are upon the earth.—
Col. iii. 1, 2.
SPIRITUAL THINGS, UNDER­
STANDING OF
See: Understanding of spiritual
things—page 571.
STEALING
See also: Goods, ill-gotten—page 171.

Thou shalt not steal.—Ex. xx. 15.
The robberies of the wicked shall be
their downfall, because they would not
do judgment.—Prov. xxi. 7.
lie that stealeth any thing from his
father, or from his mother: and saith,
This is no sin, is the partner of a mur­
derer.—Prov. xxviii. 24.
A thief is better than a man that is
always lying: but both of them shall
inherit destruction.—Ecclus. xx. 27.
And I turned and lifted up my eyes:
and I saw, and behold a volume fly­
ing. ...
And he (the angel) said to me: This
is the curse that goeth forth over the
face of the earth: for every thief shall
be judged as is there written : and every
one that sweareth in like manner shall
be judged by it.
I will bring it forth, saith the Lord
of hosts: and it shall come to the house
of the thief, and to the house of him
that sweareth falsely by my name: and
it shall remain in the midst of his
house, and shall consume it, with the
timber thereof, and the stones thereof.
—Zach. v. 1, 3, 4.
Know you not that the unjust shall
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not err: neither fornicators, nor idola­
ters, nor adulterers,
. . .Nor thieves, nor covetous . . .
nor extortioners, shall possess the king­
dom of God.—1 Cor. vi. 9, 10.
He that stole, let him now steal no
more; but rather let him labor, work­
ing with his hands the thing which is
good, that he may have something to
give to him that suffereth need.—Eph.
iv. 28.
But let none of you suffer as a mur­
derer, or a thief, or a railer, or a
coveter of other men’s things.—1 Peter
iv. 15.
STRAYING AWAY FROM GOD
See: Wandering—page 580.
STRENGTH, GOD OUR

And he (David) said: The Lord is
my rock, and my strength, and my
saviour.
God is my strong one, in him will I
trust: my shield, and the horn of my
salvation: he lifteth me up, and is my
refuge: my saviour, thou wilt deliver
me from iniquity.—2 Kings xxii. 2, 3.
I will love thee, 0 Lord, my strength.
—Ps. xvii. 2.
The Lord is the strength of his peo­
ple, and the protector of the salvation
of his anointed.—Ps. xxvii. 8.
For thou art my strength and my
refuge; and for thy name’s sake thou
wilt lead me, and nourish me.—Ps.
xxx. 4.
For thou art God my strength: why
hast thou cast me off? and why do I
go sorrowful whilst the enemy afflicteth me?—Ps. xiii. 2.
Our God is oui refuge and strength :
a helper in troubles, which have found
us exceedingly.—Ps. xiv. 2.
For thou hast been my hope; a tower
of strength against the face of the
enemy.—Ps. lx. 4.
Be thou unto me a God, a protector,
and a place of strength: that thou
mayst make me safe.
For thou art my firmament and my
refuge.—Ps. Ixx. 3.
For thou art the glory of their
strength: and in thy good pleasure shall
our horn be exalted.—Ps. Ixxxviii. 18.

Being pushed I was overturned that
I might fall: but the Lord supported
me.
The Lord is my strength and my
praise: and he is become my salvation.
—Ps. cxvii. 13, 14.
Behold God is my saviour, I will deal
confidently, and will not fear: because
the Lord is my strength, and my praise,
and he is become my salvation.—Is.
xii. 2.
Because thou hast been a strength to
the poor, a strength to the needy in his
distress: a refuge from the whirlwind,
a shadow from the heat.—Is. xxv. 4.
And I said : I have labored in vain,
I have spent my strength without cause
and in vain: therefore my judgment is
with the Lord, and my work with my
God.
And now saith the Lord, that formed
me from the womb to be his servant,
that I may bring back Jacob unto him,
and Israel will not be gathered to­
gether: and I am glorified in the eyes
of the Lord, and my God is made my
strength.—Is. xlix. 4, 5.
And the Lord shall be the hope of his
people, and the strength of the children
of Israel.—Joel iii. 16.
The Lord God is my strength: and
he will make my feet like the feet of
harts: and he the conqueror will lead
me upon my high places singing
psalms.—Hah. iii. 19.
STRENGTH IS FROM GOD, ALL

0 Lord God of our fathers, thou art
God in heaven, and rulest over all the
kingdoms and nations, in thy hand is
strength and power, and no one can re­
sist thee.—2 Paral, xx. 6.
And he (Nehemias) said to them:
Go, eat fat meats, and drink sweet
wine, and send portions to them that
have not prepared for themselves: be­
cause it is the holy day of the Lord, and
be not sad : for the joy of the Lord is
our strength.—2 Esd. viii. 10.
Through God we shall do mightily:
and he shall bring to nothing them that
afflict us.—Ps. lix. 14.
Seek ye the Lord, and be strength­
ened : seek his face evermore.—Ps.
civ. 4.

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The right hand of the Lord hath
wrought strength : the right hand of the
Lord hath exulted me: the right hand
of the Lord hath wrought strength.—
Ps. cxvii. 16.
Counsel and equity is mine, prudence
is mine, strength is mine.—Prov.
viii. 14.
Hear therefore, ye kings, and under­
stand: learn, ye that are judges of the
ends of the earth. . . .
For power is given you by the Lord,
and strength by the most High, who
will examine your works, and search
out your thoughts.—IVís. vi. 2, 4.
And Judas said: It is an easy mat­
ter for many to be shut up in the hands
of a few: and there is no difference in
the sight of the God of heaven to de­
liver with a great multitude, or with a
small company:
For the success of war is not in the
multitude of the army, but strength
cometh from heaven.—1 Mach. iii.
18, 19.
But we have this treasure in earthen
vessels, that the excellency may be of
the power of God, and not of us.—
2 Cor. iv. 7.
Finally, brethren, be strengthened in
the Lord, and in the might of his power.
—Eph. vi. 10.
I can do all things in him who
strengtheneth me.—Philipp, iv. 13.
STRENGTH, GOD GIVES US

For who is God but the Lord? or who
is God but our God?
God who hath girt me with strength;
and made my way blameless. . . .
And thou hast girded me with
strength unto battle; and hast subdued
under me them that rose up against me.
—Ps. xvii. 32, 33, 40.
The Lord will give strength to his
people: the Lord will bless his people
with peace.—Ps. xxviii. 10.
For the arms of the wicked shall be
broken in pieces; but the Lord strength­
eneth the just.—Ps. xxxvi. 17.
God is wonderful in his saints: the
God of Israel is he who will give power
and strength to his people. Blessed be
God.—Ps. Ixvii. 36.
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arm shall strengthen him.—Ps. Ixxxviii.
22.
But to the penitent he hath given the
way of justice, and he hath strength­
ened them that were fainting in pa­
tience, and hath appointed to them the
lot of truth.—Ecclus. xvii. 20.
It is he that giveth strength to the
weary, and increaseth force and might
to them that are not.—Is. xl. 29.
Fear not, for I am with thee: turn
not aside, for I am thy God: I have
strengthened thee, and have helped thee,
and the right hand of my just one
hath upheld thee.—Is. xii. 10.
The Lord is good and giveth strength
in the day of trouble: and knoweth
them that hope in him.—Nahum i. 7.
I will strengthen them in the Lord,
and they shall walk in his name, saith
the Lord.—Zach. x. 12.
But God is faithful, who will
strengthen and keep you from eviL—
2 Thess. iii. 3.
I give him thanks who hath strength­
ened me, even to Christ Jesus our
Lord, for that he hath counted me
faithful, putting me in the ministry.—
1 Tim. i. 12.
STRENGTH, A PRAYER FOR
Restore unto me the joy of thy sal­
vation, and strengthen me with a per­
fect spirit.—Ps. 1. 14.
My soul hath slumbered through
heaviness: strengthen thou me in thy
words.—Ps. cxviii. 28.
Uphold me according to thy word,
and I shall live: and let me not be con­
founded in my expectation.—Ps.
cxviii. 116.
For this cause I bow my knees to the
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Of whom all paternity in heaven and
earth is named.
That he would grant you, according
to the riches of his glory,to be strength­
ened by his Spirit with might unto the
inward man.—Eph. iii. 14-16.
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself,
and God and our Father, who hath
loved us, and hath given us everlasting
consolation, and good hope in grace,
Exhort your hearts, and confirm you
in every good work and word.—2 Thess.
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STRENGTH IS VAIN, RELIANCE' I I turned me to another thing, and I
UPON HUMAN
saw that under the sun, the race is not
to the swift,nor the battle to the strong,
He will keep the feet of his saints, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to
and the wicked shall be silent in dark­ the learned, nor favor to the skilful:
ness, because no man shall prevail by but time and chance in all.—Eccles.
his own strength.—1 Kings ii. 9.
ix. 11.
For what is my strength, that I can
And my life was drawing near to hell
hold out? or what is my end that II beneath.
should keep patience?
They compassed me on every side,
My strength is not the strength of and there was no one that would help
stones, nor is my flesh of brass.
me. I looked for the succor of men,
Behold there is no help for me in my­ and there was none.—Ecclus. Ii. 9, 10.
self, and my familiar friends also are
But we had in ourselves the answer
departed from me.—Job vi. 11-13.
of death, that we should not trust in
The king is not saved by a great ourselves, but in God who raiseth the
army: nor shall the giant be saved by dead.—2 Cor. i. 9.
his own great strength.
Vain is the horse for safety: neither
shall he be saved by the abundance of STRENGTH, PUNISHMENT OF
RELIANCE UPON HUMAN
his strength.—Ps. xxxii. 16, 17.
For I will not trust in my bow:
And if thou think that battles con­
neither shall my sword save me.
sist in the strength of the army, God
But thou hast saved us from them will make thee to be overcome by the
that afflict us : and hast put them to enemies: for it belongeth to God both
shame that hate us.—Ps. xliii. 7, 8.
to help, and to put to flight.—2 Paral.
They that trust in their own strength, XXV. 8.
and glory in the multitude of their
Some trust in chariots, and some in
riches,
horses: but we will call upon the name
No brother can redeem, nor shall ,of the Lord our God.
man redeem: he shall not give to God
They are bound, and have fallen; but
his ransom,
we are risen, and are set upright.—Ps.
Nor the price of the redemption of xix. 8, 9.
his soul : and shall labor for ever.—Ps.
The just shall see and fear, and shall
xlviii. 7-9.
]laugh at him, and say: Behold the man
0 grant us help from trouble: forkthat made not God his helper:
vain is the help of man.
But trusted in the abundance of his
Through God we shall do mightily: riches: and prevailed in his vanity.—
and he will bring our enemies to noth­ Ps. Ii. 8, 9.
ing.—Ps. cvii. 13, 14.
The ancient giants did not obtain
It is good to confide in the Lord, pardon for their sins, who were de­
rather than to have confidence in man. stroyed trusting to their own strength.
It is good to trust in the Lord, rather —Ecclus. xvi. 8.
than to trust in princes.—Ps. cxvii.
Woe to you, apostate children, saith
8, 9.
the Lord, that you would take counsel,
Unless the Lord build the house, they and not of me ; and would begin a web,
labor in vain that build it.
and not by my spirit, that you might
Unless the Lord keep the city, he add sin upon sin:
watcheth in vain that keepeth it.—Ps.
Who walk to go down into Egypt,
exxvi. 1.
and have not asked at my mouth, hop­
Put not your trust in princes : in the ing for help in the strength of Pharao,
children of men, in whom there is no and trusting in the shadow of Egypt.
salvation.—Ps. cxlv. 2, 3.
And the strength of Pharao shall be
The horse is prepared for the day of to your confusion and the confidence of
battle: but the Lord giveth safety.— the shadow of Egypt to your shame.—
Is. XXX. 1-3.
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SUFFERING, LOVE OF
Woe to them that go down to Egypt
for help, trusting in horses, and put­
If I must needs glory, I will glory of
ting their confidence in chariots, be­ the things that concern my infirmity.
cause they are many: and in horsemen, —2 Cor. xi. 30.
because they are very strong: and have
And he said to me : My grace is suf­
not trusted in the Iloly One of ficient for thee: for power is made per­
Israel, and have not sought after the 1 fect in infirmity. Gladly therefore will
Lord. ...
I glory in my infirmities, that the
Egypt is man, and not God: and their power of Christ may dwell in me.
horses, flesh, and not spirit: and the
For which cause I please myself in
Lord shall put down his hand, and the my infirmities, in reproaches, in neces­
helper shall fall, and he that is helped 1 sities, in persecutions, in distresses, for
shall fall, and they shall all be con-, Christ. For when I am weak, then am
founded together.—Is. xxxi. 1, 3.
I powerful.—2 Cor. xii. 9, 10.
Thus saith the Lord: Cursed be the
With Christ I am nailed to the cross.
man that trusteth in man, and maketh —Gal. ii. 19.
flesh his arm, and whose heart depart­
But God forbid that I should glory,
ed from the Lord.—J er. xvii. 5.
save in the cross of our Lord Jesus
For because thou hast trusted in thy Christ; by whom the world is crucified
bulwarks, and in thy treasures, thou to me, and I to the world.—Gal.
also shalt be taken: and Chamos shall vi. 14.
go into captivity, his priests, and his
For unto you it is given for Christ,
princes together.
not only to believe in him, but also to
And the spoiler shall come upon suffer for him.—Philipp, i. 29.
every city, and no city shall escape:
Furthermore I count all things to be
and the valleys shall perish, and the but loss for the excellent knowledge of
plains shall be destroyed, for the Lord Jesus Christ my Lord; for whom I have
hath spoken.—J er. xlviii. 7, 8.
suffered the loss of all things, and
count them but as dung, that I may
STUBBORNNESS
gain Christ: . . .
See: Self-will—page 511.
That I may know him, and the power
of his resurrection, and the fellowship
SUBJECTION TO GOD OF MAN’S of his sufferings, being made conform­
able to his death,
WILL
If by any means I may attain to the
See also: Obedience to God—
resurrection which is from the dead.—
page 344.
Philipp, iii. 8, 10, 11.
Who now rejoice in my sufferings for
Submit thyself then to him, and be
at peace: and thereby thou shalt have you, and fill up those things that are
wanting of the sufferings of Christ, in
the best fruits.—Job xxii. 21.
Be subject to the Lord and pray to my flesh, for his body, which is the
church.—Col. i. 24.
him.—Ps. xxxvi. 7.
Let us go forth therefore to him with­
Shall not my soul be subject to
God? for from him is my salvation.— out the camp, bearing his reproach.—
Heb. xiii. 13.
Ps. Ixi. 2.
But be thou, O my soul, subject to
SUFFERING, THE VALUE OF
God: for from him is my patience.—
Ps. Ixi. 6.
And though in the sight of men they
Be subject therefore to God, but re­ suffered torments, their hope is full of
sist the devil, and he will fly from you. immortality.
—James iv. 7.
Afflicted in few things, in many they
shall be well rewarded: because God
SUCCESS IN EVIL
hath tried them, and found them worthy
See: Wicked, prosperity of the— of himself.— Wis. iii. 4, 5.
Ought not Christ to have suffered
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these things, and so to enter into his same thought: for he that hath suffered
glory?—Luke xxiv. 26.
in the flesh, hath ceased from sins:
For the Spirit himself giveth testi­
That now he may live the rest of his
mony to our spirit, that we are the sons time in the flesh, not after the desires
of God.
of men, but according to the will of
And if sons, heirs also; heirs indeed God.—1 Peter iv. 1, 2.
of God, and joint heirs with Christ:
Dearly beloved, think not strange the
yet so, if we suffer with him, that we burning heat which is to try you, as if
may be also glorified with him.
some new thing happened to you;
For I reckon that the sufferings of
But if you partake of the sufferings
this time are not worthy to be com­ of Christ, rejoice that when his glory
pared with the glory to come, that shall shall be revealed, you may also be glad
bo revealed in us.—Rom. viii. 16-18.
with exceeding joy.—1 Peter iv. 12,13.
Always bearing about in our body the
Wherefore let them also that suffer
mortification of Jesus, that the life according to the will of God, commend
also of Jesus may be made manifest in their souls in good deeds to the faith­
our bodies. . . .
ful Creator.—1 Peter iv. 19.
For that which is at present momen­
But the God of all grace, who hath
tary and light of our tribulation, work­ called us unto his eternal glory in
eth for us above measure exceedingly Christ Jesus, after .you have suffered a
an eternal weight of glory.—2 Cor. iv. little, will himself perfect you, and con­
10, 17.
firm you, and establish you.—1 Fefer
And lest the greatness of the revela­ v. 10.
tions should exalt me, there was given
SUFFERING, A LIFE OF
me a sting of my flesh, an angel of
Satan, to buffet me.
See: Life of suffering—page 282.
For which thing thrice I besought
SUICIDE
the Lord, that it might depart from
me.
Thou shalt not kill.—Ex. xx. 13.
And he said to me: My grace is suffi­
See ye that I alone am, and there is
cient for thee: for power is made per­ no other God besides me: I will kill
fect in infirmity. Gladly therefore will and I will make to live: I will strike,
1 glory in my infirmities, that the and I will heal, and there is none that
power of Christ may dwell in me.— can deliver out of my hand.—Deut.
2 Cor. xii. 7-9.
xxxii. 39.
A faithful saying: for if we be dead
For it is thou, 0 Lord, that hast
with him, we shall live also with him. power of life and death, and leadest
If we suffer, we shall also reign with down to the gates of death, and bringhim.—2 Tim. ii. 11, 12.
est back again:
For this is thankworthy, if for con­
A man indeed killeth through malice,
science towards God, a man endure sor­ and when the spirit is gone forth, it
rows, suffering wrongfully.
shall not return, neither shall he call
For what glory is it, if committing back the soul that is received.—Wis.
sin, and being buffeted for it, you en­ xvi. 13, 14.
dure? But if doing well you suffer
Then Judas who betrayed him, see­
patiently; this is thankworthy before ing that he was condemned, repenting
God.
himself, brought back the thirty pieces
For unto this are you called : because of silver to the chief priests and an­
Christ also suffered for us, leaving you cients,
an example that you should follow his
Saying: I have sinned in betraying
steps.—1 Peter ii. 19-21.
innocent blood. But they said: What
For it is better doing well (if such is that to us? look thou to it.
be the will of God) to suffer, than doing
And casting down the pieces of silver
ill.—1 Peter iii. 17.
in the temple, he departed' and went
Christ therefore having suffered in and hanged himself with an halter.—
the flesh, be you also armed with the Matt, xxvii. 3-5.

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SUPERIORS TO SUBJECTS, THE if so be it may profit thee any thing, or
if thou rnayst become stronger.
DUTY OF
Thou hast failed in the multitude of
See: Masters, the duty of—page 307. thy counsels: let now the astrologers
stand and save thee, they that gazed at
SUPERSTITIOUS PRACTICES
the stars, and counted the months, that
You shall not divine nor observe from them they might tell the things
ùrearns. . . .
that shall come to thee.
Go not aside after wizards, neither
Behold they are as stubble, fire hath
nsk any thing of soothsayers, to he de­ burnt them, they shall not deliver them­
tiled by them : I am the Lord your God. selves from the power of the flames:
—Lev. xix. 2G, 31.
there are no coals wherewith they may
The soul that shall go aside after be warmed, nor fire, that they may sit
magicians, and soothsayers, and shall thereat.—Is. xlvii. 12-14.
commit fornication with them, I will
But Paul standing in the midst of
set my face against that soul, and de­ the Areopagus, said: Ye men of Athens,
stroy it out of the midst of its people. I perceive that in all things you are
—Lev. xx. 6.
too superstitious.—Acts xvii. 22.
A man, or woman, in whom there is
SURETY FOR ANOTHER
a pythonical or divining spirit, dying
let them die: they shall stone them:
See: Bond, giving—page 42.
their blood be upon them.—Lev. xx. 27.
SWEARING
Neither let there be found among
The person that sweareth, and utteryou any one that shall expiate his son
or daughter, making them to pass eth with his lips, that he would do
through the fire: or that consulteth either evil or good, and bindeth the
soothsayers, or observeth dreams and same with an oath, and his word, and
omens, neither let there be any wizard, having forgotten it afterwards underNor charmer, nor any one that con­ standeth his offence,
Let him do penance for his sin.—
sulteth pythonic spirits, or fortune tell­
ers, or that seeketh the truth from the Lev. v. 4, 5.
Let not thy mouth be accustomed to
dead.
For the Lord abhorreth all these swearing: for in it there are many
things, and for these abominations he falls. . . .
will destroy them at thy coming.—
For as a slave daily put to the ques­
tion is never without a blue mark: so
Deut. xviii. 10-12.
And Saul saw the army of the Philis­ every one that sweareth, and nameth,
tines, and was afraid, and his heart shall not be wholly pure from sin.
A man that sweareth much, shall be
was very much dismayed.
And he consulted the Lord, and he filled with iniquity, and a scourge shall
answered him not, neither by dreams, not depart from his house.
And if he make it void, his sin shall
nor by priests, nor by prophets.
And Saul said to his servants: Seek be upon him: and if he dissemble it,
me a woman that hath a divining spirit, he offendetti double :
And if he swear in vain, he shall not
and I will go to her, and inquire by
her. And his servants said to him: be justified: for his house shall be filled
There is a woman that hath a divining with his punishment.—Ecclus. xxiii. 9.
11-14.
spirit at Endor.—1 Kings xxviii. 5-7.
The speech that sweareth much shall
And when they shall say to you:
Seek of pythons, and of diviners, who make the hair of the head stand up­
mutter in their enchantments: should right: and its irreverence shall make
not the people seek of their God, for the one stop his ears.—Ecclus. xxvii. 15.
And I turned and lifted up my eyes­
living to the dead?—Is. viii. 19.
Stand now with thy enchanters, and and T saw, and behold a volume fly­
with the multitude of thy sorceries, in ing. • • •
,
And he (the angel) said to me: This
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TEACHER, GOD OUR
is the curse that goeth forth over the
face of the earth: for every thief shall
That thou mightest know that the
be judged as is there written : and every
one that sweareth in like manner shall Lord he is God, and there is no other
besides him.
be judged by it.—Zach. v. 1, 3.
From heaven he made thee to hear
Again you have heard that it was
said to them of old, Thou shalt not for­ his voice, that he might teach thee.—
swear tliyself : but thou shalt perform Deut. iv. 35, 36.
And he hath not said : Where is God,
thy oaths to the Lord.
But I say to you not to swear at all, who made me, who hath given songs in
neither by heaven, for it is the throne the night?
Who teacheth us more than the beasts
of God:
the earth, and instrueteth us more
Nor by the earth, for it is his foot­ of
stool: nor by Jerusalem, for it is the than the fowls of the air.—Job xxxv.
10, 11.
city of the great king:
Thou hast made known to me the
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head,
because thou canst not make one hair ways of life, thou shalt fill me with joy
with thy countenance: at thy right
white or black.
But let your speech be yea, yea: no, hand are delights even to the end.—Ps.
no: and that which is over and above xv. 11.
He will guide the mild in judgment:
these, is of evil.—Malt. v. 33-37.
He therefore that sweareth by the he will teach the meek his ways.—Ps.
altar, sweareth by it, and by all things xxiv. 9.
I will give thee understanding, and
that are upon it:
And whosoever shall swear by the I will instruct thee in this way, in
temple, sweareth by it, and by him that which thou shalt go : I will fix my eyes
upon thee.—Ps. xxxi. 8.
dwelleth in it:
For behold thou hast loved truth: the
And he that sweareth by heaven,
sweareth by the throne of God, and by uncertain and hidden things of thy
him that sitteth thereon.—Malt, xxiii. wisdom thou hast made manifest to me.
—Ps. 1. 8.
20-22.
Thou hast taught me, 0 God, from
But above all things, my brethren,
swear not, neither by heaven, nor by the my youth : and till now I will declare
earth, nor by any other oath. But let thy wonderful works.—Ps. Ixx. 17.
Blessed is the man whom thou shalt
your speech be, yea, yea: no, no: that
you fall not under judgment.—James instruct, O Lord: and shalt teach him
out of thy law.—Ps. xciii. 12.
v. 12.
Therefore hath he filled up his mercy
When Michael the archangel, disput­
ing with the devil, contended about the in their favor, and hath shown them
body of Moses, he durst not bring the way of justice.—Ecclus. xviii. 11.
And many people shall go, and say:
against him the judgment of railing
speech, but said: The Lord command Come and let us go up to the mountain
of the Lord, and to the house of the
thee.—J ude i. 9.
God of Jacob, and he will teach us his
ways, and we will walk in his paths:
SWEARING, FALSE
for the law shall come forth from Sion,
See: Perjury—page 377.
and the word of the Lord from Jerusa­
lem.—Is. ii. 3.
SYMPATHY FOR THOSE IN
For he will instruct him in judg­
DISTRESS
ment: his God will teach him.—Is.
See: Comfort the afflicted, we should xxviii. 26.
Thus saith the Lord thy redeemer,
—page 56.
the Holy One of Israel: I am the Lord
i thy God that teach thee profitable
TALE-BEARING
things, that govern thee in the way
See: Mischief-maker—page 326.
I that thou walkest.—Is. xlviii. 17.

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All thy children shall be taught of
the Lord: and great shall be the ¡icace
of thy children.—Is. liv. 13.
Hear ye this, 0 priests, and hearken,
0 ye house of Israel, and give ear, O
house of the king: for there is a judg­
ment against you, because you have
been a snare to them whom you should
have watched over, and a net spread
upon Thabor.
And you have turned aside victims
into the depth: and I am the teacher
of them all.—Osee v. 1, 2.
But the Paraclete, the Holy Ghost,
whom the Father will send in my name,
he will teach you all things, and bring
all things to your mind, whatsoever I
shall have said to you.—John xiv. 26.
But when he, the Spirit of truth, is
come, he will teach you all truth. For
he shall not speak of himself; but what
things soever he shall hear, he shall
speak; and the things that are to come,
he shall show you.—John xvi. 13.
TEACHER, CHRIST OUR
And the Lord will give you spare
bread, and short water: and will not
cause thy teacher to flee away from thee
any more, and thy eyes shall see thy
teacher.
And thy ears shall hear the word of
one admonishing thee behind thy back:
This is the way, walk ye in it: and go
not aside neither to the right hand, nor
to the left.—Is. xxx. 20, 21.
Sow for yourselves in justice, and
reap in the mouth of mercy, break up
your fallow ground: but the time to
seek the Lord is, when he shall come
that shall teach you justice.—Osee
x. 12.
And you, 0 children of Sion, rejoice,
and be joyful in the Lord your God :
because he hath given you a teacher of
justice, and he will make the early and
the latter rain to come down to you as
in the beginning.—Joel ii. 23.
And seeing the multitudes, he went
up into a mountain, and when he was
set down, his disciples came unto him.
And opening his mouth, he taught
them.—Mali. v. 1, 2.
And it came to pass when Jesus had
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For he was teaching them as one
having power, and not as the scribes
and Pharisees.—Malt. vii. 28, 29.
Take up my yoke upon you, and
learn of me, because I am meek, and
humble of heart: and you shall find rest
to your souls.—Malt. xi. 29.
And he went down into Capharnaum,
a city of Galilee, and there he taught
them on the sabbath days.
And they were astonished at hia doc­
trine: for his speech was with power.—
Luke iv. 31, 32.
Jesus saith to him (Thomas): I am
the way, and the truth, and the life.
No man cometh to the Father, but by
me.—John xiv. G.
TEACH US, A PRAYER TO
GOD TO
Then hear thou from heaven, 0
Lord, and forgive the sins of thy ser­
vants and of thy people Israel, and
teach them the good way, in which they
may walk.—2 Paral, vi. 27.
Show*, 0 Lord, thy ways to me, and
teach me thy paths.
Direct me in thy truth, and teach
me; for thou art God my Saviour; and
on thee have I waited all the day
long.—Ps. xxiv. 4, 5.
Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me
thy justifications.—Ps. cxviii. 12.
Teach me goodness and discipline
and knowledge; for I have believed thy
commandments.—Ps. cxviii. 66.
TEACHING OTHERS THE WAY
OF GOD
See: Instructing—page 245.

TEMPERANCE
See: Frugality or moderation in
eating and drinking—page 164.

TEMPLE OF GOD, THE
See: House of God, the—page 214.
TEMPORAL LOSS IS TO BE PRE­
FERRED TO ETERNAL LOSS
Anri if thy right eye scandalize thee,
pluck it out and east it from thee.
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thy members should perish, rather than them but as dung, that I may gain
that thy whole body be cast into hell.
Christ.—Philipp, iii. 8.
And if thy right hand scandalize
But call to mind the former days,
thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: wherein, being illuminated, you en­
for it is expedient for thee, that one of dured a great fight of afflictions. . . .
thy members should perish, rather than
For you both had compassion on
that thy whole body go into hell.
them that were in bands, and took with
Matt. v. 29, 30.
joy the being stripped of your own
And fear ye not them that kill the goods, knowing that you have a better
body, and are not able to kill the soul: and a lasting substance.
but rather fear him that can destroy
Do not therefore lose your confidence,
both soul and body in hell.—Matt. x. 28. which hath a great reward.—Heb. x.
For whosoever will save his life, shall 32, 34, 35.
By faith Moses, when he was grown
lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life
for my sake and the gospel, shall save up, denied himself to be the son of
Pharao’s daughter;
it.
Rather choosing to be afflicted with
For what shall it profit a man, if he
gain the whole world, and suffer the loss the people of God, than to have the
pleasure of sin for a time,
of his soul ?
Esteeming the reproach of Christ
Or what shall a man give in exchange
greater riches than the treasure of the
for his soul?—Mark viii. 35-37.
And if thy hand scandalize thee, cut Egyptians. For he looked unto the
it off: it is better for thee to enter into reward.—Hel). xi. 24-26.
Women received their dead raised to
life, maimed, than having two hands
to go into hell, into unquenchable life again. But others were racked,
not accepting deliverance, that they
fire:
Where their worm dieth not, and the might find a better resurrection.—Heb.
xi. 35.
fire is not extinguished.
And if thy foot scandalize thee, cut it
off. It is better for thee to enter lame
TEMPORAL NECESSITIES, A
into life everlasting, than having two
PRAYER FOR
feet, to be cast into the hell of un­
Two things I have asked of thee,
quenchable fire:
Where their worm dieth not, and the deny them not to me before I die.
Remove far from me vanity, and ly­
fire is not extinguished.
And if thy eye scandalize thee, pluck ing words. Give me neither beggary,
it out. It is better for thee with one nor riches: give me only the necessaries
eye to enter into the kingdom of God, of life:
Lest perhaps being filled, I should be
than having two eyes to be cast into the
tempted to deny, and say: Who is the
hell of fire:
Where their worm dieth not, and the Lord? or being compelled by poverty,
fire is not extinguished.—Mark ix. I should steal, and forswear the name
of my God.—Prov. xxx. 7-9.
42-47.
Give us this day our daily bread —
And I say to you, my friends: Be not
afraid of them who kill the body, and Luke xi. 3.
And may my God supply all your
after that have no more that they can
want, according to his riches in glory
do.
But I will show you whom you shall in Christ Jesus.—Philipp, iv. 19.
fear: fear ye him, who after he hath
TEMPTATIONS
killed, hath power to cast into hell.
Yea, I say to you, fear him.—Luke xii.
And because thou wast acceptable to
4, 5.
God, it was necessary that temptation
Furthermore I count all things to be should prove thee.—Tob. xii. 13.
but loss for the excellent knowledge of
The life of man upon earth is a war­
Jesus Ohrist my Lord; for whom I have fare, and his days are like the days of
suffered the loss of all things, and count a hireling.—Job vii. 1.

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Son, when thou comest to the service
of God, stand in justice and in fear,
and prepare tliy soul for temptation.—
Ecclus. ii. 1.
Then Jesus was led by the spirit into
the desert, to be tempted by the devil.—
Matt. iv. 1.
Watch ye, and pray that you enter
not into temptation. The spirit indeed
is willing, but the flesh is weak.—Mark
xiv. 38.
And the Lord said: Simon, Simon,
behold Satan hath desired to have you,
that he may sift you as wheat.—Luke
xxii. 31.
But I fear lest, as the serpent se­
duced Eve by his subtlety, so your
minds should be corrupted, and fall
from the simplicity that is in Christ.—
2 Cor. xi. 3.
For the flesh lusteth against the
spirit: and the spirit against the flesh;
for these are contrary one to another:
so that you do not the things that you
would.—Gal. v. 17.
My brethren, count it all joy, when
you shall fall into divers temptations;
Knowing that the trying of your
laith worketh patience.
And patience hath a perfect work;
that you may be perfect and entire,
failing in nothing.—James i. 2-4.
Blessed is the man that endureth
temptation ; for when he hath been
proved, he shall receive the crown of
life, which God hath promised to them
that love him.
Let no man, when he is tempted, say
that he is tempted by God. For God
is not a tempter of evils, and he tempteth no man.
But every man is tempted by his own
concupiscence, being drawn aw’ay and
allured.
Then when concupiscence hath con­
ceived, it bringeth forth sin. But sin,
when it is completed, begetteth death.—
James i. 12-15.
Wherein you shall greatly rejoice, if
now you must be for a little time made
sorrowful in divers temptations:
That the trial of your faith (much
more precious than gold which is tried
by the fire) may be found unto praise
and glory and honor at the appearing of
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Be sober and watch: because your
adversary the devil, as a roaring lion,
goeth about seeking whom he may de­
vour.—1 Peter v. 8.
TEMPTATIONS, RESISTING

See : Devil
—page 112.

and

his

temptations

TEMPTATION, GOD OUR
HELP IN
Fear them not: for the Lord your
God will fight for you.—Deut. iii. 22.
If thou say in thy heart: These na­
tions are more than I, how shall I be
able to destroy them?
Fear not, but remember what the
Lord thy God did to Pharao and to all
the Egyptians.—Deut. vii. 17, 18.
Hear, 0 Israel, you join battle this
day against your enemies, let not your
heart be dismayed, be not afraid, do not
give back, fear ye them not:
Because the Lord your God is in the
midst of you, and will fight for you
against your enemies, to deliver you
from danger.—Deut. xx. 3, 4.
He sent from on high, and took me,
and drew me out of many waters.
He delivered me from my most
mighty enemy, and from them that
hated me: for they were too strong for
me.
He prevented me in the day of my
affliction, and the Lord became my
stay.
And he brought me forth into a
large place, he delivered me, because I
pleased him.—2 Kings xxii. 17-20.
For by thee I shall be delivered from
temptation ; and through my God I
shall go over a wall.—Ps. xvii. 30.
And thou hast girded me with
strength unto battle; and hast subdued
under me them that rose up against me.
—Ps. xvii. 40.
Through thee we will push down our
enemies with the horn : and through thy
name we will despise them that rise up
against us.—Ps. xliii. 6.
Thou calledst upon me in affliction,
and I delivered thee: I heard thee in
the secret place of tempest.—Ps.
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For my hand shall help him: and my I faithful, who will not suffer you to be
arm shall strengthen him.
tempted above that which you are able:
The enemy shall have no advantage but will make also with temptation
over him: nor the son of iniquity have issue, that you may be able to bear it—
power to hurt him.—Ps. Ixxxviii. 22, 23. 1 Cor. x. 13.
Often have they fought against me
Now thanks be to God, who always
from my youth, let Israel now say.
maketh us to triumph in Christ Jesus,
Often have they fought against me and manifesteth the odor of his knowl­
from my youth: but they could not pre­ edge by us in every place.—2 Cor. ii. 14.
vail over me.—Ps. cxxviii. 1, 2.
But God is faithful, who will
No evils shall happen to him that strengthen and keep you from evil.—
feareth the Lord, but in temptation 2 Thess. iii. 3.
For in that, wherein ho himself hath
God will keep him, and deliver him
suffered and been tempted, he is able to
from evils.—Ecclus. xxxiii. 1.
And they shall fight against thee, and succor them also that are tempted.—
shall not prevail: for I am with thee, Heh. ii. 18.
For we have not a high priest, who
saith the Lord, to deliver thee.—J er.
cannot have compassion on our infirmi­
i. 19.
And when he entered into the boat, ties: but one tempted in all things like
as we are, without sin.
his disciples followed him:
Let us go therefore with confidence
And behold a great tempest arose in
the sea, so that the boat was covered to the throne of grace: that we may ob­
tain mercy, and find grace in seasonable
with waves, but he was asleep.
And they came to him, and awaked aid.—Heb. iv. 15, 16.
The Lord knoweth how to deliver the
him, saying: Lord, save us, we perish.
And Jesus saith to them: Why are godly from temptation, but to reserve
you fearful, 0 ye cf little faith? Then the unjust unto the day of judgment to
rising up he commanded the winds, and be tormented.—2 Peter ii. 9.
You are of God, little children, and
the sea, and there came a great calm.
have overcome him (Antichrist). Be­
—Matt. viii. 23-26.
And the Lord said: Simon, Simon, cause greater is he that is in you, than
behold Satan hath desired to have you, | he that is in the world.—1 John iv. 4.
that he may sift you as wheat:
But I have prayed for thee, that thy TEMPTATION, A PRAYER IN
faith fail not: and thou, being once
Consider, and hear me, 0 Lord my
converted, confirm thy brethren.—Luke
God.
xxii. 31, 32.
Enlighten my eyes that I never sleep
I pray not that thou shouldst take
them out of the world, but that thou in death: lest at any time my enemy
shouldst keep them from evil.—John say: I have prevailed against him.—Ps.
xvii. 15.
xii. 4, 5.
O God, come to my assistance; 0
I find then a law, that when I have
a will to do good, evil is present with Lord, make haste to help me.
me.
Let them be confounded and ashamed
For I am delighted with the law of that seek my soul :
God, according to the inward man:
Let them be turned backward, and
But I see another law in my mem­ blush for shame that desire evils to
bers, fighting against the law of my me.
mind, and captivating me in the law
Let them be presently turned away
of sin, that is in my members.
blushing for shame that say to me:
Unhappy man that I am, who shall ’Tis well, ’tis well.—Ps. Ixix. 2-4.
deliver me from the body of this death?
O Lord, father and sovereign ruler of
The grace of God, by Jesus Christ my life, leave me not to their counsel:
our Lord.—Rom. vii. 21-25.
nor suffer me to fall by them. . . .
Let no temptation take hold on you,
Lest my ignorances increase, and my
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abound, and I fall before my adversa-1 Can he also give bread, or provide a
ries, and my enemy rejoice over me.
table for his people?
0 Lord, father, and God of my life,
Therefore the Lord heard, and was
leave me not to their devices.
angry: and a fire was kindled against
Give me not haughtiness of my eyes. Jacob, and wrath came up against
and turn away from me all coveting. Israel.—Ps. Ixxvii. 18-21.
Take from me the greediness of the
How often did they provoke him in
belly, and let not the lusts of the flesh the desert : and move him to wrath in
take hold of me, and give me not over the place without water?
to a shameless and foolish mind.—
And they turned back and tempted
Ecclus. xxiii. 1, 3-6.
God : and grieved the holy one of Israel.
Send now also, O Lord of heaven, thy —Ps. Ixxvii. 40, 41.
good angel before us, for the fear and
Yet they tempted, and provoked the
dread of the greatness of thy arm,
most high God : and they kept not his
That they may be afraid, who come testimonies.—Ps. Ixxvii. 56.
with blasphemy against thy holy people.
To-day if you shall hear his voice,
—2 Mach. xv. 23, 24.
harden not your hearts :
And lead us not into temptation.
As in the provocation, according to
But deliver us from evil. Amen.— the day of temptation in the wilderness :
Matt. vi. 13.
where your fathers tempted me, they
And the God of peace crush Satan proved me, and saw my works.—Ps.
under your feet speedily. The grace of xciv. 8, 9.
our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.—
And they coveted their desire in the
Rom. xvi. 20.
desert: and they tempted God in the
place without water.—Ps. cv. 14.
TEMPTING GOD
For he is found by them that tempt
him not: and he showeth himself to
Then all the multitude of the chil- them that have faith in him.—Ww.
dren of Israel setting forward from the i. 2.
desert of Sin, by their mansions, accordA hard heart shall fear evil at the
ing to the word of the Lord, encamped last : and he that loveth danger shall
in Raphidim, where there was no water perish in it.—Ecclus. iii. 27.
for the people to drink.
Before prayer prepare thy soul: and
And they chided with Moses, and be not as a man that tempteth God.—
said: Give us water, that we may EccZus. xviii. 23.
drink. And Moses answered them:
Then the devil took him up into the
Why chide you with me? Wherefore holy city, and set him upon the pindo you tempt the Lord ?
nade of the temple,
. . . And he called the name of
And said to him : If thou be the Son
that place Temptation, because of the of God, cast thyself down, for it is
chiding of the children of Israel, and written: That he hath given his angels
for that they tempted the Lord, saying: charge over thee, and in their hands
Is the Lord amongst us or not?—Ex. shall they bear thee up, lest perhaps
xvii. 1, 2, 7.
thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy
Jesus said to him: It is written
God, as thou temptedst him in the place again : Thou shalt not tempt the Lord
of temptation.—Deut. vi. 16.
thy God.—Matt. iv. 5-7.
And they tempted God in their
But Jesus knowing their wickedness,
hearts, by asking meat for their de- said: Why do you tempt me, ye hyposires.
crites?—Malt. xxii. 18.
And they spoke ill of God : they said :
And the Pharisees came forth, and
Can God furnish a table in the wilder- began to question with him. asking him
ness?
a sign from heaven, tempting him.
Because he struck the rock, and the
And sighing deeply in spirit, he
waters gushed out, and the streams saith: Why doth this generation seek
overflowed.
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shall not be given to this generation.—I For from the heart come forth evil
Mark viii. 11, 12.
thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornicaNeither let us tempt Christ: as some tions, thefts, false testimonies, biasof them tempted, and perished by the phemies.
serpents.—1 Cor. x. 9.
These are the things that defile a
man. But to eat with unwashed hands
THANKFULNESS TO GOD
doth not defile a man.—Mall. xv. 18-20.
See: Gratitude to God—page 183.
THOUGHTS, GOOD

For the thought of man shall give
THANKSGIVING TO GOD, A
praise to thee : and the remainders of
PRAYER OF
the thought shall keep holiday to thee.
See: Gratitude to God, a prayer of— —Ps. Ixxv. 11.
page 184.
THOUGHTS ARE KNOWN TO
THOUGHTS, BAD
GOD, OUR
I made a covenant with my eyes, that
See: Searcher of hearts, God is the
I would not so much as think upon a —page 507.
virgin.
THOUGHTLESSNESS
For what part should God from above
have in me, and what inheritance the
And man when he was in honor did
Almighty from on high?—Jobxxxi. 1,2. not understand; he is compared to
They have thought and spoken wick­ senseless beasts, and is become like to
edness: they have spoken iniquity on them.—Ps. xlviii. 13.
high.—Ps. Ixxii. 8.
The just perisheth, and no man layDeceit is in the heart of them that eth it to heart, and men of mercy are
think evil things: but joy followeth taken away, because there is none that
them that take counsels of peace.— understandeth; for the just man is
Prov. xii. 20.
taken away from before the face of evil.
Evil thoughts are an abomination to —Is. Ivii. 1.
the Lord: and pure words most beau­
With desolation is all the land made
tiful shall be confirmed by him.—Prov. desolate ; because there is none that conxv. 26.
sidereth in the heart.—Jer. xii. 11.
The thought of a fool is sin.—Prov.
xxiv. 9.
TIME IN HIS DEALINGS WITH
For perverse thoughts separate from
US, GOD TAKES HIS OWN
God.—IVis. i. 3.
For inquisition shall be made into
And they came to her (Judith), and
the thoughts of the ungodly: and the she said to them : What is this word,
hearing of his words shall come to by which Ozias hath consented to give
God, to the chastising of his iniquities. up the city to the Assyrians, if within
—IVis. i. 9.
five days there come no aid to us?
And the eunuch that hath not
And who are you that tempt the
wrought iniquity with his hands, nor Lord?
thought wicked things against God : for
This is not a word that may draw
the precious gift of faith shall be given down mercy, but rather that may stir
to him, and a most acceptable lot in the up wrath, and enkindle indignation.
temple of God.— IVis. iii. 14.
You have set a time for the mercy
Wash thy heart from wickedness, 0 of the Lord, and you have appointed
Jerusalem, that thou mayst be saved: him a day, according to your pleasure.
how long shall hurtful thoughts abide
But forasmuch as the Lord is pa­
in thee?—Jer. iv. 14.
tient, let us be penitent for this same
But the things which proceed out of thing, and with many tears let us beg
the mouth, come forth from the heart, his pardon.—Judith viii. 10-14.
and those things defile a man.
Times are not hid from the Al­

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mighty: but they that know him, know
not his days.—Job xxiv. 1.
And the Lord is become a refuge
for the poor: a helper in due time in
tribulation.—Ps. ix. 10.
But as for me, my prayer is to thee,
0 Lord ; for the time of thy good pleas­
ure, 0 God.—Ps. Ixviii. 14.
My eyes have failed for thy word,
saying: When wilt thou comfort me?—
Ps. cxviii. 82.
All the works of the Lord are good,
and he will furnish every work in due
time.
It is not to be said : This is worse
than that: for all shall be well approved
in their time.—Ecclus. xxxix. 39, 40.
Work your work before the time, and
he will give you your reward in his
time.—Ecclus. Ii. 38.
How long, O Lord, shall I cry, and
thou wilt not hear? shall I cry out to
thee suffering violence, and thou wilt
not save?—Ilab. i. 2.
But he (Jesus) said to them: It is
not for you to know the times or mo­
ments, which the Father hath put in
his own power.—AcLs i. 7.
And in doing good, let us not fail.
For in due time we shall reap, not fail­
ing.—Gal. vi. 9.
TIME IN PUNISHING THE SIN­
NER, GOD TAKES HIS

See also: Wicked, temporal prosper­
ity of the—page 595.
Yea when thou shalt say: He con­
sidered) not: be judged before him,
and expect him.
For he doth not now bring on his
fury, neither doth he revenge wicked­
ness exceedingly.—Job xxxv. 14, 15.
These things thou hast done, and I
was silent.
Thou thoughtest unjustly that I
should be like to thee: but I will re­
prove thee, and set before thy face.
Understand these things, you that
forget God ; lest he snatch you away,
and there be none to deliver you.—Ps.
xlix. 21, 22.
How long shall sinners, O Lord: how
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shall all speak who work injustice?—
Ps. xciii. 3, 4.
For because sentence is not speedily
pronounced against the evil, the chil­
dren of men commit evils without any
fear.
But though a sinner do evil a hun­
dred times and by patience be borne
withal, I know from thence that it shall
be well with them that fear God, who
dread his face.—Eccles, viii. 11, 12.
Say not: I have sinned, and what
harm hath befallen me? for the most
High is a patient rewarder.—Ecclus.
v. 4.
Thy eyes are too pure to behold evil,
and thou canst not look on iniquity.
Why lookest thou upon them that do
unjust things, and boldest thy peace
when the wicked devoured) the man
that is more just than himself?—Hab.
i. 13.
You have wearied the Lord with
your words, and you said: Wherein
have we wearied him ? In that you say:
Every man that doth evil, is good in
the sight of the Lord, and such please
him : or surely where is the God of
judgment?—Malach. ii. 17.
For, not as with other nations (whom
the Lord patiently expecteth, that
when the day of judgment shall come,
he may punish them in the fulness of
their sins:)
Doth he also deal with us, so as to
suffer our sins to come to their height,
and then take vengeance on us.—
2 Mach. vi. 14, 15.
And the servants of the goodman of
the house coming, said to him: Sir,
didst thou not sow good seed in thy
field? whence then hath it cockle?
And he said to them: An enemy hath
done this. And the servants said to
him: Wilt thou that we go and gather
it up?
And he said: No, lest perhaps gath­
ering up the cockle, you root up the
wheat also together with it.
Suffer both to grow until the harvest,
and in the time of the harvest I will
say to the reapers: Gather up first the
cockle, and bind it into bundles to
burn, but the wheat gather ye into iny
barn.—Malt. xiii. 27-30.
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some imagine, but dealeth patiently fori TONGUE, BAD USE OF THE
your sake, not willing that any should
e
perish, but that all should return to
a 3o: Conversations, evil—
penance.—2 Peler iii. 9.
page
For there is no truth in their mouth:
TONGUE, THE
their heart is vain.
Their throat is an open sepulchre:
Death and life are in the power of they deal deceitfully with their tongues:
the tongue: they that love it, shall eat judge them, 0 God—Ps. v. 10, 11.
the fruits thereof.—Prov. xviii. 21.
His mouth is full of cursing, and of
As the dressing of a tree showeth the bitterness, and of deceit: under his
fruit thereof, so a word out of the tongue are labor and sorrow.—Ps. ii.
thought of the heart of man.—Ecclus. {Ilei), x.) 7.
xxvii. 7.
They are all gone aside, they aro be­
li thou blow the spark, it shall burn come unprofitable together: there is
as a fire: and if thou spit upon it, it none that doth good, no not one.
shall be quenched: both come out of
Their throat is an open sepulchre:
the mouth.—Ecclus: xxviii. 14.
with their tongues they acted deceitA wicked word shall change the fully; the poison of asps is under their
heart: out of which four manner of lips.
things arise, good and evil, life and
Their mouth is full of cursing and
death: and the tongue is continually bitterness; their feet are swift to shed
the ruler of them.—Ecclus. xxxvii. 21. blood. Destruction and unhappiness
A good man out of the good treasure in their ways: and the way of peace
of his heart bringeth forth that which they have not known: there is no
is good : and an evil man out of the evil fear of God before their eyes—Ps.
treasure bringeth forth that which is xiii. 3.
evil. For out of the abundance of the
Thy mouth hath abounded with evil,
heart the mouth speaketh.—Luke vi. 45. and thy tongue framed deceits.
Even so the tongue is indeed a little
Sitting thou didst speak against thy
member, and boasteth great things, brother, and didst lay a scandal against
Behold how small a fire kindleth a thy mother’s son: these things thou
great wood.
hast done, and I was silent.
And the tongue is a fire, a world of
Thou thoughtest unjustly that I
iniquity. The tongue is placed among should be like to thee: but I will reour members, which defileth the whole prove thee, and set before thy face,
body, and inflameth the wheel of our
Understand these things, you that
nativity, being set on fire by hell.
forget God; lest he snatch you away,
For every nature of beasts, and of and there be none to deliver you.—Pi.
birds, and of serpents, and of the rest, xlix. 19-22.
is tamed, and hath been tamed by the
Why dost thou glory in malice, thou
nature of man:
that art mighty in iniquity?
But the tongue no man can tame,
All the day long thy tongue hath de­
an unquiet evil, full of deadly poison, vised injustice: as a sharp razor, thou
By it we bless God and the Father: has wrought deceit. . . .
and by it we curse men. who are made
Thou hast loved all the words of
after the likeness of God.
ruin, O deceitful tongue.
Out of the same mouth proceedeth
Therefore will God destroy thee
blessing and cursing. My brethren, for ever: he will pluck thee out, and
these things ought not so to be.
remove thee from thy dwelling place:
Doth a fountain send forth, out of and thy root out of the land of the livthe same hole, sweet and bitter water? ing.—Ps. Ii. 3, 4, fi, 7.
(’an the fig-tree, my brethren, bear
Scatter them by thy power; and
grapes; or the vine, figs? So neither bring them down, Ò Lord, my protec­
can the salt water yield sweet.—James tor:
iii. 5-12.
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word of their lips: and let them be
taken in their pride.
And for their cursing and lying they
shall be talked of, when they are con­
sumed: when they are consumed by
thy wrath, and they shall be no
more.
And they shall know that God will
rule Jacob, and all the ends of the
earth.—Ps. Iviii. 12-14.
They have thought and spoken wick­
edness: they have spoken iniquity on
high.
They have set their mouth against
heaven: and their tongue hath passed
through the earth.—Ps. Ixxii. 8, 9.
For the spirit of wisdom is benevo­
lent, and will not acquit the evil
speaker from his lips: for God is wit­
ness of his reins, and he is a true
searcher of his heart, and a hearer of
his tongue. . . .
Therefore he that speaketh unjust
things cannot be hid, neither shall the
chastising judgment pass him by.
For inquisition shall be made into
the thoughts of the ungodly: and the
hearing of his words shall come to God,
to the chastising of his iniquities.—
W. i. 6, 8, 9.
For who is there that hath not of­
fended with his tongue?—Ecclus.
xix. 17.
And you rose up against me with
your mouth, and have derogated from
me by your words: I have heard them.
Thus saith the Lord God : When the
whole earth shall rejoice, I will make
thee a wilderness.—Ezech. xxxv. 13. 14.
But I say unto you, that every idle
word that men shall speak, they shall
render an account for it in the day of
judgment.
For by thy words thou shalt be justi­
fied, and by thy words, thou shalt be
condemned.—Matt. xii. 36, 37.
TONGUE, PROPER USE OF THE
See also: Conversations, good—
page 80.

And the words of my mouth shall be
such as may please: and the meditation
of my heart always in thy sight.
0 Lord, my helper, and my redeemer.
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And my tongue shall meditate thy
justice, thy praise all the day long.—
Ps. xxxiv. 28.
The mouth of the just shall medi­
tate wisdom: and his tongue shall
speak judgment.—Ps. xxxvi. 30.
My mouth shall show forth thy jus­
tice; thy salvation all the day long.—
Ps. Ixx. 15.
My lips shall greatly rejoice, when
I shall sing to thee; and my soul which
thou hast redeemed.
Yea and my tongue shall meditate
on thy justice all the day: when they
shall be confounded and put to
shame that seek evils to me.—Ps. Ixx.
23, 24.
The mouth of the just is a vein of
life: and the mouth of the wicked covereth iniquity.—Prov. x. 11.
The tongue of the just is as choice
silver: but the heart of the wicked is
nothing worth.—Prov. x. 20.
The mouth of the just shall bring
forth wisdom : the tongue of the per­
verse shall perish.
The lips of the just consider what is
acceptable: and the mouth of the wicked
uttereth perverse things.—Prov. x.
31, 32.
By the fruit of his own mouth shall
a man be filled with good things.—
Prov. xii. 14.
The tongue of the wise adorneth
knowledge: but the mouth of fools bubbleth out folly. . . .
A peaceable tongue is a tree of life:
but that which is immoderate, shall
crush the spirit. . . .
The lips of the wise shall disperse
knowledge: the heart of fools shall be
unlike.—Prov. xv. 2, 4, 7.
For by the tongue wisdom is dis­
cerned: and understanding, and knowl­
edge. and learning by the word of the
wise, and steadfastness in the works of
justice.—Ecclus. iv. 29.
A sweet word multiplied! friends,
and appeaseth enemies, and a gracious
tongue in a good man aboundeth.—
Ecclus. vi. 5.
The law of truth was in his (Levi’s)
mouth, and iniquity was not found in
his lips: he walked with me in peace,
and in equity, and turned many away
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TONGUE, CONTROL OF THE I Who will set a guard before my
Sec also: Prudence in words— mouth, and a sure seal upon my lips,
that I fall not by them, and that my
page 455.
tongue destroy me not?—Ecclus.
I said: I will take heed to my ways: xxii. 33.
that I sin not with my tongue.
And if any man think himself to be
I have set a guard to my mouth, religious, not bridling his tongue, but
when the sinner stood against me.—Ps. deceiving his own heart, this man’s
xxxviii. 2.
religion is vain.—James i. 26.
Set a watch, O Lord, before my
mouth: and a door round about my ! TONGUE, EXHORTATION TO
lips.
CONTROL THE
Incline not my heart to evil words;
Who is the man that desireth life:
to make excuses in sins.
With men that work iniquity: and I who loveth to see good days?
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy
will not communicate with the choicest
lips from speaking guile.—Ps. xxxiii.
of them.—Ps. cxl. 3, 4.
Even a fool, if he will hold his peace 13, 14.
Remove from thee a froward mouth,
shall be counted wise: and if he close
his lips, a man of understanding.— and let detracting lips be far from
thee.—Prov. iv. 24.
Prov. xvii. 28.
Be not a hypocrite in the sight of
He that keepeth his mouth and his
tongue, keepeth his soul from distress. men, and let not thy lips be a stum­
bling-block to thee.
—Prov. xxi. 23.
Watch over them, lest thou fall, and
Blessed is the man that hath not
slipped by a word out of his mouth, and bring dishonor upon thy soul.—Ecclus.
is not pricked with the remorse of sin. i. 37, 38.
Hear, 0 ye children, the discipline of
—Ecclus. xiv. 1.
A wise man will hold his peace till the mouth: and he that will keep it
he see opportunity: but a babbler, and a shall not perish by his lips, nor be
fool, will regard no time.—Ecclus. xx. 7. brought to fall into most wicked works.
For in many things we all offend. —Ecclus. xxiii. 7.
Hedge in thy ears with thorns, hear
If any man offend not in word, the
same is a perfect man. He is able also not a wicked tongue, and make doors
with a bridle to lead about the whole and bars to thy mouth.
Melt down thy gold and silver, and
body.—James iii. 2.
make a balance for thy words, and a
TONGUE, NECESSITY OF
just bridle for thy mouth:
CONTROL OF THE
And take heed lest thou slip with tby
He that keepeth his mouth, keepeth tongue, and fall in the sight of thy
his soul: but he that hath no guard on enemies who lie in wait for thee, and
his speech shall meet with evils.—Prov. thy fall be incurable unto death.—
Ecclus. xxviii. 28-30.
xiii. 3.
As a city that lieth open and is not I But shun profane and vain bab­
compassed with walls, so is a man that blings : for they grow much towards un­
cannot refrain his own spirit in speak­ godliness. . . .
And avoid foolish and unlearned
ing.—Prov. XXV. 28.
Hast thou seen a man hasty to questions, knowing that they beget
speak ? folly is rather to be looked for, strifes.—2 Tim. ii. 16, 23.
than his amendment.—Prov. xxix. 20. TONGUE, THE DANGER AND
And believe not every word. There
EVIL OF A WICKED AND
is one, that slippeth with the tongue,
FOOLISH
but not from his heart.—Ecclus.
xix. 16.
0 Lord, deliver my soul from wicked
He that useth many words, shall lips, and a deceitful tongue.
hurt his own soul.—Ecclus. xx. 8.
What shall be given to thee, or what

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shall be added to thee, to a deceitful
tongue?—Ps. cxix. 2, 3.
They have sharpened their tongues
like a serpent: the venom of asps is
under their lips.—Ps. cxxxix. 4.
A man full of tongue shall not be
established in the earth : evil shall catch
the unjust man unto destruction.—Ps.
cxxxix. 12.
The mouth of the wicked covereth
iniquity
. . . Wise men lay up knowledge:
but the mouth of the fool is next to
confusion. . . .
In the multitude of words there shall
not want sin : but he that refraineth his
lips is most wise.—Prov. x. 11, 14, 19.
The tongue of the perverse shall
perish.
The lips of the just consider what is
acceptable: and the mouth of the
wicked uttereth perverse things.—Prov.
x. 31, 32.
For the sins of the lips ruin draweth nigh to the evil man: but the just
shall escape out of distress.—Prov.
xii. 13.
The tongue of the wise adorneth
knowledge: but the mouth of fools
bubbleth out folly.
... A peaceable tongue is a tree
of life: but that which is immoderate,
shall crush the spirit.—Prov. xv.
2, 4.
lie that is of a perverse heart, shall
not find good : and he that perverteth
his tongue, shall fall into evil.—Prov.
xvii. 20.
The mouth of a fool is his destruc­
tion: and his lips are the ruin of his
soul.
The words of the double tongued are
as if they were harmless: and they
reach even to the inner parts of the
bowels.—Prov. xviii. 7, 8.
A deceitful tongue loveth not truth:
and a slippery mouth worketh ruin.—
Prov. xxvi. 28.
Honor and glory is in the word of
the wise, but the tongue of the fool is
his ruin.—Ecclus. v. 15.
A man full of tongue is terrible in
his city, and he that is rash in his word
shall be hateful.—Ecclus. ix. 25.
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the fall of the wicked shall come speed­
ily.—Ecclus. xx. 20.
Let not thy mouth be accustomed to
indiscreet speech: for therein is the
word of sin.—Ecclus. xxiii. 17.
As the climbing of a sandy way is to
the feet of the aged, so is a wife full
of tongue to a quiet man.—Ecclus.
XXV. 27.
The tongue of a third person hath
disquieted many, and scattered them
from nation to nation.
It hath destroyed the strong cities of
the rich, and hath overthrown the
houses of great men.
It hath cut in pieces the forces of
people, and undone strong nations.
The tongue of a third person hath
cast out valiant women, and deprived
them of their labors.
He that hearkeneth to it, shall never
have rest, neither shall he have a friend
in whom he may repose.
The stroke of a whip maketh a blue
mark : but the stroke of the tongue will
break the bones.—Ecclus. xxviii. 16-21.
Many have fallen by the edge of the
sword, but not so many as have perished
by their own tongue.
Blessed is he that is defended from
a wicked tongue, that hath not passed
into the wrath thereof, and that hath
not drawn the yoke thereof, and hath
not been bound in its bands. For its
yoke is a yoke of iron: and its bands
are bands of brass.
The death thereof is a most evil
death: and hell is preferable to it.—
Ecclus. xxviii. 22-25.
And take heed lest thou slip with thy
tongue, and fall in the sight of thy
enemies who lie in wait for thee, and
thy fall be incurable unto death.—
Ecclus. xxviii. 30.
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See also : Suffering,love of—page 547.
But she said to them : Call me not
Noemi, (that is, beautiful,) but call me
Mara, (that is, bitter,) for the Almighty
hath quite filled me with bitterness.
I went out full, and the Lord hath
brought me back empty. Why then do
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humbled and the Almighty hath afFor the arrows of the Lord are in
dieted?—Ruth i. 20, 21.
me, the rage whereof drinketh up my
I expected good things, and evils are spirit, and the terrors of the Lord war
eome upon me: I waited for light, and against me.—Job vi. 4.
darkness broke out.—Job xxx. 26.
But he knoweth my way, and has
The Lord trieth the just and the tried me as gold that passeth through
wicked.—Ps. x. 6.
the fire.—Job xxiii. 10.
The furnace trieth the potter’s vesHe rebuketh also by sorrow in the
seis, and the trial of affliction just men. bed, and he maketh all his bones to
—Ecclus. xxvii. 6.
wither.
Many shall be chosen, and made
Bread becometh abominable to him
white, and shall be tried as fire: and in his life, and to his soul the meat
the wicked shall deal wickedly, and which before he desired.—Job xxxiii.
none of the wicked shall understand, 19, 20.
Thou hast proved my heart, and
but the learned shall understand.—Dan.
xii. 10.
1 visited it by night, thou hast tried me
In all things we suffer tribulation, by fire: and iniquity hath not been
but are not distressed; we are strait­ found in me.—Ps. xvi. 3.
For thou hast humbled us in the
ened, but are not destitute;
We suffer persecution, but are not place of affliction : and the shadow of
forsaken; we are cast down, but we death hath covered us.—Ps. xliii. 20.
For thou, O God, hast proved us:
perish not:
Always bearing about in our body thou hast tried us by fire, as silver is
the mortification of Jesus, that the life tried.
Thou hast brought us into a net,
also of Jesus may be made manifest in
thou hast laid afflictions on our back.—
our bodies.—2 Cor. iv. 8-10.
And all that will live godly in Christ Ps. Ixv. 10, 11.
The Lord chastising hath chastised
Jesus, shall suffer persecution.—2 Tim.
me: but he hath not delivered me over
iii. 12.
to death.—Ps. cxvii. 18.
I know, O Lord, that thy judgments
TRIBULATIONS COME FROM
are equity: and in thy truth thou hast
THE HANDS OF GOD
humbled me.—Ps. cxviii. 75.
Now it happened one day, that be­
My son, reject not the correction of
ing wearied with burying, he (Tobias) the Lord : and do not faint v hen thou
came to his house, and cast himself art chastised by him:
down by the wall, and slept.
For whom the Lord loveth, he chasAnd as he was sleeping, hot dung out tiseth : and as a father in the son he
of a swallow’s nest fell upon his eyes, pleaseth himself.—Prov. iii. 11, 12.
and he was made blind.
As silver is tried by fire, and gold in
Now this trial the Lord therefore per­ the furnace: so the Lord trieth the
mitted to happen to him, that an ex­ hearts.—Prov. xvii. 3.
ample might be given to posterity of
For when they were tried, and chas­
his patience, as also of holy Job.—Tob. tised with mercy, they knew how the
ii. 10-12.
wicked were judged with wrath, and
And Tobias said: I bless thee, O tormented.
Lord God of Israel, because thou hast
For thou didst admonish and try
chastised me, and thou hast saved me: them as a father : but the others, as a
and behold, I see Tobias my son.—Tob. severe king, thou didst examine and
xi. 17.
condemn.—IVi's. xi. 10, 11.
In their affliction they will rise early
Blessed is the man whom God correcteth: refuse not therefore the chas­ to me: Come, and let us return to the
tising of the Lord:
Lord :
For he woundeth, and cureth : he
For he hath taken us, and he will
striketh, and his hands shall heal.— heal us: he will strike, and he will cure
Job v. 17, 18.
us.—Osee vi. 1, 2.

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TRIBULATIONS ARE FOR OUR
ADVANTAGE

And because thou wast acceptable to
God, it was necessary that temptation
should prove thee.—Tob. xii. 13.
But esteeming these very punish­
ments to be less than our sins deserve,
let us believe that these scourges of
the Lord, with which like servants we
are chastised, have happened for our
amendment, and not for our destruc­
tion.—Judith viii. 27.
Blessed is the man whom God cor­
rected! : refuse not therefore the chas­
tising of the Lord.—Job v. 17.
Before I was humbled I offended;
therefore have I kept thy word.—Ps.
cxviii. 67.
It is good for me that thou hast
humbled me, that I may learn thy justi­
fications.—Ps. cxviii. 71.
0 how good and sweet is thy spirit,
0 Lord, in all things!
And therefore thou chastiseth them
that err, by little and little: and admonishest them, and speakest to them,
concerning the things wherein they of­
fend; that leaving their wickedness,
they may believe in thee, 0 Lord.—
IVis. xii. 1, 2.
I am the true vine; and my Father
is the husbandman.
Every branch in me, that beareth not
fruit, he will take away: and every one
that beareth fruit, he will purge it,
that it may bring forth more fruit.—
John xv. 1, 2.
Confirming the souls of the disciples,
and exhorting them to continue in the
faith: and that through many tribu­
lations we must enter into the kingdom
of God.—Acts xiv. 21.
But we glory also in tribulations,
knowing that tribulation worketh pa­
tience ;
And patience, trial; and trial hope;
And hope confoundeth not: because
the charity of God is poured forth in
our hearts, by the Holy Ghost, who is
given to us.—Rom. v. 3-5.
But whilst we are judged, we are
chastised by the Lord, that we be not
condemned with this world.—1 Cor.
xi. 32.
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tions should exalt me, there was given
me a sting of my flesh, an angel of
Satan, to buffet me.
For which thing thrice I besought
the Lord, that it might depart from
me.
And he said to me: My grace is suf­
ficient for thee: for power is made per­
fect in infirmity. Gladly therefore will
I glory in my infirmities, that the
power of Christ may dwell in me.
For which cause I please myself in
my infirmities, in reproaches, in neces­
sities, in persecutions, in distresses, for
Christ. For when I am weak, then am
I powerful.—2 Cor. xii. 7-10.
Persevere under discipline.
God
dealeth with you as with his sons; for
what son is there, whom the father doth
not correct?
But if you be without chastisement,
whereof all are made partakers, then
are you bastards, and not sons.—Heb.
xii. 7, 8.
Now all chastisement for the present
indeed seemeth not to bring with it joy,
but sorrow: but afterwards it will yield,
to them that are exercised by it, the
most peaceable fruit of justice.—Heb.
xii. 11.
My brethren, count it all joy, when
you shall fall into divers temptations;
Knowing that the trying of your
faith worketh patience.
And patience hath a perfect work;
that you may be perfect and entire,
failing in nothing.—James i. 2-4.
I know thy tribulation and thy
poverty, but thou art rich : and thou art
blasphemed by them that say they are
Jews and are not, but are the synagogue
of Satan.—Apoc. ii. 9.
TRIBULATIONS ARE TO BE
BORNE WITH PATIENCE
AND RESIGNATION
For whereas he (Tobias) had always
feared God from his infancy, and kept
his commandments, he repined not
against God because the evil of blind­
ness had befallen him.
But continued immovable in the
fear of God, giving thanks to God all
the days of his life.—Tob. ii. 13, 14.
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that have pleased God, passed through of his sufferings, being made conform­
many tribulations, remaining faithful. able to his death.—Philipp, iii. 8, 10.
But they that did not receive the
And we sent Timothy, our brother,
trials with the fear of the Lord, but and the minister of God in the gospel
uttered their impatience and the re­ of Christ, to confirm you and exhort
proach of their murmuring against the you concerning your faith:
Lord,
That no man should be moved in
Were destroyed by the destroyer, and these tribulations: for yourselves
perished by serpents.—Judith viii. know, that we are appointed thereunto.
23-25.
—1 Thess. iii. 2, 3.
Blessed is the man whom God corTake, my brethren, for an example
recteth: refuse not therefore the chas­ of suffering evil, of labor and patience,
tising of the Lord.—Job v. 17.
the prophets, who spoke in the name of
For the sake of the words of thy lips, the Lord.
I have kept hard ways.—Ps. xvi. 4.
Behold, we account them blessed who
We have rejoiced for the days in have endured. You have heard of the
which thou hast humbled us: for the patience of Job, and you have seen the
years in which we have seen evils.—Ps. end of the Lord, that the Lord is merci­
Ixxxix. 15.
ful and compassionate.—James v.
My son, reject not the correction of 10, -11the Lord: and do not faint when thou
For this is thankworthy, if for con­
art chastised by him:
science towards God, a man endure sor­
For whom the Lord loveth, he chas- rows, suffering wrongfully.
For what glory is it, if committing
tiseth: and as a father in the son he
sin, and being buffeted for it, you en­
pleaseth himself.—Prov. iii. 11, 12.
Son, when thou comest to the service dure? But if doing well, you suffer pa­
of God, stand in justice and in fear, and tiently; this is thankworthy before God.
For unto this are you called: because
prepare thy soul for temptation.
Humble thy heart, and endure: in­ Christ also suffered for us, leaving you
cline thy ear, and receive the words of an example that you should follow his
understanding: and make not haste in steps.—1 Peter ii. 19-21.
Be you humbled therefore under the
the time of clouds.
Wait on God with patience: join mighty hand of God, that he may exalt
thyself to God, and endure, that thy life you in the time of visitation.—1 Peler
v. 6.
may be increased in the latter end.
Take all that shall be brought upon
TRIBULATIONS, IF BORNE
thee: and in thy sorrow endure, and in
WELL, ARE REWARDED
thy humiliation keep patience.
BY GOD
For gold and silver are tried in the
fire, but acceptable men in the furnace
But this every one is sure of that worof humiliation.—Ecclus. ii. 1-5.
shippeth thee, that his life, if it be
Rejoicing in hope. Patient in tribu­ under trial, shall be crowned: and if it
lation.
Instant in prayer.—Rom. be under tribulation, it shall be de­
xii. 12.
livered: and if it be under correction,
But God forbid that I should glory, it shall be allowed to come to thy mercy.
save in the cross of our Lord Jesus —Tob. iii. 21.
Christ; by whom the world is crucified
They that sow in tears shall reap in
to me, and I to the world.—Gal. vi. 14. joy.
Furthermore I count all things to be
Going they went and wept, casting
but loss for the excellent knowledge of their seeds.
Jesus Christ my Lord; for whom I have
But coming they shall come with joy­
suffered the loss of all things, and count fulness, carrying their sheaves.—Ps.
them but as dung, that I may gain cxxv. 5-7.
Christ: . . .
But the souls of the just are in the
That I may know him, and the power hand of God, and the torment of death
of his resurrection, and the fellowship! shall not touch them. . . .

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And thou gli in the sight of men they
suffered torments, their hope is full of
immortality.
Afflicted in few things, in many they
shall be well rewarded : because God
hath tried them, and found them
worthy of himself.
As gold in the furnace he hath proved
them, and as a victim of a holocaust
he hath received them, and in time
there shall be respect had to them.—
J I7 is. iii. 1, 4-6.
Blessed are they that mourn: for
they shall be comforted.—Matt. v. 5.
Blessed are they that suffer persecu­
tion for justice’ sake: for theirs is the
kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are ye when they shall re­
vile you, and persecute you, and speak
all that is evil against you, untruly,
for my sake:
Be glad and rejoice, for your reward
is very great in heaven.—Matt. v. 10-12.
That our hope for you may be stead­
fast: knowing that as you arc partakers
of the sufferings, so shall you be also of
the consolation.—2 Cor. i. 7.
For that which is at present momen­
tary and light of our tribulation, worketh for us above measure exceedingly
an eternal weight of glory.—2 Cor.
iv. 17.
So that we ourselves also glory in you
in the churches of God. for your pa­
tience and faith, and in all your perse­
cutions and tribulations, which you en­
dure,
For an example of the just judgment
of God, that you may be counted
worthy of the kingdom of God, for
which also you suffer.
Seeing it is a just thing with God to
repay tribulation to them that trouble
you :
And to you who arc troubled, rest
with us when the Lord Jesus shall be
revealed from heaven, with the angels
of his power.—2 Thess. i. 4-7.
A faithful saying: for if we bo dead
with him, wo shall live also with him.
If we suffer, we shall also reign with
him.—2 Tim. ii. 11, 12.
Fear none of those things which
thou shalt suffer. Behold, the devil will
cast some of you into prison that you
may be tried : and you shall have tribu­

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lation ten days. Be thou faithful unto
death: and I will give thee the crown
of life.—Apoc. ii. 10.
And one of the ancients answered,
and said to me : These that are clothed
in white robes, who are they? and
whence came they?
And I said to him: My Lord, thou
knowest. And he said to me: These
are they who are come out of great
tribulation, and have washed their
robes, and have made them white in the
blood of the Lamb.
Therefore they are before the throne
of God, and they serve him day and
night in his temple: and he, that sitteth on the throne, shall dwell over
them.
They shall no more hunger nor thirst,
neither shall the sun fall on them, nor
any heat.
For the Lamb, which is in the midst
of the throne, shall rule them, and
shall lead them to the fountains of the
waters of life, and God shall wipe away
all tears from their eyes.—Apoc. vii.
13-17.
TRIBULATIONS ARE ONLY
TRANSITORY
See also: Sorrow into joy, God turns
our—page 539.
But this every one is sure of that
worshippeth thee, that his life, if it be
under trial, shall be crowned: and if
it be under tribulation, it shall be de­
livered : and if it be under correction, it
shall be allowed to come to thy mercy.
For thou art not delighted in our
being lost: because after a storm thou
makest a calm,and after tears and weep­
ing thou pourest in joyfulness.—Tob.
iii. 21, 22.
And Tobias said: I bless thee, 0
Lord God of Israel, because thou hast
chastised me, and thou hast saved me:
and behold I see Tobias my son.—Tob.
xi. 17.
Blessed is the man whom God correcteth : refuse not therefore the chas­
tising of the Lord:
For he woundeth, and cureth: he
striketh, and his hands shall heal.—Job
v. 17, 18.
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but out of them all will the Lord de­ I TRIBULATIONS, GOD COMFORTS
liver them.—Ps. xxxiii. 20.
US IN OUR
He shall cry to me, and I will hear
See also: Comforter, God our—
him: I am with him in tribulation, I page 57.
will deliver him, and I will glorify him.
—Ps. xc. 15.
Wherefore I will pray to the Lord,
She (wisdom) will bring upon him and address my speech to God: . . .
fear and dread and trial : and she will
Who sette th up the humble on high,
scourge him with the affliction of her and comforteth with health those that
discipline, till she try him by her laws, mourn.—Job v. 8, 11.
and trust his soul.
According to the multitude of my
Then she will strengthen him, and sorrows in my heart, thy comforts have
make a straight way to him, and give I given joy to my soul.—Ps. xciii. 19.
him joy.—Ecclus. iv. 19, 20.
Be thou mindful of thy word to thy
For a small moment have I forsaken servant, in which thou hast given me
thee, but with great mercies will I hope.
gather thee.
This hath comforted me in my hu­
In a moment of indignation have 1 miliation: because thy word hath en­
hid my face a little while from thee, livened me.—Ps. cxviii. 49, 50.
but with everlasting kindness have I
I remembered, 0 Lord, thy judg­
had mercy on thee, said the Lord thy ments of old : and I was comforted
Redeemer.—is. liv. 7, 8.
Ps. cxviii. 52.
In their affliction they will rise early
0 ! let thy mercy be for my comfort,
to me : Come, and let us return to the according to thy word unto thy servant.
Lord :
—Ps. cxviii. 76.
For he hath taken us, and he will
If I shall walk in the midst of tribu­
heal us: he will strike, and he will cure lation, thou wilt quicken me: and thou
us.
hast stretched forth thy hand against
He will revive us after two days: on the wrath of my enemies: and thy right
the third day he will raise us up, and hand hath saved me.—Ps. cxxxvii. 7.
we shall live in his sight. We shall
Come to me, all you that labor, and
know, and we shall follow on, that we are burdened, and I will refresh you.
may know the Lord. His going forth —Matt. xi. 28.
is prepared as the morning light, and he
Blessed be the God and Father of
will come to us as the early and the our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of
latter rain to the earth.—Osee vi. 1-3. mercies, and the God of all com­
For that which is at present momen­ fort.
tary and light of our tribulation, workWho comforteth us in all our tribu­
eth for us above measure exceedingly lation ; that we also may be able to com­
an eternal weight of glory.
fort them who are in all distress, by the
While we look not at the things which exhortation wherewith we also are ex­
are seen, but at the things which are horted by God.
not seen. For the things which are
For as the sufferings of Christ
seen, are temporal ; but the things which abound in us: so also by Christ doth
are not seen, are eternal.—2 Cor. iv. our comfort abound.—2 Cor. i. 3-5.
17. 18.
Now we make known unto you,
But the God of all grace, who hath brethren, the grace of God, that hath
called us unto his eternal glory in been given in the churches of Mace­
Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a donia.
little, will himself perfect you, and con­
That in much experience of tribula­
firm you, and establish you.—1 Peter tion, they have had abundance of joy;
v. 10.
and their very deep poverty hath
abounded unto the riches of their sim­
TRIBULATIONS, THE VALUE OF plicity.—2 Cor. viii. 1. 2.
And you became followers of us, and
See : Suffering, the value of—page 547. of the Lord; receiving the word in

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much tribulation, with joy of the Holy
Ghost.—1 Thess. i. 6.
And you have forgotten the consola­
tion, which speaketh to you, as unto
children, saying: My son, neglect not
the discipline of the Lord; neither be
thou wearied whilst thou art rebuked by
him.
For whom the Lord loveth, he chastiseth; and he scourgeth every son
whom he receiveth.—Heb. xii. 5, 6.
TRUST IN GOD
See: Confidence in God—page 71.

TRUTH, THE
Mercy and truth have met each
other: justice and peace have kissed.
Truth is sprung out of the earth:
and justice hath looked down from
heaven.—Ps. Ixxxiv. 11, 12.
The lip of truth shall be steadfast
forever: but he that is a hasty witness,
frameth a lying tongue.—Prov. xii. 19.
They err that work evil : but mercy
and truth prepare good things.—Prov.
xiv. 22.
By mercy and truth iniquity is re­
deemed.—Prov. xvi. 6.
Then Jesus said to those Jews, who
believed him: If you continue in my
word, you shall be my disciples indeed.
And you shall know the truth, and
the truth shall make you free.—John
viii. 31, 32.
Sanctify them in truth. Thy word
is truth.—John xvii. 17.
Pilate saith to him (Jesus) : What is
truth? And when he said this, he went
out again to the Jews, and saith to
them: I find no cause in him.—John
xviii. 38.
Stand therefore, having your loins
girt about with truth, and having on
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He that speaketh truth in his heart,
who hath not used deceit in his tongue.
—Ps. xiv. 1, 3.
O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for
the Lord will require truth, and will
repay them abundantly that act
proudly.—Ps. xxx. 24.
Lying men shall not be mindful of
her (wisdom) : but men that speak
truth shall be found with her, and shall
advance, even till they come to the
sight of God.—Ecclus. xv. 8.
Birds resort unto their like: so truth
will return to them that practise her.
—Ecclus. xxvii. 10.
The law of truth was in his (Levi’s)
mouth, and iniquity was not found in
his lips: he walked with me in peace,
and in equity, and turned many away
from iniquity.—Afalach. ii. 6.
For we can do nothing against the
truth ; but for the truth.—2 Cor.
xiii. 8.

TRUTH, EXHORTATION TO
LOVE AND PRACTICE
OF THE
Who is the man that desireth life:
who loveth to see good days?
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy
lips from speaking guile.—Ps. xxxiii.
13, 14.
Let not mercy and truth leave thee,
put them about thy neck, and write
them in the tables of thy heart:
And thou shalt find grace and good
understanding before God and men.—
Prov. iii. 3, 4.
For thy soul be not ashamed to say
the truth.
For there is a shame that bringeth
sin, and there is a shame that bringeth
glory and grace.—Ecclus. iv. 24, 25.
These then are the things, which you
shall do: Speak ye truth every one to
his neighbor: judge ye truth and judg­
ment of peace in your gates.—Zach.
TRUTH, RESISTING THE
viii. 16.
See: Blindness of heart, wilful—
Thus saith the Lord of hosts: The
page 39.
fast of the fourth month, and the fast
of the fifth, and the fast of the sev­
TRUTH, LOVE OF THE
enth, and the fast of the tenth shall be
Lord, who shall dwell in thy taber­ to the house of Juda, joy and glad­
nacle? or who shall rest in thy holy ness, and great solemnities: only love
ye truth and peace.—Zach. viii. 19.
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But doing the truth in charity, we
may in all things grow up in him who
is the head, even Christ. . . .
Wherefore putting away lying, speak
ye the truth every man with his neigh­
bor; for we are members one of an­
other.—Eph. iv. 15, 25.

The heavens shall confess thy won­
ders, O Lord : and thy truth in the
church of the saints.—Ps. Ixxxviii. $
O Lord God of hosts, who is like to
thee? thou art mighty, 0 Lord, and thy
truth is round about thee. . . .
Justice and judgment are the prep­
aration of thy throne.
TRUTH, GOD LOVES THE
Mercy and truth shall go before thy
For behold thou hast loved truth: face.—Ps. Ixxxviii. 9, 15.
But my mercy I will not take away
the uncertain and hidden things of thy
wisdom thou hast made manifest to me. from him (David) : nor will I suffer my
truth to fail.—Ps. Ixxxviii. 34.
—Ps. 1. 8.
His truth shall compass thee with a
For God loveth mercy and truth: the
Lord will give grace and glory.—Ps. shield: thou shalt not be afraid of the
terror of the night.—Ps. xc. 5.
Ixxxiii. 12.
It is good to give praise to the
The Lord is only for them that wait
upon him in the way of truth and Lord: and to sing to thy name, 0 most
High.
justice.—Ecclus. xxxiv. 22.
To show forth thy mercy in the morn­
Pilate therefore said to him : Art
thou a king then? Jesus answered: ing, and thy truth in the night.—Ps.
Thou sayest that I am a king. For this xci. 2, 3.
He shall judge the world with jus­
was I born, and for this came I into
the world ; that I should give testimony tice, and the people with his truth.—
to the truth. Every one that is of the Ps. xcv. 13.
He hath remembered his mercy and
truth,
heareth
my
voice.—John
his truth toward the house of Israel.
xviii. 37.
All the ends of the earth have
seen the salvation of our God —
TRUTH OF GOD, THE
See also: Fidelity of God, the— Ps. xcvii. 3.
Praise ye his name: for the Lord
page 150.
is sweet, his mercy endureth for ever,
For thy mercy is before my eyes; and and his truth to generation and gen­
I am well pleased with thy truth.—Ps. eration.—Ps. xeix. 5.
XXV. 3.
O praise the Lord, all ye nations:
0 Lord, thy mercy is in heaven, and praise him, all ye people.
thy truth reacheth even to the clouds.
For his mercy is confirmed upon us:
—Ps. XXXV. 6.
and the truth of the Lord remaineth
Withhold not thou, 0 Lord, thy ten­ for ever.—Ps. cxvi. 1, 2.
der mercies from me: thy mercy and
For ever, O Lord, thy word standeth
thy truth have always upheld me.—Ps. firm in heaven.
xxxix. 12.
Thy truth unto all generations: thou
For thy mercy is magnified even to hast founded the earth, and it continuthe heavens: and thy truth unto the eth.—Ps. cxviii. 89, 90.
clouds.—Ps. Ivi. 11.
He that hath received his testimony,
Fie abideth for ever in the sight of hath set to his seal that God is true.—
God: his mercy and truth who shall John iii. 33.
search?—Ps. lx. 8.
Jesus saith to him (Thomas): I am
The mercies of the Lord I will sing the way, and the truth, and the life.
for ever.
No man cometh to the Father, but by
I will show forth thy truth with my me.—John xiv. 6.
mouth to generation and generation.
But God is true; and every man a
For thou hast said: Mercy shall be liar, as it is written, That thou mayst
built up for ever in the heavens: thy be justified in thy words, and mayst
truth shall be prepared in them.—Ps. overcome when thou art judged.—Rom.
Ixxxviii. 2, 3.
iii. 4.

UN CHASTITY
TURN TO GOD, EXHORTA­
TION TO

See: Converted to God—page 80.
TURNING AWAY FROM GOD

See also: Wandering—page 580.

But such as turn aside into bonds,
the Lord shall lead out with the
workers of iniquity: peace upon Israel.
—Ps. cxxiv. 5.
Be not hasty to depart from his face,
and do not continue in an evil work:
for he will do all that pleaseth him.—
Ecclcs. viii. 3.
The beginning of the pride of man,
is to fall off from God:
Because his heart is departed from
him that made him.—Ecclus. x. 14, 15.
And he that passeth over from jus­
tice to sin, God hath prepared such a
one for the sword.—Ecclus. xxvi. 27.
Thus saith the Lord: Cursed be the
man that trusteth in man, and maketh
llesh his arm, and whose heart depart­
ed from the Lord.—Jer. xvii. 5.
And they have turned their backs to
me, and not their faces: when I taught
them early in the morning, and in­
structed them, and they would not
hearken to receive instruction.—Jer.
xxxii. 33.
Woe to them, for they have departed
from me: they shall be wasted because
they have transgressed against me : and
I redeemed them : and they have
spoken lies against me.—Osee vii. 13.
And I will stretch out my hand upon
Juda, and upon all the inhabitants of
Jerusalem : and I will destroy out of
this place the remnant of Baal, and the
names of the wardens of the temples
with the priests: . . .
And them that turn away from fol­
lowing after the Lord, and that have
not sought the Lord, nor searched after
him.—Soph. i. 4, 6.
Take heed, brethren, lest perhaps
there be in any of you an evil heart of
unbelief, to depart from the living God.
—Heb. iii. 12.
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See: Infidels—page 239.

UNBELIEVERS, A PRAYER FOR
Have mercy upon us, O God of all,
and behold us, and show us the light
of thy mercies:
And send thy fear upon the nations,
that have not sought after thee: that
they may know that there is no God
beside thee, and that they may show
forth thy wonders.
Lift up thy hand over the strange na­
tions, that they may see thy power.
For as thou hast been sanctified in us
in their sight, so thou shalt be magni­
fied among them in our presence,
That they may know thee, as we al­
so have known thee, that there is no
God beside thee, 0 Lord.
Renew thy signs, and work new
miracles.
Glorify thy hand, and thy right arm.
—Ecclus. xxxvi. 1-7.
UNCHASTITY
See also: Adultery—page 20.
Then the angel Raphael said to him
(Tobias) : Hear me, and I will show
thee who they are, over whom the devil
can prevail.
For they who in such manner receive
matrimony, as to shut out God from
themselves, and from their mind, and to
give themselves to their lust, as the
horse and mule, which have not under­
standing. over them the devil hath
power.—Tob. vi. 16, 17.
Ilis own iniquities catch the wicked,
and he is fast bound with the ropes of
his own sins.—Prov. v. 22.
He that loveth gold, shall not be jus­
tified: and he that followeth after cor­
ruption, shall be filled with it.—Ecclus.
xxxi. 5.
And thou didst bow thyself to
women : and by thy body thou wast
brought under subjection.
Thou hast stained thy glory, and de­
filed thy seed, so as to bring wrath upon
thy children, and to have thy folly
kindled.—Ecclus. xlvii. 21, 22.
Fornication, and wine, and drunken­
ness take away the understanding.—
Osee iv. 11.
Wherefore God gave them up to the

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desires of their heart, unto unclean­
For if you live according to the
ness, to dishonor their own bodies flesh, you shall die: but if by the Spirit
among themselves.
you mortify the deeds of the flesh, you
Who changed the truth of God into shall live.—Rom. viii. 13.
a lie; and worshipped and served the
Know you not that the unjust shall
creature rather than the Creator, who not possess the kingdom of God? Do
is blessed for ever. Amen.
not err: neither fornicators, nor idola­
For this cause God delivered them up ters, nor adulterers,
to shameful affections.
For their
Nor the effeminate, nor liers with
women have changed the natural use mankind, . . . shall possess the king­
into that use which is against nature. dom of God.—1 Cor. vi. 9, 10.
And in like manner, the men also,
Now the works of the flesh are mani­
leaving the natural use of the women, fest, which are fornication, unclean­
have burned in their lusts one towards ness, immodesty, luxury. . . .
another, men with men working that
Of the which I foretell you, as I have
which is filthy, and receiving in them­ foretold to you, that they who do such
selves the recompense which was due to things shall not obtain the kingdom of
their error.
God.—Gal. v. 19, 21.
And as they liked not to have God in
For know you this and understand,
their knowledge, God delivered them up that no fornicator, or unclean, or covet­
to a reprobate sense, to do those things ous person (which is a serving oí
which are not convenient.—Rom. i. idols), hath inheritance in the kingdom
24-28.
of Christ and of God.—Eph. v. 5.
For what things a man shall sow,
'I’he Lord knoweth how to deliver the
those also shall he reap. For he that godly from temptation, but to reserve
soweth in his flesh, of the flesh also the unjust unto the day of judgment to
shall reap corruption. But he that sow­ be tormented.
And especially them who walk after
eth in the spirit, of the spirit shall reap
life everlasting.—Gal. vi. 8.
the flesh in the lust of uncleanness....
For, speaking proud words of vanity,
But these men, as irrational beasts,
they allure by the desires of fleshly riot­ naturally tending to the snare and to
ousness, those who for a little while es­ destruction, blaspheming those things
cape, such as converse in error:
which they know not, shall perish in
Promising them liberty, whereas they their corruption,
themselves are the slaves of corruption.
Receiving the reward of their injus­
For by whom a man is overcome, of the tice, counting for a pleasure the de­
same also he is the slave.—2 Peter ii. lights of a day: stains and spots, sport­
ing themselves to excess, rioting in
18, 19.
their feasts with you:
UNCHASTITY, THE PUNISH­
Having eyes full of adultery and
MENT OF
of sin that ceaseth not: alluring un­
Juda therefore said to Onan his son: stable souls, having their heart exer­
Go in to thy brother’s wife and marry cised with covetousness, children of
her, that thou mayst raise seed to thy malediction. . . .
brother.
These are fountains without water,
lie knowing that the children should and clouds tossed with whirlwinds, to
not be his, when he went in to his whom the mist of darkness is reserved.
brother’s wife, spilled his seed upon the —2 Peter ii. 9, 10, 12-14, 17.
ground, lest children should be born in
As Sodom and Gomorrha, and the
his brother’s name.
neighboring cities, in like manner, hav­
And therefore the Lord slew him, be­ ing given themselves to fornication,
cause he did a detestable thing.—Gen. and going after other flesh, were made
xxxviii. 8-10.
an example, suffering the punishment
Every soul that shall commit any of of eternal fire.—Jude i. 7.
these abominations, shall perish from
Blessed are they that wash their robes
the midst of his people.—Lev. xviii. 29. in the blood of the Lamb : that they

UNDERSTANDING
may have a right to the tree of life,
and may enter in by the gates into the
city.
Without are dogs, and sorcerers, and
unchaste, and murderers, and servers of
idols, and every one that loveth and
maketh a lie.—Apoc. xxii. 14, 15.
UNCHASTITY, EXHORTATION
AGAINST
Remove anger from thy heart, and
put away evil from thy flesh. For
youth and pleasure are vain.—Eccles.
xi. 10.
Go not after thy lusts, but turn away
from thy own will.
If thou give to thy soul her desires,
she will make thee a joy to thy enemies.
—Ecclus. xviii. 30, 31.
Let us walk honestly, as in the day:
not in rioting and drunkenness, not in
chambering and impurities, not in con­
tention and envy:
But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ,
and make not provision for the flesh in
its concupiscences.—Rom. xiii. 13, 14.
Know you not that your bodies are
the members of Christ? Shall I then
take the members of Christ, and make
them the members of a harlot? God
forbid.
Or know you not, that he who is
joined to a harlot, is made one body?
For they shall be, saith he, two in one
flesh. . . .
Fly fornication. Every sin that a
man doth, is without the body; but he
that committeth fornication, sinneth
against his own body.—1 Cor. vi. 15,
16. 18.
Neither let us commit fornication, as
some of them committed fornication,
and there fell in one day three and
twenty thousand.—1 Cor. x. 8.
I say then, walk in the spirit, and
you shall not fulfil the lusts of the flesh.
For the flesh lusteth against the
spirit: and the spirit against the flesh;
for these are contrary one to another:
so that you do not the things that you
would.—Gal. v. 16, 17.
But fornication, and all uncleanness,
or covetousness, let it not so much as
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Or obscenity, or foolish talking, or
scurrility, which is to no purpose; but
rather giving of thanks.—Eph. v. 3, 4.
Mortify therefore your members
which are upon the earth ; fornication,
uncleanness, lust, evil concupiscence,
and covetousness, which is the service
of idols.
For which things the wrath of God
cometh upon the children of unbelief.
—Col. iii. 5, 6.
For this is the will of God, your sanc­
tification; that you should abstain from
fornication;
That every one of you should know
how to possess his vessel in sanctifica­
tion and honor:
Not in the passion of lust, like the
Gentiles that know not God.—1 Thess.
iv. 3-5.
UNDERSTANDING OF SPIRITUAL
THINGS

I will bless the Lord, who hath given
me understanding: moreover my reins
also have corrected me even till night.
—Ps. xv. 7.
Thy hands have made me and formed
me: give me understanding, and I will
learn thy commandments.—Ps. cxviii. 73.
By thy commandments I have had
understanding: therefore have I hated
every way of iniquity.—Ps. cxviii. 104.
Thy testimonies are justice for ever:
give me understanding, and I shall
live.—Ps. cxviii. 144.
Where there is no knowledge of the
soul, there is no good: and he that is
hasty with his feet shall stumble.—
Prov. xix. 2.
They that trust in him, shall under­
stand the truth: and they that are
faithful in love shall rest in him: for
grace and peace is to his elect.—Wts.
iii. 9.
In the treasures of wisdom is under­
standing, and religiousness of knowl­
edge: but to sinners wisdom is an
abomination.—Ecclus. i. 26.
For if it shall please the great Lord,
he will fill him with the spirit of under­
standing.—Ecclus. xxxix. 8.
For I desired mercy, and not sacri­
fice: and the knowledge of God more
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UNSELFISHNESS

Now we have received not the spirit him? for the Almighty himself is above
of this world, but the Spirit that is of all his works.—Ecclus. xliii. 30.
God; that we may know the things that
To whom then have you likened Godi
are given us from God. . . .
or what image will you make for him(
But the sensual man perceiveth not —Is. xl. 18.
these things that are of the Spirit of
God; for it is foolishness to him, and UNION WITH GOD OUR HAPPI.
he cannot understand, because it is
NESS AND OUR SALVATION
spiritually examined.
See also: Dwelling in us, God—
But the spiritual man judgeth all
things; and he himself is judged of no page 119.
man.—1 Cor. ii. 12, 14, 15.
And after six days Jesus taketh unto
And this I pray, that your charity
may more and more abound in knowl­ him Peter and James, and John his
brother, and bringeth them up into a
edge, and in all understanding:
That you may approve the better high mountain apart:
And he was transfigured before
things, that you may be sincere and
without offence unto the day of Christ, them. And his face did shine as the
Filled with the fruit of justice, sun : and his garments became white as
through Jesus Christ, unto the glory snow.
And behold there appeared to them
and praise of God.—Philipp, i. 9-11.
and Elias talking with him.
Therefore we also, from the day that Moses
And Peter answering, said to Jesus:
we heard it, cease not to pray for you,
Lord, it is good for us to be here: if
and to beg that you may be filled with thou
wilt, let us make here three taber­
the knowledge of his will, in all wis­
nacles, one for thee, and one for
dom, and spiritual understanding:
That you may walk worthy of God, Moses, and one for Elias.—Mall. xvii.
in all things pleasing; being fruitful in 1-4.I am the true vine; and my Father is
every good work, and increasing in the
the husbandman.
knowledge of God.—Col. i. 9, 10.
Every
branch
in
me,
that
beareth
not
And we know that the Son of God is fruit, he will take away: and every one
come : and he hath given us understand­ that beareth fruit, he will purge it,
ing that we may know the true God, and that it may bring forth more fruit.. . .
may be in his true Son. This is tho
Abide in me, and I in you. As the
true God and life eternal.—1 John v. 20. branch
cannot bear fruit of itself, un­
less it abide in the vine, so neither can
UNDERSTANDING, GOD IS
you,
unless
you
abide
in
me.
ABOVE OUR
I am the vine; you the branches: he
See also: Greatness of God, th
that abideth in me, and I in him, the
page 185.
same beareth much fruit: for without
Peradventure thou wilt comprehend me you can do nothing.
If any one abide not in me, he shall
the steps of God, and wilt find out the
be cast forth as a branch, and shall
Almighty perfectly?
He is higher than heaven, and what wither, and they shall gather him up,
wilt thou do? he is deeper than hell, and cast him into the fire, and he burneth.
and how wilt thou know?
If you abide in me, and my words
The measure of him is longer than
the earth, and broader than the sea.— abide in you, you shall ask whatever
you will, and it shall be done unto you.
Job xi. 7-9.
All men see him, every one beholdeth —John xv. 1, 2, 4-7.
But he who is joined to the Lord, is
afar off.
Behold, God is great, exceeding our one spirit.—1 Cor. vi. 17.
knowledge: the number of his years is
UNSELFISHNESS
inestimable.—Job xxxvi. 25, 26.
What shall we be able to do to glorify
See: Forgetfulness of self—page 155

VAINGLORY
UNWORTHINESS OF GOD AND
HIS FAVORS, MAN’S
And king David came and sat before
the Lord, and said: Who am I, O Lord
God, and what is my house, that thou
shouldst give such things to me?—
1 Paral, xvii. 16.
What is a man that thou shouldst
magnify him? or why dost thou set thy
heart upon him?—Job vii. 17.
What am I then, that I should
answer him, and have words with
him?
I, who although I should have any
just thing, would not answer, but would
make supplication to my judge.
And if he should hear me when I call,
.1 should not believe that he had heard
my voice.—Job ix. 14-16.
What is man that thou art mindful of
him? or the son of man that thou visitest him?—Ps. viii. 5.
Lord, what is man, that thou art
made known to him? or the son of man,
that thou makest account of him?—
Ps. cxliii. 3.

UNWORTHINESS OF GOD AND
HIS FAVORS, ACKNOWLEDG­
MENT OF OUR
I am not worthy of the least of all
thy mercies, and of thy truth which
thou hast fulfilled to thy servant.—Gen.
xxxii. 10.
0 God of the heavens, creator of the
waters, and Lord of the whole creation,
hear me a poor wretch, making suppli­
cation to thee, and presuming of thy
mercy.—Judith ix. 17.
I indeed baptize you in water unto
penance, but he that shall come after
me, is mightier than I, whose shoes I
am not worthy to bear; he shall bap­
tize you in the Holy Ghost and fire.—
Matt. iii. 11.
And Jesus saith to him: I will come
and heal him.
And the centurion making answer,
said: Lord, I am not worthy that thou
shouldst enter under my roof : but only
say the word, and my servant shall be
healed.—Matt. viii. 7, 8.
And he (the Baptist) preached, say­
ing: There cometh after me one might­
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I am not worthy to stoop down and
loose.—Mark i. 7.
Which when Simon Peter saw, he
fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying: De­
part from me, for I am a sinful man,
O Lord.—Luke v. 8.
I will arise, and will go to my father,
and say to him: Father, I have sinned
against heaven, and before thee:
I am not worthy to be called thy son :
make me as one of thy hired servants.—
Luke xv. 18, 19.
USURY
If thou lend money to any of my
people that is poor, that dwelleth with
thee, thou shalt not be hard upon them
as an extortioner, nor oppress them
with usuries.—Ex. xxii. 25.
If thy brother be impoverished, and
weak of hand, and thou receive him as
a stranger and sojourner, and he live
with thee,
Take not usury of him nor more than
thou gavest: fear thy God, that thy
brother may live with thee.
Thou shalt not give him thy money
upon usury, nor exact of him any in­
crease of fruits.—Lev. xxv. 35-37.
Lord, who shall dwell in thy taber­
nacle? or who shall rest in thy holy
hill? ...
He that hath not put out his money
to usury, nor taken bribes against the
innocent.—Ps. xiv. 1. 5.
He that heapeth together riches by
usury and loan, gathereth them for him
that will be bountiful to the poor.—
Prov. xxviii. 8.
Know you not that the unjust shall
not possess the kingdom of God? Do
not err: neither fornicators, nor idola­
ters, nor adulterers.
. . .Nor thieves, nor covetous, . . .
nor extortioners, shall possess the king­
dom of God.—1 Cor. vi. 9, 10.
VAIN IS THE RELIANCE UPON
HUMAN STRENGTH
See: Strength, reliance upon human
—page 546.
VAINGLORY
Glory not in apparel at any time, and
be not exalted in the day of thy honor:
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wonderful, and his works arc glorious,
and secret, and hidden.—Ecclus. xi. 4.
Thus saith the Lord : Let not the wise
man glory in his wisdom, and let not
the strong man glory in his strength,
and let not the rich man glory in his
riches :
But let him that glorieth glory in
this, that he understandeth and know­
eth me, for I am the Lord that exercise
mercy, and judgment, and justice in
the earth: for these things please me,
saith the Lord.—J er. ix. 23, 24.
For the wisdom of this world is fool­
ishness with God. For it is written: I
will catch the wise in their own crafti­
ness.
And again: The Lord knoweth the
thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
Let no man therefore glory in men.—
1 Cor. iii. 19-21.
For who distinguished! thee? Or
what hast thou that thou hast not re­
ceived? And if thou hast received,
why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst
not received it?—1 Cor. iv. 7.
But he that glorieth, let him glory
in the Lord.
For not he who commendeth him­
self, is approved, but he, whom God
commendeth.—2 Cor. x. 17, 18.
Let us not be made desirous of vain­
glory, provoking one another, envying
one another.—Gal. v. 26.
For if any man think himself to be
something, whereas he is nothing, he
deceiveth himself.—Gal. vi. 3.
But God forbid that I should glory,
save in the cross of our Lord Jesus
Christ; by whom the world is crucified
to me, and I to the world.—Gal. vi. 14.
Let nothing be done through conten­
tion, neither by vainglory: but in hu­
mility, let each esteem others better
than themselves.—Philipp, ii. 3.
VANITY

And the Lord said to Samuel : Look
not on his countenance, nor on the
height of his stature: because I have
rejected him, nor do I judge according
to the look of man : for man seeth those
things that appear, but the Lord beholdeth the heart.—1 Kings xvi. 7.
O ye sons of men, how long will you

be dull of heart? why do you love van­
ity, and seek after lying?—Ps. iv. 3.
Behold thou hast made my days
measurable: and my substance is as
nothing before thee. And indeed all
things are vanity: every man living.—
Ps. xxxviii. 6.
Favor is deceitful, and beauty is
vain : the woman that feareth the Lord,
she shall be praised.—Prov. xxxi. 30.
Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes:
vanity of vanities, and all is vanity.—
Eccles, i. 2.
Praise not a man for his beauty,
neither despise a man for his look....
Glory not in apparel at any time, and
be not exalted in the day of thy honor:
for the works of the Highest only are
wonderful, and his works are glorious,
and secret, and hidden.—Ecclus. xi.
2, 4- .
A sinner is caught in his own vanity,
and the proud and the evil speakers
shall fall thereby.—Ecclus. xxiii. 8.
Look not upon a woman’s beauty,
and desire not a woman for beauty.—
Ecclus. xxv. 28.
They that are vain observe vanities,
forsake their own mercy.—Jonas ii. 9.
VANITY OF THE THINGS OF
THIS LIFE
See: Life, emptiness of this—
page 279.
VENIAL SIN
See: Part II—page 735.

VERACITY OF GOD, THE
See: Truth of God—page 568.

VICTORY OVER SIN AND DEATH
See also: Devil and his temptations,
gaining the mastery over the—page 112.

And when this mortal hath put on
immortality, then shall come to pass the
saying that is written: Death is swal­
lowed up in victory.
O death, where is thy victory? 0
death, where is thy sting?
Now the sting of death is sin: and
the power of sin is the law.
But thanks be to God, who hath
given us the victory through our Lord
Jesus Christ.—1 Cor. xv. 54-57.

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VIRGIN MARY, EXCELLENCE OF
I am the mother of fair love, and of
THE BLESSED
fear, and of knowledge, and of holy
hope.—Ecclus. xxiv. 24.
I will put enmities between thee and
And the angel being come in, said
the woman, and thy seed and her seed : unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord
she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt is with thee: blessed art thou among
lie in wait for her heel.—Gen. iii. 15. women.
And Ozias the prince of the people
Who having heard, was troubled at
of Israel, said to her (Judith) : Blessed his saying, and thought with herself
art thou, 0 daughter, by the Lord the what manner of salutation this should
most high God, above all women upon be.
the earth. . . .
And the angel said to her: Fear not,
Because he hath so magnified thy Mary, for thou hast found grace with
name this day, that thy praise shall not God.
depart out of the mouth of men who
Behold thou shalt conceive in thy
shall be mindful of the power of the womb, and shalt bring forth a son ; and
Lord for ever, for that thou hast not thou shalt call his name Jesus.—Luke
spared thy life, by reason of the dis­ i. 28-31.
tress and tribulation of thy people, but
And it came to pass, that when Eliza­
hast prevented our ruin in the presence beth heard the salutation of Mary, the
of our God. . . .
infant leaped in her womb. And Eliza­
Blessed art thou by thy God in every beth was filled with the Holy Ghost:
tabernacle of Jacob, for in every na­
And she cried out with a loud voice,
tion which shall hear thy name, the God and said: Blessed art thou among
of Israel shall be magnified on occasion women, and blessed is the fruit of thy
of thee.—Judith xiii. 23, 25, 31.
womb.
And when she was come out to him
And whence is this to me, that the
(the high priest), they all blessed her mother of my Lord should come to me ?
with one voice, saying: Thou art the
For behold as soon as the voice of
glory of Jerusalem, thou art the joy thy salutation sounded in my ears,
of Israel, thou art the honor of our the infant in my womb leaped for
people.—Judith xv. 10.
joy.
Hearken, O daughter, and see, and
And blessed art thou that hast be­
incline thy ear: and forget thy people lieved, because those things shall be ac­
and thy father’s house.
complished that were spoken to thee by
And the king shall greatly desire thy the Lord.—Luke i. 41-45.
beauty; for he is the Lord thy God, and
And Mary said: My soul doth mag­
him they shall adore.—Ps. xliv. 11, 12. nify the Lord.
All the glory of the king’s daughter
iVnd my spirit hath rejoiced in God
is within in golden borders, clothed my Saviour.
round about with varieties.
Because he hath regarded the humil­
After her shall virgins be brought to ity of his handmaid; for behold from
the king: her neighbors shall be henceforth all generations shall call me
brought to thee.
blessed.
They shall be brought with gladness
Because he that is mighty, hath done
and rejoicing: they shall be brought great things to me; and holy is his
into the temple of the king.—Ps. xliv. name.—Luke i. 46-49.
And it came to pass, as he spoke these
14-16.
Many daughters have gathered to­ things, a certain woman from the
gether riches : thou hast surpassed them crowd, lifting up her voice, said to him:
Blessed is the womb that bore thee,
all.—Prov. xxxi. 29.
I am the flower of the field, and the and the paps that gave thee suck.—
Luke xi. 27.
lily of the valleys.
And the third day, there was a mar­
As the lily among thorns, so is my
love among the daughters.—Cant. riage in Cana of Galilee: and the
mother of Jesus was there.
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VIRGIN

And Jesus also was invited, and his! I Behold a virgin shall be with child,
disciples, to the marriage.
and bring forth a son, and they shall
And the wine failing, the mother of call his name Emmanuel, which being
Jesus saith to him: They have no wine. interpreted is, God with us.
And Jesus saith to her: Woman,
And Joseph rising up from sleep,
what is that to me and to thee? my did as the angel of the Lord had com­
hour is not yet come.
manded him, and took unto him his
His mother saith to the waiters: wife.
Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye.
And he knew her not till she brought
—John ii. 1-5.
forth her first-born son : and he called
But when the fulness of the time his name Jesus.—Matt. i. 18-25.
was come, God sent his Son, made of a
And the angel said to her: Fear not,
woman, made under the law:
Mary, for thou hast found grace with
That he might redeem them who God.
were under the law : that we might re­
Behold thou shalt conceive in thy
ceive the adoption of sons.—Gal. iv. womb, and shalt bring forth a son; and
thou shalt call his name Jesus. . . .
4, 5.
And Mary said to the angel: How
And a great sign appeared in heaven :
A woman clothed with the sun, and shall this be done, because I know not
the moon under her feet, and on her man ?
And the angel answering, said to
head a crown of twelve stars.—Apoc.
her: The Holy Ghost shall come upon
xii. 1.
thee, and the power of the most High
VIRGIN MARY, VIRGINITY OF shall overshadow thee. And therefore
THE BLESSED I
also the Holy which shall be born of
Therefore the Lord himself shall give thee shall be called the Son of God.—
you a sign. Behold a virgin shall con­ Luke i. 30, 31, 34, 35.
ceive, and bear a son, and his name
shall be called Emmanuel.—Is. vii. 14.
VIRGIN MARY, THE IMMACU­
How long wilt thou be dissolute in
LATE CONCEPTION OF
deliciousness, O wandering daughter?
THE BLESSED
for the Lord hath created a new thing
What is the matter, Esther? I am
upon the earth : A woman shall com­
thy brother, fear not.
pass a man.—Jer. xxxi. 22.
Thou shalt not die: for this law is
Now the generation of Christ was in
this wise. When as his mother Mary not made for thee, but for all others.
was espoused to Joseph, before they —
■ Esther xv. 12, 13.
As the lily among thorns, so is my
came together, she was found with
love among the daughters.—Cant. ii. 2.
child, of the Holy Ghost.
Thou art all fair, 0 my love, and
Whereupon Joseph her husband, be­
ing a just man, and not willing publicly there is not a spot in thee.—Cant. iv. 7.
My sister, my spouse, is a garden en­
to expose her, was minded to put her
away privately.
< closed, a garden enclosed, a fountain
But while he thought on these things, sealed up.—Cant. iv. 12.
Thou art beautiful, 0 my love,
behold the angel of the Lord appeared
to him in his sleep, saying: Joseph, son sweet and comely as Jerusalem: ter­
of David, fear not to take unto thee rible as an army set in array.—Cant.
Mary thy wife, for that which is con­ vi. 3.
ceived in her, is of the Holy Ghost.
One is my dove, my perfect one is but
And she shall bring forth a son: and one, she is the only one of her mother,
thou shalt call his name Jesus. For the chosen of her that bore her. The
he shall save his people from their daughters saw her, and declared her
sins.
most blessed : the queens and concu­
Now all this was done that it might bines, and they praised her.—Cant.
be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by vi. 8.
the prophet, saying:
Who is she that cometh forth as the

vows
morning rising, fair as the moon, bright
as the sun, terrible as an army set in
array?—Cant. vi. 9.
And the angel being come in, said
unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord
is with thee: blessed art thou among
women.
Who having heard, was troubled at
his saying, and thought with herself
what manner of salutation this should
be.
And the angel said to her: Fear not,
Mary, for thou hast found grace with
God.—Luke i. 28-30.
VIRGIN MARY, SORROWS OF
THE BLESSED

For the zeal of thy house hath eaten
me up ; and the reproaches of them that
reproached thee are fallen upon me.—
Ps. Ixviii. 10.
Therefore have I said: Depart from
me, I will weep bitterly: labor not to
comfort me, for the devastation of the
daughter of my people.—Is. xxii. 4.
My sorrow is above sorrow, my heart
mourneth within me.—Jer. viii. 18.
Thus saith the Lord : A voice was
heard on high of lamentation, of
mourning, and weeping, of Rachel
weeping for her children, and refusing
to be comforted for them, because they
are not.—Jer. xxxi. 15.
Weeping she hath wept in the night,
and her tears are on her cheeks: there
is none to comfort her among all them
that were dear to her: all her friends
have despised her, and are become her
enemies.—Lam. i. 2.
0 all ye that pass by the way, attend,
and see if there be any sorrow like to
my sorrow: for he hath made a vintage
of me, as the Lord spoke in the day of
his fierce anger.—Lam. i. 12.
And Simeon blessed them, and said
to Mary his mother: Behold this child
i?, set for the fall, and for the resur­
rection of many in Israel, and for a
sign which shall be contradicted;
And thy own soul a sword shall
pierce, that, out of many hearts,
thoughts may be revealed.—Luke ii.
34, 35.
And having fulfilled the days, when
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in Jerusalem; and his parents knew it
not.
And thinking that he was in the
company, they came a day’s journey,
and sought him among their kinsfolks
and acquaintance.
And not finding him, they returned
into Jerusalem, seeking him.
And it came to pass that, after three
days, they found him in the temple,
sitting in the midst of the doctors, hear­
ing them, and asking them questions.
And all that heard him were aston­
ished at his wisdom and his answers.
And seeing him, they wondered. And
his mother said to him: Son, why hast
thou done so to us? behold thy father
and I have sought thee sorrowing.
And he said to them: How is it that
you sought me? did you not know, that
I must be about my father’s business?
—Luke ii. 43-49.
Now there stood by the cross of Jesus,
his mother, and his mother’s sister,
Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalen.
—John xix. 25.
VIRGIN MARY, OUR MOTHER
Now there stood by the cross of Jesus,
his mother, and his mother’s sister,
Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalen.
When Jesus therefore had seen his
mother and the disciple standing whom
he loved, he saith to his mother:
Woman, behold thy son.
After that, he saith to the disciple:
Behold thy mother. And from that
hour, the disciple took her to his own.
—John xix. 25-27.
VIRGINITY
See: Part II—page 738.
VOCATION TO THE
PRIESTHOOD
See: Priest is chosen by God—
page 431.
VOICE OF GOD, LISTENING
TO THE
See: Listening—page 289.

VOWS MADE BY SERVANTS
OF GOD
And he (Jacob) made a vow, saying:
If God shall be with me, and shall keep

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VO WS

me in the way by which I walk, and I Vow ye, and pay to the Lord your
shall give me bread to eat, and raiment God: all you that are round about him
to put on,
bring presents. To him that is terrible.
And I shall return prosperously to —Ps. Jxxv. 12.
my father’s house: the Lord shall be
O Lord, remember David, and all hii
my God :
meekness.
And this stone, which I have set up
How he swore to the Lord, he vowed
for a title, shall be called the house of a vow to the God of Jacob:
God: and of all things that thou shalt, If I shall enter into the tabernacle of
give to me, I will offer tithes to thee.— my house: if I shall go up into the
bed wherein I lie:
Gen. xxviii. 20-22.
If I shall give sleep to my eyes, or
As Anna had her heart full of grief,
she prayed to the Lord, shedding many slumber to my eyelids,
Or rest to my temples: until I find
tears,
And she made a vow, saying : O Lord out a place for the Lord, a tabernacle
of hosts, if thou wilt look down on the for the God of Jacob.—Ps. cxxxi. 1-5.
The victims of the wicked are abomi­
affliction of thy servant, and wilt be
mindful of me, and not forget thy nable to the Lord : the vows of the just
handmaid, and will give to thy servant are acceptable.—Prov. xv. 8.
And the Lord shall be known by
a man child: I will give him to the
Lord all the days of his life, and no Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know
razor shall come upon his head.— the Lord in that day, and shall worship
him with sacrifices and offerings: and
1 Kings i. 10, 11.
So will I sing a psalm to thy name for they shall make vows to the Lord, and
ever and ever : that I may pay my vows perform them.—Is. xix. 21.
from day to day.—Ps. lx. 9.
I will pay my vows to the Lord before VOWS ONCE MADE ARE TO BE
all his people.—Ps. cxv. 14.
FULFILLED
But Paul, when he had stayed yet
And the Lord spoke to Moses, say­
many days, taking his leave of the
brethren, sailed thence into Syria (and ing:
Speak to the children of Israel, and
with him Priscilla and Aquila), having
shorn his head in Cenchra : for he had thou shalt say to them: The man that
shall have made a vow, and promised
a vow.—Acts xviii. 18.
his soul to God, shall give the price ac­
VOWS ARE PLEASING TO GOD cording to estimation. . . .
But a beast that may be sacrificed to
These things shall you offer to the
Lord in your solemnities: besides your the Lord, if any one shall vow, shall
vows and voluntary oblations for holo­ be holy,
And cannot be changed, that is to
caust, for sacrifice, for libation, and
for victims of peace offerings.—Num. say, neither a better for a worse, nor a
xxix. 39.
worse for a better. And if he shall
Offer to God the sacrifice of praise : change it: both that which was
and pay thy vows to the most High.
changed, and that for which it was
And call upon me in the day of changed, shall be consecrated to the
trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou Lord.—Lev. xxvii. 1, 2, 9, 10.
shalt glorify me.—Ps. xlix. 14, 15.
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
In me. O God. are vows to thee, which
Speak to the children of Israel, and
I will pay, praises to thee:
thou shalt say to them : When a man,
Because thou hast delivered my soul or woman, shall make a vow to be sanc­
from death, my feet from falling: that tified, and will consecrate themselves to
I may please in the sight of God, in the the Lord :
light of the living.—Ps. Iv. 12, 13.
They shall abstain from wine, and
A hymn, O God, becometh thee in from every thing that may make a
Sion : and a vow shall be paid to thee man drunk. They shall not drink vine­
in Jerusalem.—Ps. Ixiv. 2.
gar of wine, or of any other drink, nor

WAITING
any thing that is pressed out of the
grape: nor shall they eat grapes either
fresh or dried.
All the days that they are consecrated
to the Lord by vow : they shall eat noth­
ing that cometh of the vineyard, from
th^ raisin even to the kernel.—Num.
vi. 1-4.
And Moses told the children of Israel
all that the Lord had commanded him:
And he said to the princes of the
tribes of the children of Israel: This
is the word that the Lord hath com­
manded :
If any man make a vow to the Lord,
or bind himself by an oath : he shall
not make his word void, but shall fulfil
all that he promised.—Num. xxx. 1-3.
When thou hast made a vow to the
Lord thy God, thou shalt not delay to
pay it: because the Lord thy God will
require it. And if thou delay, it shall
be imputed to thee for a sin.
If thou wilt not promise, thou shalt
be without sin.
But that which is once gone out of
thy lips, thou shalt observe, and shalt
do as thou hast promised to the Lord
thy God, and hast spoken with thy own
will and with thy own mouth.—Deut.
xxiii. 21-23.
With thee is my praise in a great
church: I will pay my vows in the
sight of them that fear him.—Ps.
xxi. 26.
Offer to God the sacrifice of praise:
and pay thy vows to the most High.—
Ps. xlix. 14.
I will go into thy house with burnt
offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
which my lips have uttered,
And my mouth hath spoken, when I
was in trouble.—Ps. Ixv. 13, 14.
It is ruin to a man to devour holy
ones, and after vows to retract.—Prov.
XX. 25.
If thou hast vowed any thing to God,
defer not to pay it: for an unfaithful
and foolish promise displeaseth him:
but whatsoever thou hast vowed,
pay it.
And it is much better not to vow,
than after a vow not to perform the
things promised.—Eccles, v. 3, 4.
But I with the voice of praise will
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I have vowed for my salvation to the
Lord.—Jonas ii. 10.
But the younger widows avoid. For
when they have grown wanton in Christ,
they will marry:
Having damnation, because they have
made void their first faith.—1 Tim. v.
11, 12.
WAITING FOR GOD AND HIS
MERCY
Direct me in thy truth, and teach
me; for thou art God my Saviour; and
on thee have I waited all the day
long. . . .
The innocent and the upright have
adhered to me: because I have waited
on thee.—Ps. xxiv. 5, 21.
Our soul waiteth for the Lord: for he
is our helper and protector.—Ps.
xxxii. 20.
I waited for him that hath saved me
from pusillanimity of spirit, and a
storm.—Ps. liv. 9.
O God my God, to thee do I watch at
break of day.
For thee my soul hath thirsted; for
thee my flesh, 0 how many ways!—Ps.
Ixii. 2.
I looked for thy salvation, O Lord:
and I loved thy commandments.—Ps.
cxviii. 166.
To thee have I lifted up my eyes, who
dwellest in heaven.
Behold as the eyes of servants are on
the hands of their masters.
As the e.ves of the handmaid are on
the hands of her mistress: so are our
eyes unto the Lord our God, until he
have mercy on us.—Ps. exxii. 1, 2.
And I will wait for the Lord, who
hath hid his face from the house of
Jacob, and I will look for him.—Is.
viii. 17.
And in the way of thy judgments, O
Lord, we have patiently waited for
thee: thy name, and thy remembrance
are the desire of the soul.—Is. xxvi. 8.
Therefore the Lord waiteth that he
may have mercy on you: and therefore
shall he be exalted sparing you : because
the Lord is the God of judgment:
blessed are all they that wait for him.
—Is. xxx. 18.
O Lord, have mercy on us: for we
have waited for thee: be thou our arm

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in the morning, and our salvation in
the time of trouble.—Is. xxxiii. 2.
The Lord is my portion, said my
soul : therefore will I wait for him. . . .
It is good to wait with silence for
the salvation of God.—Lam. iii. 24, 26.
But I will look towards the Lord, I
will wait for God my Saviour : my God
will hear me.—Mich. vii. 7.
For the grace of God our Saviour
hath appeared to all men;
Instructing us, that, denying ungod­
liness and worldly desires, we should
live soberly, and justly, and godly in
this world,
Looking for the blessed hope and
coming of the glory of the great God
and our Saviour Jesus Christ.—Titus
ii. 11-13.
WAITING FOR GOD AND HIS
MERCY, THE REWARD OF
Neither let my enemies laugh at me:
for none of them that wait on thee shall
be confounded.—Ps. xxiv. 3.
Expect the Lord and keep his way :
and he will exalt thee to inherit the
land: when the sinners shall perish
thou shalt see.—Ps. xxxvi. 34.
With expectation I have waited for
the Lord, and he was attentive to me.
And he heard my prayers, and
brought me out of the pit of misery and
the mire of dregs.
And he set my feet upon a rock, and
directed my steps.—Ps. xxxix. 2, 3.
Reward them that patiently wait for
thee, that thy prophets may be found
faithful : and hear the prayers of thy
servants.—Ecclus. xxxvi. 18.
I remembered thy mercy, O Lord, and
thy works, which are from the begin­
ning of the world.
How thou deliverest them that wait
for thee, O Lord, and savest them out
of the hands of the nations.—Ecclus. Ii.
11. 12.
And they shall say in that day: Lo,
this is our God, we have waited for him,
and he will save us: this is the Lord, we
have patiently waited for him, we shall
rejoice and be joyful in his salvation.—
Is. XXV. 9.
And thou shalt know that I am the
Lord, for they shall not be confounded
that wait for him.—Is. xlix. 23.

I

From the beginning of the world they
have not heard, nor perceived with the
ears : the eye hath not seen, 0 God, be­
sides thee, what things thou hast pre­
pared for them that wait for thee,—
Is. Ixiv. 4.

WAIT FOR GOD AND HIS MERCY,
EXHORTATION TO
Let us humbly wait for his consola­
tion, and the Lord our God will require
our blood of the afflictions of our ene­
mies, and he will humble all the nations
that shall rise up against us, and bring
them to disgrace.—Judith viii. 20.
Expect the Lord, do manfully, and
let thy heart take courage, and wait
thou for the Lord.—Ps. xxvi. 14.
Wait on God with patience: join thy­
self to God, and endure, that thy life
may be increased in the latter end.—
Ecclus. ii. 3.
Ye that fear the Lord, wait for his
mercy: and go not aside from him, lest
ye fall.—Ecclus. ii. 7.
Humble thyself to God, and wait for
his hands.—Ecclus. xiii. 9.
Be patient therefore, brethren, until
the coming of the Lord. Behold, the
husbandman waiteth for the precious
fruit of the earth : patiently bearing till
he receive the early and latter rain.
Be you therefore also patient, and
strengthen .your hearts : for the coming
of the Lord is at hand.—James v. 7, 8.
But you, my beloved, building your­
selves upon your most holy faith, pray­
ing in the Holy Ghost,
Keep yourselves in the love of God,
waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus
Christ, unto life everlasting.—Jude i.
20, 21.
WANDERING AWAY FROM GOD
See also: Turning away from God—
page 569.

Lo, I have gone far off flying away;
and I abode in the wilderness.—Ps.
liv. 8.
For behold they that go far from
thee shall perish : thou hast destroyed
all them that are disloyal to thee —
Ps. Ixxii. 27.
I have gone astray like a sheep that

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is lost : seek thy servant, because I have
not forgotten thy commandments.—Ps.
cxviii. 176.
Ye that fear the Lord, wait for his
mercy: and go not aside from him, lest
ye fall.—Ecclus. ii. 7.
But if he go astray, she (wisdom) will
forsake him, and deliver him into the
hands of his enemy.—Ecclus. iv. 22.
All we like sheep have gone astray,
every one hath turned aside into his
own way : and the Lord hath laid on him
the iniquity of us all.—Is. liii. 6.
Thus saith the Lord: What iniquity
have your fathers found in me, that they
are gone far from me, and have walked
after vanity, and are become vain?—
Jer. ii. 5.
My people have been a lost flock, their
shepherds have caused them to go
astray, and have made them wander in
the mountains: they have gone from
mountain to hill, they have forgotten
their resting place.—Jer. 1. 6.
WARFARE, THIS LIFE IS A
See: Life, a warfare—page 199.
WATCHFULNESS
I said: I will take heed to my ways:
that 1 sin not with my tongue.
I have set a guard to my mouth, when
the sinner stood against me.—Ps.
xxxviii. 2.
If the spirit of him that hath power,
ascend upon thee, leave not thy place:
because care will make the greatest sins
to cease.—Eccles, x. 4.
I sleep, and my heart watcheth: the
voice of my beloved knocking: Open to
me. my sister, my love, my dove, my un­
defiled : for my head is full of dew, and
my locks of the drops of the nights.—
Cani. v. 2.
A wise man will fear in every thing,
and in the days of sins will beware of
sloth.—Ecclus. xviii. 27.
My soul hath desired thee in the
night: yea, and with my spirit within
me in the morning early I will watch
to thee.—Is. xxvi. 9.
Have in mind therefore in what man­
ner thou hast received and heard: and
observe, and do penance. If then thou
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a thief, and thou shalt not know at
what hour I will come to thee.—Apoc.
iii. 3.
Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is
he that watcheth, and keepeth his gar­
ments, lest he walk naked, and they see
his shame.—Apoc. xvi. 15.
WATCHFULNESS, EXHORTATATION TO

Keep thyself therefore, and thy soul
carefully. Forget not the words that
thy eyes have seen, and let them not go
out of thy heart all the days of thy
life.—Deui. iv. 9.
With all watchfulness keep thy heart,
because life issueth out from it.—Prov.
iv. 23.
My son, prove thy soul in thy life:
and if it be wicked, give it no power.—
Ecclus. xxxvii. 30.
Watch ye therefore, because you know
not what hour your Lord will come.—
Matt. xxiv. 42.
And he cometh to his disciples, and
findeth them asleep, and he saith to
Peter : What ? Could you not watch one
hour with me?
Watch ye, and pray that ye enter not
into temptation. The spirit indeed is
willing, but the flesh weak.—Matt. xxvi.
40, 41.
Take ye heed, watch and pray. For
ye know not when the time is.
Even as a man who going into a far
country, left his house; and gave au­
thority to his servants over every work,
and commanded the porter to watch.
Watch ye therefore, (for you know
not when the lord of the house cometh :
at even, or at midnight, or at the cock
crowing, or in the morning,)
Lest coming on a sudden, he find you
sleeping,
And what I say to you, I say to all:
Watch.—Mark xiii. 33-37.
Let your loins be girt, and lamps
burning in your hands.
And you yourselves like to men who
wait for their lord, when he shall re­
turn from the wedding; that when he
eometh and knocketh, they may open to
him immediately.
Blessed are those servants, whom the
Lord when he cometh, shall find watch-

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i ng. Amen I say to you, that he will
gird himself, and make them sit down
to meat, and passing will minister unto
them.
And if he shall come in the second
watch, or come in the third watch, and
find them so, blessed are those servants.
But this know ye, that if the house­
holder did know at what hour the thief
would come, he would surely watch, and
would not suffer his house to be broken
open.
Be you then also ready: for at what
hour you think not, the Son of man will
come.—Luke xii. 35-40.
And take heed to yourselves, lest per­
haps your hearts be overcharged with
surfeiting and drunkenness, and the
cares of this life, and that day come
upon you suddenly. . . .
Watch ye, therefore, praying at all
times, that you may be accounted
worthy to escape all these things that
are to come, and to stand before the Son
of man.—Luke xxi. 34, 36.
Watch ye, stand fast in the faith,
do manfully, and be strengthened.—
1 Cor. xvi. 13.
By all prayer and supplication pray­
ing at all times in the spirit; and in the
same watching with all instance and
supplication for all the saints.—Eph.
vi. 18.
For all you are the children of light,
and children of the day: we are not of
the night, nor of darkness.
Therefore, let us not sleep, as others
do; but let us watch, and be sober.—
1 Thess. v. 5, 6.
But be thou vigilant, labor in all
things, do the work of an evangelist,
fulfil thy ministry. Be sobe-.—2 Tim.
iv. 5.
But the end of all is at hand. Be pru­
dent therefore, and watch in piayers.—
1 Peter iv. 7.
Be sober and watch : because your ad­
versary the devil, as a roaring lion,
goeth about seeking whom he may de­
vour.—1 Peter v. 8.
Look to yourselves, that you lose not
the things which you have wrought:
but that you may receive a full reward.
—2 John i. 8.
Be watchful and strengthen the
things that remain, which are ready to

die. For I find not thy works full be­
fore my God.—Apoc. iii. 2.
WATCHFULNESS OF GOD OVER
US, THE
See: Providence of God—page 450.
WATER, HOLY
And he (the priest) shall take holy
water in an earthen vessel, and he shall
cast a little earth of the pavement oí
the tabernacle into it.—Num. v. 17.
And the Lord spoke to Moses, say­
ing: Take the Lévites out of the midst
of the children of Israel, and thou shalt
purify them,
According to this rite: Let them be
sprinkled with the water of purification,
and let them shave all the hairs of their
flesh.—Num. viii. 5-8.
And a man that is clean shall gather
up the ashes of the cow, and shall pour
them forth without the camp in a moat
clean place, that they may be reserved
for the multitude of the children oí
Israel, and for a water of aspersion:
because the cow was burnt for sin....
He that toucheth the corpse of a
man, and is therefore unclean seven
days,
Shall be sprinkled with this water on
the third day, and on the seventh, and
so shall be cleansed. If he were not
sprinkled on the third day, he cannot
be cleansed on the seventh.
Every one that toucheth the corpse
of a man, and is not sprinkled with
this mixture, shall profane the taber­
nacle of the Lord, and shall perish out
of Israel : because he was not sprinkled
with the water of expiation, he shall be
unclean, and his uncleanness shall re­
main upon him.—Num. xix. 9, 11-13.

WATER OF ETERNAL LIFE, THE

And Moses and Aaron leaving the
multitude, went into the tabernacle of
the covenant, and fell flat upon the
ground, and cried to the Lord, and
said : O Lord God, hear the cry of this
people, and open to them thy treasure,
a fountain of living water, that being
satisfied, they may cease to murmur.
—Num. xx. 6.

WAYS

You shall draw waters with joy out
of the saviour’s fountains.—Is. xii. 3.
For my people have done two evils.
They have forsaken me, the fountain
of living water, and have digged to
themselves cisterns, broken cisterns,
that can hold no water.—Jer. ii. 13.
0 Lord, the hope of Israel: all that
forsake thee shall be confounded: they
that depart from thee, shall be written
in the earth : because they have for­
saken the Lord, the vein of living
waters.—Jer. xvii. 13.
And it shall come to pass in that day,
that the mountains shall drop down
sweetness, and the hills shall flow with
milk: and waters shall flow through all
the rivers of Juda: and a fountain
shall come forth of the house of the
Lord, and shall water the torrent of
thorns.—Joel iii. 18.
Jesus answered, and said to her: If
thou didst know the gift of God, and
who he is that saith to thee, Give me
to drink; thou perhaps wouldst have
asked of him, and he would have given
thee living water.
. . . Jesus answered, and said to
her: Whosoever drinketh of this water,
shall thirst again; but he that shall
drink of the water, that I will give him,
shall not thirst for ever.
But the water that I will give him,
shall become in him a fountain of
water, springing up into life everlast­
ing.—John iv. 10, 13, 14.
And on the last, and great day of the
festivity, Jesus stood and cried, saying:
If any man thirst, let him come to me,
and drink.
He that believeth in me, as the scrip­
ture saith, Out of his belly shall flow’
rivers of living water.—John vii. 37, 38.
But one of the soldiers with a spear
opened his side, and immediately there
came out blood and water.—John
xix. 34.
They shall no more hunger nor thirst,
neither shall the sun fall on them, nor
any heat.
For the Lamb, which is in the midst
of the throne, shall rule them, and
shall lead them to the fountains of the
waters of life, and God shall wipe away
all tears from their eyes.—Apoc. vii.
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And he said to me: It is done. I am
Alpha and Omega; the beginning and
the end. To him that thirsteth, I will
give of the fountain of the water of
life, freely.—Apoc. xxi. 6.
And he (the angel) showed me a
river of water of life, clear as crystal,
proceeding from the throne of God and
of the Lamb. . . .
And the spirit and the bride say:
Come. And he that heareth, let him
say: Come. And he that thirsteth, let
him come: and he that will, let him
take the water of life, freely.—Apoc.
xxii. 1, 17.
WAYS OF GOD ARE JUST, THE
See also: Judgments of God, the—
page 2G0.

Then Tobias sighed, and began to
pray with tears,
Saying: Thou art just, O Lord, and
all thy judgments are just, and all thy
ways mercy, and truth, and judgment.
—Tob. iii. 1, 2.
As for my God, his way is undefiled:
the words of the Lord are fire tried: he
is the protector of all that trust in him.
—Ps. xvii. 31.
All the ways of the Lord are mercy
and truth, to them that seek after his
covenant and his testimonies.—Ps.
xxiv. 10.
Thou art near, O Lord: and all thy
ways are truth.—Ps. cxviii. 151.
The Lord is just in all his
ways: and holy in all his works.—Ps.
cxliv. 17.
And you have said : The way of the
Lord is not right. Hear ye, therefore,
O house of Israel: Is it my way that is
not right, and are not rather your ways
perverse?—Ezcch. xviii. 25.
For thou art just in all that thou
hast done to us, and all thy works are
true, and thy ways right, and all thy
judgments true.—Dan. iii. 27.
Who is wise, and he shall understand
these things? prudent, and he shall
know these things? for the ways of the
Lord are right, and the just shall walk
in them: but the transgressors shall
fall in them.—Osee xiv. 10.
And I saw as it were a sea of glass
mingled with fire, and them that had

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overcome the beast, and his image, and WAYS OF GOD ARE UNSEARCHthe number of his name, standing on
ABLE, THE
the sea of glass, having the harps of
See also: Mysteries of God, the—
God:
page 331.
And singing the canticle of Moses,
the servant of God, and the canticle of
Wherefore I will pray to the Lord,
the Lamb, saying: Great and wonder­ and address my speech to God:
ful are thy works, 0 Lord God Al­
Who doth great things and unsearch­
mighty; just and true are thy ways, 0 able and wonderful things without
King of ages.—Apoc. xv. 2, 3.
number.—Job v. 8, 9.
Peradventure thou wilt comprehend
WAYS OF GOD ARE NOT AS OUR the steps of God, and wilt find out the
Almighty perfectly?
WAYS, THE
He is higher than heaven, and what
Thou hast multiplied thy wonderful wilt thou do? he is deeper than hell,
works, 0 Lord my God: and in thy and how wilt thou know?
The measure of him is longer than
thoughts there is no one like to thee.
Ps. xxxix. 6.
the earth, and broader than the sea.
If he shall overturn all things, or
There is also another vanity, which
is done upon the earth. There are just shall press them together, who shall
men to whom evils happen, as though contradict him?—Job xi. 7-10.
Hast thou heard God’s counsel, and
they had done the works of the wicked :
and there are wicked men, who are as shall his wisdom be inferior to thee?—
secure, as though they had the deeds of Job xv. 8.
Shall any one teach God knowledge,
the just: but this also I judge most
who judgeth those that are high?
vain.—Eccles, viii. 14.
One man dieth strong, and hale, rich
For my thoughts are not your
thoughts: nor your ways my ways, and happy.
His bowels are full of fat, and his
saith the Lord.
For as the heavens are exalted above bones are moistened with marrow.
But another dieth in bitterness of
the earth, so are my ways exalted above
your ways, and my thoughts above your soul without any riches:
And yet they shall sleep together in
thoughts.—Is. Iv. 8, 9.
the dust, and worms shall cover them.
Thy eyes are too pure to behold evil, —Job xxi. 22-26.
and thou canst not look on iniquity.
Behold, God is high in his strength,
Why lookest thou upon them that do and none is like him among the law­
unjust things, and boldest thy peace givers.
when the wicked devoureth the man
Who can search out his ways? or
that is more just than himself?—Hob. who can say to him : Thou hast wrought
i. 13.
iniquity?
For the foolishness of God is wiser
Remember that thou knowest not his
than men; and the weakness of God is work, concerning which men have sung.
stronger than men.
All men see him, every one behold. . . But the foolish things of the eth afar off.—Job xxxvi. 22-25.
world hath God chosen, that he may
This is the Ixjrd’s doing: and it is
confound the wise; and the weak things wonderful in our eyes.—Ps. cxvii. 23.
of the world hath God chosen, that he
He hath made all things good in
may confound the strong.
their time, and hath delivered the
And the base things of the world, world to their consideration, so that
and the things that are contemptible, man cannot find out the work which
hath God chosen, and things that are God hath made from the beginning to
not, that he might bring to nought the end.—Eccles, iii. 11.
things that are:
And I understood that man can find
That no flesh should glory in his no reason of all those works of God
sight.—1 Cor. i. 25, 27-29.
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more he shall labor to seek, so much the
less shall he find: yea, though the wise
man shall say, that he knoweth it, he
shall not be able to find it.—Eccles.
viii. 17.
For who among men is he that can
know the counsel of God ? or who can
think what the will of God is?—IV¿s.
ix. 13.
Who hath searched out the wisdom
of God that goeth before all things?—
Ecclus. i. 3.
And his ways who shall understand,
and the storm, which no eye of man
shall see?
For many of his works are hidden:
but the works of his justice who shall
declare? or who shall endure? for the
testament is far from some, and the
examination of all is in the end.—
Ecclus. xvi. 21, 22.
Who is able to declare his works?
For who shall search out his glorious
acts ?
And who shall show forth the power
of his majesty ? or who shall be able to
declare his mercy?
Nothing may be taken away, nor
added, neither is it possible to find out
the glorious works of God:
When a man hath done, then shall
he begin: and when he leaveth off, he
shall be at a loss—Ecclus. xviii. 2-6.
For her (wisdom’s) thoughts are
more vast than the sea, and her coun­
sels more deep than the great ocean.—
Ecclus. xxiv. 39.
Who hath forwarded the spirit of the
Lord? or who hath been his counsellor,
and hath taught him ?
With whom hath he consulted, and
who hath instructed him, and taught
him the path of justice, and taught
him knowledge, and showed him the
wav of understanding?—Is. xl. 13, 14.
Knowest thou not, or hast thou not
hoard? the Lord is the everlasting God,
who hath created the ends of the earth :
he shall not faint, nor labor, neither is
there any searching out of his wisdom.
—Is. xl. 28.
For who hath stood in the counsel of
the Lord, and hath seen and heard his
word? Who hath considered his word
and heard it?—Jer. xxiii. 18.
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dom and of the knowledge of God !
How incomprehensible are his judg­
ments, and how unsearchable his ways!
For who hath known the mind of the
Lord? Or who hath been his coun­
sellor?—Rom. xi. 33, 34.
For who hath known the mind of the
Lord, that he may instruct him?—
1 Cor. ii. 16.
WAYS OF GOD ARE UNSEARCH­
ABLE, ACKNOWLEDGMENT
THAT THE
For thy counsel is not in man’s
power.—Tob. iii. 20.
O Lord, how great are thy works!
thy thoughts are exceeding deep.
The senseless man shall not know:
nor will the fool understand these
things.—Ps. xci. 6, 7.
Thou showest mercy unto thousands,
and returnest the iniquity of the fathers
into the bosom of their children after
them: O most mighty, great, and power­
ful, the Lord of hosts is thy name.
Great in counsel, and incomprehen­
sible in thought: whose eyes are open
upon all the ways of the children of
Adam, to render unto every one accord­
ing to his ways, and according to the
fruit of his devices.—Jer. xxxii. 18, 19.
WAYS OF GOD, WE MUST NOT
QUESTION THE
See: Question—page 457.

WEAKNESS, MAN’S
See: Powerlessness—page 389.
WEAKNESS IN SPIRITUAL
THINGS, MAN’S
Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I
am weak: heal me, O Lord, for my
bones are troubled.—Ps. vi. 3.
Remember what my substance is; for
hast thou made all the children of men
in vain?—Ps. Ixxxviii. 48.
My soul hath slumbered through
heaviness: strengthen thou me in thy
words.—Ps. cxviii. 28.
For a just man shall fall seven times
and shall rise again: but the wicked
shall fall down into evil.—Prov. xxiv. 16.
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that doth good, and sinneth not.—Ec­ I being filled with affliction and misery.
cles. vii. 21.
—Job x. 15.
For all things cannot be in men, be­
For there is no truth in their mouth:
cause the son of man is not immortal, their heart is vain.
and they are delighted with the vanity
Their throat is an open sepulchre:
of evil.—Ecclus. xvii. 29.
they dealt deceitfully with their
For she is become weak unto good tongues: judge them, 0 God.—P¡. v.
that dwelleth in bitterness: for evil is 10, 11.
come down from the Lord into the
The sinner hath provoked the Lord,
gate of Jerusalem.—Mich. i. 12.
according to the multitude of his wrath
And he cometh to his disciples, and he will not seek him:
findeth them asleep, and he saith to
God is not before his eyes: his ways
Peter: What? Could you not watch are filthy at all times.
one hour with me?
Thy judgments are removed from his
Watch ye, and pray that ye enter not sight.—Ps. ix. (Jleb. x.) 4, 5.
They are all gone aside, they are be­
into temptation. The spirit indeed is
willing, but the flesh weak.—Mall. xxvi. come unprofitable together: there is
40, 41.
none that doth good, no not one.
Their throat is an open sepulchre:
The sower went out to sow his seed.
And as he sowed, some fell by the way with their tongues they acted deceit­
side, and it was trodden down, and the fully; the poison of asps is under their
lips.
fowls of the air devoured it.
Their mouth is full of cursing and
And other some fell upon a rock:
and as soon as it was sprung up, it bitterness; their feet are swift to shed
withered away, because it had no mois­ blood.
Destruction and unhappiness in their
ture. ...
Now they upon the rock, are they ways: and the way of peace they have
who when they hear, receive the word not known : there is no fear of God be­
with joy: and these have no roots; for fore their eyes.—Ps. xiii. 3.
The unjust hath said within himself,
they believe for a while, and in time
of temptation, they fall away.—Luke that he would sin : there is no fear of
God before his eyes. . . .
viii. 5, G, 13.
The words of his mouth are iniquity
For I know that there dwelleth not
in me, that is to say, in my flesh, that and guile: he would not understand
which is good. For to will, is present that he might do well.
lie hath devised iniquity on his bed,
with me; but to accomplish that which
he hath set himself on every way that
is good, I And not.
. . . For I am delighted with the is not good : but evil he hath not hated.
law of God, according to the inward —Ps. XXXV. 2, 4, 5.
Why dost thou glory in malice, thou
man :
But I see another law in my members, that art mighty in iniquity? . . .
Thou hast loved malice more than
fighting against the law of my mind,
and captivating me in the law of sin, | goodness: and iniquity rather than to
that is in my members.—Rom. vii. 18, speak righteousness.—Ps. Ii. 3, 5.
Therefore pride hath held them fast:
22, 23.
For the flesh lusteth against the they are covered with their iniquity
spirit: and the spirit against the flesh; and their wickedness.
Their iniquity hath come forth, as it
for these are contrary one to another;
so that you do not the things that you were from fatness: they have passed
into the affection of the heart.
would.—Oal. v. 17.
They have thought and spoken wick­
WICKED, THE
edness: they have spoken iniquity on
I high.
See also: Sinner, the—page 534.
They have set their tongue against
And if I be wicked, woe unto me: heaven : and their tongue hath passed
and if just I shall not lift up my head, I through the earth.—Ps. Ixxii. 6-9.

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Who leave the right way, and walk ward, and justice hath stood far off:
by dark ways :
because truth hath fallen down in the
Who are glad when they have done street, and equity could not come in.
evil, and rejoice in most wicked things: —Is. lix. 9, 10, 12, 14.
Whose ways are perverse, and their
But this thing I commanded them,
steps infamous.—Prov. ii. 13-15.
saying: Hearken to my voice, and I
For they sleep not except they have will be your God, and you shall be my
done evil: and their sleep is taken away people: and walk ye in all the way that
unless they have made some to fall.
I have commanded you, that it may be
They eat the bread of wickedness, well with you.
and drink the wine of iniquity. . . .
But they hearkened not, nor inclined
The way of the wicked is darksome: their ear: but walked in their own will,
they know not where they fall.—Prov. and in the perversity of their wicked
iv. 16, 17, 19.
heart: and went backward and not for­
The work of the just is unto life: ward.—J er. vii. 23, 24.
but the fruit of the wicked, unto sin.
Thou art weighed in the balance, and
—Prov. x. 16.
art found wanting.—Dan. v. 27.
The lamp of the wicked is sin.—
For many walk, of whom I have told
Prov. xxi. 4.
you often (and now tell you weeping),
But by the envy of the devil, death that they are enemies of the cross of
came into the world :
Christ;
And they follow him that are of his
Whose end is destruction ; whose God
side.—Wts. ii. 24, 25.
is their belly; and whose glory is in
But the worship of God is an abomi­ their shame; who mind earthly things.
nation to a sinner.—Ecclus. i. 32.
—Philipp, iii. 18, 19.
For the wicked life of a wicked fool
These are spots in their banquets,
is worse than death.—Ecclus. xxii. 12. feasting together without fear, feeding
Woe to you that draw iniquity with themselves, clouds without water, which
cords of vanity, and sin as the rope of are carried about by winds, trees of the
a cart.—Is. v. 18.
autumn, unfruitful, twice dead, plucked
Their feet run to evil, and make up by the roots,
haste to shed innocent blood: their
Raging waves of the sea,foaming out
thoughts are unprofitable thoughts: their own confusion; wandering stars,
wasting and destruction are in their to whom the storm of darkness is re­
served for ever.—Jude i. 12, 13.
ways.
They have not known the way of
peace, and there is no judgment in their
WICKED, BLINDNESS AND
steps: their paths are become crooked
FOLLY OF THE
to them, every one that treadeth in
See: Sinner, blindness of the—
them, knoweth no peace.—Is. lix. 7, 8.
Therefore is judgment far from us, page 535.
and justice shall not overtake us. We
looked for light, and behold darkness: WICKED, PUNISHMENT OF THE
brightness, and we have walked in the
See also: Sin, the punishment of—
dark.
page 529.
We have groped for the wall, and
But if you will not yet for all this
like the blind we have groped as if
we had no eyes: we have stumbled at obey me: I will chastise you seven times
noon day as in darkness, we are ’r dark more for your sins.
And I will break the pride of your
places as dead men. . . .
For our iniquities are multiplied be­ stubbornness, and I will make to you
fore thee, and our sins have testified the heaven above as iron, and the earth
against us: for our wicked doings arc as brass.—Lev. xxvi. 18, 19.
with us, and we have known our in­
The riches which he hath swallowed
he shall vomit up, and God shall draw
iquities. . . .
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And yet his belly was not filled : and
And if you be born, you shall be born
when he hath the things he coveted, he in malediction : and if you die, in
shall not be able to possess them. . . . malediction shall be your portion.—
This is the portion of a wicked man Ecclus. xii. 11, 12.
from God, and the inheritance of his
Their silver shall be cast forth, and
doings from the Lord.—Job xx. 15, their gold shall become a dunghill.
20, 29.
Their silver and their gold shall not be
This is the portion of a wicked man able to deliver them in the day of the
with God, and the inheritance of the wrath of the Lord. They shall not sat­
violent which they shall receive of the isfy their soul, and their bellies shall
Almighty. . . .
not be filled : because it hath been the
If he shall heap together silver as stumbling-block of their iniquity.—
earth, and prepare raiment as clay,
Ezech. vii. 19.
He shall prepare indeed, but the just
Therefore thus saith the Lord God:
man shall be clothed with it: and the Because thou hast forgotten me, and
innocent shall divide the silver. . . .
hast cast me off behind thy back, bear
A burning wind shall take him up, thou also thy wickedness, and thy for­
and carry him away, and as a whirlwind nications.—Ezech. xxiii. 35.
shall snatch him from his place.
And I will execute great vengeance
And he shall cast upon him, and shall upon them, rebuking them in fury: and
not spare: out of his hand he would they shall know that I am the Lord,
willingly flee.—Job xxvii. 13, 16, 17, when I shall lay my vengeance upon
them.—Ezech. xxv. 17.
21, 22.
Then shall they begin to say to the
From the wicked their light shall be
taken away, and the high arm shall be mountains: Fall upon us; and to the
hills: Cover us.
broken.—Job xxxviii. 15.
For if in the green wood they do
But the countenance of the Lord is
against them that do evil things: to these things, what shall be done in the
cut off the remembrance of them from dry?—Luke xxiii. 30, 31.
But to them that are contentious, and
the earth. . . .
The death of the wicked is very evil. who obey not the truth, but give credit
to iniquity, wrath and indignation.
—Ps. xxxiii. 17, 22.
Tribulation and anguish upon every
God shall hear, and the Eternal shall
soul of man that worketh evil, of the
humble them.
For there is no change with them, Jew first, and also of the Greek.—Rom.
and they have not feared God : he hath ii. 8, 9.
It is a fearful thing to fall into
stretched forth his hand to repay.
They have defiled his covenant, they the hands of the living God.—Peb,
are divided by the wrath of his counte­ x. 3!.
And if the just man shall scarcely be
nance, and his heart hath drawn near.
—Ps. liv. 20-22.
saved, where shall the ungodly and the
I said to the wicked: Do not act sinner appear?—1 Peter iv. 18.
wickedly: and to the sinners: Lift not
And the kings of the earth, and the
up the horn. . . .
princes, and tribunes, and the rich,
For in the hand of the Lord there is and the strong, and every bondman,
a cup of strong wine full of mixture. and every freeman, hid themselves
And he hath poured it out from this in the dens and in the rocks of moun­
,
to that: but the dregs thereof are not tains:
emptied : all the sinners of the earth
And they say to the mountains and
shall drink.—Ps. Ixxiv. 5, 9.
the rocks: Fall upon us, and hide us
God will repay vengeance to the un­ from the face of him that sitteth upon
godly, and to sinners, and keep them the throne, and from the wrath of the
against the day of vengeance.—Ecclus. Lamb :
xii. 4.
For the great day of their wrath is
Woe to you, ungodly men, who have come, and who shall be able to stand?
forsaken the law of the most high Lord. —Apoc. vi. 15-17.

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WICKED, PUNISHMENT OF THE come upon him: to the just their desire
shall be given. . . .
ist. In this Life
The expectation of the just is joy;
And my wrath shall be kindled but the hope of the wicked shall perish.
against them in that day: and I will —Prov. x. 24, 28.
The wicked man when he is come
forsake them, and will hide my face
from them, and they shall be devoured : into the depth of sins, contemneth: but
all evils and afflictions shall find them, ignominy and reproach follow him.—
so that they shall say in that day: In Prov. xviii. 3.
A snare shall entangle the wicked
truth it is because God is not with me,
that these evils have found me.—Deul. man when he sinneth: and the just shall
praise and rejoice.—Prov. xxix. 6.
xxxi. 17.
God hath given to a man that is
They that hate thee, shall be clothed
with confusion : and the dwelling of the in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge,
wicked shall not stand.—Job viii. 22. and joy: but to the sinner he hath given
But the eyes of the wicked shall de­ vexation, and superfluous care, to heap
cay, and the way to escape shall fail up and to gather together, and to give
them, and their hope the abomination it to him that hath pleased God: but
this also is vanity, and a fruitless solici­
of the soul.—Job xi. 20.
Before his days be full, he shall per­ tude of the mind.—Eccles, ii. 26.
A wicked heart shall be laden with
ish: and his hands shall wither away.
He shall be blasted as a vine when sorrows, and the sinner will add sin to
its grapes are in the first flower, and as sin.—Ecclus. iii. 29.
What good shall an offering do to an
an olive-tree that casteth its flower.—
idol? for it can neither eat, nor smell:
Job xv. 32, 33.
So is he that is persecuted by the
Shall not the light of the wicked be
extinguished, and the flame of his fire Lord, bearing the reward of his iniq­
uity:
not shine?
He seeth with his eyes, and groaneth,
The light shall be dark in his taber­
nacle, and the lamp that is over him, as an eunuch embracing a virgin, and
sighing.—Ecclus. xxx. 19-21.
shall be put out.
What is there that I ought to do
The step of his strength shall be
straitened, and his own counsel shall more to my vineyard, that I have not
done to it? was it that I looked that it
cast him down headlong.
For he hath thrust his feet into a net. should bring forth grapes, and it hath
brought forth wild grapes?
and walketh in its meshes.
And now I will show you what I will
The sole of his foot shall be held in a
snare, and thirst shall burn against him. do to my vineyard. I will take away
the hedge thereof, and it shall be
—Job xviii. 5-9.
For I am the Lord thy God, who wasted: I will break down the wall
brought thee out of the land of Egypt: thereof, and it shall be trodden down.
And I will make it desolate: it shall
open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
But my people heard not my voice: not be pruned, and it shall not be
digged: but briers and thorns shall come
and Israel hearkened not to me.
So I let them go according to the up: and I will command the clouds to
desires of their heart: they shall walk rain no rain upon it.—Is. v. 4-6.
And if they speak not according to
in their own inventions.—Ps. Ixxx.
this word, they shall not have the morn­
11-13.
His own iniquities catch the wicked, ing light.
And they shall pass by it, they shall
and he is fast bound with the ropes of
fall, and be hungry: and when they
his own sins.
He shall die, because he hath not re­ shall be hungry, they will be angry,
ceived instruction, and in the multitude and curse their kiug. and their God.
of his folly he shall be deceived.—Prov. and look upwards.
And they shall look to the earth, and
v. 22. 23.
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and distress, and a mist following them,
and they cannot fly away from their
distress.—Is. viii. 20-22.
And as he that is hungry dreameth,
and eateth, but when he is awake, his
soul is empty: and as he that is thirsty
dreameth, and drinketh, and after he
is awake, is yet faint with thirst, and
his soul is empty: so shall be the multi­
tude of all the Gentiles, that have
fought against mount Sion.—Is. xxix. 8.
For the iniquity of his covetousness
I was angry, and I struck him: I hid
my face from thee, and was angry:
and he went away wandering in his own
heart.—Is. Ivii. 17.
And when they shall go, I will spread
my net upon them : I will bring them
down as the fowl of the air, I will
strike them as their congregation hath
heard.
Woe to them, for they have departed
from me: they shall be wasted because
they have transgressed against me : and
I redeemed them : and they have spoken
lies against me.—Osee vii. 12. 13.
But these men, as irrational beasts,
naturally tending to the snare and to
destruction, blaspheming those things
which they know not, shall perish in
their corruption,
Receiving the reward of their injus­
tice, counting for a pleasure the de­
lights of a day: stains and spots, sport­
ing themselves to excess, rioting in
their feasts with you.—2 Peter ii. 12,13.

2d. Dread and Disquiet
Neither shalt thou be quiet, even in
those nations, nor shall there be any rest
for the sole of thy foot. For the Lord
will give thee a fearful heart, and lan­
guishing eyes, and a soul consumed
with pensiveness:
And thy life shall be as it were hang­
ing before thee. Thou shalt fear night
and day, neither shalt thou trust thy
life.
Tn the morning thou shalt say: Who
will grant mo evening? and at evening:
Who will grant me morning? for the
fearfulness of thy heart, wherewith
thou shalt be terrified, and for those
things which thou shalt see with thy
eyes.—DeAit. xxviii. 65-67.
The wicked man is proud all his days,

and the number of the years of his
tyranny is uncertain.
The sound of dread is always in his
ears : and when there is peace, he always
suspecteth treason.
He bclieveth not that he may return
from darkness to light, looking round
about for the sword on every side.
When he moveth himself to seek
bread, he knoweth that the day of dark­
ness is ready at his hand.
Tribulation shall terrify him, and
distress shall surround him, as a king
that is prepared for the battle.
For he hath stretched out his hand
against God, and hath strengthened
himself against the Almighty.—Job xv.
20-25.
A gin is hidden for him in the earth,
and his trap upon the path.
Fears shall terrify him on every side,
and shall entangle his feet.—Job xviii.
10, 11.
Sing ye to God, sing a psalm to his
name, make a way for him who ascendeth upon the west : the Lord is his
name.
Rejoice ye before him : but the wicked
shall be troubled at this presence.—Ps.
Ixvii. 5.
The wicked man fleeth, when no
man pursueth: but the just, bold as a
lion, shall be without dread.—Prov.
xxviii. 1.
They shall come with fear at the
thought of their sins, and their iniq­
uities shall stand against them to con­
vict them.—VVif. iv. 20.
But the wicked are like the raging
sea, which cannot rest, and the waves
thereof cast up dirt and mire.
There is no peace to the wicked, saith
the Lord God.—Is. Ivii. 20, 21.
They have not known the way ol
peace, and there is no judgment in
their steps: their paths are become
crooked to them, every one that treadeth in them, knoweth no peace.—Is.
lix. 8.
We looked for peace, and no good
came: for a time of healing, and be­
hold fear.—Jer. viii. 15.
3d. Despair and Remorse
See also: Despair—page 109.
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For he hath stretched out his hand I aversion to them that work iniquity?—
against God, and hath strengthened \Job xxxi. 3.
himself against the Almighty. ...
For he knoweth their works: and
He shall not believe, being vainly j therefore he shall bring night on them,
deceived by error, that he may be and they shall be destroyed.
redeemed with any price.—Job xv. i He hath struck them, as being
25, 31.
wicked, in open sight.
When the wicked man is dead, there
Who as it were on purpose have re­
shall be no hope any more: and the ex- volted from him, and would not underpectation of the solicitous shall perish, stand all his ways.—Job xxxiv. 25-27.
—Prov. xi. 7.
Thou hatest all the workers of iniqFor evil men have no hope of things uity: thou wilt destroy all that speak
to come, and the lamp of the wicked a lie. The bloody and the deceitful
shall be put out.—Prov. xxiv. 20.
man the Lord will abhor.—Ps. v. 7.
For a double affliction came upon
Be not emulous of evil-doers; nor
them, and a groaning for the reinem- envy them that work iniquity,
brance of things past.— IVis. xi. 13.
For they shall shortly wither away as
, _
. . „ , grass, and as the green herbs shall
4th. Destroyed by God
quickly fall.
On the contrary I have seen those
... Cease from anger, and leave
who work iniquity, and sow sorrows, and rage ; have no emulation to do evil,
reap them,
For evil-doers shall be cut off: but
Perishing by the blast of God, and they that wait upon the Lord, they
consumed by the spirit of his wrath.— | shall inherit the land.
Job iv. 8, 9.
I For yet a little while, and the wicked
This I know from the beginning, shall not be: and thou shalt seek his
since man was placed upon the earth, place, and shalt not find it.
That the praise of the wicked is short,
... Because the wicked shall perand the joy of the hypocrite but for a ish. And the enemies of the Lord, presmoment.
ently after they shall be honored and
If his pride mount up even to heaven, exalted, shall come to nothing and vanand his head touch the clouds :
ish like smoke. . . .
In the end he shall be destroyed like
I have seen the wicked highly exalted,
a dunghill, and they that had seen him, and lifted up like the cedars of Libanus,
shall say: Where is he?
And I passed by, and lo. he was not:
As a dream that fleeth away he shall and I sought him, and his place was
not be found, he shall pass as a vision not found.—Ps. xxxvi. 1, 2, 8-10, 20,
of the night :
35, 36.
The eyes that had seen him, shall see
But thou. O Lord, shalt bring them
him no more, neither shall his place down into the pit of destruction,
any more behold him.—Job xx. 4-9.
Bloody and deceitful men shall not
How often shall the lamp of the live out half their days; but I will trust
wicked be put out, and a deluge come in thee, O Lord.—Ps. liv. 24.
upon them, and he shall distribute the
They shall come to nothing, like
sorrows of his wrath ?
water running down ; he hath bent his
They shall be as chaff before the face bow till they be weakened.
of the wind, and as ashes which the
Like wax that melteth they shall be
whirlwind scattereth.
taken away: fire hath fallen on them,
. . . His eyes shall see his own de- and they shall not see the sun.
struction, and he shall drink of the
Before your thorns could know the
wrath of the Almighty. . . .
brier: he swalloweth them up, as alive.
Because the wicked man is reserved in his wrath.—Ps. Ivii. 8-10.
to the day of destruction, and he shall
For behold they that go far from thee
be brought to the day of wrath.—Job shall perish: thou hast destroyed all
xxi. 17, 18, 20, 30.
them that are disloyal to thee.—Ps.
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When the wicked shall spring up as
grass: and all the workers of iniquity
shall appear:
That they may perish for ever and
ever. . . .
For behold thy enemies, O Lord, for
behold thy enemies shall perish: and
all the workers of iniquity shall be scat­
tered.—Ps. xci. 8, 10.
And he will render them their iniq­
uity: and in their malice he will de­
stroy them: the Lord our God will de­
stroy them.—Ps. xciii. 23.
But the wicked shall be destroyed
from the earth: and they that do un­
justly shall be taken away from it.—
Prov. ii. 22.
All things that are of the earth, shall
return into the earth: so the ungodly
shall from malediction to destruction.
—Ecclus. xii. 13.
And they sought out all iniquities,
till vengeance came upon them, and
put an end to all their sins.—Ecclus.
xlvii. 31.
And he shall destroy the wicked, and
the sinners together: and they that
have forsaken the Lord, shall be con­
sumed.—Is. i. 28.
For he that did prevail hath failed,
the scorner is consumed, and they are
all cut off that watched for iniquity.—
Is. xxix. 20.
To what shall I compare thee? or to
what shall I liken thee, O daughter of
Jerusalem? to what shall I equal thee,
that I may comfort thee, 0 virgin
daughter of Sion? for great as the sea
is thy destruction: who shall heal thee?
—Lam. ii. 13.
I will bring thee to nothing, and thou
shalt not be, and if thou be sought for,
thou shalt not be found any more for
ever, saith the Lord God.—Ezech.
xxvi. 21.
5th. Eternal Punishment
The enemies of the Lord have lied to
him: and their time shall be for ever.
—Ps. Ixxx. 16.
And they shall fall after this with­
out honor, and be a reproach among the
dead for ever: for he shall burst them
puffed up and speechless, and shall
shake them from the foundations, and
they shall be utterly laid waste: they

shall be in sorrow, and their memory
shall perish.—Wis. iv. 19.
And your strength shall be os the
ashes of tow, and your work as a spark:
and both shall burn together, and there
shall be none to quench it.—Is. i. 31,
And they shall go out, and see the
carcasses of the men that have trans­
gressed against me: their worm shall
not die, and their fire shall not be
quenched: and they shall be a loath­
some sight to all flesh—Is. bevi. 24.
And these shall go into everlasting
punishment : but the just, into life ever­
lasting.—Matt. xxv. 46.
Whose fan is in his hand, and be will
purge his floor, and will gather the
wheat into his barn ; but the chaff he
will burn with unquenchable fire,—
Luke iii. 17.
Raging waves of the sea, foaming out
their own confusion; wandering stars,
to whom the storm of darkness is re­
served for ever.—Jude i. 13.
And the smoke of their torments
shall ascend up for ever and ever:
neither have they rest day nor night,
who have adored the beast, and his
image, and whoever receiveth the char­
acter of his name.—Apoc. xiv. 11.

6th. Exclusion from Heaven
Therefore the wicked shall not rise
again in judgment: nor sinners in the
council of the just.—Ps. i. 5.
Neither shall the wicked dwell near
thee: nor shall the unjust abide before
thy eyes.—Ps. v. 6.
There the workers of iniquity are
fallen, they are cast out, and could not
stand.—Ps. xxxv. 13.
Let them be blotted out of the book
of the living; and with the just let
them not be written.—Ps. Ixviii, 29.
For while the wicked thought to be
able to have dominion over the holy na­
tion, they themselves being fettered
with the bonds of darkness, and a long
night, shut up in their houses, lay
there exiled from the eternal provi­
dence.—Wis. xvii. 2.
Let us have pity on the wicked, but
he will not learn justice: in the land
of the saints he hath done wicked
things, and he shall not see the glory
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All darkness is hid in his secret
And I will pick out from among you
the transgressors, and the wicked, and places: a fire that is not kindled shall
will bring them out of the land where devour him, he shall be afflicted when
they sojourn, and they shall not enter left in his tabernacle.
The heavens shall reveal his iniquity;
into the land of Israel: and you shall
know that I am the Lord.—Ezech. and the earth shall rise up against
xx. 38.
him. . . .
This is the portion of a wicked man
And then will I profess unto them, I
never knew you: depart from me, you from God, and the inheritance of his
doings from the Lord.—Job xx. 11, 18,
that work iniquity.—Matt. vii. 23.
Now the works of the flesh are mani­ 22, 26, 27, 29.
He shall rain snares upon sinners:
fest, which are fornication, unclean­
ness, immodesty, luxury,
fire and brimstone and storms of winds
Idolatry, witchcrafts, enmities, con­ shall be the portion of their cup.—Ps.
tentions, emulations, wraths, quarrels, x. 7.
Let thy hand be found by all thy ene­
dissensions, sects,
Envies, murders, drunkenness, revel- mies: let thy right hand find out all
lings, and such like. Of the which I them that hate thee.
Thou shalt make them as an oven of
foretell you, as I have foretold to you,
that they who do such things shall not fire, in the time of thy anger: the Lord
obtain the kingdom of God.—Gal. v. shall trouble them in his wrath, and
19-21.
fire shall devour them.—Ps. xx. 9, 10.
Many are the scourges of the sinner,
There shall not enter into it any
thing defiled, or that worketh abomina­ but mercy shall encompass him that
tion or maketh a lie, but they that are hopeth in the Lord.—Ps. xxxi. 10.
The wicked shall see, and shall be
written in the book of life of the Lamb.
angry, he shall gnash with his teeth
—Apoc. xxi. 27.
Blessed are they that wash their and pine away: the desire of the wicked
robes in the blood of the Lamb: that shall perish.—Ps. cxi. 10.
Burning coals shall fall upon them;
they may have a right to the tree of
life, and may enter in by the gates into thou wilt cast them down into the fire:
in miseries they shall not be able to
the city.
Without are dogs, and sorcerers, and stand.—Ps. cxxxix. 11.
But the wicked shall be punished
unchaste, and murderers, and servers of
idols, and every one that loveth and according to their own devices: who
have neglected the just, and have re­
maketh a lie.—Apoc. xxii. 14, 15.
volted from the Lord.—Wts. iii. 10.
7th. The Sufferings of Hell
For when they (the chosen people)
But transgressors shall all of them were tried, and chastised with mercy,
be plucked up as thorns: which are they knew how the wicked were judged
with wrath and tormented.
not taken away with hands.
For thou didst admonish and try
And if a man will touch them, he
must be armed with iron and with the them as a father: but the others, as a
staff of a lance: but they shall be set severe king, thou didst examine and
on fire and burnt to nothing.—2 Kings condemn. . . .
That they might know that by what
xxiii. fi, 7.
His bones shall be filled with the things a man sinneth, by the same also
vices of his youth, and they shall sleep he is tormented.—W xi. 10, 11, 17.
For the whole world was enlightened
with him in the dust. . . .
He shall be punished for all that he with a clear light, and none were hin­
did, and yet shall not be consumed: ac­ dered in their labors.
But over them only was spread a
cording to the multitude of his devices
heavy night, an image of that darkness
so also shall he suffer. . . .
When he shall be filled, he shall be which was to come upon them. But
straitened, he shall burn, and every they were to themselves more grievous
than the darkness.—IFis. xvii. 19, 20.
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Humble thy spirit very much : for the I whom the mist of darkness is reserved,
vengeance on the flesh of the ungodly)—2 Peter ii. 17.
is fire and worms.—Ecclus. vii. 19.
And the third angel followed them,
The congregation of sinners is like saying with a loud voice: If any man
tew heaped together, and the end of shall adore the beast and his image, and
them is a flame of fire.
receive his character in his forehead,
The way of sinners is made plain lor in his hand;
with stones, and in their end is hell,
He also shall drink of the wine of the
and darkness, and pains.—Ecclus. xxi. wrath of God, which is mingled with
10, 11.
pure wine in the cup of his wrath, and
Therefore hath hell enlarged her shall be tormented with fire and brim­
soul, and opened her mouth without stone in the sight of the holy angels,
any bounds, and their strong ones, and and in the sight of the Lamb.
their people, and their high and glorious
And the smoke of their torments
ones shall go down into it.—Is. v. 14. shall ascend up for ever and ever:
For behold the day shall come kin­ neither have they rest day nor night.—
dled as a furnace: and all the proud, Apoc. xiv. 9-11.
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and
and all that do wickedly shall be stub­
ble : and the day that cometh shall set the abominable, and murderers, and
them on fire, saith the Lord of hosts, whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idol­
it shall not leave them root, nor branch. aters, and all liars, they shall have their
—Malach. iv. 1.
portion in the pool burning with fire
Suffer both to grow until the harvest, and brimstone, which is the second
and in the time of the harvest I will say death.—Apoc. xxi. 8.
to the reapers : Gather up first the
cockle, and bind it into bundles to burn, WICKED, CERTAINTY OF THE
but the wheat gather ye into my
PUNISHMENT OF THE
barn. ...
But thou shalt consider with thy eyes:
So shall it be at the end of the world.
The angels shall go out, and shall sepa­ and shalt see the reward of the wicked.
rate the wicked from among the —Ps. xc. 8.
just.
I If the just man receive in the earth,
And shall cast them into the furnace how much more the wickeó and the
of fire: there shall be weeping and sinner.—Prov. xi. 31.
Be not hasty to depart frou his face,
gnashing of teeth.—Matt. xiii. 30,
and do not continue in an evil work:
49, 50.
And the unprofitable servant cast ye for he will do all that please.h him:
out into the exterior darkness. There
And his word is full of power:
shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. neither can any man say to him: Why
—Matt. xxv. 30.
dost thou so?—Eccles, viii. 3, 4.
It is not in man’s power to stop the
Then shall he say to them also that
shall be on his left hand : Depart from spirit, neither hath he power in the day
me. you cursed, into everlasting fire of death, neither is he suffered to rest
which was prepared for the devil and when war is at hand, neither shall wick­
his angels.—Matt. xxv. 41.
edness save the wicked.—Eccles, viii. 8.
For if God spared not the angels that
But for two things they shall be
sinned, but delivered them, drawn down justly punished, because they have
by infernal ropes to the lower hell, unto thought not well of God, giving heed to
torments, to be reserved unto judg-1 idols, and have sworn unjustly, in guile
ment. . . .
despising justice.
The Lord knoweth how to deliver the
For it is not the power of them, by
godly from temptation, but to reserve whom they swear, but the just ven­
the unjust unto the day of judgment to geance of sinners always punisheth the
be tormented.—2 Peter ii. 4, 9.
transgression of the unjust.—Wit. xiv.
These are fountains without water, 30, 31.
and clouds tossed with whirlwinds, to
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one that falleth on the pavement: eo who hath showed you to flee from the
the fall of the wicked shall come speed­ wrath to come?—Luke iii. 7.
ily.— Ecclus. xx. 20.
Woe to the wicked unto evil: for the WICKED, A PRAYER THAT GOD
reward of his hands shall be given him.
MAY PUNISH THE
—Is. iii. 11.
May his belly be filled, that God may
1 have spread forth my hands all the send forth the wrath of his indignation
day to an unbelieving people, who walk upon him, and rain down his war upon
in a way that is not good after their him.—Job xx. 23.
own thoughts.
For there is no truth in their
A people that continually provoke me mouth : their heart is vain.
to anger before my face. . . .
Their throat is an open sepulchre:
Behold it is written before me: I will they dealt deceitfully with their
not be silent, but I will render and re­ tongues: judge them, 0 God.
pay into their bosom.—Is. Ixv. 2, 3, 6.
Let them fall from their devices: ac­
For among my people are found cording to the multitude of their wick­
wicked men. that lie in wait as fowlers, ednesses cast them out: for they have
setting snares and traps to catch provoked thee, O Lord.—Ps. v. 10, 11.
men.
Let thy hand be found by all thy
As a net is full of birds, so their enemies: let thy right hand find out all
houses are full of deceit: therefore are them that hate thee.—Ps. xx. 9.
they become great and enriched.
Let God arise, and let his enemies be
They are grown gross and fat: and scattered: and let them that hate him
have most wickedly transgressed my flee from before his face.
words. They have not judged the cause
As smoke vanisheth, so let them van­
of the widow, they have not managed ish away: as wax melteth before the fire,
the cause of the fatherless, and they so let the wicked perish at the presence
have not judged the judgment of the of God.—Ps. Ixvii. 2, 3.
poor.
Let them be blotted out of the book
Shall I not visit for these things, of the living; and with the just let
saith the Lord? or shall not my soul them not be written.—Ps. Ixviii. 29.
take revenge on such a nation?—J er.
Lord, let thy hand be exalted, and let
v. 26-29.
them not see : let the envious people see,
Behold the whirlwind of the Lord’s and be confounded : and let fire devour
indignation shall come forth, and a thy enemies.—Is. xxvi. 11.
tempest shall break out and come upon
the head of the wicked.
WICKED, GOD TAKES HIS TIME
The wrath of the Lord shall not re­
IN PUNISHING THE
turn till he execute it, and till he ac­
See: Time—page 557.
complish the thought of his heart: in
the latter days you shall understand his WICKED, THE TEMPORAL PROS­
counsel.—J er. xxiii. 19, 20.
PERITY OF THE
For acting wickedly against the laws
This I know from the beginning,
of God doth not pass unpunished: but
this the time following will declare.— since man was placed upon the earth,
That the praise of the wicked is
2 Mach. iv. 17.
But do not think that thou shalt es­ short, and the joy of the hypocrite but
cape unpunished, for that thou hast for a moment.—Job xx. 4, 5.
Why then do the wicked live, are
attempted to fight against God.
they advanced, and strengthened with
2 Mach. vii. 19.
You serpents, generation of vipers, riches? . . .
Their houses are secure and peace­
how will you flee from the judgment of
able, and the rod of God is not upon
hell?—Matt, xxiii. 33.
He (the Baptist) said therefore to them. . .
They spend their days in wealth, and
the multitudes that went forth to be
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Who have said to God : Depart from I Until I go into the sanctuary of God,
us, we desire not the knowledge of thy and understand concerning their last
ways.
ends.
Who is the Almighty, that we should
But indeed for deceits thou hast put
serve him ? and what doth it profit us if it to them : when they were lifted up,
we pray to him?—Job xxi. 7, 9, 13-15. thou hast cast them down.
Envy not the man who prospereth in
How are they brought to desolationi
his way; the man who doth unjust they have suddenly ceased to be: they
things. . . .
have perished by reason of their in­
For yet a little while, and the wicked iquity.
shall not be: and thou shalt seek his
As the drcam of them that awake, 0
place, and shalt not find it.—Ps. xxxvi., Lord; so in thy city thou shalt bring
7, 10.
their image to nothing.—Ps. Ixxii.
Better is a little to the just, than the 2, 3, 5, 6, 12, 13, 16-20.
great riches of the wicked. ...
... Deliver me,
Because the wicked shall perish.
And rescue me out of the hand of
And the enemies of the Lord, pres­ strange children; whose mouth hath
ently after they shall be honored and spoken vanity: and their right hand is
exalted, shall come to nothing and van­ the right hand of iniquity:
ish like smoke.—Ps. xxxvi. 16, 20.
Whose sons are as new plants in
I have seen the wicked highly exalted, their youth:
and lifted up like the cedars of Libanus.
Their daughters decked out, adorned
And I passed by, and io, he was not : round about after the similitude of a
and I sought him, and his place was | temple :
not found.—Ps. xxxvi. 35, 36.
Their storehouses full, flowing out of
Be not thou afraid, when a man shall
be made rich, and when the glory of this into that.
Their sheep fruitful in young,
his house shall be increased.
For when he shall die he shall take (abounding in their goings forth: their
nothing away; nor shall his glory de­ oxen fat.
There is no breach of wall, nor pas­
scend with him.
For in his lifetime his soul will be sage, nor crying out in their streets.
They have called the people happy,
blessed: and he will praise thee when
that hath these things: but happy is
thou shalt do well to him.
He shall go in to the generations of that people whose God is the Lord —
his fathers : and he shall never see light. Ps. exliii. 11-15.
These things also I saw in the days
—Ps. xlviii. 17-20.
But my feet were almost moved; my of my vanity: A just man perisheth in
his justice, and a wicked man liveth a
steps had well nigh slipped.
Because I had a zeal on occasion of long time in his wickedness.
Be not over just: and be not more
the wicked, seeing the prosperity of
wise than is necessary, lest thou besinners. ...
They are not in the labor of men : ' come stupid.—Eccles, vii. 16, 17.
There is also another vanity, which
neither shall they be scourged like other
is done upon the earth. There are just
men.
Therefore pride hath held them fast: men to whom evils happen, as though
they are covered with their iniquity they had done the works of the wicked:
and their wickedness. ...
and there are wicked men, who are as
Behold these are sinners ; and yet secure, as though they had the deeds
abounding in the world they have ob­ of the just: but this also I judge most
tained riches.
vain.—Eccles, viii. 14.
And I said: Then have I in vain jus­
For the hope of the wicked is as dust,
tified my heart, and washed my hands | which is blown away with the wind, and
among the innocent. . . .
as a thin froth which is dispersed by
I studied that I might know this the storm : and a smoke that is scattered
thing, it is a labor in my sight:
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brance of a guest of one day that pass­
etti by.— Wts. v. 15.
Envy not the glory and riches of a
sinner: for thou knowest not what his
ruin shall be.—Ecclus. ix. 16.
There is success in evil things to a
man without discipline, and there is
a finding that turneth to loss.—Ecclus.
xx. 9.
Thou indeed, O Lord, art just, if I
plead with thee, but yet I will speak
what is just to thee: Why doth the way
of the wicked prosper: why is it well
with all them that transgress, and do
wickedly ?
Thou hast planted them, and they
have taken root : they prosper and bring
forth fruit: thou art near in their
mouth, and far from their reins.—Jer.
xii. 1, 2.
Why hast thou shown me iniquity
and grievance, to see rapine and injus­
tice before me? and there is a judg­
ment, but opposition is more power­
ful. . . .
Thy eyes are too pure to behold evil,
and thou canst not look on iniquity.
Why lookest thou upon them that do
unjust things, and boldest thy peace
when the wicked devoureth the man
that is more just than himself?—Hab.
i. 3, 13.
Your words have been unsufferable
to me, saith the Lord.
And you have said: What have we
spoken against thee? You have said:
He laboreth in vain that serveth God,
and what profit is it that we have kept
his ordinances, and that we have
walked sorrowful before the Lord of
hosts?
Wherefore now we call the proud
people happy, for they that work wick­
edness are built up, and they have
tempted God and are preserved. . . .
And you shall return, and shall see
the difference between the just and the
wicked: and between him that serveth
God. and him that serveth him not.—
Malach. iii. 13-15, 18.
And Abraham said to him (Dives) :
Son, remember that thou didst receive
good things in thy lifetime, and like­
wise Lazarus evil things, but now he is
comforted; and thou art tormented.—
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LOW THE EXAMPLE OF THE
See : Example of the wicked—
page 131.
WICKED, WE MUST NOT AP­
PROVE OF OR UPHOLD THE
He that justifieth the wicked, and he
that condemneth the just, both are
abominable before God.—Prov. xvii. 15.
It is not good to accept the person
of the wicked, to decline from the truth
of judgment.—Prov. xviii. 5.
They that say to the wicked man:
Thou art just: shall be cursed by the
people, and the tribes shall abhor them.
—Prov. xxiv. 24.
They that forsake the law, praise the
wicked man : they that keep it, are
incensed against him.—Prov. xxviii. 4.
Be not pleased with the wrong done
by the unjust, knowing that even to hell
the wicked shall not please.—Ecclus.
ix. 17.

and do not magnify a sinful man that
is rich.—Ecclus. x. 26.
Give to the merciful, and uphold not
the sinner: God will repay vengeance
to the ungodly and to sinners, and
keep them against the day of vengeance.
Give to the good, and receive not a
sinner.
Do good to the humble, and give
not to the ungodly: hold back thy
bread, and give it not to him, lest there­
by he overmaster thee.
For thou shalt receive twice as much
evil for all the good thou shalt have
done to him: for the Highest also hateth sinners, and will repay vengeance
to the ungodly.—Ecclus. xii. 4-7.
Woe to you that are mighty to drink
wine, and stout men at drunkenness.
That justify the wicked for gifts, and
take away the justice of the just from
him.—Is. v. 22, 23.
WICKED, WE SHOULD REBUKE
THE
See also : Admonition, giving—
page 17.

They that say to the wicked man:
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people, and the tribes shall abhor
them.
They that rebuke him, shall be
praised: and a blessing shall come upon
them.—Prov. xxiv. 24, 25.
Them that sin reprove before all :
that the rest also may have fear.—
1 Tim. v. 20.

craftiness, and disappointeth the coun­
sel of the wicked.—Job v. 8, 12,13.
Why have the Gentiles raged, and
the people devised vain things?
The kings of the earth stood up, and
the princes met together, against the
Lord, and against his Christ.
Let us break their bonds asunder:
and let us cast away their yoke from
us.
WICKED, VAIN IS THE HOPE
He that dwelleth in heaven shall
OF THE
laugh at them : and the Lord shall de­
But the eyes of the wicked shall de­ ride them.
cay, and the way to escape shall fail
Then shall he speak to them in his
them, and their hope the abomination anger, and trouble them in his rage.—
Ps. ii. 1-5.
Yea when thou shalt say: He conThe wickedness of sinners shall be
sidereth not: be judged before him, and brought to nought: and thou shalt di­
expect him.
rect the just: the searcher of hearts and
For he doth not now bring on his reins is God.—Ps. vii. 10.
fury, neither doth he revenge wicked­
For they have intended evils against
ness exceedingly.—Job xxxv. 14, 15.
thee : they have devised counsels which
The expectation of the just is joy; they have not been able to establish —
but the hope of the wicked shall perish. Ps. XX. 12.
—Prov. x. 28.
The Lord bringeth to nought the
When the wicked man is dead, there counsels of nations; and he rejecteth
shall be no hope any more: and the the devices of people, and casteth away
expectation of the solicitous shall per­ the counsels of princes.
ish.—Prov. xi. 7.
But the counsel of the Lord standFor the hope of the wicked is as eth for ever : the thoughts of his heart
dust, which is blown away with the to all generations.—Ps. xxxii. 10, 11.
wind, and as a thin froth which is dis­
The wicked shall see, and shall be
persed by the storm: and a smoke that angry, he shall gnash with his teeth
is scattered abroad by the wind: and and pine away: the desire of the wicked
as the remembrance of a guest of one shall perish.—Ps. cxi. 10.
day that passeth by.—Wis. v. 15.
For the Lord will not leave the rod of
For his heart is ashes, and his hope sinners upon the lot of the just: that
vain earth, and his life more base than the just may not stretch forth their
clay.—Wis. xv. 10.
hands to iniquity.—Ps. exxiv. 3.
Woe to him that gathereth together
The Lord will not afflict the soul of
an evil covetousness to his house, that the just with famine, and he will dis­
his nest may be on high, and thinketh appoint the deceitful practices of the
he may be delivered out of the hand wicked.—Prov. x. 3.
of evil.—Hab. ii. 9.
Men shall not be strengthened by
wickedness: and the root of the just
WICKED BROUGHT TO NOUGHT shall not be moved.—Prov. xii. 3.
BY GOD, THE DESIGNS
WICKED TURN AGAINST THEM,
OF THE
THE SINS OF THE
Wherefore I will pray to the Lord,
and address my speech to God : . . .
See: Sins of the wicked—page 532.
Who bringeth to nought the designs
of the malignant, so that their hands WICKED, THE FRUITLESS RE­
cannot accomplish what they had bePENTANCE OF THE
gun :
Who catcheth the wise in their
See: Remorse—page 472.

WICKED
WICKED NOT ACCEPTABLE TO
GOD, THE OFFERINGS
OF THE
The sacrifices of the wicked are
abominable to the Lord: the vowa
of the just are acceptable.—Prov.
xv. 8.
The victims of the wicked are
abominable, because they are offered of
wickedness.—Prov. xxi. 27.
The offering of him that sacrificeth
of a thing wrongfully gotten, is stained,
and the mockeries of the unjust are not
acceptable.
The Lord is only for them that wait
upon him in the way of truth and jus­
tice.
The most High approveth not
the gifts of the wicked: neither
hath he respect to the oblations of
the unjust, nor will he be pacified
for sins by the multitude of their
sacrifices.
He that offereth sacrifice of the
goods of the poor, is as one that sacri­
ficeth the son in the presence of his
father.—Ecclus. xxxiv. 21-24.
Woe to the sinful nation, a people
laden with iniquity, a wicked seed, un­
gracious children : they have forsaken
the Lord, they have blasphemed the
Holy One of Israel, they are gone away
backwards. . . .
To what purpose do you offer me
the multitude of your victims, saith
the Lord ? I am full, I desire not holo­
causts of rams, and fat of failings,
and blood of calves, and lambs, and
buck goats.
When you came to appear before me,
who required these things at your
hands, that you should walk in my
courts?
Offer sacrifice no more in vain: in­
cense is an abomination to me. The
new moons, and the sabbaths, and other
festivals I will not abide, your assem­
blies are wicked.
My soul hateth your new moons, and
your solemnities: they are become
troublesome to me, I am weary of bear­
ing them.—Is. i. 4, 11-14.
Hear, O earth: Behold I will bring
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not heard my words, and they have cast
away my law.
To what purpose do you bring me
frankincense from Saba, and the sweet­
smelling cane from a far country?
your holocausts are not acceptable, nor
are your sacrifices pleasing to me.—J er.
vi. 19, 20.
What is the meaning that my beloved
hath wrought much wickedness in my
house? shall the holy flesh take away
from thee thy crimes, in which thou
hast boasted?—Jer. xi. 15.
Thus saith the Lord to his people,
that have loved to move their feet, and
have not rested, and have not pleased
the Lord : He will now remember
their iniquities, and visit their
sins.
. . . When they fast I will not hear
their prayers: and if they offer holo­
causts and victims, I will not receive
them: for I will consume them by the
sword, and by famine, and by the pesti­
lence.—Jer. xiv. 10, 12.
I hate, and have rejected your festivi­
ties: and I will not receive the odor of
your assemblies.
And if you offer me holocausts, and
your gifts, I will not receive them:
neither will I regard the vows of your
fat beasts.—Amos v. 21, 22.
And Aggeus said: If one that is un­
clean by occasion of a soul touch any
of all these things, shall it be defiled?
And the priests answered, and said: It
shall be defiled.
And Aggeus answered, and said: So
is this people, and so is this nation be­
fore my face, saith the Lord, and so is
all the work of their hands: and all
that they have offered there, shall be
defiled.—Aggeus ii. 14, 15.
Who is there among you, that will
shut the doors, and will kindle the fire
on my altar gratis ? I have no pleasure
in you, saith the Lord of hosts: and
I will not receive a gift of your
hand. . . .
And you have said: Behold of our
labor, and you puffed it away, saith the
Lord of hosts, and you brought in of
rapine the lame, and the sick, and
brought in an offering: shall I accept it
at your hands, saith the Lord?—
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WICKED NOT ACCEPTABLE TO
Then shall they cry to the Lord, and
GOD, THE PRAYERS OF THE
he will not hear them: and he will hide
his face from them at that time, as
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, they have behaved wickedly in their de­
if through covetousness he take by vices.—Mich. iii. 4.
violence, and God deliver not his soul?
Now we know that God doth not hear
Will God hear his cry, when distress sinners: but if a man be a serverei
shall come upon him?
God, and doth his will, him he heareth
Or can he delight himself in the Al­ —John ix. 31.
mighty, and call upon God at all times?
—Job xxvii. 8-10.
WICKED
DESPISE
THE
JUST,
If I have looked at iniquity in my
THE
heart, the Lord will not hear me.—Ps.
Ixv. 18.
See: Just, despised by the wicked—
The Lord is far from the wicked: page 265.
and he will hear the prayers of the just.
—Prov. xv. 29.
WICKEDNESS OF THE WORLD
He that turneth away his ears from
BEFORE THE REDEMPTION,
hearing the law, his prayer shall be an
THE
abomination.—Prov. xxviii. 9.
See: Corruption of the world—
And when you stretch forth your
hands, I will turn away my eyes from page 82.
you: and when you multiply prayer, I
will not hear: for your hands are full WIDOWS, GOD THE PROTECTOR
AND AVENGER OF
of blood.—Is. i. 15.
They are returned to the former
You shall not hurt a widow or an
iniquities of their fathers, who refused orphan.
to hear my words: so these likewise
If you hurt them, they will cry out to
have gone after strange gods, to serve me, and I will hear their cry:
them : the house of Israel, and the
And my rage shall be enkindled, and
house of Juda have made void my I will strike you with the sword, and
covenant, which I made with their your wives shall be widows, and your
fathers.
children fatherless.—Ex. xxii. 22-24.
Wherefore thus saith the Lord : Be­
He (God) doth judgment to the
hold I will bring in evils upon them, fatherless and the widow, loveth the
which they shall not be able to escape : stranger, and giveth him food and rai­
and they shall cry to me, and I will not ment.—Deut. x. 18.
hearken to them.—Jer. xi. 10, 11.
Rejoice ye before him: but the
For according to the number of thy wicked shall be troubled at his presence,
cities were thy gods, 0 Juda: and ac­ who is the father of orphans, and the
cording to the number of the streets of judge of widows.
Jerusalem thou hast set up altars of
God in his holy place.—Ps. lxvii.5,6.
confusion, altars to offer sacrifice to
For the Lord hath chosen Sion: he
Baalim.
hath chosen it for his dwelling.
Therefore do not thou pray for this
This is my rest for ever and ever:
people, and do not take up praise and here will I dwell, for I have chosen it.
prayer for them: for I will not hear
Blessing I will bless her widow: I
them in the time of their cry to me, will satisfy her poor with bread.—Ps.
in the time of their affliction.—Jer. xi. cxxxi. 13-15.
13, 14.
The Lord keepeth the strangers, he
When they fast, I will not hear their will support the fatherless and the
prayers: and if they offer holocausts widow : and the ways of sinners he will
and victims, I will not receive them : destroy.—Ps. cxlv. 9.
for I will consume them by the sword,
The Lord will destroy the house of
and by famine, and by the pestilence. the proud : and will strengthen the bor­
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He will not despise the prayers of the
fatherless; nor the widow, when she
poureth out her coinplaint.
Do not the widow’s tears run down
the cheek, and her cry against him that
causeth them to fall?
For from the cheek they go up even
to heaven, and the Lord that heareth
will not be delighted with them.—Ec­
clus. XXXV. 17-19.
Leave thy fatherless children : I will
make them live: and thy widows shall
hope in me.—Jer. xlix. 11.
And when he came nigh to the gate
of the city, behold a dead man was
carried out, the only son of his mother;
and she was a widow : and a great mul­
titude of the city was with her.
Whom when the Lord had seen, be­
ing moved with mercy towards her, he
said to her: Weep not.
And he came near, and touched the
bier. And they that carried it, stood
still. And he said: Young man, I
say to thee, arise.
And he that was dead, sat up, and be­
gan to speak. And he gave him to his
mother.—Luke vii. 12-15.
But she that is a widow indeed, and
desolate, let her trust in God, and con­
tinue in supplications and prayers
night and day.—1 Tim. v. 5.
WIDOWS, A WARNING AGAINST
DOING WRONG TO

Thou shalt not pervert the judgment
of the stranger nor of the fatherless,
neither shalt thou take away the wid­
ow’s raiment for a pledge.—Deut.
xxiv. 17.
Cursed be he that perverteth the
judgment of the stranger, of the father­
less and the widow: and all the people
shall say: Amen.—Deut. xxvii. 19.
Thy princes are faithless, compan­
ions of thieves: they all love bribes,
they run after rewards. They judge
not for the fatherless: and the widow’s
cause cometh not in to them.
Therefore saith the Lord the God of
hosts, the mighty one of Israel: Ah!
I will comfort myself over my adver­
saries: and I will be revenged of my
enemies.—Is. i. 23, 24.
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have most wickedly transgressed my
words. They have not judged the cause
of the widow, they have not managed
the cause of the fatherless, and they
have not judged the judgment of the
poor.
Shall I not visit for these things,
saith the Lord? or shall not my soul
take revenge on such a nation?—Jer.
v. 28, 29.
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, saying :
Judge ye true judgment, and show ye
mercy and compassion every man to his
brother.
And oppress not the widow, and the
fatherless, and the stranger, and the
poor.—Zach. vii. 9, 10.
And I will come to you in judgment,
and will be a speedy witness against
sorcerers, and adulterers, and false
swearers, and them that oppress the
hireling in his wages, the widows, and
the fatherless: and oppress the stranger,
and have not feared me, saith the Lord
of hosts.—Malach. iii. 5.
WIDOWS, WE SHOULD BE ESPE­
CIALLY KIND TO

When thou hast reaped the corn in
thy field, and hast forgot and left a
sheaf, thou shalt not return to take it
away: but thou shalt suffer the stranger,
and the fatherless and the widow to
take it away : that the Lord thy God
may bless thee in all the works of thy
hands.
If thou have gathered the fruit of
thy olive trees, thou shalt not return
to gather whatsoever remaineth on the
trees: but shalt leave it for the stranger,
for the fatherless, and the widow.
If thou make the vintage of thy vine­
yard, thou shalt not gather the clusters
that remain, but they shall be for the
stranger, the fatherless, and the widow.
—Deut. xxiv. 19-21.
Learn to do well: seek judgment, re­
lieve the oppressed, judge for the father­
less, defend the widow.
And then come, and accuse me, saith
the Lord: if your sins be as scarlet,
they shall be made as white as snow:
and if they be red as crimson, they shall
be white as wool.—Is. i. 17, 18.
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God and the Father, is this: to visit
A virtuous woman rejoioeth her hus­
the fatherless and widows in their trib­ band, and shall fulfil the years of his
ulation : and to keep one’s self un­ life in peace.
spotted from this world.—James i. 27.
A good wife is a good portion, she
WIFE IS A BLESSING FROM GOD, I shall be given in the portion of them
that fear God, to a man for bis good
A GOOD
deeds. . . .
Blessed are all they that fear the
The grace of a diligent woman shall
Lord: that walk in his ways.
delight her husband, and shall fat his
For thou shalt eat the labors of thy bones.
hands: blessed art thou, and it shall be
Her discipline is the gift of God.
well with thee.
Such is a wise and silent woman, and
Thy w’ife as a fruitful vine, on the there is nothing so much worth as a
sides of thy house.
well instructed soul.
Thy children, as olive plants, round
A holy and shamefaced woman is
about thy table.
grace upon grace.
Behold, thus shall the man be blessed
And no price is worthy of a conti­
that feareth the Lord.—Ps. cxxvii. 1-4. nent soul.
A diligent woman is a crown to her
As the sun when it riseth to the
husband.—Prov. xii. 4.
I world in the high places of God, so is
He that hath found a good wife, hath the beauty of a good wife for the orna­
found a good thing, and shall receive ment of her house.—Ecclus. xxvi. 1-3,
a pleasure from the Lord. He that 16-21.
driveth away a good wife, driveth away
The beauty of a woman cheereth the
a good thing: but he that keepeth an countenance of her husband, and a man
adulteress, is foolish and wicked.— desireth nothing more.
Prov. xviii. 22.
If she have a tongue that can cure,
House and riches are given by par­ and likewise mitigate and show mercy:
ents: but a prudent wife is properly her husband is not like other men.
from the Lord.—Prov. xix. 14.
He that possesse th a good wife, beWho shall find a valiant woman? far ginneth a possession : she is a help like
and from the uttermost coasts is the | to himself, and a pillar of rest.
price of her.
Where there is no hedge, the posses­
The heart of her husband trusteth in sion shall be spoiled: and where there
her, and he shall have no nee<1 of is no wife, he mourneth that is in want
spoils.
—Ecclus. xxxvi. 24-27.
She will render him good, and not
Children, and the building of a city
evil, all the days of her life. . .
shall establish a name, but a blameless
She hath opened her hand to the wife shall be counted above them both.
needy, and stretched out her hands to —Ecclus. xl. 19.
the poor. . . .
WIFE TO A HUSBAND, THE
She hath opened her mouth to wis­
DUTIES OF A
dom, and the law of clemency is on her
tongue.
See: Marriage, duties of—page 302.
She hath looked well to the paths of
WILL OF GOD, DOING THE
her house, and hath not eaten her bread
idle.
See also : Obedience to God—page 344.
Her children rose up, and called her
blessed : her husband, and he praised
For the sake of the words of thy lips,
her.—Prov. xxxi. 10-12, 20, 26-28.
I have kept hard ways.—Ps. xvi. 4.
Depart not from a wise and good
Sacrifice and oblation thou didst not
wife, whom thou hast gotten in the fear desire ; but thou hast pierced ears for
of the Lord: for the grace of her mod­ me.
esty is above gold.—Ecclus. vii. 21.
Burnt offering and sin offering thou
Happy is the husband of a good wife: didst not require: then said I, Behold I
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Tn the head of the book it is written do the will of him that sent me, that
of me that I should do thy will : O my I may perfect his work.—John iv.
God, I have desired it, and thy law in 31-34.
Because I came down from heaven,
the midst of my heart.—Ps. xxxix. 7-9.
Teach me to do thy will, for thou art not to do my own will, but the will of
him that sent me.—John vi. 38.
my God.—Ps. cxlii. 10.
Every one therefore that heareth these
Jesus answered them, and said: My
my words, and doth them, shall be lik­ doctrine is not mine, but his that sent
ened to a wise man that built his house me.
If any man will do the will of him;
upon a rock,
And the rain fell, and the floods he shall know of the doctrine, whether
came, and the winds blew, and they beat it be of God, or whether I speak of my­
upon that house, and it fell not, for it self.—John vii. 16, 17.
And he that sent me, is with me, and
was founded on a rock.—Matt. vii.
he hath not left me alone: for I do al­
24, 25.
As he (Jesus) was yet speaking to ways the things that please him.—John
the multitudes, behold his mother and viii. 29.
And may the God of peace, who
his brethren stood without, seeking to
brought again from the dead the great
speak to him.
And one said unto him: Behold thy pastor of the sheep, our Lord Jesus
mother and thy brethren stand without, Christ, in the blood of the everlasting
testament,
seeking thee.
Fit you in all goodness, that you may
But he answering him that told him,
said: Who is my mother, and who are do his will; doing in you that which is
well pleasing in his sight, through
my brethren?
And stretching forth his hand Jesus Christ, to whom is glory for ever
towards his disciples, he said: Behold and ever. Amen.—Heb. xiii. 20, 21.
my mother and my brethren.
For whosoever shall do the will of WILL OF GOD, REWARD FOR
DOING THE
my Father, that is in heaven, he is my
If thou turn away thy foot from the
brother, and sister, and mother.—Matt.
sabbath, from doing thy own will in my
xii. 46-50.
And seeing him (Jesus), they won­ holy day, and call the sabbath delight­
dered. And his mother said to him: ful, and the holy of the Lord glorious,
Son why hast thou done so to us? be­ and glorify him, while thou dost not
hold thy father and I have sought thee thy own ways, and thy own will is not
found, to speak a word :
sorrowing.
Then shalt thou be delighted in the
And he said to them : How is it that
you sought me? did you not know, that Lord, and I will lift thee up above
I must be about my father’s business? the high places of the earth, and will
feed thee with the inheritance of Jacob
—Luke ii. 48, 49.
And that servant who knew the will thy father. For the mouth of the Lord
of his lord, and prepared not himself, hath spoken it.—Is. Iviii. 13, 14.
Not every one that saith to me. Lord.
and did not according to his will, shall
Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of
be beaten with many stripes.
But he that knew not, and did things heaven : but he that doth the will of my
worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with Father whe is in heaven, he shall enter
into the kingdom of heaven.—Matt.
few stripes.—Luke xii. 47. 48.
Tn the meantime the disciples prayed vii. 21.
Now we know that God doth not hear
him, saying: Rabbi, eat.
But he said to them : I have meat to sinners: but if a man be a server of
God. and doth his will, him he heareth.
eat, which you know not.
The disciples therefore said one to —John ix. 31.
For patience is necessary for you;
another : Hath any man brought him to
that, doing the will of God, you may re­
eat?
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And the world passeth away, and the eth it : What art thou making, and thy
concupiscence thereof : but he that doth work is without hands?
the will of God, abideth for ever.—
Woe to him that saith to his father:
Why begettest thou? and to the woman:
1 John ii. 17.
Why dost thou bring forth?—Is. xiv.
WILL OF GOD, CONFORMITY 9, 10.
And so much the more did they won­
TO THE
der, saying: He hath done all things
And the king (David) said to Sadoc: well; he hath made both the deaf to
Carry back the ark of God into the hear, and the dumb to speak.—.Varicity: if I shall find grace in the sight vii. 37.
Now is my soul troubled. And what
of the Lord, he will bring me again,
and he will show me it, and his taber­ shall I say? Father, save me from this
hour. But for this cause I came unto
nacle.
But if he shall say to me: Thou this hour.—John xii. 27.
Jesus therefore said to Peter: Put
pleasest me not: I am ready, let him do
that which is good before him.— up thy sword into the scabbard. The
chalice which my Father hath given me,
2 Kings xv. 25, 26.
Neither is my house so great with shall I not drink it?—John xviii. 11.
Then Paul answered, and said: What
God, that he should make with me an
eternal covenant, firm in all things and do you mean weeping and afflicting my
assured. For he is all my salvation, heart? For I am ready not only to he
and all my will : neither is there ought bound, but to die also in Jerusalem, for
thereof that springeth not up.— the name of the Lord Jesus.
And when we could not persuade him,
2 Kings xxiii. 5.
For whereas he (Tobias) had always we ceased, saying: The will of the Lord
feared God from his infancy, and kept be done.—Acts xxi. 13, 14.
O man, who art thou that repliest
his commandments, he repined not
against God because the evil of blind­ against God? Shall the thing formed
say to him that formed it: Why hast
ness had befallen him,
But continued immovable in the fear thou made me thus?
Or hath not the potter power over the
of God, giving thanks to God all the
clay, of the same lump, to make one
days of his life.—Tob. ii. 13, 14.
And he said to her: Thou hast vessel unto honor, and another unto
spoken like one of the foolish women: dishonor?—Rom. ix. 20, 21.
And be not conformed to this world;
if we have received good things at the
hand of God, why should we not re­ but be reformed in the newness of your
ceive evil? In all these things Job mind, that you may prove what is the
good, and the acceptable, and the per­
did not sin with his lips.—Job ii. 10.
Blessed is the man who hath not fect will of God.—Rom. xii. 2.
For to me, to live is Christ: and to
walked in the counsel of the ungodly,
nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat die is gain.—Philipp, i. 21
in the chair of pestilence.
But his will is in the law of the Lord, WILL OF GOD, A PRAYER OF
and on his law he shall meditate day
CONFORMITY TO THE
and night.—Ps. i. 1, 2.
Whatsoever shall befall the just man,
So Samuel told him (Heli) all the
it shall not make him sad.—Prov. words, and did not hide them from him.
xii. 21.
And he answered: It is the Lord: let
Take all that shall be brought upon him do what is good in his sight.—
thee: and in thy sorrow endure, and in 1 Kings iii. 18.
thy humiliation keep patience.—Ecclus.
And now, O Lord, do with me ac­
ii. 4.
cording to thy will, and command my
Woe to him that gainsayeth his spirit to be received in peace: for it is
maker, a sherd of the earthen pots: better for me to die, than to live.—Tob.
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Naked came I out of my mother’s
womb, and naked shall I return
thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord
hath taken away: as it hath pleased the
Lord so is it done: blessed be the name
of the Lord.—Job i. 21.
Then said I, Behold I come.
Tn the head of the book it is written
of me. that I should do thy will: O my
God, I have desired it, and thy law in
the midst of my heart.—Ps. xxxix. 8, 9.
We have rejoiced for the days in
which thou hast humbled us: for the
years in which we have seen evils.—
Ps. Ixxxix. 15.
My heart is ready, O God, my heart
is ready: I will sing, and will give
praise, with my glory.—Ps. cvii. 2.
Nevertheless as it shall be the will of
God in heaven, so be it done.—1 Mach.
iii. 60.
Thy will be done on earth as it is
in heaven.—Malt. vi. 10.
And going a little further, he fell
upon his face, praying, and saying:
My Father, if it be possible, let this
chalice pass from me. Nevertheless
not as I will, but as thou wilt. . . .
Again the second time, he went and
prayed, saying: My Father, if this chal­
ice may not pass away, but I must
drink it, thy will be done.—Malt. xxvi.
39, 42.
And Mary said : Behold the hand­
maid of the Lord; be it done to me ac­
cording to thy word.—Luke i. 38.
WILL OF GOD, USELESSNESS OF
OPPOSITION TO THE

See also: Powerlessness before God,
man’s—page 389.
And he (Joseph) answered them:
Fear not: can we resist the will of God?
You thought evil against me: but
God turned it into good, that he might
exalt me. as at present you see, and
might save many people.—Gen. 1.
19, 20.
0 Adonai, Lord, great art thou, and
glorious in thy power, and no one can
overcome thee.
Let all thy creatures serve thee: be­
cause thou hast spoken, and they were
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one that can resist thy voice.—Judith
xvi. 16, 17.
O Ix)rd, Lord, almighty king, for all
things are in thy power, and there is
none that can resist thy will, if thou
determine to save Israel.
Thou hast made heaven and earth,
and all things that are under the cope
of heaven.
Thou art Lord of all, and there is
none that can resist thy majesty.—
Esther xiii. 9-11.
lie is wise in heart, and mighty in
strength: who hath resisted him, and
hath had peace?—Job ix. 4.
For he is alone, and no man can turn
away his thought: and whatsoever his
soul hath desired, that hath he done.—
Job xxiii. 13.
But our God is in heaven: he hath
done all things whatsoever he would.—
Ps. cxiii. {Heb. cxv.) 3.
There are many thoughts in the heart
of a man : but the will of the Lord
shall stand firm.—Prov. xix. 21.
There is no wisdom, there is no pru­
dence, there is no counsel against the
Lord.—Prov. xxi. 30.
For the Lord of hosts hath decreed,
and who can disannul it? and his hand
is stretched out: and who shall turn it
away ?—Is. xiv. 27.
Therefore shall he say: In the Lord
are my justices and empire: they shall
come to him, and all that resist him
shall be confounded.—Is. xiv. 25.
Remember the former age. for I am
God. and there is no God beside, neither
is there the like to me:
Who show from the beginning the
things that shall be at last, and from
ancient times the things that as yet are
not done, saying: My counsel shall
stand, and all my will shall be
done:
Who call a bird from the east, and
from a far country the man of my own
will, and I have spoken, and will bring
it to pass: I have created, and I will
do it.
Hear me, O ye hardhearted, who are
far from justice.—Is. xlvi. 9-11.
So shall my word be. which shall go
forth from my mouth: it shall not re­
turn to me void, but it shall do what­
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the things for which I sent it.—Is. cleanness, but unto sanctification.—
Iv. 11.
1 Thess. iv. 3-7.
And all the inhabitants of the earth
are reputed as nothing before him: for WILL, GOD DESIRES AND AC­
he doth according to his will, as well
CEPTS
OUR GOOD
with the powers of heaven, as among
For if the will be forward, it is ac­
the inhabitants of the earth: and there
is none that can resist his hand, and cepted according to that which a man
say to him: Why hast thou done it?— hath, not according to that which he
hath not.—2 Cor. viii. 12.
Dan. iv. 32.
And now', therefore, I say to you, re­
frain from these men, and let them
WILL, BAD
alone; for if this council or this work
See: Desires, evil—page 107.
be of men, it will come to nought:
But if it be of God, you cannot over­
throw it, lest perhaps you be found WILLINGNESS AND CHEERFUL­
NESS IN DOING GOOD
even to fight against God.—Acts v.
38, 39.
See also: Service of God should be
And falling on the ground, he heard prilling—page 512.
a voice saying to him: Saul, Saul, why
And the people rejoiced, when they
persecutest thou me?
Who said: Who art thou, Lord? promised their offerings willingly: be­
And he: I am Jesus whom thou perse­ cause they offered them to the Lord
cutest. It is hard for thee to kick with all their heart: and David the
king rejoiced also with a great joy —
against the goad.—A cis ix. 4, 5.
1 Paral, xxix. 9.
WILL TO US, GOD HAS MADE
I know, my God, that thou provest
hearts, and lovest simplicity, wherefore
KNOWN HIS
See also : Teacher, God our— I also in the simplicity of my heart,
have joyfully offered all these things:
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and I have seen with great joy thy
Thou hast made known to me the people, which are here present, offer
ways of life, thou shalt fill me with thee their offerings.—1 Paral, xxix. 17.
According to thy ability be merciful.
joy with thy countenance: at thy right
If thou have much, give abundantly:
hand are delights even to the end.—Ps.
if thou have little, take care even so
xv. 11.
lie hath made his ways known to to bestow willingly a little.—Tob. iv.
Moses: his wills to the children of 8, 9.
Israel.—Ps. cii. 7.
My son, in thy good deeds, make no
We are happy, 0 Israel: because the complaint, and when thou givest any
things that are pleasing to God, are thing, add not grief by an evil word.
made known to us.—Par. iv. 4.
Shall not the dew assuage the heat?
For this is the will of God, your sanc­ so also the good w’ord is better than the
tification; that you should abstain from gift.
fornication;
Lo, is not a word better than a gift!
That every one of you should know but both are with a justified man.—
how to possess his vessel in sanctifica­ Ecclus. xviii. 15-17.
tion and honor:
In every gift show a cheerful counte­
Not in the passion of lust, like the nance, and sanctify thy tithes with
Gentiles that know not God :
joy.
And that no man overreach, nor cir­
Give to the most TIigh, according to
cumvent his brother in business: be­ what he hath given to thee, and with
cause the Lord is the avenger of all a good eye, do according to the ability
these things, as we have told you before, of thy hands.—Ecclus. xxxv. 11, 12.
and have testified.
And when you fast, be not as the hyp­
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faces, that mey may appear unto men
to fast. Amen I say to you, they have
received their reward.
But thou, when thou fastest anoint
thy head, and wash thy face;
That thou appear not to men to fast,
but to thy Father who is in secret: and
thy Father who seeth in secret, will
repay thee.—Matt. vi. 16-18.
Now this I say: He who soweth spar­
ingly, shall also reap sparingly: and he
who soweth in blessings, shall also reap
blessings.
Every one as he hath determined in
his heart, not with sadness, or of neces­
sity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.—
2 Cor. ix. 6, 7.
And do ye all things without mur­
muring and hesitations;
That you may be blameless and sin­
cere children of God, without reproof,
in the midst of a crooked and perverse
generation; among whom you shine as
lights in the world.—Philipp, ii. 14, 15.
WINE, ABSTINENCE FROM

See: Abstinence—page 12.
WISDOM, TRUE
You know that I have taught you
statutes and justices, as the Lord my
God hath commanded me: so shall you
do them in the land which you shall
possess :
And you shall observe, and fulfil them
in practice. For this is your wisdom,
and understanding in the sight of na­
tions, that hearing all these precepts,
they may say: Behold a wise and under­
standing people, a great nation.—Deut.
iv. 5, 6.
0 that they would be wise and would
understand, and would provide for their
last end.—Deut. xxxii. 29.
And he said to man : Behold the fear
of the Lord, that is wisdom : and to de­
part from evil, is understanding.—Job
xxviii. 28.
Who is wise, and will keep these
things; and will understand the mercies
of the Lord?—Ps. evi. 43.
Through thy commandments, thou
hast made me wiser than my enemies:
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teachers: because thy testimonies are
my meditation.
I have had understanding above an­
cients: because I have sought thy com­
mandments.
... By thy commandments I have
had understanding: therefore have I
hated every way of iniquity.—Pa.
cxviii. 98-100, 104.
Doth not wisdom cry aloud, and pru­
dence put forth her voice?
Standing in the top of the highest
places by the way, in the midst of the
paths,
Beside the gates of the city, in the
very doors she speaketh, saying: . . .
My mouth shall meditate truth, and
my lips shall hate wickedness.
All my words are just, there is noth'
ing wicked nor perverse in them.
They are right to them that under­
stand, and just to them that find
knowledge.—Prov. viii. 1-3, 7-9.
The root of wisdom is to fear the
Lord : and the branches thereof are long
lived.—Ecclus. i. 25.
A wise heart, and which hath under­
standing, will abstain from sins, and
in the works of justice shall have suc­
cess.—Ecclus. iii. 32.
The perfection of the fear of God is
wisdom and understanding.—Ecclus.
xxi. 13.
A wise man hateth not the command­
ments and justices, and he shall not be
dashed in pieces as a ship in a storm.
A man of understanding is faithful
to the law of God, and the law is faith­
ful to him.—Ecclus. xxxiii. 2, 3.
There is a wise man that is wise to
his own soul: and the fruit of his un­
derstanding is commendable.—Ecclus.
xxxvii. 25.
Thus saith the Lord: Let not the
wise man glory in his wisdom. . . .
But let him that gloricth, glory in
this, that he understandeth and know­
eth me, for I am the Lord that exercise
mercy, and judgment, and justice in
the earth: for these things please me,
saith the Lord.—Jer. ix. 23, 24.
For the wisdom of the flesh is death;
but the wisdom of the spirit is life and
peace.—Rom. viii. 6.
For I say, by the grace that is given
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more wise than it behoveth to be wise, neither is it found in the land of them
but to be wise unto sobriety, and ac­ that live in delights. . . .
cording as God hath divided to every
The finest gold shall not purchase il,
one the measure of faith.—Rom. xii. 3. neither shall silver be weighed in ex­
But I would have you to be wise in change for it.
good, and simple in evil.—Rom. xvi. 19.
It shall not be compared with the
For I judged not myself to know any dyed colors of India, or with the
thing among you, but Jesus Christ, and most precious stone sardonyx, or the
him crucified. . . .
sapphire.
And my speech and my preaching
Gold or crystal cannot equal it,
was not in the persuasive words of neither shall any vessels of gold be
human wisdom, but in showing of the changed for it.
Spirit and power;
High and eminent things shall
That your faith might not stand on not be mentioned in comparison of it:
the wisdom of men, but on the power of but wisdom is drawn out of secret
God.
places.
Howbeit we speak wisdom among the
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be
perfect: yet not the wisdom of this equal to it, neither shall it be compared
world, neither of the princes of this to the cleanest dyeing.—Job xxviii. 12,
world that come to nought;
13, 15-19.
But we speak the wisdom of God in
Blessed is the man that findeth wis­
a mystery, a wisdom which is hidden, dom and is rich in prudence:
which God ordained before the world,
The purchasing thereof is better than
unto our glory:
the merchandise of silver, and her fruit,
Which none of the princes of the than the chiefest and purest gold:
world knew; for if they had known it,
She is more precious than all riches:
they would never have crucified the and all the things that are desired, are
Lord of glory.—1 Cor. ii. 2, 4-8.
not to be compared with her.
See therefore, brethren, how you
Length of days is in her right hand,
walk circumspectly: not as unwise,
and in her left hand riches and glory.
But as wise: redeeming the time, be­
Her ways are beautiful ways, and all
cause the days are evil.
her paths are peaceable.
Wherefore become not unwise, but
She is a tree of life to them that lay
understanding what is the will of God. hold on her : and he that shall retain her
—Eph. v. 15-17.
is blessed.—Prov. iii. 13-18.
And this I pray, that your charity
For wisdom is better than all the
may more and more abound in knowl­ most precious things: and whatsoever
edge, and in all understanding:
may be desired cannot be compared to
That you may approve the better it. . . .
things, that you may be sincere and
With me are riches and glory, glori­
without offence unto the day of Christ. ous riches and justice.
—Philipp, i. 9, 10.
For my fruit is better than gold and
But the wisdom, that is from above, the precious stone, and my blossoms
first indeed is chaste, then peaceable, than choice silver.—Prov. viii. 11,
modest, easy to be persuaded, consent­ 18, 19.
ing to the good, full of mercy and good
And I saw that wisdom excelled felly,
fruits, without judging, without dis­ as much as light differeth from dark­
simulation.—James iii. 17.
ness.—Eccles, ii. 13.
Wisdom is better than strength, and
a wise man is better than a strong man.
WISDOM. THE EXCELLENCE
W¿s. vi. 1.
AND VALUE OF
Wherefore I wished, and understand­
But where is wisdom to be found, ing was given me: and I called upon
and where is the place of understand­ God, and the spirit of wisdom came
ing?
upon me :
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and thrones, and esteemed riches noth­
ing in comparison of her.
Neither did I compare unto her any
precious stone: for all gold in com­
parison of her, is as a little sand, and
silver in respect to her shall be counted
as clay.
I loved her above health and beauty,
and chose to have her instead of light:
for her light cannot be put out.— I Vis.
vii. 7-10.
For she (wisdom) is a vapor of the
power of God, and a certain pure em­
anation of the glory of the almighty
God: and therefore no defiled thing
cometh into her.
For she is the brightness of eternal
light, and the unspotted mirror of God’s
majesty, and the image of his goodness.
. . . For she is more beautiful than
the sun, and above all the order of the
stars: being compared with the light,
she is found before it.—Wis. vii. 25,
26,29.
For it is she that teacheth the knowl­
edge of God, and is the chooser of his
works.
And if riches be desired in life, what
is richer than wisdom, which maketh
all things?
And if sense do work: who is a more
artful worker than she of those things
that are?
And if a man love justice: her labors
have great virtues; for she teacheth
temperance, and prudence, and justice,
and fortitude, which are such things as
men can have nothing more profitable
in life.
And if a man desire much knowl­
edge: she knoweth things past, and
judgeth of things to come: she knoweth
the subtilties of speeches, and the solu­
tions of arguments: she knoweth signs
and wonders before they be done, and
the events of times and ages.
I purposed therefore to take her to
me to live with me: knowing that she
will communicate to me of her good
things, and will be a comfort in my
cares and grief.—Wtk viii. 4-9.
When I go into my house, I shall
repose myself with her: for her conver­
sation hath no bitterness, nor her com­
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Thinking these things with myself,
and pondering them in my heart, that
to be allied to wisdom is immortality,
And that there is great delight in
her friendship, and inexhaustible riches
in the works of her hands, and in the
exercise of conference with her, wis­
dom, and glory in the communication
of her words: I went about seeking,
that I might take her to myself.— Ww.
viii. 16-18.
WISDOM, THE POWER AND
EFFICACY OF
Eat honey, my son, because it is good,
and the honeycomb most sweet to thy
throat :
So also is the doctrine of wisdom to
thy soul: which when thou hast found,
thou shalt have hope in the end, and
thy hope shall not perish.—Prov. xxiv.
13, 14.
Wisdom with riches is more profit­
able, and bringeth more advantage to
them that see the sun.
For as wisdom is a defence, so money
is a defence : but learning and wisdom
excel in this, that they give life to him
that possesseth them.—Eccles, vii.
12, 13.
Now all good things came to me to­
gether with her, and innumerable
riches through her hands,
And I rejoiced in all these: for this
wisdom went before me, and I knew
not that she was the mother of them
all.
Which I have learned without guile,
and communicate without envy, and
her riches I hide not.
For she is an infinite treasure to
men ! which they that use, become the
friends of God, being commended for
the gift of discipline.—Wis. vii. 11-14.
For wisdom is more active than all
active things: and reacheth everywhere
by reason of her purity.
. . . And being but one, she can do
all things: and remaining in herself the
same, she reneweth all things, and
through nations conveyeth herself into
holy souls, she maketh the friends of
God and prophets.
For God loveth none but him that
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For after this cometh night, but no
evil can overcome wisdom.—Wis. vii.
30.
She (wisdom) reacheth therefore
from end to end mightily, and ordereth all things sweetly.— Wis. viii. 1.
Moreover by the means of her, I shall
have immortality: and shall leave be­
hind me an everlasting memory to them
that come after me.— Wis. viii. 13.
And who shall know thy thought,
except thou give wisdom, and send thy
Holy Spirit from above:
And so the ways of them that are
upon earth may be corrected, and men
may learn the things that please
thee?
For by wisdom they were healed,
whosoever have pleased thee, O Lord,
from the beginning.—Wts. ix. 17-19.
But wisdom hath delivered from sor­
row them that attend upon her.—Wis.
x. 9.

For wisdom opened the mouth of the
dumb, and made the tongues of in­
fants eloquent.—Wts. x. 21.
Wisdom shall distribute knowledge,
and understanding of prudence: and
exalteth the glory of them that hold
her.—Ecclus. i. 24.
Wisdom inspireth life into her chil­
dren, and protecteth them that seek
after her, and will go before them in
the way of justice.
And he that loveth her, loveth life:
and they that watch for her, shall em­
brace her sweetness.
They that hold her fast, shall inherit
life: and whithersoever she entereth,
God will give a blessing.
They that serve her, shall be servants
to the holy one: and God loveth them
that love her.
He that hearkeneth to her, shall
judge nations: and he that looketh upon
her, shall remain secure.—Ecclus. iv.
12-16.
For the wisdom of doctrine is accord­
ing to her name, and she is not mani­
fest unto many, but with them to whom
she is known, she continueth even to the
sight of God.—Ecclus. vi. 23.
Search for her, and she shall be made
known to thee, and when thou hast got­
ten her, let her not go:
For in the latter end thou shalt find

rest in her, and she shall be turned to
thy joy.
Then shall her fetters be a strong de­
fence for thee, and a firm foundation,
and her chain a robe of glory:
For in her is the beauty of life, and
her bands are a healthful binding.
Thou shalt put her on as a robe oi
glory, and thou shalt set her upon thee
as a crown of joy.—Ecclus. vi. 28-32.
Wisdom shall praise her own self,
and shall be honored in God, and shall
glory in the midst of her people. ...
And in the multitude of the elect she
shall have praise, and among the
blessed she shall be blessed, saying:..,
I am the mother of fair love, and of
fear, and of knowledge, and of holy
hope.
In me is all grace of the way and oi
the truth, in me is all hope of life and
of virtue.
Come over to me, all ye that desire
me, and be filled with my fruits.
For my spirit is sweet above honey,
and my inheritance above honey and
the honeycomb.
My memory is unto everlasting gen­
erations.
They that eat me, shall yet hunger:
and they that drink me, shall yet thirst.
He that hearkeneth to me, shall not
be confounded : and they that work by
me, shall not sin.
They that explain me, shall have life
everlasting.—Ecclus. xxiv. 1, 4, 24-31.
Learn where is wisdom, where is
strength, where is understanding: that
thou mayst know also where is length
of days and life, where is the light of
the eyes, and peace.—Bar. iii. 14.
But they that are learned shall shine
as the brightness of the firmament —
Dan. xii. 3.
WISDOM, THE DESIRE AND
LOVE OF
For if thou shalt call for wisdom,
and incline thy heart to prudence:
If thou shalt seek her as money, and
shalt dig for her as for a treasure:
Then shalt thou understand the fear
of the Lord, and shalt find the knowl­
edge of God.—Prov. ii. 3-5.
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Counsel shall keep thee, and pru­
dence shall preserve thee,
That thou mayst be delivered from
the evil way, and from the man that
speakcth perverse things.—Prov. ii.
10-12.
Blessed is the man that heareth me,
and that watcheth daily at my gates,
and waiteth at the posts of my doors.
He that shall find me, shall find life,
and shall have salvation from the Lord.
But he that shall sin against me,
shall hurt his own soul. All that hate
me love death.—Prov. viii. 34-36.
Wisdom is glorious, and never fadeth
away, and is easily seen by them that,
love her, and is found by them that seek
her.
She preventeth them that covet her,
so that she first showeth herself unto
them.
He that awaketh early to seek her,
shall not labor : for he shall find her sit­
ting at his door.
To think therefore upon her, is per­
fect understanding: and he that watch­
eth for her, shall quickly be secure.
For she goeth about seeking such as
are worthy of her, and she showeth her­
self to them cheerfully in the ways,
and meeteth them with all providence.
For the beginning of her is the most
true desire of discipline.
And the care of discipline is love:
and love is the keeping of her laws:
and the keeping of her law’s is the firm
foundation of incorruption:
And incorruption bringeth near to
God.
Therefore the desire of wisdom bring­
eth to the everlasting kingdom.—Wis.
vi. 13-21.
Wherefore T washed, and understand­
ing was given me: and I called upon
God. and the spirit of wisdom came
upon me.—Wis. vii. 7.
Iler have I loved, and have sought
her out from my youth, and have de­
sired to take her for my spouse, and I
locarne a lover of her beauty.—Wis.
viii. 2.
Tn the treasures of wisdom is under­
standing. and religiousness of knowl­
edge: but to sinners w’isdom is an abom­
ination.—Ecclus. i. 26.
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tice, and God will give her to thee.—
Ecclus. i. 33.
Let thy thoughts be upon the precepts
of God, and meditate continually on his
commandments: and he will give thee
a heart, and the desire of wisdom shall
be given to thee.—Ecclus. vi. 37.
When I was yet young, before I wan­
dered about, I sought for wisdom
openly in my prayer.
I prayed for her before the temple,
and unto the very end I will seek after
her, and she flourished as a grape soon
ripe.
My heart delighted in her, my foot
w’alked in the right way, from my youth
up I sought after her.
I bowed down my ear a little, and re­
ceived her.—Ecclus. Ii. 18-21.
But if any of you want wisdom, let
him ask of God, who giveth to all men
abundantly, and upbraideth not; and it
shall be given him.—James i. 5.
WISDOM, EXHORTATION TO
LOVE AND SEEK

Wisdom preacheth abroad, she uttereth her voice in the streets:
At the head of multitudes she crieth
out, in the entrance of the gates of the
city she uttereth her words, saying:
O children, how long will you love
childishness, and fools covet those
things which are hurtful to themselves,
and the unwise hate knowledge?
Turn ye at my reproof : behold I will
utter my spirit to you, and will show
you my words. . . .
But he that shall hear me, shall rest
without terror, and shall enjoy abun­
dance, without fear of evils.—Prov. i.
20-23, 33.
Get wisdom, get prudence: forget
not, neither decline from the words of
my mouth.
Forsake her not, and she shall keep
thee: love her, and she shall preserve
thee.
The beginning of wisdom, get wis­
dom, and with all thy possession pur­
chase prudence.
Take hold on her, and she shall exalt
thee : thou shalt be glorified by her,
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Say to wisdom: Thou art my sister:
and call prudence thy friend.—Prov.
vii. 4.
Doth not wisdom cry aloud, and pru­
dence put forth her voice?
Standing in the top of the highest
places by the way, in the midst of the
paths,
Beside the gates of the city, in the
very doors she speaketh, saying. . . .
Receive my instruction, and not
money: choose knowledge rather than
gold.—Prov. viii. 1-3, 10.
Wisdom hath built herself a house,
she hath hewn her out seven pillars.
She hath slain her victims, mingled
her wine, and set forth her table.
She hath sent her maids to invite
to the tower, and to the w’alls of the
city :
Whosoever is a little one, let him
come to me. And to the unwise she
said :
Come, eat my bread, and drink the
wine which I have mingled for you.
Forsake childishness, and live, and
walk by the ways of prudence.—Prov.
ix. 1-6.
Get wisdom, because it is better than
gold : and purchase prudence, for it is
more precious than silver.—Prov.
xvi. 16.
Study wisdom, my son, and make my
heart joyful, that thou mayst give an
answer to him that reproacheth.—Prov.
xxvii. 11.
Give car. my son, and take wise
counsel, and cast not away my advice.
Put thy feet into hcr fetters, and
thy neck into her chains:
Bow down thy shoulder, and bear her,
and bo not grieved with her bands.
Come to her with all thy mind, and
keep her ways with all thy power.
Search for her, and she shall be made
known to thee, and when thou hast got­
ten her, let her not go :
For in the latter end thou shalt find
rest in her, and she shall be turned to
thy joy.—Ecclus. vi. 24-29.
Wisdom shall praise her own self,
and shall be honored in God, and shall
glory in the midst of her people. . . .
And in the multitude of the elect she
shall have praise, and among the blessed
she shall be blessed, saying: . . .

Como over to me, all ye that desire
me, and be filled with my fruits.
For my spirit is sweet above honey,
and my inheritance above honey and
the honeycomb.—Ecclus. xxiv. 1, 4
26, 27.
Draw near to me, ye unlearned, and
gather yourselves together into the
house of discipline.
Why are ye slow ? and what do you
say of these things? your souls are ex­
ceeding thirsty.
I have opened my mouth, and haw
spoken : buy her for yourselves without
silver,
And submit your neck to the yoke,
and let your soul receive discipline: for
she is near at hand to be found.Ecclus. Ii. 31-34.
WISDOM IS FROM GOD, ALL
But where is wisdom to be found,
and where is the place of understand­
ing?. . .
The depth saith : It is not in me: and
the sea saith: It is not with me. . . .
Whence then cometh wisdom? and
where is the place of understand­
ing? .. .
God understandeth the way of it, and
he knoweth the place thereof.—Job
xxviii. 12, 14, 20, 23.
Who hath put wisdom in the hear
of man? or who gave the cock under­
standing?—Job xxxviii. 36.
He that chastiseth nations, shall be
not rebuke: he that teacheth man
knowledge?—Ps. xciii. 10.
And God hath given to me to speak
as I would, and to conceive thought?
worthy of those things that are giver
me : because he is the guide of wisdom,
and the director of the wise:
For in his hand are both we, and onr
words, and all wisdom, and the knowl­
edge and skill of works.
For he hath given me the true knowl­
edge of the things that are: to know
the disposition of the whole world, and
the virtues of the elements,
The beginning, and ending, and
midst of the times, the alterations of
their courses, and the changes of sea­
sons.
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The natures of living creatures, and
rage of wild beasts, the force of winds,
and reasonings of men, the diversities
of plants, and the virtues of roots,
And all such things as are hid and
not foreseen, 1 have learned: for wis­
dom, which is the worker of all things,
taught me.— IVis. vii. 15-21.
All wisdom is from the Lord God,
and hath been always with him, and is
before all time. . . .
Wisdom hath been created before all
things, and the understanding of pru­
dence from everlasting.
. . . He created her in the Holy
Ghost, and saw her, and numbered her,
and measured her.—Ecclus. i. 1, 4, 9.
Wisdom and discipline, and the
knowledge of the law are with God.—
Ecclus. xi. 15.
For wisdom came forth from God.—
Ecclus. xv. 10.
Wisdom shall praise her own self,
and shall be honored in God, and shall
glory in the midst of her people. . . .
And in the multitude of the elect she
shall have praise, and among the blessed
she shall be blessed, saying:
I came out of the mouth of the most
High, the first born before all creatures.
—Ecclus. xxiv. 1, 4, 5.
Learn where is wisdom, where is
strength, where is understanding: that
thou mayst know also where is length
of days and life, where is the light of
the eyes, and peace.—Bar. iii. 14.
Who hath gone up into heaven, and
taken her, and brought her down from
the clouds?
Who hath passed over the sea, and
found her, and brought her preferably
to chosen gold ?
There is none that is able to know
her ways, nor that can search out her
paths:
But he that knoweth all things, know­
eth her, and hath found her out with
his understanding: he that prepared
the earth for evermore, and filled it
with cattle and fourfooted beasts.—
Bar. iii. 29-32.
To God, the only wise, through Jesus
Christ, to whom be honor and glory
for ever and ever.
Amen.—Rom.
xvi. 27.
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being instructed in charity, and unto
all riches of fulness of understanding,
unto the knowledge of the mystery of
God the Father and of Christ Jesus:
In whom are hid all the treasures of
wisdom and knowledge.—Col. ii. 2, 3.
WISDOM THE GIFT OF GOD

But, as I see, there is a spirit in men,
and the inspiration of the Almighty
giveth understanding.—Job xxxii. 8.
I will bless the Lord, who hath given
me understanding.—Ps. xv. 7.
I will give thee understanding, and
I will instruct thee in this way, in
which thou shalt go: I will fix my
eyes upon thee.—Ps. xxxi. 8.
Because the Lord giveth wisdom:
and out of his mouth cometh prudence
and knowledge.—Prov. ii. 6.
Wherefore I wished, and understand­
ing was given me: and I called upon
God, and the spirit of wisdom came
upon me.—Wis. vii. 7.
Thinking these things with myself,
and pondering them in my heart, that
to be allied to wisdom is immortal­
ity. . . .
And as I knew that I could not other­
wise be continent, except God gave it,
and this also was a point of wisdom,
to know whose gift it was: I went to
the Lord, and besought him.—ITis. viii.
17, 21.
God created man of the earth, and
made him after his own image. . . .
He created of him a helpmate like to
himself: he gave them counsel, and a
tongue, and eyes, and ears, and a heart
to devise: and he filled them with the
knowledge of understanding.
He created in them the science of the
spirit, he filled their heart with wisdom,
and showed them both good and evil.
—Ecclus. xvii. 1, 5, 6.
For if it shall please the great Lord,
he will fill him with the spirit of un­
derstanding.—Ecclus. xxxix. 8.
To him that giveth me wisdom, will
1 give glory.—Ecclus. Ii. 23.
And speaking, he (Daniel) said:
Blessed be the name of the Lord from
eternity and for evermore: for wisdom
and fortitude are his.
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taketh away kingdoms and establisheth
them, giveth wisdom to the wise, and
knowledge to them that have under­
standing.
lie revealeth deep and hidden things,
and knoweth what is in darkness: and
light is with him.—Dan. ii. 20-22.
Lay it up therefore in your hearts,
not to meditate before how you shall
answer :
For I will give you a mouth and
wisdom, which all your adversaries
shall not be able to resist and gainsay.
—Luke xxi. 14, 15.
But if any of you want wisdom, let
him ask of God, who giveth to all men
abundantly, and upbraideth not; and
it shall be given him.—James i. 5.
WISDOM GIVEN TO THE JUST,
BUT REFUSED TO THE
WICKED
For wisdom will not enter into a
malicious soul, nor dwell in a body sub­
ject to sins.—Wis. i. 4.
And who shall know thy thought, ex­
cept thou give wisdom, and send thy
Holy Spirit from above:
And so the ways of them that are
upon earth may be corrected, and men
may learn the things that please thee?
For by wisdom they were healed, who­
soever have pleased thee, O Lord, from
the beginning.—IVis. ix. 17-19.
All wisdom is from the Lord God,
and hath been always with him, and is
before all time.
. . . And he poured her out upon
all his works, and upon all flesh accord­
ing to his gift, and hath given her to
them that love him.—Ecclus. i. 1, 10.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning
of wisdom, and was created with the
faithful in the womb, it walk' th with
chosen women, and is known \ ith the
just and faithful.—Ecclus. i. 1C.
Son, if thou desire wisdom, keep jus­
tice, and God will give her to thee.—
Ecclus. i. 33.
But the Lord hath made all things,
and to the godly he hath given wisdom.
—Ecclus. xliii. 37.
There were the giants, those re­
nownod men that were from the begin­
ning, of great stature, expert in war.

The Lord chose not them, neither
did they find the way of knowledge:
therefore did they perish.
And because they had not wisdom,
they perished through their folly.—
Bar. iii. 26-28.
WISDOM, A PRAYER FOR

And now, O Lord God, thou hast
made thy servant king instead of David
my father : and I am but a child, and
know not how to go out and come
in. . . .
Give therefore to thy servant an un­
derstanding heart, to judge thy people,
and discern between good and evil.—
3 Kings iii. 7, 9.
Give me wisdom and knowledge, that
1 may come in and go out before thy
people: for who can worthily judge
this thy people, which is so great Î2 Paral, i. 10.
Give to the king thy judgment, 0
God; and to the king’s son thy justice:
To judge thy people with justice, and
thy poor with judgment.—Ps. Ixxi. 2.
Thy testimonies are justice for ever:
give me understanding, and I shall live.
—Ps. cxviii. 144.
God of my fathers, and Lord of
mercy, who hast made all things with
thy word,
And by thy wisdom hast appointed
man, that he should have dominion over
the creature that was made by thee,
That he should order the world ac­
cording to equity and justice, and exe­
cute justice with an upright heart:
Give me wisdom, that sitteth by thy
throne, and cast me not off from among
thy children.
. . . For if one be perfect among
the children of men, yet if thy wisdom
be not with him, he shall be nothing re­
garded. . . .
And hardly do we guess aright at
things that aro upon earth: and with
labor do we find the things that are be­
fore us. But the things that are in
heaven, who shall search out?
And who shall know thy thought,
except thou give wisdom, and send thy
Holy Spirit from above.—IFw. ix.
1-4, 6, 16, 17.
That the God of our Lord Jesus
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Christ, the Father of glory, may give
unto you the spirit of wisdom and of
revelation, in the knowledge of him:
The eyes of your heart enlightened,
that you may know what the hope is of
his calling, and what are the riches of
the glory of his inheritance in the
saints.—Eph. i. 17, 18.
WISDOM, FALSE
Wherefore I will pray to the Lord,
and address my speech to God : . . .
Who catcheth the wise in their crafti­
ness, and disappointeth the counsel of
the wicked.—Job v. 8, 13.
Be not over just: and be not more
wise than is necessary, lest thou become
stupid.—Eccles, vii. 17.
But the learning of wickedness is not
wisdom: and the device of sinners is
not prudence.—Ecclus. xix. 19.
But there is a wisdom that aboundeth
in evil: and there is no understanding
where there is bitterness.—Ecclus.
xxi. 15.
He that speaketh sophistically, is
hateful : he shall be destitute of every
thing.
Grace is not given him from the
Lord: for he is deprived of all wisdom.
—Ecclus. xxxvii. 23, 24.
Woe to you that are wise in your own
eyes, and prudent in your own conceits.
—Is. v. 21.
For my foolish people have not
known me: they are foolish and sense­
less children: they are wise to do evil,
but to do good they have no knowledge.
—Jer. iv. 22.
How do you say: We are wise, and
the law of the Lord is with us? Indeed
the lying pen of the scribes hath
wrought falsehood.
The wise men are confounded, they
are dismayed, and taken : for they have
cast away the word of the law, and
there is no wisdom in them.—J er. viii.
8, 9.
Every man is become foolish by his
knowledge : every founder is con­
founded by his idol, for what he hath
cast is a lie, and there is no breath in
them.—Jer. Ii. 17.
Take heed, therefore, that the light
which is in thee, be not darkness.—
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For the wisdom of the flesh is death;
but the wisdom of the spirit ia life and
peace.
Because the wisdom of the flesh is an
enemy to God; for it is not subject to
the law of God, neither can it be.—
Rom. viii. 6, 7.
For I say, by the grace that is given
me, to all that are among you, not
to be more wise than it behoveth to be
wise, but to be wise unto sobriety, and
according as God hath divided to every
one the measure of faith. . . .
Not minding high things, but con­
senting to the humble. Be not wise in
your own conceits.—Rom. xii. 3, 16.
Beware lest any man cheat you by
philosophy, and vain deceit; according
to the tradition of men, according to
the elements of the world, and not ac­
cording to Christ.—Col. ii. 8.
But if you have bitter zeal, and there
be contentions in your hearts; glory
not, and be not liars against the
truth.
For this is not wisdom, descending
from above: but earthly, sensual, devil­
ish.—James iii. 14, 15.
WISDOM OF THE WORLD, THE

The children of Agar also, that
search after the wisdom that is of the
earth, the merchants of Merrha, and of
Theman, and the tellers of fables, and
searchers of prudence and understand­
ing: but the way of wisdom they have
not known, neither have they remem­
bered her paths.—Bar. iii. 23.
At that time Jesus answered and
said: I confess to thee, O Father,
Lord of heaven and earth, because thou
hast hid these things from the wise and
prudent, and hast revealed them to little
ones.
Yea, Father; for so hath it seemed
good in thy sight.—Malt. xi. 25, 26.
And the lord commended the unjust
steward, forasmuch as he had done
wisely: for the children of this world
are wiser in their generation than the
children of light.—Luke xvi. 8.
For it is written: I will destroy the
wisdom of the wise, and the prudence
of the prudent I will reject.
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scribe? Where is the disputer of this broken out, and the clouds grow thick
world? Hath not God made foolish the with dew.—Prov. iii. 19, 20.
wisdom of this world?
God of my fathers, and Lord of
For seeing that in the wisdom of God mercy, who hast made all things with
the world, by wisdom, knew not God, thy word,
it pleased ...
God, by the foolishness ofJ And by thy wisdom hast appointed
our preaching, to save them that be- man, that he should have dominion
lieve.—1 Cor. i. 19-21.
over the creature that was made by
Let no man deceive himself: if any thee.—IVw. ix. 1, 2.
man among you seem to be wise in this
Who hath searched out the wisdom
world, let him become a fool, that he of God that goeth before all things!
may be wise.
—Ecclus. i. 3.
For the wisdom of this world is foolFor the w’isdom of God is great, and
ishness with God. For it is written: he is strong in power, seeing all men
I will catch the wise in their own without ceasing.—Ecclus. xv. 19.
craftiness.
For her (wisdom’s) thoughts are
And again: The Lord knoweth the more vast than the sea, and her connthoughts of the wise, that they are vain, seis more deep than the great ocean —
—1 Cor. iii. 18-20.
Ecclus. xxiv. 39.
Know you not that they that run in
Who hath forwarded the spirit of the
the race, all run indeed, but one re-1 Lord? or who hath been his counsellor,
ceiveth the prize? So run that you and hath taught him?
With whom hath he consulted, and
may obtain.
And every one that striveth for the who hath instructed him, and taught
mastery, refraineth himself from all him the path of justice, and taught him
things: and they indeed that they may knowledge, and showed him the way of
receive a corruptible crown; but we an understanding?
. . . Knowest thou not, or hast
incorruptible one.—1 Cor. ix. 24, 25.
thou not heard? the Lord is the ever­
WISDOM OF GOD, THE
lasting God, who hath created the ends
See also : Omniscience of God— of the earth : he shall not faint, nor
labor, neither is there any searching out
page 356.
of his wisdom.—Is. xl. 13, 14, 28.
He that maketh the earth by his
He is wise in heart, and mighty in
strength: who hath resisted him, and power, that prepareth the world by his
wisdom, and stretcheth out the heavens
hath had peace?—Job ix. 4.
With him is wisdom and strength, he by his knowledge.—J er. x. 12.
O the depth of the riches of the wis­
hath counsel and understanding.—Job
dom and of the knowledge of God!
xii. 13.
Who can declare the order of the How incomprehensible are his judg­
heavens, or who can make the harmony ments, and how unsearchable his ways!
of heaven to sleep?—Job xxxviii. 37. —Rom. xi. 33.
To God the only wise, through Jesus
0 Lord, how great are thy works!
thy thoughts are exceeding deep.—Ps. I Christ, to whom be honor and glory for
ever and ever. Amen.—Rom. xvi. 27.
xci. 6.
How great are thy works, 0 Lord?
thou hast made all things in wisdom: WITHDRAW FROM US FOR A
the earth is filled with thy riches.—Ps.
WHILE, GOD SEEMS TO
ciii. 24.
See also : Desolation of spirit—
Great is our Lord, and great is his page 108.
power: and of his wisdom there is no
number.—Ps. cxlvi. 5.
I cry to thee, and thou hearest me
The Lord by wisdom hath founded not: I stand up, and thou dost not
the earth, hath established the heavens
by prudence.
When he hideth his countenance,
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whether it regard nations, or all men?
—Job xxxiv. 29.
Why, O Lord, hast thou retired afar
off? why dost thou slight us in our
wants, in the time of trouble?—Ps. ix.
(Heb. x.) 1.
How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget
me unto the end? how long dost thou
turn away thy face from me?—Ps.
xii. 1.
0 God my God, look upon me: why
hast thou forsaken me? . . .
0 my God, I shall cry by day, and
thou wilt not hear: and by night, and
it shall not be reputed as folly in me.
—Ps. xxi. 2, 3.
And in my abundance I said : I shall
never be moved.
0 Lord, in thy favor, thou gavest
strength to my beauty.
Thou turnedst away thy face from
me, and I became troubled.—Ps. xxix.
7, 8.
Arise, why sleepest thou, 0 Lord?
arise, and cast us not off to the end.
Why turnest thou thy face away? and
forgettest our want and our trouble?
For our soul is humbled down to the
dust: our belly cleaveth to the earth.—
Ps. xliii. 23-25.
Lord, why easiest thou off my prayer :
why turnest thou away thy face from
me?—Ps. Ixxxvii. 15.
And Sion said: The Lord hath for­
saken me, and the Lord hath forgotten
me.—Is. xlix. 14.
How long, O Lord, shall I cry, and
thou wilt not hear? shall I cry out to
thee suffering violence, and thou wilt
not save?—IIab. i. 2.
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried
with a loud voice, saying: Eli, Eli,
lamina sabacthani? that is, My God, my
God, why hast thou forsaken me?—
Matt, xxvii. 46.
WITHDRAWING OTHERS FROM
SIN

See: Sin, withdrawing others from—
page 528.
WITNESS, FALSE

Thou shalt not bear false witness
against thy neighbor.—Ex. xx. 16.
Thou shalt not receive the voice of

a lie: neither shalt thou join thy hand
to bear false witness for a wicked per­
son.—Ex. xxiii. 1.
If a lying witness stand against a
man, accusing him of transgres­
sion, . . .
And when after most diligent inquisi­
tion, they shall find that the false wit­
ness hath told a lie against his brother:
They shall render to him as he meant
to do to his brother, and thou shalt take
away the evil out of the midst of thee:
That others hearing may fear, and
may not dare to do such things.—Deut.
xix. 16, 18-20.
A false witness shall not be unpun­
ished : and he that speaketh lies, shall
perish.—Prov. xix. 9.
A lying witness shall perish.—Prov.
xxi. 28.
A man that beareth false witness
against his neighbor, is like a dart and
a sword and a sharp arrow.—Prov.
xxv. 18.
And they rose up against the two el­
ders, (for Daniel had convicted them
of false witness by their own mouth,)
and they did to them as they had mali­
ciously dealt against their neighbor,
To fulfil the law of Moses: and they
put them to death, and innocent blood
was saved in that day.—Dan. xiii. 61,62.
WOMAN, A GOOD

See: Wife, a good—page 602.
WOMAN, A WICKED

That thou mayst be delivered from
the strange women, and from the
stranger, who softeneth her words:
And forsaketh the guide of her
youth,
And hath forgotten the covenant of
her God: for her house inclineth unto
death, and her paths to hell.
None that go in unto her shall return
again, neither shall they take hold of
the paths of life.—Prov. ii. 16-19.
The sadness of the heart is every
plague : and the wickedness of a woman
is all evil.
And a man will choose any plague,
but the plague of the heart:
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It will be more agreeable to abide of every water near her, and will sit
with a lion and a dragon, than to dwell down by every hedge, and open her
with a wicked woman.
quiver against every arrow, until she
The wickedness of a woman chang- fail.—Ecclus. xxvi. 12-15.
eth her face: and she darkeneth her
countenance as a bear: and showeth it
WOMAN, A QUARRELSOME
like sackcloth. In the midst of her
A foolish son is the grief of his
neighbors,
father:
and
a
wrangling
wife
is
like
Her husband groaned, and hearing he a roof continually dropping through.—
sighed a little.
xix. 13.
All malice is short to the malice of Prov.
It
is
better
to
sit
in
a
corner
of
the
a woman, let the lot of sinners fall upon housetop, than with a brawling woman,
her. . . .
and
in
a
common
house.
—
Prov.
xxi.
9.
A wicked woman abateth the cour­
It is better to dwell in a wilderness,
age, and maketh a heavy countenance, than with a quarrelsome and passionate
and a wounded heart.—Ecclus. xxv. woman.—Prov. xxi. 19.
17-19, 23-20, 31.
Roofs dropping through in a cold
As a yoke of oxen that is moved to day,
and a contentious woman are
and fro, so also is a wicked woman: he alike.—Prov. xxvii. 15.
that hath hold of her, is as he that tak­
Pride was not made for men: nor
eth hold of a scorpion.—Ecclus. xxvi. 10. wrath for the race of women—Ecchu.
A drunken woman is a great wrath: x. 22.
and her reproach and shame shall not
And there is no anger above the an­
be hid.—Ecclus. xxvi. 11.
ger of a woman.—Ecclus. xxv. 23.
Sure keeping is good over a wicked
wife.—Ecclus. xiii. 6.
WOMEN IN CHURCH, PROPER
CONDUCT OF
WOMAN, A BOLD OR FORWARD
But every woman praying or proph­
A diligent woman is a crown to her esying with her head not covered, dishusband: and she that doth things graceth her head: for it is all one as if
worthy of confusion, is a rottenness in she were shaven.
For if a woman be not covered, let
his bones—Prov. xii. 4.
A wise daughter shall bring an in­ her be shorn. But if it be a shame to a
heritance to her husband: but she that woman to be shorn or made bald, let
confoundeth, becometh a disgrace to her cover her head. . . .
her father.
Therefore ought the woman to have
She that is bold shameth both her a ‘power over her head, because of the
father and husband, and will not be angels.—1 Cor. xi. 5, 6, 10.
Let women keep silence in the
inferior to the ungodly: and shall be
disgraced by them both.—Ecclus. xxii. churches: for it is not permitted them
4, 5.
to speak, but to be subject, as also the
As the climbing of a sandy way is to law saith.
the feet of the aged, so is a wife full
But if they would learn any thing,
of tongue to a quiet man.—Ecclus. let them ask their husbands at home.
xxv. 27.
For it is a shame for a woman to speak
The fornication of a woman shall be in the church.—1 Cor. xiv. 34, 35.
known by the haughtiness of her eyes,
I will therefore that men pray in
and by her eyelids.
every place, lifting up pure hands, with­
On a daughter that turneth not away out anger and contention.
herself, set a strict watch : lest finding
In like manner women also in decent
an opportunity she abuse herself.
apparel : adorning themselves with mod­
Take heed of the impudence of her esty and sobriety, not with plaited hair,
eyes, and wonder not if she slight thee. or gold, or pearls, or costly attire,
She will open her mouth as a thirsty
lA veil or covering, ns a sign that »be ii
traveller to the fountain, and will drink under
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Be not hasty to depart from his face,
and do not continue in an evil work:
for he will do all that pleaseth him:
And his word is full of power:
neither can any man say to him: Why
dost thou so?—Eccles, viii. 3, 4.
God of my fathers, and Lord of
mercy, who hast made all things with
thy word.—Wis. ix. 1.
WORD OF GOD, THE
For it was neither herb, nor molli­
For ever, O Lord, thy word standeth fying
plaster
that
healed them, but thy
firm in heaven.—Ps. cxviii. 89.
word, O Lord, which healeth all things.
Thy word is exceedingly refined: and —Wis. xvi. 12.
thy servant hath loved it.—Ps. cxviii.
That thy children, 0 Lord, whom thou
140.
lovedst,
might
know
that
it
is
not
the
Judge my judgment and redeem me: growing of fruits that nourisheth men,
quicken thou me for thy word’s sake. but thy word preserveth them that be­
—Ps. cxviii. 154.
in thee.—Wis. xvi. 26.
Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem: praise lieve
Through him is established the end of
thy God, O Sion. . . .
journey, and by his word all
Who sendeth forth his speech to the their
are regulated.—Ecclus. xliii. 28.
earth: his word runneth swiftly.—Ps. things
And as the rain and the snow come
cxlvii. 12, 15.
from heaven, and return no more
The word of God on high is the down
but soak the earth, ancl water
fountain of wisdom, and her ways are thither,
everlastingcommandments.—Ecclus.i.5. it, and make it to spring, and give
seed
to
the
sower,
and
bread
to
the
The grass is withered, and the flower
is fallen : but the word of the Lord en- eater:
So shall my word be, which shall go
dureth for ever.—Is. xl. 8.
Heaven and earth shall pass away, forth from my mouth: it shall not re­
turn to me void, but it shall do what­
but my words shall not pass away.— soever
I please, and shall prosper in the
Luke xxi. 33.
for which I sent it.—Zs.lv. 10,11.
He that despiseth me, and receiveth things
It is the spirit that quickeneth: the
not my words, hath one that judgeth flesh
profiteth nothing. The words that
him; the word that I have spoken, the I have
spoken to you, are spirit and
same shall judge him in the last day. life.—John
vi. 64.
—John xii. 48.
Then Jesus said to the twelve: Will
you also go away?
WORD OF GOD, THE POWER
And Simon Peter answered him:
OF THE
Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast
By the word of the Lord the the words of eternal life.—John vi.
heavens were established; and all the 68, 69.
power of them by the spirit of his
Now you are clean by reason of the
word, which I have spoken to you.—
mouth :
Gathering together the waters of the John xv. 3.
sea, as in a vessel ; laying up the depths
And take unto you the helmet of
salvation, and the sword of the Spirit
in storehouses. . . .
For he spoke and they were made: (which is the word of God.)—Eph.
he commanded and they were created. vi. 17.
Be mindful that the Lord Jesus
—Ps. xxxii. 6, 7, 9.
He sendeth his crystal like morsels: Christ is risen again from the dead,
who shall stand before the face of his of the seed of David, according to my
gospel.
cold ?
He shall send out his word, and shall
Wherein I labor even unto bands, as
melt them: his wind shall blow, and an evil-doer; but the word of God is
the waters shall run.—Ps. cxlvii. 17, 18. not bound.—2 Tim. ii. 8, 9.

But as it becometh women professing I
godliness, with good works.
Ixit the woman learn in silence, with
all subjection.
But I suffer not a woman to teach,
nor to use authority over the man :
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For the word of God is living and
For the word of the Lord is right,
effectual, and more piercing than any and all his works are done with faith­
two edged sword; and reaching unto fulness.—Ps. xxxii. 4.
the division of the soul and the spirit,
All my words are just, there is noth­
of the joints also and the marrow, and ing wicked nor perverse in them.
•s a discerner of the thoughts and in­
They are right to them that under­
tents of the heart.—Heb. iv. 12.
stand, and just to them that find knowl­
By faith we understand that the edge.—Prov. viii. 8, 9.
world was framed by the word of God;
Every word of God is fire tried: he
that from invisible things visible things is a buckler to them that hope in him
might be made.—Heb. xi. 3.
Prov. XXX. 5.
Wherefore casting away all unclean­
The house of Jacob saith: Is the
ness, and abundance of naughtiness, spirit of the Lord straitened, or are
with meekness receive the ingrafted these his thoughts? Are not my words
word, which is able to save your souls. good to him that walketh uprightly?—
—James i. 21.
Mich. ii. 7.
Purifying your souls in the obe­
dience of charity, with a brotherly love, WORD OF GOD OUR COMFORT
from a sincere heart love one another
AND STRENGTH, THE
earnestly:
Be thou mindful of thy word to thy
Being born again not of corruptible
seed, but incorruptible, by the word servant, in which thou hast given me
of God who liveth and remaineth for hope.
This hath comforted me in my hu­
ever.—1 Peter i. 22, 23.
For this they are wilfully ignorant miliation: because thy word hath en­
of, that the heavens were before, and livened me.—Ps. cxviii. 49, 50.
My soul hath fainted after thy sal­
the earth out of water, and through
water consisting by the word of God. vation : and in thy word I have very
much hoped.—Ps. cxviii. 81.
—2 Peter iii. 5.
How sweet are thy words to my pal­
ate! more than honey to my mouthWORD OF GOD IS TRUE, THE
Ps. cxviii. 103.
See also: Truth of God—page 568.
And now, O Lord God, thou art God, WORD OF GOD OUR LIGHT AND
and thy words shall be true: for thou
OUR GUIDE, THE
hast spoken to thy servant these good
By what doth a young man correct
things.—2 Kings vii. 28.
his way? by observing thy words—Ps.
The beginning of thy words is truth: cxviii. 9.
all the judgments of thy justice are
Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and
for ever.—Ps. cxviii. 160.
a light to my paths.—Ps. cxviii. 105.
The Lord is faithful in all his words:
The declaration of thy words giveth
and holy in all his works.—Ps. cxliv. 13. light: and giveth understanding to
Sanctify them in truth. Thy word little ones.—Ps. cxviii. 130.
is truth.—John xvii. 17.
WORD OF GOD IS JUST AND
GOOD, THE

The words of the Lord are pure
words: as silver tried by the fire,
purged from the earth, refined seven
times.—Ps. xi. 7.
As for my God, his way is undefiled:
the words of the Lord are fire tried : he
is the protector of all that trust in him.
—Ps. xvii. 31.

WORD OF GOD, OUR NEED
OF THE
He afflicted thee with want, and gave
thee manna for thy food, which neither
thou nor thy fathers knew: to show
that not in bread alone doth man live,
but in every word that proceedeth from
the mouth of God.—Deut. viii. 3.
Behold the days come, saith the Lord,
and I will send forth a famine into the
land : not a famine of bread, nor a

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ihirat of water, but of hearing the word
of the Lord.
And they shall move from sea to sea,
md from the north to the cast: they
diali go about seeking the word of the
Lord, and shall not find it.—Amos. viii.
11, 12.
And the tempter coming, said to him:
If thou be the Son of God, command
that these stones be made bread.
Who answered and said : It is writ­
ten, Not in bread alone doth man live,
but in every word that proccedeth from
the mouth of God.—Malt. iv. 3, 4.
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of God. Therefore you hear them not,
because you are not of God.—John
viii. 47.
Therefore we also give thanks to God
without ceasing: because, that when
you had received of us the word of the
hearing of God, you received it not as
the word of men, but (as it is indeed)
the word of God, who worketh in you
that have believed.—1 Thess. ii. 13.
WORD OF GOD, EXHORTATION
TO RECEIVE THE
And these words which I command
thee this day, shall be in thy heart.—
Deut. vi. 6.
Lay up these my words in your
hearts and minds, and hang them for
a sign on your hands, and place them
between your eyes.
Teach your children that they medi­
tate on them, when thou sittest in thy
house, and when thou walkest on the
way, and when thou liest down and
risest up.
Thou shalt write them upon the posts
and the doors of thy house.—Deut. xi.
18-20. .
Receive the law of his mouth, and lay
up his words in thy heart.—Job xxii. 22.
My son, hearken to my words, and in­
cline thy ear to my sayings.
Let them not depart from thy eyes,
keep them in the midst of thy heart:
For they are life to those that find
them, and health to all flesh.—Prov. iv.
20-22.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you
abundantly, in all wisdom: teaching
and admonishing one another in
psalms, hymns, and spiritual canticles,
singing in grace in your hearts to God.
—Col. iii. 16.
Wherefore casting away all unclean­
ness, and abundance of naughtiness,
with meekness receive the ingrafted
word, which is able to save your souls.
—James i. 21.

Thy words have I hidden in my heart,
that I may not sin against thee.—Ps.
cxviii. 11.
Princes have persecuted me without
cause: and my heart hath been in awe
of thy words.
I will rejoice at thy words, as one
that hath found great spoil.—Ps. cxviii.
161, 162.
Thy words were found, and I did eat
them, and thy word was to me a joy
and gladness of my heart: for thy name
is called upon me, O Lord God of
hosts.—Jer. xv. 16.
And he spoke to them many things
in parables, saying: Behold the sower
went forth to sow.
And whilst he soweth some fell by
the way side, and the birds of the air
came and ate them up. . . .
And others fell upon good ground:
and they brought forth fruit, some an
hundredfold, some sixtyfold, and some
thirtyfold. . . .
But he that received the seed upon
good ground, is he that hearcth the
word, and understandeth, and beareth
fruit, and yieldeth the one an hundred­
fold, and another sixty, and another
thirty.—Matt. xiii. 3, 4, 8, 23.
And it came to pass, as he spoke these
things, a certain woman from the
crowd, lifting up her voice, said to him:
WORDS, EVIL AND UNKIND
Blessed is the womb that bore thee,
See also: Conversations, evil—
and the paps that gave thee suck.
But he said: Yea rather, blessed are page 79.
Be ye angry, and sin not : the things
they who hear the word of God, and
you say in your hearts, be sorry for
keep it.—Luke xi. 27, 28.
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Incline not my heart to evil words;
to make excuses in sins.—Ps. cxl. 4.
Therefore he that spcaketh unjust
things cannot be hid, neither shall the
chastising judgment pass him by.
For inquisition shall be made into the
thoughts of the ungodly : and the hear­
ing of his words shall come to God, to
the chastising of his iniquities.—IVis.
i. 8, 9..
A wicked word shall change the
heart: out of which four manner of
things arise, good and evil, life and
death: and the tongue is continually the
ruler of them.—Ecclus. xxxvii. 21.
For by thy words thou shalt be justi­
fied, and by thy words thou shalt be con­
demned.—Malt. xii. 37.
WORDS, IDLE

See: Idle—page 226.
WORDS, KIND

See: Kind—page 269.
WORDS OF CHRIST ON THE
CROSS, THE SEVEN
And about the ninth hour Jesus
cried with a loud voice, saying: Eli, Eli,
lamma sabacthani? that is, My God,
my God, why hast thou forsaken me?—
Matt, xxvii. 46.
And Jesus said: Father, forgive
them, for they know not what they do.
—Luke xxiii. 34.
And Jesus said to him: Amen I say
to thee, this day thou shalt be with me
in paradise.—Luke xxiii. 43.
And Jesus crying with a loud voice,
said: Father, into thy hands I com­
mend my spirit. And saying this, he
gave up the ghost.—Luke xxiii. 46.
When Jesus therefore had seen his
mother and the disciple standing whom
he loved, he saith to his mother:
Woman, behold thy son.
After that, he saith to the disciple:
Behold thy mother.—John xix. 26, 27.
Afterwards, Jesus knowing that all
things were now accomplished, that the
scripture might be fulfilled, said: I
thirst.—John xix. 28.
Jesus therefore, when he had taken
the vinegar, said : It is consummated.

And bowing his head, he gave up the
ghost.—John xix. 30.
WORK AND FIGHT TO GAIN
HEAVEN, WE MUST
See: Heaven—page 195.

WORKS OF GOD, THE
For the word of the Lord is right,
and all his works arc done with faith­
fulness.—Ps. xxxii. 4.
Thou hast multiplied thy wonderful
works, O Lord my God: and in thy
thoughts there is no one like to thee.
I have declared and I have spoken:
they are multiplied above number.—Ps.
xxxix. 6.
Come and behold ye the works of the
Lord : what wonders he hath done upon
earth.—Ps. xiv. 9.
Come and see the works of God; who
is terrible in his counsels over the sons
of men.—Ps. Ixv. 5.
May the glory of the Lord endure for
ever : the Lord shall rejoice in his
works.—Ps. ciii. 31.
Let the mercies of the Lord give
glory to him, and his wonderful works
to the children of men.—Ps. evi. 31.
Let all thy works, 0 Lord, praise
thee: and let thy saints bless thee.—
Ps. cxliv. 10.
For many of his works are hidden:
but the works of his justice who shall
declare? or who shall endure? for the
testament is far from some, and the
examination of all is in the end —
Ecclus. xvi. 22.
O how desirable are all his works,
and what we can know is but as a
spark !—Ecclus. xiii. 23.
What shall we be able to do to glor­
ify him? for the Almighty himself is
above all his works.
. . . There are many things hid­
den from us that are greater than these:
for we have seen but a few of his works.
But the Lord hath made all things,
and to the godly he hath given wisdom.
—Ecclus. xliii. 30, 36, 37.
The harp, and the lyre, and the tim­
brel, and the pipe, and wine are in your
feasts: and the work of the Lord you
regard not, nor do you consider the
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For who shall search out his glorious
WORKS OF GOD ARE WONDER­
acts?
FUL AND GREAT, THE
. . . Nothing may be taken away,
Wherefore I will pray to the Lord, nor added, neither is it possible to End
and address my speech to God:
out the glorious works of God:
Who doth great things and unsearch­
When a man hath done, then shall he
able and wonderful things without begin : and when he leaveth off, he shall
number.—Job v. 8, 9.
be at a loss.—Ecclus. xviii. 2, 3, 5, 6.
Hearken to these things, Job:
The sun giving light hath looked
Stand, and consider the wondrous upon all things, and full of the glory
works of God.—Job xxxvii. 14.
of the Lord is his work.
Blessed be the Lord, the God of
. . . He hath beautified the glori­
Israel, who alone doth wonderful ous works of his wisdom : and he is
things.—Ps. Ixxi. 18.
from eternity to eternity, and to him
Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle : nothing may be added.—Ecclus. xiii.
because he hath done wonderful things. 16, 2L
—Ps. xcvii. 1.
Fear not, 0 land, be glad and rejoice:
Remember his marvellous works for the Lord hath done great things.—
which he hath done; his wonders, and Joel ii. 21.
the judgments of his mouth.—Ps.
civ. 5.
WORKS OF GOD ARE WONDER­
They that go down to the sea in
FUL AND GREAT, ACKNOWL­
ships, doing business in the great
EDGMENT THAT THE
waters:
These have seen the works of the
Say unto God, How terrible are thy
Lord, and his wonders in the deep.— w’orks, 0 Lord! in the multitude of
Ps. evi. 23, 24.
thy strength thy enemies shall lie to
Great are the works of the Lord: thee.—Ps. Ixv. 3.
sought out according to all his
0 Lord, how great are thy works!
wills. . . .
thy thoughts are exceeding deep.—Ps.
He hath made a remembrance of his xci. 6.
wonderful works, being a merciful and
How great are thy works, 0 Lord?
gracious Lord. . . .
thou hast made all things in wisdom:
lie will show’ forth to his people the the earth is filled with thy riches.—Ps.
power of his works.—Ps. ex. 2, 4, 6.
ciii. 24.
This is the Lord’s doing: and it is
I will praise thee, for thou art fear­
wonderful in our eyes.—Ps. cxvii. 23. fully magnified: wonderful are thy
Glory not in apparel at any time, and works, and my soul knoweth right well.
be not exalted in the day of thy honor: —Ps. cxxxviii. 14.
for the w’orks of the Highest only are
0 Lord, thou art my God, I will
wonderful, and his w’orks are glori­ exalt thee, and give glory to thy
ous, and secret, and hidden.—Ecclus. name: for thou hast done wonderful
xi. 4.
things, thy designs of old faithful,
The works of God are done in judg­ amen.—Is. xxv. 1.
ment from the beginning, and from the
And I saw as it were a sea of glass
making of them he distinguished their mingled with fire, and them that had
parts, and their beginnings in their overcome the beast, and his image, and
generations.
the number of his name, standing on
He beautified their works for ever, the sea of glass, having the harps of
they have neither hungered, nor la­ God :
bored, and they have not ceased from
And singing the canticle of Moses,
their works.
the servant of God, and the canticle of
Neither shall any of them straiten (he Lamb, saying: Great and wonder­
his neighbor at any time.—Ecclus. xvi. ful are thy works, O Lord God Al­
26-28.
mighty: just and true are thy ways, O
Who is able to declare his works?
King of ages.—Apoc. xv. 2, 3.

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WORKS OF GOD ARE GOOD,
nocent; and will compass thy altar, 0
Lord :
ALL THE
And God saw all the things that he . That I may hear the voice of thy
had made, and they were very good.— praise and tell of all thy wondrous
works.—Ps. xxv. 6, 7.
Gen. i. 31.
Come
and
all v
ye that
The works of God are perfect, and all
4'7
" r.f
-. hear,’ —
---- fear Godhis ways are judgments : God is faithful I ,a,
tef •5'0U what great^thngs
and without any iniquity, he is just I he hath done for my soul.—Ps. Ixv. 16.
We will praise thee, 0 God: we
and right.—Deut. xxxii. 4.
For thou hast given me, 0 Lord, a will praise, and we will call upon thy
delight in thy doings: and in the works name.
We will relate thy wondrous works.
of thy hands I shall rejoice.—Ps. xci. 5.
The Lord is faithful in all his words: —Ps. Ixxiv. 2.
and holy in all his works.—Ps. cxliv. 13. I Give glory to the Lord, and call upon
Magnify his name, and give glory to his name: declare his deeds among the
him with the voice of your lips, and Gentiles.
Sing to him, yea sing praises to him:
with the canticles of your mouths, and
with harps, and in praising him, you relate all his wondrous works.—Ps.
civ. 1, 2.
shall say in this manner:
I shall not die, but live: and shall
All the works of the Lord are exceed­
declare the works of the Lord.—Ps.
ing good.
. . . All the works of the Lord are cxvii. 17.
Generation and generation shall
good, and he will furnish every work
praise thy works: and they shall de­
in due time.
It is not to be said : This is worse clare thy power.
They shall speak of the magnificence
than that: for all shall be well approved
in their time.—Ecclus. xxxix. 20, 21, of the glory of thy holiness: and shall
tell thy wondrous works.
39. 40.
And they shall speak of the might of
All things are double, one against an­
other, and he hath made nothing de­ thy terrible acts: and shall declare thy
greatness.—Ps. cxliv. 4-6.
fective.—Ecclus. xiii. 25.
He set his eye upon their hearts to
For thou art just in all that thou
hast done to us, and all thy works are show them the greatness of his works:
That they might praise the name
true, and thy ways right, and all thy
which he hath sanctified: and glory in
judgments true.—Dan. iii. 27.
And he (Jesus) charged them that his wondrous acts, that they might de­
they should tell no man. But the more clare the glorious things of his works.
he charged them, so much the more a —Ecclus. xvii. 7, 8.
I will now remember the works of the
great deal did they publish it.
And so much the more did they won­ Lord, and I will declare the things I
der, saying: He hath done all things) have seen. By the words of the Lord
well; he hath made both the deaf to are his works. .
Hath not the Lord made the saints
hear, and the dumb to speak.—Mark
to declare all his wonderful works,
vii. 36, 37.
which the Lord Almighty hath firmly
WORKS OF GOD, WE SHOULD settled to be established for his glory?
—Ecclus. xiii. 15, 17.
PROCLAIM THE
And you shall say in that day: Praise
For it is good to hide the secret of ye the Lord, and call upon his name:
a king: but honorable to reveal and con­ make his works known among the
fess the works of God.—Tob. xii. 7.
people: remember that his name is high.
It is time therefore that I return to
Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath done
him that sent me: but bless ye God, great things: show this forth in all the
and publish all his wonderful works.— earth.—Is. xii. 4, 5.
Tob. xii. 20.
And when he (Jesus) went up into
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because the harvest is come.—Mark iv.
26-29.
In this is my Father glorified; that
you bring forth very much fruit, and
become my disciples.—John xv. 8.
For we are his workmanship, created
in Christ Jesus in good works, which
God hath prepared that we should walk
in them.—Eph. ii. 10.
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself,
and God and our Father, who hath
loved us, and hath given us everlasting
WORKS OF GOD SHOW FORTH consolation, and good hope in grace,
Exhort your hearts, and confirm you
HIS GREATNESS AND
in every good work and word.—2 Thess.
POWER, THE
ii. 15, 16.
See: Greatness of God shown by His
Let us be glad and rejoice, and give
works—page 185.
I glory to him; for the marriage of the
Lamb is come, and his wife hath pre­
pared herself.
WORKS, GOOD
And it is granted to her that she
See also: Practical in our religion—
should clothe herself with fine linen,
page 392.
glittering and white. For the fine linen
When thou didst pray with tears, and are the justifications of saints.—Apoc.
didst bury the dead, and didst leave thy xix. 7, 8.
dinner, and hide the dead by day in thy
house, and bury them by night, I of­ WORKS ARE NECESSARY FOR
fered thy prayer to the Lord.—Tob.
SALVATION, GOOD
xii. 12.
See: Part II—page 740.
Who is the man that desireth life:
who loveth to see good days?
WORKS REWARDED BY GOD,
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy
GOOD
lips from speaking guile.
Turn away from evil and do good:
See also: Reward God gives to those
seek after peace and pursue it.—Ps. who serve Him, the—page 480.
xxxiii. 13-15.
If thou do well, shalt thou not re­
The work of the just is unto life: but
the fruit of the wicked, unto sin.— ceive? but if ill, shall not sin forthwith
lie present at the door?—Gen. iv. 7.
Prov. x. 16.
For he will render to a man his work,
Every work that is corruptible shall
fail in the end : and the worker thereof and according to the ways of every one
ho will reward them.—Job xxxiv. 11.
shall go with it.
And the Lord will reward me accord­
And every excellent work shall be
justified: and the worker thereof shall ing to my justice; and will repay me
be honored therein.—Ecclus. xiv. 20,21. according to the cleanness of my hands:
Because I have kept the ways of the
And he (Jesus) said: So is the king­
dom of God. as if a man should cast Lord; and have not done wickedly
against my God.—Ps. xvii. 21. 22.
seed into the earth,
The judgments of the Lord are true,
And should sleep, and rise, night and
day, and the seed should spring, and justified in themselves.
More to bo desired than gold and
grow up whilst he knoweth not.
For the earth of itself bringeth forth many precious stones: and sweeter than
fruit, first the blade, then the ear, after­ honey and the honeycomb.
For thy servant keepeth them, and in
wards the full corn in the ear.
And when the fruit is brought forth, keeping them there is a great reward.—
immediately he putteth in the sickle, Ps. xviii. 10-12.

the devil, began to beseech him that
he might be with him.
And he admitted him not, but saith
to him: Go into thy house to thy
friends, and toll them how great things
the Lord hath done for thee, and hath
had mercy on thee.
And he went his way, and began to
publish in Decapolis how great things
Jesus had done for him: and all men
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By the fruit of his own mouth shall
a man be filled with good things, and
according to the works of his hands it
shall be repaid him.—Prov. xii. 14.
All mercy shall make a place for
every man according to the merit of his
works, and according to the wisdom of
his sojournment.—Ecclus. xvi. 15.
Work your work before the time, and
he will give you your reward in his
time.—Ecclus. Ii. 38.
Then shall the king say to them that
shall be on his right hand : Come, ye
blessed of my Father, possess you the
kingdom prepared for you from the
foundation of the world.
For I was hungry, and you gave me
to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me
to drink; I was a stranger, and you
took me in :
Naked, and you covered me: sick,
and you visited me: I was in prison,
and you came to me.
Then shall the just answer him, say­
ing: Lord, when did we see thee hungry,
and fed thee; thirsty, and gave thee
drink ?
And when did we see thee a stranger,
and took thee in? or naked, and cov­
ered thee?
Or when did we see thee sick or in
prison, and came to thee?
And the king answering, shall say
to them : Amen I say to you, as long as
you did it to one of these my least
brethren, you did it to me.—Matt. xxv.
34-40.
And they that have done good things,
shall come forth unto the resurrection
of life; but they that have done evil,
unto the resurrection of judgment.—
John v. 29.
But in every nation, he that feareth
him, and worketh justice, is acceptable
to him.—Acts x. 35.
Who will render to every man ac­
cording to his works.
To them indeed, who according to
patience in good works, seek glory and
honor and incorruption, eternal life.—
Rom. ii. 6, 7.
But glory, and honor, and peace to
every one that worketh good, to the Jew
first, and also to the Greek.
For there is no respect of persons
with God.—Rom. ii. 10, 11.

And every man shall receive his own
reward, according to his own labor.—
1 Cor. iii. 8.
Every man’s work shall be manifest;
for the day of the Lord shall declare
it, because it shall be revealed in fire;
and the fire shall try every man’s work,
of what sort it is.
If any man’s work abide, which he
hath built thereupon, he shall receive
a reward.—1 Cor. iii. 13, 14.
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be
ye steadfast and unmovable; always
abounding in the work of the Lord,
knowing that your labor is not in vain
in the Lord.—1 Cor. xv. 58.
And in doing good, let us not fail.
For in due time we shall reap, not fail­
ing.—Gal. vi. 9.
Knowing that whatsoever good thing
any man shall do, the same shall he re­
ceive from the Lord, whether he be
bond, or free.—Eph. vi. 8.
For God is not unjust, that he should
forget your work, and the love which
you have shown in his name, you who
have ministered, and do minister to the
saints.—Heb. vi. 10.
Wherefore, brethren, labor the more,
that by good works you may make sure
your calling and election. For doing
these things, you shall not sin at any
time.
For so an entrance shall be miilistered to you abundantly into ¿he ever­
lasting kingdom of our I ord and
Saviour Jesus Christ.—2 Peter i.
10, 11.
WORKS, EXHORTATION TO THE
PRACTICE OF GOOD

Thou shalt not appear empty in the
sight of the Lord.—Ecclus. xxxv. 6.
By a voice he saith : Hear me, *ye di­
vine offspring, and bud forth as the
rose planted by the brooks of waters.
Give ye a sweet odor as frankincense.
Send forth flowers, as the lily, and
yield a smell, and bring forth leaves in
grace, and praise with canticles, and
bless the Lord in his works.—Ecclus.
xxxix. 17-19.
Seek ye good, and not evil, that you
may live: and the Lord the God of
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hosts will be with you, as you have I For if these things be with you and
abound, they will make you to be
said.
Hate evil, and love good, and estab­ neither empty nor unfruitful in the
lish judgment in the gate: it may be knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
For he that hath not these things
the Lord the God of hosts may have
mercy on the remnant of Joseph.— with him, is blind, and groping, hav­
ing forgotten that he was purged from
Amos v. 14, 15.
But to them first that are at Damas­ his old sins.—2 Peter i. 5-9.
cus, and at Jerusalem, and unto all the
country of Judea, and to the Gentiles) WORLD IS GOD’S ENEMY, THE
did I preach, that they should do pen­
The world cannot hate you ; but me it
ance, and turn to God, doing works
hateth: because I give testimony of it,
worthy of penance.—Acts xxvi. 20.
For the rest, brethren, whatsoever that the works thereof are evil.—John
things are true, whatsoever modest, vii. 7.
And he (Jesus) said to them: You
whatsoever just, whatsoever holy, what­
soever lovely, whatsoever of good fame, are from beneath, I am from above.
if there be any virtue, if any praise of You are of this world, I am not of this
world.—John viii. 23.
discipline, think on these things.
Now is the judgment of the world:
The things which you have both
learned, and received, and heard, and now shall the prince of this world be
seen in me, these do ye, and the God cast out.—John xii. 31.
And I will ask the Father, and he
of peace shall be with you.—Philipp.
shall give you another Paraclete, that
iv. 8, 9.
That you may walk worthy of God, he may abide with you for ever.
The spirit of truth, whom the world
in all things pleasing; being fruitful in
every good work, and increasing in the cannot receive, because it seeth him not,
nor knoweth him: but you shall know
knowledge of God.—Col. i. 10.
It is a faithful saying: and these him; because he shall abide with you,
things I will have thee affirm con­ and shall be in you.—John xiv. 16, 17.
I will not now speak many things
stantly: that they, who believe in God,
may be careful to excel in good works. with you. For the prince of this world
These things are good and profitable cometh, and in me he hath not any
thing.—John xiv. 30.
unto men.—Titus iii. 8.
If the world hate you, know ye, that
And let our men also learn to excel
in good works for necessary uses: that it hath hated me before you.
If you had been of the world, the
they be not unfruitful.—Titus iii. 14.
And let us consider one another, to world would love its own: but because
provoke unto charity and to good works. you are not of the world, but I have
chosen you out of the world, therefore
—Heb. x. 24.
And do not forget to do good, and the world hateth you.
Remember my word that I said to
to impart; for by such sacrifices God’s
you : The servant is not greater than
fkvor is obtained.—Heb. xiii. 16.
Wherefore let them also that suffer his master. If they have persecuted me,
according to the will of God, commend they will also persecute you: if they
their souls in good deeds to the faithful have kept my word, they will keep yours
Creator.—1 Peter iv. 19.
also.
But all these things they will do to
And you, employing all care, minister
in your faith, virtue; and in virtue, you for my name’s sake: because they
know not him that sent me.—John
knowledge ;
And in knowledge, abstinence; and xv. 18-21.
But I tell you the truth: it is expe­
in abstinence, patience; and in pa­
dient for you that I go: for if I go
tience, godliness;
And in godliness, love of brother­ not, the Paraclete will not come to you;
hood; and in love of brotherhood, but if I go, I will send him to you.
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vince the world of sin, and of justice,
and of judgment.
Of sin: because they believed not in
me.
And of justice: because I go to the
Father; and you shall see me no
longer.
And of judgment: because the prince
of this world is already judged.—John
xvi. 7-11.
These things I have spoken to you,
that in me you may have peace. In the
world you shall have distress: but have
confidence, I have overcome the world.
—John xvi. 33.
I pray for them: I pray not for the
world, but for them whom thou hast
given me: because they are thine.—
John xvii. 9.
I have given them thy word, and the
world hath hated them, because they
are not of the world; as I also am not
of the world.—John xvii. 14.
Just Father, the world hath not
known thee; but I have known thee:
and these have known that thou hast
sent me.—John xvii. 25.
Adulterers, know you not that the
friendship of this world is the enemy
of God? Whosoever therefore will be
a friend of this world, becometh an
enemy of God.—James iv. 4.
Wonder not, brethren, if the world
hate you.—1 John iii. 13.
And every spirit that dissolveth
Jesus, is not of God: and this is Anti­
christ, of whom you have heard that
he cometh, and he is now already in
the world.
You are of God, little children, and
have overcome him. Because greater is
he that is in you, than he that is in the
world.
They are of the world : therefore of
the world they speak, and the world
heareth them.—1 John iv. 3-5.
WORLD CAN NEVER SATISFY
US, THE
Hell and destruction are never filled :
so the eyes of men are never satisfied.
—Prov. XXVii. 20.
All the labor of man is for his mouth,
but his soul shall not be filled.—Eccles.
vi. 7.

I

WORLD, VANITY OF THE
THINGS OF THIS
See: Vanity—page 574.

And : Life, its emptiness—page 279.
WORLD, THE WISDOM OF THE
See: Wisdom of the world—page 615.

WORLD DESPISES THE JUST,
THE
See: Just despised by the world—
page 265.

WORLD, LOVE OF THE
See: Worldiness—page 628.
WORLDLINESS
Thou hast hated them that regard
vanities, to no purpose.—Ps. xxx. 7.
Yea and they have counted our life a
pastime, and the business of life to be
gain, and that we must be getting every
way, even out of evil.—Wts. xv. 12.
The sower went out to sow his seed.
And as he sowed, some fell by the way­
side, and it was trodden down, and the
fowls of the air devoured it. . . .
And other some fell among thorns,
and the thorns growing up with it,
choked it. . . .
And that which fell among thorns,
are they who have heard, and going
their way, are choked with the cares
and riches and pleasures of this life,
and yield no fruit.—Luke viii. 5, 7, 14.
And be not conformed to this world;
but be reformed in the newness of your
mind, that you may prove what is the
good, and the acceptable, and the per­
fect will of God.—Rom. xii. 2.
And if our gospel be also hid, it is
hid to them that are lost,
Tn whom the god of this world hath
blinded the minds of unbelievers that
the light of the gospel of the glory of
Christ, who is the image of God,
should not shine unto them.—2 Cor.
iv. 3, 4.
If then you be dead with Christ from
the elements of this world, why do youyet
decree as living in the world ?—Col.ii.20.
For she that liveth in pleasures, is
dead while she is living.—1 Tim. v. 6.

Y OU N O
Religion clean and undefilod before I
God and the Father, is this: to visit
the fatherless and widows in their trib­
ulation: and to keep one’s self un­
spotted from this world.—James i. 27.
Adulterers, know you not that the
friendship of this world is the enemy
of God? Whosoever therefore will be
a friend of this world, becometh an ene­
my of God.—James iv. 4.
Love not the world, nor the things
which are in the world. If any man
love the world, the charity of the Father
is not in him.
For all that is in the world, is the
concupiscence of the flesh, and the con­
cupiscence of the eyes, and the pride
of life, which is not of the Father, but
is of the world.
And the world passeth away, and the
concupiscence thereof : but he that doth
the will of God, abideth for ever.—
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Now we have received not the spirit
of this world, but the Spirit that is of
God; that we may know the things that
are given us from God. . . .
But the sensual man perceiveth not
these things that are of the Spirit of
God; for it is foolishness to him, and
he cannot understand, because it is
spiritually examined.—1 Cor. ii. 12, 14.
For all seek the things that are their
own; not the things that are Jesus
Christ’s.—Philipp, ii. 21.
Therefore, if you be risen with
Christ, seek the things that are above;
where Christ is sitting at the right hand
of God:
Mind the things that are above, not
the things that are upon the earth.—
Col. iii. 1, 2.
WRATH OF GOD, THE
See: Anger of God—page 30.

WORLDLY MINDED, THE
YOUNG MEN
Who turning, said to Peter: Go be­
The parables of Solomon, the son of
hind me, Satan, thou art a scandal un­ David, king of Israel.
to me: because thou savorest not the
To know wisdom, and instruction : . . .
things that are of God, but the things
To give subtilty to little ones, to
that are of men.—Matt. xvi. 23.
the young man knowledge and under­
He that cometh from above, is above standing.—Prov. i. 1, 2, 4.
all. He that is of the earth, of the
The joy of young men is their
earth he is, and of the earth he speak­ strength: and the dignity of old men,
eth. lie that cometh from heaven, is their grey hairs.—Prov. xx. 29.
above all.—John iii. 31.
My son, from thy youth up receive
How can you believe, who receive instruction, and even to thy grey hairs
glory one from another: and the glory thou shalt find wisdom.—Ecclus. vi. 18.
which is from God alone, you do not I I write unto you, young men. be­
seek?—John v. 44.
cause you have overcome the wicked
And he (Jesus) said to them: You one. . . .
are from beneath, I am from above.
I write unto you, young men. be­
You arc of this world, I am not of this cause you are strong, and the word of
world.
God abideth in you, and you have over­
Therefore I said to you, that you come the wicked one.—1 John ii. 13. 14.
shall die in your sins. For if you be­
lieve not that I am he, you shall die in YOUNG MEN, PROPER CONDUCT
your sin.—John viii. 23, 24.
,
FOR
For they that are according to the
Young man, scarcely speak in thy
flesh, mind the things that are of the
flesh: but they that are according to own cause.
If thou be asked twice, let thy an­
the spirit, mind the things that are of
swer be short.
the spirit.
In many things be as if thou wert
For the wisdom of the flesh is death ;
but the wisdom of the spirit is life and I ignorant, and hear in silence and withal
peace. .. . And they who are in the flesh, seeking.
cannot please God.—Rom. viii. 5, 6, 8. I In the company of great men take

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not upon thee: and when the ancients
are present, speak not much.
Before a storm goeth lightning: and
before shamefacedness goeth favor: and
for thy reverence good grace shall come
to thee.
And at the time of rising be not
slack: but be first to run home to thy
house, and there withdraw thyself, and
there take thy pastime.
And do what thou hast a mind, but
not in sin or proud speech.
And for all these things bless the
Lord, that made thee, and that replenisheth thee with all his good things.
—Ecclus. xxxii. 10-17.
Young men, in like manner, exhort
that they be sober.—Titus ii. 6.
In like manner, ye young men, be
subject to the ancients.—1 Peter v. 5.
YOUTH, THOUGHTLESSNESS OF
The sins of my youth and my ig­
norances do not remember.—Ps. xxiv. 7.
Three things are hard to me, and the
fourth I am utterly ignorant of.
The way of an eagle in the air, the
way of a serpent upon a rock, the way
of a ship in the midst of the sea, and
the way of a man in youth.—Prov. xxx.
18, 19.

YOUTH DOES NOT LAST LONG
Remove anger from thy heart, and
put away evil from thy flesh. For youth
and pleasure are vain.—Eccles, xi. 10.
Remember thy Creator in the days of
thy youth, before the time of affliction
come, and the years draw nigh of which
thou shalt say: They please me not.—
Eccles, xii. 1.
YOUTH, WE SHOULD FORM
GOOD HABITS IN
His bones shall be filled with the vices
of his youth, and they shall sleep with
him in the dust.—Job xx. 11.
By what doth a young man correct
his way? by observing thy words.—Ps.
cxviii. 9.
It is a proverb: A young man accord­
ing to his way, even when he is old he
will not depart from it.—Prov. xxii. 6.
Rejoice therefore. 0 young man, in
thy youth, and let thy heart be in that
which is good in the days of thy youth,

and walk in the ways of thy heart, and
in the sight of thy eyes: and know that
for all these God will bring thee into
judgment.—Eccles, xi. 9.
The things that thou hast not gath­
ered in thy youth, how shalt thou find
them in thy old age?—Ecclus. xxv. 5.
If the Ethiopian can change his skin,
or the leopard his spots: you also may
do well, when you have learned evil.—
Jer. xiii. 23.
It is good for a man, when he hath
borne the yoke from his youth.—Lam.
iii. 27.
ZEAL FOR THE HONOR OF GOD
And when he was come thither, he
abode in a cave: and behold the word
of the Lord came unto him, and he said
to him: What dost thou here, Elias?
And he answered: With zeal have
I been zealous for the Lord God of
hosts: for the children of Israel have
forsaken thy covenant: they have
thrown down thy altars, they have
slain thy prophets with the sword, and
I alone am left, and they seek my life
to take it away.—3 Kings xix. 9, 10.
For the zeal of thy house hath eaten
me up: and the reproaches of them
that reproached thee are fallen upon
me.—Ps. Lxviii. 10.
My zeal hath made me pine away:
because my enemies forgot thy words.
—Ps. cxviii. 139.
Have I not hated them, O Lord, that
hated thee : and pined away because of
thy enemies?
I have hated them with a perfect
hatred : and they are become enemies to
me.—Ps. cxxxviii. 21, 22.
Thus therefore shall you pray: Our
Father who art in heaven, hallowed be
thy name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be
done on earth as it is in heaven.—
Matt. vi. 9, 10.
ZEAL IN DOING GOOD
For I have determined to follow her
(wisdom) : I have had a zeal for good,
and shall not be confounded.—Ecclus.
Ii. 24.
Blessed are they that hunger and
thirst after justice: for they shall have
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I am come to cast fire on the earth : gogues, and preaching the gospel of the
and what will I, but that it be kindled? kingdom, and healing every disease,
and every infirmity.
—Luke xii. 49.
And seeing the multitudes, he had
And the lord coinmended the unjust
steward, forasmuch as he had done compassion on them : because they were
wisely: for the children of this world distressed, and lying like sheep that
are wiser in their generation than the have no shepherd.
Then he saith to his disciples, The
children of light.—Luke xvi. 8.
To the weak I became weak, that I harvest indeed is great, but the laborers
might gain the weak. I became all are few.
Pray ye therefore the Lord of the
things to all men, that I might save all.
And I do all things for the gospel’s harvest, that he send forth laborers into
sake: that I may be made partaker his harvest.—Matt. ix. 35-38.
And rising very early, going out, he
thereof.—1 Cor. ix. 22, 23.
Besides those things which are with­ (Jesus) went into a desert place: and
out: my daily instance, the solicitude there he prayed.
And Simon, and they that were with
for all the churches.
Who is weak, and I am not weak? him, followed after him.
Who is scandalized, and I am not on
And when they had found him,
they said to him: All seek for thee.
fire?—2 Cor. xi. 28, 29.
And he saith to them : Let us go into
But I most gladly will spend and be
spent myself for your souls; although the neighboring towns and cities, that
I may preach there also; for to
loving you more, I be loved less.
2 Cor. xii. 15.
this purpose am I come.—Mark i.
But be zealous for that which is good 35-38.
And with many such parables, he
in a good thing always: and not only
when I am present with you.—Gal. spoke to them the word, according as
iv. 18.
they were able to hear.
Brethren, I do not count myself to
And without parable he did not speak
have apprehended. But one thing I do : unto them; but apart he explained all
forgetting the things that are behind, things to his disciples.
and stretching forth myself to those
And he saith to them that day, when
that are before,
evening was come: Let us pass over
I press towards the mark, to the prize to the other side:
And sending away the multitude,
of the supernal vocation of God in
Christ Jesus.—Philipp, iii. 13, 14.
they take him even as he was in the
My brethren, if any of you err from ship: and there were other ships with
the truth, and one convert him:
him.
And there arose a great storm of
Tie must know that he who causeth a
sinner to be converted from the error of wind, and the waves beat into the ship,
his way, shall save his soul from death, so that the ship was filled.
And he was in the hinder part of the
and shall cover a multitude of sins.—
ship, sleeping upon a pillow.—Mark
James v. 19, 20.
And who is he that can hurt you, if iv. 33-38.
And the apostles coming together
you be zealous of good?—1 Peter iii. 13.
Such as T love, I rebuke and chastise. unto Jesus, related to him all things
Be zealous therefore, and do penance. that they had done and taught.
And he said to them: Come apart
—Apoc. iii. 19.
into a desert place, and rest a little.
ZEAL OF THE PRIEST
For there were many coming and go­
ing
:
and
they
had
not
so
much
as
time
See: Priest, zeal of the—page 440.
to eat.
And going up into a ship, they went
ZEAL OF CHRIST, THE
into a desert place apart.
And they saw them going away, and
And Jesus went about all the cities,
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thither on foot from all the cities, and I therefore being wearied with his jour­
were there before them.
ney, sat thus on the well. It was about
And Jesus going out saw a great mul­ the sixth hour. . . .
titude: and he had compassion on them,
In the mean time the disciples
because they were as sheep not having prayed him, saying: Rabbi, eat.
a shepherd, and he began to teach
But he said to them : I have meat to
eat, which you know not.
them many things.
And when the day was now far spent,
The disciples therefore said one to
his disciples came to him, saying: another: Hath any man brought him
This is a desert place, and the hour is to eat?
Jesus saith to them: My meat is to
now past.
. . . And when he had dismissed do the will of him that sent me, that
them, he went up to the mountain to I may perfect his work.
Do not you say, There are yet four
pray.—Mark vi. 30-35, 46.
And it came to pass that, after three months, and then the harvest cometh 1
days, they found him in the temple, sit­ Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes,
ting in the midst of the doctors, hearing and see the countries; for they are
white already to harvest.—John iv.
them, and asking them questions.
And all that heard him were aston­ 5, 6, 31-35.
ished at his wisdom and his answers.
And seeing him, they wondered. ¡ZEAL, IMPRUDENT OR WRONG
And his mother said to him: Son, why
From that time Jesus began to show
hast thou done so to us? behold thy
father and J have sought thee sorrow­ to his disciples, that he must go to
Jerusalem, and suffer many things
ing.
And he said to them : How is it that from the ancients and scribes and chief
you sought me? did you not know, that priests, and be put to death, and the
I must be about my father’s business? third day rise again.
And Peter taking him, began to re­
—Luke ii. 46-49.
And I have a baptism wherewith I buke him, saying: Lord, be it far from
am to be baptized : and how am 1 thee, this shall not be unto thee.
Who turning, said to Peter: Go be­
straitened until it be accomplished?—
hind me, Satan, thou art a scandal un­
Luke xii. 50.
And the pasch of the Jews was at to me: because thou savorest not the
hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. things that are of God, but the things
And he found in the temple them that are of men.—Matt. xvi. 21-23.
And when Jesus was in Bethania, in
that sold oxen and sheep and doves,
the house of Simon the leper,
and the changers of money sitting.
There came to him a woman having
And when he had made, as it were, a
scourge of little cords, he drove them an alabaster box of precious ointment,
all out of the temple, the sheep also and and poured it on his head as he was at
the oxen, and the money of the table.
changers he poured out, and the tables
And the disciples seeing it, had in­
he overthrew.
dignation, saying: To what purpose is
And to them that sold doves he said: this waste?
Take these things hence, and make not
For this might have been sold for
the house of my Father a house of much, and given to the poor.—Matt.
traffic.
xxvi. 6-9.
And his disciples remembered that
Then Jesus saith to them: All you
it was written: The zeal of thy house shall be scandalized in me this night.
hath eaten me up.—John ii. 13-17.
For it is written : I will strike the
He cometh therefore to a city of shepherd, and the sheep of the flock
Samaria, which is called Sichar, near shall be dispersed.
the land which Jacob gave to his son
But after I shall be risen again, I
Joseph.
will go before you into Galilee.
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Although all shall be scandalized in
thee, I will never be scandalized.
Jesus said to him: Arnen, I say to
thee, that in this night before the cock
crow, thou wilt deny me thrice.
Peter saith to him: Yea, though I
should die with thee, I will not deny
thee. And in like manner said all the
disciples.—Malt. xxvi. 31-35.
Then they came up, and laid hands
on Jesus, and held him.
And behold one of them that were
with Jesus, stretching forth his hand,
drew out his sword: and striking the
servant of the high priest, cut off his
ear.
Then Jesus saith to him : Put up thy
sword into its place: for all that take
the sword shall perish with the sword.
Thinkest thou that I cannot ask my
Father, and he will give me presently
more than twelve legions of angels?
How then shall the scriptures be ful­
filled, that so it must be done?—Matt.
xxvi. 50-54.
And he (Jesus) sent messengers be­
fore his face; and going, they entered
into a city of the Samaritans, to pre­
pare for him.
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And when his disciples James and
John had seen this, they said: Lord,
wilt thou that we command fire to come
down from heaven, and consume them ?
And turning, he rebuked them, say­
ing: You know not of what spirit you
are.
The Son of man came not to destroy
souls, but to save. And they went into
another town.—Luke ix. 52-56.
For I bear them witness, that they
have a zeal of God, but not according to
knowledge.
For they, not knowing the justice of
God, and seeking to establish their own,
have not submitted themselves to the
justice of God.—Rom. x. 2, 3.
‘They are zealous in your regard not
well : but they would exclude you, that
you might be zealous for them.—Gal.
iv. 17.
But if you have bitter zeal, and there
be contentions in your hearts; glory
not, and be not liars against the truth.
For this is not wisdom, descending
from above: but earthly, sensual, devil­
ish.
For where envying and contention is,
there is inconstancy, and every evil
work.—James iii. 14-16.
l8t. Paul refera to the Judaliing Christiana.

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DOCTRINAL

PART II.—DOCTRINAL
ABSOLUTION OF THE PRIEST,
THE

See: Penance, the sacrament of, Part
II—page 719.
ANGELS ARE PURE SPIRITS, THE
And the angel said to them : Peace
be to you, fear not.
For when I was with you, I was there
by the will of God: bless ye him, and
sing praises to him.
1 seemed indeed to eat and to drink
with you: but I use an invisible meat
and drink, which cannot be seen by
men.—Tob. xii. 17-19.
Who makest thy angels spirits: and
thy ministers a burning fire.—Ps.ciii.4.
And to the angels indeed he saith:
He that maketh his angels spirits, and
his ministers a flame of fire.—Ileb. i. 7.
But to which of the angels said he
at any time: Sit on my right hand, un­
til I make thy enemies thy footstool?
Are they not all ministering spirits,
sent to minister for them, who shall re­
ceive the inheritance of salvation?—
IIeb. i. 13, 14.
And from the throne proceeded
lightnings, and voices, and thunders;
and there were seven lamps burning be­
fore the throne, which are the seven
spirits of God.—Apoc. iv. 5.
ANGELS, THE GREAT NUMBER
OF THE

I beheld till thrones were placed, and
the Ancient of days sat: his garment
was white as snow, and the hair of his
head like clean wool: his throne like
Hames of fire: the wheels of it like a
burning fire.
A swift stream of fire issued forth
from before him : thousands of thou­
sands ministered to him, and ten thou­
sand times a hundred thousand stood
before him: the judgment sat, and the
books were opened.—Dan. vii. 9, 10.
Thon Jesus saith to him (Peter) :

Put up again thy sword into its place:
for all that take the sword shall perish
with the sword.
Thinkest thou that I cannot ask my
Father, and he will give me presently
more than twelve legions of angels?
—Matt. xxvi. 52, 53.
And I beheld, and I heard the voice
of many angels round about the throne,
and the living creatures, and the an­
cients; and the number of them was
thousands of thousands.—Apoc. v. 11.
ANGELS, THE NINE CHOIRS OF
ist. Seraphim
In the year that king Ozias died, I
saw the Lord sitting upon a throne
high and elevated: and his train filled
the temple.
Upon it stood the Seraphim: the one
had six wings, and the other had six
wings: with two they covered his face,
and with two they covered his feet, and
with two they flew.—Is. vi. 1, 2.
2d. Cherubim
And he cast out Adam; and placed
before the paradise of pleasure Cheru­
bim, and a flaming sword, turning
every way, to keep the way of the tree
of life.—Gen. iii. 24.
He bowed the heavens, and came
down, and darkness was under his feet.
And he ascended upon the cherubim,
and he flew ; he flew upon the wings of
the winds.—Ps. xvii. 10, 11.
And the sound of the wings of the
cherubim was heard even to the out­
ward court as the voice of God Al­
mighty speaking. . . .
And the cherubim lifting up their
wings, were raised from the earth be­
fore me: and as they went out. the
wheels also followed: and it stood in
the entry of the cast gate of the house
of the Lord : and the glory of the God
of Israel was over them.
This is the living creature, which I
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river Chobar: and I understood that
they were cherubim.—Ezech. x. 5,
19, 20.
3d. Thrones
For in him were all things created
in heaven and on earth, visible and in­
visible, whether thrones, or domina­
tions, or principalities, or powers: all
things were created by him and in him.
—Col. i. 16.
4th. Dominations

Above all principality, and power,
and virtue, and dominion, and every
name that is named, not only in this
world, but also in that which is to
come.—Eph. i. 21.
For in him were all things created in
heaven and on earth, visible and in­
visible, whether thrones, or domina­
tions, or principalities, or powers: all
things were created by him and in
him.—Col. i. 16.

7th. Virtues
Above all principality, and power,
and virtue, and dominion, and every
name that is named, not only in this
world, but also in that which is to
come.—Eph. i. 21.
Who is on the right hand of God,
swallowing down death, that we might
be made heirs of life everlasting: be­
ing gone into heaven, the angels and
powers and virtues being made subject
to him.—1 Peter iii. 22.

8th. Archangels
For the Lord himself shall come
down from heaven with commandment,
and with the voice of an archangel, and
with the trumpet of God: and the dead
who are in Christ, shall rise first—
1 Thess. iv. 15.
When Michael the archangel, disput­
ing with the devil, contended about the
body of Moses, he durst not bring
against him the judgment of railing
5th and 6th. Principalities and Powers speech, but said: The Lord command
thee.—Jude i. 9.
For I am sure that neither death,
9th. Angels
nor life, nor angels, nor principalities,
nor powers, nor things present, nor
For I am sure that neither death, nor
things to come, nor might,
life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other powers, nor things present, nor things
creature, shall be able to separate us to come, nor might,
from the love of God, which is in
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other
Christ Jesus our Lord.—Rom. viii. creature, shall be able to separate us
38, 39.
from the love of God, which is in
And above all principality, and Christ Jesus our Lord.—Rom. viii.
power, and virtue, and dominion, and 38, 39.
every name that is named, not only
Who is on the right hand of God,
in this world, but also in that which swallowing down death, that we might
is to come.—Eph. i. 21.
be made heirs of life everlasting: be­
That the manifold wisdom of God ing gone into heaven, the angels and
may be made known to the principali­ powers and virtues being made sub­
ties and powers in heavenly places ject to him.—1 Peter iii. 22.
through the church.—Eph. iii. 10.
For in him were all things created ANGELS SEE AND PRAISE GOD
in heaven and on earth, visible ami in­
IN HEAVEN, THE
visible, whether thrones, or domina­
tions, or principalities, or powers: all
For I am the angel Raphael, one of
things were created by him and in him. the seven, who stand before the Lord.
—Col. i. 16.
—Tob. xii. 15.
Who is on the right hand of God,
Adore him, all you his angels.—Ps.
swallowing down death, that we might xcvi. 7.
be made heirs of life everlasting: be­
Praise ye him, all his angels: praise
ing gone into heaven, the angels and ye him, all his hosts.—Ps. cxlviii. 2.
powers and virtues being made subject
In the year that king Oziae died, I
to him.—1 Peter iii. 22.
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high and elevated: and his train filled I with us when the Lord Jesus shall be
revealed from heaven, with the angels
the temple.
Upon it stood the Seraphim: the one of his power.—2 'J'hess. i. 7.
had six wings, and the other had six
wings: with two they covered his face, ANGELS ARE WORTHY OF REV­
and with two they covered his feet,
ERENCE AND HONOR, THE
and with two they flew.
And they cried one to another, and | Behold I will send my angel, who
said: Holy, holy, holy, the Lord God of shall go before thee, and keep thee in
hosts, all the earth is full of his glory. thy journey, and bring thee into the
place that I have prepared.
—Is. vi. 1-3.
Take notice of him, and hear his
See that you despise not one of these
little ones: for I say to you, that their voice, and do not think him one to be
angels in heaven always see the face contemned: for he will not forgive
of my Father who is in heaven.—Matt. when thou hast sinned, and my name
is in him.
xviii. 10.
But if thou wilt hear his voice, and
And again, when he bringeth in the
first begotten into the world, he saith: do all that I speak, I will be an enemy
And let all the angels of God adore to thy enemies, and will afflict them
that afflict thee.—Ex. xxiii. 20-22.
him.—Heb. i. 6.
And when Josué was in the field of
To whom it was revealed, that not to
themselves, but to you they ministered the city of Jericho, he lifted up his
those things which are now declared to eyes, and saw a man standing over
you by them that have preached the against him, holding a drawn sword,
gospel to you, the Holy Ghost being and he went to him, and said: Art
sent down from heaven, on whom the thou one of ours, or of our adversaries?
And he answered: No: but I am
angels desire to look.—1 Peter i. 12.
And from the throne proceeded prince of the host of the Lord, and
lightnings, and voices, and thunders; now I am come.
Josué fell on his face to the ground.
and there were seven lamps burning be­
fore the throne, which are the seven And worshipping, said: What saith my
lord to his servant?
spirits of God.—Apoc. iv. 5.
Loose, saith he, thy shoes from off
And I beheld, and I heard the voice
of many angels round about the throne, thy feet: for the place whereon thou
and the living creatures, and the an­ standest is holy. And Josué did as
cients; and the number of them was was commanded him.—Jos. v. 13-16.
And Gedeon seeing that it was the
thousands of thousands,
Saying with a loud voice: The Lamb angel of the Lord, said : Alas, my Lord
that was slain is worthy to receive God: for I have seen the angel of the
power, and divinity, and wisdom, and Lord face to face.
And the Lord said to him: Peace be
strength, and honor, and glory, and
with thee: fear not, thou shalt not die.
benediction.—Apoc. v. 11, 12.
—Judges vi. 22, 23.
Therefore ought the woman to have
ANGELS ACCOMPANY CHRIST, a power (i.e. a veil) over her head, be­
THE
cause of the angels.—1 Cor. xi. 10.
Whereas
angels
who
are
greater
in
For the Son of man shall come in strength and power, bring not
the glory of his Father with his angels: against themselves a railing judgment.
and then will he render to every man —2 Peter ii. 11.
according to his works.—Matt. xvi. 27.
And he saith to him (Nathanael) : ANGELS OUR COMPANIONS IN
Amen, amen I say to you, you shall see
HEAVEN, THE
the heaven opened, and the angels of
But you are come to mount Sion,
God ascending and descending upon
and to the city of the living God, the
the Son of man.—John i. 51.
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pany of many thousands of angels.— I For my angel is with you: And I
Heb. xii. 22.
myself will demand an account of your
souls.—Bar. vi. 5, 6.
ANGELS OUR GUARDIANS, THE
I saw by night, and behold a man
riding
upon
a
red
horse,
and
he
stood
I
will
send
my
angel,
who
Behold
the myrtle-trees, that were in
shall go before thee, and keep thee in among
bottom : and behind him were
thy journey, and bring thee into the the
horses,
red,
speckled,
and
white.
place that I have prepared.—Ex.
And I said : What are these, my
xxiii. 20.
Lord?
and
the
angel
that
spoke
in
me,
The angel of the Lord shall encamp said to me : I will show thee what these
round about them that fear him: and
are:
shall deliver them.—Ps. xxxiii. 8.
And
the man that stood among the
For he hath given his angels charge myrtle-trees answered and said: These
over thee; to keep thee in all thy ways. are they, whom the Lord hath sent to
In their hands they shall bear thee walk through the earth.
up: lest thou dash thy foot against a
And they answered the angel of the
stone.—Ps. xc. 11, 12.
Lord, that stood among the myrtle­
And he (the angel) said to me: Fear trees, and said: We have walked
not, Daniel: for from the first day that through the earth, and behold all the
thou didst set thy heart to understand, earth is inhabited, and is at rest.—
to afflict thyself in the sight of thy Zach. i. 8-11.
God, thy words have been heard: and
And the angel of the Lord protested
I am come for thy words.
to Jesus (the high priest), saying:
But the ’prince of the kingdom of
Thus saith the Lord of hosts: If
the Persians resisted me one and thou wilt walk in my ways, and keep
twenty days: and behold Michael, one my charge, thou also shalt judge my
of the chief princes, came to help me, house, and shalt keep my courts, and
and I remained there by the king of I will give thee some of them that are
the Persians. . . .
now present here to walk with thee —
And he said: Dost thou know where­ Zach. iii. 6, 7.
fore I am come to thee? and now I
See that you despise not one of these
will return, to fight against the prince I ___ ! ones : for I say to you, that
of the Persians. When I went forth, their angels in heaven always see the
there appeared the prince of the Greeks face of my Father who is in heaven.—
coming.
Matt, xviii. 10.
But I will tell thee what is set down
But to which of the angels said he
in the scripture of truth: and none is at any time: Sit on my right hand, un­
my helper in all these things, but til I make thy enemies thy footstool?
Michael your prince.—Dan. x. 12, 13,
Are they not all ministering spirits,
20, 21.
sent to minister for them, who shall re­
But at that time shall Michael rise ceive the inheritance of salvation?—
up. the great prince, who standeth for Heb. i. 13, 14.
the children of thy people: and a time
shall come such as never was from the i ANGELS ARE INTERESTED IN
time that nations began even until that
miT? wvt
-rwv
time. And at that time shall thy peoOUR WELFARE, THE
pie be saved, every one that shall be
So I say to you, there shall be joy
found written in the book.—Dan. xii. 1. before the angels of God upon one sinBut when you see the multitude be- ner doing penance.—Luke xv. 10.
hind, and before, adoring them (the
idols), say you in your hearts: Thou j ANGELS OFFER OUR PRAYERS
oughtest to be adored, O Lord.
'
TO GOD, THE
’That is. the angel guardian of Persia : who
When thou didst prav with tears, and
according
to bls office, seeking the spiritual fK(]st blirv
the dean,
dead and
nnrl didst
rhMat leave
Uva thv
good of the Persians, was desirous that many .
our.v
til)
of the Jews should remain among them.
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house, and bury them by night, I of­
fered thy prayer to the Lord. . . .
For I am the angel Raphael, one of
the seven, who stand before the Lord.
—Tob. xii. 12, 15.
And when he had opened the book,
the four living creatures, and the four
and twenty ancients fell down before
the Lamb, having every one of them
harps, and golden vials full of odors,
which are the prayers of saints.—Apoc.
v. 8.
And another angel came, and stood
before the altar, having a golden cen­
ser; and there was given to him much
incense, that he should offer of the
prayers of all saints upon the golden
altar, which is before the throne of
God.
And the smoke of the incense of the
prayers of the saints ascended up before
God from the hand of the angel.—Apoc.
viii. 3, 4.
ANGELS SENT BY GOD TO HELP
AND PROTECT US, THE

And Jacob blessed the sons of
Joseph, and said. . . .
The angel that delivereth me from all
evils, bless these boys.—Gen. xlviii.
15, 16.
And the angel of God, who went be­
fore the camp of Israel, removing, went
behind them : and together with him the
pillar of the cloud, leaving the fore­
part,
Stood behind, between the Egyptians’
camp and the camp of Israel: and it
was a dark cloud, and enlightening the
night, so that they could not come at
one another all the night.—Ex. xiv.
19, 20.
But go thou, and lead this people
whither I have told thee: my angel
shall go before thee.—Ex. xxxii. 34.
In the mean time Moses sent mes­
sengers from Cades to the king of
Edom, to say: Thus saith thy brother
Israel: Thou knowest all the labor that
hath come upon us :
In what manner our fathers went
down into Egypt, and there we dwelt a
long time, and the Egyptians afflicted
us and our fathers.
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he heard us, and sent an angel, who
hath brought us out of Egypt.—Num.
XX. 14-16.
And the angel of the Lord came
again the second time, and touched him
(Elias), and said to him: Arise, eat:
for thou hast yet a great way to go.
And he arose, and ate, and drank,
and walked in the strength of that food
forty days and forty nights, unto the
mount of God, Horeb.—3 Kings xix.
7,8.
At that time the prayers of them both
were heard in the sight of the glory of
the most high God:
And the holy angel of the Lord,
Raphael was sent to heal them both,
whose prayers at one time were re­
hearsed in the sight of the Lord.—Tob.
iii. 24, 25.
Then Tobias called to him his son,
and said to him: What can we give to
this holy man, that is come with thee!
Tobias answering, said to his father:
Father, what wages shall we give him!
or what can be worthy of his benefits!
He conducted me and brought me
safe again, he received the money of
Gabelus, he caused me to have my wife,
and he chased from her the evil spirit,
he gave joy to her parents, myself he
delivered from being devoured by the
fish, thee also he hath made to see the
light of heaven, and we are filled with
all good things through him. What
can we give him sufficient for these
things I
. . . And the angel said to them:
Peace be to you, fear not.
For when I was with you, I was there
by the w’ill of God: bless ye him, and
sing praises to him. . . .
It is time therefore that I return to
him that sent me: but bless ye God,
and publish all his wonderful works.—
Tob. xii. 1-3, 17, 18, 20.
But as the same Lord liveth, his
angel hath been my keeper both going
hence, and abiding there, and returning
from thence hither: and the Lord hath
not suffered me his handmaid to be de­
filed, but hath brought me back to you
without pollution of sin, rejoicing for
his victory, for my escape, and for your
deliverance.—Judith xiii. 20.
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with Azarias and his companions into I sick, of blind, of lame, of withered;
the furnace: and he drove the flame of waiting for the moving of the water.
the fire out of the furnace,
And an angel of the Lord descended
And made the midst of the furnace at certain times into the pond; and the
like the blowing of a wind bringing water was moved. And he that went
dew, and the fire touched them not at down first into the pond after the mo­
all, nor troubled them, nor did them tion of the water, was made whole, of
any harm.—Dan. iii. 49, 50.
whatsoever infirmity he lay under.—
Now there was in Judea a prophet John V. 2-4.
called Habacuc, and he had boiled pot­
And they laid hands on the apostles,
tage, and had broken bread in a bowl: and put them in the common prison.
and was going into the field, to carry
But an angel of the Lord by night
it to the reapers.
opening the doors of the prison, and
And the angel of the Lord said to leading them out, said :
Habacuc: Carry the dinner which thou
Go, and standing speak in the temple
hast into Babylon to Daniel, who is in 1 to the people all the words of this
the lion’s den.
life. . . .
And Habacuc said : Lord, I never saw
But when the ministers came, and
Babylon, nor do I know the den.
opening the prison, found them not
And the angel of the Lord took him there, they returned and told,
by the top of his head, and carried him
Saying: The prison indeed we found
by the hair of his head, and set him in shut with all diligence, and the keepers
Babylon over the den in the force of his standing before the doors; but opening
spirit.
it, we found no man within.—Acts t.
And Habacuc cried, saying: O Dan­ 18-20, 22, 23.
iel, thou servant of God, take the din­
And when Herod would have brought
ner that God hath sent thee. ...
him forth, the same night Peter was
And Daniel arose and ate. And the sleeping between two soldiers, bound
angel of the Lord presently set Haba­ with two chains: and the keepers be­
cuc again in his own place.—Dan. xiv. fore the door kept the prison.
And behold an angel of the Lord
32-36, 38.
But when they were in the heat of stood by him: and a light shined in the
the engagement there appeared to the room: and he striking Peter on the
enemies from heaven five men upon side, raised him up, saying: Arise
horses, comely with golden bridles, con­ quickly. And the chains fell off from
his hands.
ducting the Jews:
And the angel said to him: Gird thy­
Two of whom took Machabeus be­
tween them, and covered him on every self, and put on thy sandals. And he
side with their arms, and kept him safe : did so.
but cast darts and fireballs against the
And he said to him: Cast thy gar
enemy, so that they fell down, being ment about thee, and follow me.
And going out, he followed him, and
both confounded with blindness, and
filled with trouble.—2 Mach. x. 29, 30. he knew not that it was true which was
And when they were going forth to­ done by the angel: but thought he saw
gether with a willing mind, there ap­ a vision.
peared at Jerusalem a horseman going
And passing through the first and
before them in white clothing, with the second ward, they came to the iron
golden armor, shaking a spear. . . .
gate that leadeth to the city, which of
So they went on courageously, having itself opened to them. And going out,
a helper from heaven, and the Lord who they passed on through one street: and
showed mercy to them.—2 Mach. xi. immediately the angel departed from
him.
8, 10.
Now there is at Jerusalem a pond,
And Peter coming to himself, said:
called Probatica, which in Hebrew is Now I know in very deed, that the Lord
named Bethsaida, having five porches. hath sent his angel, and hath delivered
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all the expectation of the people of the I
Jews.—Acts xii. 6-11.
And now I exhort you to be of good
cheer. For there shall be no loss of
any man’s life among you, but only of
the ship.
For an angel of God, whose I am,
and whom I serve, stood by me this '
night,
Saying: Fear not, Paul, thou must
be brought before Cæsar; and behold,
God hath given thee all them that sail
with thee.—Acts xxvii. 22-24.
ANGELS EMPLOYED AS MES­
SENGERS AND MINISTERS
OF GOD, THE
And the angel of the Lord having
found her, by a fountain of water in
the wilderness, which is in the way to
Sur in the desert,
lie said to her: Agar, handmaid of
Sarai, whence comest thou? and
whither goest thou? And she answered:
I flee from the face of Sarai, my mis­
tress. •.
And the angel of the Lord said to
her: Return to thy mistress, and hum­
ble thyself under her hand.—Gen. xvi.
7-9.
And when he (Abraham) had lifted
up his eyes, there appeared to him
three men standing near him: and as
soon as he saw them he ran to meet
them from the door of his tent, and
adored down to the ground. . . .
And when the men rose up from
thence, they turned their eyes towards
Sodom: and Abraham walked with
them, bringing them on the way.—Gen.
xviii. 2, 16.
And the two angels came to Sodom
in the evening, and Lot was sitting in
the gate of the city. And seeing them,
he rose up and went to meet them:
and worshipped prostrate to the
ground. . . .
And they said to Lot: Hast thou
here any of thine? son-in-law. or sons,
or daughters, all that are thine bring
them out of this city:
For we will destroy this place, be­
cause their cry is grown loud before
the Lord, who hath sent us to destroy
them.—Gen. xix. 1, 12, 13.

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And God heard the voice of the boy:
and an angel of God called to Agar
from heaven, saying: What art thou
doing, Agar? fear not: for God hath
heard the voice of the boy, from the
place wherein he is.
Arise, take up the boy, and hold him
by the hand: for I will make him a
great nation.—Gen. xxi. 17, 18.
And they came to the place which
God had shown him, where he built an
altar, and laid the wood in order upon
it: and when he had bound Isaac his
son, he laid him on the altar upon the
pile of wood.
And he put forth his hand and took
the sword, to sacrifice his son.
And behold an angel of the Lord
from heaven called to him, saying:
Abraham, Abraham. And he an­
swered : Here I am.
And he said to him: Lay not thy
hand upon the boy, neither do thou any
thing to him: now I know that thou
fearest God, and hast not spared thy
only begotten son for my sake.—Gen.
xxii. 9-12.
And the angel of God said to me in
my sleep: Jacob? And I answered:
Here I am. . . .
1 am the God of Bethel, where thou
didst anoint the stone, and make a
vow to me. Now therefore arise, and
go out of this land, and return into
thy native country.—Gen. xxxi. 11, 13.
Jacob also went on the journey he
had begun: and the angels of God met
him.
And when he saw them, he said:
These are the camps of God, and he
called the nameof that place Alahanaim,
that is, Camps.—Gen. xxxii. 1, 2.
And when all things were brought
over that belonged to him.
He (Jacob) remained alone: and be­
hold a man wrestled with him till morn­
ing.
And when he saw that he could not
overcome him. he touched the sinew of
his thigh, and forthwith it shrank.
And he said to him : Let me go, for
it is break of day. He answered: I
will not let thee go except thou bless
me.
And he said: What is thy name?
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’But he said: Thy name shall not be
called Jacob, but Israel: for if thou
hast been strong against God, how
much more shalt thou prevail against
men?—Gen. xxxii. 23-28.
And an angel of the Lord stood in
the way against Balaam, who sat on
the ass, and had two servants with
him. . . .
Forthwith the Lord opened the eyes
of Balaam, and he saw the angel stand­
ing in the way with a drawn sword, and
he worshipped him falling flat on the
ground. . . .
The angel said: Go with these men,
and see thou speak no other thing than
what I shall command thee. He went
therefore with the princes.—Num.
xxii. 22, 31, 35.
And an angel of the Lord went up
from Galgal to the place of weepers,
and said : I made you go out of Egypt,
and have brought you into the land for
which I swore to your fathers: and I
promised that I would not make void
my covenant with you for ever:
On condition that you should not
make a league with the inhabitants of
this land, but should throw down their
altars: and you would not hear my
voice: why have you done this? . . .
And when the angel of the Lord
spoke these words to all the children
of Israel, they lifted up their voice, and
wept.—Judges ii. 1, 2, 4.
And an angel of the Lord came, and
sat under an oak, that was in Ephra,
and belonged to Joas the father of the
family of Ezri. And when Gedeon his
son was threshing and cleansing wheat
by the winepress, to flee from Madian,
The angel of the Lord appeared to
him, and said: The Lord is with thee,
0 most valiant of men. . . .
And the angel of the Lord said to
him: Take the flesh and the unleavened
loaves, and lay them upon that rock,
and pour out the broth thereon. And
when he had done so,
The angel of the Lord put forth the
tip of the rod, which he held in his
WM an angel an the prophet Once tella us In
xii. 8. 4: saying: “In the womb he (Jacob) supplanted
his brother: and by hia strength he bad success with
an angel. And he prevailed over the angel, and was
strengthened : he wept, and made supplication to him:
be found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us.”

hand, and touched the flesh and the un­
leavened loaves : and there arose a fire
from the rock, and consumed the flesh
and the unleavened loaves : and the an­
gel of the Lord vanished out of his
sight.
And Gedeon seeing that it was the
angel of the Lord, said : Alas, my Lord
God : for I have seen the angel of the
Lord face to face.—Judges vi. 11, 12,
20-22.
Now there was a certain man of
Saraa, and of the race of Dan, whose
name was Manue, and his wife was bar­
ren.
And an angel of the Lord appeared
to her, and said: Thou art barren and
without children: but thou shalt con­
ceive and bear a son.
. . . Then Manue prayed to the
Lord, and said: I beseech thee, 0
Lord, that the man of God, whom thou
didst send, may come again, and teach
us what we ought to do concerning the
child that shall be born.
And the Lord heard the prayer of
Manue, and the angel of the Lord ap­
peared again to his wife as she was
sitting in the field.—Judges xiii. 2, 3,
8, 9.
And an angel of the Lord spoke to
Elias the Thesbite, saying: Arise, and
go up to meet the messengers of the
king of Samaria, and say to them: Is
there not a God in Israel, that ye go to
consult Beelzebub the god of Accaronl
—1 Kings i. 3.
And the angel of the Lord spoke to
Elias, saying: Go down with him, fear
not. He arose therefore, and went
down with him to the king.—4 Kingi
i. 15.
And it came to pass that night,
that an angel of the Lord came, and
slew in the camp of the Assyrians a
hundred and eighty-five thousand.—
4 Kings xix. 35.
And he (the Lord) sent an angel to
Jerusalem, to strike it: and as he was
striking it, the Lord beheld, and took
pity for the greatness of the evil:and
said to the angel that destroyed: It is
enough, now stop thy hand. And the
angel of the Lord stood by the thrash­
ing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
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the angel of the Lord standing between
heaven and earth, with a drawn sword
in his hand, turned against Jerusalem:
and both he and the ancients clothed
in haircloth, fell down flat on the
ground. . . .
And the angel of the Lord com­
manded Gad to tell David, to go up,
and build an altar to the Lord God in
the thrashing floor of Oman the Jebusite. . . .
Now when Ornan looked up, and
saw the angel, he and his four sons hid
themselves: for at that time he was
thrashing wheat in the floor. . . .
iiTh

gel: and he put up his sword again into
the sheath.—1 Paral, xxi. 15, 16, 18,
20, 27.
Bless the Lord, all ye his angels:
you that are mighty in strength, and
execute his word, hearkening to the
voice of his orders.
Bless the Lord, all ye his hosts: you
ministers of his that do his will.—Ps.
cii. 20, 21.
As I was yet speaking in prayer, be­
hold the man Gabriel, whom I had seen
in the vision at the beginning, flying
swiftly touched me at the time of the
evening sacrifice.
And he instructed me, and spoke to
me, and said: 0 Daniel, I am now come
forth to teach thee, and that thou
mightest understand.—Dan. ix. 21, 22.
And I lifted up my eyes, and I
saw: and behold a man clothed in linen,
and his loins were girded with the fin­
est gold :
And his body was like the chrysolite,
and his face as the appearance of
lightning, and his eyes as a burning
lamp: and his arms, and all downward
even to his feet, like in appearance to
glittering brass: and the voice of his
word like the voice of a multitude. . . .
And he said to me : Daniel, thou man
of desires, understand the words that I
speak to thee, and stand upright: for
I am sent now to thee. . . .
But I am come to teach thee what
things shall befall thy people in the
latter days, for as yet the vision is for
many days.—Dan. x. 5, 6, 11, 14.
But while he thought on these
things, behold the angel of the Lord

appeared to him in his sleep, saying:
Joseph, son of David, fear not to take
unto thee Mary thy wife, for that
which is conceived in her is of the
Holy Ghost.—Matt. i. 20.
And after they (the wise men) were
departed, behold an angel of the Lord
appeared in sleep to Joseph, saying:
Arise, and take the child and his
mother, and fly into Egypt: and be
there until I shall tell thee. For it
will come to pass that Herod will
seek the child to destroy him.—Matt.
ii. 13.
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an angel of the Lord appeared in sleep
to Joseph in Egypt,
Saying: Arise, and take the child
and his mother, and go into the land
of Israel. For they are dead that
sought the life of the child.—Matt. ii.
19, 20.
Then the devil left him (Jesus) ; and
behold angels came and ministered to
him.—Matt. iv. 11.
The Son of man shall send his angels,
and they shall gather out of his king­
dom all scandals, and them that work
iniquity.
And shall cast them into the furnace
of fire : there shall be weeping and
gnashing of teeth.
... So shall it be at the end of the
world. The angels shall go out, and
shall separate the wicked from among
the just.
And shall cast them into the furnace
of fire : there shall be weeping and
gnashing of teeth.—Matt. xiii. 41, 42,
49, 50.
And he shall send his angels with a
trumpet, and a great voice: and they
shall gather together his elect from the
four winds, from the farthest parts of
the heavens to the utmost bounds of
them.—Matt. xxiv. 31.
Thinkest thou that I cannot ask my
Father, and he will give me presently
more than twelve legions of angels?—
Matt. xxvi. 53.
And in the end of the sabbath, when
it began to dawn towards the first day
of the week, came Mary Magdalen and
the other Mary, to see the sepulchre.
And behold there was a great earth­
quake. For an angel of the Lord de­

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ANGELS

scended from heaven, and coming,
rolled back the stone, and sat upon it.
And his countenance was as light­
ning, and his raiment as snow. . . .
And the angel answering, said to the
women : Fear not you ; for I know that
you seek Jesus who was crucified.
He is not here, for he is risen, as he
said. Come, and see the place where
the Lord was laid.
And going quickly, tell ye his disci­
ples that he is risen: and behold he
will go before you into Galilee, there
you shall see him.
Lo, 1 have foretold it to you.—
Matt, xxviii. 1-3, 5-7.
And there appeared to him an angel
of the Lord, standing on the right side
of the altar of incense.
And Zachary seeing him, was
troubled, and fear fell upon him.
But the angel said to him: Fear not,
Zachary, for thy prayer is heard; and
thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a
son, and thou shalt call his name
John. . . .
And Zachary said to the angel :
Whereby shall I know this? for I am
an old man, and my wife is advanced
in years.
And the angel answering, said to
him: I am Gabriel, who stand before
God ; and am sent to speak to thee,
and to bring thee these good tidings.—
Luke i. 11-13, 18, 19.
And in the sixth month, the angel
Gabriel was sent, from God into a city
of Galilee, called Nazareth,
To a virgin espoused to a man whose
name was Joseph, of the house of
David; and the virgin’s name was
Mary.
And the angel being come in, said
unto her: Hail, full of grace, +he Lord
is with thee: blessed art thm. among
women. . . .
Behold thou shalt conceive in thy
womb, and shalt bring forth a son; and
thou shalt call his name Jesus. . . .
And Mary said to the angel : How
shall this be done, because I know not
man?
And the angel answering, said to her:
The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee,
and the power of the most High shall
overshadow thee. And therefore also

the Holy which shall be born of thee
shall be called the Son of God.—Luke
i. 26-28, 31, 34, 35.
And there were in the same country
shepherds watching, and keeping the
night watches over their flock.
And behold an angel of the Lord
stood by them, and the brightness of
God shone round about them; and they
feared with a great fear.
And the angel said to them: Fear
not; for, behold, I bring you good tid­
ings of great joy, that shall be to all
the people:
For, this day, is born to you a
Saviour, who is Christ the Lord, in the
city of David.
And this shall be a sign unto you
You shall find the infant wrapped in
swaddling clothes, and laid in a
manger.
And suddenly there was with the an­
gel a multitude of the heavenly army,
praising God, and saying:
Glory to God in the highest; and on
earth peace to men of good will.—Luke
ii. 8-14.
And it came to pass, that the beggar
died, and was carried by the angels into
Abraham’s bosom. And the rich man
also died: and he was buried in hell.—
Luke xvi. 22.
And he (Jesus) was withdrawn away
from them a stone’s cast; and kneeling
down, he prayed.
Saying: Father, if thou wilt, re­
move this chalice from me: but yet not
my will, but thine be done.
And there appeared to him an angel
from heaven, strengthening him. And
being in an agony, he prayed the longer.
—Luke xxii. 41-43.
But Mary stood at the sepulchre
without, weeping. Now as she was
weeping, she stooped down, and looked
into the sepulchre,
And she saw two angels in white,
sitting, one at the head, and one at the
feet, where the body of Jesus had been
laid.
They say to her: Woman, why weep­
est thou? She saith to them: Because
they have taken away my Lord ; and I
know not where they have laid him.—
John xx. 11-13.
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going up to heaven, behold two men I
stood by them in white garments.
Who also said: Ye men of Galilee,
why stand you looking up to heaven?
This Jesus who is taken up from you
into heaven, shall so come, as you '
have seen him going into heaven.—Acts
i. 10, 11.
Now an angel of the Lord spoke to
Philip, saying: Arise, go towards the
south, to the way that goeth down from
Jerusalem into Gaza: this is desert.—
Acts viii. 26.
This man (Cornelius) saw in a vision
manifestly, about the ninth hour of
the day, an angel of God coming
in unto him, and saying to him:
Cornelius.
And he, beholding him, being seized
with fear, said: What is it, Lord? And
he said to him: Thy prayers and thy
alms are ascended for a memorial in
the sight of God.
And now send men to Joppe, and call
hither one Simon, who is surnamed
Peter.—Acts x. 3-5.
And upon a day appointed, Herod
being arrayed in kingly apparel, sat in
the judgment seat, and made an oration
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And the people made acclamation,
saying: It is the voice of a god, and not
of a man.
And forthwith an angel of the Lord
struck him, because he had not given
the honor to God : and being eaten up
by worms, he gave up the ghost.—Acts
xii. 21-23.
The Revelation of Jesus Christ,
which God gave unto him, to make
known to his servants the things which
must shortly come to pass: and signi­
fied, sending by his angel to his ser­
vant John.—Apoc. i. 1.
And there was a great battle in
heaven, Michael and his angels fought
with the dragon, and the dragon fought
and his angels:
And they prevailed not, neither was
their place found any more in heaven.
—Apoc. xii. 7, 8.
And he (the angel) said to me: These
words are most faithful and true. And
the Lord God of the spirits of the
prophets sent his angel to show his ser­
vants the things which must be done
shortly.—Apoc. xxii. 6.
ANGELS, THE FALLEN
See: Devil, Part I—page 111.

APOSTLES, THE CALLING OF THE
And passing by the sea of Galilee, he
And Jesus walking by the sea of
Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon who saw Simon and Andrew his brother,
is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting nets into the sea (for they
casting a net into the sea (for they were were fishermen).
And Jesus said to them: Come after
fishers).
And he saith to them: Come ye after me, and I will make you to become
me, and I will make you to be fishers fishers of men.
And immediately leaving their nets,
of men.
And they immediately leaving their they followed him.
And going on from thence a little
nets, followed him.
And going on from thence, he saw farther, he saw James the son of Zebe­
other two brethren, James the son of dee, and John his brother, who also
Zebedee, and John his brother, in a were mending their nets in the ship:
And forthwith he called them. And
ship with Zebedee their father, mending
leaving their father Zebedee in the ship
their nets: and he called them.
And they forthwith left their nets with his hired men, they followed him.
and father and followed him.—Mall. iv. —Mark i. 16-20.
18-22.
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And the two disciples heard him
The next day again John stood, and
speak, and they followed Jesus.
two of his disciples.
And Jesus turning, and seeing them
And beholding Jesus walking, he
following him, saith to them: What
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seek you? Who said to him, Rabbi,
(which is to say, being interpreted,
Master,) where dwellest thou?
He saith to them: Come and see.
They came, and saw where he abode,
and they stayed with him that day:
now it was about the tenth hour.
And Andrew, the brother of Simon
Peter, was one of the two who had
heard of John, and followed him.
He findeth first his brother Simon,
and saith to him : We have found the
Messias, which is, being interpreted, the
Christ.
And he brought him to Jesus. And
Jesus looking upon him, said: Thou
art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt
be called Cephas, which is interpreted
Peter.
On the following day, he would go
forth into Galilee, and he findeth
Philip. And Jesus saith to him: Fol­
low me.

Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the
city of Andrew and Peter.
Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith
to him: We have found him of whom
Moses in the law, and the propheta did
write, Jesus the son of Joseph of
Nazareth.
And Nathanael said to him: Can
any thing of good come from Naza­
reth? Philip saith to him: Come and
see.
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him:
and he saith of him: Behold an Israel­
ite indeed, in whom there is no
guile.
Nathanael saith to him: Whence
knowest thou me? Jesus answered, and
said to him: Before that Philip called
thee, when thou wast under the fig-tree,
I saw thee.
Nathanael answered him, and said:
Rabbi, thou art the Son of God, thou
art the king of Israel.—John i. 35-49.

And when Jesus passed And when he was pass­ And after these things
on from thence, he saw a ing by, he saw Levi the he went forth, and saw a
man sitting in the custom son of Alpheus sitting at publican named Levi, sit­
house, named Matthew; the receipt of custom ; and ting at the receipt of cus­
and he saith to him: Fol­ he saith to him: Follow tom, and he said to him:
low me. And he arose up me. And rising up, he Follow me.
and followed him.—Matt. followed him.—Mark ii. 14. And leaving all things,
he rose up and followed
ix. 9.
him.—Luke v. 27, 28.
And having called his
twelve disciples together,
he gave them power over
unclean spirits, to cast
them out, and to heal all
manner of diseases, and
all manner of infirmities.
And the names of the
twelve apostles are these:
The first, Simon who is
called Peter, and Andrew’
his brother,
James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother,
Philip and Bartholomew,
Thomas and Matthew the
publican, and James the
son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus,
Simon the Cananean,

And going up into al And when day was come,
mountain, he called unto he called unto him his
him whom he would him- disciples; and he chose
self: and they came to twelve of them (whom alhim.
so he named apostles):
And he made that
Simon, whom he surtwelve should be with him, named Peter, and Andrew
and that he might send his brother, James and
them to preach.
John, Philip and BartholAnd he gave them omew,
power to heal sicknesses,
Matthew and Thomas,
and to cast out devils.
I James the son of Alpheus,
And to Simon he gavel and Simon who is called
the name Peter :
Zelotes,
And James the son of
And Jude the brother
Zebedee, and John the of James, and Judas Isbrother of James; and he cariot, who was the trainamed them Boanerges.) tor.—Luke vi. 13-16.
which is, The sons of
thunder :

APOSTLES
And Andrew and Philip,
and Judas Iscariot, who
and Bartholomew and
also betrayed him.
These twelve Jesus sent : Matthew, and Thomas and
commanding them, say­ James of Alpheus, and
ing: Go ye not into the Thaddeus, and Simon the
way of the Gentiles, and Canancan:
into the city of the Sa­ And Judas Iscariot, who
maritans enter ye not.
also betrayed him.—Mark
But go ye rather to the iii. 13-19.
lost sheep of the house of
Israel.—Matt. x. 1-6.

And they (the apostles) appointed
two, Joseph, called Barsabas, who was
surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
And praying, they said : Thou, Lord,
who knowest the hearts of all men,
show’ whether of these two thou hast
chosen,
To take the place of this ministry
and apostleship, from which Judas
hath by transgression fallen, that he
might go to his own place.
And they gave them lots, and the lot
fell upon Matthias, and he was num­
bered with the eleven apostles.—Acts i.
23-26.
And as he (Saul) went on his jour­
ney, it came to pass that he drew nigh
to Damascus; and suddenly a light
from heaven shined round about him.
And falling on the ground, he heard
a voice saying to him : Saul, Saul, why
persecutest thou me?
Who said: Who art thou, Lord?
And he: I am Jesus whom thou perse­
cutest. It is hard for thee to kick
against the goad.
And he trembling and astonished,
said: Lord, what wilt thou have me to
do?
And the Lord said to him: Arise,
and go into the city, and there it shall
be told thee what thou must do. . . .
And the Lord said to him (Ananias) :
Arise, and go into the street that is
called Straight, and seek in the house of
Judas, one named Saul of Tarsus. For
behold he prayeth. ...
And the Lord said to him: Go thy
way; for this man is to me a vessel of
election, to carry my name before the
Gentiles, and kings, and the children of
Israel.—Acts ix. 3-7, 11, 15.
But contrariwise, when they had seen

that to me was committed the gospel of
the uncircumcision, as to Peter was
that of the circumcision.
(For he who wrought in Peter to the
apostleship of the circumcision, wrought
in me also among the Gentiles.)—
Gal. ii. 7, 8.
APOSTLES, THE COMMISSION
OF THE
Then calling together the twelve
apostles, he gave them power and au­
thority over all devils, and to cure dis­
eases.
And he sent them to preach the king­
dom of God, and to heal the sick.
And he said to them: Take nothing
for your journey; neither staff, nor
scrip, nor bread, nor money; neither
have two coats.
And whatsoever house you shall enter
into, abide there, and depart not from
thence.
And whosoever will not receive you,
w’hen ye go out of that city, shake off
even the dust of your feet, for a testi­
mony against them.
And going out, they went about
through the towns, preaching the gos­
pel, and healing everywhere.—Luke ix.
1-6.
And Jesus coming, spoke to them,
saying: All power is given to me in
heaven and in earth.
Going therefore, teach ye all na­
tions; baptizing them in the name of
the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Ghost.
Teaching them to observe all things
Hilt
whatsoever I have commanded
you :
and behold I am with you all days, even
to tho consummation of the world._
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BAPTISM

And he said to them : Go ye into the
He that bclieveth and is baptized,
whole world, and preach the gospel to shall be saved: but he that bclieveth
every creature.
not shall be condemned.—Mark xvi.
lie that bclieveth and is baptized, 15, 16.
shall be saved: but he that bclieveth
Jesus answered: Amen, amen I say
not shall be condemned.—Mark xvi. to thee, unless a man be born again of
water and the Holy Ghost, he cannot
15, 16.
He said therefore to them again : enter into the kingdom of God.—John
Peace be to you. As the Father hath iii. 5.
sent me, I also send you.
When he had said this, he breathed | ad. Administered and Alluded to
Now when they had heard these
on them; and he said to them: Receive
things, they had compunction in their
ye the Holy Ghost.
Whose sins you shall forgive, they heart, and said to Peter, and to the rest
are forgiven them; and whose sins you of the apostles : What shall we do, men
shall retain, they are retained.—John and brethren?
But Peter said to them: Do penance,
XX. 21-23.
But you shall receive the power of and be baptized every one of you in the
the Holy Ghost coming upon you, and name of Jesus Christ, for the remis­
you shall be witnesses unto me in Jeru­ sion of your sins: and you shall re­
salem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, ceive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
. . . They therefore that received
and even to the uttermost part of the
his word, were baptized; and there
earth.—Acts i. 8.
And we are witnesses of all things were added in that day about three
that he did in the land of the Jews and thousand souls.—Acts ii. 37, 38, 41.
And as they went on their way, they
in Jerusalem, whom they killed, hang­
came to a certain water; and the
ing him upon a tree.
. . . And he commanded us to eunuch said: See, here is water: what
preach to the people, and to testify doth hinder me from being baptized?
And Philip said: If thou believest
that it is he who was appointed by
God, to be judge of the living and of with all thy heart, thou mayst. And
he answering, said : I believe that Jesus
the dead.—Acts x. 39, 42.
Then Paul and Barnabas said boldly: Christ is the Son of God.
To you it behoved us first to speak the
And he commanded the chariot to
word of God: but because you reject it, stand still; and they went down into
and judge yourselves unworthy of eter­ the water, both Philip and the eunuch:
nal life, behold we turn to the Gentiles. and he baptized him.—Acts viii. 36-38.
For so the Lord hath commanded us:
Then Peter answered: Can any man
I have set thee to be the light of the forbid water, that these should not be
Gentiles; that thou mayst be for salva­ baptized, who have received the Holy
tion unto the utmost part of the earth. Ghost, as well as we?
—Acts xiii. 46, 47.
And he commanded them to be bap­
tized in the name of the Lord Jesus
BAPTISM, THE SACRAMENT OF Christ.—Acts x. 47, 48.
And Crispus, the ruler of the syna­
ist. Its Existence
gogue, believed in the Lord, with all
And Jesus coming, spoke to them, his house; and many of the Corinthians
saying: All power is given to me in hearing, believed, and were baptized.—
heaven and in earth.
Acts xviii. 8.
Going therefore, teach ye all nations;
And it came to pass, while Apollo
baptizing them in the name of the was at Corinth, that Paul having
Father, and of the Son. and of the passed through the upper coasts, came
Holy Ghost.—Matt, xxviii. 18, 19.
to Ephesus, and found certain disciples.
And he said to them: Go ye into the
And he said to them : Have you re­
whole world, and preach the gospel to ceived the Holy Ghost since ye be­
every creature.
lieved? But they said to him: We

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have not so much as heard whether
there be a Holy Ghost.
And he said : In what then were you
baptized? Who said: In John’s bap­
tism.
Then Paul said: John baptized the
people with the baptism of penance,
saying: That they should believe in
him who was to come after him, that
is to say, in Jesus.
Having heard these things, they were
baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
—/I cis xix. 1-5.
For in one Spirit were we all bap­
tized into one body, whether Jews or
Gentiles, whether bond or free; and in
one Spirit we have all been made to
drink.—1 Cor. xii. 13.
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ
also loved the church, and delivered
himself up for it:
That he might sanctify it, cleansing
it by the laver of water in the word of
life:
That he might present it to himself a
glorious church, not having spot or
wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it
should be holy, and without blemish.—
Eph. V. 25-27.
Let us draw near with a true heart in
fulness of faith, having our hearts
sprinkled from an evil conscience, and
our bodies washed with clean water.—
Heb. x. 22.
In which also coming he preached to
those spirits that were in prison:
Which had been some time incredu­
lous, when they waited for the patience
of God in the days of Noe, when the
ark was a building: wherein a few, that
is, eight souls, were saved by water.
Whereunto baptism being of the like
form, now saveth you also: not the put­
ting away of the filth of the flesh, but
the examination of a good conscience
towards God by the resurrection of
Jesus Christ.—1 Peter iii. 19-21.
BAPTISM, THE NECESSITY OF

Jesus answered, and said to him:
Amen, amen I say to thee, unless a
man be born again, he cannot see the
kingdom of God.
Nicodemus saith to him: How can
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enter a second time into his mother’s
womb, and be born again?
Jesus answered: Amen, £ fie en I say to
thee, unless a man be born again of
water and the Holy Ghost, he cannot
enter into the kingdom of God.
That which is born of the flesh, is
flesh; and that which is born of the
Spirit, is spirit.
Wonder not, that I said to thee, you
must be born again.—John iii. 3-7.
BAPTISM OF INFANTS, THE
ist. Compare
But Jesus said to them: Suffer the
little children, and forbid them not to
come to me : for the kingdom of heaven
is for such.—Matt. xix. 14.
But Jesus, calling them together,
said : Suffer children to come to me,
and forbid them not: for of such is the
kingdom of God.—Luke xviii. 16.
With
Jesus answered: Amen, amen I say
to thee, unless a man be bom again of
water and the Holy Ghost, he cannot
enter into the kingdom of God.—John
iii. 5.
ad. Probably Inferred
And they preached the word of the
Lord to him (the keeper of the prison)
and to all that were in his house.
And he, taking them the same hour
of the night, washed their stripes, and
himself was baptized, and all his house
immediately.—Acts xvi. 32, 33.
And I baptized also the household
of Stephanus; besides, I know not
whether I baptized any other.—1 Cor.
i. 16.
BAPTISM, THE EFFECTS OF
Jesus answered: Amen, amen I say
to thee, unless a man be born again of
water and the Holy Ghost, he cannot
enter into the kingdom of God.—John
iii. 5.
But Peter said to them : Do penance,
and be baptized every one of you in the
name of Jesus Christ, for the remis­
sion of your sins: and you shall re­
ceive the gift of the Holy Ghost.—Acts
ii. 38.
And now why tarriest thou? Rise up,
and be baptized, and wash away thy
sins, invoking his name.—Acts xxii. 16.

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CEREMONIES

Know you not that all wo, who aro I and if they be
•S red as crimson, they
baptized in Christ Jesus, are baptized shall be white as wool.—Is. i. 16-18.
in his death ?
But if the wicked do penance for all
For we are buried together with him his sins which he hath committed, and
by baptism into death; that as Christ keep all my commandments, and do
is risen from the dead by the glory of judgment, and justice, living he shall
the Father, so we also may walk in new­ live, and shall not die.
ness of life.
I will not remember all his iniquities
For if we have been planted together, that he hath done: in his justice which
in the likeness of his death, we shall be he hath wrought, he shall live.—Ezech
also in the likeness of his resurrec­ I xviii. 21, 22.
tion. ...
All that the Father giveth to me shall
So do you also reckon, that you aro come to me ; and him that cometh to me,
dead to sin, but alive unto God, in I will not cast out.—John vi. 37.
Christ Jesus our Lord.—Rom. vi. 3Jesus answered, and said to him: Ii
any one love me, he will keep my word,
5, IL
For you are all the children of God and my Father will love him, and we
by faith in Christ Jesus.
will come to him, and will make our
For as many of you as have been bap­ abode with him.—John xiv. 23.
tized in Christ, have put on Christ.—
And Peter opening his mouth, said:
Gal. iii. 26, 27.
In very deed I perceive, that God is not
In whom also you are circumcised a respecter of persons.
with circumcision not made by hand,
But in every nation, he that feareth
in despoiling of the body of the flesh, him, and worketh justice, is acceptable
but in the circumcision of Christ:
to him.—Acts x. 34, 35.
Buried with him in baptism, in whom
also you are risen again by the faith of BAPTISM OF BLOOD-MARTYR­
the operation of God. who hath raised
DOM—CAN SUPPLY THE
him up from the dead.—Col. ii. 11, 12.
PLACE OF SACRAMEN­
Not by the works of justice, which
TAL BAPTISM
we have done, but according to his
mercy, he saved us, by the laver of re­
Every one therefore that shall con­
generation, and renovation of the Holy fess me before men, I will also confess
Ghost ;
him before my Father who is in heaven.
Whom he hath poured forth upon us —Matt. x. 32.
abundantly, through Jesus Christ our
He that findeth his life, shall lose it:
Saviour:
and he that shall lose his life for me,
That, being justified by his grace, we .shall find it.—Matt. x. 39.
may be heirs, according to hope of life
everlasting.—Titus iii. 5-7.
CEREMONIES AND VESTMENTS,
THE USE OF
BAPTISM OF DESIRE, THOUGH
And thou shalt make a holy vesture
ONLY IMPLICIT, CAN SUPPLY
for Aaron thy brother for glory and for
THE PLACE OF SACRAMEN­
beauty.
TAL BAPTISM WHEN THE
And thou shalt speak to all the wise
LATTER IS IMPOSSIBLE
of heart, whom I have filled with the
Wash yourselves, be clean, take away spirit of wisdom, that they may make
the evil of your devices from my eyes: Aaron’s vestments, in which he being
cease to do perversely,
consecrated may minister to me.
Learn to do well: seek judgment, re­
And these shall be the vestments that
lieve the oppressed, judge for the father­ they shall make: A rational and an
less, defend the widow.
ephod, a tunic and a strait linen gar­
And then come, and accuse me, saith ment, a mitre and a girdle. They shall
the Lord: if your sins be as scarlet, make the holy vestments for thy brother
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the office of priesthood unto me.—Ex.
xxviii. 2-4.
And thou shalt bring Aaron and his
ions to the door of the tabernacle of the
testimony.
And when thou hast
washed the father and his sons with
water,
Thou shalt clothe Aaron with his
vestments, that is, with the linen gar­
ment and the tunic, and the ephod
and the rational, which thou shalt gird
with the girdle.
And thou shalt put the mitre upon
his head, and the holy plate upon the
mitre,
And thou shalt pour the oil of unc­
tion upon his head: and by this rite
shall he be consecrated.
Thou shalt bring his sons also and
shalt put on them the linen tunics,
and gird them with a girdle:
To wit, Aaron and his children, and
thou shalt put mitres upon them: and
they shall be priests to me by a perpet­
ual ordinance.—Ex. xxix. 4-9.
The Lord spoke to Afoses in the des­
ert of Sinai, the second year after they
were come out of the land of Egypt, in
the first month, saying:
Let the children of Israel make the
phase in its due time,
The fourteenth day of this month in
the evening, according to all the cere­
monies and justifications thereof.—
Num. ix. 1-3.
For what other nation is there so re­
nowned that hath ceremonies, and just
judgments, and all the law, which I will
set forth this day before your eyes?—
Deut. iv. 8.
In all his works he (David) gave
thanks to the holy one, and to the most
High with words of glory. . . .
And he set singers before the altar,
and by their voices he made sweet mel­
ody.
And to the festivals he added beauty,
and set in order the solemn times even
to the end of his life, that they should
praise the holy name of the Lord, and
magnify the holiness of God in the
morning.— Ecclus. xlvii. 9, 11, 12.
And when the priests shall have en­
tered in, they shall not go out of the
holy places into the outward court: but
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wherein they minister, for they are
holy: and they shall put on other gar­
ments, and so they shall go forth to
the people.—Ezech. xiii. 14.
They shall enter into my sanctuary,
and they shall come near to my table,
to minister unto me, and to keep my
ceremonies.
And when they shall enter in at the
gates of the inner court, they shall be
clothed with linen garments: neither
shall any woollen come upon them,
when they minister in the gates of the
inner court and within.
They shall have linen mitres on their
heads, and linen breeches on their loins,
and they shall not be girded with any
thing that causeth sweat.
And when they shall go forth to the
outward court to the people, they shall
put off their garments wherein they
ministered, and lay them up in the
store chamber of the sanctuary, and
they shall clothe themselves with other
garments: and they shall not sanctify
the people with their vestments.—
Ezech. xliv. 1G-19.
But let all things be done decently,
and according to order.—1 Cor. xiv. 40.
CHRIST IS THE TRUE SON OF
GOD
The Lord hath said to me: Thou art
my son, this day have I begotten thee.
Ask of me, and I will give thee the
Gentiles for thy inheritance, and the
utmost parts of the earth for thy pos­
session.—Ps. ii. 7, 8.
And Jesus being baptized, forthwith
came out of the water: and lo, the
heavens were opened to him: and he
saw the Spirit of God descending as a
dove, and coming upon him.
And behold a voice from heaven, say­
ing: This is my beloved Son, in whom I
am well pleased.—Matt. iii. 16, 17.
Jesus saith to them: But whom do
you say that I am?
Simon Peter answered and said:
Thou art Christ, the Son of the living
God.
And Jesus answering, said to him:
Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona: be­
cause flesh and blood hath not revealed
it to thee, but my Father who is in
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And the high priest said to him: I
adjure thee by the living God, that
thou tell us if thou be the Christ the
Son of God.
Jesus saith to him : Thou hast said it.
Nevertheless I say to you, hereafter
you shall see the Son of man sitting on
the right hand of the power of God, and
coming in the clouds of heaven.—Matt.
xxvi. 63, 64.
But hereafter the Son of man shall
be sitting on the right hand of the
power of God.
Then said they all : Art thou then
the Son of God? Who said: You say
that I am.
And they said : What need we any
further testimony? for we ourselves
have heard it from his own mouth.—
Luke xxii. 69-71.
And the Word was made flesh, and
dwelt among us, (and we saw his glory,
the glory as it were of the only begot­
ten of the Father,) full of grace and
truth.—John i. 14.
And I knew him not; but he who
sent me to baptize with water, said to
me: He upon whom thou shalt see the
Spirit descending, and remaining upon
him, he it is that baptizeth with the
Holy Ghost.
And I saw, and I gave testimony,
that this is the Son of God.—John i.
33, 34.
For God so loved the world, as to
give his only begotten Son; that who­
soever believeth in him, may not perish,
but may have life everlasting.—John
iii. 16.
Jesus heard that they had cast him
(the man born blind) out: and when
he had found him, he said to him: Dost
thou believe in the Son of God?
lie answered, and said: Who is he,
Lord, that I may believe in him?
And Jesus said to him: Thou hast
both seen him; and it is he that talketh
with thee.
And he said: I believe. Lord. And
falling down, he adored him.—John
ix. 35-38.
The Jews answered him (Pilate) :
We have a law; and according to the
law he ought to die, because he made
himself the Son of God.—John xix. 7.
Many other signs also did Jesus in

the sight of his disciples, which are not
written in this book.
But these are written, that you may
believe that Jesus is the Christ, the
Son of God: and that believing, you
may have life in his name.—John xx.
30, 31.
And we declare unto you, that the
promise which was made to our fathers,
This same God hath fulfilled to our
children, raising up Jesus, as in the
second psalm also is written: Thou art
my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
—Acts xiii. 32, 33.
He that spared not even his own Son,
but delivered him up for us all, how
hath he not also, with him, given us
all things?—Rom. viii. 32.
God, who, at sundry times and in
divers manners, spoke in times past to
the fathers by the prophets, last of all,
In these days hath spoken to us by his
Son, whom he hath appointed heir of
all things, by whom also he made the
world. . . .
For to which of the angels hath he
said at any time, Thou art my Son, to­
day have I begotten thee? And again,
I will be to him a Father, and he shall
be to me a Son?
And again, when he bringeth in the
first begotten into the world, he saith:
And let all the angels of God adore
him.—Heb. i. 1, 2, 5, 6.
By this hath the charity of God ap­
peared towards us, because God hath
sent his only begotten Son into the
world, that we may live by him. . . .
And we have seen, and do testify,
that the Father hath sent his Son tobe
the Saviour of the world.
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus
is the Son of God, God abideth in him,
and he in God.—1 John iv. 9, 14, 15.
And we know that the Son of God
is come: and he hath given us under­
standing that we may know the true
God, and may be in his true Son. This
is the true God and life eternal.—
1 John v. 20.
CHRIST IS EQUAL TO GOD THE
FATHER

But Jesus answered them: My
Father worketh until now; and I work.
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the more to kill him, because he did not
only break the sabbath, but also said
God was his Father, making himself
equal to God. Then Jesus answered,
and said to them:
Amen, amen, I say unto you, the Son
cannot do any thing of himself, but
what he seeth the Father doing: for
what things soever he doth, these the
Son also doth in like manner. . . .
For as the Father raiseth up the
dead, and giveth life: so the Son also
giveth life to whom he will. . . .
That all men may honor the Son,
as they honor the Father. He who
honoreth not the Son, honoreth not the
Father, who hath sent him.—John v.
17-19, 21, 23.
I and the Father are one.—John
X. 30.
Jesus saith to him: llave I been
so long a time with you; and have you
not known me? Philip, he that seeth
me seeth the Father also. How sayest
thou, Show us the Father?
Do you not believe, that I am in the
Father and the Father in me? The
words that I speak to you, I speak not
of myself. But the Father who abideth
in me, he doth the works.
Believe you not that I am in the
Father, and the Father in me ?—John
xiv. 9-11.
All things whatsoever the Father
hath, are mine. Therefore I said, that
he (the Holy Spirit) shall receive of
mine, and show it to you.—John
xvi. 15.
And all my things are thine, and
thine are mine; and I am glorified in
them.
And now I am not in the world, and
these are in the world, and I come to
thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy
name whom thou hast given me; that
they may be one, as we also are.—John
xvii. 10. 11.
That they all may be one, as thou,
Father, in me, and I in thee; that
they also may be one in us; that the
world may believe that thou hast sent
me.
And the glory which thou hast given
me, I have given to them; that they
may be one, as we also are one —John
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For let this mind be in you, which
was also in Christ Jesus:
Who being in the form of God,
thought it not robbery to be equal with
God.—Philipp, ii. 5, 6.
CHRIST IS TRUE GOD
For a child is born to us, and a son
is given to us, and the government is
upon his shoulder: and his name shall
be called, Wonderful, Counsellor, God
the Mighty, the Father of the world to
come, the Prince of Peace.—Is. ix. 6.
But while he thought on these things,
behold the angel of the Lord appeared
to him in his sleep, saying: Joseph, son
of David, fear not to take unto thee
Mary thy wife, for that which is con­
ceived in her, is of the Holy Ghost.
And she shall bring forth a son : and
thou shalt call his name Jesus. For
he shall save his people from their sins.
Now all this was done that it might
be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by the
prophet, saying:
Behold a virgin shall be with child,
and bring forth a son, and they shall
call his name Emmanuel, which being
interpreted is, God with us.—Matt. i.
20-23.
In the beginning was the Word, and
the Word was with God, and the Word
was God.
The same was in the beginning with
God.
All things were made by him: and
without him was made nothing that was
made.
. . . He was in the world, and the
world was made by him, and the world
knew him not.—John i. 1-3, 10.
They said therefore to him: Who art
thou? Jesus said to them: The begin­
ning, who also speak unto you.—John
viii. 25.
The Jews therefore said to him:
Thou art not yet fifty years old, and
hast thou seen Abraham ?
Jesus said to them: Amen, amen I
say to you. before Abraham was made,
I am.—John viii. 57, 58.
I and the Father are one.
The Jews then took up stones to
stone him.
Jesus answered them: Many good
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Father; for which of those works do
And to the angels indeed he saith:
you stone me?
He that maketh his angels spirits, and
The Jews answered him: For a good his ministers a flame of fire.
work we stone thee not, but for blas­
But to the Son: Thy throne, 0 God,
phemy; and because that thou, being a is for ever and ever: a sceptre of jus­
man, makest thyself God.—John x. tice is the sceptre of thy kingdom.—
30-33.
Heb. i. 1-3, 7, 8.
Thomas answered, and said to him:
Simon Peter, servant and apostle of
Jesus Christ, to them that have ob­
My Lord, and my God.
Jesus saith to him: Because thou tained equal faith with us in the jus­
hast seen me, Thomas, thou hast be­ tice of our God and Saviour Jesus
lieved : blessed are they that have Christ.—2 Peter i. 1.
not seen, and have believed.—John
In this we have known the charity of
xx. 28, 29.
God, because he hath laid down his life
But you denied the Holy One and the for us: and we ought to lay down our
Just, and desired a murderer to be lives for the brethren.—1 John iii. 16.
And we know that the Son of God
granted unto you.
But the author of life you killed, is come: and he hath given us under­
whom God hath raised from the dead, standing that we may know the true
of which we are witnesses.—Acts iii. God, and may be in his true Son. This
14, 15.
is the true God and life eternal.—
God sent the word to the children of 1 John v. 20.
I will therefore admonish you, though
Israel, preaching peace by Jesus
Christ: (he is Lord of all.)—Acts x. 36. ye once knew all things, that Jesus,
For I wished myself to be an anath­ having saved the people out of the land
ema from Christ, for my brethren, who of Egypt, did afterwards destroy them
are my kinsmen according to the that believed not:
flesh : . . .
And the angels who kept not their
Whose are the fathers, and of whom principality, but forsook their own
is Christ, according to the flesh, who habitation, he hath reserved under
is over all things, God blessed for ever. darkness in everlasting chains, unto the
Amen.—Rom. ix. 3, 5.
judgment of the great day.—Jude i.
Who is the image of the invisible 5, 6.
God, the first born of every creature :
And in the midst of the seven golden
For in him were all things created candlesticks, one like to the Son of
in heaven and on earth, visible and in­ man, clothed with a garment down to
visible, whether thrones, or domina­ the feet, and girt about the paps with
tions, or principalities, or powers: all a golden girdle. . . .
things were created by him and in him.
And when I had seen him, I fell at
And he is before all, and by him all his feet as dead. And he laid his right
things consist.—Col. i. 15-17.
hand upon me, saying: Fear not. I am
For in him dwelleth all the fulness the First and the Last,
of the Godhead corporeally.—Col. ii. 9.
And alive, and was dead, and behold
God, who, at sundry times and in I am living for ever and ever, and have
divers manners, spoke in times past to the keys of death and of hell.—Apoc.
the fathers by the prophets, last of all, i. 13, 17, 18.
In these days hath spoken to us by
CHRIST IS TRUE MAN
his Son, whom he hath appointed heir
of all things, by whom also he made the
And she shall bring forth a son: and
world.
thou shalt call his name Jesus. For
Who being the brightness of his he shall save his people from their sins.
glory, and the figure of his substance,
Now all this was done that it might
and upholding all things by the word be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by the
of his power, making purgation of sins, prophet, saying:
sitteth on the right hand of the majesty
Behold a virgin shall be with child,
on high. . . .
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call his name Emmanuel, which being! All we like sheep have gone astray,
every one hath turned aside into his
interpreted is, God with us.
And Joseph rising up from sleep, own way: and the Lord hath laid on
did as the angel of the Ix»rd had com­ him the iniquity of us all. . . .
And the Lord was pleased to bruise
manded him, and took unto him his
him in infirmity: if he shall lay down
wife.
And he knew her not till she brought his life for sin, he shall see a longlived
forth her first-born son : and he called seed, and the will of the Lord shall be
prosperous in his hand.
his name Jesus.—Malt. i. 21-25.
Because his soul hath labored, he
And it came to pass, that when they
were there, her days were accomplished, shall see and be filled: by his knowledge
shall this my just servant justify many,
that she should be delivered.
And she brought forth her first-born and he shall bear their iniquities. . . .
And he hath borne the sins of many,
son, and wrapped him up in swaddling
clothes, and laid him in a manger ; be­ and hath prayed for the transgressors.
cause there was no room for them in —Is. liii. 4-6, 10, 11, 12.
Even as the Son of man is not come
the inn.—Luke ii. 6, 7.
And the Word was made flesh, and to be ministered unto, but to minister,
dwelt among us, (and we saw his glory, and to give his life a redemption for
the glory as it were of the only begotten many.—Matt. xx. 28.
For this is my blood of the new
of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
testament, which shall be shed for many
—John i. 14.
But when the fulness of the time was unto remission of sins.—Matt. xxvi. 28.
The next day, John saw Jesus
come, God sent his Son, made of a
coming to him, and he saith: Behold
woman, made under the law:
That he might redeem them who were the Lamb of God, behold him who
under the law: that we might receive taketh away the sin of the world.—
the adoption of sons.—Gal. iv. 4, 5.
John i. 29.
For God so loved the world, as to give
Therefore because the children are
partakers of flesh and blood, he also his only begotten Son ; that whosoever
himself in like manner hath been par­ believeth in him, may not perish, but
taker of the same : that, through death, may have life everlasting.
For God sent not his Son into the
he might destroy him w’ho had the em­
pire of death, that is to say, the world, to judge the world, but that the
world may be saved by him.—John iii.
devil. . . .
For no where doth he take hold of 16, 17.
And if any man hear my words, and
the angels: but of the seed of Abraham
keep them not, I do not judge him: for
he taketh hold.
Wherefore it behoved him in all I I am come not to judge the world, but
things to be made like unto his breth­ to save the world.—John xii. 47.
For all have sinned, and do need the
ren, that he might become a merciful
and faithful high priest before God, glory of God.
Being justified freely by his grace,
that he might be a propitiation for the
sins of the people.—Heb. ii. 14, 16, 17. through the redemption, that is in
Christ Jesus,
Whom God hath proposed to be a
CHRIST IS THE REDEEMER OF
propitiation, through faith in his
THE WORLD
blood, to the showing of his justice, for
Surely he hath borne our infirmities the remission of former sins.—Rom.
and carried our sorrows: and we have iii. 23-25.
For I delivered unto you first of
thought him as it were a leper, and as
all, which I also received: how that
one struck by God and afflicted.
But he was wounded for our iniqui­ Christ died for our sins, according to
ties, he was bruised for our sins: the the scriptures.—1 Cor. xv. 3.
chastisement of our peace was upon
Christ hath redeemed us from the
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for us: for it is written: Cursed is I that he might be a propitiation for the
every one that hangeth on a tree:
sins of the people.—Heb. ii. 14, 17.
That the blessing of Abraham might
But Christ, being come a high priest
come on the Gentiles through Christ of the good things to come, by a greater
Jesus: that we may receive the prom- and more perfect tabernacle not made
ise of the Spirit by faith.—Gal. iii. with hand, that is, not of this ere13, 14.
ation:
But now in Christ Jesus, you, who
Neither by the blood of goats, or of
some time were afar off, are made nigh calves, but by his own blood, entered
by the blood of Christ.
once into the holies, having obtained
For he is our peace, who hath made eternal redemption.
both one, and breaking down the middle
For if the blood of goats and of oxen,
wall of partition, the enmities in his and the ashes of a heifer being
flesh :
sprinkled, sanctify such as are defiled,
. . . And might reconcile both to to the cleansing of the flesh:
God in one body by the cross, killing
How much more shall the blood of
the enmities in himself.—Eph. ii. 13, Christ, who by the Holy Ghost offered
14, 16.
himself unspotted unto God, cleanse
And walk in love, as Christ also hath our conscience from dead works, to
loved us, and hath delivered himself for serve the living God?
us, an oblation and a sacrifice to God
And therefore he is the mediator of
for an odor of sweetness.—Eph. v. 2. the new testament: that by means of
Because in him, it hath well pleased his death, for the redemption of those
the Father, that all fulness should I transgressions, which were under the
dwell :
former testament, they that are called
And through him to reconcile all may receive the promise of eternal in­
things unto himself, making peace heritance.—Heb. ix. 11-15.
through the blood of his cross, both as
Knowing that you were not redeemed
to the things that are on earth, and with corruptible things as gold or silver,
the things that arc in heaven.
from your vain conversation of the
And you, whereas you were sometime tradition of your fathers :
alienated and enemies in mind in evil
But with the precious blood of Christ,
works:
as of a lamb unspotted and ur defiled.—
Yet now he hath reconciled in the 1 Peter i. 18, 19.
body of his flesh through death, topre-I Who his own self bore our s ns in his
sent you holy and unspotted, and i body uponthe tree : that we, b ;ing dead
blameless before him.—Col. i. 19-22. to sins, should live to justice: by whose
Looking for the blessed hope and stripes you were healed.—1 Peter ii. 24.
coming of the glory of the great God
And we have seen, and do testify,
and our Saviour Jesus Christ,
that the Father hath sent his Son to be
Who gave himself for us, that he the Saviour of the world.—1 John
might redeem us from all iniquity, and iv. 14.
might cleanse to himself a people acAnd they sung a new canticle, sayceptable, a pursuer of good works.— ing : Thou art worthy, 0 Lord, to take
Titus ii. 13, 14.
the book, and to open the seals thereof;
Therefore because the children are because thou wast slain, and hast re­
partakers of flesh and blood, he also deemed us to God, in thy blood, out of
himself in like manner hath been par- every tribe, and tongue, and people, and
taker of the same : that, through death, nation,
he might destroy him who had the emAnd hast made us to our God a kingpire of death, that is to say, the dom and priests, and we shall reign on
devil. ...
the earth.—Apoc. v. 9, 10.
Wherefore it behoved him in all
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ever believeth in him, may not perish,
but may have life everlasting.
For God sent not his Son into the
world, to judge the world, but that the
world may be saved by him.—John iii.
16, 17.
Therefore, as by the offence of one
(Adam), unto all men to condemna­
tion; so also by the justice of one
(Christ), unto all men to justification
of life.—Rom. v. 18.
For the charity of Christ presseth
us: judging this, that if one died for
all, then all were dead.
And Christ died for all; that they
also who live, may not now live to
themselves, but unto him who died for
them, and rose again.—2 Cor. v. 14, 15.
For this is good and acceptable in the
sight of God our Saviour,
Who will have all men to be saved, and
to come to the knowledge of the truth.
For there is one God, and one media­
tor of God and men, the man Christ
Jesus:
Who gave himself a redemption for
all, a testimony in due times.—1 Tim.
ii. 3-6.
For therefore we labor and are re­
viled, because we hope in the living
God, who is the Saviour of all men,
especially of the faithful.—1 Tim.
iv. 10.
But we see Jesus, who was made a
little lower than the angels, for the suf­
fering of death, crowned with glory and
honor: that, through the grace of God,
he might taste death for all.—Heb. ii. 9.
My little children, these things I
write to you, that you may not sin.
But if any man sin, we have an advo­
cate with the Father, Jesus Christ the
just:
And he is the propitiation for our
sins: and not for ours only, but also for
those of the whole world.—1 John ii.
1, 2.
CHRIST DIED EVEN FOR THE
REPROBATE
For if, because of thy meat, thy
brother be grieved, thou walkest not
now according to charity. Destroy not
him with thy meat, for whom Christ
died.—Rom. xiv. 15.
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knowledge sit at meat in the idol’s tem­
ple, shall not his conscience, being
weak, be emboldened to eat those things
which are sacrificed to idols?
And through thy knowledge shall the
weak brother perish, for whom Christ
hath died?—1 Cor. viii. 10, 11.
But there were also false prophets
among the people, even as there shall be
among you lying teachers, who shall
bring in sects of perdition, and deny the
Ix)rd who bought them: bringing upon
themselves swift destruction.—2 Peter
ii. 1.
TESTIMONIES TO CHRIST
ist. Testimony of God the Father
And Jesus being baptized, forthwith
came out of the water: and lo, the
heavens were opened to him: and he
saw the Spirit of God descending as a
dove, and coming upon him.
And behold a voice from heaven,
saying: This is my beloved Son, in
whom I am well pleased.—Matt. iii.
16, 17.
And as he was yet speaking, behold
a bright cloud overshadowed them.
And lo, a voice out of the cloud, say­
ing: This is my beloved Son, in whom
I am well pleased : hear ye him.—Matt.
xvii. 5.
For he (Jesus) received from God
the Father, honor and glory: this voice
coming down to him from the excellent
glory: This is my beloved Son, in whom
I am well pleased; hear ye him.
And this voice we heard brought
from heaven, when we were with him
in the holy mount.—2 Peter i. 17, 18.
2d. Testimony of Christ Himself
Again the high priest asked him, and
said to him : Art thou the Christ the
Son of the blessed God?
And Jesus said to him: I am. And
you shall see the Son of man sitting on
the right hand of the power of God,
and coming with the clouds of heaven.
—Mark xiv. 61, 62.
3d. Testimony of the Scriptures
Search the scriptures, for you think
in them to have life everlasting; and
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Many other signa also did Jesus in I The same is he that shall come after
the sight of his disciples, which are not me, who is preferred before me: the
written in this book.
latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy
But these are written, that you may to loose.—John i. 25-27.
believe that Jesus is the Christ, the I The next day, John saw Jesus com­
Son of God: and that believing, you ing to him, and he saith: Behold the
may have life in his name.—John xx. Lamb of God, behold him who taketh
30, 31.
away the sin of the world.
For with much vigor he (Apollo)
This is he, of whom I said: After me
convinced the Jews openly, showing by there cometh a man, who is preferred
the scriptures, that Jesus is the Christ. before me : because he was before
—Acts xviii. 28.
me. . . .
And John gave testimony, saying: I
4th. Testimony of the Prophets
saw the Spirit coming down, as a dove
Think not that I will accuse you to from heaven, and he remained upon
the Father. There is one that accus- him.
eth you, Moses, in whom you trust.
And I knew him not; but he who
For if you did believe Moses, you sent me to baptize with water, said to
would perhaps believe me also; for he me : He upon whom thou shalt see the
wrote of me.
Spirit descending, and remaining upon
But if you do not believe his writ­ him, he it is that baptizeth with the
ings, how will you believe my words?— Holy Ghost.
John v. 45-47.
And I saw, and I gave testimony, that
To him (Jesus) all the prophets give this is the Son of God.—John i. 29, 30,
testimony, that by his name all receive 32-34.
remission of sins, who believe in him.—
6th. Testimony of the Apostles
Acts x. 43.
And when they had appointed him
And when they were come up into
(Paul) a day, there came very many to the boat, the wind ceased.
him unto his lodgings; to whom he ex­
And they that were in the boat came
pounded, testifying the kingdom of and adored him, saying: Indeed thou
God, and persuading them concerning art the Son of God.—Matt. xiv. 32, 33.
Jesus, out of the law of Moses and the
And Jesus came into the quarters of
prophets, from morning until evening. Cesarea Philippi : and he asked his dis­
—Acts xxviii. 23.
ciples, saying: Whom do men say that
the Son of man is?
5th. Testimony of John the Baptist
But they said: Some John the Bap­
I indeed baptize you in water unto tist, and other some Elias, and others
penance, but he that shall come after Jeremías, or one of the prophets.
me, is mightier than I, whose shoes I
Jesus saith to them: But whom do
am not worthy to bear; he shall you say that I am?
baptize you in the Holy Ghost and
Simon Peter answered and said:
fire.
Thou art Christ, the Son of the living
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will God.—Matt. xvi. 13-16.
thoroughly cleanse his floor and gather
Nathanael answered him, and said:
his wheat into the barn; but the chaff Rabbi, thou art the Son of God, thou
he will burn with unquenchable fire.— art the king of Israel.—John i. 49.
Matt. iii. 11, 12.
Then Jesus said to the twelve: Will
And they asked him, and said to him : you also go away?
Why then dost thou baptize, if thou
And Simon Peter answered him:
be not Christ, nor Elias, nor the Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast
prophet ?
the words of eternal life.
John answered them, saying: I bap­
And we have believed and have
tize with water; but there hath stood known, that thou art the Christ, the
one in the midst of you, whom you Son of God.—John vi. 68-70.
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thy finger hither, and see my hands;
and bring hither thy hand, and put it
into my side; and be not faithless, but
believing.
Thomas answered, and said to him :
My Lord, and my God.—John xx.
27, 28.
7th. Testimony of the Angels

And the angel said to her: Fear not,
Mary, for thou hast found grace with
God.
Behold thou shalt conceive in thy
womb, and shalt bring forth a son;
and thou shalt call his name Jesus.
He shall be great, and shall be called
the Son of the most High ; and the Lord
God shall give unto him the throne of
David his father; and he shall reign
in the house of Jacob for ever.
And of his kingdom there shall be
no end.
And Alary said to the angel: How
shall this be done, because I know not
man?
And the angel answering, said to
her: The Holy Ghost shall come upon
thee, and the power of the most High
shall overshadow thee. And therefore
also the Holy which shall be born of
thee shall be called the Son of God.—
Luke i. 30-35.
And there were in the same country
shepherds watching, and keeping the
night watches over their flock.
And behold an angel of the Lord
stood by them, and the brightness of
God shone round about them ; and they
feared with a great fear.
And the angel said to them : Fear
not; for, behold, I bring you good tid­
ings of great joy, that shall be to all
the people:
For, this day is born to you a
Saviour, who is Christ the Lord, in the
city of David.
And this shall be a sign unto you.
You shall find the infant wrapped in
swaddling clothes, and laid in a manger.
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the Gerasens, there met him two that
were possessed with devils, coming out
of the sepulchres, exceeding fierce, so
that none could pass by that way.
And behold, they cried out, saying:
What have we to do with thee, Jesus,
Son of God? art thou come hither to
torment us before the time.—Malt. viii.
28, 29.
And as he went out of the ship, imme­
diately there met him out of the monu­
ments a man with an unclean spirit. .. .
And seeing Jesus afar off, he ran and
adored him.
And crying with a loud voice, he
said: What have I to do with thee,
Jesus, the Son of the most high God?
I adjure thee by God that thou torment
me not.—Mark v. 2, 6, 7.
And there was in their synagogue
a man with an unclean spirit; and he
cried out,
Saying: What have we to do with
thee, Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come
to destroy us ? I know who thou art, the
Holy One of God.—Mark i. 23, 24.
And the unclean spirits, when they
saw him, fell down before him : and they
cried, saying:
Thou art the Son of God. And he
strictly charged them that they should
not make him knowm.—Mark iii. 11, 12.
And devils went out from many, cry­
ing out and saying: Thou art the Son
of God. And rebuking them he suf­
fered them not to speak, for they knew
that he was Christ.—Luke iv. 41.
gth. Testimony of Jews, Samaritans,
and Pagans

Jesus said to her (Martha) : I am
the resurrection and the life: he that
believeth in me, although he be dead,
shall live :
And every one that liveth, and believ­
eth in me, shall not die for ever. Believest thou this?
She saith to him: Yea, Lord, I have
believed that thou art Christ, the Son
of the living God, who art come into
this world.—John xi. 25-27.
The woman therefore left her water
8th. Testimony of the Demons
pot, and went her way into the city, and
And when he was come on the other saith to the men there:
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me all things whatsoever I have done. I
CHRIST, THE REDEEMER,
Is not he the Christ? . . .
PROPHECIES OF THE
So when the Samaritans were come
COMING OF
to him, they desired that he would tarry
there. And he abode there two days.
I will put enmities between thee (the
And many more believed in him be­ serpent) and the woman, and thy seed
cause of his own word.
and her seed : she shall crush thy head,
And they said to the woman: We now and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel.
believe, not for thy saying : for we our­ —Gen. iii. 15.
selves have heard him, and know that
And the Lord saith to Abram: , . .
this is indeed the Saviour of the world. I will bless them that bless thee, and
—John iv. 28, 29, 40-42.
curse them that curse thee, and in thee
Now the centurion and they that were shall all the kindred of the earth be
with him watching Jesus, having seen blessed.—Gen. xii. 3.
the earthquake, and the things that
And the Lord said : Can I hide from
were done, were sore afraid, saying: Abraham what I am about to do:
Indeed this was the Son of God.—Matt.
Seeing he shall become a great and
xxvii. 54.
mighty nation, and in him all the na­
And Philip said: If thou believesti tions of the earth shall be blessed?—
with all thy heart, thou mayst (be bap­ Gen. xviii. 17, 18.
tized). And he (the eunuch of Ethi­
By my own self have I sworn, saith
opia) answering, said: I believe that the Lord: because thou hast done this
Jesus Christ is the Son of God.—Acis thing, and hast not spared thy only be­
viii. 37.
gotten son for my sake:
I will bless thee, and I will multiply
thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as
loth. Testimony of the Enemies of
the sand that is by the sea shore: thy
Christ
seed shall possess the gates of their
The chief priests therefore, and the enemies.
Pharisees, gathered a council, and said :
And in thy seed shall all the nations
What do we, for this man doth many of the earth be blessed, because thou
miracles ?
hast obeyed my voice.—Gen. xxii. 16-18.
If we let him alone so, all will be­
And the Lord appeared to him
lieve in him; and the Romans will (Isaac) and said: Go not down into
come, and take away our place and Egypt, but stay in the land that I shall
nation.—John xi. 47, 48.
tell thee. ...
The Jews answered him (Pilate):
And I will multiply thy seed like the
We have a law; and according to the stars of heaven : and I will give to thy
law he ought to die, because he made I posterity all these countries: and in
himself the Son of God.—John xix. 7. thy seed shall all the nations of the
But they commanded them (Peter earth be blessed.—Gen. xxvi. 2, 4.
and John) to go aside out of the
And he (Jacob) saw in his sleep a
council ; and they conferred among ladder standing upon the earth, and the
themselves,
top thereof touching heaven: the aneéis
Saying: What shall we do to these also of God ascending and descending
men? for indeed a known miracle hath by it ;
been done by them, to all the inhabi­
And the Lord leaning upon the lad­
tants of Jerusalem : it is manifest, and der, saying to him: I am the Lord God
we cannot deny it.
of Abraham thy father, and the God of
But that it may be no farther spread Isaac; the land wherein thou sleepest,
among the people, let us threaten them I will give to thee and to thy seed.
that they speak no more in this name
And thy seed shall be as the dust of
to any man.
the earth: thou shalt spread abroad to
And calling them, they charged them the west, and to the east, and to the
not to speak at all, nor teach in the north, and to the south: and in thee
name of Jesus.—Acts iv. 15-18.
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And he shall be filled with the spirit
of the fear of the Lord. He shall not
The sceptre shall not be taken away ,judge according to the sight of the eyes,
from Juda, nor a ruler from his thigh, nor reprove according to the hearing of
till ho come that is to be sent, and he the ears.
shall be the expectation of nations.—
But he shall judge the poor with
Qen. xlix. 10.
justice, and shall reprove with equity
The blessings of thy father are for the meek of the earth: and he shall
strengthened with the blessings of his strike the earth with the rod of his
fathers: until the desire of the ever­ mouth, and with the breath of his lips
lasting hills should come; may they be he shall slay the wicked.
upon the head of Joseph, and upon the
And justice shall be the girdle of his
crown of the Nazarite among his loins: and faith the girdle of his reins.
brethren.—Gen. xlix. 26.
—Is. xi. 1-5.
I shall see him, but not now : I shall
’And there shall come a redeemer to
behold him, but not near. A star shall Sion, and to them that return from in­
rise out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall iquity in Jacob, saith the Lord.—Is.
spring up from Israel. ...
lix. 20.
And taking up his parable, again he
For Sion’s sake I will not hold my
(Balaam) said : Alas, who shall live peace, and for the sake of Jerusalem,
when God shall do these things?
! I will not rest till her just one come
They shall come in galleys from forth as brightness, and her saviour be
Italy, they shall overcome the Assyri­ lighted as a lamp.
ans, and shall waste the Hebrews, and
And the Gentiles shall see thy just
at the last they themselves also shall
one, and all kings thy glorious one :
perish.—Num. xxiv. 17, 23, 24.
The Lord thy God will raise up to and thou shalt be called by a new name,
thee a prophet of thy nation and of which the mouth of the Lord shall
thy brethren like unto me: him thou name.—Is. Ixii. 1, 2.
Behold the Lord hath made it to be
shalt hear.—Deut. xviii. 15.
Therefore the Lord himself shall give heard in the ends of the earth, tell the
you a sign. Behold a virgin shall con­ daughter of Sion : Behold thy Saviour
ceive; and bear a son, and his name cometh : behold his reward is with
shall be called Emmanuel.—Is. vii. 14. him, and his work before him.—Is.
For a child is born to us, and a son I Ixii. 11.
In those days, and at that time, I
is given to us, and the government is
upon his shoulder: and his name shall will make the bud of justice to spring
be called, Wonderful, Counsellor, God forth unto David, and he shall do judg­
the Mighty, the Father of the world to ment and justice in the earth.
In those days shall Juda be saved,
come, the Prince of Peace.
His empire shall be multiplied, and and Jerusalem shall dwell securely: and
there shall be no end of peace : he shall this is the name that they shall call
sit upon the throne of David, and up­ him, The Lord our just one.—J er.
on his kingdom; to establish it and xxxiii, 15, 16.
This is our God, and there shall no
strengthen it with judgment and with
justice, from henceforth and for ever: other be accounted of in comparison of
the zeal of the Lord of hosts will per­ him.
He found out all the way of knowl­
form this.—Is. ix. 6, 7.
And there shall come forth a rod out edge, and gave it to Jacob his servant,
of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall and to Israel his beloved.
Afterwards he was seen upon earth,
rise up out of his root.
And the spirit of the Lord shall rest
1St. Paul refera to thia in Romans xl. 26, 27.
“And so all Israel should be saved, as it is
upon him: the spirit of wisdom, and written
: There shall come out of Sion, he that
of understanding, the spirit of counsel, shall deliver, and shall turn away ungodliness
Jacob.
and of fortitude, the spirit of knowl­ from
And this is to them my covenant: when I
edge, and of godliness.
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and conversed with men.—Bar. iii. I and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt
36-38.
the foal of an ass.—Zach. ix. 9.
And I will set up one shepherd over
Behold I send my angel, and he shall
them, and he shall feed them, even my prepare the way before my face. And
servant David : he shall feed them, and presently the Lord, whom you seek, and
he shall be their shepherd.—Ezech. the angel of the testament, whom you
xxxiv. 23.
desire, shall come to his temple. BeAnd I will raise up for them a bud hold he cometh, saith the Lord of hosts,
of renown : and they shall be no more
And who shall be able to think of the
consumed with famine in the land, day of his coming? and who shall stand
neither shall they bear any more the to see him ? for he is like a refining fire,
reproach of the Gentiles.—Ezech. and like the fuller’s herb.—Malach. iii.
xxxiv. 29.
1, 2.
Seventy weeks are shortened upon
thy people, and upon thy holy city, CHRIST, PROPHECIES OF THE
that transgression may be finished,
’ PASSION OF
and sin may have an end, and
iniquity may be abolished; and everNow all this was done, that the scrip­
lasting justice may be brought; and tures of the prophets might be fulfilled,
vision and prophecy may be fulfilled; —Matt. xxvi. 56.
and the saint of saints may be anointed.
Then Jesus took unto him the twelve,
Know thou therefore, and take no- and said to them : Behold we go up to
tice; that from the going forth of the Jerusalem, and all things shall be acword, to build up Jerusalem again, complished which were written by the
unto Christ the prince, there shall be prophets concerning the Son of man.
seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks.— For he shall be delivered to the GenDan. ix. 24, 25.
tiles, and shall be mocked, and scourged,
And thou, Bethlehem Ephrata, are a and spit upon :
little one among the thousands of JuAnd after they have scourged him,
da: out of thee shall he come forth un- they will put him to death; and the
to me that is to be the ruler in Israel : third day he shall rise again.—Lute
and his going forth is from the begin- xviii. 31-33.
ning, from the days of eternity.—Mich.
v. 2.
O God my God, look upon me: why
For thus saith the Lord of hosts: hast thou forsaken me?
Yet one little while, and I will move the
Far from my salvation are the words
heaven and the earth, and the sea, and of my sins. . . .
the dry land.
But I am a worm, and no man: the
And I will move all nations: and the reproach of men, and the outcast of the
desired of all nations shall come: and people.
I will fill this house with glory: saith
All they that saw me have laughed
the Lord of hosts. ...
me to scorn : they have spoken with the
Great shall be the glory of this last lips, and wagged the head.
house more than of the first, saith the
He hoped in the Lord, let him de­
Lord of hosts: and in this place I will liver him: let him save him, seeing he
give peace, saith the Lord of hosts.— delighted in him. . . .
Aggeus ii. 7, 8, 10.
For many dogs have encompassed me:
Hear, O Jesus thou high priest, thou the council of the malignant hath beand thy friends that dwell before thee, sieged me.
for they are portending men : for beThey have dug my hands and feet,
hold I will bring my servant the Orient. They have numbered all my bones.
—Zach. iii. 8.
And they have looked and stared
Rejoice greatly, 0 daughter of Sion, upon me.
They parted my garshout for joy, 0 daughter of Jeru- ments amongst them; and upon my
salem : behold thy King will come to vesture they cast lots.—Ps. xxi. 2, 7-9,
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‘For even the man of my peace, in a man of sorrows, and acquainted with
whom I trusted, who ate my bread, infirmity: and his look was as it were
bath greatly supplanted me.—Ps. xl. 10. hidden and despised, whereupon we es­
For the zeal of thy house hath eaten teemed him not.
Surely he hath borne our infirmities
me up: and the reproaches of them that
reproached thee arc fallen upon me. . . . and carried our sorrows: and we have
In thy sight are all they that afflict thought him as it were a leper, and
me; my heart hath expected reproach as one struck by God and afflicted.
But he was wounded for our iniqui­
and misery.
And I looked for one that would ties, he was bruised for our sins: the
grieve together with me, but there was chastisement of our peace was upon
none: and for one that would comfort him, and by his bruises we are
me, and I found none.
healed.
And they gave me gall for my food,
All we like sheep have gone astray,
and in my thirst they gave me vinegar every one hath turned aside into his
to drink.—Ps. Ixviii. 10, 21, 22.
own way: and the Lord hath laid on
The stone which the builders re­ him the iniquity of us all.
jected; the same is become the head of
He was offered because it was his own
the corner.—Ps. cxvii. 22.
will, and he opened not his mouth: he
The ox knoweth his owner, and the shall be led as a sheep to the slaughter,
ass his master’s crib: but Israel hath and shall be dumb as a lamb before his
not known me, and my people hath not shearer, and he shall not open his
understood.
mouth.
... For what shall I strike you
He was taken away from distress, and
any more, you that increase transgres­ from judgment: who shall declare his
sion? the whole head is sick, and the generation? because he is cut off out
whole heart is sad.
of the land of the living : for the wick­
From the sole of the foot unto the edness of my people have I struck
top of the head, there is no soundness him. ...
therein: wounds and bruises and swell­
And the Lord was pleased to bruise
ing sores: they are not bound up, nor him in infirmity: if he shall lay down
dressed, nor fomented with oil.—Is. i. j his life for sin, he shall see a long-lived
3, 5, 6.
seed, and the will of the Lord shall be
I have given my body to the strikers, prosperous in his hand.
and my cheeks to them that plucked
Because his soul hath labored, he
them: I have not turned away my face shall see and be filled : by his knowledge
from them that rebuked me, and spit shall this my just servant justify many,
upon me.—Is. 1. 6.
and he shall bear their iniquities.
As many have been astonished at
Therefore will I distribute to him
thee, so shall his visage be inglorious very many, and he shall divide the
among men, and his form among the spoils of the strong, because he hath de­
sons of men.—Is. Iii. 14.
livered his soul unto death, and was re­
Who hath believed our report? and to puted with the wicked : and he hath
whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? borne the sins of many, and hath
And he shall grow up as a tender praved for the transgressors.—Is. liii.
plant before him, and as a root out of 1-8,10, 11,12.
And after sixty-two weeks Christ
a thirsty ground: there is no beauty in
him, nor comeliness: and we have seen shall be slain: and the people that shall
him, and there was no sightliness, that deny him shall not be his. And a people
with their leader that shall come, shall
we should be desirous of him :
Despised, and the most abject of men, destroy the city and the sanctuary: and
the end thereof shall be waste, and after
’Jesus tells ur that this refers to the treach­ the end of the war the appointed deso­
ery of Judas : for He says In John xiii. 18.
“I speak not of you all : I know whom I have lation.—Dan. ix. 26.
chosen. But that the Scripture may be ful­
And I said to them : If it be good in
filled: Ho that eateth bread with me. shall lift
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if not, be quiet And they weighed for I Now all this was done, that the scrip­
my wages thirty pieces of silver.
tures of the prophets might be fulfilled.
And the Lord said to me : Cast it to —Matt. xxvi. 54-56.
the statuary, a handsome price, that I
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel;
was prized at by them. And I took the because he hath visited and wrought
thirty pieces of silver, and I cast them the redemption of his people:
And hath raised up a horn of salva­
into the house of the Lord to the statu­
tion to us, in the house of David his
ary.—Zach. xi. 12, 13.
And they shall look upon me, whom servant :
As he spoke by the mouth of his
they have pierced : and they shall
mourn for him as one mourneth for holy prophets, who are from the begin­
an only son, and they shall grieve ning.—Luke i. 68-70.
Then Jesus took unto him the
over him, as the manner is to grieve
for the death of the first born.—Zach. twelve, and said to them : Behold, we go
up to Jerusalem, and all things shall
xii. 10.
And they shall say to him : What are be accomplished which were written by
these wounds in the midst of thy hands? the prophets concerning the Son of
And he shall say: With these I was) man.—Luke xviii. 31.
Then he (Jesus) said to them: 0
wounded in the house of them that
foolish, and slow of heart to believe in
loved me.
Awake, 0 sword, against my shep­ all things which the prophets have
herd, and against the man that cleaveth spoken.
Ought not Christ to have suffered
to me, saith the Lord of hosts: strike
the shepherd, and the sheep shall be these things, and so to enter into his
scattered: and I will turn my hand to glory ?
And beginning at Moses and all the
the little ones.—Zach. xiii. 6, 7.
And Simeon blessed them, and said to prophets, he expounded to them in all
Mary his mother: Behold this child is the scriptures, the things that were
set for the fall, and for the resurrection concerning him.—Luke xxiv. 25-27.
And he (Jesus) said to them: These
of many in Israel, and for a sign
which shall be contradicted.—Luke are the words which I spoke to you,
while I was yet with you, that all things
ii. 34.
must needs be fulfilled, which are writ­
CHRIST’S PASSION PROPHESIED ten in the law of Moses, and in the
prophets, and in the psalms, concerning
BY HIMSELF
me.
Then he opened their understanding,
See: Prophecies of Christ, His pas­
that they might understand the scrip­
sion—Appendix, page 796.
tures.
And he said to them : Thus it is writ­
CHRIST, THE PROPHECIES OF
ten, and thus it behoved Christ to suf­
THE OLD TESTAMENT ARE
fer, and to rise again from the dead,
FULFILLED IN
the third day:
Do not think that I am come to de­
And that penance and remission of
stroy the law, or the prophets. I am sins should be preached in his name,
not come to destroy, but to fulfil.—Hatt. unto all nations, beginning at Jeru­
salem.—Luke xxiv. 44-47.
v. 17.
How then shall the scriptures be ful­
For if you did believe Moses, you
filled, that so it must be done?
would perhaps believe me also; for he
In that same hour Jesus said to the wrote of me.—John v. 46.
multitudes: You are come out as it
And many resorted to him (Jesus),
were to a robber with swords and clubs and they said : John indeed did no sign.
to apprehend me. I sat daily with you,
But all things whatsoever John said
teaching in the temple, and you laid of this man, were true. And many be­
not hands on me.
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But those things which Ood before
had showed by the mouth of all the
prophets, that his Christ should suffer,
he hath so fulfilled.—Acts iii. 18.
For they that inhabited Jerusalem,
and the rulers thereof, not knowing
him, nor the voices of the prophets,
which are read every sabbath, judging
him have fulfilled them.
And finding no cause of death in him,
they desired of Pilate, that they might
kill him.
And when they had fulfilled all
things that were written of him, tak­
ing him down from the tree, they laid
him in a sepulchre.—Acts xiii. 27-29.
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I stand unto this day, witnessing both
to small and great, saying no other
thing than those which the prophets,
and Moses did say should come to pass:
That Christ should suffer, and that he
should be the first that should rise from
the dead, and should show light to the
people, and to the Gentiles.—Acts xxvi.
22, 23.
Of which salvation the prophets have
inquired and diligently searched, who
prophesied of the grace to come in you.
Searching what or what manner of
time the Spirit of Christ in them did
signify: when it foretold those suffer­
ings that are in Christ, and the glories
that should follow.—1 Peter i. 10, 11.

THE PROPHECIES AND THEIR FULFILMENT CONCERNING CHRIST

Now the generation of Christ was in
this wise. When as his mother Mary
was espoused to Joseph, before they
came together, she was found with
child, of the Holy Ghost.
Whereupon Joseph her husband, be­
ing a just man, and not willing pub­
licly to expose her, was minded to put
her away privately.
But while he thought on these things,
behold the angel of the Lord appeared
to him in his sleep, saying: Joseph, son
of David, fear not to take unto thee
Mary thy wife, for that which is con­
Therefore the Lord himself shall give
ceived in her, is of the Holy Ghost.
And she shall bring forth a son: and you a sign. Behold a virgin shall con­
thou shalt call his name Jesus. For ceive, and bear a son, and his name
he shall save his people from their sins. shall be called Emmanuel.—Is. vii. 14.
Now’ all this was done that it might
be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by the
prophet, saying:
Behold a virgin shall be with child,
and bring forth a son, and they shall
call his name Emmanuel, which being
interpreted is, God with us.
And Joseph rising up from sleep, did
as the angel of the Lord had com­
manded him, and took unto him his
wife.
And he knew her not till she brought
forth her first-born son : and he called
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And king Herod hearing this, was
troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
And assembling together all the chief
priests and the scribes of the people,
he inquired of them where Christ
should be born.
But they said to him: In Bethlehem
of Juda. For so it is written by the
prophet :
And thou Bethlehem the land of
Juda art not the least among the
princes of Juda: for out of thee shall
come forth the captain that shall rule
my people Israel.—Matt. ii. 3-6.

And thou, Bethlehem Ephrata, art a
little one among the thousands of Juda:
out of thee shall he come forth unto me
that is to be the ruler in Israel: and
his going forth is from the beginning,
from the days of eternity.—Mich. v. 2.

And after they (the wise men) were
departed, behold an angel of the Lord
appeared in sleep to Joseph, saying:
Arise, and take the child and his
mother, and fly into Egypt: and be
there until I shall tell thee. For it will
come to pass that Herod will seek the
child to destroy him.
Who arose, and took the child and
his mother by night, and retired into
Egypt: and he was there until the
death of Herod :
That it might be fulfilled which the
Lord spoke by the prophet, saying: Out
of Egypt have I called my son.—Matt.
ii. 13-15.

As the morning passeth, so hath the
king of Israel passed away. Because
Israel was a child, and I loved him: and
I called my son out of Egypt.—Osee
xi. 1.

Then Herod perceiving that he was
deluded by the wise men, was exceeding
angry; and sending killed all the men
children that were in Bethlehem, and
in all the borders thereof, from two
years old and under, according to the
time which he had diligently inquired
of the wise men.
Then was fulfilled that which was
spoken by Jeremías the prophet, say­
ing:
A voice in Rama was heard, lamenta­
tion and great mourning; Rachel be­
wailing her children, and would not be
comforted, because they are not.—
Matt. ii. 16-18.

Thus saith the Lord : A voice was
heard on high of lamentation, of
mourning, and weeping, of Rachel
weeping for her children, and refusing
to be comforted for them, because they
are not.—Jer. xxxi. 15.

And coming he dwelt in a city called
Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled
which was said by the prophets: That
he shall be called a Nazarene.—Matt.
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And in those days cometh John the
Baptist preaching in the desert of
Judea.
And saying: Do penance: for the
kingdom of heaven is at hand.
For this is he that was spoken of by
Isaias the prophet, saying: A voice of
one crying in the desert, Prepare ye the
way of the Lord, make straight his
paths.—Matt. iii. 1-3.
As it is written in Isaias the prophet:
Behold I send my angel before thy face,
who shall prepare the way before thee.
A voice of one crying in the desert:
Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make
straight his paths.—Mark i. 2, 3.
And he (John) came into all the
country about the Jordan, preaching
the baptism of penance for the remis­
sion of sins;
As it was written in the book of the
sayings of Isaias the prophet: A voice
of one crying in the wilderness: Pre­
pare ye the way of the Lord, make
straight his paths.
Every valley shall be filled ; and every
mountain and hill shall be brought low;
and the crooked shall be made straight;
and the rough ways plain;
And all flesh shall see the salvation
of God.—Luke iii. 3-6.

Behold I send my angel, and he shall
prepare the way before my face.—
Malach. iii. 1.
The voice of one crying in the desert:
Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make
straight in the wilderness the paths of
our God.
Every valley shall be exalted, and
every mountain and hill shall be made
low, and the crooked shall become
straight, and the rough ways plain.
And the glory of the Lord shall be
revealed, and all flesh together shall see,
that the mouth of the Lord hath
spoken.—Is. xl. 3-5.

And leaving the city Nazareth, he
(Jesus) came and dwelt in Capharnaum
on the sea coast, in the borders of Zabu­
lon and of Nephthalim ;
That it might be fulfilled which was
said by Isaias the prophet:
Land of Zabulon and land of
Nephthalim, the way of the sea beyond
the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles:
The people that sat in darkness, hath
seen great light: and to them that sat
in the region of the shadow of death,
light is sprung up.—Matt. iv. 13-16.

At the first time the land of Zabu­
lon, and the land of Nephthali was
lightly touched: and at the last the way
of the sea beyond the Jordan of the
Galilee of the Gentiles was heavily
loaded.
The people that walked in darkness,
have seen a great light: to them that
dwelt in the region of the shadow of
death, light is risen.—Is. ix. 1, 2.

And when evening was come, they
brought to him (Jesus) many that were
possessed with devils: and he cast out
the spirits with his word : and all that
were sick he healed :
That it might be fulfilled, which was
spoken by the prophet Isaias, saying:
He took our infirmities, and bore our
diseases.—Matt. viii. 16, 17.

Surely he hath borne our infirmities
and carried our sorrows: and we have
thought him as it were a leper, and as
It
one struck by God and afflicted.
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And the Pharisees going out made a
consultation against hi in, how they
might destroy him.
But Jesus knowing it, retired from
thence: and many followed him, and he
healed them all. And he charged them
that they should not make him known.
That it might be fulfilled which was
spoken by Isaias the prophet, saying:
Behold my servant whom I have
chosen, my beloved in whom my soul
hath been well pleased. I will put
my spirit upon him, and he shall show
judgment to the Gentiles.
He shall not contend, nor cry out,
neither shall any man hear his voice in
the streets.
The bruised reed he shall not break:
and smoking flax he shall not ex­
tinguish: till he send forth judgment
unto victory. And in his name the
Gentiles shall hope.—Malt. xii. 14-21.

Behold my servant, I will uphold
him: my elect, my soul delighteth in
him: I have given my spirit upon him,
he shall bring forth judgment to the
Gentiles.
He shall not cry, nor have respect to
person, neither shall his voice be heard
abroad.
The bruised reed he shall not break,
and smoking flax he shall not quench:
he shall bring forth judgment unto
truth.
He shall not be sad, nor troublesome,
till he set judgment in the earth: and
the islands shall wait for his law.—Is.
xiii. 1-4.

All these things Jesus spoke in para­
bles to the multitudes: and without
parables he did not speak to them.
I will open my mouth in parables:
That it might be fulfilled which was I will utter propositions from the be­
spoken by the prophet, saying: I will ginning.—Ps. Ixxvii. 2.
open my mouth in parables, I will utter
things hidden from the foundation of
the world.—Malt. xiii. 34, 35.

’A wicked and adulterous generation
seeketh after a sign: and a sign shall
not be given it, but the sign of Jonas
the prophet.—Matt. xvi. 4.
Now the Lord prepared a great fish
And the multitudes running together,
he began to say: This generation is a to swallow up Jonas: and Jonas was in
wicked generation: it asketh a sign, the belly of the fish three days and three
and a sign shall not be given it, but the nights.—Jonas ii. 1.
sign of Jonas the prophet.
For as Jonas was a sign to the Ninivites; so shall the Son of man also be
to this generation.—Luke xi. 29, 30.
And when they drew nigh to Jeru­
salem, and were come to Bethphage,
unto mount Olivet, then Jesus sent two
disciples,
Saying to them: Go ye into the vil­
lage that is over against you, and imme­
diately you shall find an ass tied, and a
colt with her: loose them and bring
them to me.
Behold the Lord hath made it to be
And if any man shall say anything heard in the ends of the earth, tell the
«Also Mutt xii. 39. 40.
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to you, say ye, that the Lord hath need
of them: and forthwith he will let them
go.
,
.
.
Now all this was done that it might
be fulfilled which was spoken by the
prophet, saying:
Tell ye the daughter of Sion : Behold
thy king cometh to thee, meek, and sit­
ting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of
her that is used to the yoke.—Matt.
xxi. 1-5.
And on the next day, a great multi­
tude that was come to the festival day,
when they had heard that Jesus was
coming to Jerusalem,
Took branches of palm-trees, and
went forth to meet him, and cried:
Hosanna, blessed is he that cometh in
the name of the Lord, the king of
Israel.
And Jesus found a young ass, and sat
upon it, as it is written :
Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold,
thy king cometh, sitting on an ass’s colt.
These things his disciples did not
know at the first; but when Jesus was
glorified, then they remembered that
these things were written of him, and
that they had done these things to him.
—John xii. 12-16.

Jesus saith to them: Have you never
read in the Scriptures : The stone which
the builders rejected, the same is be­
come the head of the corner? By the
Lord this has been done ; and it is w’onderful in our eyes.—Matt. xxi. 42.
Be it known to you all, and to all the
people of Israel, that by the name of
our Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
whom you crucified, whom God hath
raised from the dead, even by him this
man standeth here before you whole.
This is the stone which was rejected
by you the builders, which is become the
head of the corner.—Acts iv. 10, 11.

But when it was evening, he sat down
with his twelve disciples.
And whilst they were eating, he said:
Amen I say to you, that one of you is
about to betray me. ...
The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is
written of him : but woe to that man
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cometh : behold his reward is with him,
and his work before him.—Is. Ixii. 11.

Rejoice greatly, 0 daughter of Sion,
shout for joy, 0 daughter of Jerusalem :
behold thy King will come to thee, the
just and saviour: he is poor, and riding
upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal
of an ass.—Zach. ix. 9.

The stone which the builders re­
jected; the same is become the head of
the corner.
This is the Lord’s doing: and it is
wonderful in our eyes.—Ps. cxvii.
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trayed: it were better for him, if that
For even the man of my peace, in
man had not been born.—Matt. xxvi. 20, whom I trusted, who ate my bread, hath
21, 24.
greatly supplanted me.—Ps. xl. 10.
I speak not of you all : I know whom
I have chosen. But that the scripture
may be fulfilled: He that eateth bread
with me, shall lift up his heel against
me.—John xiii. 18.
Men, brethren, the scripture must
needs be fulfilled, w’hich the Holy Ghost
spoke before by the mouth of David
concerning Judas, who was the leader
of them that apprehended Jesus:
Who was numbered with us, and had
obtained part of this ministry.—Acts i.
16, 17.
Then Jesus saith to them: All you
shall be scandalized in me this night.
For it is written: I will strike the shep­
herd, and the sheep of the flock shall
be dispersed.—Matt. xxvi. 31.

Awake, 0 sword, against my shep­
herd, and against the man that cleaveth
to me, saith the Lord of hosts: strike
the shepherd, and the sheep shall be
scattered: and I will turn my hand to
the little ones.—Zach. xiii. 7.

But the chief priests having taken the
pieces of silver, said : It is not lawful to
put them into the corbona, because it is
the price of blood.
And after they had consulted to­
gether, they bought with them the pot­
ter’s field, to be a burying place for
strangers.
For this cause that field was called
Haceldama, that is, The field of blood,
even to this day.
Then was fulfilled that which was
spoken by Jeremías the prophet, saying:
And they took the thirty pieces of silver,
the price of him that was prized, whom
they prized of the children of Israel.
And they gave them unto the potter’s
field, as the Lord appointed to me.—
Matt, xxvii. 6-10.

And I said to them : If it be good in
your eyes, bring hither my wages: and
if not, be quiet. And they weighed for
my wages thirty pieces of silver.
And the Lord said to me : Cast it to
the ‘statuary, a handsome price, that I
was prized at by them.
And I took the thirty pieces of silver,
and I cast them into the house of the
Lord to the statuary.—Zach. xi. 12, 13.

And after they had crucified him,
they divided his garments, casting lots;
that it might be fulfilled which was
spoken by the prophet, saying: They
divided my garments among them ; and
upon my vesture they cast lots.—Matt.
They parted my garments amongst
xxvii. 35.
them; and upon my vesture they cast
The soldiers therefore, when they had lots.—Ps. xxi. 19.
crucified him, took his garments, (and
they made four parts, to every soldier a
part,) and also his coat. Now the coat
was without seam, woven from the top
throughout.
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They said then one to another:
Let us not cut it, but let us cast
lots for it, whose it shall be; that the
scripture might be fulfilled, saying:
They have parted my garments among
them, and upon my vesture they have
cast lot. And the soldiers indeed did
these things.—John xix. 23, 24.

And they asked him, saying: Why
then do the Pharisees and scribes say
that Elias must come first?
Who answering, said to them: Elias,
when he shall come first, shall restore all
things; and as it is written of the Son
of man, that he must suffer many
things and be despised.—Mark ix.
10, 11.

Despised, and the most abject of men,
a man of sorrows, and acquainted with
infirmity: and his look was as it were
hidden and despised, whereupon we es­
teemed him not.
Surely he hath borne our infirmities
and carried our sorrows; and we have
thought him as it were a leper, and as
one struck by God and a icted.
But he was wounded for our iniqui­
ties, he was bruised for our sins: the
chastisement of our peace was upon
him, and by his bruises we are healed.
—If liii. 3-5.

And with him they crucify two
thieves; the one on his right hand, and
the other on his left.
And the scripture was fulfilled, which
saith: And with the wicked he was
reputed.—Mark xv. 27, 28.
For I say to you, that this that is
written must yet be fulfilled in me:
And with the wicked was he reckoned.
For the things concerning me have an
end.—Luke xxii. 37.

Therefore will I distribute to him
very many, and he shall divide the
spoils of the strong, because he hath de­
livered his soul unto death, and was re­
puted with the wicked: and he hath
borne the sins of many, and hath prayed
for the transgressors.—Is. liii. 12.

And he came to Nazareth where he
was brought up : and he went into the
synagogue, according to his custom, on
the sabbath day; and he rose up to read.
And the book of Isaias the prophet
was delivered unto him. And as he
unfolded the book, he found the place
where it was written :
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me.
Wherefore he hath anointed me to
preach the gospel to the poor, he hath
sent me to heal the contrite of heart,
To preach deliverance to the captives,
and sight to the blind, to set at liberty
them that are bruised, to preach the
acceptable year of the Lord, and the day
of reward.
And when he had folded the book, he
restored it to the minister, and sat

The spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because the Lord hath anointed me: he
hath sent me to preach to the meek, to
heal the contrite of heart, and to preach
a release to the captives, and deliverance
to them that are shut up.
To proclaim the acceptable year of
the Lord, and the day of vengeance of
our God: to comfort all that mourn.—
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down. And the eyes of all in the syna­
gogue were fixed on him.
And he began to say to them : This
day is fulfilled this scripture in your
ears.—Luke iv. 16-21.
And he found in the temple them
that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and
the changers of money sitting.
And when he had made, as it were,
a scourge of little cords, he drove them
all out of the temple, the sheep also and
the oxen, and the money of the changers
For the zeal of thy house hath eaten
he poured out, and the tables he over­ me up: and the reproaches of them that
threw.
reproached thee are fallen upon me.—
And to them that sold doves he said : Ps. Ixviii. 10.
Take these things hence, and make not
the house of my Father a house of traf­
fic.
And his disciples remembered that it
was written:
The zeal of thy house hath eaten me
up.—John ii. 14-17.

No man can come to me, except the
Father, who hath sent me, draw him;
and I will raise him up in the last day.
All thy children shall be taught of
It is written in the prophets: And the Lord: and great shall be the peao#
they shall all be taught of God. Every of thy children.—Is. liv. 13.
one that hath heard of the Father, and
hath learned, cometh to me.—John vi.
44, 45.

And whereas he had done so many
miracles before them, they believed not
in him:
That the saying of Isaias the prophet
might be fulfilled, which he said: Lord,
who hath believed our hearing? and to
whom hath the arm of the Lord been re­
vealed ?
Therefore they could not believe, be­
cause Isaias said again:
He hath blinded their eyes, and hard­
ened their heart, that they should not
see with their eyes, nor understand with
their heart, and be converted, and I
should heal them.
These things said Isaias, when he saw
his glory, and spoke of him.—John xii.
37-41.

If I had not done among them the
works that no other man hath done,
they would not have sin; but now they

Who hath believed our report? and
to whom is the arm of the Lord re­
vealed.—Is. liii. 1.
And he (the Lord) said: Go, and
thou shalt say to this people: Hearing,
hear, and understand not: and see the
vision, and know it not.
Blind the heart of this people, and
make their ears heavy, and shut their
eyes: lest they see with their eyes, and
hear with their ears, and understand
with their heart, and be converted and
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Consider my enemies for they are
have both seen and hated both me and
multiplied, and have hated me with a*
my Father.
But that the word may be fulfilled unjust hatred.—Ps. xxiv. 19.
which is written in their law: They
hated me without cause.—John xv.
24, 25.
Afterwards, Jesus knowing that all
things were now accomplished, that the
scripture might be fulfilled, said : I
thirst.
Now there was a vessel set there full
of vinegar. And they, putting a sponge
full of vinegar about hyssop, put it to
And they gave me gall for my food,
his mouth.—John xix. 28, 29.
and in my thirst they gave me vinegar
And they came to the place that is to drink.—Ps. Ixviii. 22.
called Golgoth, which is the place of
Calvary.
And they gave him wine to drink
mingled with gall. And when he had
tasted, he would not drink.—Matt.
xxvii. 33, 34.

The soldiers therefore came ; and they
broke the legs of the first, and of the
other that was crucified with him.
But after they were come to Jesus,
when they saw that he was already
dead, they did not break his legs.
But one of the soldiers with a spear
opened his side, and immediately there
came out blood and water.
And he that saw it, hath given testi­
mony; and his testimony is true. And
he knoweth that he saith true; that you
also may believe.
For these things were done, that the
scripture might be fulfilled: You shall
not break a bone of him.
And again another scripture saith:
They shall look on him whom they
pierced.—John xix. 32-37.

In one house shall it (the paschal
lamb) be eaten, neither shall you carry
forth of the flesh thereof out of the
house, neither shall you break a bone
thereof.—Ex. xii. 46.
They shall not leave any thing thereof
until morning, nor break a bone thereof,
they shall observe all the ceremonies of
the phase.—Num. ix. 12.
And I will pour out upon the house of
David, and upon the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, the spirit of grace, and of
prayers: and they shall look upon me,
whom they have pierced : and they shall
mourn for him as one mourneth for an
only son, and they shall grieve over him,
as the manner is to grieve for the death
of the first born.—Zach. xii. 10.

This same being delivered up, by the
determinate counsel and foreknowledge
of God, you by the hands of wicked men
have crucified and slain.
Whom God hath raised up, having
loosed the sorrows of hell, as it was im­
possible that he should be holden by it.
For David saith concerning him : I
foresaw the Lord before my face: be­
I set the Lord always in my sight:
cause he is at my right hand, that I may for he is at my right hand, that I be
not moved.
not be moved.
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and my tongue hath rejoiced: more­
over my flesh also shall rest in hope.
Because thou wilt not leave my soul
in hell, nor suffer thy Holy One to see
corruption.
Thou hast made known to me the
ways of life: thou shalt make me full
of joy with thy countenance.
Ye men, brethren, let me freely speak
to you of the patriarch David; that he
died, and was buried ; and his sepulchre
is with us to this present day.
Whereas therefore he was a prophet,
and knew that God hath sworn to him
with an oath, that of the fruit of his
loins one should sit upon his throne.
Foreseeing this, he spoke of the resur­
rection of Christ. For neither was he
left in hell, neither did his flesh see cor­
ruption.—Acts ii. 23-31.
And we declare unto you, that the
promise which was made to our fathers,
This same God hath fulfilled to our
children, raising up Jesus, as in the
second psalm also is written: Thou art
my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
And to show that he raised him up
from the dead, not to return now any
more to corruption, he said thus: I will
give you the holy things of David faith­
ful.
And therefore, in another place also,
Ae saith: Thou shalt not suffer thy holy
one to see corruption.
For David, when he had served in his
generation, according to the will of
God, slept: and was laid unto his
fathers, and saw corruption.
But he whom God hath raised from
the dead, saw no corruption.—Acts xiii.
32-37.

and my tongue hath rejoiced: moreover
my flesh also shall rest in hope.
Because thou wilt not leave my soul
in hell ; nor wilt thou give thy holy one
to see corruption.
Thou hast made known to me the
ways of life, thou shalt fill me with joy
with thy countenance: at thy right
hand are delights even to the end.—Ps.
xv. 8-11.
Incline your ear and come to me:
hear and your soul shall live, and I will
make an everlasting covenant with you,
the faithful mercies of David.—Is.lv.3.

Be penitent, therefore, and be con­
verted, that your sins may be blotted
out.
That when the times of refreshment
shall come from the presence of the
Lord, and he shall send him who hath
been preached unto you, Jesus Christ,
Whom heaven indeed must receive,
until the times of the restitution of all
things, which God hath spoken by the
mouth of his holy prophets, from the
The Lord thy God will raise up t«
beginning of the world.
thee a prophet of thy nation and of
For Moses said : A prophet shall the thy brethren like unto me: him thou
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And he that will not hear his words,
your brethren, like unto me: him you
shall hear according to all things what­ which he shall speak in my name, I will
be the revenger.—Deut. xviii. 15, 19.
soever he shall speak to you.
And it shall be, that every soul which
will not hear that prophet, shall be de­
stroyed from among the people.—Acts
¡Ü. 19-23.

You are the children of the prophets,
and of the testament which God made
to our fathers, saying to Abraham: And
in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the
earth be blessed.
To you first God, raising up his Son,
hath sent him to bless you; that every
one may convert himself from his wick­
edness.—Acts iii. 25, 2G.

I will bless them that bless thee, and
curse them that curse thee, and in thee
shall all the kindred of the earth be
blessed.—Gen. xii. 3.
And in thy seed shall all the nations
of the earth be blessed, because thou
hast obeyed my voice.—Gen. xxii. 18.

Who having heard it, with one accord
lifted up their voice to God, and said:
Lord, thou art he that didst make
heaven and earth, the sea, and all
things that are in them.
Who, by the Holy Ghost, by the
mouth of our father David, thy ser­
vant, hast said : Why did the Gentiles
rage, and the people meditate vain
things?
The kings of the earth stood up, and
the princes assembled together against
the Lord and his Christ.
For of a truth there assembled to­
gether in this city against thy holy child
Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, Herod,
and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles
and the people of Israel,
To do what thy hand and thy coun­
sel decreed to be done.—Acts iv. 24-28.

Why have the Gentiles raged, and the
people devised vain things?
The kings of the earth stood up, and
the princes met together, against the
Lord, and against his Christ.—Ps. ii.
1, 2.

And the place of the scripture which
lie (the eunuch of Ethiopia) was read­
ing was this: He was led as a sheep
to the slaughter; and like a lamb with­
out voice before his shearer, so openeth
he not his mouth.
In humility his judgment was taken
away. His generation who shall de­
clare. for his life shall be taken from
the earth ?
And the eunuch answering Philip,
said: I beseech thee, of whom doth the
prophet speak this? of himself, or of
some other man ?
Then Philip, opening his mouth, and
beginning at this scripture, preached
unto him Jesus.—Acts viii. 32-35.

He was offered because it was his own
will, and he opened not his mouth: he
shall be led as a sheep to the slaughter,
and shall be dumb as a lamb before his
shearer, and he shall not open his
mouth.
He was taken away from distress,
and from judgment: who shall declare
his generation ? because he is cut off out
of the land of the living: for the wick­
edness of my people have I struck him.
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For Christ did not please himself,

For the zeal of thy house hath eaten
but as it is written : The reproaches of me up: and the reproaches of them
them that reproached thee, fell upon that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
me.—Rom. xv. 3.
—Ps. Ixviii. 10.
For it is evident that our Lord
sprung out of Juda: in which tribe
Moses spoke nothing concerning priests.
And it is yet far more evident: if ac­
cording to the similitude of MelchiseThe Lord hath sworn, and he will not
dech there ariseth another priest,
repent: Thou art a priest for ever ac­
Who is made not according to the law cording to the order of Melchisedech.
of a carnal commandment, but accord­ —Ps. cix. 4.
ing to the power of an indissoluble life:
For he testifieth: Thou art a priest
for ever, according to the order of Melchisedech.—Heb. vii. 14-17.

Wherefore when he cometh into the
world, he saith: Sacrifice and oblation
thou wouldest not : but a body thou hast
fitted to me:
Holocausts for sin did not please
thee.
Then said I: Behold I come: in the
head of the book, it is written of me:
that I should do thy will, O God.
In saying before, Sacrifices, and obla­
tions, and holocausts for sin thou
wouldest not, neither are they pleasing
to thee, which are offered according to
the law.
Then said I: Behold, I come to do
thy will, 0 God: he taketh away the
first, that he may establish that which
followeth.
In the which will, we are sanctified
by the oblation of the body of Jesus
Christ once.—Ileb. x. 5-10.

Sacrifice and oblation thou didst not
desire; but thou hast pierced cars for
me.
Burnt offering and sin offering thou
didst not require: then said I, Behold
I come.
In the head of the book it is written
of me that I should do thy will: 0 my
God, I have desired it, and thy law in
the midst of my heart.—Ps. xxxix. 7-9.

For unto this are you called: because
Christ also suffered for us, leaving you
an example that you should follow his
steps.
Who did no sin, neither w¡ s guile
found in his mouth.
Who, when he was reviled, did not
revile: when he suffered, he threatened
not: but delivered himself to him that
judged him unjustly.
Who his own self bore our sins in
his body upon the tree: that we, being
dead to sins, should live to justice: by
whose stripes you were healed.—1 Peter
ii. 21-24.

But he was wounded for our iniqui­
ties, he was bruised for our sins: the
chastisement of our peace was upon
him, and by his bruises we are
healed. . . .
And he shall give the ungodly for his
burial, and the rich for his death: be­
cause he hath done no iniquity, neither
was there deceit in his mouth.—Is. liii.
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CHRIST, THE

And I say to thee: That thou art
Peter; and upon this rock I will build
my church, and the gates of hell shall
not prevail against it.
And I will give to thee the keys of
the kingdom of heaven. And whatso­
ever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall
be bound also in heaven: and whatso­
ever thou shalt loose on earth, it shall
be loosed also in heaven.—Malt. xvi.
18, 19.
And Jesus coming, spoke to them,
saying: All power is given to me in
heaven and in earth.
Going therefore, teach ye all nations;
baptizing them in the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost.
Teaching them to observe all things
whatsoever I have commanded you : and
behold I am with you all days, even
to the consummation of the world.—
Matt, xxviii. 18-20.
And he said to them : Go ye into the
whole world, and preach the gospel to
every creature.
He that believeth and is baptized,
shall be saved: but he that believeth
not shall be condemned.—Mark xvi.
15, 16.
Whop therefore they had dined, Jesus
saith to Simon Peter : Simon, son of
John, lovest thou me more than these?
He saith to him : Yea, Lord, thou know­
est that I love thee. He saith to him :
Feed my lambs.
He saith to him again: Simon, son
of John, lovest thou me? He saith to
him: Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I
love thee. He saith to him: Feed my
lambs.
He said to him the third time:
Simon, son of John, lovest thou me?
Peter was grieved, because he had said
to him the third time: Lovest thou me?
And he said to him : Lord, thou knowest
all things: thou knowest that I love
thee. lie said to him: Feed my sheep.
—John xxi. 15-17.
And he hath subjected all things un­
der his feet, and hath made him
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hirn who is filled all in all.—Eph. i.
22, 23.
And he gave some apostles, and some
prophets, and other some evangelista,
and other some pastors and doctors,
For the perfecting of the saints, for
the work of the ministry, for the edify­
ing of the body of Christ.—Eph. iv.
11, 12.
Because the husband is the head of
the wife, as Christ is the head of the
Church. He is the saviour of his body.
Therefore as the church is subject to
Christ, so also let the wives be to their
husbands in all things.—Eph. v. 23, 24.
CHURCH ESTABLISHED AND
WORKING, THE
And with very many other words did
he (Peter) testify and exhort them,
saying: Save yourselves from this per­
verse generation.
They therefore that received his
word, were baptized; and there were
added in that day about three thousand
souls.
And they were persevering in the
doctrine of the apostles, and in the
communication of the breaking of
bread, and in prayers.
. . . And continuing daily with one
accord in the temple, and breaking
bread from house to house, they took
their meat with gladness and simplicity
of heart;
Praising God, and having favor with
all the people. And the Lord increased
daily together such as should be saved.
—Acts ii. 40-42, 46, 47.
And as they (Peter and John) were
speaking to the people, the priests, and
the officer of the temple, and the Sad­
ducees, came upon them,
Being grieved that they taught the
people, and preached in Jesus the resur­
rection from the dead.
But many of them who had heard the
word, believed; and the number of the
men was made five thousand.—Act» iv.
1, 2, 4.
And when they had prayed, the place
was moved wherein they were assem­
bled ; and they were all filled with the
Holy Ghost, and they spoke the word of
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but one heart and one soul : neither did
any one say that aught of the things
which he possessed, was his own ; but
all things were common unto them.
And with great power did the
apostles give testimony of the resur­
rection of Jesus Christ our Lord; and
great grace was in them all.—Acts iv.
31-33.
And there came great fear upon the
whole church, and upon all that heard
these things.
And by the hands of the apostles were
many signs and wonders wrought
among the people. And they were all
with one accord in Solomon’s porch.
But of the rest no man durst join
himself unto them; but the people mag­
nified them.
And the multitude of men and women
who believed in the Lord, was more in­
creased.—A cfs V. 11-14.
But one came and told them: Behold,
the men whom you put in prison, are in
the temple standing, and teaching the
people. . . .
And when they had brought them,
they set them before the council. And
the high priest asked them,
Saying: Commanding, we com­
manded you, that you should not
teach in this name; and behold, you
have filled Jerusalem with your doc­
trine, and you have a mind to bring the
blood of this man upon us.
But Peter and the apostles answer­
ing, said: We ought to obey God rather
than men. . . .
And every day they ceased not in the
temple, and from house to house, to
teach and preach Christ Jesus.—Acts
V. 25, 27-29, 42.
And in those days, the number of the
disciples increasing, there arose a mur­
muring of the Greeks against the He­
brews. for that their widows were
neglected in the daily ministration.
Then the twelve calling together the
multitude of the disciples, said: It is
not reason that we should leave the
word of God, and serve tables.
Wherefore, brethren, look ye out
among you seven men of good reputa­
tion, full of the Holy Ghost and wis­
dom, whom we may appoint over this
business.

But we will give ourselves continually
to prayer, and to the ministry of the
word.
And the saying was liked by all the
multitude. And they chose Stephen, a
man full of faith, and of the Holy
Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and
Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas,
and Nicolas, a proselyte of Antioch.
These they set before the apostles;
and they praying, imposed hands upon
them.
And the word of the Lord increased;
and the number of the disciples was
multiplied in Jerusalem exceedingly:
a great multitude also of the priests
obeyed the faith.—Acts vi. 1-7.
And at that time there was raised a
great persecution against the church
which was at Jerusalem; and they
were all dispersed through the countries
of Judea, and Samaria, except the
apostles. ...
They therefore that were dispersed,
went about preaching the word of God.
—Acts viii. 1, 4.
While Peter was yet speaking these
words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them
that heard the word.
And the faithful of the circumcision,
who came with Peter, were astonished,
for that the grace of the Holy Ghost
was poured out upon the Gentiles also.
For they heard them speaking with
tongues, and magnifying God.
Then Peter answered: Can any man
forbid water, that these should not be
baptized, who have received the Holy
Ghost, as well as we?
And he commanded them to be bap­
tized in the name of the Lord Jesus
Christ.—Acts x. 44-48.
Now they who had been dispersed by
the persecution that arose on occasion
of Stephen, went about as far as
Phen ice and Cyprus and Antioch,
speaking the word to none, but to the
Jews only.
But some of them were men of
Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they
were entered into Antioch, spoke also
to the Greeks, preaching the Lord
Jesus.
And the hand of the Lord was with
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And the tidings came to the ears of
the church that was at Jerusalem,
touching these things: and they sent
Barnabas as far as Antioch.
Who, when he was come, and had
seen the grace of God, rejoiced : and he
exhorted them all with purpose of heart
to continue in the Lord.
For he was a good man, and full of
the Holy Ghost and of faith. And a
great multitude was added to the Lord.
And Barnabas went to Tarsus to seek
Saul: whom, when he had found, he
brought to Antioch.
And they conversed there in the
church a whole year; and they taught
a great multitude, so that at Antioch
the disciples were first named Chris­
tians.—Acts xi. 19-26.
But the word of the Lord increased
and multiplied.
And Barnabas and Saul returned
from Jerusalem, ’having fulfilled their
ministry, taking with them John, who
was surnamed Mark.—Acts xii. 24, 25.
Now there were in the church which
was at Antioch, prophets and doctors,
among whom was Barnabas, and Simon
who was called Niger, and Lucius of
Cyrene, and Manahen, who was the fos­
ter brother of Herod the tetrach, and
Saul.
And as they were ministering to the
Lord, and fasting, the Holy Ghost said
to them: Separate me Saul and Barna­
bas, for the work whereunto I have
taken them.
Then they, fasting and praying, and
imposing their hands upon them, sent
them away.—Acts xiii. 1-3.
Then Paul and Barnabas said boldly
(to the Jews of Antioch in Pisidia) : To
you it behoved us first to speak the
word of God: but because you reject
it, and judge yourselves unworthy of
eternal life, behold we turn to the
Gentiles.
For so the Lord hath commanded us:
I have set thee to be the light of the
Gentiles; that thou mayst be for salva­
tion unto the utmost part of the earth.
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Lord : and as many as were ordained to
life everlasting, believed.
And the word of the Lord was pub­
lished throughout the whole country.—
Acts xiii. 46-49.
And some coming down from Judea,
taught the brethren : That except you
be circumcised after the manner of
Moses, you cannot be saved.
And when Paul and Barnabas had no
small contest with them, they deter­
mined that Paul and Barnabas, and cer­
tain others of the other side, should go
up to the apostles and priests to Jeru­
salem about this question.
. . . And when they were come to
Jerusalem, they were received by the
church, and by the apostles and an­
cients, declaring how great things God
had done with them.
But there arose some of the sect of
the Pharisees that believed, saying:
They must be circumcised, and be com­
manded to observe the law of Moses.
And the apostles and ancients as­
sembled to consider of this matter. . . .
Then it pleased the apostles and an­
cients, with the whole church, to choose
men of their own company, and to send
to Antioch, with Paul and Barnabas,
namely, Judas, who was surnamed
Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among
the brethren.
Writing by their hands: The apostles
and ancients, brethren, to the brethren
of the Gentiles that are at Antioch, and
in Syria and Cilicia, greeting.
Forasmuch as we have heard, that
some going out from us have troubled
you with words, subverting your souls;
to whom we gave no commandment :
It hath seemed good to us, being as­
sembled together, to choose out men,
and to send them unto you. with our
well beloved Barnabas and Paul. . . .
For it hath seemed good to the Holy
Ghost and to us, to lay no further bur­
den upon you than these necessary
things:
That you abstain from things sacri­
ficed to idols, and from blood, and from
things strangled, and from fornication;
from which things keeping yourselves,
you shall do well. Fare ye well.—
‘They were sent to Jerusalem to convey the XV. 1,2, 4-6,22-25, 28, 29.
alms collected by the church at Antioch. Acts
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through the cities, they delivered unto churches: for it is not permitted them
them the decrees for to keep, that were to speak, but to be subject, as also the
decreed by the apostles and ancients law saith.—1 Cor. xiv. 23-31, 34.
who were at Jerusalem.
And he gave some apostles, and some
And the churches were confirmed in prophets, and other some evangelists,
faith, and increased in number daily.— and other some pastors and doctors,
Acts xvi. 4, 5.
For the perfecting of the saints, for
We have found this (Paul) to be a the work of the ministry, for the edify­
pestilent man, and raising seditions ing of the body of Christ.—Eph. iv.
among all the Jews throughout the 11, 12.
world, and author of the sedition of the
CHURCH IS OF GOD, THE
sect of the Nazarenes.—Acts xxiv. 5.
But we desire to hear of thee what
Take heed to yourselves, and to the
thou thinkest; for as concerning this whole flock, wherein the Holy Ghost
sect, we know that it is everywhere con­ hath placed you bishops, to rule the
tradicted.—Acts xxviii. 22.
church of God, which he hath pur­
And God indeed hath set some in chased with his own blood.—Acts
the church ; first apostles, secondly xx. 28.
prophets, thirdly doctors; after that
Be without offence to the Jews, and
miracles; then the graces of healings, to the Gentiles, and to the church of
helps, governments, kinds of tongues, God.—1 Cor. x. 32.
interpretations of speeches.—1 Cor.
What, have you not houses to eat and
xii. 28.
to drink in? Or despise ye the church
If therefore the whole church come of God; and put them to shame that
together into one place, and all speak have not? What shall I say to youl
with tongues, and there come in un­ Do I praise you ? In this I praise you
learned persons or infidels, will they not not.—1 Cor. xi. 22.
say that you are mad?
And he hath subjected all things un­
But if all prophesy, and there come der his feet, and hath made him head
in one that believeth not, or an un­ over all the church,
learned person, he is convinced of all,
Which is his body, and the fulness of
he is judged of all.
him who is filled all in all.—Eph. iThe secrets of his heart are made 22, 23.
manifest; and so, falling down on his
But if I tarry long, that thou mayst
face, he will adore God, affirming that know how thou oughtest to behave thy­
God is among you indeed.
self in the house of God, which is the
How is it, then, brethren ? When you church of the living God, the pillar and
come together, every one of you hath a ground of the truth.—1 Tim. iii. 15.
psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a revela­
tion, hath a tongue, hath an interpreta­ CHURCH, THE UNITY OF THE
tion: let all things be done to edifica­
See also: Pope, or Chief Pastor—
tion.
If any speak with a tongue, let it be page 720.
by two, or at the most by three, and in
And other sheep I have, that are not
course, and let one interpret.
of this fold: them also I must bring,
But if there be no interpreter, let and they shall hear my voice, and there
him hold his peace in the church, and shall be one fold and one shepherd.—
speak to himself and to God.
John x. 16.
And let the prophets speak, two or
And this he (Caiphas) spoke not of
three; and let the rest judge.
himself : but being the high priest of
But if any thing be revealed to an­ that year, he prophesied that Jesus
other sitting, let the first hold his peace. should die for the nation.
For you may all prophesy one by one ;
And not only for the nation, but to
that all may learn, and all may be ex­ gather together in one the children of
horted. . . .
God, that were dispersed.—John xi.
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And now I am not in the world, and apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ
these are in the world, and I come to himself being the chief corner stone:
In whom all the building, being
thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy
name whom thou hast given me; that framed together, groweth up into a holy
temple in the Lord.
they may be one, as we also are. . . .
In whom you also are built together
And not for them only do I pray, but
for them also who through their word into an habitation of God in the Spirit.
—Eph. ii. 19-22.
shall believe in me;
One body and one Spirit; as you
That they all may be one, as thou,
Father, in me, and I in thee; that they are called in one hope of your calling.
also may bo one in us; that the world
One Lord, one faith, one baptism.—
may believe that thou hast sent me.— Eph. iv. 4, 5.
John xvii. 11, 20, 21.
But doing the truth in charity, we
For as in one body we have many may in all things grow up in him who
members, but all the members have not is the head, even Christ:
the same office:
From whom the whole body, being
So we being many, are one body in compacted and fitly joined together, by
Christ, and every one members one of what every joint supplieth, according
another.—Rom. xii. 4, 5.
to the operation in the measure of every
For we, being many, are one bread, part, maketh increase of the body, unto
one body, all that partake of one bread. the edifying of itself in charity.—Eph.
—1 Cor. x. 17.
iv. 15, 16.
For as the body is one, and hath many
And he is the head of the body, the
members; and all the members of the church, who is the beginning, the first
body, whereas they are many, yet are born from the dead; that in all things
one body, so also is Christ.
he may hold the primacy.—Col. i. 18.
For in one Spirit were we all bap­
Let no man seduce you, willing in
tized into one body, whether Jews or humility, and religion of angels, walk­
Gentiles, whether bond or free ; and in ing in the things which he hath not
one Spirit we have all been made to seen, in vain puffed up by the sense of
drink. . . .
his flesh,
But now there are many members in­
And not holding the head, from
deed, yet one body. . . .
which the whole body, by joints and
Now you are the body of Christ, and bands, being supplied with nourishment
members of member.—1 Cor. xii. 12, and compacted, groweth unto the in­
13, 20, 27.
crease of God.—Col. ii. 18, 19.
But though we, or an angel from
And let the peace of Christ rejoice in
heaven, preach a gospel to you besides your hearts, wherein also you are called
that which we have preached to you, let in one body: and be ye thankful.—Col.
him be anathema.
iii. 15.
As we said before, so now I say
CHURCH, THE HOLINESS
again: if any one preach to you a gos­
pel, besides that which you have re­
OF THE
ceived, let him be anathema.—Gal. i. ist. In its Founder and Head, Christ
8, 9.
And he hath subjected all things un­
And he hath subjected all things un­
der his feet, and hath made him head der his feet, and hath made him head
over all the church,
over all the church,
Which is his body, and the f’ Iness
Which is his body, and the fulness
of him who is filled all in all.—Eph. of him who is filled all in all.—Eph. i.
i. 22, 23.
22. 23.
Now therefore you arc no more
Now therefore you are no more
strangers and foreigner; but you arc strangers and foreigners; but you are
fellow citizens with the saints, and the fellow citizens with the saints, and the
domestics of God,
domestics of God,
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apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ islands shall offer presents: the kings
himself being the chief corner stone:
of the Arabians and of Saba shall bring
In whom all the building being gifts:
framed together, groweth up into a
And all the kings of the earth shall
holy temple in the Lord.
adore him: all nations shall serve him.
In whom you also are built together
Ps. Ixxi. 8, 10, 11.
into an habitation of God in the Spirit.
And in the last days the mountain of
—Eph. ii. 19-22.
the house of the Lord shall be prepared
And he is the head of the body, the on the top of mountains, and it shall be
church, who is the beginning, the first exalted above the hills, and all nations
born from the dead; that in all things shall flow unto it.
he may hold the primacy.—Col. i. 18.
And many people shall go, and say:
Come and let us go up to the mountain
2d. In its Doctrine
of the Lord, and to the house of the
Going therefore, teach ye all nations; God of Jacob, and he will teach us his
baptizing them in the name of the ways, and we will walk in his paths:
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy for the law shall come forth from Sion,
Ghost.
and the word of the Lord from Jeru­
Teaching them to observe all things salem.—Is. ii. 2, 3.
whatsoever I have commanded you:
And he (the Lord) said: It is a small
and behold I am with you all days, even thing that thou shouldst be my servant
to the consummation of the world.— to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to
Matt, xxviii. 19, 20.
convert the dregs of Israel. Behold, ‘I
have given thee to be the light of the
3d. Declared
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ Gentiles, that thou mayst be my salva­
also loved the church, and delivered tion even to the farthest part of the
earth.—Is. xlix. 6.
himself up for it :
Behold these shall come from afar,
That he might sanctify it, cleansing
it by the laver of water in the word of and behold these from the north and
from the sea, and these from the south
life:
That he might present it to himself a country. . . .
Lift up thy eyes round about, and see
glorious church, not having spot or
wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it all these are gathered together, they are
should be holy, and without blemish.— come to thee : as I live, saith the Lord,
thou shalt be clothed with all these as
Eph. v. 25-27.
with an ornament, and as a bride thou
CHURCH, CATHOLICITY OF THE shalt put them about thee.—Is. xlix.
12, 18.
ist. Prophesied in the Old Testament
Lift up thy eyes round about, and
Ask of me, and I will give thee the see : all these are gathered together,
Gentiles for thy inheritance, and the they are come to thee: thy sons shall
utmost parts of the earth for thy pos­ come from afar, and thy daughters
shall rise up at thy side.
session.—Ps. ii. 8.
Then shalt thou see, and abound, and
There are no speeches nor languages,
thy heart shall wonder and be enlarged,
where their voices are not heard.
Their sound hath gone forth into all when the multitude of the sea shall be
the earth: and their words unto the converted to thee, the strength of the
Gentiles shall come to thee.—Is. lx.
ends of the world.—Ps. xviii. 4, 5.
All the ends of the earth shall remem­ 4, 5.
ber, and shall be converted to the Lord:
’That this refers to the church, we are told
In Act» xlll 46, 47. “Then Paul and Bar­
And all the kindreds of the Gentiles nabas
said boldly : To you It behoved us first
shall adore in his sight.—Ps. xxi. 28.
to speak the word of God : hut because you re­
It. and judge yourselves unworthy of
And he shall rule from sea to sea, and ject
life, behold we turn to the Gentiles.”
from the river unto the ends of the eternal
For so the Tx>rd hath commanded us: 1
have set thee to he the light of the Gentiles;
earth.
thou mayst be for salvation unto the
. . . The kings of Tharsis and the that
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Then thou sawest, till a atone was cut
out of a mountain without hands: and
it struck the statue upon the feet there­
of that were of iron and of elay, and
broke them in pieces.
Then was the iron, the clay, the
brass, the silver, and the gold broken to
pieces together, and became like the
chaff of a summer’s thrashing floor,
and they were carried away by the
wind : and there was no place found for
them: but the stone that struck the
statue, became a great mountain, and
filled the whole earth.
This is the dream : we will also tell
the interpretation thereof before thee,
0 king. . . .
But in the days of those kingdoms the
God of heaven will set up a kingdom
that shall never be destroyed, and his
kingdom shall not be delivered up to
another people, and it shall break in
pieces, and shall consume all these
kingdoms, and itself shall stand for
ever.—Dan. ii. 34-36, 44.
And it shall come to pass in the last
days, that the mountain of the house
of the Lord shall be prepared in the top
of mountains, and high above the
hills: and people shall flow to it.
And many nations shall come in
haste, and say: Come, let us go up to
the mountain of the Lord, and to the
house of the God of Jacob: and he will
teach us of his ways, and we will walk
in his paths: for the law shall go forth
out of Sion, and the word of the Lord
out of Jerusalem.—Mich. iv. 1, 2.
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Sion,
shout for joy, O daughter of Jeru­
salem: behold thy King will come to
thee, the just and saviour: he is poor,
and riding upon an ass, and upon a
colt the foal of an ass.
And I will destroy the chariot out of
Ephraim, and the horse out of Jeru­
salem, and the bow of war shall be
broken : and he shall speak peace to the
Gentiles, and his power shall be from
sea to sea, and from the rivers even to
the end of the earth.—Zach. ix. 9, 10.
For from the rising of the sun even
to the going down, my name is great
among the Gentiles, and in every place
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is great among the Gentiles, saith the
Lord of hosts.—Malach. i. 11.
2d. Prophesied by Christ Himself
And this gospel of the kingdom,
shall be preached in the whole world,
for a testimony to all nations, and then
shall the consummation come.—Matt.
xxiv. 14.
And unto all nations the gospel must
first be preached.—Mark xiii. 10.
There shall be weeping and gnash­
ing of teeth, when you shall see Abra­
ham and Isaac and Jacob, and all the
prophets, in the kingdom of God, and
you yourselves thrust out.
And there shall come from the east
and the west, and the north and the
south; and shall sit down in the king­
dom of God.—Luke xiii. 28, 29.
And he (Christ) said to them: Thus
it is written, and thus it behoved Christ
to suffer, and to rise again from the
dead, the third day:
And that penance and remission of
sins should be preached in hib name,
unto all nations, beginning at Jeru­
salem.—Luke xxiv. 46, 47.

3d. The Commission Given to the
Apostles to Preach to all Nations
Going therefore, teach ye all nations;
baptizing them in the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost.
Teaching them to observe all things
whatsoever I have commanded you : and
behold I am with you all days, even
to the consummation of the world.—
Matt, xxviii. 19, 20.
And he said to them : Go ye into the
whole world, and preach the gospel to
every creature.
He that believeth and is baptized,
shall be saved : but he that believeth not
shall be condemned.—Mark xvi. 15, 16.
But you shall receive the power of
the Holy Ghost coming upon you. and
you shall be witnesses unto me in Jeru­
salem, and in all Judea, and Samaria,
and even to the uttermost part of the
earth.—Acts i. 8.
By whom we have received grace and
apostleship for obedience to the faith,
in all nations, for his name.—Rom.
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4th. Declared
Faith then cometh by hearing; and
hearing by the word of Christ.
But I say: Have they not heard?
Yes, verily, their sound hath gone
forth into all the earth, and their words
unto the ends of the whole world.—
Rom. x. 17, 18.
If so ye continue in the faith,
grounded and settled, and immovable
from the hope of the gospel which you
have heard, which is preached in all
the creation that is under heaven,
whereof I Paul am made a minister.—
Col. i. 23.
5th. Deduced
Compare
I desire, therefore, first of all, that sup­
plications, prayers, intercessions, and
thanksgivings be made for all men. . . .
For this is good and acceptable in the
sight of God our Saviour,
Who will have all men to be saved,
and to come to the knowledge of the
truth.—1 Tim. ii. 1, 3, 4.
With
But without faith it is impossible to
please God. For he that cometh to God,
must believe that he is, and is a rewarder
to them that seek him.—Heb. xi. 6.
How then shall they call on him, in
whom they have not believed? Or how
shall they believe him, of whom they
have not heard? And how shall they
hear without a preacher?
And how shall they preach unless
they be sent, as it is written : How beau­
tiful are the feet of them that preach
the gospel of peace, of them that bring
glad tidings of good things!—Rom. x.
14, 15.
CHURCH, APOSTOLICITY OF
THE
And I say to thee: That thou art
Peter; and upon this rock I will build
my church, and the gates of hell shall
not prevail against it.—Matt. xvi. 18.
And Jesus coming, spoke to them,
saying: All power is given to me in
heaven and in earth.
Going therefore, teach ye all nations;
baptizing them in the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost.
Teaching them to observe all things

whatsoever I have commanded you:
and behold I am with you all days,
even to the consummation of the world.
—Malt, xxviii. 18-20.
And he said to them : Go ye into the
whole world, and preach the gospel to
every creature.
He that believeth and is baptized,
shall be saved : but he that believeth not
shall be condemned.—Mark xvi. 15,16.
He said therefore to them again:
Peace be to you. As the Father hath
sent me, I also send you.—John xx. 21.
But though we, or an angel from
heaven, preach a gospel to you besides
that which we have preached to you,
let him be anathema.—Gal. i. 8.
And God indeed hath set some in the
church; first apostles, secondly prophets,
thirdly doctors; after that miracles;
then the graces of healings, helps, gov­
ernments, kinds of tongues, interpreta­
tion of speeches.
Are all apostles? Are all prophets!
Are all doctors?—1 Cor. xii. 28, 29.
And he gave some apostles, and some
prophets, and other some evangelists,
and other some pastors and doctors,
For the perfecting of the saints, for
the work of the ministry, for the edify­
ing of the body of Christ:
Until we all meet into the unity of
faith, and of the knowledge of the Son
of God, unto a perfect man, unto the
measure of the age of the fulness of
Christ;
That henceforth we be no more chil­
dren tossed to and fro, and carried
about with every wind of doctrine by
the wickedness of men, by cunning
craftiness, by which they lie in wait to
deceive.—Eph. iv. 11-14.
And when they (Paul and Barnabas)
had ordained to them priests in every
church, and had prayed with fasting,
they commended them to the Lord, in
whom they believed.—Acts xiv. 22.
For which cause I admonish thee,
that thou stir up the grace of God
which is in thee, by the imposition of
my hands.—2 Tim. i. 6.
For this cause I left thee in Crete,
that thou shouldest set in order the
things that are wanting, and shouldest
ordain priests in every city, as I also
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CHURCH, AUTHORITY OF THE I the words of God: for God doth not
give the Spirit by measure.—John
xst. Authority of the Priests in the
iii. 34.
Old Law
Amen, amen I say to you, he that
If thou perceive that there be among receiveth whomsoever I send, receiveth
you a hard and doubtful matter in me; and he that receiveth me, receiveth
judgment between blood and blood, him that sent me.—John xiii. 20.
As thou hast sent me into the world,
cause and cause, leprosy and leprosy :
and thou see that the words of the I also have sent them into the world.—
judges within thy gates do vary: arise, John xvii. 18.
He said therefore to them again :
and go up to the place, which the Lord
Peace be to you. As the Father hath
thy God shall choose.
And thou shalt come to the priests of sent me, I also send you.
When he had said this, he breathed
the Levitical race, and to the judge,
that shall be at that time: and thou on them; and he said to them: Receive
shalt ask of them, and they shall show I ye the Holy Ghost.
Whose sins you shall forgive, they
dice the truth of the judgment.
And thou shalt do whatsoever they are forgiven them; and whose sins you
shall say, that preside in the place, shall retain, they are retained.—John
which the Lord shall choose, and what XX. 21-23.
3d. Declared by the Apostles
they shall teach thee,
According to his law, and thou shalt
For Christ sent me not to baptize, but
follow their sentence: neither shalt to preach the gospel : not in wisdom of
thou decline to the right hand nor to speech, lest the cross of Christ should
the left hand.—Deut. xvii. 8-11.
be made void.—1 Cor. i. 17.
We are of God. He that knoweth
2d. Declared by Christ
God, heareth us. He that is not of
He that receiveth you, receiveth me: God, heareth us not. By this we know
and he that receiveth me, receiveth him the spirit of truth, and the spirit of
that sent me.—Matt. x. 40.
error.—1 John iv. 6.
And if he will not hear them : tell the
4th. Exercised by the Apostles
church. And if he will not hear the
For it hath seemed good to the Holy
church, let him be to thee as the
heathen and publican.—Matt, xviii. 17. Ghost and to us, to lay no further bur­
Amen I say to you, whatsoever you den upon you than these necessary
shall bind upon earth, shall be bound things :
That you abstain from things sacri­
also in heaven; and whatsoever you
shall loose upon earth, shall be loosed ficed to idols, and from blood, and
from things strangled, and from forni­
also in heaven.—Matt, xviii. 18.
And Jesus coming, spoke to them, cation; from which things keeping
saying: All power is given to me in yourselves, you shall do well. Fare ye
well.—Acts xv. 28, 29.
heaven and in earth.
It is absolutely heard, that there is
Going therefore, teach ye all nations;
baptizing them in the name of the fornication among you, and such forni­
Father, and of the Son, and of the cation as the like is not among the
heathens ; that one should have his
Holy Ghost.
Teaching them to observe all things father’s wife. . . .
I indeed, absent in body, but present
whatsoever I have commanded you : and
behold I am with you all days, even to in spirit, have already judged, as
the consummation of the world.—Matt. though I were present, him that hath
so done.—1 Cor. v. 1, 3.
xxviii. 18-20.
For to this end also did I write, that
lie that heareth you, heareth me; and
he that despiseth you, despiseth me; I may know the experiment of you,
and he that despiseth me, despiseth him whether you be obedient in all things.
And to whom you have pardoned any
that sent me.—Luke x. 1G.
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doned, if I have pardoned any thing, craftiness, by which they lie in wait
for your sakes have I done it in the per­ to deceive.
son of Christ.—2 Cor. ii. 9, 10.
But doing the truth in charity, we
And if any man obey not our word may in all things grow up in him who
by this epistle, note that man, and do is the head, even Christ.—Eph. iv.
not keep company with him, that he 11-15.
may be ashamed:
Yet do not esteem him as an enemy,
CHURCH, INFALLIBILITY
but admonish him as a brother.—
OF THE
2 Thess. iii. 14, 15.
ist. Prophesied
These things speak, and exhort and
rebuke with all authority. Let no
And a path and a way shall be there,
man despise thee.—Titus ii. 15.
and it shall be called the holy way: the
Remember your prelates who have unclean shall not pass over it, and this
spoken the word of God to you; whose shall be unto you a straight way, so
faith follow, considering the end of that fools shall not err therein.—Is.
their conversation. . . .
XXXV. 8.
Obey your prelates, and be subject to
And there shall come a redeemer to
them. For they watch as being to ren­ Sion, and to them that return from in­
der an account of your souls; that they iquity in Jacob, saith the Lord.
may do this with joy, and not with
This is my covenant with them, saith
grief. For this is not expedient for the Lord : My spirit that is in thee, and
you.—Heb. xiii. 7, 17.
my words that I have put in thy mouth,
In like manner, ye young men, be shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor
subject to the ancients.—1 Peter v. 5. out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of
5th. The Necessity of Authority in the the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the
Lord, from henceforth and for ever.—
Church
Is. lix. 20, 21.
For whosoever shall call upon the
2d. Promised by Christ
name of the Lord, shall be saved.
How then shall they call on him, in
And I say to thee: That thou art
whom they have not believed ? Or how Peter; and upon this rock I will build
shall they believe him. of whom they my church, and the gates of hell shall
have not heard? And how shall they not prevail against it.—Matt. xvi. 18.
hear, without a preacher?
Going therefore, teach ye all nations;
And how shall they preach unless baptizing them in the name of the
they be sent, as it is written: How Father, and of the Son, and of the
beautiful are the feet of them that Holy Ghost.
preach the gospel of peace, of them
Teaching them to observe all things
that bring glad tidings of good things! whatsoever I have commanded you: and
—Rom. x. 13-15.
behold I am with you all days, even to
And he gave some apostles, and some the consummation of the world.—Matt.
prophets, and other some evangelists, xxviii. 19, 20.
and other some pastors and doctors.
And the Lord said: Simon, Simon,
For the perfecting of the saints, for behold Satan hath desired to have you,
the work of the ministry, for the edify­ that he may sift you as wheat:
ing of the body of Christ:
But I have prayed for thee, that thy
Until we all meet into the unity of faith fail not: and thou, being once
faith, and of the knowledge of the Son converted, confirm thy brethren.—Luke
of God unto a perfect man. unto the xxii. 31, 32.
measure of the age of the fulness of
And I will ask the Father, and he
Christ;
shall give you another Paraclete, that
I hat henceforth we be no more chil­ he may abide with you for ever.
dren tossed to and fro, and carried
The spirit of truth, whom the world
about with every wind of doctrine by cannot receive, because it seeth him
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And he hath subjected all things un­
know him; because he shall abide with
der his feet, and hath made him head
you, and shall be in you. . . .
But the Paraclete, the Holy Ghost, over all the church,
whom the Father will send in my name,
Which is his body, and the fulneas of
he will teach you all things, and bring him who is filled all in all.—Eph. i.
all things to your mind, whatsoever I 22, 23.
Now therefore you are no more
shall have said to you.—John xiv. 16,
strangers and foreigners; but you are
17, 26.
But when he, the Spirit of truth, is fellow citizens with the saints, and the
come, he will teach you all truth. For domestics of God,
Built upon the foundation of the
he shall not speak of himself ; but what
things soever he shall hear, he shall apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ
speak; and the things that are to come, himself being the chief corner stone:
he shall show you.—John xvi. 13.
In whom all the building, being
framed together, grow’eth up into an
3d. Declared by the Apostles
holy temple in the Lord.—Eph. ii.
And he gave some apostles, and some 19-21.
prophets, and other some evangelists,
But doing the truth in charity, we
and other some pastors and doctors,
may in all things grow up in him who
For the perfecting of the saints, for is the head, even Christ.—Eph. iv. 15.
the work of the ministry, for the edify­
Because the husband is the head of
ing of the body of Christ:
the wife, as Christ is the head of the
Until we all meet into the unity of church. He is the saviour of his
faith, and of the knowledge of the Son body. . . .
For no man ever hateth his own
of God, unto a perfect man, unto the
measure of the age of the fulness of flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it,
Christ ;
as also Christ doth the church:
Because we are members of his body,
That henceforth we be no more chil­
dren tossed to and fro, and carried of his flesh, and of his bones.—Eph. v.
about with every wind of doctrine by 23, 29, 30.
the wickedness of men, by cunning
And he is the head of the body, the
craftiness, by which they lie in wait to church, who is the beginning, the first
born from the dead; that in all things
deceive.—Eph. iv. 11-14.
Therefore as the church is subject to he may hold the primacy.—Col. i. 18.
Christ, so also let the wives be to their CHURCH, PERPETUITY OF THE
husbands in all things.
i st. Prophesied
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ
For a child is born to us, and a son is
also loved the church, and delivered
given to us, and the government is
himself up for it :
That he might sanctify it, cleansing upon his shoulder: and his name shall
it by the laver of water in the word of be called, Wonderful, Counsellor, God
the Mighty, the Father of the world to
life :
That he might present it to himself come, the Prince of Peace.
His empire shall be multiplied, and
a glorious church, not having spot or
wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it there shall be no end of peace: he shall
should be holy, and without blemish.— sit upon the throne of David, and upon
his kingdom; to establish it and
Eph. v. 24-27.
But if I tarry long, that thou mayst strengthen it with judgment and with
know how thou oughtest to behave thy­ justice, from henceforth and for ever:
self in the house of God, which is the the zeal of the Lord of hosts will per­
church of the living God. the pillar and form this.—Is. ix. 6, 7.
And there shall come a redeemer to
ground of the truth.—1 Tim. iii. 15.
Sion, and to them that return from in­
4th. Having an Infallible Head, Christ iquity in Jacob, saith the Lord.
This is my covenant with them,
Now you are the body of Christ, and
saith the Lord: My spirit that is in
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thee, and my words that I have put in I pieces, and shall consume all these
thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy kingdoms, and itself shall stand for
mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy | ever.—Dan. ii. 44.
seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s
I beheld therefore in the vision of
seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth the night, and lo, one like the son of
and for ever.—Is. lix. 20, 21.
man came with the clouds of heaven,
For thus saith the Lord: There shall and he came even to the Ancient of
not to cut off from David a man to I days : and they presented him before
sit upon the throne of the house of him.
Israel.
And he gave him power, and glory,
Neither shall there be cut off from and a kingdom : and all peoples, tribes
the priests and Levites a man before my and tongues shall serve him: his power
face to offer holocausts, and to burn is an everlasting power, that shall not
sacrifices, and to kill victims con­ be taken away : and his kingdom
that shall not be destroyed.—Dan. vii.
tinually.
And the word of the Lord came to 13, 14.
In that day, saith the Lord, I will
Jeremías, saying:
Thus saith the Lord: If my cove­ gather up her that halteth : and her that
nant with the day can be made void, I had cast out, I will gather up: and
and my covenant with the night, that her whom I had afflicted.
And I will make her that halted, a
there should not be day and night in
remnant: and her that had been af­
their season:
Also my covenant with David my flicted, a mighty nation: and the Lord
servant may be made void, that he will reign over them in mount Sion,
should not have a son to reign upon his from this time now and for ever.—
throne, and with the Levites and priests Mich. iv. 6, 7.
And the angel said to her : Fear not,
my ministers.
As the stars of heaven cannot be Alary, for thou hast found grace with
numbered, nor the sand of the sea be God.
Behold thou shalt conceive in thy
measured: so will I multiply the seed
of David my servant, and the Levites womb, and shalt bring forth a son;
and thou shalt call his name Jesus.
He shall be great, and shall be called
And my servant David shall be king
over them, and they shall have one the Son of the most High ; ano the Lord
shepherd: they shall walk in my judg­ God shall give unto him the hrone of
HÌH
ments, and shall keep my command
­ David his father; and he shal reign in
the house of Jacob for ever.
ments, and shall do them. . . .
And of his kingdom there shall be no
And I will make a covenant of peace
with them, it shall be an everlasting end.—Luke i. 30-33.
covenant with them: and I will estab­
2d. Promised by Christ
lish them, and will multiply them, and
And I say to thee: That thou art
will set my sanctuary in the midst of Peter; and upon this rock I will build
them for ever.
my church, and the gates of hell shall
And my tabernacle shall be with not prevail against it.—Matt. xvi. 18.
them: and I will be their God, and
And Jesus coming, spoke to them,
they shall be my people.
saying: All power is given to me in
And the nations shall know that I am heaven and in earth.
the Lord the sanctifier of Israel, when
Going therefore, teach ye all nations;
my sanctuary shall be in the midst of baptizing them in the name of the
them for ever.—Ezech. xxxvii. 24, Father, and of the Son, and of the
26-28.
Holy Ghost.
But in the days of those kingdoms
Teaching them to observe all things
the God of heaven will set up a king­ whatsoever I have commanded you:
dom that shall never be destroyed, and and behold I am with you all days, even
his kingdom shall not be delivered up to the consummation of the world.—
to another people, and it shall break in Matt, xxviii. 18-20.

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And I will ask the Father, and COMMUNION OF SAINTS, THE
ho shall give you another Paraclete,
See: Saints—page 732.
that he may abide with you for
ever.
CONFESSION OF SINS
The spirit of truth, whom the world
ist. In the Old Law
cannot receive, because it seeth him
not, nor knoweth him: but yon shall
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
know him; because he shall abide with
Say to the children of Israel: When
you, and shall be in you.—John xiv. a man or woman shall have committed
any of all the sins that men are wont to
16, 17.
commit, and by negligence shall have
3d. Declared by the Apostle
transgressed the commandment of the
And he gave some apostles, and Lord, and offended,
They shall confess their sin, and re­
some prophets, and other some evan­
gelists, and other some pastors and store the principal itself, and the fifth
part over and above, to him against
doctors,
For the perfecting of the saints, for whom they have sinned.—Num. v. 5-7.
And in the four and twentieth day
the work of the ministry, for the edify­
of the month, the children of Israel
ing of the body of Christ:
Until we all meet into the unity of came together with fasting, and with
faith, and of the knowledge of the Son sackcloth, and earth upon them.
And the seed of the children of Israel
of God, unto a perfect man, unto the
measure of the age of the fulness of separated themselves from every stran­
ger: and they stood, and confessed their
Christ;
That henceforth we be no more chil­ sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
dren tossed to and fro, and carried —2 Esd. ix. 1, 2.
If as a man I have hid my sin, and
about with every wind of doctrine by
the wickedness of men, by cunning have concealed my iniquity in my
craftiness, by which they lie in wait to bosom: . . .
Let thistles grow up to me instead
deceive.—Eph. iv. 11-14.
of wheat, and thorns instead of barley.
—Job xxxi. 33, 40.
CHURCH, VISIBILITY OF THE
He that hideth his sins, shall not
prosper: but he that shall confess, and
ist. Prophesied
forsake them, shall obtain mercy.—
And in the last days the mountain of Prov. xxviii. 13.
Be not ashamed to confess thy sins,
the house of the Lord shall be pre­
pared on the top of mountains, and it but submit not thyself to every man for
shall be exalted above the hills, and all sin.—Ecclus. iv. 31.
Then went out to him (John the Bap­
nations shall flow unto it.
And many people shall go, and say: tist) Jerusalem and all Judea, and all
Come and let us go up to the mountain the country about Jordan:
And were baptized by him in the
of the Lord, and to the house of the
God of Jacob, and he will teach us his Jordan, confessing their sins.—Matt.
ways, and we will walk in his paths: for iii. 5, 6.
the law shall come forth from Sion,
2d. In the New Law
and the word of the Lord from Jeru­
And many of them that believed,
salem.—'Is. ii. 2, 3.
came confessing and declaring their
2d. Declared
deeds.—A cts xix. 18.
Confess therefore your sins one to
You are the light of the world. A another
:
and
pray
one
for
another,
that
city seated on a mountain cannot be you may be saved. For the continual
hid.—Matt. v. 14.
prayer of a just man availeth much.—
James v. 16.
‘The same passage occurs also in Mich.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful
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and just, to forgive us our sins, and was at Corinth, that Paul having passed
to cleanse us from all iniquity.—1 John through the upper coasts, «une to
i. 9.
Ephesus, and found certain disciples.
And he said to them: Have you re­
3d. The Obligation of Confessing our
ceived the Holy Ghost since ye be­
Sins Implied in the Power Given to
lieved ? But they said to him: We have
the Apostles of Forgiving or
not so much as heard whether there be
Retaining Sins
a Holy Ghost.
. . . And when Paul had imposed
And I will give to thee the keys of
the kingdom of heaven. And whatso­ his hands on them, the Holy Ghost
ever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall came upon them, and they spoke with
be bound also in heaven: and whatso­ tongues and prophesied.—Acts xix. 1,
ever thou shalt loose on earth, it 2, G.
shall be loosed also in heaven.—Matt.
xvi. 19.
Probably Referred to
Amen I say to you, whatsoever you
Now’ he that confirmeth us with you
shall bind upon earth, shall be bound
also in heaven; and whatsoever you in Christ, and that hath anointed us,
shall loose upon earth, shall be loosed is God:
Who also hath scaled us, and given
also in heaven.—Matt, xviii. 18.
He said therefore to them again: the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts.
Peace be to you. As the Father hath —2 Cor. i. 21, 22.
sent me, I also send you.
When he had said this, he breathed
DEACONS
on them; and he said to them; Re­
And in those days, the number of the
ceive ye the Holy Ghost.
Whose sins you shall forgive, they disciples increasing, there arose a mur­
are forgiven them ; and whose sins you muring of the Greeks against the He­
shall retain, they are retained.—John brews, for that their widows were
neglected in the daily ministration.
XX. 21-23.
Then the twelve calling together the
CONFIRMATION, THE SACRA­ multitude of the disciples, said: It is
not reason that we should leave the
MENT OF
word of God, and serve tables.
Wherefore, brethren, look ye out
Now when the apostles, who were in
Jerusalem, had heard that Samaria had among you seven men of good reputa­
received the word of God, they sent tion, full of the Holy Ghost and wis­
dom, whom w’e may appoint over this
unto them Peter and John.
Who, when they were come, prayed business.
But we will give ourselves con­
for them, that they might receive the
Holy Ghost.
tinually to prayer, and to the ministry
For he was not as yet come upon any of the word.
of them; but they were only baptized
And the saying was liked by all the
in the name of the Lord Jesus.
multitude. And they chose Stephen,
Then they laid their hands upon a man full of faith, and of the Holy
them, and they received the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and
Ghost.
Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas,
And when Simon saw, that by the and Nicolas, a proselyte of Antioch.
imposition of the hands of the apostles,
These they set before the apostles;
the Holy Ghost was given, he offered and they praying, imposed hands upon
them money,
them.—Acts vi. 1-6.
Saying: Give me also this power,
Paul and Timothy, the servants of
that on whomsoever I shall lay my Jesus Christ; to all the saints in
hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost. Christ Jesus, who are at Philippi, with
—Acts viii. 14-19.
the bishops and deacons.—Philipp, i. 1.
And it came to pass, while Apollo
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double tongued, not given to much
wine, not greedy of filthy lucre:
Holding the mystery of faith in a
pure conscience.
And let these also first be proved:
and so let them minister, having no
crime.—1 Tim. iii. 8-10.
DEAD, PRAYING FOR THE

A gift hath grace in the sight of all
the living, and restrain not ‘grace from
the dead.—Ecclus. vii. 37.
And making a gathering, he (Judas)
sent twelve thousand drachms of silver
to Jerusalem for sacrifice to be offered
for the sins of the dead, thinking well
and religiously concerning the resur­
rection,
(For if he had not hoped that they
that were slain should rise again, it
would have seemed superfluous and vain
to pray for the dead,)
And because he considered that they
who had fallen asleep with godliness,
had great grace laid up for them.
It is therefore a holy and wholesome
thought to pray for the dead, that they
may be loosed from sins.—2 Mach. xii.
43-46.
EPISCOPACY

Take heed to yourselves, and to the
whole flock, wherein the Holy Ghost
hath placed you bishops, to rule the
church of God, which he hath pur­
chased with his own blood.—Acts
XX. 28.
Against a priest receive not an ac­
cusation, but under two or three wit­
nesses.—1 Tim. V. 19.
For this cause I left thee in Crete,
that thou shouldest set in order the
things that are wanting, and shouldest
ordain priests in every city, as I also
appointed thee.—Titus i. 5.
The ancients therefore that are
among you, I beseech, who am myself
also an ancient, and a witness of the
sufferings of Christ: as also a partaker
of that glory which is to be revealed in
time to come:
Feed the flock of God which is among
you, taking care of it, not by con'Thnt fs. withhold not from them the benefit of aims, prayers, and sacrifices.

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straint, but willingly, according to God:
not for filthy lucre’s sake, but volun­
tarily :
Neither as lording it over the clergy,
but being made a pattern of the flock
from the heart.
And when the prince of pastors shall
appear, you shall receive a never-fad­
ing crown of glory.—1 Peter v. 1-4.
EUCHARIST, THE HOLY

ist Prefigured
But Melchisedech the king of Salem,
bringing forth bread and wine, for he
was the priest of the most high God,
Blessed him, and said: Blessed be
Abram by the most high God, who
created heaven and earth.—Gen. xiv.
18, 19.
And the Lord said to Moses: Behold
I will rain bread from heaven for you :
let the people go forth, and gather what
is sufficient for every day: that I may
prove them whether they will walk in
my law, or not. . . .
And when the people of Israel saw it,
they said one to another: Manhu!
which signifieth: What is this! for
they knew not what it was. And Moses
said to them: This is the bread, which
the Lord hath given you to eat.—Ex.
xvi. 4, 15.
Instead of which things thou didst
feed thy people with the food of angels,
and gavest them bread from heaven
prepared without labor; having in it all
that is delicious, and the sweetness of
every taste.—ITis. xvi. 20.
And the Lord spoke to Moses, say­
ing:
. . . Thou shalt take also fine flour,
and shalt bake twelve loaves thereof,
two tenths shall be in every loaf:
And thou shalt set them six and six
one against another upon the most
clean table before the Lord:
And thou shalt put upon them the
clearest frankincense, that the bread
may be for a memorial of the oblation
of the Lord.
Every sabbath they shall be changed
before the Lord, being received of the
children of Israel by an everlasting
covenant:
And they shall be Aaron’s and his

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sons’, that they may eat them in the I from heaven; that if any man eat of it,
holy place: because it is most holy he may not die.
of the sacrifices of the Lord by a perpet­
I am the living bread which came
ual right.—Lev. xxiv. 1, 5-9.
down from heaven.
And David said to Achimelech the
If any man cat of this bread, he
priest :
shall live for ever; and the bread that
. . .Now therefore if thou have I will give, is my flesh, for the life of
any thing at hand, though it were but the world.
five loaves, give me, or whatsoever thou
The Jews therefore strove among
canst find.
themselves, saying: How can this man
And the priest answered David, say­ give us his flesh to eat?
ing: I have no common bread at hand,
Then Jesus said to them: Amen,
but only holy bread, if the young men amen I say unto you : Except you eat
be clean, especially from women? . . . the flesh of the Son of man, and drink
The priest therefore gave him hal­ I his blood, you shall not have life in
lowed bread: for there was no bread you.
there, but only the loaves of proposi­
Ho that eateth my flesh, and drinktion, which had been taken away from eth my blood, hath everlasting life: and
before the face of the Lord, that hot I will raise him up in the last day.
For my flesh is meat indeed: and my
loaves might be set up.—1 Kings xxi.
2, 3,4, 6.
i blood is drink indeed.
He that eateth my flesh, and drinkAnd he (Elias) cast himself down,
and slept in the shadow of the juniper eth my blood, abideth in me, and I in
tree : and behold an angel of the Lord him.
As the living Father hath sent me,
touched him, and said to him: Arise
and eat.
and I live by the Father; so he that
He looked, and behold there was eateth me, the same also shall live by
at his head a hearth cake, and a me.
vessel of water : and he ate and drank,
This is the bread that came down
and he fell asleep again. ...
| from heaven. Not as your fathers did
And he arose and ate, and drank, and eat manna, and are dead. He that catwalked in the strength of that food eth this bread, shall live for ever.
forty days and forty nights, unto the
These things he said, teaching in
mount of God, Horeb.—3 Kings xix. the synagogue, in Capharnaum.—John
5, 6, 8.
vi. 48-60.
I will not leave you orphans, I will
come to you.—John xiv. 18.
2d. Prophesied
4th. Prepared
For what is the good thing of him,
and what is his beautiful thing, but
And he said to them : With desire I
the corn of the elect, and wine spring­
have desired to eat this pasch with you.
ing forth virgins?—Zach. ix. 17.
For from the rising of the sun even before I suffer.—Luke xxii. 15.
Before the festival day of the pasch,
to the going down, my name is great
among the Gentiles, and in every place Jesus knowing that his hour was come,
there is sacrifice, and there is offered to that he should pass out of this world
my name a clean oblation : for my name to the Father: having loved his own
is great among the Gentiles, saith the w'ho were in the world, he loved them
unto the end.—John xiii. 1.
Lord of hosts.—Malach. i. 11.
5th. Instituted
3d. Promised by Christ
And whilst they were at supper,
I am the bread of life.
<Tesus took bread, and blessed, and
Your fathers did eat manna in the broke : and gave to his disciples, and
desert, and are dead.
said: Take ye, and eat. This is my
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And taking the chalice, he gavel
thanks, and gave to them, saying:
Drink ye all of this.
For this is my blood of the new testa­
ment, which shall be shed for many
unto remission of sins.—Matt. xxvi.
26-28.
And whilst they were eating, Jesus
took bread ; and blessing, broke, and
gave to them, and said: Take ye. This
is my body.
And having taken the chalice, giving
thanks, he gave it to them. And they
all drank of it.
And he said to them : This is my
blood of the new testament, which shall
be shed for many.—Mark xiv. 22-24.
And taking bread, he gave thanks,
and brake; and gave to them, saying:
This is my body, which is given for
you. Do this for a commemoration of
me.
In like manner the chalice also, after
he had supped, saying: This is the chal­
ice, the new testament in my blood,
which shall be shed for you.—Luke
xxii. 19, 20.
For I have received of the Lord that
which also I delivered unto you, that
the Lord Jesus, the same night in
which he was betrayed, took bread,
And giving thanks, broke, and said:
Take ye, and eat: this is my body,
which shall be delivered for you : this
do for the commemoration of me.
In like manner also the chalice, after
he had supped, saying: This chalice is
the new testament in my blood : this
do ye, as often as you shall drink, for
the commemoration of me.
For as often as you shall eat this
bread, and drink the chalice, you shall
show’ the death of the Lord, until he
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Lord, and the chalice of devils: you
cannot be partakers of the table of the
Lord, and of the table of devils.—
1 Cor. x. 21.
Therefore whosoever shall eat this
bread, or drink the chalice of the Lord
unworthily, shall be guilty of the body
and of the blood of the Lord.
But let a man prove himself : and
so let him eat of that bread, and drink
of the chalice.
For he that eateth and drinketh un­
worthily, eateth and drinketh judgment
to himself, not discerning the body of
the Lord.—1 Cor. xi. 27-29.
They therefore that received his
word, were baptized; and there were
added in that day about three thousand
souls.
And they were persevering in the
doctrine of the apostles, and in the
communication of the breaking of
bread, and in prayers.—Acfs ii. 41, 42.
And on the first day of the week,
when we were assembled to break bread,
Paul discoursed with them, being to
depart on the morrow: and he con­
tinued his speech until midnight.—
Acts xx. 7.

7th. Probably Alluded to
And it came to pass, whilst ‘he was
at table with them, he took bread, and
blessed, and brake, and gave to them.
And their eyes were opened, and they
knew him : and he vanished out of their
sight.—Luke xxiv. 30, 31.
Now there were in the church which
was at Antioch, prophets and doctors,
among whom was Barnabas, and Simon
who was called Niger, and Lucius of
Cyrene, and Manahen, who was the fos­
ter brother of Herod the tetrarch, and
Saul.
And as they were ministering to the
6th. Celebrated and Received
Lord, and fasting, the IToly Ghost said
to them: Separate me Saul and Barna­
The chalice of benediction which we bas, for the work whereunto I have
bless, is it not the communion of the taken them.—A cfs xiii. 1, 2.
blood of Christ? And the bread, which
we break, is it not the partaking of the EXTREME UNCTION, THE SAC­
body of the Lord ?
RAMENT OF
For we, being many, are one bread,
Is any man sick among you? Let
one body, all that partake of one bread.
him bring in the priests of the church,
—1 Cor. x. 16, 17.
You cannot drink the chalice of the
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and let them pray over him, anointing
Behold, I come quickly: hold fast
him with oil in the name of the Lord. that which thou hast, that no man take
And the prayer of faith shall save thy crown.—Apoc. iii. 11.
the sick man : and the Lord shall raise
him up: and if he be in sins, they shall 3d. Faith is Necessary for Salvation
be forgiven him.—James v. 14, 15.
Behold, he that is unbelieving, his
soul shall not be right in himself: but
Possibly Referred to
the just shall live in his faith.—Hab.
And they (the apostles) cast out ii. 4.
many devils, and anointed with oil
And he said to them : Go ye into the
many that were sick, and healed them • I whole world, and preach the gospel to
—Mark vi. 13.
every creature.
He that believeth and is baptized,
FAITH
shall be saved : but he that believeth
not shall be condemned.—Mark xvi.
1st Its True Nature
15, 16.
Now faith is the substance of things
He that believeth in him is not
to be hoped for, the evidence of things judged. But he that doth not believe,
that appear not.—Heb. xi. 1.
is already judged : because he believeth
For in Christ Jesus neither circum­ not in the name of the only begotten
cision availeth any thing, nor uncir­ Son of God.—John iii. 18.
cumcision: but faith that worketh by
He that believeth in the Son, hath
charity.—Gal. v. 6.
life everlasting; but he that believeth
2d. Faith is not an Assurance of our not the Son, shall not see life; but the
wrath of God abideth on him.—John
Salvation
iii. 36.
Thou wilt say then: The branches
Then calling for a light, he (the
were broken off, that I might be keeper of the prison) went in, and
grafted in.
trembling, fell down at the feet of
Well: because of unbelief they were Paul and Silas.
broken off. But thou standest by faith:
And bringing them out, he said:
be not high minded, but fear.
Masters, what must I do, that I may be
For if God hath not spared the natu­ saved ?
ral branches, fear lest perhaps he also
But they said: Believe in the Lord
spare not thee.
Jesus, and thou shalt be saved, and thy
See then the goodness and the sever­ house.—Acts xvi. 29-31.
ity of God: towards them indeed that
But that in the law no man is justi­
are fallen, the severity; but towards fied with God, it is manifest: because
thee, the goodness of God, if thou abide the just man liveth by faith.—Gal.
in goodness, otherwise thou also shalt iii. 11.
be cut off.—Rom. xi. 19-22.
For in Christ Jesus neither circum­
But I chastise my body, and bring cision availeth any thing, nor uncircum­
it into subjection: lest perhaps, when cision : but faith that worketh by char­
I have preached to others, I myself ity.—Oal. v. 6.
should become a castaway.—1 Cor.
But we ought to give thanks to God
always for you, brethren, beloved of
Wherefore he that thinketh himself God, for that God hath chosen you firstto stand, let him take heed lest he fall. fruits unto salvation, in sanctification
—1 Cor. x. 12.
of the spirit, and faith of the truth —
Wherefore, my dearly beloved, (as 2 Thess. ii. 12.
you have always obeyed, not as in my
But without faith it is impossible to
presence only, but much more now in please God. For he that cometh to
my absence,) with fear and trembling God, must believe that he is, and is a
work out your salvation.—Philipp, rewarder to them that seek him.—Heb.
ii. 12.
xi. 6.

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Now therefore saith the Lord: Be
4tTi. Faith Alone is not Sufficient for
converted to me with all your heart, in
Salvation
fasting, and in weeping, and in mourn­
See: Justification, 1st—page 711.
ing.—Joel ii. 12.
And when you fast, be not as the
5th. There is Another Law besides the
Law of Faith—viz., the Law of Love hypocrites, sad. For they disfigure
And there came one of the scribes their faces, that they may appear unto
that had heard them reasoning together, men to fast. Amen I say to you, they
ind seeing that he had answered them have received their reward.
But thou, when thou fastest anoint
well, asked him which was the first
thy head, and wash thy face;
commandment of all.
That thou appear not to men to fast,
And Jesus answered him: The first
commandment of all is, Hear, O Israel: but to thy Father who is in secret: and
thy Father who seeth in secret, will re­
the Lord thy God is one God.
And thou shalt love the Lord thy pay thee.—Malt. vi. 16-18.
But in all things let us exhibit our­
God, with thy whole heart, and with thy
whole soul, and with thy whole mind, selves as the ministers of God, in much
and with thy whole strength. This is patience, in tribulation, in necessities,
in distresses,
the first commandment.
In stripes, in prisons, in seditions, in
And the second is like to it: Thou
shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. labors, in watchings, in fastings.—
There is no other commandment greater 2 Cor. vi. 4, 5.
than these.—Mark xii. 28-31.
Owe no man anything, but to love
ad. Practised by God’s Servants
one another. For he that loveth his
And he (Moses) was there with the
neighbor, hath fulfilled the law.—Rom.
Lord forty days and forty nights: he
xiii. 8.
For all the law is fulfilled in one neither ate bread nor drank water, and
word: Thou shalt love thy neighbor he wrote upon the tables the ten words
of the covenant.—Ex. xxxiv. 28.
as thyself.—Gal. v. 14.
And I fell down before the Lord as
Bear ye one another’s burdens; and
so you shall fulfil the law of Christ.— before, forty days and nights neither
eating bread, nor drinking water, for
Gal. vi. 2.
Little children, let no man deceive all your sins, which you had committed
you. He that doth justice is just, even against the Lord, and had provoked him
to wrath.—Deut. ix. IS.
as he is just.
And I proclaimed there a fast by the
He that committeth sin is of the
devil: for the devil sinneth from the river Ahava, that we might afflict our­
selves before the Lord our God, and
beginning.
... In this the children of God are might ask of him a right way for us
manifest, and the children of the devil. and for our children, and for all our
Whosoever is not just, is not of God, substance. . . .
And we fasted, and besought our God
nor he that loveth not his brother.—
for this: and it fell out prosperously
1 John iii. 7, 8, 10.
unto us.—1 Esd. viii. 21, 23.
And when I had heard these words, I
FASTING
(Nehemias) sat down and w’ept, and
1st. Recommended
mourned for many days: and I fasted,
Prayer is good with fasting and alms and prayed before the face of the God
more than to lay up treasures of gold. of heaven.—2 Esd. i. 4.
—Tob. xii. 8.
I humbled my soul with fasting; and
Sanctify ye a fast, call an assembly; my prayer shall be turned into my
gather together the ancients, all the bosom.—Ps. xxxiv. 13.
inhabitants of the land into the house
And I covered my soul in fasting:
of your God : and cry ye to the Lord.— and it was made a reproach to me.
Joel i. 14.
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and I became a byword to them.—Ps.
Ixviii. 11, 12.
And I set my face to the Lord my
God, to pray and make supplication
with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.
—Dan. ix. 3.
In those days I, Daniel, mourned
the days of three weeks.
I ate no desirable bread, and neither
flesh, nor wine entered into my mouth,
neither was I anointed with ointment:
till the days of three weeks were ac­
complished.—Dan. x. 2, 3.
And they assembled together, and
came to Maspha over against Jeru­
salem: for in Maspha was a place of
prayer heretofore in Israel.
And they fasted that day, and put on
haircloth, and put ashes upon their
heads : and they rent their garments.—
1 Mach. iii. 46, 47.
And as they were ministering to the
Lord, and fasting, the Holy Ghost said
to them: Separate me Saul and Barna­
bas, for the work whereunto I have
taken them.
Then they fasting and praying, and
imposing their hands upon them, sent
them away.—Acts xiii. 2, 3.
And when they had ordained to them
priests in every church, and had prayed
with fasting, they commended them to
the Lord, in whom they believed.—Acts
xiv. 22.
In labor and painfulness, in much
watchings, in hunger and thirst, in
fastings often, in cold and nakedness.—
2 Cor. xi. 27.
3d. By Christ Himself
Then Jesus was led by the spirit into
the desert, to be tempted by the devil.
And when he had fasted forty days
and forty nights, afterwards he was
hungry.—Matt. iv. 1, 2.
And Jesus being full of the Holy
Ghost, returned from the Jordan, and
was led by the Spirit into the desert,
For the space of forty days; and was
tempted by the devil. And he ate
nothing in those days ; and when they
were ended, he was hungry.—Luke iv.
4th. The Utility of Fasting
And the men of Ninive believed in
God: and they proclaimed a fast, and

I put on sackcloth from the greatest to
the least. . . .
And God saw their works, that they
were turned from their evil way: and
God had mercy with regard to the evil
which he had said that he would do to
them, and he did it not.—Jonas iii.
5, 10.
And Jesus rebuked him, and the
devil went out of him, and the child
was cured from that hour.
Then came the disciples to Jesus se­
cretly, and said: Why could not we
cast them out?
Jesus said to them: Because of your
unbelief. . . .
But this kind is not cast out but by
prayer and fasting.—Matt. xvii. 17-20.
FREE WILL
ist. The Existence of Free Will in
Man

If thou do well, shalt thou not re­
ceive? but if ill, shall not sin forth­
with be present at the door? but the
lust thereof shall be under thee, and
thou shalt have dominion over it.—
Gen. iv. 7.
Behold I set forth in your sight this
day a blessing and a curse:
A blessing, if you obey the command­
ments of the Lord your God, which I
command you this day:
A curse, if you obey not the com­
mandments of the Lord your God, but
revolt from the way which now I show
you, and walk after strange gods which
you know not.—Deut. xi. 26-28.
Consider that I have set before thee
this day life and good, and on the other
hand, death and evil. . . .
I call heaven and earth to witness
this day, that I have set before you life
and death, blessing and cursing.
Choose therefore life, that both thou
and thy seed may live.—Deut. xxx.
15, 19.
But if it seem evil to you to serve the
Lord, you have your choice: choose this
day that which pleaseth you, whom you
would rather serve, whether the gods
which your fathers served in Mesopo­
tamia, or the gods of the Amorrhites,
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me and my house we will serve the I
Lord.—Jos. xxiv. 15.
God made man from the beginning,
and left him in the hand of his own
counsel.
He added his commandments and
precepts.
If thou wilt keep the commandments
and perform acceptable fidelity for ever,
they shall preserve thee.
He hath set fire and water before
thee: stretch forth thy hand to which
thou wilt.
Before man is life and death, good
and evil, that which he shall choose
shall be given him.—Ecclus. xv. 14-18.
Blessed is the rich man that is found
without blemish: and that hath not
gone after gold, nor put his trust in
money nor in treasures.
Who is he, and we will praise him?
for he hath done wonderful things in
his life.
Who hath been tried thereby, and
made perfect, he shall have glory ever­
lasting. He that could have trans­
gressed, and hath not transgressed:
and could do evil things, and hath not
done them.—Ecclus. xxxi. 8-10.
As I live, saith the Lord God, I de­
sire not the death of the wicked, but
that the wicked turn from his way, and
live. Turn ye, turn ye from your evil
ways : and why will you die, O house of
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chosen the things that displease me.—
Zs. Ixv. 12.
Wherefore I also will choose their
mockeries, and will bring upon them
the things they feared : because I called,
and there was none that would answer;
I have spoken, and they heard not; and
they have done evil in my eyes, and
have chosen the things that displease
me.—Is. Ixvi. 4.
And now, because you have done all
these works, saith the Lord : and I have
spoken to you rising up early, and
speaking, and you have not heard: and
I have called you, and you have not an­
swered. . . .
And I will cast you away from be­
fore my face, as I have cast away all
your brethren, the whole seed of
But if the just man turn himself
away from his justice, and do iniquity
according to all the abominations which
the wicked man useth to work, shall he
live? All his justices which he hath
done, shall not be remembered: in the
prevarication, by which he hath prevari­
cated, and in his sin, which he hath
committed, in them he shall die.—
Ezech. xviii. 24.
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that
are sent unto thee, how often would
I have gathered together thy children,
as the hen doth gather her chickens un­
der her wings, and thou wouldest not?
—Matt, xxiii. 37.
You stiff necked and uncircumcised
in heart and ears, you always resist the
Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do
you also.—A cis vii. 51.
Follow peace with all men, and holi­
ness: without which no man shall see
God.
Looking diligently, lest any man be
wanting to the grace of God; lest any
root of bitterness springing up do hin­
der, and by it many be defiled.—Heb.
xii. 14, 15.

ad. Free Will Can, and Often Does,
Resist God’s Grace
Because I called, and you refused: 1
stretched out my hand, and there was
none that regarded.
You have despised all my counsel,
and have neglected my reprehensions.
I also will laugh in your destruction,
and will mock when that shall come to
you which you feared.—Prov. i. 24-26.
What is there that I ought to do
more to my vineyard, that I have not
done to it? was it that I looked that it
should bring forth grapes, and it hath
brought forth wild grapes?—Is. v. 4.
GOD, THE UNITY OF
I will number you in the sword, and
you shall all fall by slaughter: because
And the Lord spoke all these words:
I called and you did not answer: I
I am the Lord thy God. who brought
spoke, and you did not hear: and you thee out of the land of Egypt, out of
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GRACE

Thou shalt not have strange gods be­
fore me.—Ex. xx. 1-3.
Know therefore this day, and think in
thy heart that the Lord he is God in
heaven above, and in the earth beneath,
and there is no other.—Deut. iv. 39.
Hear, 0 Israel, the Lord our God is
one Lord.—Deut. vi. 4.
See ye that I alone am, and there is
no other God besides me: I will kill,
and I will make to live: I will strike,
and I will heal, and there is none that
can deliver out of my hand.—Deut.
xxxii. 39.
That all the people of the earth may
know, that the Lord he is God, and
there is no other besides him.—3 Kings
viii. 60.
Because he hath therefore scattered
you among the Gentiles, who know not
him, that you may declare his wonder­
ful works, and make them know that
there is no other almighty God besides
him.—Tob. xiii. 4.
For who is God but the Lord? or who
is God but our God?—Ps. xvii. 32.
For there is no other God but thou,
who hast care of all, that thou shouldest
show that thou dost not give judgment
unjustly.— Wis. xii. 13.
0 Lord of hosts, God of Israel, who
sittest upon the cherubims, thou alone
art the God of all the kingdoms of the
earth, thou hast made heaven and earth.
—Is. xxxvii. 16.
You are my witnesses, saith the Lord,
and my servant whom I have chosen:
that you may know, and believe me, and
understand that I myself am. Before
me there was no God formed, and after
me there shall be none.
I am, I am the Lord : and there is no
saviour besides me.—Is. xliii. 10, 11.
Thus saith the Lord the king of
Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of
hosts: I am the first, and I am the last,
and besides me there is no God.
Who is like to me? let him call and
declare: and let him set before me the
order, since I appointed the ancient peo­
ple: and the things to come, and that
shall be hereafter, let them show unto
them.
Fear ye not, neither be ye troubled,
from that time I have made thee to
hear, and have declared: you are my

witnesses. Is there a God besides me,
a maker, whom I have not known?—
Is. xliv. 6-8.
And Jesus answered him: The first
commandment of all is, Hear, 0 Israel:
the Lord thy God is one God.
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God,
with thy whole heart, and with thy
whole soul, and with thy whole mind,
and with thy whole strength. This is
the first commandment.—Mark xii.
29, 30.
But as for the meats that are sacri­
ficed to idols, we know that an idol is
nothing in the world, and that there is
no God but one.
For although there be that are called
gods, even in heaven or on earth (for
there be gods many, and lords many);
Yet to us there is but one God, the
Father, of whom are all things, and we
unto him; and one Lord Jesus Christ,
by whom are all things, and we by him.
—1 Cor. viii. 4-6.
One God and Father of all, who is
above all, and through all, and in us all.
—Eph. iv. 6.
For there is one God, and one media­
tor of God and men, the man Christ
Jesus.—1 Tim. ii. 5.
GOD, THE TRINITY IN

See: Trinity—page 736.
GRACE, ACTUAL
I. The Effects of Actual Grace
ist. Illumines the Mind

The law of the Lord is unspotted,
converting souls: the testimony of the
Lord is faithful, giving wisdom to little
ones.
The justices of the Lord arc right, re­
joicing hearts: the commandment of the
Lord is lightsome, enlightening the
eyes.—Ps. xviii. 8, 9.
And a certain woman named Lydia,
a seller of purple, of the city of
Thyatira, one that worshipped God, did
hear : whose heart the Lord opened to
attend to those things which were said
by Paul.—Acts xvi. 14.
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for to this end have I appeared to thee,
that I may make thee a minister, and a
witness of those tilings which thou hast
seen, and of those things wherein I will
appear to thee,
Delivering thee from the people, and
from the nations, unto which I now
send thee:
To open their eyes, that they may
be converted from darkness to light,
and from the power of Satan to God.
—Ads xxvi. 16-18.
For God, who commanded the light
to shine out of darkness, hath shined in
our hearts, to give the light of the
knowledge of the glory of God, in the
face of Christ Jesus.—2 Cor. iv. 6.
That the God of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Father of glory, may
give up to you the spirit of wisdom
and of revelation, in the knowledge of
him:
The eyes of your heart enlightened,
that you may know what the hope is
of his calling, and what are the riches
of the glory of his inheritance in the
saints.—Eph. i. 17, 18.
2d. Moves the Will

Jesus therefore answered, and said
to them: Murmur not among your­
selves.
No man can come to me, except the
Father, who hath sent me, draw him;
and I will raise him up in the last day.
—John vi. 43, 44.
For it is God who worketh in you,
both to will and to accomplish, accord­
ing to his good will.—Philipp, ii. 13.
II. Actual Grace Can be Resisted

What is there that I ought to do
more to my vineyard, that I have not
done to it? was it that I looked that it
should bring forth grapes, and it hath
brought forth wild grapes?—Is. v. 4.
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stoncst them that
are sent unto thee, how often would I
have gathered together thy children, as
the hen doth gather her chickens un­
der her wings, and thou wouldest not?
—Mail, xxiii. 37.
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I am; and his grace in me hath not
been void, but I have labored more
abundantly than all they: yet not I,
but the grace of God with me.—1 Cor.
xv. 10.
And we helping do exhort you, that
you receive not the grace of God in
vain.—2 Cor. vi. 1.
I cast not away the grace of God.—
Gal. ii. 21.
You are made void of Christ, you
who are justified in the law: you are
fallen from grace.—Gal. v. 4.
Looking diligently, lest any man be
wanting to the grace of God; lest any
root of bitterness springing up do hin­
der, and by it many be defiled.—Heb.
xii. 15.
III. Actual Grace and Free Will Work
Together, Hand in Hand

Perfect thou my goings in thy paths:
that my footsteps be not moved.—Ps.
xvi. 5.
Who hath been tried thereby, and
made perfect, he shall have glory ever­
lasting. He that could have trans­
gressed, and hath not transgressed : and
could do evil things, and hath not done
them.—Ecclus. xxxi. 10.
Convert me, and I shall be con­
verted, for thou art the Lord my
God.
For after thou didst convert me, I
did penance: and after thou didst show
unto me, I struck my thigh: I am
confounded and ashamed, because I
have borne the reproach of my youth.—
Jer. xxxi. 18, 19.
And every man shall receive his own
reward, according to his own labor.
For we are God’s coadjutors.—1 Cor.
iii. 8, 9.
But by the grace of God, I am what
I am; and his grace in me hath not
been void, but I have labored more
abundantly than all they: yet not I, but
the grace of God with me.—1 Cor.
xv. 10.
Wherefore he saith: Rise thou that
sleepest, and arise from the dead: and
Christ shall enlighten thee.—Eph.
v. 14.
I can do all things in him who
strengthened! me.—Philipp, iv. 13.

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Compare
The Lord our God be with us, as he
was with our fathers, and not leave us,
nor cast us off :
But may he incline our hearts to him­
self, that we may walk in all his ways,
and keep his commandments, and his
ceremonies, and all his judgments
which he commanded our fathers.—
3 Kings viii. 57, 58.
With
I have inclined my heart to do thy
justifications for ever, for the reward.
—Ps. cxviii. 112.

Also
Convert us, 0 God our Saviour : and
turn off thy anger from us.—Ps.
Ixxxiv. 5.

For the good which I will, I do not;
but the evil which I will not, that I do.
Now if I do that which I will not,
it is no more I that do it, but sin that
dwelleth in me.
I find then a law, that when I have a
will to do good, evil is present with me.
For I am delighted with the law of
God, according to the inward man:
But I see another law in my mem­
bers, fighting against the law of my
mind, and captivating me in the law
of sin, that is in my members.
Unhappy man that I am, who shall
deliver me from the body of this
death?
The grace of God, by Jesus Christ
our Lord. Therefore I myself, with
the mind serve the law of God; but with
the flesh, the law of sin.—Rom. vii.
18-25.

2d. To Observe, for any Length ol
With
Time, the Natural Law
I have thought on my ways: and
And as I knew that I could not other­
turned my feet unto thy testimonies.—
wise be continent, except God gave it,
Ps. cxviii. 59.
and this also was a point of wisdom, to
know whose gift it was: I went to the
Also
Lord, and besought him.—IVis. viii. 21.
Create a clean heart in me, 0 God :
For that which I work, I understand
and renew a right spirit within my not. For I do not that good which I will;
bowels.—Ps. 1. 12.
but the evil which I hate, that I do.
. . . For I know that there dwell­
With
eth not in me, that is to say, in my
Cast away from you all your trans­ flesh, that which is good. For to will
gressions, by which you have trans­ is present with me; but to accomplish
gressed, and make to yourselves a new that which is good, I find not.
heart, and a new spirit: and why will
For the good which I will, I do not;
you die, 0 house of Israel ?—Ezech. but the evil which I will not, that I do.
... I find then a law, that when I
xviii. 31.
have a will to do good, evil is present
with me. . . .
IV. The Necessity of Actual Grace
Unhappy man that I am, who shall
deliver
me
from
the
body
of
this
death!
ist. To Resist for any Length of Time
The grace of God, by Jesus Christ
Grave Temptations
our Lord.—Rom. vii. 15, 18, 19, 21,
Watch ye, and pray that ye enter not 24, 25.
But the tongue no man can tame,
into temptation. The spirit indeed is
willing, but the flesh weak.—Malt. an unquiet evil, full of deadly poison.
—James iii. 8.
xxvi. 41.
For I know that there dwelleth not
in me, that is to say, in my flesh, that 3d. To Perform Supernatural Works
which is good. For to will, is present
For if by the offence of one, many
with me; but to accomplish that which died; much more the grace of God, and
is good, I find not.
the gift, by the grace of one man, Jesus

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Christ, hath abounded unto many.—
Rom. V. 15.
But God, (who is rich in mercy,)
for his exceeding charity wherewith he
loved us,
Even when we were dead in sins, hath
quickened us together in Christ, (by
whose grace you are saved).—Eph. ii.
4, 5.
For you were heretofore darkness,
but now light in the Lord. Walk then
as children of the light.—Eph. v. 8.
I know, 0 Lord, that the way of a
man is not his: neither is it in a man
to walk, and to direct his steps.—Jer.
x. 23.
No man can come to me, except the
Father, who hath sent me, draw him ;
and I will raise him up in the last
day.—John vi. 44.
Jesus saith to him (Thomas) : I am
the way, and the truth, and the life.
No man cometh to the Father, but by
me.—John xiv. 6.
I am the true vine; and my Father
is the husbandman.
Every branch in me, that beareth not
fruit, he will take away: and every
one that beareth fruit, he will purge
it, that it may bring forth more
fruit.
Now you are clean by reason of the
word, which I have spoken to you.
Abide in me, and I in you. As the
branch cannot bear fruit of itself, un­
less it abide in the vine, so neither can
you, unless you abide in me.
I am the vine; you the branches:
he that abideth in me, and I in him,
the same beareth much fruit: for with­
out me you can do nothing.—John xv.
1-5.
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our
infirmity. For we know not what we
should pray for as we ought; but the
Spirit himself asketh for us with un­
speakable groanings.—Rom. viii. 26.
So then it is not of him that willeth,
nor of him that runneth, but of God
that showeth mercy.—Rom. ix. 16.
Or who hath first given to him, and
recompense shall be made him?—Rom.
xi. 35.
For who distinguished! thee? Or
what hast thou that thou hast not re­
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dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not
received it?—1 Cor. iv. 7.
Wherefore I give you to understand,
that no man, speaking by the Spirit of
God, saith Anathema to Jesus. And
no man can say the Lord Jesus, but by
the Holy Ghost.—1 Cor. xii. 3.
Not that we are sufficient to think
any thing of ourselves, as of ourselves:
but our sufficiency is from God.—2 Cor.
iii. 5.
For by grace you are saved through
faith, and that not of yourselves, for it
is the gift of God ;
Not of works, that no man may glory.
—Eph. ii. 8, 9.
For it is God who worketh in you,
both to will and to accomplish, accord­
ing to his good will.—Philipp, ii. 13.
4th. To Persevere in Justification
Watch ye, and pray that ye enter not
into temptation. The spirit indeed is
willing, but the flesh weak.—Matt.
xxvi. 41.
For our wrestling is not against
flesh and blood; but against principali­
ties and powers, against the rulers of
the world of this darkness, against the
spirits of wickedness in the high places.
Therefore take unto you the armor of
God. that you may be able to resist in
the evil day, and to stand in all things
perfect.—Eph. vi. 12, 13.
Be sober and watch : because your ad­
versary the devil, as a roaring lion,
goeth about seeking whom he may de­
vour.
Whom resist ye, strong in faith.—
1 Peter v. 8, 9.
5th. For Final Perseverance
Being confident of this very thing,
that he, who hath begun a good work
in you, will perfect it unto the day of
Christ Jesus.—Philipp, i. 6.
But the God of all grace, who hath
called us unto his eternal glory in
Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a
little, will himself perfect you, and
confirm you, and establish you.—
1 Peter v. 10.
V. Actual Grace is the Free Gift of
God
Because by the works of the law no
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GRACE

. . . Being justified freely by his
grace, through the redemption, that is
in Christ Jesus. . . .
For we account a man to be justified
by faith, without the works of the law.
—Rom. iii. 20, 24, 28.
For if Abraham were justified by
works, he hath whereof to glory, but
not before God. . . .
Now to him that worketh, the reward
is not reckoned according to grace, but
according to debt.
But to him that worketh not, yet believeth in him that justifieth the un­
godly, his faith is reputed to justice,
according to the purpose of the grace
of God.—Rom. iv. 2, 4, 5.
Even so then at this present time
also, there is a remnant saved accord­
ing to the election of grace.
And if by grace, it is not now by
works: otherwise grace is no more
grace.—Rom. xi. 5, 6.

VI. The Universality of Actual Grace
ist. To All the Just
And of his fulness we all have re­
ceived, and grace for grace.—John
i. 16.
And God is faithful, who will not
suffer you to be tempted above that
which you are able : but will make also
with temptation issue, that you may be
able to bear it.—1 Cor. x. 13.
But to every one of us is given grace,
according to the measure of the giving
of Christ.—Eph. iv. 7.
ad. To Sinners
And I have sent to you all my ser­
vants the prophets, rising early, and
sending and saying: Return ye every
man from his wicked way, and make
your ways good : and follow not strange
gods, nor worship them, and you shall
dwell in the land, which I gave you and
your fathers: and you have not in­
clined your ear, nor hearkened to me.—
J er. XXXV. 15.
Is it my will that a sinner should
die, saith the Lord God, and not that he
should be converted from his ways, and
live? . . .
For I desire not the death of him
that dieth, saith the Lord God, return
ye and live.—Ezech. xviii. 23, 32.

As I live, saith the Lord God, I de­
sire not the death of the wicked, but
that the wicked turn from his way, and
live. Turn ye, turn ye from your evil
ways: and why will you die, 0 house of
Israel?—Ezech. xxxiii. 11.
I came not to call the just, but sin­
ners to penance.—Luke v. 32.
What man of you that hath a hun­
dred sheep: and if he shall lose one
of them, doth he not leave the ninetynine in the desert, and go after that
which was lost, until he find it?—Luki
xv. 4.
The Lord delayeth not his promise,
as some imagine, but dealeth patiently
for your sake, not willing that any
should perish, but that all should re­
turn to penance.—2 Peter iii. 9.
3d. Even to Blinded and Obdurate
Sinners
Wisdom preacheth abroad, she uttereth her voice in the streets:
At the head of multitudes she crieth
out, in the entrance of the gates of the
city she uttereth her words, saying:
O children, how long will you love
childishness, and fools covet those
things which are hurtful to themselves,
and the unwise hate knowledge?
Turn ye at my reproof : behold I will
utter my spirit to you, and will show
you my words.
Because I called, and you refused:
I stretched out my hand, and there was
none that regarded.
You have despised all my counsel,
and have neglected my reprehensions —
Prov. i. 20-25.
I have spread forth my hands all the
day to an unbelieving people, who
walk in a way that is not good after
their own thoughts.
A people that continually provoke me
to anger before my face.—Is. Ixv. 2, 3.
Or despisest thou the riches of his
goodness, and patience, and longsuffering? Knowest thou not, that the be­
nignity of God leadeth thee to pen­
ance?—Rom. ii. 4.
4th. To Infidels
But thou hast mercy upon all, be­
cause thou canst do all things, and
overlookest the sins of men for the sake
of repentance.—Wis. xi. 24.

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That was the true light, which enlighteneth every man that cometh into
this world.—John i. 9.
For there is no distinction of the Jew
and the Greek: for the same is Lord
over all, rich unto all that call upon
him.—Rom. x. 12.
For this is good and acceptable in the
sight of God our Saviour,
Who will have all men to be saved,
and to come to the knowledge of the
truth.—1 Tim. ii. 3, 4.
And he is the propitiation for our
sins: and not for ours only, but also
for those of the whole world.—1 John
ii. 2.
GRACE, HABITUAL

See: Justification—page 711.
HELL, THE ETERNITY OF

The enemies of the Lord have lied to
him: and their time shall be for ever.
—Ps. Ixxx. 16.
And they shall go out, and see the
carcasses of the men that have trans­
gressed against me: their worm shall
not die, and their fire shall not be
quenched: and they shall be a loath­
some sight to all flesh.—Is. Ixvi. 24.
And many of those that sleep in the
dust of the earth, shall awake: Some
unto life everlasting, and others unto
reproach, to see it always.—Dan. xii. 2.
I indeed baptize you in water unto
penance, but he that shall come after
me, is mightier than I, whose shoes
I am not worthy to bear; he shall bap­
tize you in the Holy Ghost and fire
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will
thoroughly cleanse his floor, and gather
his wheat into the barn ; but the chaff
he will burn with unquenchable fire.—
Matt. iii. 11, 12.
Then he shall say to them also that
shall be on his left hand: Depart from
me. you cursed, into everlasting fire
which was prepared for the devil and
his angels. ...
And these shall go into everlasting
punishment: but the just, into life
everlasting.—Matt. xxv. 41, 46.
And if thy hand scandalize thee, cut
it off: it is better for thee to enter into
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to go into bell, into unquenchable
fire :
Where their worm dieth not, and the
fire is not extinguished.—Mark ix.
42, 43.
And Abraham said to him (Dives) :
Son, remember that thou didst receive
good things in thy lifetime, and like­
wise Lazarus evil things, but now he is
comforted; and thou art tormented.
And besides all this, between us and
you, there is fixed a great chaos: so
that they who would pass from hence to
you, cannot, nor from thence come
hither.—Luke xvi. 25, 26.
And to you who are troubled, rest
with us when the Lord Jesus shall be
revealed from heaven, with the angels
of his power:
In a flame of fire, giving vengeance
to them who know not God, and who
obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus
Christ.
Who shall suffer eternal punishment
in destruction, from the face of the
Lord, and from the glory of his power.
—2 Thess. i. 7-9.
And the angels who kept not their
principality, but forsook their own
habitation, he hath reserved under
darkness in everlasting chains, unto the
judgment of the great day.
As Sodom and Gomorrha, and the
neighboring cities, in like manner, hav­
ing given themselves to fornication,
and going after other flesh, were made
an example, suffering the punishment
of eternal fire.
In like manner these men also defile
the flesh, and despise dominion, and
blaspheme majesty. . . .
Raging waves of the sea, foaming out
their own confusion ; wandering stars
to whom the storm of darkness is re­
served for ever.—Jude i. 6-8, 13.
And the smoke of their torments
shall ascend up for ever and ever:
neither have they rest day nor night,
who have adored the beast, and his
image, and whoever receiveth the char­
acter of his name.—Apoc. xiv. 11.
And there came down fire from God
out of heaven, and devoured them; and
the devil, who seduced them, was cast
into the pool of fire and brimstone,
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HELL

And the false prophet shall be tor­ I And if thy hand scandalize thee, cut
mented day and night, for ever and it off : it is better for thee to enter into
ever.—Apoc. xx. 9, 10.
life, maimed, than having two hands
to go into hell, into unquenchable
fire:
Also Inferred from
Where
their
worm
dieth
not,
and
the
And whosoever shall speak a word
fire is not extinguished.—Mark ix
against the Son of man, it shall be for­ 42,
43.
given him : but he that shall speak
Whose
fan
is
in
his
hand,
and
he
will
against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be purge his floor, and will gather the
forgiven him, neither in this world, nor wheat into his barn; but the chaff he
in the world to come.—Matt. xii. 32.
will burn with unquenchable fire.—
But he that shall blaspheme against
Luke
iii.
17.
the Holy Ghost, shall never have for­
And it came to pass, that the beggar
giveness, but shall be guilty of an ever­ died,
and was carried by the angels into
lasting sin.—Mark iii. 29.
Abraham
’
s
bosom.
And the rich man
Know you not that the unjust shall also died: and he was buried in hell.
not possess the kingdom of God? Do
lifting up his eyes when he was
not err: neither fornicators, nor idola­ in And
torments, he saw Abraham afar off,
ters, nor adulterers,
Lazarus in his bosom:
Nor the effeminate, nor liers with and
And he cried, and said: Father
mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor
drunkards, nor railers, nor extortioners, Abraham, have mercy on me, and send
that he may dip the tip of his
shall possess the kingdom of God.— Lazarus,
finger
in
water,
to
cool
my
tongue:
for
1 Cor. vi. 9, 10.
am tormented in this flame.
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh I And
Abraham said to him : Son, re­
and blood cannot possess the kingdom
of God: neither shall corruption pos­ member that thou didst receive good
things
in
thy
lifetime,
and
likewise
sess incorruption.—1 Cor. xv. 50.
Now the works of the flesh are mani­ Lazarus evil things, but now he is com­
fest, which are fornication, unclean­ forted; and thou art tormented.—Lute
xvi. 22-25.
ness, immodesty, luxury,
If any one abide not in me, he shall
Idolatry, witchcrafts, enmities, con­
tentions, emulations, wraths, quarrels, be cast forth as a branch, and shall
wither, and they shall gather him up,
dissensions, sects,
and
cast
him
into
the
fire,
and
he
burnEnvies, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like. Of the which I eth.—John xv. 6.
For we must all be manifested before
foretell you, as I have foretold to you,
that they who do such things shall not the judgment seat of Christ, that every
obtain the kingdom of God.—Gal. v. one may receive the proper things of
the body, according as he hath done,
19-21.
whether it be good or evil.—2 Cor.
v. 10.
HELL, PAIN OF SENSE IN
And hell and death were cast into
Inferred from
the pool of fire. This is the second
And fear ye not them that kill the death.
body, and are not able to kill the soul:
And whosoever was not found written
but rather fear him that can destroy in the book of life, was cast into the
both soul and body in hell.—Matt. x. 28. pool of fire.—Apoc. xx. 14, 15.
The Son of man shall send his an­
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and
gels, and they shall gather out of his the abominable, and murderers, and
kingdom all scandals, and them that whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idola­
work iniquity.
ters, and all liars, they shall have their
And shall cast them into the furnace portion in the pool burning with fire
of fire : there shall be weeping and and brimstone, which is the second
gnashing of teeth— Matt. xiii. 41, 42. death.—Apoc. xxi. 8.

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are washed, but you are sanctified, but
you are justified in the name of our
Lord Jesus Christ, and the Spirit of
our God.—1 Cor. vi. 11.
Or know you not, that your mem­
bers are the temple of the Holy Ghost,
who is in you, whom you have from
God ; and you are not your own ?
For you are bought with a great
price. Glorify and bear God in your
body.—1 Cor. vi. 19, 20.
Wherefore I give you to understand,
that no man. speaking by the Spirit
of God, saith Anathema to Jesus. And
no man can say the Lord Jesus, but by
the Holy Ghost.—1 Cor. xii. 3.
And there are diversities of opera­
tions, but the same God, who worketh
all in all.
... To one indeed, by the Spirit,
is given the word of wisdom: and to
another, the word of knowledge, accord­
ing to the same Spirit. . . .
But all these things one and the same
Spirit worketh, dividing to every one
according as he will.—1 Cor. xii. 6, 8,11.
For prophecy came not by the will of
man at any time: but the holy men of
God spoke, inspired by the Holy Ghost.
—2 Peter i. 21.
Compare
And when they agreed not among
themselves, they departed, Paul speak­
ing this one word: Well did the Holy
Ghost speak to our fathers by Isaias
the prophet.
Saying: Go to this people, and say
to them: With the ear you shall hear,
and shall not understand; and seeing
you shall see. and shall not perceive.—
Acts xxviii. 25, 26.
With
And I heard the voice of the Lord
saying: Whom shall I send? and who
shall go for us? And I said: Lo, here
am I, send me.
And he said: Go, and thou shalt say
to this people: Hearing, hear, and un­
derstand not: and see the vision, and
know it not.—Is. vi. S, 9.

ist. His Divinity
And Jesus being baptized, forthwith
came out of the water: and lo, the
heavens were opened to him: and he
saw the Spirit of God descending as a
dove, and coming upon him.—Matt.
iii. 16.
Going therefore, teach ye all nations;
baptizing them in the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Ghost.—Matt, xxviii. 19.
Jesus answered: Amen, amen I say
to thee, unless a man be born again of
water and the Holy Ghost, he cannot
enter into the kingdom of God.—John
iii. 5.
But Peter said: Ananias, why hath
Satan tempted thy heart, that thou
shouldst lie to the Holy Ghost, and by
fraud keep part of the price of the
land?
Whilst it remained, did it not re­
main to thee ? and after it was sold, was
it not in thy power? Why hast thou
conceived this thing in thy heart?
Thou hast not lied to men, but to God.
—Acts v. 3, 4.
And hope confoundeth not: because
the charity of God is poured forth in
our hearts, by the Holy Ghost, who is
given to us.—Rom. v. 5.
But you are not in the flesh, but in
the spirit, if so be that the Spirit of
God dwell in you. Now if any man
have not the Spirit of Christ, he is
none of his. . . .
And if the Spirit of him that raised
up Jesus from the dead, dwell in you;
he that raised up Jesus Christ from
the dead, shall quicken also your mortal
bodies, because of his Spirit that dwelleth in you. . . .
For whosoever are led by the Spirit
of God, they are the sons of God.—
Rom. viii. 9, 11, 14.
But to us God hath revealed them,
by his Spirit. For the Spirit, searcheth
all things, yea, the deep things of God.
For what man knoweth the things of
a man, but the spirit of a man that is
ad. Proceeds from the Father
in him? So the things also that are
of God no man knoweth, but the
For it is not you that speak, but the
Spirit of God.—1 Cor. ii. 10, 11.
Spirit of your Father that speaketh in
And such some of you were; but you you.—Malt. x. 20.

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And I will ask the Father, and he
shall give you another Paraclete, that
he may abide with you for ever.—John
xiv. 16.
But the Paraclete, the Holy Ghost,
whom the Father will send in my name,
he will teach you all things, and bring
all things to your mind, whatsoever I
shall have said to you.—John xiv. 26.
But when the Paraclete cometh,
whom I will send you from the Father,
the Spirit of truth, who proceedeth
from the Father, he shall give testi­
mony of me.—John xv. 26.

3d. Proceeds also from the Son,
Because
A. He is Called the Spirit of the Son

And when they were come into
Mysia, they attempted to go into Bith­
ynia, and the Spirit of Jesus suffered
them not.—Acts xvi. 7.
And because you are sons, God hath
sent the Spirit of his Son into your
hearts, crying: Abba, Father.—Gal.
iv. 6.
For I know that this shall fall out
to me unto salvation, through your
prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of
Jesus Christ.—Philipp, i. 19.
Searching what or what manner of
time the Spirit of Christ in them did
signify: when it foretold those suffer­
ings that are in Christ, and the glories
that should follow.—1 Peter i. 11.

B. Is Sent by the Son
And I send the promise of my Father
upon you : but stay you in the city, till
you be endued with power from on
high.—Luke xxiv. 49.
But when the Paraclete cometh,
whom I will send you from the Father,
the Spirit of truth, who proceedeth
from the Father, he shall give testi­
mony of me.—John xv. 26.
But I tell you the truth: it is expe­
dient to you that I go: for if I go not,
the Paraclete will not come to you ; but
if I go, I will send him to you.—John
xvi. 7.
When he had said this, he breathed
on them; and he said to them: Re­
ceive ye the Holy Ghost.—John xx. 22.

C. Receives from the Son
But when he, the Spirit of truth, is
come, he will teach you all truth. For
he shall not speak of himself ; but what
things soever he shall hear, he shall
speak ; and the things that are to come,
he shall show’ you.
He shall glorify me; because he shall
receive of mine, and shall show it to
you.
All things whatsoever the Father
hath, are mine. Therefore I said, that
he shall receive of mine, and show it to
you.—John xvi. 13-15.
4th. The Holy Ghost Promised to the
Apostles
And I send the promise of my
Father upon you : but stay you in the
city, till you be endued with power
from on high.—Luke xxiv. 49.
And I will ask the Father, and he
shall give you another Paraclete, that
he may abide with you for ever.
The spirit of truth, whom the world
cannot receive, because it seeth him not,
nor knoweth him : but you shall know
him; because he shall abide with you,
and shall be in you.—John xiv. 16,17.
But the Paraclete, the Holy Ghost,
w'hom the Father will send in my name,
he will teach you all things, and bring
all things to your mind, whatsoever I
shall have said to you.—John xiv. 26.
But w’hen the Paraclete cometh,
whom I will send you from the Father,
the Spirit of truth, who proceedeth
from the Father, he shall give testi­
mony of me.—John xv. 26.
But I tell you the truth: it is expe­
dient to you that I go: for if I go not,
the Paraclete will not come to you;
but if I go, I will send him to you.—
John xvi. 7.
But w’hen he, the Spirit of truth, is
come, he will teach you all truth. For
he shall not speak of himself; but what
things soever he shall hear, he shall
speak; and the things that are to come,
he shall show you.—John xvi. 13.
And eating together with them, he
commanded them, that they should not
depart from Jerusalem, but should wait
for the promise of the Father, which
you have heard (saith he) by my
mouth.

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For John indeed baptized with water,
but you shall be baptized with the
Holy Ghost, not many days hence.
. . . But you shall receive the
power of the Holy Ghost coming upon
you, and you shall be witnesses unto me
in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and
Samaria, and even to the uttermost
part of the earth.—Acts i. 4, 5, 8.
Fulfilment of the Promise
And when the days of the Pentecost
were accomplished, they were all to­
gether in one place:
And suddenly there came a sound
from heaven, as of a mighty wind com­
ing, and it filled the whole house where
they were sitting.
And there appeared to them parted
tongues as it were of fire, and it sat
upon every one of them:
And they were all filled with the
Holy Ghost, and they began to speak
with divers tongues, according as the
Holy Ghost gave them to speak.—Acts
ii. 1-4.
IMAGES
ist. Their Use Commanded by God
Thou shalt make also two cherubims
of beaten gold, on the two sides of the
oracle.
Let one cherub be on the one side,
and the other on the other.
Let them cover both sides of the pro­
pitiatory, spreading their wings, and
covering the oracle, and let them look
one towards the other, their faces being
turned towards the propitiatory where­
with the ark is to be covered.—Ex. xxv.
18-20.
And the Lord said to him : Make a
brazen serpent, and set it up for a
sign: w’hosoever being struck shall look
on it, shall live.
Moses therefore made a brazen ser­
pent, and set it up for a sign:
which when they that were bitten
looked upon, they were healed.—Num.
xxi. 8, 9.
And for the altar of incense, he
(David) gave the purest gold: and to
make the likeness of the chariot of the
cherubims spreading their wings, and
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All these things, said he, came to me
written by the hand of the Lord that
I might understand all the works of
this pattern.—1 Paral, xxviii. 18, 19.

ad. Used in His Worship in the
Temple
He (Beseleel) made also the pro­
pitiatory, that is, the oracle, of the
purest gold, two cubits and a half in
length, and a cubit and a half in
breadth.
Two cherubims also of beaten gold,
which he set on the two sides of the
propitiatory:
One cherub in the top of one side,
and the other cherub in the top of the
other side: two cherubims at the two
ends of the propitiatory,
Spreading their wings, and covering
the propitiatory, and looking one
towards the other, and towards it.—Ex.
xxxvii. 6-9.
And all the walls of the temple round
about he (Solomon) carved with divers
figures and carvings: and he made in
them cherubims and palm-trees, and
divers representations, as it were stand­
ing out, and coming forth from the
wall.
. . . And in the entrance of the
oracle he made little doors of olive-tree,
and posts of five corners,
And two doors of olive-tree: and he
carved upon them figures of cheru­
bims, and figures of palm-trees, and
carvings very much projecting: and he
overlaid them with gold: and he cov­
ered both the cherubims and the palmtrees, and the other things with gold.—
3 Kings vi. 29, 31, 32.
And in the top of the base there was
a round compass of half a cubit, so
wrought that the laver might be set
thereon, having its gravings, and di­
vers sculptures of itself.
He engraved also in those plates,
which were of brass, and in the corners,
cherubims, and lions, and palm-trees,
in the likeness of a man standing, so
that they seemed not to be engraven,
but added round about.—3 Kings vii.
35. 36.
And the priests brought in the ark of
the covenant of the Lord into its place,
into the oracle of the temple, into the

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holy of holies under the wings of the
cherubims.
For the cherubims spread forth their
wings over the place of the ark, and
covered the ark, and the staves thereof
above.—3 Kings viii. 6, 7.
And the gold of the plates with
which he overlaid the house, and the
beams thereof, and the posts, and the
walls, and the doors was of the finest:
and he graved cherubims on the
walls. . . .
He made also in the house of the holy
of holies two cherubims of image work:
and he overlaid them with gold. . . .
He made also a veil of violet, purple,
scarlet, and silk: and wrought in it
cherubims.—2 Parol, iii. 7, 10, 14.

IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL,
BELIEF EXPRESSED IN THE
OLD TESTAMENT IN THE
ist Indirectly Declared or Insinuated
And the days of Abraham’s life were
a hundred and seventy-five years.
And decaying he died in a good old
age, and having lived a long time, and
being full of days : and was gathered to
his people.—Gen. xxv. 7, 8.
And all his children being gathered
together to comfort their father in his
sorrow, he (Jacob) would not receive
comfort, but said: I will go down
to my son into hell, mourning.—Gen.
xxxvii. 35.
And being asked by him (Pharao) :
How many are the day of the years of
thy life?
He (Jacob) answered: The days of
my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty
years, few, and evil, and they are not
come up to the days of the pi'grimage
of my fathers.—Gen. xlvii. 8, 9
Who can count the dust of Jacob,
and knew the number of the stock of
Israel? Let my soul die the death of
the just, and my last end be like to
them.—Num. xxiii. 10.
Neither let there be found among you
any one that shall expiate his son or
daughter, making them to pass through
the fire: or that consulteth sooth­
sayers, or observeth dreams and omens,
neither let there be any wizard,

Nor charmer, nor any one that con­
sulteth pythonic spirits, or fortune
tellers, or that seeketh the truth from
the dead.—Deut. xviii. 10, 11.

ad. Clearly Proclaimed
Who will grant me this, that thou
mayst protect me in hell, and hide me
till thy wrath pass, and appoint me a
time when thou wilt remember me?
Shall man that is dead, thinkest
thou, live again ? all the days in which
I am now in warfare, I expect until
my change come.
Thou shalt call me, and I will answer
thee : to the work of thy hands thou
shalt reach out thy right hand.—Joi
xiv. 13-15.
For I know that my Redeemer liveth,
and in the last day I shall rise out of
the earth.
And I shall be clothed again with
my skin, and in my flesh I shall see
my God.
Whom I myself shall see, and my
eyes shall behold, and not another: this
my hope is laid up in my bosom.—Job
xix. 25-27.
I saw under the sun in the place of
judgment wickedness, and in the place
of justice iniquity.
And I said in my heart: God shall
judge both the just and the wicked,
and then shall be the time of every
thing.—Eccles, iii. 16, 17.
And the dust return into its earth,
from whence it was, and the spirit re­
turn to God, who gave it.—Eccles.xii.7.
But the souls of the just are in the
hand of God, and the torment of death
shall not touch them.
In the sight of the unwise they
seemed to die : and their departure was
taken for misery:
And their going away from us, for
utter destruction: but they are in
peace.
And though in the sight of men they
suffered torments, their hope is full of
immortality.—Wis. iii. 1-4.
But the just shall live for evermore:
and their reward is with the Lord, and
the care of them with the most
High.
Therefore shall they receive a king­
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at the hand of the Lord: for with hia
right hand he will cover them, and with
hia holy arm he will defend them.—
Wit. v. 16, 17.
Thy dead men shall live, my slain
shall rise again : awake, and give praise,
ye that dwell in the dust: for thy dew
is the dew of the light : and the land of
the giants thou shalt pull down into
ruin.—Is. xxvi. 19.
But many of those that sleep in the
dust of the earth, shall awake: Some
unto life everlasting, and others unto
reproach, to see it always.
But they that are learned shall shine
as the brightness of the firmament: and
they that instruct many to justice, as
stars for all eternity.—Dan. xii. 2, 3.
And when he was at the last gasp,
he said thus: Thou indeed, O most
wicked man, destroyest us out of this
present life: but the King of the world
will raise us up, who die for his laws,
in the resurrection of eternal life.—
2 Mach. vii. 9.
And when he was now ready to die,
he spoke thus : It is better, being put to
death by men, to look for hope from
God, to be raised up again by him:
for, as to thee, thou shalt have no resur­
rection unto life.—2 Mach. vii. 14.
But the Creator of the world, that
formed the nativity of man, and that
found out the origin of all, he will
restore to you again in his mercy, both
breath and life, as now you despise
yourselves for the sake of his laws.—
2 Mach. vii. 23.
And making a gathering, he (Judas)
sent twelve thousand drachms of silver
to Jerusalem for sacrifice to be offered
for the sins of the dead, thinking well
and religiously concerning the resur­
rection,
(For if he had not hoped that they
that were slain should rise again, it
would have seemed superfluous and
vain to pray for the dead).—2 Mach.
xii. 43, 44.
INDULGENCES
ist. The Power Given to the Church
to Grant Indulgences
And I will give to thee the keys of
the kingdom of heaven. And what­
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shall be bound also in heaven : and
whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, it
shall be loosed also in heaven.—Matt.
xvi. 19.
Amen I say to you, whatsoever you
shall bind upon earth, shall be bound
also in heaven; and whatsoever you
shall loose upon earth, shall be loosed
also in heaven.—Matt, xviii. 18.

ad. The Use of this Power
It is absolutely heard, that there is
fornication among you, and such for­
nication as the like is not among the
heathens; that one should have his
father’s wife. . . .
I indeed, absent in body, but present
in spirit, have already judged, as
though I were present, him that hath so
done,
In the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ, you being gathered together,
and my spirit, with the power of our
Lord Jesus;
To deliver such a one to Satan for
the destruction of the flesh, that the
spirit may be saved in the day of our
Lord Jesus Christ. . . .
To him who is such a one, this re­
buke is sufficient, which is given by
many:
So that on the contrary, you should
rather forgive him and comfort him,
lest perhaps such a one be swallowed
up with overmuch sorrow. . . .
And to whom you have pardoned any
thing, I also. For, what I have par­
doned, if I have pardoned any thing,
for your sakes have I done it in the
person of Christ.—1 Cor. v. 1, 3-5;
2 Cor. ii. 6, 7, 10.
JUSTIFICATION
I. Faith Alone is not Sufficient for
Justification
What shall it profit, my brethren, if
a man say he hath faith, but hath not
works? Shall faith be able to save
him? . . .
So faith also, if it have not works,
is dead in itself. ...
But wilt thou know, O vain man,
that faith without works is dead? . . .
Do you see that by works a man is
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. . .For even as the body without Son of God : and that believing, you
the spirit is dead ; so also faith without may have life in his name.—John xx.
works is dead.—James ii. 14, 17, 20, 2931.
24, 26.
For if thou confess with thy mouth
And if I should have prophecy and the Lord Jesus, and believe in thy heart
should know all mysteries, and all that God hath raised him up from the
knowledge, and if I should have all dead, thou shalt be saved.
faith, so that I could remove moun­
For, with the heart, we believe unto
tains, and have not charity, I am noth­ justice; but, with the mouth, confes­
ing.—1 Cor. xiii. 2.
sion is made unto salvation.
For in Christ Jesus neither circum­
For the scripture saith: Whosoever
cision availeth any thing, nor uncir­ believeth in him, shall not be con­
cumcision: but faith that worketh by founded.—Rom. X. 9-11.
charity.—Gal. v. 6.
But without faith it is impossible
For he that is without fear, cannot to please God. For he that cometh to
be justified: for the wrath of his high God, must believe that he is, and is a
rewarder to them that seek him.—Heb,
spirits is his ruin.—Ecclus. i. 28.
No, I say to you : but unless you shall xi. 6.
do penance, you shall all likewise per­
III. In Justification Mortal Sins are
ish.—Luke xiii. 3.
Be penitent, therefore, and be con­
Forgiven, Wiped Out, not Merely
verted, that your sins may be blotted
Covered
out.—Acts iii. 19.
ist. Are Blotted Out
We know that we have passed from
Have mercy on me, 0 God, according
death to life, because we love the
brethren. He that loveth not, abideth to thy great mercy.
And according to the multitude of
in death.—1 John iii. 14.
thy tender mercies blot out my in­
II. The Faith Required for Justifica­ iquity.—Ps. 1. 3.
I am, I am he that blot out thy in­
tion is not Mere Confidence, but is
iquities for my own sake, and I will
Belief in All the Truths Re­
not remember thy sins.—Is. xliii. 25.
vealed by God
I have blotted out thy iniquities as
ist. Not Mere Confidence
a cloud, and thy sins as a mist: return
For I am not conscious to myself of to me, for I have redeemed thee—fa.
any thing, yet am I not hereby justi­ xliv. 22.
Be penitent, therefore, and be con­
fied; but he that judgeth me is the
verted, that your sins may be blotted
Lord.—1 Cor. iv. 4.
out.—Acts iii. 19.
ad. But is Belief
ad. Are Taken Away
And he said to them : Go ye into the
Seventy weeks are shortened upon
whole world, and preach the gospel to
thy people, and upon thy holy city, that
every creature.
He that believeth and is baptized, transgression may be finished, and sin
shall be saved: but he that believeth may have an end, and iniquity may be
not shall be condemned.—Mark xvi. abolished; and everlasting justice may
be brought; and vision and prophecy
15, 16.
Jesus saith to him: Because thou may be fulfilled ; and the saint of saints
hast seen me. Thomas, thou hast be­ may be anointed.—Dan. ix. 24.
Who is a God like to thee, who taklieved: blessed are they that have not
est away iniquity, and passest by the
seen, and have believed.
Many other signs also did Jesus in sin of the remnant of thy inheritance!
the sight of his disciples, which are not he will send his fury in no more, be­
cause he delighteth in mercy.
written in this book.
But these are written, that you may
He will turn again, and have mercy
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and he will cast all our sins into the behold all things are made new.—2 Cor.
V. 17.
bottom of the sea.—Mich. vii. 18, 19.
For in Christ Jesus neither circum­
And behold they brought to him one
sick of the palsy lying in a bed. And cision availeth anything, nor uncircum­
Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the cision, but a new creature.—Gal. vi. 15.
Lie not one to another: stripping
man sick of the palsy : Be of good heart,
son, thy sins are forgiven thee.—Mall. yourselves of the old man with his
deeds,
ix. 2.
And putting on the new, him who
The next day, John saw Jesus com­
ing to him, and he saith: Behold the is renewed unto knowledge, according
Lamb of God, behold him who taketh to the image of him that created him.
away the sin of the world.—John i. 29. —Col. iii. 9, 10.
3d. Are Washed Away
IV. Justification is the Intrinsic In­
Wash me yet more from my in­ fusion of Sanctifying Grace in the
iquity, and cleanse me from my sin. . . .
Soul, and not Mere External
Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop,
Imputation of Christ’s
and I shall be cleansed: thou shalt
Merits
wash me, and I shall be made whiter
than snow.—Ps. 1. 4, 9.
For as by the disobedience of one
Wash yourselves, be clean, take away man, many were made sinners; so also
the evil of your devices from my eyes: by the obedience of one, many shall be
cease to do perversely,
made just.—Rom. v. 19.
Learn to do well: seek judgment, re­
To put off, according to former con­
lieve the oppressed, judge for the versation, the old man, who is corrupted
fatherless, defend the widow.
according to the desire of error.
And then come, and accuse me, saith
.And be renewed in the spirit of your
the Lord: if your sins be as scarlet, mind :
they shall be made as white as snow:
And put on the new man, who ac­
and if they be red as crimson, they cording to God is created in justice and
shall be white as wool.—Is. i. 16-18.
holiness of truth.—Eph. iv. 22-24.
But if we walk in the light, as he also
Not by the works of justice, which we
is in the light, we have fellowship one have done, but according to his mercy,
with another, and the blood of Jesus he saved us, by the laver of regenera­
Christ his Son cleanseth us from all tion, and renovation of the Holy Ghost;
Whom he hath poured forth upon us
sin.—1 John i. 7.
John to the seven churches which abundantly, through Jesus Christ our
are in Asia. Grace be unto you and Saviour;
That, being justified by his grace, we
peace from him that is, and that
was, and that is to come, and from may be heirs, according to hope of life
the seven spirits which are before his everlasting.—Titus iii. 5-7.
throne,
V. The Effects of Justification
And from Jesus Christ, who is the
faithful witness, the first begotten of
ist. It Makes Us Friends of God
the dead, and the prince of the kings of
I love them that love me: and they
the earth, who hath loved us, and
washed us from our sins in his own that in the morning early watch for me,
shall find me.—Prov. viii. 17.
blood.—Apoc. i. 4, 5.
He pleased God and was beloved, and
4th. Justification Implies Newness of living among sinners he was trans­
Heart
lated. . . .
For his soul pleased God: therefore
Create a clean heart in me, O God :
and renew a right spirit within my he hastened to bring him out of the
midst of iniquities: but the people see
bowels.—Ps. 1. 12.
If then any be in Christ a new crea­ this, and understand not, nor lay up
ture, the old things are passed away, such things in their hearts:

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That the grace of God, and his mercy
is with his saints, and that he hath
respect to his chosen.— IVis. iv. 10,
14, 15.
Jesus answered, and said to him
(Judas, not the Iscariot): If any one
love me, he will keep my word, and
my Father will love him, and we will
come to him, and will make our abode
with him.—John xiv. 23.

ad. Children of God by Adoption and
Heirs of Heaven
For whosoever are led by the Spirit
of God, they are the sons of God.
For you have not received the
spirit of bondage again in fear; but
you have received the spirit of adop­
tion of sons, whereby we cry: Abba
(Father).
For the Spirit himself giveth testi­
mony to our spirit, that we are the sons
of God.
And if sons, heirs also; heirs indeed
with God, and joint heirs with Christ:
yet so, if we suffer with him, that we
may be also glorified with him.—Rom.
viii. 14-17.
Behold what manner of charity the
Father hath bestowed upon us, that we
should be called, and should be the sons
of God. ...
Dearly beloved, we are now the sons
of God ; and it hath not yet appeared
what we shall be. We know, that, when
he shall appear, we shall be like to him :
because we shall see him as he is.— I
1 John iii. 1, 2.
Whosoever is born of God, committeth not sin: for his seed abideth in
him, and he cannot sin, because he is
born of God.—1 John iii. 9.
¡

3d. Partakers of the Divine Nature I
By whom he hath given us most great
and precious promises: that by these I
you may be made partakers of the di- j
vine nature: flying the corruption of
that concupiscence which is in the
world.—2 Peter i. 4.
Dearly beloved, we are now the sons !
of God ; and it hath not yet appeared ¡
what we shall be. We know, that, when I
he shall appear, we shall be like to him :
because we shall see him as he is.—
1 John iii. 2.

Whosoever is born of God, committeth not sin: for his seed abideth in
him, and he cannot sin, because he is
born of God.—1 John iii. 9.
4th. Temples of the Holy Trinity
Jesus answered, and said to him:
(Judas, not the Iscariot:) If anyone
love me, he will keep my word, and my
Father will love him, and we will come
to him, and will make our abode with
him.—John xiv. 23.
Know you not, that you are the tem­
ple of God, and that the Spirit of God
dwelleth in you ?—1 Cor. iii. 16.
Or know you not, that your members
are the temple of the Holy Ghost, who
is in you, whom you have from God;
and you are not your own?—1 Cor.
vi. 19.
And what agreement hath the temple
of God with idols? For you are the
temple of the living God; as God saith:
I will dwell in them, and walk among
them; and I will be their God, and they
shall be my people.—2 Cor. vi. 16.

MAN, THE ORIGIN OF
And he (God) said : Let us make man
to our image and likeness: and let him
have dominion over the fishes of the sea,
and the fowls of the air, and the beasts,
and the whole earth, and every creeping
creature that moveth upon the earth.
And God created man to his own
image: to the image of God he created
him : male and female he created them.
And God blessed them, saying: In­
crease and multiply, and fill the earth,
and subdue it, and rule over the fishes
of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and
all living creatures that move upon the
earth.—Gen. i. 26-28.
These are the generations of the
heaven and the earth, w’hen they were
created, in the day that the Lord God
made the heaven and the earth:
And every plant of the field before it
sprung up in the earth, and every herb
of the ground before it grew: for the
Lord God had not rained upon the
earth ; and there was not a man to till
the earth.
But a spring rose out of the earth,
watering all the surface of the earth.
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the slimo of the earth: and breathed
Blessed him, and said: Blessed be
into his face the breath of life, and Abram by the most high God, who
created heaven and earth.—Gen. xiv.
man became a living soul.
And the Lord God had planted a para­ 18, 19.
ad. Foretold
dise of pleasure from the beginning:
wherein he placed man whom he had
Who is there among you, that will
formed. ...
shut the doors, and will kindle the fire
And Adam called all the beasts by of my altar gratis? I have no pleasure
their names, and all the fowls of the in you, saith the Lord of hosts: and I
air, and all the cattle of the field : but will not receive a gift of your hand.
for Adam there was not found a helper
For from the rising of the sun even to
like himself.
the going down, my name is great
Then the Lord God cast a deep sleep among the Gentiles, and in every place
upon Adam : and when he was fast there is sacrifice, and there is offered to
asleep, he took one of his ribs, and my name a clean oblation: for my
filled up flesh for it.
name is great among the Gentiles, saith
And the Lord God built the rib the Lord of hosts.—Malach. i. 10, 11.
which he took from Adam into a
The Lord hath sworn, and he will
woman : and brought her to Adam.— not repent: Thou art a priest for ever
Gen. ii. 4-8, 20-22.
according to the order of Melchisedech.
And Adam knew Eve his wife : who —Ps. cix. 4.
conceived and brought forth Cain, say­
ing: I have gotten a man through God. 3d. Instituted and Celebrated by Christ
And again she brought forth his
And he said to them: With desire I
brother Abel. And Abel was a shep­ have desired to eat this pasch with you,
herd, and Cain a husbandman. . . . before I suffer. . . .
Adam also knew his wife again: and
And taking bread, he gave thanks,
she brought forth a son, and called his and brake; and gave to them, saying:
name Seth, saying: God hath given me
This is my body, which is given for
another seed, for Abel whom Cain you. Do this for a commemoration of
slew. . . .
me. In like manner the chalice also,
And the days of Adam, after he be­ after he had supped, saying: This is
got Seth, were eight hundred years: the chalice, the new testament in my
and he begot sons and daughters.— blood, which shall be shed for you.—
Gen. iv. 1, 2, 25 ; v. 4.
Luke xxii. 15, 19, 20.
She (wisdom) preserved him, that
For I have received of the Lord that
was first formed by God the father of which also I delivered unto you, that
the world, when he was created alone. the Lord Jesus, the same night in
And she brought him out of his sin, which he was betrayed, took bread.
and gave him power to govern all
And giving thanks, broke, and said'.
things.—Wis. x. 1, 2.
Take ye, and eat: this is my body,
Neither is he served with men’s which shall be delivered for you: this
hands, as though he needed any thing; do for the commemoration of me.
seeing it is he who giveth to all life,
In like manner also the chalice, after
and breath, and all things:
he had supped, saying: This chalice is
And hath made of one, all mankind, the new testament in my blood: this do
to dwell upon the whole face of the ye, as often as you shall drink, for the
earth, determining appointed tiroes, commemoration of me.
and the limits of their habitation.—
For as often as you shall eat this
Acts xvii. 25, 26.
bread, and drink the chalice, you shall
MASS, THE SACRIFICE OF THE show the death of the Lord, until he
come.—1 Cor. xi. 23-26.
ist. Prefigured
4th. Attested and Alluded to
But Melchisedech the king of Salem,
The chalice of benediction, which we
bringing forth bread and wine, for he
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blood of Christ? And the bread, which I shall put away his wife, excepting for
we break, is it not the partaking of the cause of fornication, nuke th her to
the body of the Lord?
commit adultery: and he that shall
For we, being many, are one bread, marry her that is put away, committeth
one body, all that partake of one bread, adultery.—Matt. v. 31, 32.
Behold Israel according to the flesh :
And the Pharisees corning to him
are not they, that eat of the sacrifices, asked him: Is it lawful for a man to
partakers of the altar?
put away his wife? tempting him.
What then? Do I say, that what is
But he answering, saith to them:
offered in sacrifice to idols, is any What did Moses command you?
thing? Or, that the idol is any thing?
Who said: Moses permitted to write
But the things which the heathens a bill of divorce, and to put her away,
sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and
To whom Jesus answering, said: Benot to God. And I would not that you cause of the hardness of your heart ho
should be made partakers with devils, wrote you that precept.
You cannot drink the chalice of the
But from the beginning of the creaLord, and the chalice of devils: you tion, God made them male and female,
cannot be partakers of the table of the
For this cause a man shall leave his
Lord, and of the table of devils.—1 Cor. father and mother ; and shall cleave to
x. 16-21.
his wife.
We have an altar, whereof they have
And they two shall be in one flesh,
no power to eat who serve the taber- Therefore now they arc not two, but
nade.—Heb. xiii. 10.
one flesh.
And they were persevering in the
What therefore God hath joined todoctrine of the apostles, and in the com- gather, let not man put asunder,
munication of the breaking of bread,
And in the house again his disciples
and in prayers.—Acts ii. 42.
asked him concerning the same thing.
And as they were ministering to the
And he saith to them: Whosoever
Lord, and fasting, the Holy Ghost said shall put away his wife and marry au­
to them : Separate me Saul and Barna- other, committeth adultery against her.
bas, for the work whereunto I have
And if the wife shall put away her
taken them.—Acts xiii. 2.
husband, and be married to another,
And on the first day of the week, she committeth adultery.—Mark x.
when we were assembled to break bread, 2-12.
Paul discoursed with them, being to
Every one that putteth away his
depart on the morrow : and he con- wife, and marrieth another, committinued his speech until midnight.— teth adultery : and he that marrieth her
Acts xx. 7.
that is put away from her husband,
committeth adultery.—Luke xvi. 18.
MATRIMONY
And Adam said: This now is bone
x
-,
t
I of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she
1st A Sacrament in the New Law
sball,be ca]]ed woman_ bccause she was
For this cause shall a man leave his taken out of man.
father, and mother, and shall cleave to
Wherefore a man shall leave father
his wife, and they shall be two in one and mother, and shall cleave to his
flesh.
wife: and they shall be two in one flesh.
This is a great sacrament; but I —Gen. ii. 23, 24.
speak in Christ and in the church.—
For the woman that hath an husband,
Eph. v. 31, 32.
whilst her husband liveth is bound to
, T ,. , .
•
the law. But if her husband be dead,
sd. Indissolubility of Matrimony m she ¡s Ioo3ed from thc ,„w „{ ber bus.
the New Law
band.
£
And it hath been said, Whosoever
Therefore, whilst her husband liveth,
shall put away his wife, let him give she shall be called an adulteress, if she
her a bill of divorce.
be with another man: but if her husBut I say to you, that whosoever band be dead, she is delivered from the

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law of ber husband; so that she is noti
an adulteress, if she be with another
man.—Rom. vii. 2, 3.
But to them that are married, not I
but the Lord commandeth, that the
wife depart not from her husband.
And if she depart, that she remain
unmarried, or be reconciled to her hus­
band. And let not the husband put
away his wife.—1 Cor. vii. 10, 11.
A woman is bound by the law as
long as her husband liveth ; but if her
husband die, she is at liberty: let her
marry to whom she will; only in the
Lord.—1 Cor. vii. 39.
For this cause shall a man leave his
father and mother, and shall cleave to
his wife, and they shall be two in one
flesh.—Eph. v. 31.

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MIRACLES ADDUCED BY CHRIST
AS PROOFS OF HIS MISSION

And Jesus seeing their thoughts,
said: Why do you think evil in your
hearts?
Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins
are forgiven thee: or to say, Arise, and
walk?
But that you may know that the Son
of man hath power on earth to forgive
sins, (then said he to the man sick of
the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and
go into thy house.
And he arose, and went into his
house.—Malt. ix. 4-7.
But the Pharisees hearing it, said:
This man casteth not out devils, but by
Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
And Jesus knowing their thoughts,
MERITORIOUS, GOOD WORKS said to them: Every kingdom divided
against itself shall be made desolate:
ARE
and every city or house divided against
See: Works—page 738.
itself shall not stand.
And if Satan cast out Satan, he is
MERITS CAN BE LOST
divided against himself : how then shall
See: Part I—page 326.
his kingdom stand?
And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils,
MIRACLES, THE POSSIBILITY OF by whom do your children cast them
See also: Omnipotence of God— out? Therefore they shall be your
judges.
Part I—page 353.
But if I by the Spirit of God cast
And the Lord said to Abraham : Why out devils, then is the kingdom of God
did Sara laugh, saying: Shall I who am come upon you.—Matt. xii. 24-28.
an old woman bear a child indeed?
And these signs shall follow them
Is there any thing hard to God? ac­ that believe: In my name they shall
cording to appointment I will return to cast out devils: they shall speak with
thee at this same time, life accompany­ new tongues.
ing, and Sara shall have a son.—Gen.
They shall take up serpents; and if
xviii. 13, 14.
they shall drink any deadly thing, it
And Moses said: There are six hun­ shall not hurt them : they shall lay their
dred thousand footmen of this people, hands upon the sick, and they shall re­
and sayest thou : I will give them flesh cover. . . .
But they going forth preached every­
to eat a whole month?
Shall then a multitude of sheep and where : the Lord working withal, and
oxen be killed, that it may suffice for confirming the word with signs that
their food? or shall the fishes of the sea followed.—Mark xvi. 17, 18, 20.
And John called to him two of his
be gathered together to fill them?
And the Lord answered him: Is the disciples, and sent them to Jesus, say­
hand of the Lord unable? Thou shalt ing: Art thou he that art to come; or
presently see w’hcther my word shall look we for another? . . .
(And in that same hour, he cured
come to pass or no.—Num. xi. 21-23.
Behold the hand of the Lord is not many of their diseases, and hurts, and
shortened that it cannot save, neither evil spirits: and to many that were
is his ear heavy that it cannot hear.— blind he gave sight.)
I And answering, he said to them: Go
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and relate to John what you have heard cried with a loud voice: Lszarus, come
and seen : the blind see, the lame walk, forth.
the lepers are made clean, the deaf
And presently he that had been dead
hear, the dead rise again, to the poor came forth, bound feet and hands with
the gospel is preached.—Luke vii. 19, winding bands; and his face was bound
about with a napkin. Jesus said to
21, 22.
The Jews, therefore, answered, and them : Loose him, and let him go.
Many therefore of the Jews, who
said to him: What sign dost thou show
unto us, seeing thou dost these things? were come to Mary and Martha, and
Jesus answered, and said to them: had seen the things that Jesus did, be­
Destroy this temple, and in three days lieved in him.—John xi. 39-45.
Believe you not that I am in the
I will raise it up.
The Jews then said: Six and forty Father, and the Father in me?
Otherwise believe for the very works’
years was this temple in building; and
sake.—John xiv. 11, 12.
wilt thou raise it up in three days?
But he spoke of the temple of his
MORTAL SIN
body.—John ii. 18-21.
But I have a greater testimony than
See: Sin—page 735.
that of John: for the works which the
Father hath given me to perfect; the
ORDERS, HOLY
works themselves, which I do, give tes­
I. It is a Sacrament, because
timony of me, that the Father hath sent
ist. It Confers Grace
me.—John v. 36.
But of the people many believed in
Neglect not the grace that is in thee,
him, and said: When the Christ com­ which was given thee by prophecy, with
eth, shall he do more miracles, than imposition of the hands of the priest­
these which this man doth?—John hood.—1 Tim. iv. 14.
vii. 31.
For which cause I admonish thee,
Jesus answered them : I speak to you, that thou stir up the giace of God
and you believe not: the works that I which is in thee, by the imposition of
do in the name of my Father, they give my hands.—2 Tim. i. 6.
testimony of me. . . .
ad. Instituted by Christ
If I do not the works of my Father,
believe me not.
And taking bread, he gave thanks,
But if I do, though you will not be­ and brake; and gave to them, saying:
lieve me, believe the works: that you This is my body, which is given for
may know and believe that the Father you. Do this for a commemoration of
is in me, and I in the Father.—John x. me.—Luke xxii. 19.
25, 37, 38.
He said therefore to them again:
Jesus saith: Take away the stone. Peace be to you. As the Father hath
Martha, the sister of him that was sent me, I also send you.
dead, saith to him : Lord, by this time
When he had said this, he breathed
he stinketh, for he is now of four on them; and he said to them: Receive
days.
ye the Iloly Ghost.
Jesus saith to her: Did not I say to
Whose sins you shall forgive, they
thee, that if thou believe, thou shalt see arc forgiven them ; and whose sins you
the glory of God?
shall retain, they are retained.—John
They took therefore the stone away. XX. 21-23.
And Jesus lifting up his eyes said:
II. Conferred by the Apostles
Father, I give thee thanks that thou
hast heard me.
And when they (Paul and Barnabas)
And I knew that thou hearest me al­ had ordained to them priests in every
ways; but because of the people who church, and had prayed with fasting,
stand about have I said it, that they they commended them to the Lord, in
may believe that thou hast sent me.
whom they believed.—4c/s xiv. 22.
When he had said these things, he
Impose not hands lightly upon any

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man, neither be partaker of other men’s
sins.—1 Tim. v. 22.
For which cause I admonish thee,
that thou stir up the grace of God
which is in thee, by the imposition of
my hands.—2 Tim. i. 6.
For this cause I left thee in Crete,
that thou shouldest set in order the
things that are wanting, and shouldest
ordain priests in every city, as I also
appointed thee.—Titus i. 5.
III. The Manner of Conferring
And they chose Stephen, a man full
of faith, and of the Iloly Ghost, and
Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor,
and Timon, and Parmcnas, and Nicolas,
a proselyte of Antioch.
These they set before the apostles;
and they praying, imposed hands upon
them.—A cfs vi. 5, G.
And as they were ministering to the
Lord, and fasting, the Holy Ghost said
to them : Separate me Saul and Barna­
bas, for the work whereunto I have
taken them.
Then they, fasting, and praying, and
imposing their hands upon them, sent
them away.—Acts xiii. 2, 3.
Neglect not the grace that is in thee,
which was given thee by prophecy, with
imposition of the hands of the priest­
hood.—1 Tim. iv. 14.

ORIGINAL SIN
See: Sin—page 734.
PENANCE, THE SACRAMENT OF
ist. Its Institution
And I say to thee: That thou art
Peter; and upon this rock I will build
my church, and the gates of hell shall
not prevail against it.
And I will give to thee the keys of
the kingdom of heaven. And whatso­
ever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall
be bound also in heaven : and whatso­
ever thou shalt loose on earth, it shall
be loosed also in heaven.—Matt. xvi.
18, 19.
Amen I say to you, whatsoever you
shall bind upon earth, shall be bound
also in heaven ; and whatsoever you
shall loose upon earth, shall be loosed
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He said therefore to them again:
Peace be to you. As the Father hath
sent me, I also send you.
When he had said this, he breathed
on them; and he said to them: Receive
ye the Holy Ghost.
Whose sins you shall forgive, they are
forgiven them ; and whose sins you shall
retain, they are retained.—John xx.
21-23.
ad. Its Existence
But all things are of God, who hath
reconciled us to himself by Christ; and
hath given to us the ministry of recon­
ciliation.
For God indeed was in Christ, recon­
ciling the world to himself, not imput­
ing to them their sins; and he hath
placed in us the word of reconciliation.
—2 Cor. v. 18, 19.
PENANCE OR REPENTANCE

i st. Its True Nature
And when thou shalt seek there the
Lord thy God, thou shalt find him: yet
so, if thou seek him with all thy heart,
and all the affliction of thy soul.—Deut.
iv. 29.
I will recount to thee all my years
in the bitterness of my soul.—Is.
xxxviii. 15.
And thou shalt say to them : Thus
saith the Lord : Shall not he that falleth, rise again? and he that is turned
away, shall he not turn again? . . .
I attended, and hearkened; no man
speaketh what is good, there is none
that doth penance for his sin, say­
ing: What have I done?—Jer. viii.
4, 6.
But the soul that is sorrowful for the
greatness of evil she hath done, and goeth bowed down, and feeble, and the
eyes that fail, and the hungry soul giv­
eth glory and justice to thee the Lord.
—Bar. ii. 18.
Cast away from you all your trans­
gressions, by which you have trans­
gressed. and make to yourselves a new
heart, and a new spirit: and why will
you die, O house of Israel?—Ezech.
xviii. 31.
Now therefore saith the Lord: Be
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fasting, and in weeping, and in mournPOPE, OR CHIEF PASTOR
mg.
And rend your hearts, and not your ist. This Superiority Conferred Upon
Peter
garments, and turn to the Lord your
God: for he is gracious and merciful,
And I say to thee: That thou art
patient and rich in mercy, and ready to Peter ; and upon this rock I will build
repent of the evil.—Joel ii. 12, 13.
my church, and the gates of hell shall
not prevail against it.
And I will give to thee the keys of
2d. Its Necessity
the kingdom of heaven. And whatso­
They that fear the Lord, keep his ever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall
commandments, and will have patience be bound also in heaven: and whatso­
even until his visitation,
ever thou shalt. loose on earth, it shall
Saying: If we do not penance, we be loosed also in heaven.—Malt. ivi.
shall fall into the hands of the Lord, 18, 19.
and not into the hands of men.—Ecclus.
And the Lord said: Simon, Simon,
ii. 21, 22.
behold Satan hath desired to have you,
Be converted, and do penance for all that he may sift you as wheat:
your iniquities: and iniquity shall not
But I have prayed for thee, that thy
be your ruin.
faith fail not: and thou, being once
Cast away from you all your trans­ converted, confirm thy brethren.—Luke
gressions, by which you have trans­ xxii. 31, 32.
gressed, and make to yourselves a new
When therefore they had dined, Jesus
heart, and a new spirit: and why will saith to Simon Peter: Simon, son of
you die, 0 house of Israel?
John, lovest thou me more than these!
For I desire not the death of him He saith to him: Yea, Lord, thou know­
that dieth, saith the Lord God, return est that I love thee. He saith to him:
ye and live.—Ezech. xviii. 30-32.
Feed my lambs.
And in those days cometh John the
He saith to him again: Simon, son
Baptist preaching in the desert of of John, lovest thou me? He saith to
Judea.
him : Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I
And saying: Do penance: for the love thee. He saith to him: Feed my
kingdom of heaven is at hand.
lambs.
. . . Bring forth therefore fruit
He saith to him the third time:
worthy of penance. . . .
Simon, son of John, lovest thou me?
For now the axe is laid to the root Peter was grieved, because he had said
of the trees. Every tree therefore that to him the third time: Lovest thou me?
doth not yield good fruit, shall be cut And he said to him : Lord, thou knowest
down, and cast into the fire.—Mail. iii. all things: thou knowest that I love
1, 2, 8, 10.
thee. He said to him: Feed my sheep.
No, I say to you : but unless you —John xxi. 15-17.
shall do penance, you shall all likewise
perish.—Luke xiii. 3.
2d. Some Pre-eminence Implied in
But Peter said to them : Do penance,
Peter
and be baptized every one of you in
And the names of the twelve apostles
the name of Jesus Christ, for the remis­
sion of your sins: and you shall re­ are these : The first, Simon who is called
ceive the gift of the Holy Ghost.—Acts Peter, and Andrew his brother,
James the son of Zebedee, and John
ii. 38.
Be penitent, therefore, and be con­ his brother, Philip and Bartholomew,
Thomas and Matthew the publican,
verted, that your sins may be blotted
and James the son of Alpheus, and
out.—Acts iii. 19.
Thaddeus, Simon the Cananean, and
Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
3d. Its Efficacy
—Matt. x. 2-4.
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with him, and that he might send them I things, they had compunction in their
to preach.
heart, and said to Peter, and to the rest
And he gave them power to heal sick- of the apostles: What shall we do, men
nesses, and to cast out devils.
and brethren?
And to Simon he gave the name
But Peter said to them: Do penance,
Peter:
and be baptized every one of you in
And .Tames the son of Zebedee, and the name of Jesus Christ, for the remisJohn the brother of James; and he sion of your sins : and you shall receive
named them Boanerges, which is, The the gift of the Holy Ghost.—Acts ii.
sons of thunder:
37, 38.
And Andrew and Philip, and
But Peter with John fastening his
Bartholomew and Matthew, and Thomas eyes upon him, said: Look upon
and James of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, us. . , .
and Simon the Cananean:
But Peter said: Silver and gold I
And Judas Iscariot, who also be- have none; but what I have, I give
trayed him.—Mark iii. 14-19.
thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of
And when day was come, he called Nazareth, arise, and walk.
unto him his disciples; and he chose
And taking him by the right hand, he
twelve of them (whom also he named lifted him up, and forthwith his feet
apostles):
and soles received strength.—Acts iii.
Simon, whom he surnamed Peter, and 4, 6, 7.
Andrew his brother, James and John,
And as he held Peter and John, all
Philip and Bartholomew,
the people ran to them to the porch
Matthew and Thomas, James the son which is called Solomon’s, greatly woe'
of Alpheus, and Simon who is called dering.
Zelotes,
But Peter seeing, made answer to the
And Jude, the brother of James, and people: Ye men of Israel, why wonder
Judas Iscariot, who was the traitor.— you at this? or why look you upon us,
Luke vi. 13-16.
as if by our strength or power we
Neither went I to Jerusalem, to the had made this man to walk?—Acts iii.
apostles who were before me : but I went 11, 12.
into Arabia, and again I returned to
And setting them in the midst, they
Damascus.
asked : By what power, or by what
Then, after three years, I went to name, have you done this?
Jerusalem, to see Peter, and I tarried
Then Peter, filled with the Holy
with him fifteen days.
Ghost, said to them: Ye princes of the
But other of the apostles I saw none, people, and ancients, hear.—Acts iv.
saving James the brother of the Lord. 7, 8.
—Gal. i. 17-19.
But Peter said: Ananias, why hath
In those days Peter rising up in the Satan tempted thy heart, that thou
midst of the brethren, said: (now the shouldst lie to the Holy Ghost, and by
number of persons together was about fraud keep part of the price of the
an hundred and twenty:)
land?—Acte v. 3.
Men, brethren, the scripture must
Insomuch that they brought forth the
needs be fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost sick into the streets, and laid them on
spoke before by the mouth of David con- beds and couches, that when Peter
corning Judas, who was the leader of came, his shadow at the least, might
them that apprehended Jesus.—Acts i. overshadow any of them, and they might
15, 16.
be delivered from their infirmities.—
But Peter standing up with the Acte v. 15.
eleven, lifted up his voice, and spoke
But Peter and the apostles answering,
to them : Ye men of Judea, and all you said : We ought to obey God, rather than
that dwell in Jerusalem, be this known men.—Acts v. 29.
to you, and with your ears receive my
Now the church had peace throughout
words.—Acts ii. 14.
all Judea, and Galilee, and Samaria,
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the Lord, and was filled with the con-1 1 am the Lord that speak justice, that
solation of the Holy Ghost.
declare right things.—Is. xlv. 19.
And it came to pass that Peter, as
All that the Father giveth to me shall
he passed through, visiting all, came to come to me; and him that comcth to
the saints who dwelt at Lydda.—/leía me, I will not cast out.—John vi. 37.
ix. 31, 32.
And he said to me: It is done. I am
Peter therefore was kept in prison. Alpha and Omega; the beginning and
But prayer was made without ceasing the end. To him that thirsteth, I will
by the church unto God for him.—Acts give of the fountain of the water of life,
xii. 5.
freely.—Apoc. xxi. G.
And the apostles and ancients assemAnd the spirit and the bride say:
bled to consider of this matter.
Come. And he that heareth, let him
And when there had been much dis- say: Come. And he that thirsteth, let
puting, Peter, rising up, said to them: him come: and he that will, let him
Álen, brethren, you know, that in take the water of life, freely.—Apoc.
former days God made choice among us, xxii. 17.
that by my mouth the Gentiles should
, -, , .... .
... . ,
.
hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
God W,shes AU t0 be Saved
—Acts XV. G, 7.
I For thou lovest all things that are,
and hatest none of the things which
PREDESTINATION, AGAINST
thou hast made: for thou didst not ap­
point, or make any thing hating it —
CALVINISTIC
xi. 25.
ist. God Will not Condemn the Inno­ Wts.
For God hath not appointed us unto
cent and the Just
wrath, but unto the purchasing of salFor in very deed God will not con-1 vation by our Lord Jesus Christ.—
demn without cause, neither will the j 1 Thess. v. 9.
A faithful saying, and worthy of all
Almighty
pervert judgment.—Job
acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into
xxxiv. 12.
For so much then as thou art just, this world to save sinners, of whom I
thou orderest all things justly: think­ am the chief.—1 Tim. i. 15.
Who will have all men to be saved,
ing it not agreeable to thy power, to
condemn him who deserveth not to be and to come to the knowledge of the
truth.—1 Tim. ii. 4.
punished.— Wis. xii. 15.
Who gave himself a redemption for
For the earth that drinketh in the
rain which cometh often upon it, and all, a testimony in due times.—1 Tim.
bringeth forth herbs meet for them by ii. 6.
For therefore we labor and are re­
whom it is tilled, receiveth blessing
viled, because we hope in the living God,
from God.
Rut that which bringeth forth thorns who is the Saviour of all men, especially
and briars, is reprobate, and very near of the faithful.—1 Tim. iv. 10.
The Lord delayeth not his promise,
unto a curse, whose end is to be burnt.
But. my clearly beloved, we trust bet­ as some imagine, but dealeth patiently
ter things of you, and nearer to salva­ for your sake, not willing that any
should perish, but that all should return
tion; though we speak thus.
For God is not unjust, that he should to penance.—2 Peter iii. 9.
forget your work, and the love which 4th. God Rewards or Punishes Accord­
you have shown in his name, you who
ing to Our Works
have ministered, and do minister to the
saints.—Heb. vi. 7-10.
For he will render to a man his work,
ad. God Will not Reject Those Who and according to the ways of every one
he will reward them.—Job xxxiv. 11.
Seek Him
God hath spoken once, these two
I have not spoken in secret, in a things have I heard, that power belongdark place of the earth : I have not said eth to God,
to the seed of Jacob: Seek me in vain.
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wilt render to every man according to For in due time we shall reap, not fail­
ing.—Gal. vi. 7-9.
his works.—Ps. Ixi. 12, 13.
With a good will serving, as to the
By the fruit of his own mouth shall
a man be filled with good things, and Lord, and not to men.
Knowing that whatsoever good thing
according to the works of his hands it
any man shall do, the same shall he re­
shall be repaid him.—Prov. xii. 14.
If thou say: I have not strength ceive from the Lord, whether he be
enough: he that seeth into the heart, bond, or free.—Eph. vi. 7, 8.
For he that doth wrong, shall receive
he understandeth, and nothing deceiveth the keeper of thy soul, and he shall for that which he hath done wrongfully:
render to a man according to his works. and there is no respect of persons with
God.—Col. iii. 25.
—Prov. xxiv. 12.
Alexander the coppersmith hath done
For it is easy before God in the day
of death to reward every one according me much evil : the Lord will reward him
according to his works.—2 Tim. iv. 14.
to his ways.—Ecclus. xi. 28.
And all the churches shall know that
According as his mercy is, so his cor­
rection judgeth a man according to his I am he that searcheth the reins and
works.—Ecclus. xvi. 13.
hearts, and I will give to everyone of you
All mercy shall make a place for every according to your works.—Apoc. ii. 23.
man according to the merit of his works,
And the sea gave up the dead that
and according to the wisdom of his were in it, and death and hell gave up
sojournment.—Ecclus. xvi. 15.
their dead that were in them; and they
And he will repay vengeance to the war? judged every one according to their
Gentiles, till he have taken away the works.—Apoc. xx. 13.
multitude of the proud, and broken the
Behold, I come quickly; and my re­
sceptres of the unjust,
ward is with me, to render to every man
Till he have rendered to men accord­ according to his works.—Apoc. xxii. 12.
ing to their deeds: and according to the
PROPHECIES FULFILLED IN
works of Adam, and according to his
CHRIST, THE
presumption.—Ecclus. xxxv. 23, 24.
For the Son of man shall come in the
See: Christ—page 66G.
glory of his Father with his angels:
PUNISHMENT,
TEMPORAL,
and then will he render to every man
OFTEN REMAINS AFTER
according to his works.—Matt. xvi. 27.
THE GUILT OF SIN
For we know that the judgment of
HAS BEEN FOR­
God is, according to truth, against them
GIVEN
that do such things. . . .
Who will render to every man accord­
Shown by Examples of
ing to his works.—Rom. ii. 2, 6.
ist. Adam
And every man shall receive his own
And to Adam he (God) said : Because
reward, according to his own labor.
thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy
1 Cor. iii. 8.
For we must all be manifested before wife, and hast eaten of the tree, whereof
the judgment seat of Christ, that every I commanded thee that thou shouldst
one may receive the proper things of not eat, cursed is the earth in thy work;
the body, according as he hath done, with labor and toil shalt thou eat
whether it be good or evil.—2 Cor. thereof all the days of thy life.
Thorns and thistles shall it bring
v.10Be not deceived, God is not mocked. forth to thee: and thou shalt eat the
For what things a man shall sow, herbs of the earth.
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou
those also shall he reap. For he that
soweth in his flesh, of the flesh also eat bread till thou return to the earth,
shall reap corruption. But he that out of which thou wast taken : for dust
soweth in the spirit, of the spirit shall thou art, and into dust thou shalt re­
turn.—Gen. iii. 17-19.
reap life everlasting.
She (wisdom) preserved him, that
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was first formed by God the father of
Nevertheless, because thou hast given
the
— world,
---- , when
----- he
— was
..—created
------- .. alone. occasion to the enemies of the Lord to
And she brought him out of his sin, blaspheme, for this thing, the child that
and gave him power to govern all is born to thee, shall surely die.—
things.
’w. x. 1, 2.
things—
— TV
Wis.
2 Kings xii. 13, 14.
2d. Moses
PURGATORY
And the Lord said to Moses and
And making a gathering, he (Judas)
Aaron : Because you have not believed
me, to sanctify me before the children sent twelve thousand drachms of silver
of Israel, you shall not bring these peo­ to Jerusalem for sacrifice to be offered
ple into the land, which I will give for the sins of the dead, thinking well
and religiously concerning the resurrec­
them.—Num. xx. 12.
The Lord also said to Moses: Go up tion, . . .
And because he considered that they
into this mountain Abarim, and view
from thence the land which I will give who had fallen asleep with godliness,
had great grace laid up for them.
to the children of Israel.
It is therefore a holy and whole­
But when thou shalt have seen it,
thou also shalt go to thy people, as thy some thought to pray for the dead, that
they may be loosed from sins.—2 Mach.
brother Aaron is gone:
Because you offended me in the xii. 43, 45, 46.
desert of Sin, in the contradiction of
Probably Alluded to or Implied
the multitude, neither would you sanc­
A gift hath grace in the sight of all
tify me before them at the waters.
These are the waters of contradiction the living and restrain not grace from
in Cades of the desert of Sin.—Num. the dead.—Ecclus. vii. 37.
And whosoever shall speak a word
xxvii. 12-14.
against the Son of man, it shall be for­
3d. Mary, the Sister of Moses
given him : but he that shall speak
And Mary and Aaron spoke against against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be
Moses, because of his wife the Ethio­ forgiven him, neither in this world,
pian,
nor in the world to come.—Matt. xii. 32.
And they said : Hath the Lord spoken
Every man’s work shall be manifest;
by Moses only ? hath he not also spoken for the day of the Lord shall declare
to us in like manner? And when the it, because it shall be revealed in fire;
Lord heard this, . . .
and the fire shall try every man’s work,
The cloud also that was over the tab­ of what sort it is.
ernacle departed: and behold Mary ap­
If any man’s work abide, which he
peared white as snow with a leprosy. . . . hath built thereupon, he shall receive
And Moses cried to the Lord, saying : a reward.
O God, I beseech thee heal her.
he shall
If
any
man
’
s
work
bum,
And the Lord answered him : If her suffer loss; but he himself shall be
father had spitten upon her face, ought saved, yet so as by fire.—1 Cor. iii.
she not to have been ashamed for seven 13-15.
days at least? Let her be separated
Compare
seven days without the camp, and after­
wards she shall be called again.
But I say unto you, that every idle
Mary therefore was put out of the word that men shall speak, they shall
camp seven days : and the people moved render an account for it in the day oí
not from that place until Mary was judgment.—Matt. xii. 36.
called again.—Num. xii. 1, 2, 10, 13-15.
And
4th. David
There shall not enter into it (the new
And David said to Nathan: I have Jerusalem) any thing defiled, or that
sinned against the Lord. And Nathan worketh abomination or maketh a lie,
said to David : The Lord also hath taken but they that are written in the book
away thy sin : thou shalt not die.
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REDEEMER, THE PROPHECIES that he died, and was buried; and his
sepulchre is with us to this present day.
OF THE COMING OF A
Whereas therefore he was a prophet,
See: Christ, the Redeemer—page 657. and knew that God had sworn to him
with an oath, that of the fruit of his
RELICS, VENERATION FOR
loins one should sit upon his throne.
Foreseeing this, he spoke of the resur­
And Eliseus died, and they buried
him. And the rovers from Moab came rection of Christ. For neither was he
left in hell, neither did his flesh see
into the land the same year.
And some that were burying a man, corruption.—Acts ii. 24-31.
saw the rovers, and cast the body into
2d. Foretold by Christ Himself
the sepulchre of Eliseus. And when it
Who answering said to them: An
had touched the bones of Eliseus, the
man came to life, and stood upon his evil and adulterous generation seeketh
feet.—4 Kings xiii. 20, 21.
a sign : and a sign shall not be given it,
No word could overcome him (Eli­ but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
seus), and after death his body prophe­
For as Jonas was in the whale’s belly
three days and three nights: so shall
sied.
In his life he did great wonders, and the Son of man be in the heart of the
in death he wrought miracles.—Ecclus. earth three days and three nights.—
xlviii. 14, 15.
Matt. xii. 39, 40.
In that day the root of «Tesse, who
A wicked and adulterous generation
standeth for an ensign of the people, seeketh after a sign: and a sign shall
him the Gentiles shall beseech, and not be given it, but the sign of Jonas
his sepulchre shall be glorious.—Is. the prophet.—Matt. xvi. 4.
xi. 10.
From that time Jesus began to show
And God wrought by the hand of to his disciples, that he must go to
Paul more than common miracles.
Jerusalem, and suffer many things
So that even there were brought from the ancients and scribes and chief
from his body to the sick, handkerchiefs priests, and be put to death, and the
and aprons, and the diseases departed third day rise again.—Matt. xvi. 21.
from them, and the wicked spirits went
And when they abode together in
out of them.—Acts xix. 11, 12.
Galilee, Jesus said to them : The Son
of man shall be betrayed into the
RESURRECTION OF CHRIST, THE hands of men:
And they shall kill him, and the
ist. Foretold by David
third day he shall rise again.—Matt.
Whom God hath raised up, having xvii. 21, 22.
Behold we go up to Jerusalem, and
loosed the sorrows of hell, as1 it was im­
possible that he should be holden by it. the Son of man shall be betrayed to
For David saith concerning him: T the chief priests and the scribes, and
foresaw the Lord before my face; be­ they shall condemn him to death.
And shall deliver him to the Gentiles
cause he is at my right hand, that I
to be mocked, and scourged, and cru­
may not be moved.
For this my heart hath been glad, cified, and the third day he shall rise
and my tongue hath rejoiced : moreover again.—Matt. xx. 18, 19.
Then Jesus saith to them: All you
my flesh also shall rest in hope.
Because thou wilt not leave my soul shall be scandalized in me this night.
in hell, nor suffer thy Iloly One to see For it is written : I will strike the
shepherd, and the sheep of the flock
corruption.
Thou hast made known to me the shall be dispersed.
But after I shall be risen again, I
ways of life: thou shalt make me full
will go before you into Galilee.—Matt.
of joy with thy countenance.
Yo men, brethren, let me freely xxvi. 31, 32.
And the next day, which followed
speak to you of the patriarch David;
the day of preparation, the chief priests
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and the Pharisees came together to
Pilate,
Saying: Sir, we have remembered
that that seducer said, while he was
yet alive: After three days I will rise
again.
Command therefore the sepulchre to
be guarded until the third day: lest
perhaps his disciples come and steal
him away, and say to the people: He is
risen from the dead; and the last error
shall be worse than the first.—Matt.
xxvii. 62-64.
And as they came down from the
mountain, he (Jesus) charged them not
to tell any man what things they had
seen, till the Son of man shall be risen
again from the dead.
And they kept the word to themselves; questioning together what that
should mean, when he shall be risen
from the dead.—Mark ix. 8, 9.
The Jews, therefore, answered, and
said to him: What sign dost thou show
unto us, seeing thou dost these things?
Jesus answered, and said to them:
Destroy this temple, and in three days
I will raise it up.
The Jews then said: Six and forty
years was this temple in building; and
wilt thou raise it up in three days?
But he spoke of the temple of his
body.
When therefore he was risen again
from the dead, his disciples remembered, that he had said this, and they
believed the scripture, and the word
that Jesus had said.—John ii. 18-22.
3d. Narrated and Declared
And in the end of the sabbath, when
it began to dawn towards the first day
of the week, came Mary Magdalen and
the other Mary, to see the sepulchre.
And behold there was a great earthquake. For an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and coming,
rolled back the stone, and sat upon it.
And his countenance was as lightning, and his raiment as snow.
And for fear of him, the guards were
struck with terror, and became as dead
men.
And the angel answering, said to the
women: Fear not you; for I know that
you seek Jesus who was crucified.

He is not here, he is risen, as he said.
Come, and see the place where the Lord
was laid.
And going quickly, tell ye his discipies that he is risen: and behold he will
go before you into Galilee ; there you
shall see him. Lo, I have foretold it
to you.
And they went out quickly from the
sepulchre with fear and great joy, running to tell his disciples.
And behold Jesus met them, saying:
All hail. But they came up and took
hold of his feet, and adored him.—Matt.
xxviii. 1-9.
And when the sabbath was past,
Mary Magdalen, and Mary the mother
of James, and Salome, bought sweet
spices, that coming, they might anoint
Jesus.
And very early in the morning, the
first day of the week, they come to the
sepulchre, the sun being now risen.
And they said one to another: Who
shall roll us back the stone from the
door of the sepulchre?
And looking, they saw the stone rolled
back. For it was very great.
And entering into the sepulchre, they
saw a young man sitting on the right
side, clothed with a white robe: and
they were astonished.
Who saith to them : Be not affrighted;
you seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was
crucified : he is risen, he is not here,
behold the place where they laid him.
But go, tell his disciples and Peter
that he goeth before you into Galilee;
there you shall see him, as he told you.
But they going out, fled from the
sepulchre. For a trembling and fear
had seized them : and they said nothing
to any man ; for they were afraid,
But he rising early the first day oí
the week, appeared first to Mary Magdalen, out of whom he had cast seven
devils.—Mark xvi. 1-9.
And on the first day of the week,
very early in the morning, they came
to the sepulchre, bringing the spices
which they had prepared.
And they found the stone rolled back
from the sepulchre.
And going in, they found not the body
of the Lord Jesus.
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tonished in their mind at this, behold, I ting, one at the head, and one at the
two men stood by them in shining ap- feet, where the body of Jesus had been
laid.
pa rei.
They say to her: Woman, why weep­
And as they were afraid, and bowed
down their countenance towards the est thou? She saith to them: Because
ground, they said unto them : Why seek they have taken away my Lord; and I
know not where they have laid him.
you the living with the dead?
When she had thus said, she turned
He is not here, but is risen. Remem­
ber how he spoke unto you, when he was herself back, and saw Jesus standing;
and she knew not that it was Jesus.
yet in Galilee,
Jesus saith to her: Woman, why
Saying: The Son of man must be de­
livered into the hands of sinful men, weepest thou? whom seekest thou?
and be crucified, and the third day rise She, thinking that it was the gardener,
saith to him: Sir, if thou hast taken
again.
And they remembered his words.— him hence, tell me where thou hast laid
him, and I will take him away.
—Luke xxiv. 1-8.
Jesus saith to her: Mary. She turn­
And on the first day of the week,
Mary Magdalen cometh early, w’hen it ing, saith to him: Rabboni (which is to
was yet dark, unto the sepulchre; and say, Master).
Jesus saith to her: Do not touch me,
she saw the stone taken away from the
for I am not yet ascended to my Father.
sepulchre.
She ran, therefore, and cometh to But go to my brethren, and say to
Simon Peter, and to the other disciple them: I ascend to my Father and to
whom Jesus loved, and saith to them: your Father, to my God and your God.
They have taken away the Lord out of
Ye men of Israel, hear these words:
the sepulchre, and we know not where
Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of
they have laid him.
Peter therefore went out, and that God among you, by miracles, and won­
other disciple, and they came to the ders, and signs, which God did by him,
sepulchre.
in the midst of you, as you also know:
This same being delivered up, by the
And they both ran together, and
that other disciple did outrun Peter, determinate counsel and foreknowledge
and came first to the sepulchre.
of God, you by the hands of w’icked men
And when he stooped down, he saw have crucified and slain.
Whom God hath raised up, having
the linen cloths lying: but yet he went
loosed the sorrows of hell, as it was im­
not in.
Then cometh Simon Peter, following possible that he should be holden by
him, and went into the sepulchre, and it. . . .
Foreseeing this, he (David) spoke of
saw the linen cloths lying,
And the napkin that had been about the resurrection of Christ. For neither
his head, not lying with the linen was he left in hell, neither did his flesh
cloths, but apart, wrapped up into one see corruption.
This Jesus hath God raised again,
place.
Then that other disciple also went in, whereof all we are witnesses.—Acfs ii.
who came first to the sepulchre: and he 22-24, 31, 32.
For I delivered unto you first of all.
saw, and believed.
For as yet they knew not the scrip­ which I also received: how that Christ
turo, that he must rise again from the died for our sins, according to the scrip­
tures :
dead.
And that he was buried, and that he
The disciples therefore departed again
rose again the third day, according to
to their home.
But Mary stood at the sepulchre the scriptures:
And that he was seen by Cephas; and
without, weeping. Now as she was
weeping, she stooped down, and looked after that by the eleven.
Then was he seen by more than five
into the sepulchre,
And she saw two angels in white, sit- hundred brethren at once: of whom

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many remain until thia present, and I will raise us up, who die for his laws,
some are fallen asleep.
in the resurrection of eternal life.—
After that, he was seen by James, 2 Mach. vii. 9.
then by all the apostles.
After him the third was made a
And last of all, he was seen also by mocking stock, and when he was re­
me, as one born out of due time.—1 Cor. quired, he quickly put forth his tongue,
xv. 3-8.
and courageously stretched out his
And if Christ be not risen again, hands:
then is our preaching vain, and your
And said with confidence: These I
faith is also vain.
have from heaven, but for the laws
Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God I now despise them : because I
of God: because we have given testi­ hope to receive them again from him.
mony against God, that he hath raised —2 Mach. vii. 10, 11.
up Christ; whom he hath not raised up,
And when he was now ready to die,
if the dead rise not again. . . .
he spoke thus : It is better, being put
And if Christ be not risen again, to death by men, to look for hope from
your faith is vain, for you are yet in God, to be raised up again by him: for,
your sins. . . .
as to thee, thou shalt have no resur­
But now Christ is risen from the rection unto life.—2 Mach. vii. 14.
dead, the first fruits of them that sleep.
She (the mother) said to them: I
—1 Cor. xv. 14, 15, 17, 20.
know not how you were formed in my
womb: for I neither gave you breath,
RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD, nor soul, nor life, neither did I frame
the limbs of every one of you.
THE
But the Creator of the world, that
For I know that my Redeemer liv- formed the nativity of man, and that
eth, and in the last day I shall rise out found out the origin of all, he will re­
of the earth.
store to you again in his mercy, both
And I shall be clothed again with my breath and life, as now you despise
skin, and in my flesh I shall sec my yourselves for the sake of his laws.—
God.
2 Mach. vii. 22, 23.
Whom I myself shall see, and my
And making a gathering, he (Judas)
eyes shall behold, and not another: this sent twelve thousand drachms of silver
my hope is laid up in my bosom.—Job to Jerusalem for sacrifice to be offered
xix. 25-27.
for the sins of the dead, thinking well
Thy dead men shall live, my slain and religiously concerning the resur­
shall rise again : awake, and give praise, rection.
ye that dwell in the dust: for thy dew
(For if he had not hoped that they
is the dew of the light: and the land of that were slain should rise again, it
the giants thou shalt pull down into would have seemed superfluous and
ruin. . . .
vain to pray for the dead.)—2 Mach.
For behold the Lord will come out of xii. 43, 44.
his place, to visit the iniquity of the
But when thou makest a feast, call
inhabitant of the earth against him: the poor, the maimed, the lame, and
and the earth shall disclose her blood, the blind;
and shall cover her slain no more.—Is.
And thou shalt be blessed, because
xxvi. 19, 21.
they have not wherewith to make thee
And many of those that sleep in recompense: for recompense shall be
the dust of the earth, shall awake: made thee at the resurrection of the
some unto life everlasting, and others just.—Luke xiv. 13, 14.
unto reproach, to see it always.—Dan.
But they that shall be accounted
xii. 2.
I worthy of that world, and of the resur­
And when he was at the last gasp, rection from the dead, shall neither be
he said thus: Thou indeed, O most married, nor take wives.
wicked man, destroyest us out of this
Neither can they die any more: for
present life: but the King of the world they are equal to the angels, and are

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the children of God, being the children
of the resurrection.
Now that the dead rise again, Moses
also showed, at the bush, when he
called the Lord, The God of Abraham,
and the God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob;
For he is not the God of the dead,
but of the living: for all live to him.
—Luke xx. 35-38.
Wonder not at this; for the hour
cometh, wherein all that are in the
graves shall hear the voice of the Son
of God.
And they that have done good things,
shall come forth unto the resurrection
of life; but they that have done evil,
unto the resurrection of judgment.—
John v. 28, 29.
And this is the will of my Father
that sent me : that every one who seeth
the Son, and believeth in him, may
have life everlasting, and I will raise
him up in the last day. . . .
No man can come to me, except the
Father, who hath sent me, draw him;
and I will raise him up in the last day.
. . . He that eateth my flesh, and
drinketh my blood, hath everlasting
life: and I will raise him up in the
last day.—John vi. 40, 44, 55.
Jesus saith to her: Thy brother
shall rise again.
Martha saith to him: I know that he
shall rise again, in the resurrection
at the last day.
Jesus said to her: I am the resur­
rection and the life: he that believeth
in me, although he be dead, shall live.
—John xi. 23-25.
But this I confess to thee, that ac­
cording to the way, which they call a
heresy, so do I serve the Father and my
God, believing all things which are
written in the law and the prophets:
Having hope in God, which these al­
so themselves look for, that there shall
be a resurrection of the just and un­
just.—Acts xxiv. 14, 15.
Now God hath both raised up the
Lord, and will raise us up also by his
power.—1 Cor. vi. 14.
Now if Christ be preached, that he
arose again from the dead, how do
some of you say, that there is no re­
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But if there be no resurrection of the
dead, then Christ is not risen again.
And if Christ be not risen again,
then is our preaching vain, and your
faith is also vain.
Yea, and we are found false wit­
nesses of God: because we have given
testimony against God, that he hath
raised up Christ; whom he hath not
raised up, if the dead rise not again.
For if the dead rise not again,
neither is Christ risen again.
And if Christ be not risen again,
your faith is vain, for you are yet in
your sins. . . .
But now Christ is risen from the
dead, the first-fruits of them that sleep.
For by a man came death, and by
a man the resurrection of the dead.
And as in Adam all die, so also in
Christ all shall be made alive.—1 Cor.
xv. 12-17, 20-22.
Otherwise what shall they do that
are baptized for the dead, if the dead
rise not again at all? why are they
then baptized for them? . . .
If (according to man) I fought with
beasts at Ephesus, what doth it profit
me, if the dead rise not again ? Let us
eat and drink, for to-morrow we shall
die.—1 Cor. xv. 29, 32.
But some man will say: How do the
dead rise again? or with what manner
of body shall they come?
Senseless man, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die first.
And that which thou sowest, thou
sowest not the body that shall be; but
bare grain, as of wheat, or of some of
the rest.
But God giveth it a body as he will:
and to every seed its proper body. . . .
So also is the resurrection of the
dead. It is sown in corruption, it shall
rise in incorruption.
It is sown in dishonor, it shall rise
in glory. It is sown in weakness, it
shall rise in power.
It is sown a natural body, it shall
rise a spiritual body.—1 Cor. xv. 3538, 42-44.
Behold, I tell you a mystery. We
shall all indeed rise again: but we shall
not all be changed.
In a moment, in the twinkling of an
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trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall
rise again incorruptible: and we shall
be changed.
For this corruptible must put on in­
corruption; and this mortal must put
on immortality.—1 Cor. xv. 51-53.
And we will not have you ignorant,
brethren, concerning them that are
asleep, that you be not sorrowful, even
as others who have no hope.
For if we believe that Jesus died, and
rose again ; even so them who have slept
through Jesus, will God bring with
him.
For this we say unto you in the
word of the Lord, that we who are
alive, who remain unto the coming of
the Lord, shall not prevent them who
have slept.
For the Lord himself shall come
down from heaven with command­
ment, and with the voice of an arch­
angel, and with the trumpet of God:
and the dead who are in Christ, shall
rise first.
Then we who are alive, who are left,
shall be taken up together with them
in the clouds to meet Christ, into the
air, and so shall we be always with the
Lord.
Wherefore, comfort ye one another
with these words.—1 Thess. iv. 12-17.
And I saw the dead, great and small,
standing in the presence of the throne,
and the books were opened; and an­
other book was opened, which is the
book of life; and the dead were judged
by those things which were written in
the books, according to their works.
And the sea gave up the dead that
were in it, and death and hell gave up
their dead that were in them; and
they were judged every one according
to their works.—Apoc. xx. 12, 13.
SAINTS, THE

ist. They are Like to the Angels
For in the resurrection they shall
neither marry nor be married; but
shall be as the angels of God in heaven.
—Matt. xxii. 30.
But they that shall be accounted
worthy of that world, and of the resur­
rection from the dead, shall neither be
married, nor take wives.

Neither can they die any more: for
they are equal to the angels, and are
the children of God, being the children
of the resurrection.—Luke xx. 35, 36.

ad. They Know What Passes
Among Us
I say to you, that even so there shall
be joy in heaven upon one sinner that
doth penance, more than upon ninetynine just who need not penance. . . .
So I say to you, there shall be joy
before the angels of God upon one sin­
ner doing penance.—Luke xv. 7, 10.

Also Probably Deduced from

We see now through a glass in a
dark manner; but then face to faca
Now I know in part; but then I shall
know even as I am known.—1 Cor.
xiii. 12.
Dearly beloved, we are now the sons
of God; and it hath not yet appeared
what we shall be. We know, that when
he shall appear, we shall be like to him:
because we shall see him as he is.—
1 John iii. 2.
3d. Their Intercession is to be Invoked,
as the Prayers of God’s Servants
are of Help to Us
And God came to Abimelech in a
dream by night, and he said to him:
Lo thou shalt die for the woman thou
hast taken: for she hath a husband....
Now therefore restore the man his
wife, for he is a prophet: and he shall
pray for thee, and thou shalt live. . . .
And when Abraham prayed, God
healed Abimelech and his wife, and his
handmaids, and they bore children.—
Gen. xx. 3, 7, 17.
And again the Lord said to Moses:
I see that this people is stiff-necked:
Let me alone, that my wrath may be
kindled against them, and that I may
destroy them, and I will make of thee
a great nation.
But Moses besought the Lord his
God, saying: Why, 0 Lord, is thy in­
dignation enkindled against thy
people, whom thou hast brought out of
the land of Egypt, with great power,
and with a mighty hand?

SAINTS
Let not the Egyptians say, I beseech
thee: He craftily brought them out,
that he might kill them in the moun­
tains, and destroy them from the
earth : let thy anger cease, and be
appeased upon the wickedness of thy
people. . . .
And the Lord was appeased from do­
ing the evil which he had spoken
against his people.—Ex. xxxii. 9-12, 14.
The cloud also that was over the
tabernacle departed: and behold Mary
appeared white as snow with a lep­
rosy. ...
And Moses cried to the Lord, saying:
0 God, I beseech thee heal her.
And the Lord answered him: If her
father had spPten upon her face, ought
she not to have been ashamed for seven
days at least? Let her be separated
seven days without the camp, and after­
wards she shall be called again.—Num.
xi'. 10, 13, 14.
And Moses said to the Lord: . . .
Forgive, I beseech thee, the sins of
this people, according to the greatness
of thy mercy, as thou hast been merci­
ful to them from their going out of
Egypt unto this place.
And the Lord said: I have forgiven
according to thy word.—Num. xiv.
19, 20.
And the Lord said to Moses:
Get you out from the midst of this
multitude, this moment will I destroy
them. And as they were lying on the
ground,
Moses said to Aaron: Take the cen­
ser, and putting fire in it from .he
altar, put incense upon it, and go
quickly to the people to pray for them :
for already wrath is gone out from the
Lord, and the plague rageth.
When Aaron had done this, and had
run to the midst of the multitude which
the burning fire was now destroying,
he offered the incense:
And standing between the dead and
the living, he prayed for the people,
and the plague ceased.—Num. xvi.
44-48.
And the Philistines heard that the
children of Israel were gathered to­
gether to Masphath, and the lords of
the Philistines went up against Israel.
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this, they were afraid of the Philis­
tines.
And they said to Samuel: Cease not
to cry to the Lord our God for us, that
he may save us out of the hand of the
Philistines.
And Samuel took a sucking lamb,
and offered it whole for a holocaust to
the Lord: and Samuel cried to the
Lord for Israel, and the Lord heard
him.
And it came to pass, when Samuel
was offering the holocaust, the Phil­
istines began the battle against Israel:
but the Lord thundered with a great
thunder on that day upon the Philis­
tines, and terrified them, and they were
overthrown before the face of Israel.—
1 Kings vii. 7-10.
And after the Lord had spoken these
words to Job, he said to Eliphaz the
Themanite: My wrath is kindled
against thee, and against thy two
friends, because you have not spoken
the thing that is right before me, as my
servant Job hath.
Take unto you therefore seven oxen,
and seven rams, and go to my servant
Job, and offer for yourselves a holo­
caust: and my servant Job shall pray
for you: his face I will accept, that
folly be not imputed to you: for you
have not spoken right things before
me, as my servant Job hath.
So Eliphaz the Themanite, and Bal­
dad the Suhite, and Sophar the Naamathite went, and did as the Lord had
spoken to them, and the Lord accepted
the face of Job.
The Lord also was turned at the
penance of Job, when he prayed for his
friends.—Job xiii. 7-10.
They forgot God, who saved them,
who had done great things in
Egypt, wondrous works in the land
of Cham: terrible things in the Red
Sea.
And he said that he would destroy
them: had not Moses his chosen stood
before him in the breach:
To turn away his wrath, lest he
should destroy them.—Ps. cv. 21-23.
And they provoked him with their
inventions: and destruction was mul­
tiplied among them.
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him: and the slaughter ceased.—Ps.
cv. 29, 30.
But the just also were afterwards
touched by an assault of death, and
there was a disturbance of the multi­
tude in the wilderness: but thy wrath
did not long continue.
For a blameless man made haste to
pray for the people, bringing forth the
shield of his ministry, prayer, and by
incense making supplication, withstood
the wrath, and put an end to the
calamity, showing that he was thy ser­
vant.
And he overcame the disturbance,
not by strength of body nor with force
of arms, but with a word he subdued
him that punished them, alleging the
oaths and covenant made with the
fathers.—IVis. xviii. 20-22.
Then some of the friends of Helio­
dorus forthwith begged of Onias, that
he would call upon the most High to
grant him his life, who was ready to
give up the ghost.
So the high priest considering that
the king might perhaps suspect that
some mischief had been done to Helio­
dorus by the Jews, offered a sacrifice
of health for the recovery of the
man.
And when the high priest was pray­
ing, the same young men in the same
clothing stood by Heliodorus, and said
to him: Give thanks to Onias the
priest: because for his sake the Lord
hath granted thee life.—2 Mach. iii.
31-33.
Confess therefore your sins one to an­
other: and pray one for another, that
you may be saved. For the continual
prayer of a just man availeth much.—
James v. 16.
Also Deduced from
I beseech you therefore, brethren,
through our Lord Jesus Christ, and by
the charity of the Holy Ghost, that you
help me in your prayers for me to God.
—Rom. xv. 30.
By all prayer and supplication pray­
ing at all times in the spirit; and in
the same watching with all instance
and supplication for all the saints:
And for me, that speech may be
given me, that I may open my mouth

with confidence, to make known the
mystery of the gospel.—Eph. vi. 18,19.
Brethren, pray for us—1 Thess.
v. 25.
4th. Veneration of the Saints
But to me, thy friends, 0 God, are
made exceedingly honorable: their
principality is exceedingly strength­
ened.—Ps. cxxxviii. 17.
And let not the naming of God be
usual in thy mouth, and meddle not
with the names of saints, for thou shalt
not escape free from them.—Ecclus.
xxiii. 10.
Blessed are they that saw thee
(Elias), and were honored with thy
friendship.—Ecclus. xlviii. 11.

5th. The Communion of Saints
I. In Heaven
Now therefore you are no more
strangers and foreigners; but you are
fellow citizens with the saints, and the
domestics of God,
Built upon the foundation of the
apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ
himself being the chief corner stone:
In whom all the building, being
framed together, groweth up into an
holy temple in the Lord.—Eph. ii.
19-21.
After this there appeared also an­
other man, admirable for age, and
glory, and environed with great beauty
and majesty:
Then Onias answering, said: This is
a lover of his brethren, and of the
people of Israel : this is he that prayeth much for the people, and for all
the holy city, Jeremías the prophet of
God.—2 Mach. xv. 13, 14.

II. On Earth
So we being many, are one body in
Christ, and every one members one of
another.—Rom. xii. 5.
And he hath subjected all things un­
der his feet, and hath made him head
over all the church,
Which is his body, and the fulness of
him who is filled all in all.—Eph. i.
22, 23.
III. In Purgatory
And making a gathering, he (Judas)
sent twelve thousand drachms of si)

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ver to Jerusalem for sacrifice to be of­
fered for the sins of the dead, think­
ing well and religiously concerning the
resurrection,
(For if he had not hoped that they
that were slain should rise again, it
would have seemed superfluous and
vain to pray for the dead,)
And because he considered that they
who had fallen asleep with godliness,
had great grace laid up for them.
It is therefore a holy and wholesome
thought to pray for the dead, that they
may be loosed from sins.—2 Mach. xii.
43-46.

m

ad. Not the Sole Rule of Faith
Seo also: Tradition—page 736.

How then shall they call on him, in
whom they have not believed? Or
how shall they believe him, of whom
they have not heard? And how shall
they hear, without a preacher?
. . . Faith then cometh by hearing;
and hearing by the word of Christ.—
Rom. x. 14, 17.
Now I make known unto you, breth­
ren, the gospel which I preached to you,
which also you have received, and
wherein you stand;
By which also you are saved, if you
SCRIPTURES, THE HOLY
hold fast after what manner I preached
unto you, unless you have believed in
ist. Our Guide
vain.—1 Cor. xv. 1, 2.
We, though we needed none of these
Therefore, brethren, stand fast; and
things, having for our comfort the holy hold the traditions which you have
books that are in our hands.—1 Mach. learned, whether by word, or by our
xii. 9.
epistle.—2 Thess. ii. 14.
For what things soever were written,
3d. Inspired by God
were written for our learning: that
through patience and the comfort of
All scripture, inspired of God, is
the scriptures, we might have hope.— profitable to teach, to reprove, to cor­
Rom. xv. 4.
rect, to instruct in justice.—2 Tim.
Now all these things happened to iii. 16.
them (the Israelites) in figure: and
Understanding this first, that no
they are written for our correction, prophecy of scripture is made by pri­
upon whom the ends of the world are vate interpretation.
come.—1 Cor. x. 11.
For prophecy came not by the will
And because from thy infancy thou of man at any time: but the holy men
hast known the holy scriptures, which of God spoke, inspired by the Holy
can instruct thee to salvation, by the Ghost.—2 Peter i. 20, 21.
faith which is in Christ Jesus.
4th. Hard to Understand
All scripture, inspired of God, is
profitable to teach, to reprove, to cor­
And behold a man of Ethiopia, an
rect, to instruct in justice,
eunuch, of great authority under Can­
That the man of God may be perfect, dace the queen of the Ethiopians, who
furnished to every good work.—2 Tim. had charge over all her treasures, had
iii. 15-17.
come to Jerusalem to adore.
And we have the more firm pro­
And he was returning, sitting in his
phetical word : whereunto you do well to chariot, and reading Isaías the prophet.
attend, as to a light that shineth in a
And the Spirit said to Philip: Go
dark place, until the day dawn, and near, and join thyself to this chariot.
And Philip running thither, heard
the day star arise in your hearts:
Understanding this first, that no him reading the prophet Isaias. And
prophecy of scripture is made by pri­ he said : Thinkest thou that thou undervate interpretation.—2 Peter i. 19, 20. standcst what thou readest?
Blessed is he, that readeth and hear­
Who said: And how can I, unless
eth the -words of this prophecy; and some man show me?—Acts viii. 27-31.
And whereas indeed he was the Son
keepeth those things which are written
in it; for the time is at hand.—Apoc. of God, he learned obedience by the
i. 3.
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Of whom we have much to say, and
hard to be intelligibly uttered: because
you are become weak to hear.—Heb.
v. 8, 11.
And account the longsuffering of
our Lord, salvation; as also our most
dear brother Paul, according to the wis­
dom given him, hath written to you:
As also in all his epistles, speaking
in them of these things; in which are
certain things hard to be understood,
which the unlearned and unstable wrest,
as they do also the other scriptures, to
their own destruction.—2 Peter iii.
15, 16.

But to God the wicked and his wick­
edness are hateful alike.—Wis. xiv. 9.
Say not: He hath caused me to erri
for he hath no need of wicked men.
The Lord hateth all abomination of
error, and they that fear him shall not
love it.—Ecclus. XV. 12, 13.
He hath commanded no man to do
wickedly, and he hath given no man li­
cense to sin:
For he desireth not a multitude of
faithless and unprofitable children.—
Ecclus. XV. 21, 22.
The just Lord is in the midst thereof,
he will not do iniquity: in the morning,
in the morning he will bring his judg­
5th. Not of Private Interpretation
ment to light, and it shall not be hid.
Understanding this first, that no —Soph. iii. 5.
prophecy of scripture is made by private
SIN, ORIGINAL
interpretation.
For prophecy came not by the will of
ist. Probably Referred to
man at any time: but the holy men of
Who can make him clean that is con­
God spoke, inspired by the Holy Ghost.
ceived of unclean seed? is it not thou
—2 Peter i. 20, 21.
who only art?—Job xiv. 4.
6th. Not to be Corrupted
For behold I was conceived in in­
You shall not add to the word that I iquities; and in sins did my mother
speak to you, neither shall you take conceive me.—Ps. 1. 7.
away from it: keep the commandments
2d. Declared
of the Lord your God which I command
you.—Deut. iv. 2.
Wherefore as by one man sin entered
What I command thee, that only do into this world, and by sin death; and
thou to the Lord: neither add any thing, so death passed upon all men, in whom
nor diminish.—Deut. xii. 32.
all have sinned. . . .
Every word of God is fire tried: he
But death reigned from Adam unto
is a buckler to them that hope in him. Moses, even over them also who have
Add not any thing to his words, lest not sinned after the similitude of the
thou be reproved, and found a liar.— transgression of Adam, who is a figure
Prov. XXX. 5, 6.
of him who was to come.
For I testify to every one that hcareth
But not as the offence, so also the
the words of the prophecy of this book : gift. For if by the offence of one, many
If any man shall add to these things, died ; much more the grace of God, and
God shall add unto him the plagues the gift, by the grace of one man, Jesus
written in this book.
Christ, hath abounded unto many.
And if any man shall take away from
And not as it was by one sin, so
the words of the book of this prophecy, also is the gift. For judgment indeed
God shall take away his part out of the was by one unto condemnation; but
book of life and out of the holy city, grace is of many offences, unto justi­
and from these things that are written fication.
in this book.—Apoc. xxii. 18, 19.
For if by one man’s offence death
reigned through one; much more they
SIN, GOD IS NOT THE
who receive abundance of grace, and of
AUTHOR OF
the gift, and of justice, shall reign in
In the morning I will stand before life through one, Jesus Christ.
thee, and will see : because thou art not
Therefore, as by the offence of one,
a God that wiliest iniquity.—Ps. v. 5.
unto all men to condemnation; so also

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by the justice of one, unto all men to I
justification of life.
For as by the disobedience of one
man, many were made sinners; so also
by the obedience of one, many shall be
made just.—Rom. v. 12, 14-19.
For by a man came death, and
by a man the resurrection of the
dead.
And as in Adam all die, so also in
Christ all shall be made alive.—1 Cor.
XV. 21, 22.
In which also we all conversed in time
past, in the desires of our flesh, ful­
filling the will of the flesh and of our
thoughts, and were by nature children
of wrath, even as the rest.—Eph. ii. 3.
3d. The Effects of Original Sin
I. Proneness to Evil
And the Lord smelled a sweet savor,
and said : I will no more curse the earth
for the sake of man : for the imagina­
tion and thought of man’s heart are
prone to evil from his youth : therefore
I will no more destroy every living soul
as I have done.—Gen. viii. 21.

II. Loss of Heaven
Jesus answered: Amen, amen I say
to thee, unless a man be born again of
water and the Holy Ghost, he cannot
enter into the kingdom of God.—John
iii. 5.
SIN, MORTAL
Being filled with all iniquity, malice,
fornication, avarice, wickedness, full of
envy, murder, contention, deceit, malig­
nity, whisperers,
Detractors, hateful to God, contume­
lious, proud, haughty, inventors of evil
things, disobedient to parents,
Foolish, dissolute, without affection,
without fidelity, without mercy.
Who, having known the justice of
God, did not understand that they
who do such things, are worthy of
death; and not only they that do them,
but they also that consent to them that
do them.—Rom. i. 29-32.
Know you not that the unjust shall
not possess the kingdom of God? Do
not err: neither fornicators, nor idola­
ters, nor adulterers,
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mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor
drunkards, nor railers, nor extortioners,
shall possess the kingdom of God.—
1 Cor. vi. 9, 10.
Now the works of the flesh are mani­
fest, which are fornication, uncleannesa,
immodesty, luxury,
Idolatry, witchcrafts, enmities, con­
tentions, emulations, wraths, quarrels,
dissensions, sects,
Envies, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like. Of the which I
foretell you, as I have foretold to you,
that they who do such things shall not
obtain the kingdom of God.—Gal. v.
19-21.
For know you this and understand,
that no fornicator, or unclean, or covet­
ous person (which is a serving of idols),
hath inheritance in the kingdom of
Christ and of God.—Eph. v. 5.
Mortify therefore your members
which are upon the earth; fornication,
uncleanness, lust, evil concupiscence,
and covetousness, which is the service
of idols.
For which things the wrath of God
cometh upon the children of unbelief.—
Col. iii. 5, 6.
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and
the abominable, and murderers, and
whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idola­
ters, and all liars, they shall have
their portion in the pool burning with
fire and brimstone, which is the second
death.—Apoc. xxi. 8.
SIN, VENIAL

For a just man shall fall seven times
and shall rise again: but the wicked
shall fall down into evil.—Prov.
xxiv. 16.
For there is no just man upon earth,
that doth good, and sinneth not.—
Eccles, vii. 21.
But I say unto you, that every idle
word that men shall speak, they shall
render an account for it in the day of
judgment.—Matt. xii. 36.
For in many things we all offend.
If any man offend not in word, the same
is a perfect man.—James iii. 2.
If we say that we have no sin, we
deceive ourselves, and the truth is not
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Probably Alluded to
For other foundation no man can lay,
but that which is laid; which is Christ
J esus.
Now if any man build upon this
foundation, gold, silver, precious stones,
wood, hay, stubble:
Every man’s work shall be manifest;
for the day of the Lord shall declare it,
because it shall be revealed in fire ; and
the fire shall try every man’s work, of
what sort it is.
If any man’s work abide, which he
hath built thereupon, he shall receive a
reward.
If any man’s work burn, he shall suf­
fer loss; but he himself shall be saved,
yet so as by fire.—1 Cor. iii. 11-15.
SUNDAY

ist. Called the Lord’s Day
I was in the spirit on the Lord’s day,
and heard behind me a great voice, as
of a trumpet.—Apoc. i. 10.
ad. The First Day of the Week Espe­
cially Mentioned
And on the first day of the week,
when we were assembled to break bread,
Paul discoursed with them, being to de­
part on the morrow: and he continued
his speech until midnight.—Acts xx. 7.
Now concerning the collections that
are made for the saints, as I have given
order to the churches of Galatia, so do
ye also.
On the first day of the week let every
one of you put apart with himself, lay­
ing up what it shall well please him;
that when I come, the collections be
not then to be made.—1 Cor. xvi. 1, 2.

books that should be written.—John
xxi. 25.
Now I praise you, brethren, that in
all things you are mindful of me: and
keep my ordinances as I have delivered
them to you.—1 Cor. xi. 2.
Therefore, brethren, stand fast; and
hold the traditions which you have
learned, whether by word, or by our
epistle.—2 Thess. ii. 14.
And we charge you, brethren, in the
name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you
withdraw yourselves from every brother
walking disorderly, and not according
to the tradition which they have re­
ceived of us.—2 Thess. iii. 6.
Hold the form of sound words,
which thou hast heard of me in faith,
and in the love which is in Christ
Jesus.
Keep the good thing committed to thy
trust by the Holy Ghost, who dwelleth
in us.—2 Tim. i. 13, 14.
And the things which thou hast heard
of me by many witnesses, the same com­
mend to faithful men, who shall be fit
to teach others also.—2 Tim. ii. 2.
But continue thou in those things
which thou hast learned, and which
have been committed to thee: knowing
of whom thou hast learned them.—
2 Tim. iii. 14.
As for you, let that which you have
heard from the beginning, abide in you.
If that abide in you, which you have
heard from the beginning, you also
shall abide in the Son, and in the
Father.—1 John ii. 24.
But you, my dearly beloved, be mind­
ful of the words which have been spoken
before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus
Christ.-—Jude i. 17.
TRINITY, THE HOLY

TEMPORAL PUNISHMENT
See : Punishment—page 723.
TRADITION
Many other signs also did Jesus in
the sight of his disciples, which are not
written in this book.—John xx. 30.
But there are also many other things
which Jesus did; which, if they were
written every one, the world itself, I
think, would not be able to contain the

ist. Obscurely Implied in the
Old Testament
And he said: Let us make man to
our image and likeness.—Gen. i. 26.
And he said : Behold Adam is become
as one of us, knowing good and evil:
now, therefore, lest perhaps he put forth
his hand, and take also of the tree of
life, and eat, and live for ever.—Gen.
iii. 22.
And the Lord came down to see the

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city and the tower, which the children
of Adam were building.
And he said: Behold, it is one peo­
ple, and all have one tongue: and they
have begun to do this, neither will they
leave off from their designs, till they
accomplish them in deed.
Come ye. therefore, let us go down,
and there confound their tongue, that
they may not understand one another’s
speech.—Gen. xi. 5-7.

ad. Less Obscurely as to Two Divine
Persons
The Lord hath said to me: Thou art
my son, this day have I begotten thee.
—Ps. ii. 7.
The Lord said to my Lord: Sit thou
at my right hand :
Until I make thy enemies thy foot­
stool.
The Lord will send forth the sceptre
of thy power out of Sion : rule thou in
the midst of thy enemies.
With thee is the principality in the
day of thy strength : in the brightness
of the saints : from the womb before the
day star I begot thee.—Ps. cix. 1-3.

3<L Clearly Revealed in the
New Testament
And Jesus being baptized, forthwith
came out of the w’ater: and lo, the
heavens were opened to him : and he saw'
the Spirit of God descending as a dove,
and coming upon him.
And behold a voice from heaven, say­
ing: This is my beloved Son, in whom
I am well pleased.—Matt. iii. 16, 17.
Going therefore, teach ye all nations ;
baptizing them in the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of tho
Holy Ghost.—Matt, xxviii. 19.
And the angel said to her: Fear not,
Mary, for thou hast found grace with
God.
Behold thou shalt conceive in thy
womb, and shalt bring forth a son; and
thou shalt call his name Jesus.
He shall be great, and shall be called
the Son of the most High; and the Lord
God shall give unto him the throne of
David his father; and he shall reign in
the house of Jacob for ever.
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And Mary said to the angel: How
shall this be done, because I know not
man?
And the angel answering, said to her:
The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee,
and the power of the most High shall
overshadow thee. And therefore also
the Holy which shall be born of thee
shall be called the Son of God.—Luke i.
35.
30And I will ask the Father, and he
shall give you another Paraclete, that
he may abide with you for ever.—John
xiv. 16.
But the Paraclete, the Holy Ghost
whom the Father will send in my name,
he will teach you all things, and bring
all things to your mind, whatsoever I
shall have said to you.—John xiv. 26.
This Jesus hath God raised again,
whereof all we are witnesses.
Being exalted therefore by the right
hand of God, and having received of
the Father the promise of the Holy
Ghost, he hath poured forth this which
you see and hear.—Acts ii. 32, 33.
Now he that confirmeth us with you
in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God:
Who also hath sealed us, and given
the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts.
—2 Cor. i. 21, 22.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and the charity of God, and the com­
munication of the Holy Ghost be with
you all. Amen.—2 Cor. xiii. 13.
For by him (Christ) we have access
both in one Spirit to the Father.—Eph.
ii. 18.
For this cause I bow my knees to the
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, . . .
That he would grant you, according
to the riches of his glory, to be strength­
ened by his Spirit with might unto the
inward man.—Eph. iii. 14, 16.
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to
the strangers dispersed through Pontus,
Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bith­
ynia, elect,
According to the foreknowledge of
God the Father, unto the sanctification
of the Spirit, unto obedience and
sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ:
Grace unto you and peace be multiplied.
—1 Peter i. 1, 2.
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WORKS

mony in heaven, the Father, the Word, is solicitous for the things that belong
and the Holy Ghost. And these three to the Lord, how he may please God.
are one.—1 John v. 7.
But he that is with a wife, is solici­
tous for the things of the world, how
VIRGINITY
he may please his wife: and he is di­
vided.
ist Its Observance Possible
And the unmarried woman and the
His disciples say unto him: If the virgin thinketh on the things of the
case of a man with his wife be so, it Lord, that she may be holy both in
body and in spirit. But she that is mar­
is not expedient to marry.
Who said to them : All men take not ried thinketh on the things of the world,
this word, but they to whom it is given. how she may please her husband. . . .
For he that hath determined, being
For there are eunuchs, who were born
so from their mother’s womb : and there steadfast in his heart, having no neces­
are eunuchs, who were made so by men : sity, but having power of his own will;
and there are eunuchs, who have made and hath judged this in his heart, to
themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of keep his virgin, doth well.
Therefore, both he that giveth his
heaven. He that can take, let him take
virgin in marriage, doth well; and he
it.—Matt. xix. 10-12.
that giveth her not, doth better.
2d. When Vowed, to be Kept
A woman is bound by the law as long
But the younger widows avoid. For as her husband liveth; but if her hus­
when they have grown wanton in band die, she is at liberty: let her marry
to whom she will; only in the Lord.
Christ, they will marry:
But more blessed shall she be, if she
Having damnation, because they have
made void their first faith.—1 Tim. so remain, according to my counsel;
and I think that I also have the spirit
v. 11, 12.
of God.—1 Cor. vii. 7, 8, 17, 25-27,
3d. Its Excellence
32-34, 37-40.
And they sung as it were a new canti­
For I would that all men were even
as myself : but every one hath his proper cle, before the throne, and before the
gift from God; one after this manner, four living creatures, and the ancients;
and no man could say the canticle, but
and another after that.
But I say to the unmarried, and to those hundred forty-four thousand, who
the widows : It is good for them if they were purchased from the earth.
These are they w’ho were not defiled
so continue, even as I. . . .
But as the Lord hath distributed to with women: for they are virgins.
every one, as God hath called every one, These follow the Lamb whithersoever
so let him walk: and so in all churches he goeth. These were purchased from
among men, the first-fruits to God and
I teach. . . .
Now concerning virgins, I have no to the Lamb :
commandment of the Lord; but I give
And in their mouth there was found
counsel, as having obtained mercy of no lie; for they are without spot before
the Lord, to be faithful.
the throne of God.—Apoc. xiv. 3-5.
I think therefore that this is
WILL, THE
good for the present necessity, that
it is good for a man so to be.
See: Free will—page 698.
Art thou bound to a wife? seek not
to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a
WORKS ARE MERITORIOUS,
wife? seek not a wife. . . .
GOOD
But I would have you to be without
solicitude. He that is without a wife,
If thou do well, shalt thou not re­
favor of ita authenticity are at least, probable. ceive? but if ill, shall not sin forthwith
Consult: Manuel Biblique, by Bacuez et Vig­ be present at the door? but the lust
oureux, vol. 4, p. 624 ; Tanquerey'a Synopsis thereof shall be under thee, and thou
Theologias Dogmatics, vol. I, foot-note. pp.
shalt have dominion over it—Gen. iv. 7.
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WORKS
By my own self have I sworn, saith
the Lord: because thou hast done this
thing, and hast not spared thy only be­
gotten son for my sake :
I will bless thee, and I will multiply
thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as
the sand that is by the seashore: thy
seed shall possess the gates of their ene­
mies.
And in thy seed shall all the nations
of the earth be blessed, because thou
hast obeyed my voice.—Gen. xxii. 16-18.
And the Lord will reward me accord­
ing to my justice; and will repay me
according to the cleanness of my
hands:
Because I have kept the ways of the
Lord; and have not done wickedly
against my God.
For all his judgments are in my
sight: and his justices I have not put
away from me.
And I shall be spotless with him : and
shall keep myself from my iniquity.
And the Lord will reward me accord­
ing to my justice; and according to
the cleanness of my hands before his
eyes.—Ps. xvii. 21-25.
The fear of the Lord is holy, endur­
ing for ever and ever : the judgments of
the Lord are true, justified in them­
selves. . . .
For thy servant keepeth them, and in
keeping them there is a great reward.—
Ps. xviii. 10, 12.
God hath spoken once, these two
things have I heard, that power belongeth to God,
And mercy to thee, O Lord ; for
thou wilt render to every man ac­
cording to his works.—Ps. Ixi. 12, 13.
All mercy shall make a place for
every man according to the merit of his
works, and according to the wisdom of
his sojournment.—Ecclus. xvi. 15.
Blessed are ye when they shall revile
you, and persecute you, and speak all
that is evil against you, untruly, for
my sake:
Be glad and rejoice, for your reward
is very great in heaven.—Matt. v.
11, 12.
lie that receiveth a prophet in the
name of a prophet, shall receive the re­
ward of a prophet: and he that receiv­
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man, shall receive the reward of a just
man.
And whosoever shall give to drink to
one of these little ones a cup of cold
water only in the name of a disciple,
amen I say to you, he shall not lose his
reward.—Matt. x. 41, 42.
For the Son of man shall come in the
glory of his Father with his angels : and
then will he render to every man accord­
ing to his works.—Matt. xvi. 27.
Then shall the king say to them that
shall be on his right hand: Come, ye
blessed of my Father, possess you the
kingdom prepared for you from the
foundation of the world.
For I was hungry, and you gave me
to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me
to drink; I was a stranger, and you took
me in:
Naked, and you covered me: sick, and
you visited me: I was in prison, and
you came to me.
Then shall the just answer him, say­
ing : Lord, when did we see thee hungry,
and fed thee; thirsty, and gave thee
drink ?
And when did we see thee a stranger,
and took thee in ? or naked, and covered
thee?
Or when did we see thee sick or in
prison, and came to thee?
And the king answering, shall say to
them: Amen I say to you, as long as
you did it to one of these my least
brethren, you did it to me.—Matt, xxv.
34-40.
For whosoever shall give you to drink
a cup of water in my name, because you
belong to Christ: amen I say to you,
he shall not lose his reward.—Mark
ix. 40.
Who will render to every man accord­
ing to his works.
To them indeed, who according to pa­
tience in good work, seek glory and
honor and incorruption, eternal life.—
Rom. ii. 6, 7.
But glory, and honor, and peace
to every one that worketh good, to the
Jew first, and also to the Greek.—Rom.
ii. 10.
For not the hearers of the law are just
before God, but the doers of the law
shall be justified.—Rom. ii. 13.
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reward, according to his own labor.— enter into the kingdom of heaven.-Malt. vii. 21.
1 Cor. iii. 8.
Then shall he say to them also that
Every man’s work shall be manifest;
for the day of the Lord shall declare it, shall be on his left hand: Depart from
because it shall be revealed in fire; and me, you cursed, into everlasting fire
the fire shall try every man’s work, of which was prepared for the devil and
his angels.
what sort it is.
For I was hungry, and you gave me
If any man’s work abide, which ho
hath built thereupon, he shall receive a not to eat: I was thirsty, and you gave
me not to drink.
reward.— 1 Cor. iii. 13, 14.
I was a stranger, and you took me not
Know you not that they that run in
the race, all run indeed, but one receiv- in: naked, and you covered me not:
eth the prize ? So run that you may ob­ sick and in prison, and you did not
visit me.
tain.
Then they also shall answer him, say­
And every one that striveth for the
mastery, refraineth himself from all ing : Lord, when did we see thee hungry,
things: and they indeed that they may or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or
receive a corruptible crown ; but we an sick, or in prison, and did not minister
to thee?
incorruptible one.—1 Cor. ix. 24, 25.
Then he shall answer them, saying:
For what things a man shall sow,
those also shall he reap. For he that Amen I say to you, as long as you did
soweth in his flesh, of the flesh also shall it not to one of these least, neither did
reap corruption. But he that soweth in you do it to me.
And these shall go into everlasting
the spirit, of the spirit shall reap life
punishment : but the just, into life ever­
everlasting.
And in doing good, let us not fail. lasting.—Malt. xxv. 41-46.
I am the true vine; and my Father is
For in due time we shall reap, not fail­
the husbandman.
ing.—Gal. vi. 8, 9.
I have fought a good fight, I have fin-1 Every branch in me, that beareth not
ished my course, I have kept the faith. fruit, he will take away: and every one
As to the rest, there is laid up for that beareth fruit, he will purge it, that
me a crowm of justice, which the Lord it may bring forth more fruit.—John
the just judge will render to me in that xv. 1, 2.
For not the hearers of the law are
day: and not only to me, but to them
also that love his coming.—2 Tim. iv. just before God, but the doers of the
law shall be justified.—Rom. ii. 13.
7, 8.
What shall it profit, my brethren,
For God is not unjust, that he should
forget your work, and the love which if a man say he hath faith, but hath
you have shown in his name, you who not works? Shall faith be able to save
have ministered, and do minister to the him?
And if a brother or sister be naked,
saints.—Heb. vi. 10.
and want daily food:
And one of you say to them: Go in
WORKS ARE NECESSARY FOR
peace, be ye warmed and filled ; yet give
SALVATION, GOOD
them not those things that are neces­
Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of sary for the body, what shall it profit?
penance. . . .
So faith also, if it have not works,
For now the axe is laid to the root is dead in itself. . . .
of the trees. Every tree therefore that
Thou believest that there is one God.
doth not yield good fruit, shall be cut Thou dost well : the devils also believe
down, and cast into the fire.—Mall. iii. and tremble.
8, 10.
But wilt thou know, 0 vain man, that
Not every one that saith to me, Lord, faith without works is dead?
Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of
... Do you see that by works a
heaven: but he that doth the will of man is justified; and not by faith
my Father who is in heaven, he shall I only? , . .

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For even as the body without the
spirit is dead; so also faith without
works is dead.—James ii. 14-17, 19, 20,
24, 26.
To him therefore who knoweth to do
good, and doth it not, to him it is sin.
—James iv. 17.
And you, employing all care, minis­
ter in your faith, virtue; and in virtue,
knowledge ;
And in knowledge, abstinence; and in
abstinence, patience; and in patience,
godliness;
And in godliness, love of brotherhood ;
and in love of brotherhood, charity.
For if these things be with you and
abound, they will make you to be
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For he that hath not these things
with him, is blind, and groping, having
forgotten that he was purged from his
old sins.
Wherefore, brethren, labor the more,
that by good works you may make sure
your calling and election. For doing
these things, you shall not sin at any
time.
For so an entrance shall be ministered
to you abundantly into the everlasting
kingdom of our Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ.—2 Peter i. 5-11.
WORKS, GOD WILL RENDER TO
EVERY MAN ACCORDING
TO HIS
See : Predestination—page 722.

APPENDIX

APPENDIX
BOOKS MENTIONED IN THE dom: behold they are all written in the
book of the words of the days of Solo­
SCRIPTURES THAT HAVE
mon.—3 Kings xi. 41.
SINCE BEEN LOST

xst. The Book of the Wars of the Lord
Wherefore it is said in the book of
the wars of the Lord : As he did in the
Red Sea, so will he do in the streams
of Arnon.
The rocks of the torrents were bowed
down that they might rest in Ar, and
lie down in the borders of the Moabites.
—Num. xxi. 14, 15.

5th. The Book of the Words of the
Days of the Kings of Israel
’And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam,
how he fought, and how he reigned, be-’
hold they are written in the book of
the words of the days of the kings of
Israel.—3 Kings xiv. 19.

6th. The Book of the Words of the
Days of the Kings of Juda
ad. The Book of the Just
*Now the rest of the acts of Roboam,
Then Josué spoke to the Lord, in the and all that he did, behold they are writ­
day that he delivered the Amorrhite in ten in the book of the words of the days
the sight of the children of Israel, and of the kings of Juda.—3 Kings xiv. 29.
he said before them : Move not, O sun,
toward Gabaon, nor thou, O moon, 7th. The Book of Nathan the Prophet
toward the valley of Ajalon.
Now the acts of king David first and
And the sun and the moon stood still, last
are written in the book of Samuel
till the people revenged themselves of the seer,
in the book of Nathan the
their enemies. Is not this written in prophet, and
and
in
the
book
of
Gad
the
the book of the just? So the sun stood seer.—1 Paral, xxix. 29.
still in the midst of heaven, and hasted
Now the rest of the acts of Solomon
not to go down the space of one day.— first
and last are written in the words
Jos. x. 12, 13.
(Also he (David) commanded that of Nathan the prophet, and in the books
Ahias the Silonite, and in the vision
they should teach the children of Juda of
of
Addo
the
seer,
against
Jeroboam
the
the use of the bow, as it is written in son of Nabat.—2 Paral, ix. 29.
the book of the just.)—2 Kings i. 18.
8th. The Book of Gad the Seer
3d. The Parables and Poems of
Solomon
Now the acts of king David first and
Solomon also spoke three thousand last are written in the book of Samuel
parables: and his poems were a thou­ the seer, and in the book of Nathan the
prophet, and in the book of Gad the
sand and five.
And he treated about trees from the seer.—1 Paral, xxix. 29.
cedar that is in Libanus, unto the hys­ 9th. The Books of Ahias the Silonite
sop that cometh out of the wall: and he
Now the rest of the acts of Solomon
discoursed of beasts, and of fowls, and
of creeping things, and of fishes.— first and last are written in the words
of Nathan the prophet, and in the books
3 Kings iv. 32, 33.
of Ahias the Silonite, and in the vision
4th. The Book of the Words of the
’Also 3 Kinoit xv. 31: xvi. 5. 14. 20, 27;
Days of Solomon
xxii. 39 : and 4 Kings I. 18 ; x. 34 ; xiii. 8, 12 ;
Xiv. 28 : xv. 11. 15. 21. 2«. 31
And the rest of the words of Solo­ ‘Also 3 Kings xv. 7. 23; xxii. 46; 4 Kings
Vili. 23; xii. 19; xiv. 18: xv. 6. 36; xvi. 19;
mon, and all that he did, aud his wis­ xx.
20; xxi. 17. 25; xxiii. 28; xxlv. 5.

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of Addo the seer, against Jeroboam the 16th.
son of Nabat.—2 Paral, ix. 29.

loth. The Book of Addo the Seer
Now the rest of the acts of Solomon
first and last are written in the words of
Nathan the prophet, and in the books
of Allias the Silonite, and in the vision
of Addo the seer, against Jeroboam the
son of Nabat.—2 Paral, ix. 29.
Now the acts of Roboam first and last
are written in the books of Semeias the
prophet, and of Addo the seer, and dili­
gently recorded.—2 Paral, xii. 15.
And the rest of the acts of Abia, and
of his ways and works, are wTitten dili­
gently in the book of Addo the prophet.
—2 Paral, xiii. 22.

The Words of Jehu, the Son of
Hanani
But the rest of the acts of Josajhat,
first and last, are written in the words
of Jehu the son of Hanani, which he
digested into the books of the kings of
Israel.—2 Paral, xx. 34.

17th. The History of Ozias, by Isaías,
the Son of Amos, the Prophet
But the rest of the acts of Ozias first
and. last were written by Isaias the son
of Amos, the prophet.—2 Paral, xxvi.22.

18th. The Words of Hozai
His (Manasses’) prayer also, and his
being heard, and all his sins, and con­
tempt, and places wherein he built high
nth, The Book of Semeias the Prophet places, and set up groves, and statues
Now the acts of Roboam first and last before he did penance, are written in the
are written in the books of Semeias the words of Hozai.—2 Paral, xxxiii. 19.
prophet, and of Addo the seer, and dili­ 19th. The Books of the Medes and of
gently recorded.—2 Paral, xii. 15.
the Persians
lath. The Book of the Kings of Juda
And king Assuerus made all the land,
and Israel
and all the islands of the sea tributary.
And his strength and his empire, and
But the works of Asa the first and
last are written in the book of the kings the dignity and greatness wherewith he
exalted Mardochai, are written in the
of Juda and Israel.—2 'Paral, xvi. 11.
books of the Medes, and of the Persians.
13th. The Book of the Kings of Israel —Esther x. 1, 2.
and Juda
20th. The Book of the Days of the
Now the rest of the acts of Joatham,
Priesthood of John
and all his wars, and his works, are
And as concerning the rest of the acts
written in the book of the kings of
of John, and his wars, and the worthy
Israel and Juda.—2 Paral, xxvii. 7.
deeds, which he bravely achieved, and
14th. The Book of Kings
the building of the walls, which he
(Possibly identical with the book of made, and the things that he did:
Behold these are written in the book
the kings of Juda and Israel.)
And concerning his (Joas’) sons, and of the days of his priesthood, from the
the sum of money which was gathered time that he was made high priest after
under him, and the repairing the house his father.—1 Mach. xvi. 23, 24.
of God, they are written more diligently 21st The Descriptions of Jeremias,
in the book of kings.—2 Paral, xxiv. 27.
the Prophet
15th. The Words of the Kings of Israel
Now it is found in the descriptions of
But the rest of the acts of Manasses, Jeremias the prophet, that he com­
and his prayer to his God, and the manded them that went into captivity,
words of the seers that spoke to him in to take the fire, as it hath been signified,
the name of the Lord the God of Israel, and how he gave charge to them that
are contained in the words of the kings were carried away into captivity. . . .
It was also contained in the same
of Israel.—2 Paral, xxxiii. 18.
‘Also in 2 Paral, xxv. 26 ; xxvlU. 26 : xxxll. writing, how the prophet, being warned
32 ; xxiv. 26, 27 ; xxxvl. 8.
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and the ark should accompany him, till I
he came forth to the mountain where
Moses went up, and saw the inheritance
of God.
And when Jeremias came thither he
found a hollow cave: and he carried in
thither the tabernacle, and the ark, and
the altar of incense, and so stopped the
door.
Then some of them that followed
him, came up to mark the place : but
they could not find it.—2 Mach. ii. 1,
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this world, or with the covetous, or the
extortioners, or the servers of idols;
otherwise you must needs go out of this
world.—1 Cor. v. 9,10.

25th. The Epistle of Paul to the
Laodiceans
Salute the brethren who are at
Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church
that is in his house.
And when this epistle shall have been
read with you, cause that it be read
also in the church of the Laodiceans:
that you read that which is of the
sad. The Memoirs and Commentaries and
Laodiceans.—Col. iv. 15, 16.
of Nehemias
26th. The Prophecy of Enoch
And these same things were set down
Now of these Enoch also, the sev­
in the memoirs and commentaries of
Nehemias: and how he made a library, enth from Adam, prophesied, saying:
and gathered together out of the coun­ Behold, the Lord cometh with thousands
tries, the books both of the prophets, of his saints,
To execute judgment upon all, and
and of David, and the epistles of the
kings, and concerning the holy gifts.— i to reprove all the ungodly for all the
works of their ungodliness, whereby
2 Mach. ii. 13.
they have done ungodly, and of all the
23d. The Five Books by Jason of
hard things which ungodly sinners have
Cyrene
spoken against God.—Jude i. 14, 15.
Now as concerning Judas Machabeus,
and his brethren, and the purification of EXAMPLES OF GOD’S SEVERITY
IN PUNISHING SIN AND
the great temple, and the dedication of
the altar:
REBELLION
As also the wars against Antiochus
For thus saith the Lord of hosts: As
the Illustrious, and his son Eupator: I purposed to afflict you, when your
And the manifestations that came fathers had provoked me to wrath, saith
from heaven to them, that behaved the Lord,
themselves manfully on the behalf of
And I had no mercy: so turning
the Jews, so that, being but a few, they again I have thought in these days to
made themselves masters of the whole do good to the house of Juda, and Jeru­
country, and put to flight the barbarous salem : fear not.—Za^h. viii. 14, 15.
multitude:
And recovered again the most re­
1st The Rebel Angels
nowned temple in all the world, and
For if God spared not the angels that
delivered the city, and restored the laws sinned, but delivered them, drawn down
that were abolished, the Lord with all by infernal ropes to the lower hell, unto
clemency showing mercy to them.
torments, to be reserved unto judgment.
And all such things as have been com­ —2 Peter ii. 4.
prised in five books by Jason of Cyrene,
And the angels who kept not their
we have attempted to abridge in one principality, but forsook their own
book.—2 Mach. ii. 20-24.
habitation, he hath reserved under dark­
24th. A Former Epistle of Paul to the ness in everlasting chains, unto the
judgment of the great day.—Jude i. 6.
Corinthians
And he (the Lord) said to them: I
I wrote to you in an epistle, not to saw Satan like lightning falling from
I heaven.—Luke x. 18.
keep company with fornicators.
I mean not with the fornicators of
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heaven, Michael and his angels fought
with the dragon, and the dragon fought
and his angels:
And they prevailed not, neither was
their place found any more in heaven.
And that great dragon was cast out,
that old serpent, who is called the devil
and Satan, who seduceth the whole
world; and he was cast unto the earth,
and his angels were thrown down with
him.—Apoc. xii. 7-9.

2d. Adam and Eve
To the woman also he said: I will
multiply thy sorrows, and thy concep­
tions: in sorrow shalt thou bring forth
children, and thou shalt be under thy
husband’s power, and he shall have do­
minion over thee.
And to Adam he said: Because thou
hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife,
and hast eaten of the tree, whereof I
commanded thee that thou shouldst not
eat, cursed is the earth in thy work;
with labor and toil shalt thou eat there­
of all the days of thy life.
Thorns and thistles shall it bring
forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the
herbs of the earth.
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou
eat bread till thou return to the earth,
out of which thou wast taken: for dust
thou art, and into dust thou shalt re­
turn.—Gen. iii. 1G-19.

seventeenth day of the month, all the
fountains of the great deep were broken
up, and the flood gates of heaven were
opened :
And the rain fell upon the earth forty
days and forty nights. . . .
And the waters prevailed beyond
measure upon the earth: and all the
high mountains under the whole heaven
were covered. . . .
And all flesh was destroyed that
moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and
of cattle, and of beasts, and of all
creeping things that creep upon the
earth : and all men.
And all things wherein there is the
breath of life on the earth, died. . ..
And Noe only remained, and they
that were with him in the ark—Gen.
vi. 5-7, 17; vii. 11, 12, 19, 21-23.

4th. Sodom and Gomorrha
And the Lord said: The cry of
Sodom and Gomorrha is multiplied,
and their sin is become exceedingly
grievous.
I will go down and see whether they
have done according to the cry that ia
come to me : or whether it be not so,
that I may know. . . .
And the Lord rained upon Sodom and
Gomorrha brimstone and fire from the
Lord out of heaven.
And he destroyed these cities, and all
the country about, all the inhabitants
of the cities, and all things that spring
from the earth. . . .
And Abraham got up early in the
morning, and in the place where he had
stood before with the Lord,
He looked towards Sodom and
Gomorrha, and the whole land of that
country: and he saw the ashes rise up
from the earth as the smoke of a fur­
nace.—Gen. xviii. 20, 21; xix. 24, 25,
27, 28.
She (wisdom) delivered the just man
who fled from the wicked that were
perishing, when the fire came down
upon ‘Pentapolis:
Whose land for a testimony of their
wickedness is desolate, and smoketh to
this day, and the trees bear fruits that
ripen not, and a standing pillar of salt

3d. The Flood
And God seeing that the wickedness
of men was great on the earth, and that
all the thought of their heart was bent
upon evil at all times,
It repented him that he had made
man on the earth. And being touched
inwardly with sorrow of heart,
He said : I will destroy man, whom I
have created, from the face of the
earth, from man even to beasts, from
the creeping thing even to the fowls of
the air, for it repenteth me that I have
made them.
. . . Behold I will bring the waters
of a great Hood upon the earth, to de­
stroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of
life, under heaven. All things that are
in the earth shall be consumed. . . .
Tn the six hundredth year of the life
’Fentapoils: that is. the land of the five
of Noe, in the second month, in the cities,
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is a monument of an incredulous soul.
—Wis. x. 6, 7.
And reducing the cities of the Sodom­
ites, and of the Gomorrhites, into ashes,
condemned them to be overthrown, mak­
ing them an example to those that
should after act wickedly.—2 Peter
ii. 6.
As Sodom and Gomorrha, and the
neighboring cities, in like manner, hav­
ing given themselves to fornication, and
going after other flesh, were made an
example, suffering the punishment of
eternal fire.—Jude i. 7.
5th. Lot’s Wife
And they (the angels) brought him
forth, and set him without the city : and
there they spoke to him, saying: Save
thy life: look not back, neither stay
thou in all the country about: but save
thyself in the mountain, lest thou be
also consumed. . . .
And his wife looking behind her, was
turned into a statue of salt.—Gen. xix.
17, 26.
6th. Onan
Juda therefore said to Onan his son:
Go in to thy brother’s wife and marry
her, that thou mayst raise seed to thy
brother.
He knowing that the children should
not be his, when he went in to his
brother’s wife, spilled his seed upon the
ground, lest children should be born in
his brother’s name.
And therefore the Lord slew him, be­
cause he did a detestable thing.—Gen.
xxxviii. 8-10.

7th. Pharao and the Egyptians
After these things Moses and Aaron
went in, and said to Pharao: Thus
saith the Lord God of Israel: Let my
people go that they may sacrifice to me
in the desert.
But he answered: Who is the Lord,
that I should hear his voice, and let
Israel go ? I know not the Lord, neither
will I let Israel go. ...
And the children of Israel w’ent in
through the midst of the sea dried up:
for the water was as a wall on their
right hand and on their left.
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after them, and all Pharao’s horses, his
chariots and horsemen through the
midst of the sea.
And now the morning watch was
come, and behold the Lord looking upon
the Egyptian army through the pillar
of fire and of the cloud, slew their host.
And overthrew the wheels of the char­
iots, and they were carried into the
deep. And the Egyptians said: I>et us
flee from Israel : for the Lord fighteth
for them against us.
And the Lord said to Moses: Stretch
forth thy hand over the sea, that the
waters may come again upon the Egyp­
tians, upon their chariots and horsemen.
And when Moses had stretched forth
his hand towards the sea, it returned at
the first break of day to the former
place: and as the Egyptians were flee­
ing away, the waters came upon them,
and the Lord shut them up in the
middle of the waves.
And the waters returned, and covered
the chariots and the horsemen of all the
army of Pharao, who had come into the
sea after them, neither did there so
much as one of them remain.—Ex. v.
1, 2; xiv. 22-28.
8th. The Idolatrous Jews
And the people seeing that Moses
delayed to come down from the mount,
gathering together against Aaron, said:
Arise, make us gods, that may go be­
fore us: for as to this Moses, the man
that brought us out of the land of
Egypt, we know not what has befallen
him.
And Aaron said to them: Take the
golden earrings from the ears of your
wives, and your sons and daughters, and
bring them to me.
And the people did what he had com­
manded, bringing the earrings to
Aaron.
And when he had received them, he
fashioned them by founders' work, and
made of them a molten calf. And they
said : These are thy gods, O Israel, that
have brought thee out of the land of
Egypt. . . .
And rising in the morning, they of­
fered holocausts, and peace victims, and
the people sat down to eat, and drink,
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And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Go, get thee down : thy people, which
thou hast brought out of the land of
Egypt, hath sinned. . . .
Then standing in the gate of the
camp, he (Moses) said: If any man be
on the Lord’s side, let him join with
me. And all the sons of Levi gathered
themselves together unto him.
And he said to them: Thus saith the
Lord God of Israel : Put every man his
sword upon his thigh: go, and return
from gate to gate through the midst of
the camp, and let every man kill his
brother, and friend, and neighbor.
And the sons of Levi did according
to the words of Moses, and there were
slain that day about three and twenty
thousand men.—Ex. xxxii. 1-4, 6, 7,
26-28.
gth. Nadab and Abiu
And Nadab and Abiu, the sons of
Aaron, taking their censers, put fire
therein, and incense on it, offering be­
fore the Lord strange fire: which was
not commanded them.
And fire coming out from the Lord
destroyed them, and they died before the
Lord.—Lev. x. 1, 2.
loth. The Murmuring of the Jews
A. In the meantime there arose a
murmuring of the people against the
Lord, as it were repining at their
fatigue. And when the Lord heard it
he was angry. And the fire of the
Lord being kindled against them, de­
voured them that were at the uttermost
part of the camp.—Num. xi. 1.
B. For a mixed multitude of people,
that came up with them, burned with
desire, sitting and weeping, the children
of Israel also being joined with them,
and said: Who shall give us flesh to
eat?
We remember the fish that we ate in
Egypt free cost: the cucumbers come
into our mind, and the melons, and the
leeks, and the onions, and the garlic.
Our soul is dry, our eyes behold noth­
ing else but manna. . . .
Now Moses heard the people weeping
by their families, every one at the door
of his tent. And the wrath of the Lord
was exceedingly enkindled: to Moses

also the thing seemed insupport­
able. . . .
The people therefore rising up all
that day, and night, and the next day,
gathered together of quails, he that did
least, ten cores: and they dried them
round about the camp.
As yet the flesh was between their
teeth, neither had that kind of meat
failed: when behold the wrath of the
Lord being provoked against the people,
struck them with an exceeding great
plague.—Num. xi. 4-6, 10, 32, 33.
C. And there the Lord spoke to
Moses, saying:
Send men to view the land of Chanaan, which I will give to the children
of Israel, one of every tribe, of the
rulers. . . .
And they spoke ill of the land, which
they had viewed, before the children oi
Israel, saying: The land which we have
viewed, devoureth its inhabitants: the
people, that we beheld, are of a tall
stature. ...
Therefore the whole multitude crying
wept that night.
And all the children of Israel mur­
mured against Moses and Aaron. . . .
And the Lord spoke to Moses and
Aaron, saying:
How long doth this wicked multitude
murmur against me? I have heard
the murmurings of the children of
Israel.
Say therefore to them: As I live,
saith the Lord: According as you have
spoken in my hearing, so will I do to
you.
In the wilderness shall your carcasses
lie. All you that were numbered from
twenty years old and upward, and have
murmured against me,
Shall not enter into the land, over
which I lifted up my hand to make you
dwell therein, except Caleb the son of
Jephone, and Josué the son of Nun.
. . . Therefore all the men, whom
Moses had sent to view the land, and
who at their return had made the whole
multitude to murmur against him,
speaking ill of the land that it was
naught,
Died, and were struck in the sight of
the Lord.—Num. xiii. 2, 3, 33; xiv. 1,
2, 26-30, 36, 37.

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I). The following day all the multi­
tude of the children of Israel murmured
against Moses and Aaron, saying:
You have killed the people of the
Lord.
And when there arose a sedition, and
the tumult increased,
Moses and Aaron fled to the taber­
nacle of the covenant. And when they
were gone into it, the cloud covered it,
and the glory of the Lord appeared.
And the Lord said to Moses:
Get you out from the midst of this
multitude, this moment will I destroy
them. . . .
And the number of them that w’ere
slain was fourteen thousand and seven
hundred men, besides them that had
perished in the sedition of Core.—Num.
xvi. 41-45, 49.
E. And they marched from mount
Ilor, by the way that leadeth to the Red
Sea, to compass the land of Edom.
And the people began to be weary of
their journey and labor:
And speaking against God and Moses,
they said: Why didst thou bring us
out of Egypt, to die in the wilderness?
There is no bread, nor have we any
waters: our soul now loatheth this very
light food.
Wherefore the Lord sent among the
people fiery serpents, which bit them
and killed many of them.—Num. xxi.
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touch nothing of theirs, lest you be in­
volved in their sins.
And when they were departed from
their tents round about, Dathan and
Abiron coming out stood in the entry of
their pavilions with their wives and
children, and all the people.
And Moses said: By this you shall
know that the Lord hath sent me to do
all things that you see, and that I have
not. forged them of my own head:
If these men die the common death of
men, and if they be visited with a
plague, wherewith others also are wont
to be visited, the Lord did not send me.
But if the Lord do a new thing, and
the earth opening her mouth swallow
them down, and all things that belong
to them, and they go down alive into
hell, you shall know that they have
blasphemed the Lord.
And immediately as he had made an
end of speaking, the earth broke asun­
der under their feet:
And opening her mouth, devoured
them with their tents and all their sub­
stance.
And they went down alive into hell,
the ground closing upon them, and
they perished from among the people.
But all Israel, that was standing
round about, fled at the cry of them
that were perishing: saying: Lest per­
haps the earth swallow us up alive.
And a fire coming out from the Lord,
destroyed the two hundred and fifty men
nth. The Rebellion of Core
that offered the incense.—Num. xvi. 1,
And behold Core the son of Isaar, the 2, 23-35.
And strangers stood up against him
son of Caath, the son of Levi, and
Dathan and Abiron the sons of Eliab, (Moses), and through envy the men
and Hon the son of Pheleth of the chil­ that were with Dathan and Abiron, com­
passed him about in the wilderness, and
dren of Ruben,
Rose up against Moses, and with the congregation of Core in their wrath.
The Lord saw and it pleased him not,
them two hundred and fifty others of
the children of Israel, leading men of and they were consumed in his wrath­
the synagogue, and who in the time of ful indignation.
He wrought wonders upon them, and
assembly were called by name. . . .
consumed them with a flame of fire.—
And the Lord said to Moses:
Command the whole people to sepa­ Ecclus. xiv. 22-24.
rate themselves from the tents of Core
I2th. The Disobedience of Achan
and Dathan and Abiron.
And let this city (Jericho) be an
And Moses arose, and went to Dathan
and Abiron : and the ancients of Israel anathema, and all things that are in it,
to the Lord. . . .
following him.
But beware ye lest you touch ought of
He said to the multitude: Depart
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you be guilty of transgression, and all
the camp of Israel be under sin, and be
troubled. . . .
But the children of Israel trans­
gressed the coi HIH andment, and took to
their own use of the anathema. For
Achan the son of Charmi, the son of
Zabdi, the son of Zare of the tribe of
Juda, took something of the anathema:
and the Lord was angry against the chil­
dren of Israel. . . .
And the Lord said to Josué: Arise,
why liest thou flat on the ground?
Israel hath sinned, and transgressed
my covenant: and they have taken of
the anathema, and have stolen and lied,
and have hidden it among their goods.
Neither can Israel stand before his
enemies, but he shall flee from them:
because he is defiled with the anathema.
I will be no more with you, till you
destroy him that is guilty of this wick­
edness.
. . . And whosoever he be that shall
be found guilty of this fact, he shall be
burnt with fire with all his substance,
because he hath transgressed the cove­
nant of the Lord, and hath done wick­
edness in Israel.
. . . Then Josué and all Israel with
him took Achan the son of Zare, and
the silver and the garments, and the
golden rule, his sons also and his
daughters, his oxen and asses and
sheep, the tent also, and all the goods:
and brought them to the valley of
Achor :
Where Josué said: Because thou hast
troubled us, the Lord trouble thee this
day. And all Israel stoned him : and
all things that were his, were consumed
with fire.—Jos. vi. 17, 18; vii. 1, 10-12,
15, 24, 25.
13th Heli
And the Lord said to Samuel: Be­
hold I do a thing in Israel: and who­
soever shall hear it, both his ears shall
tingle.
In that day I will raise up against
Heli all the things I have spoken con­
cerning his house: I will begin, and I
will make an end.
For I have foretold unto him, that
I will judge his house for ever, for in­
iquity, because he knew that his sons

did wickedly, and did not chastise
them. . . .
So the Philistines fought, and Israel
was overthrown, and every man fled to
his own dwelling: and there was an
exceeding great slaughter; for there
fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
And the ark of God was taken: and
the two sons of Heli, Opimi and
Phinees, were slain. . . .
Now Heli was ninety and eight years
old, and his eyes were dim, and he
could not see. . . .
And he that brought the news an­
swered, and said: Israel has fled be­
fore the Philistines, and there has been
a great slaughter of the people: more­
over thy two sons, Ophni and Phinees,
are dead : and the ark of God is taken.
And when he had named the ark of
God, he fell from his stool backwards
by the door, and broke his neck, and
died. For he was an old man, far ad­
vanced in years: and he judged Israel
forty years.—1 Kings iii. 11-13; iv. 10,
11, 15, 17, 18.
14th. Saul
And Samuel said: Why askest thou
me, seeing the Lord has departed from
thee, and is gone over to thy rival:
For the Lord will do to thee as he
spoke by me, and he will rend thy
kingdom out of thy hand, and will give
it to thy neighbor David:
Because thou didst not obey the
voice of the Lord, neither didst thou
execute the wrath of his indignation
upon Amalee.
Therefore hath the
Lord done to thee what thou sufferest
this day. And the Lord also will de­
liver Israel with thee into the hands of
the Philistines: and to-morrow thou
and thy sons shall be with me: and the
Lord will also deliver the army of
Israel into the hands of the Philistines.
. . . And the Philistines fought
against Israel, and the men of Israel
fled from before the Philistines, and
fell down slain in mount Gelboe.
And the Philistines fell upon Saul,
and upon his sons, and they slew
Jonathan, and Abinadab and Melchisna
the sons of Saul. . . .
Then Saul took his sword, and fell
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So Saul died, and his three sons, and I their devices are against the Lord, to
his armor bearer, and all his men that provoke the eyes of his majesty.—Is.
samo day together.—1 Kings xxviii. iii. 8.
16-19; xxxi. 1, 2, 4, 6.
18th. Nabuchodonosor
15th. Oza
And when they came to the floor of
Nachon, Oza put forth his hand to the
ark of God, and took hold of it: be­
cause the oxen kicked, and made it lean
aside.
And the indignation of the Lord was
enkindled against Oza, and he struck
him for his rashness: and he died there
before the ark of God.—2 Kings vi. 6, 7.
16th. David
A. Why therefore hast thou despised
the word of the Lord, to do evil in my
sight? Thou hast killed Urias the
Hethite with the sword, and hast taken
his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain
him with the sword of the children of
Ammon.
Therefore the sword shall never de­
part from thy house, because thou hast
despised me, and hast taken the wife
of Urias the Hethite to be thy
wife. . . .
And David said to Nathan: I have
sinned against the Lord. And Nathan
said to David : The Lord also hath
taken away thy sin : thou shalt not die.
Nevertheless, because thou hast given
occasion to the enemies of the Lord to
blaspheme, for this thing, the child that
is born to thee, shall surely die.—
2 Kings xii. 9, 10, 13, 14.
B. And Satan rose up against
Israel: and moved David to number
Israel.
And David said to Joab, and to
the rulers of the people: Go, and
number Israel from Bersabee even to
Dan, and bring me the number of them
that I may know it. . . .
And God was displeased with this
thing that was commanded: and he
struck Israel. . . .
So the Lord sent a pestilence upon
Israel. And there fell of Israel seventy
thousand men.—1 Paral, xxi. 1, 2,
7, 14.
17th. Jerusalem and Juda
For Jerusalem is ruined, and Juda
is fallen : because their tongue, and

At the end of twelve months he was
walking in the palace of Babylon.
And the king answered, and said: Is
not this the great Babylon, which
I have built to be the seat of the king­
dom, by the strength of my power, and
in the glory of my excellence?
And while the word was yet in the
king’s mouth, a voice came down from
heaven: To thee, 0 king Nabuchodono­
sor, it is said: Thy kingdom shall pass
from thee,
And they shall cast thee out from
among men, and thy dwelling shall be
with cattle and wild beasts: thou shalt
eat grass like an ox, and seven times
shall pass over thee, till thou know that
the most High ruleth in the kingdom
of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he
will.
The same hour the word was fulfilled
upon Nabuchodonosor, and he was
driven away from among men, and did
eat grass like an ox, and his body was
wet with the dew of heaven: till his
hairs grew like the feathers of eagles,
and his nails like bird’s claws.—Dan.
iv. 26-30.
igth. Antiochus
At that time Antiochus returned with
dishonor out of Persia. . . .
And swelling with anger he thought
to revenge upon the Jews the injury
done by them that had put him to flight.
And therefore he commanded his char­
iot to be driven, without stopping in his
journey, the judgment of heaven urg­
ing him forward, because he had spoken
so proudly, that he would come to Jeru­
salem, and make it a common burying
place of the Jews.
I But the Lord the God of Israel, that
I seeth all things, struck him with an
incurable and an invisible plague. For
as soon as he had ended these words, a
dreadful pain in his bowels came upon
him, and bitter torments of the inner
parts.
And indeed very justly, seeing he had
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many and new torments, albeit he by
Then Judas who betrayed him, see­
no means ceased from his malice.
ing that he was condemned, repenting
Moreover being filled with pride, himself, brought back the thirty pieces
breathing out fire in his rage against of silver to the chief priests and an­
the Jews, and commanding the matter cients,
to be hastened, it happened as he was
Saying: I have sinned in betraying
going with violence that he fell from innocent blood. But they said: What
the chariot, so that his limbs were much is that to us? look thou to it
pained by a grievous bruising of the
And casting down the pieces of silver
in the temple, he departed: and went
body.
Thus he that seemed to himself to and hanged himself with an halter.—
command even the waves of the sea, Malt. xxvi. 14-1G, 21-24, xxvii. 3-5.
being proud above the condition of
21 st. Ananias and Saphira
man, and to weigh the heights of the
mountains in a balance, now being cast
But a certain man named Ananias,
down to the ground, was carried in a 1 with Saphira his wife, sold a piece of
litter, bearing witness to the manifest land,
power of God in himself:
And by fraud kept back part of the
So that worms swarmed out of the price of the land, his wife being privy
body of this man, and whilst he lived thereunto: and bringing a certain
in sorrow and pain, his flesh fell off, part of it, laid it at the feet of the
and the filthiness of his smell was apostles.
noisome to the army.
But Peter said: Ananias, why hath
And the man that thought a little be­ Satan tempted thy heart, that thou
fore he could reach to the stars of shouldst lie to the Holy Ghost, and by
heaven, no man could endure to carry, fraud keep part of the price of the
for the intolerable stench. . . .
land?
Thus the murderer and blasphemer,
Whilst it remained, did it not remain
being grievously struck, as himself had to thee? and after it was sold, was it
treated others, died a miserable death not in thy power ? Why hast thou con­
in a strange country among the moun­ ceived this thing in thy heart? Thou
tains.—2 Mach. ix. 1, 4-10, 28.
, hast not lied to men, but to God.
And Ananias hearing these words,
20th. Judas
fell down, and gave up the ghost. And
Then went one of the twelve, who there came great fear upon all that
was called Judas Iscariot, to the chief heard it.
priests,
And the young men rising up, re­
And said to them: What will you moved him, and carrying him out, bur­
give me, and I will deliver him unto ied him.
you? But they appointed him thirty
And it was about the space of three
pieces of silver.
hours after, when his wife, not know­
And from thenceforth he sought op­ ing what had happened, came in.
portunity to betray him. ...
And Peter said to her: Tell me,
And whilst they were eating, he woman, whether you sold the land for
(Jesus) said: Amen I say to you, that so much? And she said: Yea, for so
one of you is about to betray me.
much.
And they being very much troubled,
And Peter said unto her : Why have
began every one to say : Is it I, Lord ? you agreed together to tempt the Spirit
But he answering, said: He that dip- of the Lord? Behold the feet of them
peth his hand with me in the dish, he who have buried thy husband are at the
shall betray me.
door, and they shall carry thee out.
The Son of man indeed goeth, as it
Immediately she fell down before his
is written of him : but woe to that man feet, and gave up the ghost. And the
by whom the Son of man shall be be­ young men coming in, found her dead:
trayed: it were better for him, if that and carried her out, and buried her by
man had not been born. ...
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aad. Herod Agrippa
And upon a day appointed, Herod be­
ing arrayed in kingly apparel, sat in
the judgment seat, and made an ora­
tion to them.
And the people made acclamation,
saying: It is the voice of a god, and
not of a man.
And forthwith an angel of the Lord
struck him, because he had not given
the honor to God: and being eaten up
by worms, he gave up the ghost.—Acts
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Son of man, when a land shall sin
against me, so as to transgress griev­
ously, I will stretch forth my hand
upon it, and will break the staff of the
bread thereof: and I will send famine
upon it, and will destroy man and beast
out of it.
And if these three men, Noe, Daniel,
and Job, shall be in it: they shall de­
liver their own souls by their justice,
saith the Lord of hosts.—Ezech. xiv.
13, 14.
By faith Noe, having received an
answer concerning those things which
as yet were not seen, moved with fear,
EXAMPLES OF JUST MEN
framed the ark for the saving of his
Let us now praise . men of renown, I house, by the which he condemned the
and our fathers in their generation. ... world; and was instituted heir of the
But these were men of mercy, whose justice which is by faith.—Heb. xi. 7.
godly deeds have not failed.—Ecclus.
For if God spared not the angels that
xliv. 1, 10.
sinned: . . .
Henoch
And spared not the original world,
And Henoch walked with God. . . . but preserved Noe, the eighth person,
And all the days of Henoch were the preacher of justice, bringing in the
flood upon the world of the ungodly.—
three hundred and sixty-five years.
And he walked with God, and was 2 Peter ii. 4, 5.
seen no more : because God took him.—
Abraham
Gen. v. 22-24.
Henoch pleased God, and was trans­
And the Lord said to Abram: Go
lated into paradise, that he may give forth out of thy country, and from thy
repentance to the nations.—Ecclus. kindred, and out of thy father’s house,
xliv. 16.
and come into the land which I shall
No man was born upon earth like show thee.
Henoch : for he also was taken up
And I will make of thee a great na­
from the earth.—Ecclus. xlix. 16.
tion, and I will bless thee, and mag­
By faith Henoch was translated, that nify thy name, and thou shalt be
he should not see death ; and he was not blessed.
found, because God had translated
I will bless them that bless thee, and
him: for before his translation he had curse them that curse thee, and in thee
testimony that he pleased God.—Heb. shall all the kindred of the earth be
xi. 5.
blessed :
Noe
So Abram went out as the Lord had
tlTlt
him, and Lot went with
But Noe found grace before the commanded
him: Abram was seventy-five years old
Lord.
These are the generations of Noe: when he went forth from Haran.—
Noe was a just and perfect man in Gen. xii. 1-4.
Thou, 0 Lord God, art he who choshis generations, he walked with God.
est Abram, and broughtest him forth
—Gen. vi. 8, 9.
And the Lord said to him (Noe) : Go out of the fire of the Chaldeans, and
in thou and all thy house into the ark : gavest him the name of Abraham.
And thou didst find his heart faith­
for thee I have seen just before me in
ful before thee.—2 Esd. ix. 7, 8.
this generation.—Gen. vii. 1.
They must remember how our father
Noe was found perfect, just, and in
the time of wrath he was made a Abraham was tempted, and being
proved by many tribulations, was
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made the friend of God.—Judith
viii. 22.
Abraham was the great father of a
multitude of nations, and there was not
found the like to him in glory, who
kept the law of the most High, and
was in covenant with him.
In his flesh he established the cove­
nant, and in temptation he was found
faithful.—Ecclus. xliv. 20, 21.
Was not Abraham found faithful in
temptation, and it was reputed to him
unto justice?—1 Mach. ii. 52.
By faith he that is called Abraham,
obeyed to go out into a place which he
was to receive for an inheritance; and
he went out, not knowing whither he
went.
By faith he abode in the land, dwell­
ing in cottages, with Isaac and Jacob,
the co-heirs of the same promise.
For he looked for a city that hath
foundations; whose builder and maker
is God. . . .
For which cause there sprung even
from one (and him as good as dead)
as the stars of heaven in multitude, and
as the sand which is by the sea shore
innumerable. . . .
By faith Abraham, when he was
tried, offered Isaac: and he that had
received the promises, offered up his
only begotten son;
(To whom it was said: In Isaac shall
thy seed be called.)
Accounting that God is able to raise
up even from the dead. Whereupon
also he received him for a parable.—
Heb. xi. 8-10, 12, 17-19.
Isaac
And the Lord appeared to him
(Isaac) and said: Go not down into
Egypt, but stay in the land that I shall
tell thee.
And sojourn in it, and I will be with
thee, and will bless thee: for to thee
and to thy seed I will give all these
countries, to fulfil the oath which I
swore to Abraham thy father.
And I will multiply thy seed like the
stars of heaven : and I will give to thy
posterity all these countries: and in thy
seed shall all the nations of the earth
be blessed.—Gen. xxvi. 2-4.

And he (God) did in like manner
with Isaac for the sake of Abraham hia
father.
The Lord gave him the blessing of all
nations, and confirmed his covenant
upon the head of Jacob.—Ecclus. xliv.
24, 25.
By faith also of things to come,
Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau.—Heb,
xi. 20.
Jacob
And he (Jacob) saw in his sleep a
ladder standing upon the earth, and
the top thereof touching heaven: the
angels also of God ascending and de­
scending by it;
And the Lord leaning upon the lad­
der, saying to him : I am the Lord God
of Abraham thy father, and the God
of Isaac ; the land, wherein thou sleepest, I will give to thee and to thy
seed.
And thy seed shall be as the dust of
the earth: thou shalt spread abroad to
the west, and to the east, and to the
north, and to the south: and in thee
and thy seed all the tribes of the earth
shall be blessed.
And I will be thy keeper whitherso­
ever thou goest, and will bring thee
back into this land : neither will I leave
thee, till I shall have accomplished all
that I have said.—Gen. xxviii. 12-15.
And he (the angel) said: What is
thy name? Tie answered: Jacob.
But he said : Thy name shall not be
called Jacob, but Israel: for if thou
hast been strong against God, how
much more shalt thou prevail against
men?—Gen. xxxii. 27, 28.
She (wisdom) conducted the just,
when he fled from his brother’s wrath,
through the right ways, and showed
him the kingdom of God, and gave him
the knowledge of the holy things, made
him honorable in his labors, and ac­
complished his labors.—Wis. x. 10.
The Lord gave him (Isaac) the bless­
ing of all nations, and confirmed his
covenant upon the head of Jacob.
He acknowledged him in his bless­
ings, and gave him an inheritance, and
divided him his portion in twelve
tribes.—Ecclus. xliv. 25, 26.
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the sons of Joseph, and ‘adored the top son and comely to behold; the daugh­
ters run to and fro upon the wall. . . .
of his rod.—Heb. xi. 21.
His bow rested upon the strong, and
Joseph
the bands of his arms and his hands
And Joseph was brought into Egypt, were loosed, by the hands of the
and Putiphar an eunuch of Pharao, mighty one of Jacob: thence he
forth a pastor, the stone of
chief captain of the army, an Egyptian, came
bought him of the Ismaélites, by whom Israel.
The God of thy father shall be thy
he was brought.
And tho Lord was with him. and helper, and the Almighty shall bless
he was a prosperous man in all thee with the blessings of heaven above,
things: and he dwelt in his master’s with the blessings of the deep that lieth
beneath, with the blessings of the
house,
Who knew very well that the Lord breasts and of the womb.
The blessings of thy father are
was with him, and made all that he
strengthened with the blessings of his
did to prosper in his hand. . . .
But the Lord was with Joseph, and fathers : until the desire of the everlast­
having mercy upon him gave him ing hills should come; may they be
favor in the sight of the chief keeper upon the head of Joseph, and upon the
crown of the Nazarite among his
of the prison. . . .
Neither did he himself know any brethren.—Gen. xlix. 22, 24-26.
No man was born upon earth like
thing, having committed all things to
him: for the Lord was with him, and Henoch.
. . . Nor as Joseph, who was a man
made all that he did to prosper.—Gen.
born prince of his brethren, the support
xxxix. 1-3, 21, 23.
And he said to his brethren: I am of his family, the ruler of his brethren,
Joseph: is my father yet living? His the stay of the people.—Ecclus. xlix.
brethren could not answer him, being 16, 17.
Joseph in the time of his distress
struck with exceeding great fear.
And he said mildly to them: Come kept the commandment, and he was
nearer to me. And when they were made lord of Egypt.—1 Mach. ii. 53.
And the patriarchs, through envy,
come near him, he said: I am Joseph,
your brother, whom you sold into sold Joseph into Egypt; and God was
with him,
Egypt.
And delivered him out of all his
Be not afraid, and let it not seem to
you a hard case, that you sold me into tribulations: and he gave him favor
these countries: for God sent me be­ and wisdom in the sight of Pharao,
fore you into Egypt, for your preserva­ the king of Egypt; and he appointed
him governor over Egypt, and over all
tion.
For it is two years since the famine his house.—Acte vii. 9, 10.
By faith Joseph, when he was dying,
began to be upon the land, and five
years more remain, wherein there can made mention of the going out of the
children of Israel; and gave command­
be neither plowing nor reaping.
And God sent me before, that you ment concerning his bones.—Heb.
may be preserved upon the earth, and xi. 22.
Moses
may have food to live.
Not by your counsel was I sent
For Moses was a man exceeding meek
hither, but by the will of God: who
hath made me as it were a father to above all men that dwelt upon earth.—
Pharao, and lord of his whole house, Num. xii. 3.
The Lord came down in a pillar of
and governor in all the land of Egypt.
the
cloud,
and
stood
in
the
entry
of
—Gen. xiv. 3-8.
Joseph is a growing son, a growing the tabernacle calling to Aaron and
Mary. And when they were come,
'In Gen. xlvll. 31. And as be (Joseph)
He said to them: Hear my words: if
was swearing. Israel adored God, turning to there be among you a prophet of the
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Lord, I will appear to him in a
vision, or I will speak to him in a
dream.
But it is not so with my servant
Moses, who is most faithful in all my
house:
For I speak to him mouth to mouth :
and plainly, and not by riddles and fig­
ures doth he see the Lord. Why then
were you not afraid to speak ill of my
servant Moses?—Num. xii. 5-8.
And Moses called all Israel, and
said to them. . . .
The Lord our God made a covenant
with us in Horeb. . . .
I was the mediator and stood between
the Lord and you at that time, to show
you his words, for you feared the fire,
and went not up into the mountain.—
Deut. v. 1, 2, 5.
And there arose no more a prophet
in Israel like unto Moses, whom the
Lord knew face to face.—Deut.
xxxiv. 10.
Moses and Aaron among his priests:
and Samuel among them that call upon
his name.
They called upon the Lord, and he
heard them: he spoke to them in the
pillar of the cloud.
They kept his testimonies, and the
commandment which he gave them.
Thou didst hear them, 0 Lord our
God : thou wast a merciful God to
them.—Ps. xcviii. 6-8.
Moses was beloved of God, and men :
whose memory is in benediction.
He made him like the saints in
glory, and magnified him in the fear
of his enemies, and with his words he
made prodigies to cease.
lie glorified him in the sight of
kings, and gave him commandments in
the sight of his people, and showed
him his glory.
lie sanctified him in his faith, and
meekness, and chose him out of all
flesh.—Ecclus. xiv. 1-4.
At the same time was Moses born,
and he was acceptable to God. . . .
And Moses was instructed in all the
wisdom of the Egyptians: and he was
mighty in his words and in his deeds.
—Acts vii. 20, 22.
And Moses indeed was faithful in all
his house as a servant, for a testimony

of those things which were to be said
—Heb. iii. 5.
By faith Moses, when he was grown
up, denied himself to be the son of
Pharao’s daughter;
Rather choosing to be afflicted with
the people of God, than to have the
pleasure of sin for a time,
Esteeming the reproach of Christ
greater riches than the treasure of the
Egyptians. For he looked unto the re­
ward.
By faith he left Egypt, not fearing
the fierceness of the king: for he en­
dured as seeing him that is invisible.
By faith he celebrated the pasch, and
the shedding of the blood; that he, who
destroyed the first born, might not
touch them.—Heb. xi. 24-28.
Aaron

The Lord being angry at Moses,
said: Aaron the Levite is thy brother,
I know that he is eloquent: behold he
cometh forth to meet thee, and seeing
thee shall be glad at heart.
Speak to him, and put my words in
his mouth: and I will be in thy mouth,
and in his mouth, and will show you
w’hat you must do.
He shall speak in thy stead to the
people, and shall be thy mouth: but
thou shalt be to him in those things
that pertain to God.—Ex. iv. 14-16.
Moses said to Aaron : Take the cen­
ser, and putting fire in it from the
altar, put incense upon it, and go
quickly to the people to pray for them:
for already wrath is gone out from the
Lord, and the plague rageth.
When Aaron had done this, and had
run to the midst of the multitude which
the burning fire was now destroying,
he offered the incense:
And standing between the dead and
the living, he prayed for the people,
and the plague ceased.—Num. xvi.
46-48.
And the Lord spoke to Moses, say­
ing:
Speak to the children of Israel, and
take of every one of them a rod by
their kindreds, of all the princes of the
tribes, twelve rods, and write the name
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Whomsoever of these I shall choose,
his rod shall blossom: and I will make
to cease from me the murmurings of
the children of Israel, wherewith they
murmur against you. . . .
He (Moses) returned on the follow­
ing day, and found that the rod of
Aaron for the house of Levi, was
budded: and that the buds swelling
it had bloomed blossoms, which spread­
ing the leaves, were formed into al­
monds.—Num. xvii. 1, 2, 5, 8.
And the Lord said to Aaron: You
shall possess nothing in their land,
neither shall you have a portion among
them : I am thy portion and inheritance
in the midst of the children of Israel.
—Num. xviii. 20.
Moses and Aaron among his priests:
and Samuel among them that call upon
his name.
They called upon the Lord, and he
heard them: he spoke to them in the
pillar of the cloud.
They kept his testimonies, and the
commandment which he gave them.
Thou didst hear them, O Lord our
God: thou wast merciful to them.—
Ps. xcviii. 6-8.
But the just also were afterwards
touched by an assault of death, and
there was a disturbance of the multi­
tude in the wilderness: but thy wrath
did not long continue.
For a blameless man made haste to
pray for the people, bringing forth
the shield of his ministry, prayer, and
by incense making supplication, with­
stood the wrath, and put an end to the
calamity, showing that he was thy ser­
vant.— Wts. xviii. 20, 21.
He (God) exalted Aaron his brother,
and like to himself of the tribe of Levi :
He made an everlasting covenant
with him, and gave him the priesthood
of the nation, and made him blessed in
glory. . . .
He chose him out of all men living,
to offer sacrifice to God, incense, and a
good savor, for a memorial to make
reconciliation for his people.—Ecclus.
xiv. 7, 8, 20.

of Aaron the priest, hath turned away
my wrath from the children of Israel:
because he was moved with my zeal
against them, that I myself might not
destroy the children of Israel in my
zeal.
Therefore say to him: Behold I give
him the peace of my covenant,
And the covenant of the priesth
for ever shall be both to him and his
seed, because he hath been zealous for
his God, and hath made atonement for
the wickedness of the children of Israel
—Num. XXV. 10-13.
And they provoked him with their
inventions: and destruction was multi­
plied among them.
Then Phinees stood up, and pacified
him: and the slaughter ceased.
And it was reputed to him unto jus­
tice, to generation and generation for
evermore.—Ps. cv. 29-31.
Phinees the son of Eleazar is the
third in glory, by imitating him in the
fear of the Lord:
And he stood up in the shameful fall
of the people: in the goodness and
readiness of his soul he appeased God
for Israel.
Therefore he made to him a cove­
nant of peace, to be the prince of the
sanctuary, and of his people, that the
dignity of priesthood should be to him
and to his seed for ever.—Ecclus. xiv.
28-30.
Phinees our father, by being fervent
in the zeal of God, received the cove­
nant of an everlasting priesthood.—
1 Mach. ii. 54.
Josué

And Moses answered him:
May the Lord the God of the spirits
of all flesh provide a man that may be
over this multitude. . . .
And the Lord said to him: Take
Josué the son of Nun, a man in whom
is the Spirit, and put thy hand upon
him.
. . . And thou shalt give him pre­
cepts in the sight of all, and part sf
thy glory, that all the congregation of
the children of Israel may hear him.—
Phinees
Num. xxvii. 15, 16, 18, 20.
Valiant in war was Jesus the son of
And the Lord said to Moses:
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among the prophets, who was great ac­ I And in the days of Moses he (Josué)
cording to his name,
did a work of mercy, he and Caleb the
Very great for the saving the elect son of Jephone, in standing against the
of God, to overthrow the enemies that enemy, and withholding the people
rose up against them, that he might get from sins, and appeasing the wicked
the inheritance for Israel. . . .
murmuring. . . .
And in the days of Moses he did a
And the Lord gave strength also to
work of mercy, he and Caleb the son Caleb, and his strength continued even
of Jephone, in standing against the to his old age, so that he went up to
enemy, and withholding the people the high places of the land, and his seed
from sins, and appeasing the wicked obtained it for an inheritance:
I That all the children of Israel might
murmuring.—Ecclus. xlvi. 1, 2, 9.
Jesus, whilst he fulfilled the word, see, that it is good to obey the holy
was made ruler in Israel.—1 Mach. God.—Ecclus. xlvi. 9, 11, 12.
ii. 55.
Caleb, for bearing witness before the
congregation, received an inheritance.
Caleb
—1 Mach. ii. 56.
In the meantime Caleb, to still the
murmuring of the people that rose
Samuel
against Moses, said: Let us go up and
possess the land, for we shall be able to
And the child Samuel became great
conquer it.
before the Lord. . . .
But the child Samuel advanced, and
But the others, that had been with
him, said: No, we are not able to go grew on, and pleased both the Lord and
up to this people, because they are men.—1 Kings ii. 21, 26.
And Samuel grew, and the Lord was
stronger than we.—Num. xiii. 31, 32.
But Josué the son of Nun, and Caleb with him, and not one of his words fell
the son of Jephone, who themselves to the ground.
And all Israel from Dan to Bersabee,
also had viewed the land, rent their
knew that Samuel was a faithful
garments,
And said to all the multitude of the prophet of the Lord.—1 Kings iii.
children of Israel : The land which we 19, 20.
And Samuel said to all Israel: . . .
have gone round is very good:
Speak of me before the Lord, and
If the Lord be favorable, he will
bring us into it, and give us a land before his anointed, whether I have
taken any man’s ox, or ass: If I have
flowing with milk and honey.
Be not rebellious against the Lord: wronged any man, if I have oppressed
and fear ye not the people of this land, any man, if I have taken a bribe at
for we are able to eat them up as any man’s hand: and I will despise
bread. All aid is gone from them: the it this day, and will restore it to
Lord is with us, fear ye not.—Num. xiv. you.
6-9.
And they said : Thou hast not
But yet all the men that have seen wronged us, nor oppressed us, nor taken
my majesty, and the signs that I have ought at any man’s hand.—1 Kings xii.
done in Egypt, and in the wilderness, i, 3, 4.
and have tempted me now ten times,
And far from me be this sin against
and have not obeyed my voice,
the Lord, that I should cease to pray
Shall not see the land for which I for you, and I will teach you the good
swore to their fathers, neither shall any and right way.—1 Kings xii. 23.
one of them that hath detracted me be­
Moses and Aaron among his priests:
hold it.
and Samuel among them that call upon
My servant Caleb, who being full of his name.
another spirit hath followed me, I will
They called upon the Lord, and he
bring into this land which he hath gone heard them : he spoke to them in the
round: and his seed shall possess it.— pillar of the cloud.
Num. xiv. 22-24.
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co inn andment which he gave them.—
Ps. xcviii. 6, 7.
Samuel the prophet of the Lord, the
beloved of the Lord hia God, estab­
lished a new government, and anointed
princes over his people.
By the law of the Lord he judged
the congregation, and the God of Jacob
beheld, and by his fidelity he was
proved a prophet.
And he was known to be faithful in
his words, because he saw the God of
light. ...
And before the time of the end of
his life in the world, he protested before
the Lord, and his annointed: money, or
any thing else, even to a shoe, he
had not taken of any man, and no
man did accuse him.—Ecclus. xlvi. 1618, 22.

David
And David behaved wisely in all his
ways, and the Lord was with him.—
1 Kings xviii. 14.
Now these are David’s last words.
David the son of Isai said: The man
to whom it was appointed concerning
the Christ of the God of Jacob, the
excellent psalmist of Israel said:
The spirit of the Lord hath spoken
by me and his word by my tongue.—
2 Kings xxiii. 1, 2.
And as the fat taken away from the
flesh, so was David chosen from among
the children of Israel. . . .
In all his works he gave thanks to
the holy one, and to the most High,
with words of glory.
With his whole heart he praised the
Lord, and loved God that made him:
and he gave him power against his ene­
mies:
And he set singers before the altar,
and by their voices he made sweet
melody.
And to the festivals he added beauty,
and set in order the solemn times even
to the end of his life, that they should
praise the holy name of the Lord, and
magnify the holiness of God in the
morning.
The Lord took away his sins, and
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throne of glory in Israel.—Ecclus.
xlvii. 2, 9-13.
David by his mercy obtained the
throne of an everlasting kingdom.—
1 Mach. ii. 57.
And when he had removed him
(Saul), he raised them up David to be
king: to whom giving testimony, he
said: I have found David, the son of
Jesse, a man according to my own
heart, who shall do all my wills.—
Acts xiii. 22.
Elias

And Elias the prophet stood up,
as a fire, and his word burnt like a
torch.
... By the word of the Lord he
shut up the heaven, and he brought
down fire from heaven thrice.
Thus was Elias magnified in his
wondrous works. And who can glory
like to thee?
Who raisedst up a dead man from
below, from the lot of death, by the
word of the Lord God. . . .
Who wast taken up in a whirlwind of
fire, in a chariot of fiery horses.
Who art registered in the judgments
of times to appease the wrath of the
Lord, to reconcile the heart of the
father to the son, and to restore the
tribes of Jacob.
Blessed are they that saw thee, and
were honored with thy friendship.—
Ecclus. xlviii. 1, 3-5, 9-11.
Behold I will send you Elias the
prophet, before the coming of the great
and dreadful day of the Lord.
And he shall turn the heart of the
fathers to the children, and the heart
of the children to their fathers: lest I
come, and strike the earth with anath­
ema.—Malach. iv. 5, 6.
Elias, while he was full of zeal for
the law, was taken up into heaven.—
1 Mach. ii. 58.
Elias was a man passible like unto
us: and with prayer he prayed that it
might not rain upon the earth, and it
rained not for three years and six
months.
And he prayed again : and the heaven
gave rain, and the earth brought forth
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Eliseus
And when they were gone over, Elias
said to Eliseus: Ask what thou wilt
have me to do for thee, before I be
taken away from thee. And Eliseus
said : I beseech thee that in me may be
thy double spirit.
And he answered: Thou hast asked
a hard thing: nevertheless if thou see
me when I am taken from thee, thou
shalt have what thou hast asked: but
if thou see me not, thou shalt not have
it.—4 Kings ii. 9, 10.
Now Eliseus was sick of the illness
whereof he died: and Joas king of
Israel went down to him, and wept
before him, and said : 0 my father, my
father, the chariot of Israel and the
guider thereof.—4 Kings xiii. 14.
Elias was indeed covered with the
whirlwind, and his spirit was filled up
in Eliseus: in his days he feared not
the prince, and no man was more
powerful than he.
No word could overcome him, and
after death his body prophesied.
In his life he did great wonders, and
in death he wrought miracles.—Ecclus.
xlviii. 13-15.
Josias

Lord, and in the days of sinners he
strengthened godliness.
Except David, and Ezechias, and
mu
J osias, all committed
sin.—-Ecclus.
xlix. 1-5.
Isaias
He (God) was not mindful of their
sins, neither did he deliver them up
to their enemies, but he purified them
by the hand of Isaias, the holy
prophet. . . .
For Ezechias did that which pleased
God, and walked valiantly in the way
of David his father, which Isaias, the
great prophet, and faithful in the sight
of God, had commanded him.
In his days the sun went backward,
and he lengthened the king’s life.
With a great spirit he saw the
things that are to come to pass at last,
and comforted the mourners in Sion.
He showed what should come to pass
for ever, and secret things before they
came.—Ecclus. xlviii. 23, 25-28.

Jeremías
And the word of the Lord came to
me, saying:
Before I formed thee in the bowels
of thy mother, I knew thee: and be«
Josias was eight years old when he fore thou earnest forth out of the
began to reign: he reigned one and womb, I sanctified thee, and made thee
a prophet unto the nations.—Jer. i.
thirty years in Jerusalem. ...
And he did that which was right in 4, 5.
’After this there appeared also an­
the sight of the Lord, and walked in all
the ways of David his father : he other man, admirable for age, and
turned not aside to the right hand, or | glory, and environed with great
beauty and majesty:
to the left.
Kings xxii. 1, 2.
Then Onias answering, said : This is
There was no king before him like
unto him, that returned to the Lord a lover of his brethren, and of the
with all his heart, and with all his soul, people of Israel : this is he that prayeth
and with all his strength, according to much for the people, and for all the
all the law of Moses: neither after holy city, Jeremías the prophet of God.
him did there arise any like him.— —2 Mach. xv. 13, 14.
4 Kings xxiii. 25.
Daniel
The memory of Josias is like the
composition of a sweet smell made by
Son of man, when a land shall sin
the art of a perfumer:
against me, so as to transgress griev­
His remembrance shall be sweet as ously, I will stretch forth my hand
honey in every mouth, and as music at upon it, and will break the staff of the
a banquet of wine.
bread thereof: and I will send famine
He was directed by God unto the re­ upon it, and will destroy man and beast
pentance of the nation, and he took | out of it.
away the abominations of wickedness.
And if these three men, Noe, Daniel,
And he directed his heart towards the
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and Job, shall be in it: they shall de­
liver their own souls by their justice,
saith the Lord of hosts.—Ezech. xiv.
13, 14.
Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel :
no secret is hid from thee.—Ezech.
xxviii. 3.
All the princes of the kingdom, the
magistrates, and governors, the sena­
tors, and judges have consulted together,
that an imperial decree, and an edict
be published : That whosoever shall ask
any petition of any god, or man, for
thirty days, but of thee, O king, shall
be cast into the den of lions. . . .
Now when Daniel knew this, that is
to say, that the law was made, he went
into his house: and opening the win­
dows in his upper chamber towards
Jerusalem, he knelt down three times
a day, and adored, and gave thanks be­
fore his God, as he had been accus­
tomed to do before.—Dan. vi. 7, 10.
And Daniel answering the king,
said: 0 king, live for ever:
My God hath sent his angel, and
hath shut up the mouths of the lions,
and they have not hurt me : foras­
much as before him justice hath been
found in me: yea and before thee, O
king, I have done no offence.—Dan. vi.
21, 22.
Now whilst I was yet speaking, and
praying, and confessing my sins, and
the sins of my people of Israel, and
presenting my supplications in the
sight of my God, for the holy mountain
of my God :
As I was yet speaking in prayer, be­
hold the man Gabriel, whom I had seen
in the vision at the beginning, flying
swiftly touched me at the time of the
evening sacrifice.
And he instructed me, and spoke to
me, and said: O Daniel, I am now
come forth to teach thee, and that thou
mightest understand.
From the beginning of thy prayers
the word came forth : and I am come to
show it to thee, because thou art a man
of desires: therefore do thou mark the
word, and understand the vision.—
Dan. ix. 20-23.
And he (the angel) said to me:
Daniel, thou man of desires, under­
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and stand upright: for I am sent now
to thee. . . .
And he said to me: Fear not, Daniel :
for from the first day that thou didst
set thy heart to understand, to afflict
thyself in the sight of thy God, thy
words have been heard : and I am come
for thy words.—Dan. x. 11, 12.
Daniel in his innocency was de­
livered out of the mouth of the lions.
—1 Mach. ii. 60.
Tobias

Tobias of the tribe and city of
Nephtali,
. . . When he was made captive in
the days of Salmanasar king of the
Assyrians, even in his captivity, for­
sook not the way of truth,
But every day gave all he could get
to his brethren his fellow-captives, that
were of his kindred.
And when he was yet younger than
any of the tribe of Nephtali, yet did he
no childish thing in his work.
Moreover when all went to the golden
calves which Jeroboam king of Israel
had made, he alone fled the company of
all,
And went to Jerusalem to the tem­
ple of the Lord, and there adored the
Lord God of Israel, offering faithfully
all his first-fruits, and his tithes. . . .
Tobias daily went among all his
kindred, and comforted them, and dis­
tributed to every one as he was able,
out of his goods:
He fed the hungry, and gave clothes
to the naked, and was careful to bury
the dead, and they that were slain.—
Tob. i. 1-6, 19, 20.
But Tobias fearing God more than
the king, carried off the bodies of
them that were slain, and hid them in
his house, and at midnight buried
them.
Now it happened one day, that being
wearied with burying, he came to his
house, and cast himself down by the
wall and slept,
And as he was sleeping, hot dung out
of a swallow’s nest fell upon his eyes,
and he was made blind.
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example might be given to posterity of
his patience, as also of holy Job.
For whereas he had always feared
God from his infancy, and kept his
commandments, he repined not against
God because the evil of blindness had
bei alien him,
But continued immovable in the fear
of God, giving thanks to God all the
days of his life.—Tob. ii. 9-14.
When thou didst pray with tears,
and didst bury the dead, and didst
leave thy dinner, and hide the dead
by day in thy house, and bury them
by night, I offered thy prayer to the
Lord.
And because thou wast acceptable to
God, it was necessary that temptation
should prove thee.—Tob. xii. 12, 13.
And the rest of his life was in joy,
and with great increase of the fear of
God he departed in peace.—Tob. xiv. 4.
Job
There was a man in the land of Hus,
whose name was Job, and that man was
simple and upright, and fearing God,
and avoiding evil. . . .
Then Job rose up, and rent his gar­
ments, and having shaven his head fell
down upon the ground and worshipped,
And said: Naked came I out of my
mother’s womb, and naked shall I re­
turn thither: the Lord gave, and the
Lord hath taken away: as it hath
pleased the Lord so is it done: blessed
be the name of the Lord.
In all these tilings Job sinned not by
his lips, nor spoke he any foolish thing
against God.—Job i. 1. 20-22.
So Satan went forth from the pres­
ence of the Lord, and struck Job with
a very grievous ulcer, from the sole of
the foot even to the top of his head :
And he took a potsherd and scraped
the corrupt matter, sitting on a dung­
hill.
And his wife said to him : Dost thou
still continue in thy simplicity? bless
God. and die.
And he said to her: Thou hast
spoken like one of the foolish women:
if we have received good things at the
hand of God, why should we not re­
ceive evil? In all these things Job did
not sin with his lips.—Job ii. 7-10.

And after the Lord had spoken these
words to Job, he said to Elipha the
Themanite. . . .
Take unto you therefore seven oxen,
and seven rams, and go to my servant
Job, and offer for yourselves a holo­
caust: and my servant Job shall pray
for you : his face I will accept, that
folly be not imputed to you: for you
have not spoken right things before
me, as my servant Job hath.—Job xiii.
7, 8.
Son of man, when a land shall sin
against me, so as to transgress griev­
ously, I will stretch forth my hand
upon it, and will break the staff of the
bread thereof : and I will send famine
upon it, and will destroy man and
beast out of it.
And if these three men, Noe, Daniel,
and Job, shall be in it: they shall de­
liver their own souls by their justice,
saith the Lord of hosts.—Ezech. xiv.
13, 14.
John the Baptist

And in those days cometh John the
Baptist preaching in the desert of
Judea.
And saying: Do penance: for the
kingdom of heaven is at hand.
For this is he that was spoken of by
Isaías the prophet, saying: A voice of
one crying in the desert, Prepare ye
the way of the Lord, make straight his
paths.
And the same John had his garment
of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle
about his loins: and his meat was
locusts and wild honey.
Then went out to him Jerusalem and
all Judea, and all the country about
Jordan :
And were baptized by him in the
Jordan, confessing their sins.—Mail.
iii. 1-6.
And when they went their way,
Jesus began to say to the multitudes
concerning John: What went you out
in the desert to see? a reed shaken
with the wind?
But what went you out to see? a man
clothed in soft garments? Behold
they that are clothed in soft garments,
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prophet ? yea I tell you, and more than
a prophet.
For this is he of whom it is written :
Behold I send my angel before thy face,
who shall prepare thy way before thee.
Amen I say to you, there hath not
risen among them that are born of
women a greater than John the Bap­
tist: yet he that is the lesser in the
kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
And from the days of John the Bap­
tist until now, the kingdom of heaven
suffereth violence, and the violent bear
it away.
For all the prophets and the law
prophesied until John:
And if you will receive it, he is
Elias that, is to come.—Matt. xi. 7-14.
And his disciples asked him (Jesus),
saying: Why then do the scribes say
that Elias must come first?
But he answering, said to them:
Elias indeed shall come, and restore all
things.
But I say to you, that Elias is al­
ready come, and they knew him not, but
have done unto him whatsoever they
had a mind. So also the Son of man
shall suffer from them.
Then the disciples understood, that
he had spoken to them of John the
Baptist.—Matt. xvii. 10-13.
But the angel said to him : Fear not,
Zachary, for thy prayer is heard; and
thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a
son, and thou shalt call his name John:
And thou shalt have joy and glad­
ness, and many shall rejoice in his
nativity.
For he shall be great before the Lord;
and shall drink no wine nor strong
drink: and he shall be filled with the
Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s
womb.
And he shall convert many of the
children of Israel to the Lord their
God.
And he shall go before him in the
spirit and power of Elias; that he may
turn the hearts of the fathers unto the
children, and the incredulous to the
wisdom of the just, to prepare unto the
Lord a perfect people. . . .
And all they that had heard them
laid them up in their heart, saying:
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be? For the hand of the Lord was with
him.
And Zachary his father was filled
with the Holy Ghost; and he prophe­
sied, saying: . . .
And thou, child, shalt be called the
prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt
go before the face of the Lord to pre­
pare his ways:
To give knowledge of salvation to
his people, unto the remission of their
sins.
. . . And the child grew, and was
strengthened in spirit; and was in the
deserts until the day of his manifesta­
tion to Israel.—Luke i. 13-17, 66, 67,
76, 77, 80.
There was a man sent from God,
whose name was John.
This man came for a witness, to give
testimony of the light, that all men
might believe through him.
He was not the light, but was to give
testimony of the light.—John i. 6-8.
John answered them, saying: I bap­
tize with water; but there hath stood
one in the midst of you, whom you
know not.
The same is he that shall come after
me, who is preferred before me: the
latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy
to loose.
. . . The next day, John saw Jesus
coming to him, and he saith: Behold
the Lamb of God, behold him who taketh away the sin of the world.
This is he, of whom I said : After me
there cometh a man, who is preferred
before me: because he was before
me. . . .
He must increase, but I must de­
crease.—John i. 26. 27, 29, 30; iii. 30.
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But of the people many believed in
him, and said: When the Christ com­
eth, shall he do more miracles, than
these which this man doth?—John
vii. 31.
Jesus answered them: I speak to you,
and you believe not: the works that I
do in the name of my Father, they give
testimony of me. . . .
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But if I do, though you will not be­
lieve me, believe the works: that you
may know and believe that the Father
is in me, and I in the Father.—John
X. 25, 37, 38.

thither with lanterns and torches and
weapons.
Jesus therefore, knowing all things
that should come upon him, went forth,
and said to them: Whom seek ye?
They answered him: Jesus of Naza­
reth. Jesus saith to them: I am he.
Arrest of Christ, the Miracle
And Judas also, who betrayed him,
at the
stood with them.
As soon therefore as he had said to
Judas therefore having received a
band of soldiers and servants from the them : I am he ; they went backward,
chief priests and the Pharisees, cometh and fell to the ground.—John xviii. 3-6.
Ascension of Christ into Heaven, the
And when he had said
these things, while they
looked on, he was raised
up: and a cloud received
And he led them out as him out of their sight.
far as Bethania: and lift­ And while they were be­
And the Lord Jesus, af­ ing up his hands, he holding him going up to
ter he had spoken to them, blessed them.
heaven, behold two men
was taken up into heaven, And it came to pass, stood by them in white
and sitteth on the right whilst he blessed them, he garments.
hand of God.—Mark xvi. departed from them, and Who also said : Ye men
19.
was carried up to heaven. of Galilee, why stand you
looking up to heaven ? This
—Luke xxiv. 50, 51.
Jesus who is taken up
from you into heaven,
shall so come, as you have
seen him going into
heaven.—Acts i. 9-11.
Blind Men, the Two
And as Jesus passed from thence,
Then he touched their eyes, saying,
there followed him two blind men cry­ According to your faith, be it done
ing out and saying, Have mercy on us, unto you.
O son of David.
And their eyes were opened, and
And when he was come to the house, Jesus strictly charged them, saying,
the blind men came to him. And Jesus See that no man know this.
saith to them, Do you believe that I
But they going out, spread his fame
can do this unto you? They say to abroad in all that country.—Matt. ix.
him, Yea, Lord.
27-31.

’Blind Men of Jericho, the Two

And they came to Jeri­ Now it came to pass,
And when they went out cho: and as he went out when he drew nigh to Jer­
from Jericho, a great mul­ of Jericho, with his disci­ icho, that a certain blind
ples, and a very great mul­ man sat by the way side,
titude followed him.
titude, Bartimeus the begging.
blind man, the son of And when he heard the
Foaard’a Life of Christ, vol. ii., page 152, footnote. He concludes that the eynoptiata refer to the
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And behold two blindlTimeus, sat by the way multitude passing by, he
men sitting by the way side begging,
asked what this meant.
side, heard that Jesus Who when he had heard, And they told him, that
passed by, and they cried that it was Jesus of Na- Jesus of Nazareth was
out, saying: 0 Lord, thou zareth, began to cry out, passing by.
son of David, have mercy and to say: Jesus Son of And he cried out, say­
on us.
David, have mercy on me. ing: Jesus, son of David,
And the multitude re- And many rebuked him, have mercy on me.
buked them that they that he might hold his And they that went be­
should hold their peace. Ii»ace; but he cried a great fore, rebuked him, that he
But they cried out the deal the more: Son of Da­ should hold his peace: but
more, saying: 0 Lord, vid, have mercy on me.
he cried out much more:
thou son of David, have And Jesus, standing Son of David, have mercy
mercy on us.
still, commanded him to be on me.
And Jesus stood, and called. And they call the And Jesus standing,
called them, and said: blind man, saying to him: commanded him to be
What will ye that I do to Be of better comfort: brought unto him. And
you?
arise, he calleth thee.
when he was come near,
They say to him : Lord, Who casting off his gar- he asked him,
that our eyes be opened, ment leaped up, and came Saying: What wilt thou
And Jesus having com- to him.
that I do to thee ?
passion on them, touched And Jesus answering, But he said: Lord, that
their eyes.
said to him: What wilt I may see.
And immediately they thou that I should do to And Jesus said to him:
saw, and followed him.— thee? And the blind man Receive thy sight: thy
Matt. XX. 29-34.
said to him: Rabbonì, faith hath made ¿hee
that I may see.
whole.
And Jesus saith to him: And immediately he
Go thy way, thy faith hath saw, and followed him,
glorifying God. And all
made thee whole.
And immediately he the people, when they saw
saw, and followed him in it, gave praise to God.—
the way.—Mark x. 46-52. Luke xviii. 35-43.

Blind Man of Bethsaida, the

Blind, the Man Bom

And they came to Bethsaida; and
they bring to him a blind man, and
they besought him that he would touch
him.
And taking the blind man by the
hand, he led him out of the town; and
spitting upon his eyes, laying his
hands on him, he asked him if he saw
any thing.
And looking up he said : I see men as
it were trees, walking.
After that again he laid his hands
upon his eyes, and he began to see, and
was restored, so that he saw all things
clearly.
And he sent him into his house, say­
ing: Go into thy house, and if thou en­
ter into the town, tell nobody.—Mark
viii. 22-26.

And Jesus passing by, saw a man,
who was blind from his birth:
And his disciples asked him: Rabbi,
who hath sinned, this man, or his
parents, that he should be born
blind ?
Jesus answered: Neither hath this
man sinned, nor his parents; but that
the works of God should be made mani­
fest in him.
I must work the works of him that
sent me, whilst it is day: the night
cometh, when no man can work.
As long as I am in the world, I am
the light of the world.
When he had said these things, he
spat on the ground, and made clay of
the spittle, and spread the clay upon
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And said to him: Go, wash in the Sent. He went therefore, and washed,
pool of Siloe, which is interpreted, and he came seeing.—John ix. 1-7.

Centurion’s Servant, the Cure of the

And when he had entered into
Capharnaum, there came to him a cen­
turion, beseeching him,
And saying, Lord, my servant lieth
at home sick of the palsy, and is griev­
ously tormented.
And Jesus saith to him: I will come
and heal him.
And the centurion making answer,
said: Lord, I am not worthy that thou
shouldst enter under my roof: but only
say the word, and my servant shall be
healed. . . .
And Jesus said to the centurion : Go,
and as thou hast believed, so be it done
to thee. And the servant was healed at
the same hour.—Matt. viii. 5-8, 13.

And when he had finished all his
words in the hearing of the people, he
entered into Capharnaum.
And the servant of a certain cen­
turion, who was dear to him, being
sick, was ready to die.
And when he had heard of Jesus, he
sent unto him the ancients of the Jews,
desiring him to come and heal his ser­
vant.
And when they came to Jesus, they
besought him earnestly, saying to him:
He is worthy that thou shouldst do
this for him.
For ho loveth our nation; and he
hath built us a synagogue. And Jesus
went with them. And when he was
now not far from the house, the cen­
turion sent his friends to him, saying:
Lord, trouble not thyself ; for I am not
worthy that thou shouldst enter under
my roof.
For which cause neither did I think
myself worthy to come to thee ; but say
the word, and my servant shall be
healed.
For I also am a man subject to au­
thority, having under me soldiers: and
I say to one, Go, and he goeth ; and to
another, Come, and he comcth ; and to
my servant, Do this, and he doth it.
Which Jesus hearing, marvelled: and
turning about to the multitude that fol­
lowed him, he said : Amen I say to you,
I have not found so great faith, not
even in Israel.
And they who were sent, being re­
turned to the house, found the servant
whole who had been sick.—Luke vii.
1-10.

Daughter of the Woman of Canaan, the Cure of the
And Jesus went from thence, and re­
tired into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
And behold a woman of Canaan who
came out of those coasts, crying out,
said to him: Have mercy on me, O
Lord, thou son of David : my daughter
is grievously troubled by a devil.

And rising from thence he went into
the coasts of Tyre and Sidon : and en­
tering into a house, he would that no
man should know it, and he could not
be hid.
For a woman as soon as she heard of
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Who answered her not a word. And
his disciples came and besought him,
saying: Send her away, for she crieth
after us:
And he answering, said: I was not
sent but to the sheep that are lost of
the house of Israel.
But she came and adored him, say­
ing: Lord, help me.
Who answering, said: It is not good
to take the bread of the children, and
to cast it to the dogs.
But she said: Yea, Lord; for the
whelps also eat of the crumbs that fall
from the table of their masters.
Then Jesus answering, said to her:
0 woman, great is thy faith : be it done
to thee as thou wilt: and her daughter
was cured from that hour.—Matt. xv.
21-28.

spirit, came in and fell down at hia
feet.
For the woman was a Gentile, a
Syro-phenician born.
And she be­
sought him that he would cast forth
the devil out of her daughter.
Who said to her : Suffer first the chil­
dren to be filled: for it is not
take the bread of the children, and cast
it to the dogs.
But she answered and said to him:
Yea, Lord; for the whelps also eat un­
der the table of the crumbs of the chil­
dren.
And he said to her: For this saying
go thy way, the devil is gone out of
thy daughter.
And when she was come into her
house, she found the girl lying upon
the bed. and that the devil was gone
out.—Mark vii. 24-30.

Deaf and Dumb Man, the Cure
of the

groaned, and said to him: Ephpheta,
which is, Be thou opened.
And immediately his ears were
opened, and the string of his tongue
was loosed, and he spoke right.
And he charged them that they
should tell no man. But the more he
charged them, so much the more a great
deal did they publish it.
And so much the more did they won­
der, saying: He hath done all things
well; he hath made both the deaf to
hear, and the dumb to speak.—Mark
vii. 31-37.

And again going out of the coasts of
Tyre, he came by Sidon to the sea of
Galilee, through the midst of the coasts
of Decapolis.
And they bring to him one deaf and
dumb; and they besought him that he
would lay his hand upon him.
And taking him from the multitude
apart, he put his fingers into his ears,
and spitting, he touched his tongue :
And looking up to heaven, he

Death of Christ, Miracles at the
Now from the sixth And when the sixth hour And it was almost the
hour there was darkness was come, there was dark­ sixth hour; and there was
over the whole earth, until ness over the whole earth darkness over all the earth
until the ninth hour.
until the ninth hour.
the ninth hour. . . .
And Jesus again crying And at the ninth hour, And the sun was dark­
with a loud voice, yielded Jesus cried out with a ened, and the veil of the
loud voice, saying: Eloi, temple was rent in the
up the ghost.
And behold the veil of Eloi, lamma sabacthani ? midst.
the temple was rent in Which is, being inter­ And Jesus, crying with
two from the top even to preted, My God, my God, a loud voice, said: Father,
the bottom, and the earth why hast thou forsaken into thy hands I commend
my spirit. And saying
quaked, and the rocks were me?
. . . And Jesus hav­ this, he gave up the ghost.
rent
And the graves were ing cried out with a loud Now the centurion, see­
opened: and many bodies voice, gave up the ghost ing what was done, glori-

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of the saints that had slept

arose,
And coining out of the
tombs after his resurrec­
tion, came into the holy
city, and appeared to
many.
Now the centurion and
they that were with him
watching Jesus, having
seen the earthquake, and
the things that were done,
were sore afraid, saying:
Indeed this was the Son
of God.—Matt, xxvii. 45,
50-54.

And the veil of the
temple was rent in two,
from the top to the bottom.
And the centurion who
stood over against him,
seeing that crying out in
this manner he had given
up the ghost, said : Indeed
this man was the Son of
God.—Mark xv. 33, 34,
37-39.

fied God, saying: Indeed
this was a just man.
And all the multitude
of them that were come
together to that sight, and
saw the things that were
done, returned striking
their breasts.—Luke xxiii.
44-48.

Demoniacs of Gerasa, the
And they came over the And they sailed to the
strait of the sea into the country of the Gerasens,
country of the Gerasens. which is over against Gali­
And as he went out of lee.
the ship, immediately there And when he was come
met him out of the monu­ forth to the land, there
ments a man with an un­ met him a certain man
who had a devil now a
clean spirit,
Who had his dwelling very long time, and he
in the tombs, and no man wore no clothes, neither
now could bind him, not did he abide in a house,
but in the sepulchres.
even with chains.
For having been often And when he saw Jesus,
bound with fetters and he fell down before him;
chains, he had burst the and crying out with a
chains, and broken the loud voice, he said: What
fetters in pieces, and no have I to do with thee,
Jesus, Son of the most
one could tame him.
I beseech
And when he was come And he was always day high God ?
on the other side of the and night in the monu­ thee, do not torment me.
water, into the country of ments and in the moun­ For he commanded the
the Gerasens, there met tains, crying and cutting unclean spirit to go out of
the man. For many times
him two that were pos­ himself with stones.
sessed with devils, coming And seeing Jesus afar it seized him, and he was
out of the sepulchres, ex­ off,he ran and adored him. bound with chains, and
ceeding fierce, so that And crying with a loud kept in fetters; and break­
none could pass by that voice, he said: What have ing the bonds, he was
way.
I to do with thee, Jesus driven by the devil into
And behold they cried the Son of the most high the deserts.
out, saying: What have we God? I adjure thee by And Jesus asked him,
to do with thee, Jesus Son God that thou torment me saying: What is thy
of God ? art thou come not.
name? But he said:
hither to torment us be­ For he said unto him: Legion ; because many
fore the time?
Go out of the man, thou devils were entered into
And there was, not far unclean spirit.
him.
from them, an herd of
And he asked him: And they besought him
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And the devils besought he saith to him: My name mand them to go into the
him, saying: If thou cast is Legion, for we are abyss.
And there was there a
us out hence, send us into many.
And he besought him herd of many swine feed­
the herd of swine.
And he said to them: much, that he would not ing on the mountain; and
Go. But they going out drive him away out of the they besought him that he
would suffer them to enter
went into the swine, and country.
behold the whole herd ran And there was there into them. And he suf­
violently down a steep near the mountain a great fered them.
place into the sea : and herd of swine, feeding.
The devils therefore
they perished in the wa­ And the spirits besought went out of the man, and
him, saying: Send us into entered into the swine;
ters.
And they that kept them the swine, that we may en­ and the herd ran vio­
fled: and coming into the ter into them.
lently down a steep place
city, told every thing, and And Jesus immediately into the lake, and were
concerning them that had gave them leave. And the stifled.
been possessed by the dev­ unclean spirits going out, Which when they that
ils.—Matt. viii. 28-33.
entered into the swine: fed them saw done, they
and the herd with great fled away, and told it in
violence was carried head­ the city and in the vil­
long into the sea, being lages.
about two thousand, and And they went out to
were stifled in the sea.
see what was done; and
And they that fed them they came to Jesus, and
fled, and told it in the city found the man out of
and in the fields. And whom the devils were de­
they went out to see what parted, sitting at his feet,
was done:
clothed, and in his right
And they came to Jesus, mind; and they were
and they see him that was afraid.—Luke viii. 26-35.
troubled with the devil,
sitting, clothed, and well
in his wits, and they were
afraid.—Mark v. 1-15.

Demoniac, the Dumb

And when they were gone out, behold
they brought him a dumb man, pos­
sessed with a devil.
And after the devil was cast out, the
dumb man spoke, and the multitudes
wondered, saying, Never was the like
seen in Israel.
But the Pharisees said, By the prince
of devils he casteth out devils.—Matt.
ix. 32-34.

And he was casting out a devil, and
the same was dumb : and when he had
cast out the devil, the dumb spoke : and
the multitudes were in admiration at
it:
But some of them said: He casteth
out devils by Beelzebub, the prince of
devils.—Luke xi. 14, 15.

And all the multitudes were amazed,
and said : Is not this the son of David ?
But the Pharisees hearing it, said:
Then was offered to him one pos­
sessed with a devil, blind and dumb : This man casteth not out devils but by
and he healed him, so that he spoke Beelzebub the prince of the devils.—
Matt. xii. 22-24.
and saw.
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Demoniac Child, the
And one of the multi-1
tude, answering, said:
Master, I have brought
my son to thee, having a
dumb spirit,
Who, wheresoever he
taketh him, dasheth him,
and he foameth, and
gnasheth with the teeth, And it came to pass the
and pineth away; and I day following, when they
spoke to thy disciples tócame down from the
cast him out, and they mountain, there met him
could not.
a great multitude.
Who answering them, And behold a man
And when he was come said: O incredulous gen-among the crowd cried
to the multitude, there eration, how long shall l out, saying: Master, I be­
came to him a man be with you? how long seech thee, look upon my
falling down on his knees shall I suffer you? bring son, because he is my
only one.
before him, saying: Lord, him unto me.
have pity on my son, for And they brought him. And lo, a spirit seizeth
he is a lunatic, and suf- And when he had seen him, and he suddenly
immediately
the crieth out, and he throw­
fereth much: for he fall- him,
eth often into the fire, and spirit troubled him; and eth him down and teareth
being thrown down upon him, so that he foamoften into the water.
And I brought him to the ground, he rolled eth; and bruising him, he
hardly departeth from
thy disciples, and they about foaming.
And he asked h i s him.
.
. .
could not cure him.
Then Jesus answered father: How long time is And I desired thy disciand said: O unbelieving it since this hath hap- pies to cast him out, and
and perverse generation, pened unto him? But he they could not.
how long shall I be with said : From his infancy :
And Jesus answering,
you? How long shall I And oftentimes hath he said: O faithless and per­
suffer you? bring him cast him into the fire and verse generation,. how
hither to me.
into waters to destroy him. l°ni? shall I be with you,
And Jesus rebuked him, But if thou canst do any and suffer you? Bring
and the devil went out of thing, help us, having hither thy son.
him, and the child was compassion on us.
And as he was coming
cured from that hour.— And Jesus saith to to him, the devil threw
Matt. xvii. 14-17.
him: If thou canst be- him down, and tore him.
lieve, all things are possi- And Jesus rebuked the
ble to him that believeth. unclean spirit, and cured
And immediately the the boy, and restored him
father of the boy crying to his father.
out, with tears said: I do' And all were astonished
believe, Lord: help my un- at the mighty power oi
belief.
God.—Luke ix. 37-44.
And when Jesus saw the
multitude running to­
gether, he threatened the
unclean spirit, saying to
him : Deaf and dumb
spirit, I command thee, go
out of him; and enter not
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And crying out, and
greatly tearing him, he
went out of him, and he
became as dead, so that
many said : He is dead.
But Jesus taking him
by the hand, lifted him
up; and he arose.—Mark
ix. 16-26.

Demoniac of Capharnaum, the
And there was in their synagogue a
man with an unclean spirit; and he
cried out,
Saying: What have we to do with
thee, Jesus of Nazareth? art thou
come to destroy us? I know who thou
art, the Holy One of God.
And Jesus threatened him, saying:
Speak no more, and go out of the man.
And the unclean spirit tearing him,
and crying out with a loud voice, went
out of him.
And they were all amazed, insomuch
that they questioned among themselves,
saying: What thing is this? w’hat is
this new doctrine? for with power he
commandeth even the unclean spirits,
and they obey him.
And the fame of him was spread
forthwith into all the country of Gali­
lee—Mark i. 23-28.

And in the synagogue there was a
man who had an unclean devil, and he
cried out with a loud voice,
Saying: Let us alone, what have we
to do with thee, Jesus of Nazareth? art
thou come to destroy us? I know thee,
who thou art, the holy one of God.
And Jesus rebuked him, saying:
Hold thy peace, and go out of him.
And when the devil had thrown him
into the midst, he went out of him, and
hurt him not at all.
And there came fear upon all, and
they talked among themselves, saying:
What word is this, for with authority
and power he commandeth the unclean
spirits, and they go out?
And the fame of him was published
into every place of the country.—Luke
iv. 33-37.

Dropsy, the Man Sick of the
And it came to pass, when Jesus went
into the house of one of the chief of
the Pharisees, on the sabbath day, to
eat bread, that they watched him.
And behold, there was a certain man
before him that had the dropsy.

And Jesus answering, spoke to
the lawyers and Pharisees, saying:
Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath
day?
But they held their peace. But he
taking him, healed him, and sent him
away.—Luke xiv. 1-4.

Fig-Tree, the Withered
And the next day when they came
out from Bethania, he was hungry.
And when he had seen afar off a fig­
And leaving them, he went out of
the city into Bethania, and remained tree having leaves, he came if perhaps
he might find any thing on it.
there.
And when he was come to it, he
And in the morning, returning into
found nothing but leaves. For it was
the city, he was hungry.
And seeing a certain fig-tree by the not the time for figs.
And answering he said to it: May no
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ing on it but leaves only, and he saith
to it : May no fruit grow on thee hence­
forward for ever. And immediately the
fig-tree withered away.
And the disciples seeing it wondered,
saying: How is it presently withered
away /—Matt. xxi. 17-20.

man hereafter eat fruit of thee anj
more for ever. And his disciples heard
it. . . .
And when they passed by in the
morning they saw the fig-tree dried up
from the roots.
And Peter remembering, said to him:
Rabbi, behold the fig-tree, which thou
didst curse, is withered away.—Marie
xi. 12-14, 20, 21.

Fish, the First Miraculous Draught of I the fishes which they had taken.—Luk

v. 1-9.

And it came to pass, that when the
multitudes pressed upon him to hear
Fish, the Second Miraculous
the word of God, he stood by the lake of
Draught of
Genesareth,
After this, Jesus showed himself
And saw two ships standing by
the lake; but the fishermen were gone again to the disciples at the sea of
out of them, and were washing their Tiberias. And he showed himself after
this manner.
nets.
There were together Simon Peter,
And going into one of the ships that
was Simon’s, he desired him to draw and Thomas, who is called Didymus,
back a little from the land. And sit­ ! and Nathanael, who was of Cana of
ting he taught the multitudes out of Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and
two others of his disciples.
the ship.
Simon
Peter
saith
to
them:
I
go
a
Now when he had ceased to speak, he
fishing. They say to him: We also
said to Simon: Launch out into the come
with thee. And they went forth,
deep, and let down your nets for a and entered
into the ship: and that
draught.
night they caught nothing,
And Simon answering, said to him:
But when the morning was come,
Master, we have labored all the night, Jesus stood on the shore: yet the disci­
and have taken nothing: but at thy ples knew not that it was Jesus.
word I will let down the net.
Jesus therefore said to them: Chil­
And when they had done this, they dren, have you any meat? They an­
enclosed a very great multitude of I swered him: No.
fishes, and their net broke.
He saith to them: Cast the net on
And they beckoned to their partners the right side of the ship, and you shall
that were in the other ship, that they find. They cast therefore; and now
should come and help them. And they they were not able to draw it, for the
came, and filled both the shi is, so that multitude of fishes. . . .
they were almost sinking.
Jesus saith to them : Bring hither of
Which when Simon Peter saw, he the fishes which you have now caught.
fell down at Jesus’ knees, sayiig: De­
Simon Peter went up, and drew the
part from me, for I am a sinf tl man, net to land, full of great fishes, one
O Lord.
hundred and fifty-three. And although
For he was wholly astonished, and all there were so many, the net was not
that were with him, at the draught of I broken.—John xxi. 1-6, 10, 11.
Jairus, Raised to Life, Tfye Daughter of
As he was yet speaking And when Jesus had And it came to pass,
these things unto them, passed again in the ship that when Jesus was re­
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m

came, and adored him, multitude assembled to­ ceived him: for they were
saying: Lord, my daugh­ gether unto him, and he all waiting for him.
And behold there came
ter is even now dead ; but was nigh unto the sea.
come, lay thy hand upon
And there cometh one a man whose name was
her, and she shall live.
of the rulers of the syna­ Jairus, and he was a ruler
And Jesus rising up fol­ gogue named Jairus: and of the synagogue: and he
lowed him, with his dis­ seeing him, falleth down fell down at the feet of
J e s u s , beseeching him
at his feet.
ciples. . . .
And when Jesus was And he besought him that he would come into
come into the house of the much, saying: My daugh­ his house:
ruler, and saw the min­ ter is at the point of For he had an only
strels and the multitude death, come, lay thy hand daughter, almost twelve
upon her, that she may be years old, and she was dy­
making a rout,
ing. And it happened
lie said : Give place, for safe, and may live.
the girl is not dead, but And he went with him, as he went, that he was
sleepeth. And they laughed and a great multitude fol­ thronged by the multi­
lowed him, and they tudes. . . .
him to scorn.
And as he was yet
And when the multi­ thronged him. . . .
tude was put forth, he While he was yet speak­ speaking, there cometh
went in, and took her by ing, some come from the one to the ruler of the
the hand. And the maid ruler of the synagogue’s synagogue, saying to him:
house, saying: Thy daugh­ Thy daughter is dead,
arose.
And the fame hereof ter is dead : why dost thou trouble him not.
went abroad into all that trouble the Master any And Jesus hearing this
word, answered the father
country.—Matt. ix. 18, 19, further ?
But Jesus having heard of the maid: Fear not:
23-26.
the word that was spoken, believe only, and she shall
saith to the ruler of the be safe.
synagogue: Fear not, only And when he was come
to the house, he suffered
believe.
And he admitted not not any man to go in
any man to follow him, with him, but Peter and
but Peter, and James, James and John, and the
and John the brother of father and mother of the
maiden.
J ames.
And they come to the And all wept and
house of the ruler of the mourned for her. But he
synagogue; and he seeth said: Weep not; the maid
a tumult, and people is not dead, but sleepeth.
weeping
and
wailing And they laughed him
to scorn, knowing that she
much.
And going in, he saith was dead.
to them: Why make you But he taking her by
this ado, and weep? the the hand, cried out, say­
damsel is not dead, but ing: Maid, arise.
And her spirit returned,
sleepeth.
And they laughed him and she arose immedi­
to scorn. But he having ately. And he bid them
put them all out, taketh give her to eat.
the father and the mother And her parents were
of the damsel, and them astonished, whom he
that were with him, and charged to tell no man
entereth in where the what was done.—Luke
viii. 40-42, 49-56.
damsel was lying.
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her: Talitha cumi, which
is, being interpreted :
Damsel (I say to thee)
arise.
And immediately the
damsel rose up, and
walked : and she was
twelve years old: and
they were astonished with
a great astonishment.
And ho charged them
strictly that no man
should know it : and com­
manded that something
should be given her to eat.
—Mark v. 21-24, 35-43.

Lazarus, the Raising of
These things he said; and after that
he said to them: Lazarus our friend
sleepeth; but I go that I may awake
him out of sleep.
His disciples therefore said : Lord, if
he sleep, he shall do well.
But Jesus spoke of his death; and
they thought that he spoke of the repose
of sleep.
Then therefore Jesus said to them
plainly: Lazarus is dead.
And I am glad, for your sakes, that
I was not there, that you may believe:
but let us go to him. . . .
Jesus therefore again groaning in
himself, cometh to the sepulchre. Now
it was a cave; and a stone was laid over
it.
Jesus saith: Take away the stone.
Martha, the sister of him that was
dead, saith to him: Lord, by this time
he stinketh, for he is now of four days.

Jesus saith to her: Did not I say to
thee, that if thou believe, thou shalt see
the glory of God?
They took therefore the stone away.
And Jesus lifting up his eyes, said:
Father, I give thee thanks that thou
hast heard me.
And I knew that thou hearest me al­
ways; but because of the people who
stand about have I said it, that they
may believe that thou hast sent me.
When he had said these things, he
cried with a loud voice: Lazarus, come
forth.
And presently he that had been dead
came forth, bound feet and hands with
winding bands; and his face was bound
about with a napkin. Jesus said to
them: Loose him, and let him go.
Many therefore of the Jews, who
were come to Mary and Martha, and
had seen the things that Jesus did, be­
lieved in him.—John xi. 11-15, 38-45.

Leper, Cure of the
And he was preaching
in their synagogues, and
in all Galilee, and casting
out devils.
And there came a leper
And when he was come to him, beseeching him, And it came to pass,
down from the mountain, and kneeling down said when he was in a certain
great multitudes followed to him: If thou wilt, thou city, behold a man full of
canst make me clean.
leprosy, who seeing Jesus,
him.
And behold a leper And Jesus having com­ and falling on his face,
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saying: Lord, if thou wilt,I forth hie hand; and Lord, if thou wilt, thou
thou canst make inc clean, touching him, saith to canst make me clean.
And Jesus stretching him : I will.
Be thou And stretching forth
his hand, he touched him,
forth his hand, touched made clean.
him, saying: I will, be And when he had saying: I will. Be thou
And immedi­
thou made clean.
And spoken, immediately the cleansed.
forthwith his leprosy was! leprosy departed from ately the leprosy departed
cleansed.
him, and he was made from him.
And he charged him
And Jesus saith to him: clean.
See thou tell no man: but And he strictly charged that he should tell no
go, show thyself to the him, and forthwith sent man, but, Go, show thy­
self to the priest, and offer
priest, and offer the gift him away.
which Moses commanded And he saith to him: for thy cleansing accord­
for a testimony unto See thou tell no one; but ing as Moses commanded,
them.—Matt. viii. 1-4.
go, show thyself to the for a testimony to them.—
high priest, and offer for Luke v. 12-14.
thy cleansing the things
that Moses commanded,
for a testimony to them.—
Mart i. 39-44.

Lepers, Cure of the Ten
And it came to pass, as he was going
to Jerusalem, he passed through the
midst of Samaria and Galilee.
And as he entered into a certain
town, there met him ten men that were
lepers, who stood afar off ;
And lifted up their voice, saying:
Jesus, master, have mercy on us.
Whom when he saw, he said: Go,
show yourselves to the priests. And it
came to pass, as they went, they were
made clean.
And one of them, when he saw that
he was made clean, went back, with a
loud voice glorifying God.
And he fell on his face before his
feet, giving thanks: and this was a
Samaritan.
And Jesus answering, said, Were not
ten made clean ? and where are the
nine?
There is no one found to return and
give glory to God, but this stranger.
And he said to him: Arise, go thy
way; for thy faith hath made thee
whole.—Luke xvii. 11-19.

kingdom of God; and the twelve with
him :
And certain women who had been
healed of evil spirits and infirmities;
Mary who is called Magdalen, out of
whom seven devils were gone forth.—
Luke viii. 1, 2.

Malchus’ Ear, Healing of
And they that were about him, see­
ing what would follow, said to him:
Lord, shall we strike with the sword?
And one of them struck the servant
of the high priest, and cut off his right
ear.
But Jesus answering, said: Suffer ye
thus far. And when he had touched
his ear, he healed him.—Luke xxii.
49-51.

Money Found in the Mouth of the
Fish, the
And when they were come toCapharnaum, they that received the didrach­
mas, came to Peter and said to him:
Doth not your master pay the didrach­
mas?
He said: Yes. And when he was
Magdalen, the Possessed
come into the house, Jesus prevented
And it came to pass afterwards, that him, saying: What is thy opinion,
he travelled through the cities and Simon? The kings of the earth, of
towns, preaching and evangelizing the whom do they receive tribute or cus-

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tom? of their own children, or of
strangers ?
And he said : Of strangers. Jesus
said to him: Then the children are
free.
But that we may not scandalize

them, go to the sea, and cast in a
hook : and that fish which shall first
come up, take: and when thou hast
opened its mouth, thou shalt find a
stater: take that, and give it to them
for me and thee.—Matt. xvii. 23-26.

Multiplication of the Five Loaves and Two Fishes, the
And he coming
And Jesus going
Which when the
Jesus therefore
forth saw a great out saw a great people knew, they went up into e
multitude, and had multitude: and he followed him; and mountain, and
compassion
o n had compassion on he received them, there he sat with
them, and healed them, because they and spoke to them his disciples.
their sick.
Now the pasch,
were as sheep not of the kingdom of
And when it was having a shepherd, God, and healed the festival day of
evening, his disci­ and ho began to them who had the Jews, was near
ples came to him, teach them many need of healing.
at hand.
When Jesus
saying: This is a things.
Now the day behad
desert place, and
And when the g a n to decline. therefore
the hour is now day was now far And the twelve lifted up his eyes,
past : send away spent, his disciples came and said to and seen that a
the multitudes, camo to him, say­ him : Send away very great multithat going into the ing: This is a the multitude, that t u d e cometh to
towns, they may desert place, and going into the him, he said to
Whence
buy themselves tho hour is now towns and villages Philip :
round about, they shall we buy bread,
victuals.
past:
But Jesus said
Send them away, may lodge and get that these may
to them, They that going into the victuals; for w e eat?
And this he said
have no need to next villages and are here in a desert
to try him; for he
go: give you them towns, they may place.
But he said to himself knew what
buy themselves
to eat.
them : Give you he would do.
They answered meat to eat.
Philip answered
him: Wo have not
And he answer­ them to eat. And
here, but five ing said to them: they said: We have him: Two hundred
loaves, and two Give you them to no more than five pennyworth of
fishes.
eat.
And they loaves and two bread is not suffiHe said to them : said to him : Let us fishes ; unless per­ c i e n t for them,
Bring them hither go and buy bread haps we should go that every one may
to me.
for two hundred and buy food for take a little.
One of his disci­
And when he pence, and wo will all this multitude.
Now there were ples, Andrew, the
had
commanded give them to eat.
the multitudes to
And ho saith to about five thou­ brother of Simon
sit down upon the them : How many sand men. And he Peter, saith to
grass, he took the loaves have you ? said to his disci­ him :
five loaves and the go and see. And ples : Make them
There is a boy
two fishes, and when they knew, sit down by fifties here that hath five
looking up to they say: Five, and in a company.
barley loaves, and
heaven, he blessed, two fishes.
And they did so; two fishes ; but
and brake, and
And ho c o m - and made them all what are these
gave tho loaves to manded them that sit down.
among so many?
his disciples, and they should make
And taking the
Then Jesus said:
the disciples to the them all sit down five loaves and the Make the men sit
multitudes.
by companies upon two
fishes,
he down. Now there
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eat, and were filled.
And they took
up what remained,
twelve full baskets
of fragments.
And the number
of them that did
eat, was five thou­
sand men, besides
women and chil­
dren.—Matt. xiv.
14-21.

And they satiheaven, and
down in ranks, by blessed them ; and
hundreds and by I he broke, and disfifties.
tributed to his disAnd when h e ciples, to set before
had taken the five 1 the multitude,
loaves, and the two
And they did all
fishes: looking up eat, and were filled,
to
heaven,
h e And there were
blessed, and broke taken up of fragt h e loaves, and menta that re­
gave to his disci- mained to them,
pies to set before twelve baskets.—
them: and the two Luke ix. 11-17.
fishes he divided
among them all.
And they all did
eat, and had their
fill.
And they took
up the leavings,
twelve full baskets
of fragments, and
of the fishes.
And they that
did eat, were five
thousand
men.—
Mark vi. 34-44.

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the place.
The
men therefore sat
down, in number
about five thousand.
And Jesus took
the loaves : and
when he had given
thanks, he d i stributed to them
that were sat down.
I n like manner
also of the fishes,
as much as they
would.
And when they
were filled, he said
to his disciples :
Gather up the
fragments that re­
main, lest they be
lost.
They
gathered
up therefore, and
filled twelve bas­
kets with the frag­
ments of the five
barley loaves,
which
remained
over and above to
them that had
eaten.
Now those men,
when they had
seen what a miracle Jesus had
done, said: This is
of a truth the
prophet, that is to
come into the
world.—John
vi.
3-14.

Multiplication of Seven Loaves and Some Fish, the
In those days again, when there was
And Jesus called together his disci­
ples, and said: I have compassion on a great multitude, and had nothing to
the multitude, because they continue eat; calling his disciples together, he
with me now three days, and hav? not saith to them:
what to eat, and I will not send them
I have compassion on the multitude,
away fasting, lest they faint in the for behold they have now been with me
three days, and have nothing to eat.
way.
And if I shall send them away fast­
And the disciples say unto him:
Whence then should we have so many ing to their home, they will faint in the
loaves in the desert, as to fill so great a way; for some of them came from afar
off.
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And Jeans said to them: How many
loaves have you?
But they said:
Seven, and a few little fishes.
And he commanded the multitude to
sit down upon the ground.
And taking the seven loaves and the
fishes, and giving thanks, he brake, and
gave to his disciples, and the disciples
gave to the people.
And they did all eat, and had their
fill. And they took up seven baskets
full, of what remained of the fragments.
And they that did eat, were four
thousand men, besides children and
women.—Malt. xv. 32-38.

And his disciples answered him:
From whence can any one fill them here
with bread in the wilderness?
And he asked them: How man;
loaves have ye? Who said: Seven.
And taking the seven loaves, giving
thanks, he broke, and gave to his disci­
ples for to set before them ; and they sei
them before the people.
And they had a few little fishes; and
he blessed them, and commanded them
to be set before them.
And they did eat and were filled; and
they took up that which was left of the
fragments, seven baskets.
And they that had eaten were about
four thousand ; and he sent them away.
—Mark viii. 1-9.

of the city; and they brought him to the
brow of the hill, whereon their city was
built, that they might cast him down
And all they in the synagogue, hear­ headlong.
But he passing through the midst oí
ing these things, were filled with anger.
And they rose up and thrust him out them, went his way.—Luke iv. 28-30.

Nazareth, Jesus Escapes from His
Enemies at

Palsy, the Man Sick of the
And entering into a And again he entered And it came to pass on
boat, he passed over the into Capharnaum after a certain day, as he sat
teaching, that there were
water and came into his some days.
own city.
And it was heard that also Pharisees and doctors
And behold they he was in the house, and of the law sitting by,
brought to him one sick many came together, so that were come out of
of the palsy lying in a bed. that there was no room; every town of Galilee,
And Jesus, seeing their no, not even at the door; and Judea and Jeru­
faith, said to the man and he spoke to them the salem: and the power of
the Lord was to heal them.
sick of the palsy: Be of word.
good heart, son, thy sins And they came to him, And behold, men
brought in a bed a man,
are forgiven thee.
bringing one sick of the who had the palsy: and
And behold some of the
scribes said within them­ palsy, who was carried by they sought means to
bring him in, and to lay
selves: lie blasphemeth. four.
And Jesus seeing their And when they could him before him.
thoughts, said : Why do not offer him unto him for And when they could
you think evil in your the multitude, they un­ not find by what way they
covered the roof where he might bring him in, be­
hearts ?
Whether is easier, to was; and opening it, they cause of the multitude,
say, Thy sins are forgiven let down the bed wherein they went up upon the
thee : or to say, Arise, and the man sick of the palsy roof, and let him down
lay.
walk?
through the tiles with his
But that you may know And when Jesus had bed into the midst before
that the Son of man hathi seen their faith, he saith Jesus.
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sins, (then said he to thelSon, thy sins are forgiven saw, he said: Man, thy
sins are forgiven thee.
man sick of the palsy,) | thee.
Arise, take up thy bed, And there were some of And the scribes and
the scribes sitting there, Pharisees began to think,
and go into thy house.
And he arose, and went]and thinking in their saying: Who is this who
speaketh blasphemies ?
hearts :
into his house.
And the multitude see- Why doth this man Who can forgive sins, but
ing it, feared, and glori-|speak thus? he blasphem- God alone?
Who can forgive And when Jesus knew
fied God that gave such|eth.
their thoughts, answering,
power to men.—Matt. ix. sins, but God only?
Which Jesus presently he said to them: What is
knowing in his spirit, that it you think in your
they so thought within hearts?
themselves, saith to them: Which is easier to say,
Why think you these Thy sins are forgiven
things in your hearts?
thee; or to say, Arise and
Which is easier, to say walk ?
Ito the sick of the palsy: But that you may know
Thy sins are forgiven that the Son of man hath
thee; or to say: Arise, power on earth to forgive
take up thy bed, and sins, (he saith to the sick
of the palsy,) I say to
walk ?
But that you may know thee, Arise, take up thy
that the Son of man hath bed, and go into thy
power on earth to forgive house.
sins, (he saith to the sick And immediately rising
of the palsy,) I say to up before them, he took
thee: Arise, take up thy up the bed on which he
bed, and go into thy lay; and he went away to
his own house, glorifying
house.
And immediately h e God.
arose; and taking up his And all were aston­
bed, went his way in the ished ; and they glorified
sight of all; so that all God. And they were filled
wondered and glorified with fear, saying: We
God, saying: We never have seen wonderful
saw the like.—Mark ii. things to-day.—Luke v.
11-12.
17-26.
Peter’s Mother-in-Law, Cure of
And immediately going
out of the synagogue they And Jesus rising up out
came into the house of of the synagogue, went
And when Jesus was Simon and Andrew, with into Simon’s house. And
Simon’s wife’s mother was
come into Peter’s house, James and John.
he saw his wife’s mother And Simon’s wife’s taken with a great fever,
lying, and sick of a fever. mother lay in a fit of a and they besought him for
And he touched her fever: and forthwith they her.
And standing over her,
hand, and the fever left tell him of her.
her, and she arose and And coming to her, he he commanded the fever,
ministered to them. — lifted her up, taking her and it left her. And im­
by the hand; and immedi­ mediately rising, she min­
Matt. viii. 14, 15.
ately the fever left her, istered to them.—Luke iv.
and she ministered unto 38, 39.
them.—Mark i. 29-31.

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Probatica, the Infirm Man at the
Pond of
After these things was a festival clay
of the Jews, and Jesus went up to
Jerusalem.
Now there is at Jerusalem a pond,
called Probatica, which in Hebrew is
named Bethsaida, having five porches.
In these lay a great multitude of sick,
of blind, of lame, of withered; waiting
for the moving of the water.
And an angel of the Lord descended
at certain times into the pond; and the
water was moved. And he that went
down first into the pond after the mo­
tion of the water, was made whole, of
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I

And there was a certain man there,
that had been eight and thirty years
under his infirmity.
Him when Jesus had seen lying, ani
knew that he had been now a long time,
he saith to him: Wilt thou be made
whole ?
The infirm man answered him: Sir,
I have no man, when the water is
troubled, to put me into the pond. For
whilst I am coming, another goeth
down before me.
Jesus saith to him : Arise, take up thy
bed, and walk.
And immediately the man was made
whole: and he took up his bed, and
walked. And it was the sabbath that
day.—John v. 1-9.

Resurrection of Christ, the
I

And in the end
of the sabbath,
And when the
And on the first
when it began to sabbath was past, day of the week,
dawn towards the Mary Magdalen, very early in the
first day of the and Mary t h e| morning, they came

And on the first
day of the week,
Mary Magdalen
cometh early, when
it was yet dark, un­
to the sepulchre;
and she saw the
stone taken away
from the sepulchre.
She ran, there­
fore, and cometh
' to Simon Peter,
and to the other
disciple whom
Jesus loved, and
saith to them: They
have taken away
the Lord out of the
sepulchre, and we
know not where
they have laid him.
Peter therefore
went out, and that
other disciple, and
they came to the
sepulchre.
And they both
ran together, and
that other disciple
did outrun Peter,
and came first to
the sepulchre.
And when h o
stooped down, he

week, came Mary I mother of James, Ito the sepulchre,
Magdalen and the and Salome, bought bringing the spices
other Mary, to see sweet spices, that | which they had
coming,they might] prepared,
the sepulchre.
And behold there anoint Jesus.
And they found
And very early I the stone rolled
was a great earth­
quake. For an an­ in the morning, the back from the sepgel of the Lord de- first day of the | ulchre.
scended from’ week, they come to
And going in.
heaven, and com­ the sepulchre, the I they found not the
ing, rolled back the sun being now| body of the Lord
stone, and sat upon risen.
Jesus.
it.
And they said
And it came to
And his counte­ one to another: pass, as they were
nance was as light­ Who shall roll us astonished in their
ning, and his rai­ back the stone from mind at this, be­
ment as snow.
the door of the sep­ hold, two men stood
And for fear of ulchre?
by them, in shin­
him, the guards
And looking, ing apparel.
were struck with they saw the stone
And as they were
terror, and became rolled back. For it afraid, and bowed
as dead men.
was very great.
down their counte­
And the angel
And entering in- nance towards the
answering, said to ' to the sepulchre, ground, they said
the women : Fear they saw a young unto them : Why
not you; for I man sitting on the seek you the living
know that you seek I right side, clothed with the dead?
Jesus who was with a white robe:
He is not here,
crucified.
and they were as- but is risen. Re­
He is not here, tonished.
member how he
for he is risen, as
Who saith to spoke unto you,
he said. Come, them: Be not af- when he was yet
and see the place frighted; you seek in Galilee,
where the Lord Jesus of Nazareth,
Saying: The
was laid.
who was crucified: Son of man must
And going he is risen, he is be delivered into
quickly, tell ye his not here, behold the hands of sin­
disciples that he is the place where ful men, and be
risen : and behold they laid him.
crucified, and the
rise
But go, tell his
he will go before
you into Galilee; I disciples and Peter again.
And they r e there you shall see | that he goeth be­
his
llina. Lo, I have fore you into Gali- membered
to lee ; there you shall words.—Luke xxiv.
foretold
it
see him, as he told
you.
And they went you.
But they going
out quickly from
the sepulchre with out, fled from the
fear and great joy, sepulchre. For a
running to tell his trembling and
disciples.
fear had seized
And behold thom: and they
Jesus met them, s a i d nothing to
saying: All hail, any man ; for they
But they came up were afraid.
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saw the linen
clotha lying; but
yet he went not in.
Then cometh
Simon Peter, fob
lowing him, and
went into the
sepulchre, and saw
the linen cloths ly­
ing.
And the napkin
that had been
about his head,
not lying with the
linen cloths, bis
apart, wrapped up
into one place.
Then that other
disciple also went
in, who came first
to the sepulchre:
and he saw, and be­
lieved.
For as yet they
knew not the
scripture, that he
must rise again
from the dead.
The
disciples
therefore departed
again to their
home.
But Mary stood
at the sepulchre
without, weeping.
Now as she was
weeping,
she
stooped down, and
looked into the
sepulchre,
And she saw two
angels in white,
sitting, one at the
head, and one at
the feet, where the
body of Jesus had
been laid.
They say to her:
Woman, why weep­
est thou ?
She
saith to them: Be­
cause they have
taken a w a y my
Lord; and I know
not where they
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his feet, and
adored him.
Then Jesus said
to them: Fear not.
Go, tell my breth­
ren that they go
into Galilee, there
they shall see me.
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early the first day
of the week, app e a r e d first to
Mary Magdalen,
out of whom he
had cast seven
devils.—Mark xvi.
1-9.

Ruler at Capharnaum, Cure of the
Son of the

He came again therefore into Cana of
Galilee, where he made the water wine.
And there was a certain ruler, whose
son was sick at Capharnaum.
He having heard that Jesus was come
from Judea into Galilee, went to him,
and prayed him to come down, and heal
his son : for he was at the point of
death.
Jesus therefore said to him: Unless
you see signs and wonders, you believe
not.

I

When she had
thus said, she
turned herself
back, and saw
Jesus standing;
and she knew not
that it was Jesus.
Jesus saith to
her: Woman, why
weepest t h o u I
whom s e e k e 81
thou ? She, thinki ng that it was
the gardener,
saith to him: Sir,
if thou hast taken
him hence, tell me
where thou hast
laid him, and I
will take him
away.
Jesus saith to
her : Mary. She
turning, saith to
him : Rabbonì
(which is to say,
Master).
Jesus saith to
1 her : Do not touch
me, for I am not
yet ascended to my
Father. But go to
my brethren, and
say to them: I as­
cend to my Father
and to your
Father, to my God
and your God.—
John xx. 1-17.

The ruler saith to him: Lord, come
down before that my son die.
Jesus saith to him: Go thy way:
thy son liveth. The man believed the
word which Jesus said to him, and went
his way.
And as be was going down, his ser
vants met him; and they brought word,
saying, that his son lived.
He asked therefore of them the hour
wherein he grew’ better. And they said
to him: Yesterday, at the seventh hour,
the fever left him.
The father therefore knew’, that it

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IM

This is again the second miracle that
was at the same hour that Jesus said to
him, Thy son liveth; and himself be­ Jesus did, when he was come out of
Judea into Galilee.—John iv. 46-54.
lieved, and his whole house.
Tempest, the First Stilling of the
And he saith to them
that day, when evening
was come : Let us pass
over to the other side.
And it came to pass on
And sending away the a certain day that he went
multitude, they take him into a little ship with his
And when he entered even as he was in the disciples, and he said to
into the boat, his disciples ship : and there were other them: Let us go over to
followed him:
ships with him.
the other side of the lake.
And behold a great And there arose a great And they launched forth.
tempest arose in the sea, storm of wind, and the And when they were
so that the boat was cov­ waves beat into the ship, sailing, he slept ; and
ered with waves, but he so that the ship was filled. there came down a storm
was asleep.
And he was in the of wind upon the lake,
And they came to him, hinder part of the ship, and they were filled, and
and awaked him, saying: sleeping upon a pillow; were in danger.
Lord, save us, we perish. and they awake him, and And they came and
And Jesus saith to say to him: Master; doth awaked him, saying: Mas­
them: Why are you fear­ it not concern thee that ter, we perish. But he
arising, rebuked the wind
ful, 0 ye of little faith? we perish?
Then rising up, he com­ And rising up, he re­ and the rage of the water;
manded the winds, and buked the wind, and said and it ceased, and there
the sea, and there came to the sea: Peace, be still. was a great calm.
a great calm.
And the wind ceased: and And he said to them:
But the men wondered, there was made a great Where is your faith?
Who being afraid, won­
saying: What manner of calm.
man is this, for the winds And he said to them: dered, saying one to an­
and the sea obey him?— Why are you fearful? other: Who is this (think
Malt. viii. 23-27.
have you not faith yet? you), that he commandeth
And they feared exceed­ both the winds and the
ingly: and they said one sea, and they obey him?—
to another: Who is this Luke viii. 22-25.
(thinkest thou) that both
wind and sea obey him?—
Mark iv. 35-40.

Tempest, the Second Stilling of the
And forthwith Jesus And immediately h e Jesus therefore, when
obliged his disciples to go obliged his disciples to go he knew that they would
up into the boat, and go up into the ship, that they come to take him by
before him over the water, might go before him over force, and make him king,
till he dismissed the the water to Bethsaida, fled again into the moun­
whilst he dismissed the tain himself alone.
people.
And when evening was
And having dismissed people.
the multitude, he went And when he had dis- come, his disciples went
into a mountain alone to missed them, he went up down to the sea.
And when they had
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evening, he was there And when it was late, ¡gone up into a ship, they
alone.
the ship was in the midst went over the sea to
But the boat in the of the sea, and himself Capharnaum; and it wai
midst of the sea was'alone on the land.
now dark, and Jesus was
tossed with the waves: for And seeing them labor- not come unto them.
the wind was contrary. ing in rowing, (for the And the sea arose, by
And in the fourth watch wind was against them,) reason of a great wind
of the night, he came to and about the fourth that blew.
them walking upon the watch of the night, h el When they had rowed
sea.
cometh to them walking therefore about five and
And they seeing him upon the sea, and he twenty or thirty furlongs,
walking upon the sea, would have passed by they see Jesus walking
were troubled, saying: It|them.
¡upon the sea, and drawing
is an apparition. And But they seeing him nigh to the ship, and they
they cried out for fear. walking upon the se a,¡were afraid.
And immediately Jesus|thought it was an appari- But he saith to them: It
spoke to them, saying: Be tion, and they cried out. is I; be not afraid.
of good heart: it is I, For they all saw him, They were willing
fear ye not.
| and were troubled. .Andi
___ therefore to take him into
And Peter making an- immediately he spoke with the ship; and presently
swer, said: Lord, if it be them, and said to them : the ship was at the land to
thou, bid me come to thee Have a good heart, it is I, which they were going.—
upon the waters.
fear yo not.
I John vi. 15-21.
And he said: Come. And he went up to them
And Peter going down out into the ship, and the
of the boat, walked upon|wind ceased: and they|
the water to come to were far more astonished
Jesus.
Iwithin themselves.—Mark
But seeing the wind vi. 45-51.
strong, he was afraid:
and when he began to
sink, he cried out, saying:
Lord, save me.
And immediately Jesus
stretching forth his hand
took hold of him, and
said to him: 0 thou of
little faith, why didst
thou doubt?
And when they were
come up into the boat, the
wind ceased.
And they that were in
the boat came and adored
him, saying: Indeed thou
art the Son of God.—
Matt. xiv. 22-33.
Transfiguration of Christ, the
And after six days And after six days And it came to pasa
Jesus taketh unto him Jesus taketh with him about eight days after
Peter and James, and Peter and James and these words, that he took
John his brother, and John, and leadeth them Peter, and James, and
bringeth them up into a up into a high mountain John, and went up into a
high mountain apart:
[apart by themselves, and mountain to pray.

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IM

And he was transfigured was transfigured before And whilst he prayed,
the shape of his counte­
before them. And his them.
face did shine as the sun : And his garments be­ nance was altered, and his
and his garments became came shining and exceed­ raiment became white and
ing white as snow, so as glittering.
white as snow.
And behold there ap- no fuller upon earth can And behold two men
were talking with him.
ëïared to them Moses and make white.
And there appeared to And they were Moses and
lias talking with him.
And Peter answering, them Elias w'ith Moses; Elias,
said to Jesus: Lord, it is and they were talking /Vppearing in majesty.
good for us to be here: if with Jesus.
And they spoke of his de­
thou wilt, let us make here And Peter answering, cease that he should ac­
three tabernacles, one for said to Jesus: Rabbi, it is complish in Jerusalem.
thee, and one for Moses, good for us to be here:
But Peter and they
and one for Elias.
and let us make three that were with him, were
And as he was yet tabernacles, one for thee, heavy with sleep. And
speaking, behold a and one for Moses, and waking, they saw his
glory, and the two men
bright cloud overshadowed one for Elias,
them. And lo, a voice out For he knew not what that stood with him.
of the cloud, saying: This he said: for they were And it came to pass,
is my beloved Son, in struck with fear.
that as they were depart­
whom I am well pleased :
And there was a cloud ing from him, Peter saith
hear ye him.
overshadowing them: and to Jesus: Master, it is
And the disciples hear- a voice came out of the good for us to be here : and
ing, fell upon their face, cloud, saying: This is my let us make three taber­
and were very m u c h most beloved son; hear ye nacles, one for thee, and
afraid.
him.
one for Moses, and one for
And Jesus came and And immediately look- Elias; not knowing what
touched them: and said ing about, they saw no he said.
to them, Arise, and fear man any more, but Jesus And as he spoke these
things, there came a cloud,
not.
only with them.
And they lifting up And as they came down and overshadowed them;
their eyes saw no one but from the mountain, he and they were afraid,
only Jesus.
charged them not to tell when they entered into the
And as they came down any man what things they cloud.
from the mountain, Jesus had seen, till the Son of And a voice came out
charged them, saying : man shall be risen again of the cloud, saying: This
Tell the vision to no man, from the dead.—Mark ix. is my beloved Son; hear
him.
till the Son of man be 1-8.
And whilst the voice
risen from the de ad.—
was uttered, Jesus was
Matt. xvii. 1-9.
found alone. And they
held their peace, and told
no man in those days any
of these things which they
had seen. — Luke ix.
28-36.
And the wine failing, the mother of
Jesus saith to him: They have no wine.
And Jesus saith to her: Woman,
And the third day, there was a mar­
riage in Cana of Galilee: and the what is that to me and to thee? my hour
is not yet come.
mother of Jesus was there.
His mother saith to the waiters:
And Jesus also was invited, and his
Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye.
disciples, to the marriage.

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Now there were set there six
water pots of stone, according to
the manner of the purifying of the
Jews, containing two or three measures
apiece.
Jesus saith to them: Fill the water
pots with water. And they filled them
up to the brim.
And Jesus saith to them: Draw out
now, and carry to the chief steward of
the feast. And they carried it.
And when the chief steward had
tasted the water made wine, and
knew not whence it was, but the
waiters knew who had drawn the water;
the chief steward calleth the bride­
groom,
And saith to him : Every man at first
setteth forth good wine, and when men
have well drunk, then that which is
worse. But thou hast kept the good
wine until now.
This beginning of miracles did Jesus
in Cana of Galilee; and manifested his
glory, and his disciples believed in him.
—John ii. 1-11.

Widow of Naim’s Son Raised to Life
And it came to pass afterwards, that
he went into a city that is called Naim;
and there went with him his disciples,
and a great multitude.
And when he came nigh to the gate
of the city, behold a dead man was
carried out, the only son of his
mother; and she was a widow: and a
great multitude of the city was with
her.
Whom when the Lord had seen, being
moved with mercy towards her, he said
to her: Weep not.
And he came near and touched the
bier. And they that carried it, stood
still. And he said: Young man, I say
to thee, arise.
And he that was dead, sat up, and be­
gan to speak. And he gave him to his
mother.
And there came a fear on them all:
and they glorified God, saying: A great
prophet is risen up among us: and, God
hath visited his people.—Luke vii.
11-16.

Withered Hand, the Man with the
And when he had And he entered again And it came to pass also
passed from thence, he into the synagogue, and on another sabbath, that
came into their syna­ there was a man there he entered into the synawho had
a withered gogue, and taught. And
gogues.
there was a man, whose
And behold there was a hand.
man who had a withered And they watched him right hand was withered.
hand, and they asked him, whether he would heal on And the scribes and
saying: Is it lawful to heal the sabbath days; that Pharisees watched if he
would heal on the sab­
on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
And he said to the man bath ; that they might find
they might accuse him.
accusation against
But he said to them: who had the withered an
What man shall there be hand: Stand up in the him.
But he knew their
among you, that hath one midst.
sheep: and if the same And he saith to them : thoughts; and said to the
fall into a pit on the Is it lawful to do good on man who had the withered
sabbath day, will he not the sabbath days, or to do hand : Arise, and stand
take hold on it and lift it evil? to save life, or to de­ forth in the midst. And
stroy?
But they held rising he stood forth.
up?
Then Jesus said to
How much better is a their peace.
man than a sheep? And looking round them : I ask you, if it be
Therefore it is lawful to about on them with anger, lawful on the sabbath
do a good deed on the being grieved for the days to do good, or to do
blindness of their hearts, evil ; to save life, or to de­
sabbath days.
Then he saith to the he saith to the man: stroy ?
man : Stretch forth thy Stretch forth thy hand.
And looking round
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forth, and it was restored and his hand was restored to the man : Stretch forth
to health even as the unto him.—Mark iii. 1-5. thy hand. And he
stretched it forth: and his
other.—Matt. xii. 9-13.
hand was restored.—Luke
vi. 6-10.

Woman, the Infirm
And he was teaching in their syna­
gogue on their sabbath.
And behold there was a woman, who
had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years:
and she was bowed together, neither
could she look upwards at all.

Whom when Jesus saw, he called
her unto him, and said to her:
Woman, thou art delivered from thy
infirmity.
And he laid his hands upon her, and
immediately she was made straight,
and glorified God.—Luke xiii. 10-13.

Woman with the Bloody Flux, the
And a woman who was And there was a certain
under an issue of blood woman having an issue of
twelve years,
blood twelve years, who
And had suffered many had bestowed all her sub­
things from many physi­ stance on physicians, and
cians; and had spent all could not be healed by
that she had, and was any.
nothing the better, but She came behind him,
and touched the hem of
rather worse,
When she had heard of his garment; and imme­
Jesus, came in the crowd diately the issue of her
And behold a woman behind him, and touched blood stopped.
who was troubled with an his garment.
And Jesus said: Who is
issue of blood twelve For she said: If I shall it that touched me? And
years, came behind him, touch but his garment, I all denying, Peter and
and touched the hem of shall be whole.
they that were with him
his garment.
And forthwith the said: Master, the multi­
For she said within her­ fountain of her blood was tudes throng and press
self: If I shall touch only dried up, and she felt in thee, and dost thou say,
his garment, I shall be her body that she was Who touched me?
healed.
And Jesus said: Some­
healed of the evil.
But Jesus turning and And immediately Jesus body hath touched me; for
seeing her, said : Be of knowing in himself the I know that virtue is gone
good heart, daughter, thy virtue that had pro­ out from me.
faith hath made thee ceeded from him, turning And the woman seeing
whole. And the woman to the multitude, said: that she was not hid, came
was made whole from that Who hath touched my trembling, and fell down
hour.—Matt. ix. 20-22.
before his feet, and de­
garments?
And his disciples said clared before all the peo­
to him : Thou seest the ple for what cause she had
multitude thronging thee, touched him. and how she
and sayest thou, Who hath w’as immediately healed.
But he said to her:
touched me?
And he looked about to Daughter, thy faith hath
see her who had done made thee whole; go thy
way in peace.—Luke viii.
this.
But the woman fearing 43-48.
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came and fell down before
him, and told him all the
truth.
And he said to her:
Daughter, thy faith hath
made thee whole: go in
peace, and be thou whole
of thy disease.—Mark v.
25-34. _________

MANY MIRACLES RECORDED ONLY IN GENERAL
ist. The Miracles in Galilee
And Jesus went about all Galilee,
teaching in their synagogues, and
preaching the gospel of the kingdom:
and healing all manner of sickness and
every infirmity, among the people.
And his fame went throughout all
Syria, and they presented to him all
sick people that were taken with divers
diseases and torments, and such as
were possessed by devils, and lunatics,
and those that had the palsy, and he
cured them.—Malt. iv. 23, 24.

And he saith to them: Let us go into
the neighboring towns and cities, that I
may preach there also ; for to this pur­
pose am I come.
And he was preaching in their syna­
gogues, and in all Galilee, and casting
out devils.—Mark i. 38, 39.

2d. The Evening at Capharnaum
And when evening was And when it was even­ And when the sun was
come, they brought to him ing, after sunset, they down, all they that had
many that were possessed brought to him all that any sick with divers dis­
with devils: and he cast were ill and that were eases, brought them to
him. But he laying his
out the spirits with his possessed with devils.
word: and all that were And all the city was hands on every one of
gathered together at the them, healed them.
sick he healed:
And devils went out
That it might be ful­ door.
filled, which was spoken And he healed many from many, crying out
by the prophet Isaias, say­ that were troubled with and saying: Thou art the
ing: He took our infirmi­ divers diseases; and he Son of God. And rebuk­
ties, and bore our diseases. cast out many devils, and ing them he suffered them
—Matt. viii. 16, 17.
he suffered them not to not to speak, for they
speak, because they knew knew that he was Christ.
—Luke iv. 40, 41.
'him.—Mark i. 32-34.

3d. In the Towns and Cities of Galilee and preaching the gospel of the king­
And Jesus went about all the cities, dom, and healing every disease, and
and towns, teaching in their synagogues, every infirmity.—Matt. ix. 35.
4th. In the Place of Retirement
And the Pharisees going And the Pharisees going And coming down with
out made a consultation out, immediately made a them, he stood in a plain
against him, how they consultation with the place, and the company of
might destroy him.
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But Jesus knowing it,' how they might destroy great multitude of people
from all Judea and Jeru­
retired from thence: and|him.
many followed him, and But Jesus retired with salem, and the sea coast
his disciples to the sea; both of Tyre and Sidon,
he healed them all.
And he charged them'and a great multitude fol- Who were come to hear
that they should not make lowed him from Galilee him, and to be healed of
their diseases. And they
him known. — Matt. xii. and Judea,
And from Jerusalem, that were troubled with
14-16.
and from Idumea, and unclean spirits, were
from beyond the Jordan. cured.
And they about Tyre and And all the multitude
Sidon, a great multitude, sought to touch him, for
hearing the things which virtue went out from him,
and healed all.—Luke vi.
he did, came to him.
And he spoke to his dis­ 17-19.
ciples that a small ship
should wait on him be­
cause of the multitude,
lest they should throng
him.
F or he healed many, so
that they pressed upon
him for to touch him, as
many as had evils.
1
And the unclean spirits,
when they saw’ him, fell
down before him: and
they cried out, saying:
Thou art the Son of
God.
And he strictly
charged them that they
should not make him
known.—Mark iii. 6-12.
5th. The Miracles in Nazareth

And they were scandalized in his re­
gard. But Jesus said to them: A
prophet is not without honor, save in
his own country, and in his own house.
And he wrought not many miracles
there, because of their unbelief.—Matt.
xiii. 57, 58.

And Jesus said to them: A prophet
is not without honor, but in his own
country, and in his own house, and
among his own kindred.
And he could not do any miracles
there, only that he cured a few that
w’ere sick, laying his hands upon
them.—Mark vi. 4, 5.

6th. In the Desert Near the Lake
Which when Jesus had And the apostles, when After these things Jesus
heard (viz. the death of they w’ere returned, told went over the sea of Gali­
John the Baptist), he re­ him all they had done. lee, which is that of
tired from thence by a And taking them, he Tiberias.
boat, into a desert place w’ent aside into a desert And a great multitude
apart, and the multitudes place, apart, which be- followed him, because they
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lowed him on foot out of
the cities.
And he coming forth
saw a great multitude,
and had compassion on
them, and healed their
sick.—Matt. xiv. 13, 14.

Which when the people did on them that were dis­
knew, they followed him; eased.—John vi. 1, 2.
and he received them, and
spoke to them of the king­
dom of God, and healed
them who had need of
healing.—Luke ix. 10, 11.

7th. In the Country of Genesareth

And having passed the water, they
camo into the country of Genesar.
And when the men of that place had
knowledge of him, they sent into all
that country, and brought to him all
that were diseased.
And they besought him that they
might touch but the hem of his gar­
ment. And as many as touched, were
made whole.—Matt. xiv. 34-36.

And when they had passed over, they
came into the land of Genesareth, and
set to the shore.
And when they were gone out of the
ship, immediately they knew him:
And running through that whole
country, they began to carry about in
beds those that were sick, where they
heard he was.
And whithersoever he entered, into
towns or into villages or cities, they laid
the sick in the streets, and besought him
that they might touch but the hem of
his garment: and as many as touched
him were made whole.—Mark vi. 53-56.

8th. In the Mountain Near the Sea of loth. The Miracles Related to John
the Baptist
Tiberias
And John called to him two of his
disciples, and sent them to Jesus, say­
ing: Art thou he that art to come; or
look we for another?
And when the men were come unto
him, they said: John the Baptist hath
sent us to thee, saying : Art thou he that
art to come; or look we for another?
(And in that same hour, he cured
many of their diseases, and hurts, and
evil spirits: and to many that were
blind he gave sight.)
And answering, he said to them: Go
and relate to John what you have heard
gth. In the Temple
and seen : the blind see, the lame walk,
And there came to him the blind and the lepers are made clean, the deaf hear,
the lame in the temple; and he healed the dead rise again, to the poor the gos­
pel is preached.—Luke vii. 19-22.
them.
And the chief priests and scribes, see­
nth. Not Recorded
ing the wonderful things that he did,
and the children crying in the temple,
Many other signs also did Jesus in
and saying: Hosanna to the son of the sight of his disciples, which are not
David ; were moved with indignation.— written in this book.
Matt. xxi. 14, 15.
But these are written, that you may
And when Jesus had passed away
from thence, he came nigh the sea of
Galilee. And going up into a moun­
tain, he sat there.
And there came to him great multi­
tudes, having with them the dumb, the
blind, the lame, the maimed, and many
others: and they cast them down at his
feet, and he healed them:
So that the multitudes marvelled
seeing the dumb speak, the lame walk,
the blind see: and they glorified the God
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The daughter of the woman of
believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son
of God: and that believing, you may Canaan cured.
The deaf and dumb man cured.
have life in his name.—John xx. 30, 31.
The miracles performed in the moun­
But there are also many other things
which Jesus did; which, if they were tain near the sea of Tiberias.
The second multiplication of the
written every one, the world itself, I
think, would not be able to contain the loaves and fishes.
The blind man of Bethsaida.
books that should be written.—John
The transfiguration of Christ.
xxi. 25.
Cure of the demoniac child.
The money found in the mouth of the
MIRACLES OF CHRIST
fish.
Cure of the man born blind.
Recorded in the Order of Time in
The two blind men.
which They Were Performed
Cure of the dumb demoniac.
The infirm woman.
The water changed into wine atCana.
Cure of the man sick of the dropsy.
Jesus escapes from his enemies at
The raising of Lazarus to life.
Nazareth.
Cure of the ten lepers.
Son of the ruler at Capharnaum
The two blind men of Jericho.
cured.
The withered fig-tree.
The demoniac at Capharnaum.
The miracles performed in the
Peter’s mother-in-law cured.
The miracles in Capharnaum on the temple.
The miracle at the arrest of Christ.
sabbath evening.
Healing of Malchus’ ear.
The first miraculous draught of fish.
The miracles at the death of Christ.
The many miracles performed in
The resurrection of Christ.
Galilee.
The second miraculous draught of
Cure of the leper.
Cure of the man sick of the palsy. fish.
The ascension of Christ into heaven.
The infirm man at the pond of Pro­
batica.
Time Unknown
The man with the withered hand.
The cure of Magdalen and the holy
The miracles in the place of retire­ women.
ment.
PROPHECIES OF CHRIST, THE
Cure of the centurion’s servant.
And when he was come into Jeru­
The son of the widow of Naim raised
salem, the whole city was moved, say­
to life.
The miracles related to John the Bap­ ing: Who is this?
And the people said: This is Jesus
tist.
The blind and dumb demoniac cured. the prophet, from Nazareth of Galilee.
—Matt. xxi. 10, 11.
The first stilling of the tempest.
And seeking to lay hands on him,
The demoniacs of Gergesa.
Cure of the woman with the bloody they feared the multitudes: because
they held him as a prophet.—Matt.
flux.
The daughter of Jairus raised to life. xxi. 46.
And he that was dead, sat up, and be­
The miracles in Nazareth.
The miracles performed during his gan to speak. And he gave him to his
third mission through the towns and mother.
And there came a fear on them all :
villages of Galilee.
The miracles in the desert near the and they glorified God, saying : A great
prophet is risen up among us: and God
lake of Genesareth.
The first multiplication of the loaves hath visited his people.—Luke vii.
15. 16.
and fishes.
And the one of them, whose name
The second stilling of the tempest.
The miracles performed in the coun­ was Cleophas, answering, said to him:
Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem,
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and hast not known the things that have
been done there in these days?
. To whom he said: What things?
And they said: Concerning Jesus of
Nazareth, who was a prophet, mighty in

work and word before God and all the
people.—Luke xxiv. 18, 19.
The woman saith to him: Sir, I per­
ceive that thou art a prophet.—John
iv. 19.

Apostles, in Reference to the

Which when Simon
Peter saw, he fell down at
And Jesus walking by
the sea of Galilee, saw two And passing by the sea Jesus’ knees, saying: De­
brethren, Simon who is of Galilee, he saw Simon part from me, for I am a
called Peter, and Andrew and Andrew his brother, sinful man, 0 Lord.
his brother, casting a net casting nets into the sea For he was wholly as­
into the sea (for they (for they were fishermen). tonished, and all that were
were fishers).
And Jesus said to them: with him, at the draught
And he saith to them : Come after me, and I will of the fishes which they
Come ye after me, and I make you to become fishers had taken. . . .
And Jesus saith to
will make you to be fishers of men.—Mark i. 16, 17.
Simon: Fear not: from
of men.—Matt. iv. 18, 19.
henceforth thou shalt
catch men.—Luke v. 8-10.

Then Peter answering, said to him:
Behold we have left all things, and have
followed thee: what therefore shall we
have?
And Jesus said to them: Amen, I say
to you, that you, who have followed me,

Then came to him the mother of the
sons of Zebedee with her sons, adoring
and asking something of him.
Who said to her: What wilt thou?
She saith to him: Say that these my
two sons may sit, the one on thy right
hand, and the other on thy left, in thy
kingdom.
And Jesus answering, said: You
know not what you ask. Can you drink
the chalice that I shall drink? They
say to him: We can.
He saith to them: My chalice indeed
you shall drink ; but to sit on my right
or left hand, is not mine to give to you,
but to them for whom it is prepared by
my Father.—Matt. xx. 20-23.

in the regeneration, when the Son of
man shall sit on the seat of his
majesty, you also shall sit on twelve
seats judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
—Matt. xix. 27, 28.

And James and John the sons of
Zebedee, come to him, saying: Master,
we desire that whatsoever we shall ask,
thou wouldst do it for us:
But he said to them: What would
you that I should do for you?
And they said : Grant to us, that we
may sit, one on thy right hand, and the
other on thy left hand, in thy glory.
And Jesus said to them: You know
not what you ask. Can you drink of
the chalice that I drink of: or be bap­
tized with the baptism wherewith I am
baptized ?
But they said to him: We can. And
Jesus saith to them: You shall indeed
drink of the chalice that I drink of:
and with the baptism wherewith I am
baptized, you shall be baptized.
But to sit on my right hand, or on
my left, is not mine to give to you,
but to them for whom it is prepared.—
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and get thee hence, for Her
hath a
mind to kill thee.
And he said to them : Go and tell that
fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and do
cures to-day and to-morrow, and the
third day I am consu Mill ated.
Nevertheless I must walk to-day and
Christ, the Ministry of
to-morrow, and the day following, be­
The same day, there came some of cause it cannot be that a prophet perish,
the Pharisees, saying to him: Depart, out of Jerusalem.—Luke xiii. 31-33.

Lay it up therefore in your hearts, not
to meditate before how you shall answer :
For I will give you a mouth and
wisdom, which all your adversaries
shall not be able to resist and gainsay.
—Luke xxi. 14, 15.

Christ’s Entry into Jerusalem, the Preparation for
And when they drew And when they were And it came to pass,
nigh to Jerusalem, and drawing near to Jerusalem when he was come nigh
were come to Bethphage, and to Bethania at the to Bethphage and Bethunto mount Olivet, then mount of Olives, he send- a n i a, unto the mount
Jesus sent two disciples, eth two of his disciples, called Olivet, he sent two
Saying to them: Go ye And saith to them: Go of his disciples,
into the village that is ye into the village that is Saying: Go into the
over against you, and im­ over against you. and im­ town which is over against
mediately you shall find mediately at your coming you, at your entering into
an ass tied, and a colt with in thither, you shall find a which you shall find the
her: loose them and bring colt tied, upon which no colt of an ass tied, on
them to me.
man yet hath sat : loose which no man ever hath
And if any man shall him, and bring him.
sitten: loose him, and
say any thing to you, say And if any man shall bring him hither.
ye, that the Lord hath say to you, What are you And if any man shall
need of them: and forth­ doing? say ye that the ask you : Why do you loose
with he will let them go. Lord hath need of him: him? you shall say thus
Now all this was done and immediately he will unto him: Because the
that it might be fulfilled let him come hither.
Lord hath need of his
which was spoken by the And going their way, service.
prophet, saying:
they found the colt tied And they that were sent,
Tell ye the daughter of before the gate without, went their way, and
Sion: Behold thy king in the meeting of two found the colt standing, as
cometh to thee, meek, and ways: and they loose him. he had said unto them.
sitting upon an ass, and a And some of them that And as they were loos­
colt the foal of her that is stood there, said to them: ing the colt, the owners
used to the yoke.—Matt. What do you loosing the thereof said to them : Why
xxi. 1-5.
loose you the colt?
colt?
Who said to them as But they said: Because
Jesus had commanded the Lord hath need of
them ; and they let him go him. And they brought
with them.—Mark xi. 1-6. him to Jesus.—Luke xix.
29-35.

Christ’s Last Supper, the Preparation for
And he sent Peter and John, saying:
And he sendeth two of his disciples,
and saith to them: Go ye into the city; Go, and prepare for us the pasch, that
and there shall meet you a man carry­ we may eat.
But they said: Where wilt thou that
ing a pitcher of water, follow him;
And whithersoever he shall go in, say we prepare?
And he said to them: Behold, as you
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The master saith, Where is my refec­
tory, where I may eat the pasch with
my disciples?
And he will show you a large dining
room furnished; and there prepare ye
for us.
And his disciples went their way, and
came into the city; and they found as
he had told them, and they prepared the
pasch.—Mark xiv. 13-16.

go into the city, there shall meet you a
man carrying a pitcher of water: fol­
low him into the house where he entereth in.
And you shall say to the goodman of
the house: The master saith to thte,
Where is the guest chamber, where I
may eat the pasch with my disciples?
And he will show you a large dining
room, furnished; and there prepare.
And they going, found as he had
said to them, and made ready the
pasch.—Luke xxii. 8-13.

Christ, the Passion of

From that time Jesus
began to show to his disci­
ples, that he must go to
Jerusalem,
and
suffer
many things from the an­
cients and scribes and
chief priests, and be put to
death, and the third day
rise again.—Matt. xvi. 21.

And he began to teach
them, that the Son of man
must suffer many things,
and be rejected by the an­
cients and by the high
priests, and the scribes,
and be killed: and after
three days rise again.
And he spoke the word
openly.—Mark viii. 31, 32.

And as they came down from the
mountain, Jesus charged them, saying:
Tell the vision to no man, till the Son
of man be risen from the dead.
And his disciples asked him, saying:
Why then do the scribes say that Elias
must come first?
But he answering, said to them:
Elias indeed shall come, and restore all
things.
But I say to you, that Elias is already
come, and they knew him not, but have
done unto him whatsoever they had a
mind. So also the Son of man shall
suffer from them.—Matt. xvii. 9-12.

And he said to them:
But whom do you say that
I am? Simon Peter an­
swering, said: The Christ
of God.
But he strictly charging
them, commanded they
should tell this to no man.
Saying: The Son of
man must suffer many
things, and be rejected by
the ancients and chief
priests and scribes, and be
killed, and the third day
rise again. — Luke ix.
20-22.

And as they came down from the
mountain, he charged them not to tell
any man what things they had seen, till
the Son of man shall be risen again
from the dead. . . .
And they asked him, saying: Why
then do the Pharisees and scribes say
that Elias must come first?
Who answering, said to them: Elias,
when he shall come first, shall restore
all things; and as it is written of the
Son of man, that he must suffer many
things and be despised.
But I say to you, that Elias also is
come, (and they have done to him
whatsoever they would,) as it is written
of him.—Mark ix. 8, 10-12.

And Jesus going up to And they were in the Then Jesus took unto
Jerusalem, took the twelve way going up to Jeru­ him the twelve, and said
disciples apart, and said to salem: and Jesus went be­ to them : Behold, we go up
fore them, and they were to Jerusalem, and all
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Behold we go up to astonished; and following things shall be accom­
Jerusalem, and the Son of were afraid. And taking plished which were written
man shall be betrayed to again the twelve, he began by the prophets concerning
the chief priests and the to tell them the things that the Son of man.
For he shall be delivered
scribes, and they shall con­ should befall him.
Saying: Behold we go to the Gentiles, and shall
demn him to death.
And shall deliver him up to Jerusalem, and the be mocked, and scourged,
to the Gentiles to be Son of man shall be be­ and spit upon:
mocked, and scourged, and trayed to the chief priests, And after they have
crucified, and the third and to the scribes and an­ scourged him, they will
day he shall rise again.— cients, and they shall con­ put him to death, and the
demn him to death, and third day he shall rise
Matt. xx. 17-19.
shall deliver him to the again.—Luke xviii. 31-33.
Gentiles.
And they shall mock
him, and spit on him, and
scourge him, and kill him:
and the third day he shall
rise again.—Mark x. 32-34.
Hear ye another parable.. And he began to speak And he began to speak
There was a man a house- to them in parables: A to the people this parable:
holder, who planted a vine-certain man planted a A certain man planted a
yard, and made a hedge vineyard and made a vineyard, and let it out to
roundabout it, and dug in hedge about it, and dug a husbandmen: and he was
it a press, and built a place for the wine vat, and abroad for a long time,
tower, and let it out to built a tower, and let it to And at the season he
huebandmen; and went husbandmen ; and went sent a servant to the husinto a strange country.
into a far country.
bandmen, that they should
And when the time of A n d a t the season he give him of the fruit of
the fruits drew nigh, he sent to the husbandmen a the vineyard. Who, beatsent his servants to the servant to receive of the i ng him, sent him away
husbandmen that t h e y husbandmen of the fruit empty.
might receive the fruits of the vineyard.
And again he sent anthereof.
Who having laid hands other servant. But they
And the husbandmen on him, beat him, and sent beat him also, and treat­
laying hands on his ser-him away empty.
ing him reproachfully,
vants, beat one, and killed And again he sent to sent him away empty,
another, and stoned an- them another servant; and And again he sent the
other.
him they wounded in the third: and they wounded
Again he sent other ser- head, and used him re- him also, and cast him
vants more than the proachfully.
out.
former; and they did to And again he sent an- Then the lord of the
them in like manner.
other, and him they killed : vineyard said: What shall
And last of all he sent and many others, of whom|I do? I will send my be­
to them his son, saying: some they beat, and othersiloved son: it may be, when
They will reverence my they killed.
they see him, they will
son.
Therefore having yet reverence him.
But the husbandmen one son, most dear to him ; Whom when the husseeing the son, said among he also sent him untoibandmen saw, they
themselves: This is the them last of all, saying: thought within themselves,
heir : come, let us kill him, They will reverence my saying: This is the heir,
and we shall have his in- son.
let us kill him, that the in­
heritance.
But the husbandmen heritance may be ours.
And taking him, theylsaid one to another: Thia| So casting him out of

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cast him forth out of the
vineyard, and killed
him. . . .
And when the chief
priests and Pharisees had
heard his parables, they
knew that he spoke of
them.—Matt. xxi.33-39,45.

is the heir; come let us
kill him; and the inheri­
tance shall be ours.
And laying hold on him,
they killed him, and cast
him out of the vineyard.
. . . And they sought
to lay hands on him, but
they feared the people.
For they knew that he
spoke this parable to them.
—Mark xii. 1-8, 12.

And it came to pass, when Jesus had
ended all these words, he said to his
disciples :
You know that after two days shall
be the pasch, and the Son of man shall
be delivered up to be crucified.—Matt.
xxvi. 1, 2.
And he said to them. This is my
blood of the new testament, which shall
be shed for many.—Mark xiv. 24.
And all were astonished at the mighty
power of God. But while all wondered
at all the things he did, he said to his
disciples: Lay you up in your hearts
these words, for it shall come to pass,
that the Son of man shall be delivered
into the hands of men.
But they understood not this word;
and it was hid from them, so that they
perceived it not. And they were afraid
to ask him concerning this word.—Luke
ix. 44, 45.
For as the lightning that lighteneth from under heaven, shineth
unto the parts that are under heaven,
so shall the Son of man be in his
day.
But first he must suffer many things,
and be rejected by this generation.—
Luke xvii. 24, 25.
And he said to them : With desire I

the vineyard, they killed
him. . . .
And the chief priests
and the scribes sought to
lay hands on him the
same hour: but they
feared the people, for they
knew that he spoke this
parable to them.—Lukt
xx. 9-15, 19.

have desired to eat this pasch with you,
before I suffer.—Luke xxii. 15.
For I say to you, that this that is
written must yet be fulfilled in me:
And with the wicked was he reckoned.
For the things concerning me have an
end.—Luke xxii. 37.
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in
the desert, so must the Son of man be
lifted up:
That whosoever believeth in him,
may not perish ; but may have life ever­
lasting.—-John iii. 14, 15.
Jesus therefore said to them: When
you shall have lifted up the Son of man,
then shall you know, that I am he, and
that I do nothing of myself, but as the
Father hath taught me, these things I
speak.—John viii. 28.
And I, if I be lifted up from the
earth, will draw all things to myself.
(Now this he said, signifying what
death he should die.)—John xii. 32, 33.
Pilate therefore said to them: Take
him you, and judge him according to
your law. The Jews therefore said to
him : It is not lawful for us to put any
man to death;
That the word of Jesus might be ful­
filled, which he said, signifying what
death he should die.—John xviii. 31, 32.

Christ Abandoned by the Apostles
Then Jesus saith to them: All you
shall be scandalized in me this night.
For it is written : I will strike the shep­
herd, and the sheep of the flock shall be
dispersed.—Matt. xxvi. 31.

And Jesus saith to them: You will
all be scandalized in my regard this
night; for it is written, I will strike the
shepherd, and the sheep shall be dis­
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Behold, the hour cometh, and it is me alone; and yet I am not alone, be­
now come, that you shall be scattered cause the Father is with me.—John
every man to his own, and shall leave xvi. 32.

Christ Betrayed by Judas
And departing from thence, they
passed through Galilee, and he would
And when they abode together in not that any man should know it.
Galilee, Jesus said to them: The Son of
And he taught his disciples, and said
man shall be betrayed into the hands of to them: The Son of man shall be be­
men.—Matt. xvii. 21.
trayed into the hands of men.—Mark
ix. 29, 30.

And Jesus going up to Jerusalem,
took the twelve disciples apart, and said
to them :
Behold we go up to Jerusalem, and
the Son of man shall be betrayed to the
chief priests and the scribes, and they
shall condemn him to death.—Matt. xx.
17, 18.

And whilst they
were eating, he
said: Amen I say
to you, that one of
you is about to be­
tray me.
And they being
very
much
troubled, began
every one to say :
Is it I, Lord?
But he answer­
ing, said : He that
dippeth his hand
with me in the
dish, he shall be­
tray me.

And when they
were at table and
eating, Jesus
saith : Amen I say
to you, one of you
that eateth with
me shall betray me.
But they began
to be sorrowful,
and to say to him
one by one: Is
it I?
Who saith to
them: One of the

And they were in the way going up
to Jerusalem. . . . And taking again
the twelve, he began to tell them the
things that should befall him.
Saying: Behold we go up to Jeru­
salem, and the Son of man shall be be­
trayed to the chief priests, and to the
scribes and ancients, and they shall con­
demn him to death, and shall deliver
him to the Gentiles.—Mark x. 32, 33.

But yet behold,
the hand of him
that betrayeth me
is with me on the
table.
And the Son of
man indeed goeth,
according to that
which is deter­
mined : but yet,

When Jesus had
said these things,
he was troubled in
spirit; and he tes­
tified, and said:
Amen, amen I say
to you, one of you
shall betray me.
The disciples
therefore
looked
one upon another,
doubting of whom
he spoke.
Now there was
leaning on Jesus’
bosom one of his
disciples, whom
Jesus loved.
Simon Peter
therefore beckoned
to him, and said to
him: Who is it

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The Son of man
indeed goeth, as it
is written of him:
but woe to that
man by whom the
Son of man shall
be betrayed : it
were better for
him, if that man
had not been born.
And Judas that
betrayed him, an­
swering, said: Is it
I, R a b b i ? He
saith to him: Thou
hast said it.—Malt.
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twelve, who dippeth with me his
hand in the dish.
And the Son of
man indeed goeth,
as it is written of
him: but woe to
that man by whom
the Son of man
shall be betrayed.
It were better for
him, if that man
had not been born.
—Mark xiv. 18-21.

woe to that man by
whom he shall be
betrayed.
And they began
to inquire among
themselves, which
of them it was that
should do this
thing.—Luke xxii.
21-23.

of whom he speaketh?
He
therefore,
leaning on the
breast of Jesus,
saith to him: Lord,
who is it?
Jesus answered:
He it is to whom I
shall reach bread
dipped. And when
he had dipped the
bread, he gave it to
Judas Iscariot, the
son of Simon.
And after the
morsel, Satan en­
tered into him.
And Jesus said to
him : That which
thou dost, do
quick ly.—John
xiii. 21-27.

Then he cometh to his disciples, and
saith to them: Sleep ye now and take
your rest; behold the hour is at hand,
and the Son of man shall be betrayed
into the hands of sinners.
Rise, let us go : behold he is at hand
that will betray me.—Malt. xxvi. 45, 46.

And he cometh the third time, and
saith to them: Sleep ye now, and take
your rest. It is enough: the hour is
come : behold the Son of man shall be
betrayed into the hands of sinners.
Rise up, let us go. Behold, he that
will betray me is at hand.—Mark xiv.
41, 42.

Jesus answered them: Have not I
chosen you twelve; and one of you is a
devil?
Now he meant Judas Iscariot, the
son of Simon: for this same was about
to betray him, whereas he was one of
the tw’elve.—John vi. 71, 72.

Jesus saith to him (Peter) : He that
is washed, needeth not but to wash his
feet, but is clean wholly. And you are
clean, but not all.
For he knew who he was that would
betray him ; therefore he said : You are
not all clean.—John xiii. 10, 11.

Christ Denied by Peter
And the Lord
said : S i m o n ,
And Peter anBut Peter saith Simon, behold
swering, said to to him: Although Satan hath desired
him: Although all all shall be scan- to have you, that

Simon Peter
saith to him : Lord,
whither g o e s t
thou? Jesus an­
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shall be scandal­
ized in thee, I will
never be scandal­
ized.
Jesus said to
him: Amen I say
to thee, that in
this night before
the cock crow, thou
wilt deny me
t h r i c e.—Matt.
xxvi. 33, 34.

dalized in thee, yet
not I.
And Jesus saith
to him : Amen I
say to thee, to-day,
even in this night,
before the cock
crow twice, thou
shalt deny me
thrice. —Mark
xiv. 29, 30.

he may sift you as
wheat:
But I have
prayed for thee,
that thy faith fail
not: and thou, be­
ing once converted,
confirm thy breth­
ren.
Who said to
him : Lord, I am
ready to go with
thee, both into
prison, and to
death.
And he said : I
say to thee, Peter,
the cock shall not
crow this day, till
thou thrice deniest
that thou knowest
me.—Luke xxii.
34.
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go, thou canst not
follow me now;
but thou shalt fol­
low hereafter.
Peter saith to
him: Why cannot
I follow thee now?
I will lay down my
life for thee.
Jesus answered
him : Wilt thou lay
down thy life for
me? Amen, amen
I say to thee, the
cock shall not
crow, till thou
deny me thrice.—
John xiii. 36-38.

Christ, the Death and Burial of
Then some of the scribes and Phari­
sees answered him, saying : Master, we
would see a sign from thee.
Who answering said to them: An
evil and adulterous generation seek­
eth a sign : and a sign shall not be
given it, but the sign of Jonas the
prophet.
For as Jonas was in the whale’s belly
three days and three nights : so shall
the Son of man be in the heart of the
earth three days and three nights.—
Matt. xii. 38-40.

And the multitudes running together,
he began to say: This generation is a
wicked generation: it asketh a sign,
and a sign shall not be given it, but the
sign of Jonas the prophet.
For as Jonas was a sign to the Ninivites ; so shall the Son of man also be to
this generation.—Luke xi. 29, 30.

A wicked and adulterous generation 1 not be given it, but the sign of Jonas
seeketh after a sign : and a sign shall | the prophet.—Matt. xvi. 4.

And when they abode together in
Galilee, Jesus said to them: The Son
of man shall be betrayed into the hands
of men:
And they shall kill him, and the
third day he shall rise again.—Matt.
xvii. 21, 22.

And departing from thence, they
passed through Galilee, and he would
not that any man should know it.
And he taught his disciples, and
said to them : The Son of man shall be
betrayed into the hands of men, and
they shall kill him; and after that he
is killed, he shall rise again the third
day.—Mark ix. 29, 30.

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Even as the Son of man is not come and to give his life a redemption for
to be ministered unto, but to minister, many.—Matt. xx. 28.

A wicked and adulterous generation not be given it, but the sign of Jonas
seeketh after a sign: and a sign shall the prophet. Matt. xvi. 4.

And when he was in Bethania, in the
house of Simon the leper, and was at
meat, there came a woman having an
alabaster box of ointment of precious
spikenard: and breaking the alabaster
box, she poured it out uppn his head.
Now there were some that had indig­
nation within themselves, and said:
Why was this waste of the ointment
made?
For this ointment might have been
sold for more than three hundred pence,
and given to the poor. And they mur­
mured against her.
But Jesus said: Let her alone, why
do you molest her? She hath wrought
a good work upon me.
For the poor you have always with
you : and whensoever you will, you may
do them good : but me you have not al­
ways.
She hath done what she could: she
is come beforehand to anoint my body
for the burial.—Mark xiv. 3-8.

And he said to them:
But whom do you say that
I am? Simon Peter an­
swering, said: The Christ
From that time Jesus And he began to teach of God.
began to show to his disci­ them ; that the Son of man But he strictly charg­
ples, that he must go to must suffer many things, ing them, commanded they
Jerusalem, and suffer and be rejected by the an­ should tell this to no man.
many things from the an­ cients, and by the high Saying: The Son of
cients and scribes and priests, and the scribes, man must suffer many
chief priests, and be put to and be killed: and after things, and be rejected by
death, and the third day three days rise again.— the ancients and chief
priests and scribes, and be
rise again.—Matt. xvi. 21. Mark viii. 31.
killed, and the third day
rise again.—Luke ix.
20-22.

There came to him a woman having
an alabaster box of precious ointment,
and poured it on his head as he was at
table.
And the disciples seeing it, had indig­
nation, saying: To what purpose is this
waste?
For this might have been sold for
much, and given to the poor.
And Jesus knowing it, said to them :
Why do you trouble this woman? for
she hath wrought a good work upon me.
For the poor you have always with
you : but me you have not always.
For she in pouring this ointment
upon my body, hath done it for my
burial.—Matt. xxvi. 7-12.

Therefore doth the Father love me:
because I lay down my life, that I may
take it again.
No man taketh it away from me : but
I lay it down of myself, and I have
power to lay it down : and I have power
to take it up again. This command­
ment have I received of my Father.—
John x. 17, 18.

You have heard that said to you:
I go away, and I come unto you. If
you loved me, you would indeed be
glad, because I go to the Father: for
the Father is greater than I.
And now I have told you before it
come to pass: that when it shall come
to pass, you may believe.—John xiv.
28, 29.

Christ, the Resurrection of
Then some of the scribes and Phari­
sees answered him, saying: Master,
we would see a sign from thee.
Who answering said to them: An evil
and adulterous generation seeketh a
sign : and a sign shall not be given it,
but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
For as Jonas was in the whale’s belly
three days and three nights: so shall
the Son of man be in the heart of the
earth three days and three nights.—
Matt. xii. 38-40.

And the multitudes running together,
he began to say: This generation is a
wicked generation : it asketh a sign, and
a sign shall not be given it, but the
sign of Jonas the prophet.
For as Jonas was a sign to the Ninivites; so shall the Son of man also be
to this generation.—Luka xi. 29, 30.

And as they came down from the
mountain, Jesus charged them, saying:
Tell the vision to no man, till the Son
of man be risen from the dead.—Matt.
xvii. 9.

And when they abode together in
Galilee, Jesus said to them: The Son
of man shall be betrayed into the hands
of men:
And they shall kill him, and the third
day he shall rise again.—Matt. xvii.
21, 22.

And as they came down from the
mountain, he charged them not to tell
any man what things they had seen, till
the Son of man shall be risen again
from the dead.
And they kept the word to them­
selves; questioning together what that
should mean, when he shall be risen
from the dead.—Mark ix. 8, 9.
And departing from thence, they
passed through Galilee, and he would
not that any man should know it.
And he taught his disciples, and said
to them: The Son of man shall be be­
trayed into the hands of men, and they
shall kill him; and after that he is
killed, he shall rise again the third day.
—Mark ix. 29, 30.

And Jesus going up to And they were in the Then Jesus took unto
Jerusalem took the twelve way going up to Jeru­ him the twelve, and said to
disciples apart, and said to salem: and Jesus went be­ them: Behold, we go up to
fore them, and they were Jerusalem, and all things
them :
Behold we go up to astonished; and following shall be accomplished
Jerusalem, and the Son were afraid. And taking which were written by the
of man shall be be­ again the twelve, he began prophets concerning the
trayed to the chief priests to tell them the things Son of man.
For he shall be delivered
and the scribes, and they that should befall him.
shall condemn him to Saying: Behold wo go to the Gentiles, and shall
up to Jerusalem, and the be mocked, and scourged,
death.
And shall deliver him to Son of man shall be be­ and spit upon:
the Gentiles to be mocked, trayed to the chief priests, And after they have
and scourged, and cruci- and to the scribes and an- scourged him, they will

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fied, and the third day he cients, and they shall con­ put him to death; and the
shall rise again.—Ifaitxx. demn him to death, and third day he shall rise
shall deliver him to the again.—Luke xviii. 31-33.
17-19.
Gentiles.
And they shall mock
him, and spit on him, and
scourge him, and kill him:
and the third day he shall
rise again.—Mark x. 32-34.

But after I shall be risen again, I
But after I shall be risen again, I
will go before you into Galilee.—Matt, will go before you into Galilee.—Mark
xiv. 28.
xxvi. 32.

And the next day, which followed the
day of preparation, the chief priests
and the Pharisees came together to
Pilate,
Saying: Sir, we have remembered,
that that seducer said, while he was yet
alive: After three days I will rise again.
—Matt, xxvii. 62, 63.
The Jews, therefore, answered, and
said to him : What sign dost thou show
unto us, seeing thou dost these things ?
Jesus answered, and said to them:
Destroy this temple, and in three days
I will raise it up.
The Jews then said: Six and
forty years was this temple in build­
ing; and wilt thou raise it up in three
days?
But he spoke of the temple of his
body.
When therefore he was risen again
from the dead, his disciples remem­
bered, that he had said this, and they
believed the scripture, and the word
that Jesus had said.—John ii. 18-22.
Christ, the Ascension of
And no man hath ascended into
heaven, but he that descended from
heaven, the Son of man, who is in
heaven.—John iii. 13.
If then you shall see the Son of man
ascend up where he was before?—John
vi. 63.
Jesus saith to her (Mary Magdalen) :
Do not touch me. for I am not yet as­
cended to my Father. But go to my
brethren, and say to them: I ascend to
my Father and to your Father, to my
God and your God.—John xx. 17.

Church, the Holy Ghost Promised
to the
And I send the promise of my Father
upon you : but stay you in the city, till
you be endued with power from on
high.—Luke xxiv. 49.
And I will ask the Father, and he
shall give you another Paraclete, that
he may abide with you for ever.
The spirit of truth, whom the world
cannot receive, because it seeth him
not, nor knoweth him: but you shall
know him ; because he shall abide with
you, and shall be in you.—John xiv.
16, 17.
But the Paraclete, the Holy Ghost,
whom the Father will send in my name,
he will teach you all things, and bring
all things to your mind, whatsoever I
shall have said to you.—John xiv. 26.
But when the Paraclete cometh,
whom I will send you from the Father,
the Spirit of truth, who proceedeth
from the Father, he shall give testi­
mony of me.—John xv. 26.
But I tell you the truth: it is expe­
dient to you that I go : for if I go not,
the Paraclete will not come to you;
but if I go, I will send him to you.
And when he is come, he will con­
vince the world of sin, and of justice,
and of judgment.
Of sin: because they believed not in
me.
And of justice: because I go to the
Father; and you shall see me no longer.
And of judgment: because the prince
of this world is already judged. . . .
But when he, the Spirit of truth, is
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he shall not speak of himself ; but what
things soever he shall hear, he shall
speak; and the things that are to come,
he shall show you.
He shall glorify me ; because he shall
receive of mine, and shall show it to
you.—John xvi. 7-11, 13, 14.
They therefore who were come to­
gether, asked him, saying: Lord, wilt
thou at this time restore again the
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But he said to them: It is not for
you to know the times or moments,
which the Father hath put in his own
power :
But you shall receive the power of
the Holy Ghost coming upon you, and
you shall be witnesses unto me in Jeru­
salem, and in all Judea, and Samaria,
and even to the uttermost part of the
earth.—Acts i. 6-8.

Church, the Propagation of the
And he said: To what
shall we liken the king­
Another parable he pro­ dom of God? or to what
posed unto them, saying: parable shall we compare He said therefore: Ta
what is the kingdom of
The kingdom of heaven is it?
like to a grain of mustard It is as a grain of mus­ God like, and whereunto
seed, which a man took tard seed: w’hich when it shall I resemble it?
and sowed in his field.
is sown in the earth, is less It is like to a grain of
Which is the least in­ than all the seeds that are mustard seed, which a
deed of all seeds; but in the earth :
man took and cast into his
when it is grown up, it is And when it is sown, it garden, and it grew and
greater than all herbs, and groweth up, and becometh became a great tree, and
becometh a tree, so that greater than all herbs, and the birds of the air lodged
the birds of the air come, shooteth
out
great in the branches thereof.—
and dwell in the branches branches, so that the birds Luke xiii. 18, 19.
thereof.—Matt. xiii. 31,32. of the air may dwell under
the shadow thereof.—Mark
iv. 30-32.
And again he said: Whereunto shall
Another parable he spoke to them:
The kingdom of heaven is like to I esteem the kingdom of God to be like?
It is like to leaven, which a woman
leaven, which a woman took and hid in
three measures of meal, until the whole took and hid in three measures of meal,
till the whole was leavened.—Luke xiii.
was leavened.—Matt. xiii. 33.
20, 21.

And this gospel of the kingdom, shall
And unto all nations the gospel must
be preacher in the whole world, for a
testimony to all nations, and then shall first be preached.—Mark xiii. 10.
the consummation come.—Matt. xxiv.
14.
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Then he opened their understanding,
that they might understand the scrip­
tures.
And he said to them : Thus it is writ­
ten, and thus it behoved Christ to suf­
fer, and to rise again from the dead,
the third day:
And that penance and remission of
sins should be preached in his name,

unto all nations, beginning at Jeru­
salem.—Luke xxiv. 45-47.
The woman saith to him : Sir, I per­
ceive that thou art a prophet.
Our fathers adored on this mountain,
and you say, that at Jerusalem is the
place where men must adore.
Jesus saith to her: Woman, believe
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shall neither on this mountain, nor in
Jerusalem, adore the Father.
You adore that which you know not:
we adore that which we know; for sal­
vation is of the Jews.
But the hour cometh, and now is,
when the true adorers shall adore the
Father in spirit and in truth. For the
Father also seeketh such to adore him.
God is a spirit; and they that adore
him, must adore him in spirit and in
truth.—John iv. 19-24.
But you shall receive the power of
the Holy Ghost coming upon you, and
you shall be witnesses unto me in Jeru­
salem, and in all Judea, and Samaria,
and even to the uttermost part of the
earth.—Acts i. 8.
Church, the Persecution of the
Behold I send you as sheep in the
midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise
as serpents and simple as doves.
But beware of men. For they will
deliver you up in councils, and they
will scourge you in their synagogues.

And you shall be brought before
governors, and before kings for my
sake, for a testimony to them and to
the Gentiles:
But when they shall deliver you up,
take no thought how or what to speak:
for it shall be given you in that hour
what to speak.
For it is not you that speak, but the
Spirit of your Father that speaketh in
you.
The brother also shall deliver up the
brother to death, and the father the
son: and the children shall rise up
against their parents, and shall put
them to death.
And you shall be hated by all men
for my name’s sake: but he that shall
persevere unto the end, he shall be
saved.
And when they shall persecute you
in this city, flee into another. Amen I
say to you, you shall not finish all the
cities of Israel, till the Son of man
come.—Matt. x. 16-23.

Therefore behold I send to you
prophets, and wise men, and scribes:
and some of them you will put to death
and crucify, and some you will scourge
in your synagogues, and persecute from
city to city:
That upon you may come all the
just blood that hath been shed upon
the earth, from the blood of Abel the
just, even unto the blood of Zacharias
the son of Barachias, whom you killed
between the temple and the altar.—
Matt, xxiii. 34, 35.

For this cause also the wisdom of
God said: I will send to them prophets
and apostles; and some of them they
will kill and persecute.
That the blood of all the prophets
which was shed from the foundation of
the world, may be required of this gen­
eration,
From the blood of Abel unto the
blood of Zacharias, who was slain be­
tween the altar and the temple: Yea I
say to you, It shall be required of this
generation.—Luke xi. 49-51.

But look to yourselves.
For they shall deliver you
up t > councils, and in the
synagogues you shall be
beaten, and you shall stand
But before all these
before governors and kings things, they will lay their
for my sake, for a testi­ hands on you, and perse­
Then shall they deliver mony unto them.
cute you, delivering you
you up to be afflicted, and And unto all nations the up to the synagogues and
shall put you to death : and gospel must first be into prisons, dragging you
you shall be hated by all preached.
before kings and governations for my name’s And when they shall nors, for my name’s
sake.
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And then shall many be
scandalized : and shall be­
tray one another: and
shall hate one another.—
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up, be not thoughtful be­ And you shall be beforehand what you shall t r a y e d by your parents
speak ; but whatsoever and brethren, and kinsmen
shall be given you in that and friends; and some of
hour, that speak ye. For you they will put to death.
it is not you that speak, And you shall be hated
but the Holy Ghost.
by all men for my name's
And the brother shall sake.—Luke xxi. 12,16,17.
betray his brother unto
death, and the father his
son; and children shall
rise up against the
parents, and shall work
their death.
And you shall be hated
by all men for my name’s
sake. But he that shall
endure unto the end, he
shall be saved.—Mark xiii.
9-13.

Remember my word that I said to
you: The servant is not greater than
his master. If they have persecuted
me, they will also persecute you: if
they have kept my word, they will keep
yours also.
But all these things they will do to
you for my name’s sake: because they
know not him that sent me.—John xv.
20, 21.
These things have I spoken to you,
that you may not be scandalized.
They will put you out of the syna­
gogues: Yea, the hour cometh, that
whosoever killeth you, will think that
he doth a service to God.
And these things will they do to you ;
because they have not known the
Father, nor me.
But these things I have told you, that
when the hour shall come, you may re­
member that I told you of them.—John
xvi. 1-4.

up, and burnt with fire: so shall it be
at the end of the world.
The Son of man shall send his an­
gels, and they shall gather out of his
kingdom all scandals, and them that
work iniquity.
And shall cast them into the furnace
of fire: there shall be weeping and
gnashing of teeth.
Then shall the just shine as the sun,
in the kingdom of their Father.—Matt.
xiii. 40-43.
Again the kingdom of heaven is like
to a net cast into the sea, and gathering
together of all kind of fishes.
Which, when it was filled, they drew
out, and sitting by the shore, they chose
out the good into vessels, but the bad
they cast forth.
So shall it be at the end of the world.
The angels shall go out, and shall
separate the wicked from among the
just.
And shall cast them into the furnace
End of the World, the
of fire: there shall be weeping and
Even as cockle therefore is gathered gnashing of teeth.—Matt. xiii. 47-50.

And immediately after
the tribulation of those
days, the sun shall be dark­
ened and the moon shall
not give her light, and the
stars shall fall from

But in those days, after And there shall be signs
that tribulation, the sun in the sun, and in the
shall be darkened, and the moon, and in the stars;
moon shall not give her and upon the earth distress
light.
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heaven, and the powers of shall be falling down, and ing of the sea and of the
heaven shall be moved :
the powers that are in waves ;
And then shall appear heaven, shall be moved.
Men withering away for
the sign of the Son of man And then shall they see fear, and expectation of
in heaven: and then shall the Son of man coming in what shall come upon the
all tribes of the earth the clouds, with great whole world.
For the
mourn : and they shall see power and glory.
powers of heaven shall be
the Son of man coming in And then shall he send moved ;
the clouds of heaven with his angels, and shall And then they shall see
much power and majesty. gather together his elect the Son of man coming in
And he shall send his from the four winds, from a cloud, with great power
angels with a trumpet, and the uttermost part of the and majesty.
a great voice : and they earth to the uttermost part But when these things
shall gather together his of heaven.—Mark xiii. begin to come to pass, look
up, and lift up your heads,
elect from the four winds, 24-27.
because your redemption is
from the farthest parts of
at hand.—Luke xxi. 25-28.
the heavens to the utmost
bounds of them. — Matt.
xxiv. 29-31.
Gentiles, the Conversion of the
And Jesus hearing this, marvelled;
and said to them that followed him:
Amen I say to you, I have not found
so great faith in Israel.
And I say to you that many shall
come from the east and the west, and

shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac,
and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven:
But the children of the kingdom shall
be cast out into the exterior darkness:
there shall be weeping and gnashing of
teeth.—Matt. viii. 10-12.

When therefore the lord
of the vineyard shall come,
what will he do to those
husbandmen ?
They say to him: He
will bring those evil men What therefore will the
to an evil end ; and will let lord of the vineyard do?
out his vineyard to other He will come and destroy
husbandmen, that shall those husbandmen ; and
render him the fruit in will give the vineyard to
others.
due season.
Jesus saith to them: And have you not read
Have you never read in the this scripture, The stone
Scriptures : The stone which the builders re­
which the builders re­ jected, the same is made
jected, the same is become the head of the corner:
the head of the corner? By the Lord has this
By the Lord this has been been done, and it is won­
done; and it is wonderful derful in our eyes.—Mark
in our eyes.
xii. 9-11.
Therefore I say to you,
that the kingdom of God
shall be taken from you,
and shall be given to a
nation yielding the fruits
thereof.—Matt. xxi. 40-43.

What therefore will the
lord of the vineyard do to
them ?
He will come, and will
destroy these husbandmen,
and will give the vineyard
to others.
Which they
hearing, said to him: God
forbid.
But he looking on them,
said : What is this then
that is written, The stone
which the builders re­
jected, the same is become
the head of the corner?—
Luke XX. 15-17.

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There shall be weeping and gnashing
of teeth, when you shall see Abraham
and Isaac and Jacob, and all the
prophets, in the kingdom of God, and
you yourselves thrust out.
And there shall come from the east
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south; and shall sit down in the king­
dom of God.—Luke xiii. 28, 29.
And I, if I be lifted up from
the earth, will draw all things to my­
self.
(Now this he said, signifying what
death he should die.)—John xii. 32, 33.

Jerusalem and the Temple, the Destruction of

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that
are sent unto thee, how often would I
have gathered together thy children, as
the hen doth gather her chickens under
her wings, and thou wouldest not?
Behold, your house shall be left to
you, desolate.—Matt, xxiii. 37, 38.

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the
prophets, and stonest them that are sent
to thee, how often would I have gath­
ered thy children as the bird doth her
brood under her wings, and thou would­
est not?
Behold your house shall be left to you
desolate.—Luke xiii. 34, 35.

And some saying of the
temple, that it was
adorned with goodly
stones and gifts, he said:
These things which you
see, the days will come in
which there shall not be
left a stone upon a stone
that shall not be thrown
down.
. . . And when you
And Jesus being come And as he was going out shall see Jerusalem com­
out of the temple, went of the temple, one of his passed about with an
away. And his disciples disciples said to him: army; then know that the
came to show him the Master, behold what man­ desolation thereof is at
ner of stones, and what hand.
buildings of the temple.
And he answering, said buildings are here.
Then let those who are
to them: Do you see all And Jesus answering, in Judea, flee to the moun­
these things? Amen I say said to him : Seest thou all tains; and those who are
to you there shall not be these great buildings? in the midst thereof, de­
left here a stone upon a There shall not be left a part out: and those who
stone that shall not be de­ stone upon a stone, that are in the countries, not
stroyed.—Matt. xxiv. 1, 2. shall not be thrown down. enter into it.
—Mark xiii. 1, 2.
For these are the days
of vengeance, that all
things may be fulfilled,
that are written.
Bqt woe to them that
are with child, and give
suck in those days; for
there shall be great distress in the land, and
wrath upon this people.
And they shall fall by
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shall be led away captivei
into all nations ; and
Jerusalem shall be trodden
down by the Gentiles; till
the times of the nations be
fulfilled—Luke xxi. 5, 6,
20-24.

And when he drew near, seeing the
city, he wept over it, saying:
If thou also hadst known, and that in
this thy day, the things that are to thy
peace; but now they are hidden from
thy eyes.
For the days shall come upon thee:
and thy enemies shall cast a trench
about thee, and compass thee round,
and straiten thee on every side,
And beat thee flat to the ground, and
thy children who are in thee: and they
shall not leave in thee a stone upon a

stone : because thou hast not known the
time of thy visitation.—Luke xix. 41-44.

Jews, the Rejection of the
And I say to you that many shall
come from the east and the west, and
shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac,
and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven:
But the children of the kingdom
shall be cast out into the exterior dark­
ness : there shall be weeping and gnash­
ing of teeth.—Matt. viii. 11, 12.

Therefore having yet Then the Lord of the
But the husbandmen
seeing the son, said among one son, most dear to him ; vineyard said : What shall
themselves: This is the he also sent him unto I do? I will send my be­
heir: come, let us kill them last of all, saying: loved son : it may be, when
him, and we shall have his They will reverence my they see him, they will
reverence him.
son.
inheritance.
And taking him, they But the husbandmen Whom when the hus­
cast him forth out of the said one to another: This bandmen saw, they
vineyard, and killed him. is the heir; come let us thought within them­
When therefore the lord kill him; and the inheri­ selves, saying: This is the
heir, let us kill him, that
of the vineyard shall tance shall be ours.
come, what will he do to And laying hold on the inheritance may be
him, they killed him, and ours.
those husbandmen ?
They say to him: He cast him out of the vine­ So casting him out of
the vineyard, they killed
will bring those evil men yard.
to an evil end ; and will What therefore will the him. What therefore will
let out his vineyard to lord of the vineyard do? the lord of the vineyard do
other husbandmen, that He will come and destroy to them?
shall render him the fruit those husbandmen ; and He will come, and will
will give the vineyard to destroy these husbandmen,
in due season.
and will give the vineyard
Jesus saith to them: others.
Which they
Have you never read in
And have you not read to others.
the Scriptures: The stone this scripture, The stone hearing, said to him: God
which the builders re­ which the builders re­ forbid.
jected, the same is become jected, the same is made But he looking on them,
the head of the comer ? By the head of the corner: said : What is this then
the Lord this has been
By the Lord has this that is written, The stone,
done; and it is wonderful been done, and it is won­ which the builders re­
derful in our eyes.—Mark jected, the same is become
in our eyes.
Therefore I say to you, xii. 6-11.
the head of the corner?—
that the kingdom of G
Luke XX. 13-17.

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shall be taken from you,
and shall be given to a
nation yielding the fruita
thereof.—Matt. xxi. 38-43.

me; but weep for yourselves, and for
your children.
For behold, the days shall come,
wherein they will say: Blessed are the
barren, and the wombs that have not
borne, and the paps that have not given
suck.
Then shall they begin to say to the
mountains: Fall upon us; and to the
hills: Cover us.
Jews, the Punishment of the
For if in the green w 1 they do
But Jesus turning to them, said: these things, what shall be done in the
Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not over dry?—Luke xxiii. 28-31.

There shall be weeping and gnashing
of teeth, when you shall see Abraham
and Isaac and Jacob, and all the
prophets, in the kingdom of God, and
you yourselves thrust out.
And there shall come from the east
and the west, and the north and the
south; and shall sit down in the king­
dom of God.—Luke xiii. 28, 29.

Then began he to upbraid the cities
wherein were done the most of his
miracles, for that they had not done
penance.
Woe to thee, Corozain, woe to thee,
Bethsaida: for if in Tyre and Sidon
had been wrought the miracles that
have been wrought in you, they had
long ago done penance in sackcloth and
ashes.
But I say unto you, it shall be more
tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the
day of judgment, than for you.
And thou, Capharnaum, shalt thou
be exalted up to heaven ? thou shalt go
down even unto hell. For if in Sodom
had been wrought the miracles that
have been wrought in thee, perhaps it
had remained unto this day.
But I say unto you, that it shall be
more tolerable for the land of Sodom in
the day of judgment, than for thee.—
Matt. xi. 20-24.

Woe to thee, Corozain, woe to thee,
Bethsaida. For if in Tyre and Sidon
had been wrought the mighty works
that have been wrought in you, they
would have done penance long ago, sit­
ting in sackcloth and ashes.
But it shall be more tolerable for
Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than
for you.
And thou, Capharnaum, which art
exalted unto heaven, thou shalt be
thrust down to hell.—Luke x. 13-15.

Judgment, the Day of
For the Son of man shall come in the
glory of his Father with his angels:
and then will he render to every man
according to his works.—Matt. xvi. 27.
And w hen the Son of man shall come
in his majesty, and all the angels with
him, then shall he sit upon the seat
of his majesty.
And all nations shall be gathered to­

gether before him, and he shall separate
them one from another, as the shepherd
separateti! the sheep from the goats:
And he shall set the sheep on his
right hand, but the goats on his left.
Then shall the king say to them that
shall be on his right hand: Come, ye
blessed of my Father, possess you the
kingdom prepared for you from the"
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For I was hungry, and you gave me
to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me
to drink; I was a stranger, and you took
me in :
Naked, and you covered me: sick,
and you visited me: 1 was in prison,
and you came to me.
Then shall the just answer him,
saying: Lord, when did we see thee
hungry, and fed thee; thirsty, and gave
thee drink?
And when did we see thee a stranger,
and took thee in? or naked, and covered
thee?
Or when did we see thee sick or in
prison, and came to thee?
And the king answering, shall
say to them: Amen I say to you,
as long as you did it to one of
these my least brethren, you did it to
me.
Then he shall say to them also that
shall be on his left hand: Depart from
me, you cursed, into everlasting fire
which was prepared for the devil and
his angels.
For I was hungry, and you gave me

not to eat : I was thirsty, and you gave
me not to drink.
I was a stranger, and you took me not
in : naked, and you covered me not: sick
and in prison, and you did not visit
me.
Then they also shall answer him, say­
ing: Lord, when did we see thee hun­
gry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked,
or sick, or in prison, and did not minis­
ter to thee?
Then he shall answer them, saying:
Amen I say to you, as long as you did
it not to one of these least, neither did
you do it to me.
And these shall go into everlasting
punishment : but the just, into life ever­
lasting.—Matt. XXV. <31-46.
Wonder not at this; for the hour
cometh, wherein all that are in the
graves shall hear the voice of the Son
of God.
And they that have done good things,
shall come forth unto the resurrection
of life; but they that have done evil,
unto the resurrection of judgment —
John v. 28, 29.

Magdalen, the

There came to him a woman having
an alabaster box of precious ointment,
and poured it on his head as he was at
table.
And the disciples seeing it, had in­
dignation, saying: To what purpose is
this waste?
For this might have been sold for
much, and given to the poor.
And Jesus knowing it, said to them:
Why do you trouble this woman? for
she hath wrought a good work upon me.
For the poor you have always with
you : but me you have not always.
For she in pouring this ointment
upon my body, hath done it for my
burial.
Amen I say to you, wheresoever this
gospel shall be preached in the whole
world, that also which she hath done,
shall be told for a memory of her.—
Matt. xxvi. 7-13.

And when he was in Bethania, in the
house of Simon the leper, and was at
meat, there came a woman having an
alabaster box of ointment of precious
spikenard: and breaking the alabaster
box. she poured it out upon his head.
Now there were some that had indig­
nation within themselves, and said:
Why was this waste of the ointment
made ?
For this ointment might have been
sold for more than three hundred
pence, and given to the poor. And they
murmured against her.
But Jesus said: Let her alone, why
do you molest her ? She hath wrought
a good work upon me.
For the poor you have always with
you : and whensoever you will, you may
do them good : but me you have not al­
ways.
She hath done what she could: she
is come beforehand to anoint my body
for the burial.
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gospel shall be preached in the whole
world, that also which she hath done,
shall be told for a memorial of her.—
Mark xiv. 3-9.
Miracles in the Church, Prophecy of shall gird thee, and lead thee whither
thou wouldst not.
And he said to them : Go ye into the
And this he said, signifying by what
whole world, and preach the gospel to death he (Peter) should glorify God.—
every creature.
John xxi. 18, 19.
He that believeth and is baptized,
shall be saved : but he that believeth not
PARABLES OF CHRIST, THE
shall be condemned.
And he spoke to them many things
And these signs shall follow them
that believe: In my name they shall in parables.—Matt. xiii. 3.
All these things Jesus spoke in para­
cast out devils: they shall speak with
bles to the multitudes : and without
new tongues.
They shall take up serpents: and if parables he did not speak to them.
That it might be fulfilled which was
they shall drink any deadly thing, it
shall not hurt them : they shall lay their spoken by the prophet, saying: I will
hands upon the sick, and they shall re­ open my mouth in parables, I-will utter
things hidden from the foundation of
cover.—Mark xvi. 15-18.
Behold, I have given you power the world.—Matt. xiii. 34, 35.
And with many such parables, he
to tread upon serpents and scorpions,
and upon all the power of the enemy: spoke to them the word, according as
and nothing shall hurt you.—Luke they were able to hear.
And without parable he did not
x. 19.
Amen, amen I say to you, he that be­ speak unto them; but apart, he ex­
lieveth in me, the works that I do, he plained all things to his disciples.—
also shall do; and greater than these Mark iv. 33, 34.
shall he do.—John xiv. 12.
Cockle and the Good Seed, the
Another parable he proposed to them,
St. Peter
saying: The kingdom of heaven is lik­
And I say to thee: That thou art ened to a man that sowed good seed in
Peter; and upon this rock I will build his field.
my church, and the gates of hell shall
But while men were asleep, his
not prevail against it.
enemy came and oversowed cockle
And I will give to thee the keys of among the wheat, and went his way.
And when the blade was sprung up,
the kingdom of heaven. And whatso­
ever thou shalt bind upon earth, it and had brought forth fruit, then ap­
shall be bound also in heaven : and peared also the cockle.
And the servants of the goodman of
whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth,
it shall be loosed also in heaven.— the house coming, said to him: Sir,
didst thou not sow good seed in thy
Matt. xvi. 18, 19.
Simon Peter saith to him: Lord, field? whence then hath it cockle?
And he said to them: An enemy
whither goest thou? Jesus answered:
Whither I go, thou canst not follow me hath done this. And the servants said
now; but thou shalt follow hereafter.— to him : Wilt thou that we go and
gather it up?
John xiii. 36.
And he said: No, lest perhaps gath­
Amen, amen T say to thee, when thou
wast younger, thou didst gird thyself, ering up the cockle, you root up the
and didst walk where thou wouldst. wheat also together with it.
Suffer both to grow until the har­
But when thou shalt be old, thou shalt
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will say to the reapers: Gather up
first the cockle, and bind it into bundles
to burn, but the wheat gather ye into
my barn. . . .
Then having sent away the multi­
tudes, he came into the house, and his
disciples came to him, saying: Expound
to us the parable of the cockle of the
field.
Who made answer and said to them:
He that soweth the good seed, is the
Son of man.
And the field, is the world. And the
good seed are the children of the king­
dom. And the cockle, are the children
of the wicked one.
And the enemy that sowed them, is
the devil. But the harvest is the end of
the world. And the reapers are the an­
gels.
Even as cockle therefore is gathered
up, and burnt with fire: so shall it be
at the end of the world.
The Son of man shall send his an­
gels, and they shall gather out of his
kingdom all scandals, and them that
work iniquity.
And shall cast them into the furnace
of fire: there shall be weeping and
gnashing of teeth.
Then shall the just shine as the sun,
in the kingdom of their Father.—
Mali. xiii. 24-30, 36-43.

ing hold of him, he throttled him, say­
ing: Pay what thou owest.
And his fellow servant falling down,
besought him, saying: Have patience
with me, and I will pay thee all.
And he would not : but went and cast
him into prison, till he paid the debt.
Now his fellow servants seeing what
was done, wrere very much grieved, and
they came and told their lord all that
was done.
Then his lord called him; and said
to him: Thou wicked servant, I for­
gave thee all the debt, because thou besoughtest me :
Shouldst not thou then have had
compassion also on thy fellow servant,
even as I had compassion on thee?
And his lord being angry, delivered
him to the torturers until he paid all
the debt.
So also shall my heavenly Father do
to you, if you forgive not every one
his brother from your hearts—Matt.
xviii. 23-35.

Debtors, the Forgiven
And Jesus answering, said to him:
Simon, I have somewhat to say to
thee. But he said : Master, say it.
A certain creditor had two debtors,
the one owed five hundred pence, and
the other fifty.
And whereas they had not wherewith
Debtor, the Ungrateful
to pay, he forgave them both. Which
therefore of the two loveth him most?
Therefore is the kingdom of heaven
Simon answering, said : I suppose
likened to a king, who would take an that he to whom he forgave most.
account of his servants.
And he said to him : Thou hast judged
And when he had begun to take the rightly.—Luke vii. 40-43.
account, one was brought to him, that
owed him ten thousand talents.
Fig-Tree, the Barren
And as he had not wherewith to pay
He spoke also this parable : A certain
it, his lord commanded that he should
be sold, and his wife and children, and man had a fig-tree planted in his vine­
all that he had, and payment to be yard, and he came seeking fruit on it,
and found none.
made.
And he said to the dresser of the
But that servant falling down, be­
sought him, saying: Have patience with vineyard: Behold, for these three years
I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree,
me, and I will pay thee all.
And the lord of that servant being and I find none. Cut it down therefore:
moved with pity, let him go and for­ why cumbereth it the ground?
But he answering, said to him: Lord,
gave him the debt.
But when that servant was gone out, let it alone this year also, until I dig
he found one of his fellow servants that about it, and dung it.
owed him an hundred pence: and lay­
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And when she hath found it, call
not, then after that thou shalt cut it
together her friends and neighbors,
down.—Luke xiii. 6-9.
saying: Rejoice with mé-, because
Groat, the Lost
I have found the groat which I had
Or what woman having ten groats; lost.
So I say to you, there shall be joy
if she lose one groat, doth not light a
candle, and sweep the house, and seek before the angels of God upon one
sinner doing penance.—Luke xv. 8-10.
diligently until she find it?

Husbandmen, the Ungrateful
Hear ye another para­ And he began to speak And he began to speak
ble. There was a man, an to them in parables: A to the people this parable:
householder, who planted certain man planted a A certain man planted a
a vineyard, and made a vineyard and made a vineyard, and let it out to
hedge round about it, and hedge about it, and dug a husbandmen: and he was
dug in it a press, and built place for the wine vat, and abroad for a long time.
a tower, and let it out to built a tower, and let it to And at the season he
husbandmen ; and went husbandmen ; and went sent a servant to the hus­
into a strange country. into a far country.
bandmen, that they should
And when the time of And at the season he give him of the fruit of
the fruits drew nigh, he sent to the husbandmen a the vineyard. Who, beat­
sent his servants to the servant to receive of the ing him, sent him away
husbandmen, that they husbandmen of the fruit empty.
might receive the fruits of the vineyard.
And again he sent an­
thereof.
Who having laid hands other servant. But they
And the husbandmen on him, beat him, and beat him also, and treat­
laying hands on his ser­ sent him away empty.
ing him reproachfully,
vants, beat one, and killed And again he sent to sent him away empty.
another, and stoned an­ them another servant ; and And again he sent the
other.
him they wounded in the third: and they wounded
Again he sent other ser­ head, and used him re­ him also, and cast him
vants more than th e proachfully.
out.
former; and they did to And again he sent an­ Then the lord of the
them in like manner
other, and him they vineyard said: What shall
And last of all he sent killed: and many others, I do? I will send my be­
to them his son, saying: of whom some they beat, loved son : it may be, when
they see him, they will
They will reverence my and others they killed.
son.
Therefore having yet reverence him.
But the husbandmen one son, most dear to Whom when the husseeing the son, said among him ; he also sent him bandmen saw, they
themselves: This is the unto them last of all, say­ thought within them­
heir: come, let us kill him, ing: They will reverence selves, saying: This is the
heir, let us kill him, that
and we shall have his in­ my son.
But the husbandmen the inheritance may be
heritance.
And taking him, they said one to another: This ours.
cast him forth out of the is the heir: come let us So casting him out of
vineyard, and killed him. kill him; and the inheri­ the vineyard, they killed
him. What therefore will
When therefore the lord tance shall be ours.
of the vineyard shall And laying hold on him, the lord of the vineyard do
come, what will he do to they killed him, and cast to them?
him out of the vineyard.
He will come, and will
those husbandmen?
They say to him : He What therefore will the destroy these husbandmen,
will bring those evil men lord of the vineyard do? and will give the vineyard
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out his vineyard to other those husbandmen ; and hearing, said to him: Ged
husbandmen, that shall will give the vineyard to forbid.
render hipa the fruit in others.
But he looking on them,
due season.
And have you not read said: What is this then
Jesus saith to them: this scripture, The stone that is written, The stone,
Have you never read in which the builders re­ which the builders re­
the Scriptures: The stone jected, the same is made jected, the same is become
which the builders re­ the head of the corner: the head of the corner?
jected, the same is become By the Lord has this Whosoever shall fall
the head of the corner? been done, and it is won­ upon that stone, shall be
bruised : and upon whom­
By the Lord this has been derful in our eyes.
done; and it is wonderful And they sought to lay soever it shall fall, it will
in our eyes.
hands on him, but they grind him to powder.
For And the chief priests
Therefore I say to you, feared the people.
that the kingdom of God they knew that he spoke and the scribes sought to
shall be taken from you, this parable to them.— lay hands on him the same
hour : but they feared the
and shall be given to a na­ Mark xii. 1-12.
people, for they knew that
tion yielding the fruits
he spoke this parable to
thereof.
them.—Luke xx. 9-19.
And whosoever shall
fall on this stone, shall be
broken : but on whomso­
ever it shall fall, it shall
grind him to powder.
And when the chief
priests and Pharisees had
heard his parables, they
knew that he spoke of
them.—Matt. xxi. 33-45.

Judge and the Widow, the
Laborers in the Vineyard, the
The kingdom of heaven is like to a
And he spoke also a parable to them,
that we ought always to pray, and not householder, who went out early in the
morning to hire laborers into his vine­
to faint,
Saying: There was a judge in a cer­ yard.
And having agreed with the laborers
tain city, who feared not God, nor re­
for a penny a day, he sent them into
garded man.
And there was a certain widow in his vineyard.
And going out about the third hour,
that city, and she came to him, saying:
he saw others standing in the market
Avenge me of my adversary.
And he would not for a long time. place idle.
And he said to them : Go you also
But afterwards he said within himself :
Although I fear not God, nor regard into my vineyard, and I will give you
what shall be just.
man,
And they went their way. And
Yet because this widow is trouble­
some to me, I will avenge her, lest con­ again he went out about the sixth
and the ninth hour, and did in like
tinually coming she weary me.
And the Lord said: Hear what the manner.
unjust judge saith.
But about the eleventh hour he went
And will not God revenge his out and found others standing, and he
elect who cry to him day and night: saith to them: Why stand you here all
and will he have patience in their re­ the day idle?
gard '
They say to him.: Because no man
I say to you, that he will quickly re­ hath hired us. He saith to them: Go
venge them.—Luke xviii. 1-8.
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And when evening wan come, the
lord of the vineyard saith to his
steward: Call the laborers and pay
them their hire, beginning from the
last even to the first.
When therefore they were come, that
came about the eleventh hour, they re­
ceived every man a penny.
But when the first also came, they
thought that they should receive more:
and they also received every man a
penny.
And receiving it they murmured
against the master of the house,
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equal to us, that have borne the burden
of the day and the heats.
But he answering said to one of
them: Friend. I do thee no wrong:
didst thou not agree with me for a
penny?
Take what is thine, and go thy way:
I will also give to this last even as
to thee.
Or, is it not lawful for me to do
what I will? is thy eye evil because I
am good?
So shall the last be first, and the first
last. For many are called, but few are
chosen.—Matt. xx. 1-16.

Leaven, the
And again he said: Whereunto shall
Another parable he spoke to them: I esteem the kingdom of God to be
The kingdom of heaven is like to like ?
It is like to leaven, which a woman
leaven, which a woman took and hid
in three measures of meal, until the took and hid in three measures of meal,
till the whole was leavened.—Luke xiii.
whole was leavened.—Matt. xiii. 33.
20, 21.
Marriage Feast, the

And Jesus answering, spoke again in
parables to them, saying:
The kingdom of heaven is likened to
a king, who made a marriage for his
son.
And he sent his servants, to call them
that were invited to the marriage;
and they would not come.
Again he sent other servants, say­
ing: Tell them that were invited, Be­
hold, I have prepared my dinner; my
beeves and fatlings are killed, and
all things are ready: come ye to the
marriage.
But they neglected, and went their
ways, one to his farm, and another to
his merchandise.
And the rest laid hands on his ser­
vants, and having treated them contumeliously, put them to death.
But when the king had heard of it,
he was angry, and sending his armies,

he destroyed those murderers, and
burnt their city.
Then he saith to his servants: The
marriage indeed is ready ; but they that
were invited were not worthy.
Go ye therefore into the highways;
and as many as you shall find, call to
the marriage.
And his servants going forth into the
ways, gathered together all that they
found, both bad and good : and the mar­
riage w’as filled with guests.
And the king went in to see the
guests : and he saw there a man who
had not on a wedding garment.
And he saith to him: Friend, how
earnest thou in hither not having on a
wedding garment? But he was silent.
Then the king said to the waiters:
Bind his hands and feet, and cast him
into the exterior darkness: there shall
be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
For many are called, but few are
chosen.—Matt. xxii. 1-14.

Mustard Seed, the
Another parable he pro- And he said: To what He said therefore: To
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The kingdom of heaven is of God? or to what para­ God like, and whereunto
like to a grain of mustard ble shall we compare it? shall I resemble it?
seed, which a man took It is as a grain of mus­ It is like to a grain of
and sowed in his field.
tard seed: which when it mustard seed, which a
Which is the least in­ is sown in the earth, is man took and cast into
deed of all seeds; but less than all the seeds his garden, and it grew
when it is grown up, it is that are in the earth:
and became a great tree,
greater than all herbs, and And when it is sown, it and the birds of the air
becometh a tree, so that groweth up, and becometh lodged in the branches
the birds of the air come, greater than all herbs, thereof.—Luke xiii. 18,19.
and dwell in the branches and shooteth out great
thereof.—Matt. xiii. 31,32. branches, so that the birds
of the air may dwell un­
der the shadow thereof.—
Mark iv. 30-32.

Net Cast into the Sea, the
Again the kingdom of heaven is like
to a net cast into the sea, and gathering
together of all kind of fishes.
Which, when it was filled, they drew
out, and sitting by the shore, they
chose out the good into vessels, but the
bad they cast forth.
So shall it be at the end of the world.
The angels shall go out, and shall sepa­
rate the wicked from among the just.
And shall cast them into the furnace
of fire: there shall be weeping and
gnashing of teeth.—Matt. xiii. 47-50.
Pearl of Great Price, the
Again the kingdom of heaven is like
to a merchant seeking good pearls.
Who when he had found one pearl
of great price, went his -way, and sold
all that he had, and bought it.—Matt.
xiii. 45, 46.

Pharisee and the Publican, the
And to some who trusted in them­
selves as just, and despised others, he
spoke also this parable :
Two men went up into the temple to
pray : the one a Pharisee, and the other
a publican.
The Pharisee standing, prayed thus
with himself : O God, I give thee thanks
that I am not as the rest of men, extor­
tioners. unjust, adulterers, as also is
this publican.
I fast twice in a week: I give tithes
of all that I possess.
And the publican, standing afar off,

would not so much as lift up his eyes
towards heaven : but struck his breast,
saying : O God, be merciful to me a sin­
ner.
I say to you, this man went down into
his house justified rather than the
other: because every one that exalteth
himself, shall be humbled: and he that
humbleth himself, shall be exalted.—
Luke xviii. 9-14.
Pounds, the
As they were hearing these things, he
added and spoke a parable, because he
was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they
thought that the kingdom of God should
immediately be manifested.
He said therefore: A certrin noble­
man went into a far country, o receive
for himself a kingdom, and tc return.
And calling his ten servants, he gave
them ten pounds, and said to them:
Trade till I come.
But his citizens hated him : and they
sent an embassage after him, saying:
We will not have this man to reign over
us.
And it came to pass, that he returned,
having received the kingdom: and he
commanded his servants to be called, to
whom he had given the money, that he
might know how much every man had
gained by trading.
And the first came, saying: Lord, thy
pound hath gained ten pounds.
And he said to him: Well done, thou
good servant, because thou hast been
faithful in a little, thou shalt have
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And the second came, saying: Lord,
thy pound hath gained five pounds.
And he said to him: Be thou also
over five cities.
And another came, saying: Lord, be­
hold here is thy pound, which I have
kept laid up in a napkin ;
For I feared thee, because thou art an
austere man : thou takest up what thou
didst not lay down, and thou reapest
that which thou didst not sow.
He saith to him: Out of thy own
mouth I judge thee, thou wicked ser­
vant. Thou knewest that I was an aus­
tere man, taking up what I laid not
down, and reaping that which I did not
sow:
And why then didst thou not give my
money into the bank, that at my com­
ing, I might have exacted it with usury?
And he said to them that stood by:
Take the pound away from him, and
give it to him that hath ten pounds.
And they said to him : Lord, he hath
ten pounds.
But I say to you, that to every one
that hath shall be given, and he shall
abound: and from him that hath not,
even that which he hath, shall be taken
from him.
But as for those my enemies, who
would not have me reign over them,
bring them hither, and kill them before
me.—Luke xix. 11-27.

Prodigal Son, the
And he said: A certain man had two
sons:
And the younger of them said to his
father: Father, give me the portion of
substance that falleth to me. And he
divided unto them his substance.
And not many days after, the younger
son, gathering all together, went abroad
into a far country: and there wasted
his substance, living riotously.
And after he had spent all, there
came a mighty famine in that country;
and he began to be in want.
And he went and cleaved to one of
the citizens of that country. And he
sent him into his farm to feed swine.
And he would fain have filled his
belly with the husks the swine did eat;
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And returning to himself, he said:
How many hired servants in my father’s
house abound with bread, and I here
perish with hunger?
I will arise, and will go to my father,
and say to him: Father, I have sinned
against heaven, and before thee:
I am not worthy to be called thy son :
make me as one of thy hired servants.
And rising up he came to his father.
And when he was yet a great way off,
his father saw him, and was moved with
compassion, and running to him, fell
upon his neck, and kissed him.
And the son said to him: Father, I
have sinned against heaven, and before
thee, I am not now worthy to be called
thy son.
And the father said to his servants:
Bring forth quickly the first robe, and
put it on him, and put a ring on his
hand, and shoes on his feet :
And bring hither the fatted calf,
and kill it, and let us eat and make
merry :
Because this my son was dead, and is
come to life again: was lost, and is
found. And they began to be merry.
Now his elder son was in the field,
and when he came and drew nigh to the
house, he heard music and dancing:
And he called one of the servants, and
asked what these things meant.
And he said to him: Thy brother is
come, and thy father hath killed the
fatted calf, because he hath received
him safe.
And he was angry, and would not go
in. His father therefore coming out be­
gan to entreat him.
And he answering, said to his father :
Behold, for so many years do I serve
thee, and I have never transgressed thy
commandment, and yet thou hast never
given me a kid to make merry with my
friends:
But as soon as this thy son is come,
who hath devoured his substance with
harlots, thou hast killed for him the
fatted calf.
But he said to him: Son, thou art
always with me, and all I have is thine.
But it was fit that we should make
merry and be glad, for this thy brother
was dead and is come to life again; he
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Rich Man and Lazarus, the

There was a certain rich man, who
was clothed in purple and fine linen;
and feasted sumptuously every day.
And there was a certain beggar,
named Lazarus, who lay at his gate, full
of sores,
Desiring to be filled with the crumbs
that fell from the rich man’s table, and
no one did give him ; moreover the dogs
came, and licked his sores.
And it came to pass that the beggar
died, and was carried by the angels into
Abraham’s bosom. And the rich man
also died: and he was buried in hell.
And lifting up his eyes when he was
in torments, he saw Abraham afar off,
and Lazarus in his bosom :
And he cried, and said: Father
Abraham, have mercy on me, and send
Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his
finger in water, to cool my tongue: for
I am tormented in this flame.
And Abraham said to him : Son, re­
member that thou didst receive good
things in thy lifetime, and likewise
Lazarus evil things, but now he is com­
forted ; and thou art tormented.
And besides all this, between us and
you, there is fixed a great chaos: so
that they who would pass from hence to
you, cannot, nor from thence come
hither.
And he said : Then, father, I beseech
thee, that thou wouldst send him to
my father’s house, for I have five
brethren.
That he may testify unto them, lest
they also come into this place of tor­
ments.
And Abraham said to him : They have
Moses and the prophets; let them hear
them.
But he said: No, father Abraham:
but if one went to them from the dead,
they will do penance.
And he said to him: If they hear not
Moses and the prophets, neither will
they believe, if one rise again from the
dead.—Luke xvi. 19-31.

And he thought within himself, say­
ing: What shall I do, because I have
no room where to bestow my fruits?
And he said: This will I do: I will
pull down my barns, and will build
greater; and into them will I gather
all things that arc grown to me, and my
goods.
And I will say to my soul: Soul, thou
hast much goods laid up for many years,
take thy rest; eat, drink, make good
cheer.
But God said to him: Thou fool, this
night do they require thy soul of thee:
and whose shall those things be which
thou hast provided?
So is he that layeth up treasure for
himself, and is not rich towards God.—
Luke xii. 16-21.

Samaritan, the Good

But he (the lawyer) willing to justify
himself, said to Jesus: And who is my
neighbor?
And Jesus answering, said: A cer­
tain man went down from Jerusalem to
Jericho, and fell among robbers, who
also stripped him, and having wounded
him, went away, leaving him half
dead.
And it chanced, that a certain priest
went down the same way: and seeing
him, passed by.
In like manner also a Levite, when he
was near the place and saw him, passed
by.
.
t
But a certain Samaritan being on his
journey, came near him; and seeing
him, was moved with compassion.
And going up to him, bound up his
wounds, pouring in oil and wine: and
setting him upon his own beast brought
him to an inn, and took care of him.
And the next day he took out two
pence, and gave to the host, and said:
Take care of him ; and whatsoever thou
shalt spend over and above, I, at my
return, will repay thee.
Which of these three, in thy opinion,
was neighbor to him that fell among
the robbers?
Rich Man, the Foolish
But he said: He that showed mercy
And he spoke a similitude to them, to him: And Jesus said to him: Go,
saying: The land of a certain rich man and do thou in like manner.—Luke x.
I 29-37.
brought forth plenty of fruits.

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Seed Cast into the Earth, the
And ho said : So is the kingdom of
God, as if a man should cast seed into
the earth,
And should sleep, and rise, night
and day, and the seed should
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For the earth of itself bringeth
forth fruit, first the blade, then the
ear, afterwards the full corn in the
oar.
And when the fruit is brought forth,
immediately he putteth in the sickle,
because the harvest is come.—Mark iv.
26-29.

Servants, the Good and the Bad
Let your loins be girt,
and lamps burning in
your hands.
And you yourselves like
to men who wait for their
Wherefore bo you also
lord, when he shall return
ready, because at what
from the wedding; that
hour you know not the
when he cometh and
Son of man will come.
knocketh, they may open
Who, thinkest thou, is
to him immediately.
a faithful and wise ser­ Take ye heed, watch Blessed are those servant, whom his lord hath and pray. For ye know vants, whom the Lord
appointed over his family, not when the time is.
when he cometh, shall
to givo them meat in Even as a man who go­ find watching. Amen I
season.
ing into a far country, say to you, that he will
Blessed is that servant, left his house; and gave gird himself, and make
whom when his lord shall authority to his servants them sit down to meat,
come he shall find so do­ over every work, and com­ and passing will minister
ing.
manded the porter to unto them.
Amen I say to you, he watch.
And if he shall come in
shall place him over all W a t c h ye therefore, the second watch, or come
his goods.
(for you know not when in the third watch, and
But if that evil servant the lord of the house com­ find them so, blessed are
shall say in his heart: My eth : at even, or at mid­ those servants. . . .
lord is long a coming: night, or at the cock crow­ And Peter said to him:
And shall begin to ing, or in the morning,) Lord, dost thou speak this
strike his fellow servants, Lest coming on a sud­ parable to us, or likewise
and shall eat and drink den, he find you sleeping. to all?
with drunkards:
And what I say to you, And the Lord said:
The lord of that servant I say to all : Watch.— Who (thinkest thou) is
shall come in a day that Mark xiii. 33-37.
the faithful and wise
he hopeth not, and at an
steward, whom his lord
setteth over his family, to
hour that he knoweth not :
give them their measure
And shall separate him,
of wheat in due season?
and appoint his portion
Blessed is that servant,
with the hypocrites.
whom when his lord shall
There shall be weeping
come, he shall find so do­
and gnashing of teeth.—
ing.
Matt. xxiv. 44-51.
Verily I say to you, he
will set him over all that
he possesseth.
But if that servant shall
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is long a coining; and
shall begin to strike the
men-servants and maid­
servants, and to eat and to
drink and be drunk:
The lord of that servant
will come in the day that
he hopeth not, and at the
hour that he knoweth not,
and shall separate him,
and shall appoint him his
portion with unbelievers.
—Luke xii. 35-38, 41-46.

Sheep, the Lost
Now the publicans and sinners drew
near unto him to hear him.
And the Pharisees and the scribes
murmured, saying: This man receiveth
sinners, and eateth with them.
And he spoke to them this parable,
What think you? If a man have an
hundred sheep, and one of them should saying :
What man of you that hath an hun­
go astray : doth he not leave the ninetynine in the mountains, and go to seek dred sheep : and if he shall lose one of
them, doth he not leave the ninety-nine
that which is gone astray ?
And if so be that he find it : Amen I in the desert, and go after that which
say to you, he rejoiceth more for that, was lost, until he find it?
And when he hath found it, lay it
than for the ninety-nine that went
upon his shoulders, rejoicing:
not astray.
And coming home, call together his
Even so it is not the will of your
Father, who is in heaven, that one of friends and neighbors, saying to them:
these little ones should perish.—Matt. Rejoice with me, because I have found
my sheep that was lost?
xviii. 12-14.
I say to you, that even so there shall
be joy in heaven upon one sinner that
doth penance, more than upon ninetynine just who need not penance.—Lute
xv. 1-7.
Shepherd, the True
Amen, amen I say to you: He that
entereth not by the door into the sheep­
fold, but climbeth up another way, the
same is a thief and a robber.
But he that entereth in by the door is
the shepherd of the sheep.
To him the porter openeth; and the
sheep hear his voice : and he calleth his
own sheep by name, and leadeth them
out.
And when he hath let out his own
sheep, he goeth before them: and the
sheep follow him, because they know his
voice.

But a stranger they followed not, but
fly from him, because they know not the
voice of strangers.
This proverb Jesus spoke to them.
But they understood not what he spoke
to them.—John x. 1-6.

Shepherd, the Good
I am the good shepherd. The good
shepherd giveth his life for his sheep.
But the hireling, and he that is not
the shepherd, whose own the sheep are
not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth
the sheep, and flieth: and the wolf
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he said: Son, go work to-day in my
vineyard.
And he answering, said: I will not
But afterwards, being moved with re­
pentance, he went.
And coming to the other, he said in
like manner. And he answering, said:
I go, Sir; and he went not
Which of the two did the father’s
will ? They say to him : The first. Jesus
Sons, the Two
saith to them : Amen I say to you, that
the publicans and the harlots shall go
But what think you? A certain man into the kingdom of God before you.—
had two sons; and coming to the first, Matt. xxi. 28-31.

And the hireling flieth, because he is
a hireling : and he hath no care for the
sheep.
I am the good shepherd ; and I know
mine, and mine know me.
As the Father knoweth me, and I
know the Father: and I lay down my
life for my sheep.—John x. 11-15.

Sower and the Seed, the
And he spoke to them And he taught them And when a very great
many things in parables, many things in parables, multitude was gathered
saying: Behold the sower and said unto them in his together, and hastened out
of the cities unto him,
went forth to sow.
doctrine :
And whilst he sowed Hear ye, Behold, the he spoke by a similitude.
The sower went out to
some fell by the way side, sower went out to sow.
and the birds of the air And whilst he sowed, sow his seed. And as he
came and ate them up. some fell by the way side, sowed, some fell by the
And other some fell and the birds of the air way side, and it was
trodden down, and the
upon stony ground, where came and ate it up.
they had not much earth: And other some fell fowls of the air d e and they sprung up im­ upon stony ground, where voured it.
mediately, because they it had not much earth; And other some fell
had no deepness of earth. and it shot up immedi­ upon a rock: and as soon
And when the sun was ately, because it had no as it was sprung up, it
withered away, because it
up they were scorched : depth of earth.
and because they had not And when the sun was had no moisture.
root, they withered away. risen, it was scorched ; And other some fell
And others fell among and because it had no root, among thorns, and the
thorns growing up with it,
thorns : and the thorns it withered away.
grew up and choked them. And some fell among choked it.
And others fell upon thorns ; and the thorns And other some fell
good ground : and they grew up, and choked it, upon good ground ; and
brought forth fruit, some and it yielded no fruit. being sprung up, yielded
an hundredfold, some And some fell upon fruit a hundredfold.
sixtyfold, and some thirty­ good ground; and brought Saying these things, he
forth fruit that grew up, cried out: He that hath
fold. . . .
Hear you therefore the and increased and yielded, ears to hear, let him
one thirty, another sixty, hear.
parable of the sower.
When any one heareth and another a hun­ And his disciples asked
him what this parable
the word of the kingdom, dred. . . .
And he saith to them: might be.
and understandeth it not
there cometh the wickec Are you ignorant of this To whom he said: To
one, and catcheth away parable? and how shall you it is given to know
the mystery of the king­
that which was sown in you know all parables?
but to the
his heart: this is he that He that soweth, soweth dom of G
rest in parables, that see­
received the seed by the the word.
And these are they by ing they may not see, and
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And he that received! the way side, where the hearing may not under­
the seed upon s t o n y word is sown, and as soon stand.
ground, is he that hear- as they have heard, im- Now the parable is this:
eth the word, and imme- mediately Satan cometh, The seed is the word of
diately receiveth it with and taketh away the word God.
joy.
that was sown in their
And they by the way
Yet hath he not root in hearts.
side are they that hear;
himself, but is only for a| And these likewise are then the devil cometh, and
time: and when there! they that are sown on the taketh the word out of
ariseth tribulation and|stony ground: who when their heart, lest believing
persecution because of the! they have heard the word, they should be saved.
word, he is presently immediately receive it Now they upon the
rock, are they who when
scandalized.
with joy.
_And
___ _____
.___they
„ ____
they hear, receive the
he that_______
received ___And
have_______
no root
the seed among thorns, in themselves, but are only word with joy: and these
is he that heareth the for a time: and then when have no roots; for theybeword, and the care of this tribulation and persecu- lieve for a while, and in
world and the deceitful- tion ariseth for the word, time of temptation, they
ness of riches choketh up they are presently scandal- fall away,
And that which fell
the word, and he becom- ized.
eth fruitless.
And others there are among thorns, are they
But he that received the who are sown among who have heard, and go­
seed upon good ground, is thorns: these are they that ing their way, are choked
with the cares and riches
he that heareth the word, hear the word,
and understandeth, and And the cares of the and pleasures of this life,
beareth fruit, and yieldeth world, and the deceitful- and yield no fruit.
the one an hundredfold,] ness of riches, and the But that on the good
and another sixty, and an­ lusts after other things ground, are they who in
other thirty.—Matt. xiii. entering in choke the a good and perfect heart,
word, and it is made fruit­ hearing the word, keep it,
3-8, 18-23.
and bring forth fruit in
less.
And these are they who patience.—Luke viii. 4-15.
are sown upon the good
ground, who hear the
word, and receive it, and
yield fruit, the one thirty,
another sixty, and another
a hundred.—Mark iv. 2-8,
13-20.

Steward, the Unjust
And he said also to his disciples :
There was a certain rich man who had
a steward : and the same was accused un­
to him, that he had wasted his goods.
And he called him, and said to him:
How is it that I hear this of thee? give
an account of thy stewardship : for now
thou canst be steward no longer.
And the steward said within himself:
What shall I do, because my lord tak­
eth away from me the stewardship? To
dig I am not able ; to beg I am ashamed.
I know what I will do, that when I
shall be removed from the stewardship,
they may receive me into their houses.

Therefore calling together every one
of his lord’s debtors, he said to the first:
How much dost thou owe my lord?
But he said : An hundred barrels of
oil. And he said to him : Take thy bill
and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
Then he said to another: And how
much dost thou owe? Who said: An
hundred quarters of wheat. He said
to him: Take thy bill, and write
eighty.
And the lord commended the unjust
steward, forasmuch as he had done
wisely: for the children of this world
are wiser in their generation than the
children of light.—Luke xvi. 1-8.

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Supper, the Great
But he (Jesus) said to him: A cer­
tain man made a great supper, and
invited many.
And he sent his servant at the hour
of supper to say to them that were in­
vited, that they should come, for now
all things are ready.
And they began all at once to make
excuse. The first said to him: I have
bought a farm, and I must needs go
out and see it: I pray thee, hold me
excused.
And another said : I have bought five
yoke of oxen, and I go to try them:
I pray thee, hold me excused.
And another said : I have married a
wife, and therefore I cannot come.
And the servant returning, told these
things to his lord. Then the master of
the house, being angry, said to his ser­
vant: Go out quickly into the streets
and lanes of the city, and bring in
hither the poor, and the feeble, and the
blind, and the lame.
And the servant said : Lord, it is done
as thou hast commanded, and yet there
is room.
And the Lord said to the servant: Go
out into the highways and hedges, and
compel them to come in, that my house
may be filled.
But I say unto you, that none of
those men that were invited, shall taste
of my supper.—Luke xiv. 16-24.

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those servants came, and reckoned with
them.
And he that had received the five
talents coming, brought other five tal­
ents, saying: Lord, thou didst deliver to
me five talents, behold I have gained
other five over and above.
His lord said to him : Well done, good
and faithful servant, because thou hast
been faithful over a few things, I will
place thee over many things : enter thou
into the joy of thy lord.
And he also that had received the
two talents came and said: Lord, thou
deliveredst two talents to me: behold I
have gained other two.
His lord said to him: Well done,
good and faithful servant: because
thou hast been faithful over a few
things, I will place thee over many
things: enter thou into the joy of thy
lord.
But he that had received the one
talent, came and said: Lord, I know
that thou art a hard man; thou reapest
where thou hast not sown, and gatherest where thou hast not strewed.
And being afraid I went and hid thy
talent in the earth: behold here thou
hast that which is thine.
And his lord answering, said to him:
Wicked and slothful servant, thou
knewest that I reap where I sow not,
and gather where I have not strewed:
Thou oughtest therefore to have com­
mitted my money to the bankers, and
at my coming I should have received
my own with usury.
Take ye away therefore the talent
from him, and give it him that hath ten
talents.
For to every one that hath shall
be given, and he shall abound: but
from him that hath not, that also
which he seemcth to have shall be
taken away.
And the unprofitable servant cast ye
out into the exterior darkness. There
shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
—Matt. xxv. 14-30.

Talents, the
For even as a man going into a far
country, called his servants, and de­
livered to them his goods;
And to one he gave five talents, and
to another two, and to another one, to
every one according to his proper
ability: and immediately he took his
journey.
And he that had received the
five talents, went his way, and traded
with the same, and gained other
five.
And in like manner he fhat had re­
ceived the two, gained other two.
Treasure Hidden in a Field, the
But he that had received the one,
The kingdom of heaven is like unto
going his way digged into the earth,
a treasure hidden in a field. Which a
and hid his lord’s money.
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thereof goeth, and selleth all that he us of your oil, for our lamps are gon*
hath, and buyeth that field.—Matt. out.
xiii. 44.
The wise answered, saying: Lest per
haps there be not enough for us and for
Virgins, the Wise and the Foolish
you, go ye rather to them that sell, ar.:
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be buy for yourselves.
Now whilst they went to buy, th
like to ten virgins, who taking their
lamps went out to meet the bridegroom bridegroom came: and they that wer*
ready, went in with him to the marriage,
and the bride.
And five of them were foolish, and and the door was shut.
But at last came also the other vir­
five Wide.
gins, saying: Lord, Lord, open to us.
But the five foolish, having taken
But he answering said : Amen I say
their lamps, did not take oil with
to you, I know you not.
them :
Watch ye therefore, because you knov
But the wise took oil in their vessels
not the day nor the hour.—Matt. xxv.
with the lamps.
1-13.
And the bridegroom tarrying, they
all slumbered and slept.
SHORT SIMILITUDES
And at midnight there was a cry
Blind Leading the Blind, the
made: Behold the bridegroom cometh,
go ye forth to meet him.
And he spoke also to them a simili­
Then all those virgins arose and tude: Can the blind lead the blind? do
trimmed their lamps.
they not both fall into the ditch?—
And the foolish said to the wise : Give Luke vi. 39.

Children of the Bridegroom, the
And Jesus saith to
them : Can the children To whom he said: Can
And Jesus said to them: of the marriage fast, as you make the children oí
Can the children of the long as the bridegroom is the bridegroom fast,
bridegroom mourn, as with them? As long as when the bridegroom is
long as the bridegroom is they have the bridegroom with them ?
with them? But the days with them, they cannot But the days will come,
will come, when the fast.
when the bridegroom
bridegroom shall be taken But the days will come shall be taken away from
away from them, and when the bridegroom shall them, then shall they fast
then they shall fast.— be taken away from them; in those days.—Luke v.
Matt. ix. 15.
and then they shall fast in 34, 35.
those days.—Mark ii.
19, 20.
Children in the Market Place, the
And the Lord said : Whereunto then
But whereunto shall I esteem this
generation to be like? It is like to shall I liken the men of this genera­
children sitting in the market place. tion? and to what are they like?
They are like to children sitting in
Who crying to their companions say :
We have piped to you, and you have the market place, and speaking one to
not danced : we have lamented, and another, and saying: We have piped to
you, and you have not danced : we have
you have not mourned.
For John came neither eating nor mourned, and you have not wept.
For John the Baptist came neither
drinking; and they say: He hath a
eating bread nor drinking wine; and
devil.
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The Son of man is come eating and
drinking, and they say*. Behold a man
that is a glutton and a wine drinker, a drinking: and you say: Behold a man
friend of publicans and sinners. And that is a glutton and a drinker of wine,
wisdom is justified by her children.— a friend of publicans and sinners.
And wisdom is justified by all her
Matt. xi. 16-19.
children.—Luke vii. 31-35.
Divided Kingdom, the
And Jesus knowing And after he had called But he seeing their
their thoughts, said to them together, he said to thoughts, said to them:
them: Every kingdom di­ them in parables: How Every kingdom divided
vided against itself shall can Satan cast out Satan ? against itself, shall be
bo made desolate : and And if a kingdom be brought to desolation, and
every city or house di­ divided against itself, that house upon house shall
vided against itself shall kingdom cannot stand.
fall.
And if a house be di­ And if Satan also be di­
not stand.
And if Satan cast out vided against itself, that vided against himself,
Satan, he is divided house cannot stand.
how shall his kingdom
against himself : how then And if Satan be risen stand ? because you say,
shall his kingdom stand? up against himself, he is that through Beelzebub I
—Matt. xii. 25, 26.
divided, and cannot stand, cast out devils.—Luke xi.
but hath an end.—Mark 17, 18.
iii. 23-26.
Fig-tree Blossoming, the
And from the fig-tree Now of the fig-tree And he spoke to them a
learn a parable : When the learn ye a parable. similitude. See the fig­
branch thereof is now ten­ When the branch thereof tree, and all the trees:
der, and the leaves come is now tender, and the When they now shoot
forth, you know that sum­ leaves are come forth, forth their fruit, you
mer is nigh.
you know that summer is know that summer is
So you also, when you very near.
nigh;
shall see all these things, So you also when you So you also, when you
know ye that it is nigh, shall see these things come shall see these things
even at the doors.—Matt. to pass, know ye that it is come to pass, know that
xxiv. 32, 33.
very nigh, even at the the kingdom of God is at
doors.—Mark xiii. 28, 29. hand.—Luke xxi. 29-31.

Friend Begging at Night, the
And he said to them : Which of you
shall have a friend, and shall go to him
at midnight, and shall say to him:
Friend, lend me three loaves,
Because a friend of mine is come off
his journey to me, and I have not what
to set before him.
And he from within should answer,

and say: Trouble me not, the door is
now shut, and my children are with me
in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
Yet if he shall continue knocking, I
say to you, although he will not rise
and give him, because he is his friend;
yet, because of his importunity, he will
rise, and give him as many as he needeth.—Luke xi. 5-8.

Gate, the Broad and the Narrow
Enter ye in at the narrow gate: for
And a certain man said to him : Lord,
wide is the gate, and broad is the way are they few that are saved? But he
that leadeth to destruction, and many said to them :
Strive to enter by the narrow gate;
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How narrow is the gate, and strait is for many, I say to you, shall seek to
the way that leadeth to life: and few enter, and shall not be able.—Luke xiii.
there are that find it!—Matt. vii. 13, 14. 23, 24.

House Built on a Rock, the
Every one therefore that heareth
Every one that cometh to me, and
these my words, and doth them, shall heareth my words, and doth them, I will
be likened to a wise man that built his show you to whom he is like.
house upon a rock,
He is like to a man building a house,
And the rain fell, and the floods came, who digged deep, and laid the founda­
and the winds blew, and they beat upon tion upon a rock. And when a flood
that house, and it fell not, for it was came, the stream beat vehemently upon
founded on a rock.
that house, and it could not shake it;
And every one that heareth these my for it was founded on a rock.
words, and doth them not, shall be like
But he that heareth, and doth not, is
a foolish man that built his house u »? n like to a man building his house upon
the sand,
the earth without a foundation : against
And the rain fell, and the floods came, which the stream beat vehemently, and
and the winds blew, and they beat upon immediately it fell, and the ruin of
that house, and it fell, and great was that house was great.—Luke vi. 47-49.
the fall thereof.—Matt. vii. 24-27.
Householder, the
He said unto them: Therefore every
scribe instructed in the kingdom of
heaven, is like to a man that is a house­
holder, who bringeth forth out of his
treasure new things and old.—Matt.
xiii. 52.
King About to Make War, the
Or what king, about to go to make

war against another king, doth not first
sit down, and think whether he be able,
with ten thousand, to meet him that,
with twenty thousand, cometh against
him?
Or else, whilst the other is yet
afar off, sending an embassy, he desireth conditions of peace.—Luke xiv.
31, 32.

Mote and the Beam, the
And why seest thou the mote in thy
And why seest thou the mote that is
in thy brother’s eye; and seest not the brother’s eye: but the beam that is in
thy own eye thou considerest not?
beam that is in thy own eye ?
Or how canst thou say to thy brother:
Or how sayest thou to thy brother:
Let me cast the mote out of thy eye; Brother, let me pull the mote out of
and behold a beam is in thy own eye? thy eye, when thou thyself seest not the
Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam in thy own eye? Hypocrite, cast
beam out of thy own eye, and then shalt first the beam out of thy own eye; and
thou see to cast out the mote out of then shalt thou see clearly to take out
the mote from thy brother’s eye.—Luke
thy brother’s eye.—Matt. vii. 3-5.
vi. 41, 42.
New Wine in Old Bottles, the
Neither do they put new And no man putteth And no man putteth
wine into old bottles. new wine into old bottles: new wine into old bottles:
Otherwise
the
bottles otherwise the wine will otherwise the new wine
break, and the wine run­ burst the bottles, and both will break the bottles, and
neth out, and the bottles the wine will be spilled, it will be spilled, and the
perish.
But new wine and the bottles will be bottles will be lost.

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they put into new bottles: lost. But new wine must But new wine must be
and both are preserved.— be put into new bottles.— put into new bottles; and
both are preserved.
Mark ii. 22.
Matt. ix. 17.
And no man drinking
old, hath presently a mind
to new: for he saith, The
old is better.—Luke v.
37-39.

Raw Cloth on the Old Garment, the
And nobody putteth a
piece of raw cloth unto an
old garment. For it taketh away the fulness there­
of from the garment, and
there is made a greater
rent.—Matt. ix. 16.

No man seweth a piece
of raw cloth to an old gar­
ment: otherwise the new
piecing taketh away from
the old, and there is made
a greater rent.—Mark
ii. 21.

Tower, Building the

And he spoke also a
similitude to them: That
no man putteth a piece
from a new garment upon
an old garment; otherwise
he both rendeth the new,
and the piece taken from
the new agreeth not with
the old.—Luke v. 36.

LESSONS OF THE PARABLES

Forgiving Injuries
For which of you having a mind to
build a tower, doth not first sit down,
The ungrateful Debtor.
and reckon the charges that are neces­
sary, whether he have wherewithal to
Forgiveness of Sins
finish it:
The Prodigal son.
Lest, after he hath laid the founda­
tion, and is not able to finish it, all
Forgiveness of Sins, Gratitude for the
that see it begin to mock him,
Saying: This man began to build,
The forgiven Debtors.
and was not able to finish.—Luke xiv.
28-30.
Grace, Abuse of God’s
Vine, the True
The Marriage feast.
The great Supper.
I am the true vine; and my Father is
the husbandman.
Humility and Pride
Every branch in me, that beareth not
The Pharisee and the publican.
fruit, he will take away: and every one
that beareth fruit, he will purge it, that
it may bring forth more fruit.—-John Judgment, We Must Watch and be
xv. 1, 2.
Prepared for the
Woman in Labor, the
The good and the bad Servants.
The wise and the foolish Virgins.
A woman, when she is in labor, hath
The foolish Rich man.
sorrow, because her hour is come; but
when she hath brought forth the child,
Kingdom of God on Earth, the
she remembereth no more the anguish,
The Mustard seed.
for joy that a man is born into the
The Leaven.
world.
The Treasure hidden in a field.
So also you now indeed have sorrow;
The Pearl of great price.
but I will see you again, and your heart
The Net cast into the sea.
shall rejoice; and your joy no man shall
The Seed cast into the earth.
take from you.—John xvi. 21, 22.

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LESSONS

Love for Us, Christ’s
The true Shepherd.
The good Shepherd.

Reward of Working for God, the

The Laborers in the vineyard.

Love for Sinners, Christ’s
The lost Sheep.
The lost Groat.

Riches, We Must Make Good Use of

Love of Our Neighbor
The good Samaritan.

Riches, Punishment of the Bad Use of

Patience of God in His Dealings with
Sinners, the
The Cockle and the good seed.
The barren Fig-tree.

Prayer, the Efficacy of
The Judge and the widow.
Rejection of Christ by the Jews, the
The ungrateful Husbandmen.

The unjust Steward.

The Rich man and Lazarus.

Will of God, Doing the
The two Sons.
Word of God, Receiving the

The Sow’er and the Seed.

Working for God and for Heaven
The Talents.
The Pounds.

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I

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II

BANDON ub, even In our greatest distress,, I Angels, fallen—aee, Devil, 111.
God does not, 9.
Anger, 29.
Abandon us, God does not, 9.
Anger, exhortation against, 29.
Abandon us, prayer to God not to, 10.
Anger, folly and sinfulness of, 29.
Abandonment of oneself to God, 11.
Anger of God, 30.
Abiding In God—see, Near to God, we shouldI Anger of God, a prayer to avert, 32.
keep. 342.
Anger of God, power of, 31.
Abiding In us, God—Bee, Dwelling In us, God, 119. Anger of God, terror of, 31.
Absolution of priest—ace. Penance, the sacra­• Apostates, 32.
ment of, 719.
Apostles, calling of, 647.
Abstinence from wine, 12.
Apostles, commission of, 649,
Accessory to the sins of others, 13.
Approve of evil doers and their work : we must
Acknowledgment of man’s weakness and mis­
not—aee, Wicked, we must notuphold the, 597.
ery, 13.
Ascension of Christ Into heaven, 32.
Acknowledgment ofsin, 14.
Atheists. 33.
Acknowledgment ofsin, necessary, 16.
Atonement for sin—aee, Penance, 375.
Acknowledgment ofsin, rewarded, 16.
Authority, or power, Is from God, all, 35.
Acknowledgment that
we deserve punish­ Avarice—aee, Covetousness, and Riches, the
ment, 13.
love of, 35.
Admonition, giving, 17.
Admonition, giving, commanded, 17.
ACKBITING—aee, Detraction, 110.
Admonition, giving, exhorted, 17.
Baptism of blood—martyrdom—can supply
Admonition, or correction, receiving, 18.
I the place of sacramental Baptism, 652.
Admonition, or correction, refusing, 18.
Baptism of desire, though only Implicit, can
Adoring God. 19.
supply the place of sacramental Baptism,
Adultery, 20.
when the latter Is impossible, 652.
Adultery, punishment of, 21.
Baptism of Infants, the, 651.
Afflicted and sorrowing, we should comfort Baptism, the effects of, 651.
the—ace, Comfort the afflicted and sorrow­ Baptism, the necessity of, 651.
ing. we should, 56.
Baptism, the sacrament of:
Afflicted, God’s compassion for the—aee, Com­
1. Its existence, 650.
passion of God for the afflicted, 68.
i
2. Administered, and alluded to, 650.
Afflicted with bodily Infirmities, the, 22.
Beauty of body is vain and of little value, 35.
Aged, the—see, Old age, 351.
Bishops of the Church, character and duties
All, God our, 22.
required of, 35.
Almsgiving, 23.
Blasphemy, 36.
Almsgiving, brings down the blessing of Bless God, exhortation to, 36.
God, 23.
Blessing of God. 37.
Almsgiving, commanded by God, 25.
Blessing of God. a prayer for, 37.
Almsgiving, exhortation to, 26.
Blessings, the value of, 38.
Almsgiving, proper manner of, 27.
Blind, the—aee, Afflicted, the, 22.
Almsgiving, rewarded by God, 24.
Blindness of heart, a punishment from God, 38.
Amendment of life, 27.
Blindness of heart, complaint of God against
Amendment of life, exhortation to, 28.
those guilty of wilful, 40.
Angels :
Blindness of heart, punishment of wilful, 40.
Blindness of heart, wilful, 39.
1. Are pure spirits, 637.
2. The great number of, 637.
Blindness of the Jews, the grief of Christ
3. The nine choirs of: Seraphim, 637;
over the—aee, Grief of Christ, 189.
Cherubim, 637 ; Thrones. 638 ; Domina­ Boasting, 41.
tions, 638 ; Principalities and Powers, Bodily beauty Is of little value, 35.
638 ; Virtues, 638 ; Archangels, 638 ; Body a prison for the soul, 42.
Body, sanctity of our, 42.
Angels, 638.
4. They see and praise God In heaven, 638. Bond for another, the danger of giving, 42.
Borrowing, against, 43.
5. They accompany Christ, 639.
6. They are worthy of reverence and Bribery, 43.
Brother, Christ our, 53.
honor, 639.
7. They are our future companions In Brotherhood of man, 43.
Brotherly love, 44.
heaven, 639.
8. They are our guardians, 640.
9. They are Interested In our welfare, 640. j 1ALÜMNY—aee, Detraction, 110.
y Carelessness, 45.
10. They offer our prayers to God, 640.
11. They are sent by God to help and < Carnal-minded, the, 45.
protect us, 641.
' Cause or reason for everything, there is a. 45.
12. They are employed as messengers and 1 Ceremonies and vestments, the use of, 652.
ministers of God, 643.
I 1 Charitable man, the, 46.

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Charity :
1. Referring both to the love of God and
of our neighbor, 46.
2. Referring principally to love for God, 46.
3. Referring principally to the love of our
neighbor, 47.
Chastity, 47.
Chastity, exhortation to the practice of, 48.
Cheating—see, Fraud, 161.
Cheerfulness, 48.
Children, 49.
Children, God’s love for, 49.
Children of God by adoption, we become, 50.
Children, we must become as, 50.
Choosing between God and Ills enemy, 51.
Choosing between good and evil, 51.
Choosing God, and His law, 52.
Christ died even for the reprobate, 659.
Christ died for all men, 658.
Christ, eternity of, 128.
Christ, following, 152.
Christ Is equal to God the Father, 654.
Christ la the Redeemer of the world, 657.
Christ Is the true Son of God, 653.
Christ is true God, 655.
Christ Is true man, 656.
Christ, meekness of, 311.
Christ, obedience of, 349.
Christ on the cross, the seven words of, 662.
Christ, our brother, 53.
Christ our guide, 191.
Christ our high priest, 430.
Christ our King, 270.
Christ our life, 286.
Christ our master, 306.
Christ our mediator, 308.
Christ our teacher, 551.
Christ, passion of, 364.
Christ, poverty of, 388.
Christ, prayers of, 407.
Christ, prophecies of the passion of, 664.
Christ, sanctity of, 500.
Christ, silence of, 519.
Christ, testimonies to :
1. Testimony of God the Father, 659.
2. Testimony of Christ Himself, 659.
3. Testimony of the Scriptures, 659.
4. Testimony of the prophets, 660.
5. Testimony of John the Baptist, 660.
6 Testimony of the apostles, 660.
7. Testimony of the angels, 661.
8. Testimony of the demons, 661.
9. Testimony of Jews, Samaritans, and
Pagans, 661.
10. Testimony of the enemies of Christ, 662.
Christ, the gospel of, 171.
Christ, the humility of, 222.
Christ the light of the world, 286.
Christ the master of all things, 306.
Christ, the prophecies and their fulfilment,
concerning, 667.
Christ, the prophecies of the Old Testament
are fulfilled In, 666.
Christ the Redeemer ; figures or types of, 460.
Christ, the Redeemer, prophecies of the com­
ing of, 662.
Christ; we should follow the example of, 130,
Christ, zeal of, 631.
Christ’s ascension Into heaven, 766.
Christ’s compassion for the afflicted, 69.
Christ's grief over blindness of the Jews, 189.

Christ's love for sinners, 298.
Christ's love for us, 292.
Christ's passion prophesied by Himself—ex,
Prophecies of Christ ; His passion, 796.
Church, a prayer for the, 54.
Church, apostollclty of the, 686.
Church, authority of the :
1. Authority of the priests In the Old
Law, 687.
2. Declared by Christ, 687.
3. Declared by the apostles, 687.
4. Exercised by the apostles, 687.
5. The necessity of authority in the
Church, 688.
Church, catholicity of the :
1. Prophesied In the Old Testament, 684
2. Prophesied by Christ Himself, 685.
3. The commission given to the apostles,
to preach to all nations, 685.
4. Declared, 686.
5. Deduced, 686.
Church, established and working, 679.
Church, God Is protector of the, 54.
Church, holiness of the:
1. In Its Founder and Head, Christ, 681.
2. In Its doctrine, 684.
3. Declared, 684.
Church, humble beginning of the, 53.
Church, Infallibility of the:
1. Prophesied, 688.
2. Promised by Christ, 688.
3. Declared by the Apostle, 691.
4. Having an Infallible head, Christ, 688.
Church, Instituted by Christ, 679.
Church Is of God, the, 682.
Church, love for the, 54.
Church, perpetuity of the:
1. Prophesied, 689.
2. Promised by Christ, 691.
3. Declared by the Apostle, 691.
Church, persecution of the, 54.
Church, unity of the, 682.
Church, visibility of the:
1. Prophesied, 691.
2. Declared, 691.
Churches, proper conduct of women In our—
see. Women In church, 618.
Churches, sanctity of our—see. House of
God, 214.
Come to the Lord, an Invitation to, 56.
Comfort the afflicted and the sorrowing, wi
should, 56.
Comforter, God our, 57.
Comforts us In our tribulations, God. 566.
Commandments, a proof of our faith and
love, keeping God’s, 60.
Commandments, gains for us His mercy and
blessing, keeping God's, 60.
Commandments, Is true wisdom, keeping
God’s, 58.
Commandments of God, 57.
Commandments of God are not above our
strength, 58.
Commandments of God, exhortation to keep,62.
Commandments of God, keeping the, 58.
Commandments of God, transgressing the, 62.
Commandments, reward In the next life of
keeping God's, 61.
Commandments, reward in this life of keep­
ing God's, 60.
Commandments, we must obey all the, 63.

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Communing with God—sec, Speaking to us,
God, 542.
Communion, desire for Holy, 65.
Communion, Holy, 63.
Communion of Saints—see, Saints, 732.
Communion, prefigured, Holy, 64.
Communion, preparation for Holy, 65,
Communion, the happiness of Holy, 65.
Company, avoiding bad, 67.
Company, danger of keeping bad, 67.
Company, exhortation to avoid bad, 67.
Company, keeping bad, 66.
Company, keeping good, 66.
Compassion for the distressed—see. Comfort
the afflicted. 56.
Compassion of Christ for the afflicted, 69.
Compassion of God for the sorrowing and the
afflicted, 68.
Complaining—see, Murmuring, 330.
Conceit, 70.
Concord, living in, 70.
Condescension to us, God's—see, Unworthi­
ness of God and His favors, man's, 573.
Confession of sins :
1. In the Old Law, 691.
2. In the New Law, 692.
3. The obligation of confessing our sins,
Implied In the power given to the apos­
tles, of forgiving or retaining sins, 692.
Confidence in God, 71.
Confidence in God creates fearlessness, 74.
Confidence in God, exhortation to, 72.
Confidence In God, various motives for :
1. God provides for our wants, 72.
2. God Is always faithful to bls promises, 72.
3. God is with us in danger and distress,
ready to protect and help us, 72.
4. God rewards our confidence in Him, 73.
5. Confidence in God, a claim to His
mercy, 74.
Confidence of friends, we must not betray, 74.
Confirmation, the sacrament of, 692.
Conformity to will of God, 604.
Conscience, a good, 75.
Conscience, an evil, 76.
Conscience, the fruit of a good, 75.
Conscience, the testimony of a good, 75.
Conscience, the voice of, 74.
Conscientiousness, 77.
Consideration for others, 77.
Console the afflicted—see, Comfort, 56.
Consoles us in tribulation, God, 566.
Constancy—see, Fortitude, 161.
Constancy of the martyrs, 304.
Contempt for our neighbor, 78.
Contentment, 78.
Contrite of heart, the, 79.
Contrition—sec, Sin, sorrow for, 527.
Conversations, evil, 79.
Conversations, good, 80.
Conversations, Idle—see, Idle words, 226.
Conversion of heart—see, Returning to God,
478.
Converted to the Lord, exhortation to be, 80.
Co-operating with the grace of God, 176.
Correction from God, 81.
Correction from God, receiving, 81.
Correction from God, refusing, 82.
Correction or admonition, giving—see, Ad
monition, 17.
Correction, receiving—see, Admonition, 18.

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Correction, refusing—see, Admonition, 18.
Corruption of the world before the Redemp­
tion, 82.
Courage—see, Fortitude. 161.
Covenant of New Law Is the fulfilment and
perfection of Old Law, the, 85.
Covenant of New Law, the, 85.
Covenant of Old Law, abrogation of, 83.
Covenant of Old Law, the, 84.
Covetousness, 86.
Covetousness, exhortation against, 86.
Covetousness, the danger of, 86.
Cowardice, 86.
Creation, end or purpose of material, 121.
Creation obeys God, the lower—see. Obedience
to God, 344.
Creation praises God, the lower, 87.
Creation seems to fear God, the Inanimate, 88.
Creation tells us of God, 88.
Creator, acknowledgment that God Is our, 90.
Creator, God our, 89.
Creator of all things, acknowledgment that
God Is the, 91.
Creator of all things, God the, 90.
Cruel, God is not, 92.
Cruelty, 92.
Cry of one In sorrow and distress, a, 92.
Cry of the wronged reaches God, the, 94.
Cry of those In sorrow and distress reaches
God, the, 94.
Curiosity, 95.
Cursing, 95.

ANCING, 96.
Dancing often occasion of evil, 96.
Deacons, 692.
Dead, grieving for the, 96.
Dead, praying for the, 693.
Dead, the, 96.
Dead, the resurrection of the, 728.
Death, 96.
Death, bitterness of, 99.
Death, certainty of, 98.
Death, exhortation to prepare for, 100.
Death, for all flesh, certainty of, 98.
Death, God is master of life and, 306.
Death levels all distinction, 99.
Death of the Just, 102.
Death of the sinner, 101.
Death of the young, 103.
Death, prayer for a good, 104.
Death, preparation for, 100.
Death, remembrance of, 100.
Death, uncertainty of time of, 98.
Debts, we should pay our just, 104.
Deceitfulness, 104.
Deceitfulness, hateful to God, 105.
Deceitfulness punished by God, 105.
Deceive God, we cannot, 105.
Delay of conversion, 105.
Dependence upon God, man's, 106.
Deserve punishment, admission that we, 13.
Designs of God are wonderful, the—see.
Ways of God, 584.
Desire for God, 107.
Desire for heaven, 198.
Desires, evil, 107.
Desires, good, 108.
Desolation of spirit, 108.
Despair, 109.
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Despising oar neighbor—see, Contempt, 78.
Detachment from things of earth, 109.
Detachment from things of earth, motives or
reasons for, 110.
Detraction, 110.
Detraction, exhortation to avoid, 110.
Devil and his angels, the. 111.
Devil and bls temptations, gaining the mas­
tery over the, 112.
Devil and his temptations, reward promised
to those who overcome the, 112.
Devil seeks the ruin of man, the. 111.
Diffidence—see, Distrust of self, 117.
Dignity of man, 300.
Diligence, or Industry, 113.
Diligence, or Industry, the reward of, 113.
Disciple, or follower, of Christ, what It
means to be a, 114.
Discipline from God—see, Correction from
God, 81.
Discipline, the need of, 114.
Discontent—see, Murmuring, 330.
Discord—see, Dissensions, 116.
Discouragement, against, 115.
Discretion In action and speech—see, Pru­
dence, 454.
Disinterestedness, 115.
Disobedience to God—sec, Rebellion. 458.
Disobedience to God, the punishment of—sec,
Sin, punishment of, 529.
Dissensions, 116.
Distress, a prayer of one in, 407.
Distress, we should comfort those In, 56.
Distrust of God, 116.
Distrust of self, 117.
Do to others as we would be done by, we
should, 117.
Do to others, so shall be done to us, as we, 117.
Dominion of God over all things—see, God,
the master of all things, 306.
Dominion of God over us—see, God, our mas­
ter, 305.
Dreams, 117.
Drunkenness, 118
Drunkenness, evil effects of, 118.
Drunkenness, exhortation against, 119.
Dryness, spiritual—see, Desolation, 108.
Duties of children to parents. 360.
Duties of husband and wife, mutual—see
Marriage, 302.
Duties of masters to servants, 307.
Duties of parents to children, 362.
Duties of servants to masters, 348.
Duty and responsibility of rulers—see, Rul­
ers, 494.
Duty, fidelity In our religious—see, Practical
In our religion, we must be, 392.
Duty we owe to one another, the—see. Good
to one another, we must do, 169.
Dwelling In us, God, 119.
Dying, the, 120.

Enemies, love of our, 298.
Enemies of God defeated and punished, 124.
Enemies of God, the, 123.
Enemies, we should do good to our—see, For­
giving Injuries, 158.
Envy, 124.
Envy, exhortation against, 125.
Episcopacy, 693.
Equal in the sight of God, all men are, 125.
Equanimity, or moderation of spirit, 126.
Escape from God, we cannot, 126.
Escape from Justice of God, we cannot, 267.
Eternal life, 126.
Eternity, 126.
Eternity of Christ, 128.
Eternity of God, 127.
Eternity of God, acknowledgment of, 127,
Eternity of heaven, 197.
Eternity of hell, 705.
Eucharist, Christ’s love for us in instituting
the Holy, 129.
Eucharist, not appreciated by ungrateful
Christians, the Holy, 129.
Eucharist, the Holy :
1. Prefigured, 693.
2. Prophesied, 694.
3. Promised by Christ, 694.
4. Prepared, 694.
5. Instituted, 695.
6. Celebrated and received, 605.
7. Probably alluded to, 695.
Eucharist, the Real Presence In the Holy, IM,
Examination of conscience, 129.
Example, bad—see, Scandal, 504.
Example, exhortation to give good, 130.
Example, good, 129.
Example of Christ, we should follow, 130.
Example of wicked, we must not follow, 181.
Experience, the value of, 131.
Extortion—see, Usury, 573.
Extreme Unction, 696.

AINT-HEARTED, the, 131.
Faith, 132.
Faith :
1. Its true nature, 696.
2. Faith Is not an assurance of our salvatlon, 696.
3. Faith Is necessary for salvation, 696.
4. Faith alone Is not sufficient for salvatlon—sec, Justification, 711.
5. There Is another law besides the law
of faith, vis., the law of love, 697.
Faith, acknowledging our, 138.
Faith, a prayer for, 137.
Faith commanded by God, 135.
Faith, denying our, 138.
Faith, exhortation to practise virtue of. 137.
Faith, foundation of other virtues, 132.
Faith, light of, 288.
Faith necessary for salvation, 696.
Faith pleasing to God, 134.
arnestness, 120.
Faith, power of, 133.
Earnestness In the service of God, 513. Faith the gift of God, 134.
Eating and drinking, moderation In, 164.
Faith, the reward of:
Eavesdropping, 121.
1. In the world to come, 135.
Elect, the—see Saved, the, 501.
2. In this life, 136.
End does not justify the means, the, 121.
Faith, weakness Id our, 138.
End of man, the, 121.
Faith, we must be able to give reason for, 458,
End of the world, the, 121.
Faith, we must be practical in our, 394.
End, or purpose, of ma tar lai creation, 121.
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Friendship or favor of God, 164.
Faithful, a prayer for the, 139.
Frugality, or moderation In eating and drink­
Fasting :
ing, 164
1. Recommended, 697.
2. Practised by God’s servants, 697.
1ENERO8ITY toward God, 164.
3. Practised by Christ Himself, 698.
’ Generosity toward one another, 165.
4. The utility of fasting, 698.
Father, acknowledgment that God Is our, 140. Gift, God the author of every good, 165,
Give ourselves to God, we should. 166.
Father, God has for us the love of a, 141.
Give to God of our goods, we should—see.
Father, God our, 140.
Generosity toward God, 164.
Favor to us, acknowledgment of God’s, 143.
Giving up all for God’s sake, 166.
Favor to us, God’s special, 141
Favorito us, obligations resulting from God's Glorify God. exhortation to, 167.
Glorifying God, 166.
special, 143.
Glory and credit to God, we must give all, 168.
Fear God, exhortation to, 147.
Fear of God commanded by the Almighty, 147. Glory of God. do all for the, 168.
Fear of God imposes obligations upon us, 146. Glory of God, the, 168.
Gluttony, 169.
Fear of God is true wisdom, 144.
God's compassion for the afflicted, 68.
Fear of God keeps us from sin, 145.
God’s goodness toward us, 170.
Fear of God pleasing to the Almighty, 146.
God's greatness and power shown by His
Fear of God rewarded hereafter, 147.
works. 187.
Fear of God rewarded in this life, 146.
God’s hatred of sin, 525.
Fear of God, the, 144.
Fear of God the source of other virtues, 145. God’s house, the sanctity of, 214.
Fearlessness that results from a good con- God’s love for us, 291.
God’s presence In our midst. 413.
science, 75.
Fearlessness that results from confidence In God's presence, we should keep in, 413.
God’s ways are unsearchable, 584.
God, 148.
God's ways, we must not question, 457.
Fearlessness that results from confidence In God
a just Judge, 251.
God, exhortation to have the, 149.
God. all things are In the bands of, 192.
Feast-days and their observance, 150.
God comforts us In our tribulations, 566.
Fidelity in little things, 289.
God, confidence In, 71.
Fidelity of God, 150.
God dwelling in us, 119.
Fidelity to one another, 151.
God, hope In, 210.
Flattering the rich, 489.
God Is above our understanding. 572.
Flattery, 151.
God is above the reach of malice of men, 300.
Following Christ, 152.
God Is glorified in His saints, 498.
Following God, 152.
God Is Jealous, 247.
Foolish despise wisdom, the, 153.
God is near to His people, 340.
Foolish, the, 152.
God Is near us especially when needed most, 3 40.
Forgetfulness of God, 153.
God is not cruel, 92.
Forgetfulness of God, exhortation against, 154. God is source and author of true happiness, 249.
Forgetfulness of self, 155.
God knows His own. 274.
Forgive injuries, exhortation to, 159.
God knows our needs, 343.
Forgiveness of sins, 155.
God loves the truth, 568.
Forgiveness of sins, acknowledgment of, 156. I God, listening to the voice of, 289.
Forgiveness of sins, a prayer for the. 157
God, man’s unworthlness of, 573.
Forgiveness of sins, gratitude for, 157.
God needs not our goods, 171.
Forgiveness of sins, how to obtain the. 157. God needs not our goods, 343.
Forgiveness of sins, the promise of, 156.
God needs not our service, 515.
Forgiving injuries, 158.
God our
Forgiving Injuries, commanded by Christ, 159. God our comforter, 57.
Fornication—see, Unchastity, 569.
God our creator, 89.
Forsake us, God does not—8ce, Abandon, 9.
God our Father, 140.
Forsaking God, 159.
God our guide, 190.
Forsaking God, the punishment for, 160.
God our help In temptation, 558.
Forsaking the law of God, 160.
God our helper, 203.
Fortitude, 161.
God our hope, 212.
Fraud, 161,
God our Joy. 250.
Fraud forbidden by God. 162.
God our Judge, 251.
Freedom—see, Liberty, 277.
God our King, 269.
Free Will :
God our leader, 276.
1. The existence of free will In man, 698. God our life, 285.
2. Free will can, and often does, resist God our light, 286.
God’s grace, 699.
God our master, 305.
God, our need of, 342.
Friends and friendship, 162.
God our only hope, 213.
Friends, caution in the choice of, 163.
God our preserver, 414.
Friends, false, 163.
God our protector, 447.
Friends, fidelity to our, 163.
Friends, we should not betray the confidence God the protector of the Church, 54.
God our refuge, 469.
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God our reward, 480.
God our salvation, 498.
God our strength, 544.
God our teacher, 550.
God. rebellion against, 458.
God rejects no one that seeks Him, 470.
God remembers all things, 472.
God, returning to, 478.
God rewards or punishes us according to our
deserts. 487.
God. seeking after, 507.
God seems to abandon us for a while, 616.
God, speaking to, 542
God speaking to us, 542.
God takes His time In dealing with us, 556.
God. tempting, 555.
God, the anger of, 30.
God, the author of every good gift, 165.
God, the creator of all things, 90.
God, the desire for, 107.
God, the enemies of, 123.
God, the eternity of, 127.
God. the fidelity of, 150.
God, the glory of, 168.
God, the greatness of, 185.
God, the Imcomprehenslblllty of—see, Under­
standing, God Is above our, 572.
God, the Immutability of, 231.
God, the Impartiality of, 231.
God, the justice of, 266.
God, the light of the world, 286.
God, the love of, 294.
God, the majesty of, 299.
God, the master of all things, 306.
God, the master of life and death, 306.
God, the mercy of, 311.
God, the name of, 332.
God, the omnipotence of, 353.
God, the omnipresence of, 356.
God, the omniscience of, 356.
God, the patience of, 370.
God, the physician of our soul and body, 381.
God, the providence of, 450.
God. the remembrance of. 472.
God the sanctity of, 499.
God the searcher of hearts, 505.
God, the service of, 511.
God, the trinity In, 736.
God, the truth of. 568.
God, the unity of, 699.
God, the will of, 602.
God, the wisdom of, 616.
God. the word of, 619.
God, the works of, 622.
God, turning away from, 569.
God, union with, 572.
God, waiting for, 579.
God, wandering away from. 580.
God, we are In the hands of, 192.
God, we cannot be hidden from. 206.
God, we cannot escape from, 126.
God, we should draw near to, 341.
God, we should give all our heart to, 195.
God. we should keep near to, 342.
God, we should live for, 290.
God, wretchedness of a soul without. 541.
Good to one another, exhortation to do, 170.
Good to one another, we must do, 169.
Good, we should help one another to do, 202.
Good, willingness and cheerfulness to do, 606.
Goodness of God toward us, 170.

Goods, God needs not our, 171.
Goods, ill-gotten. 171.
Gospel of Christ foolish to the world, 171.
Gospel of Christ Is within our reach, 172.
Gospel of Christ, our salvation, 172.
Grace, actual.
I. The effects of actual grace, 700.
1. Illumines the mind, 700.
2. Moves the will. 701.
II. Actual grace can be resisted, 701.
III. Actual grace and free will work to­
gether, hand In hand, 701.
IV. The necessity of actual grace, 702,
1. To resist for any length of time grave
temptations, 702.
2. To observe for any length of time the
natural law, 702.
3. To perform supernatural works, 702.
4. To persevere In justification, 703.
5. For final perseverance, 703.
V. Actual grace Is free gift of God, 703.
VI. The universality of actual grace, 704.
1. To all the just, 704.
2. To sinners, 704.
3. Even to blind and obdurate sinners, 704.
4. To Infidels, 704.
Grace, habitual—see, Justification, 711.
Grace, now Is the time of God’s, 175.
Grace of God, a prayer for the, 182.
Grace of God, co-operating with the, 176.
Grace of God drawing us to Him, the, 173.
Grace of God, exhortation to co-operate with
the, 177.
Grace of God Impelling us to love and serve
Him, the. 173.
Grace of God leading us in right way, 174.
Grace of God, the, 172.
Grace of God, the reward of co-operating
with the, 177.
Grace of God warning us against sin, 174.
Grace of God withdrawn in punishment of
sin, 176.
Grace, our need of God's, 175.
Grace, promptness In answering call of, 177.
Grace, punishment of the abuse of God’s, 179.
Grace, the abuse of God's, 178.
Grace, the abuse of, punished by its with­
drawal, 181.
Grace, the gift of God's mercy, 174.
Grace, the power of God, 174.
Gratitude for the Redemption, 463.
Gratitude to God, 183.
Gratitude to God, a prayer of, 184.
Gratitude to God, exhortation to, 184.
Greatness and power of God shown by HIb
works, the, 187.
Greatness of God, acknowledgment of, 186.
Greatness of God, the, 185.
Grief of Christ over the blindness of the
Jews, 189.
Guidance, a prayer for, 191.
Guidance from God, we should pray for, 191.
Guide, Christ our, 191.
Guide, God our, 190.
Guide, or counsellor, the need of a, 190.
of sin, the, i9i.
Hands of God, all things are In the, 192.
Hands of God, we are In the, 192.
Hands of God, we should put ourselves In the
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Happiness In serving God, the, 193.
I House of God Is a house of prayer, the, 215.
Happiness Is from God, all true—see, Joy, 250. House of God. reverence and Jove for the, 215.
Happiness of the just, the, 262.
House of God, the sanctity of the, 214
Hatred, 193.
House, God punishes any Irreverence to
His, 216.
Hatred for sin, 526.
Healing Is from God, all—sec. Physician, 381. Human respect, 217.
Health of body, a blessing, 194.
Human respect, exhortation against, 218.
Heart, perversity of, 194.
Human respect often leads into sin, 217.
Heart, purity of, 194.
Human respect, overcoming, 218.
Heart to God, we should give all our, 195.
Human sacrifices. God s abhorrence of, 218.
Heaven, 195.
Humble, acceptable to God, prayers of, 219.
Heaven a place of happiness, 196.
Humiliations, enduring, 219.
Heaven a place of rest, 197.
Humility, 219.
Heaven, beatific vision of, 197.
Humility, a prayer of, 224.
Heaven, desire of, 198.
Humility, examples of, 223.
Heaven, eternity of, 197.
Humility, exhortation to, 221.
Heaven, God has made us heirs of, 199.
Humility, motives or reasons for, 221.
Heaven, hope of, 198.
Humility of Christ, the, 222.
Heaven our true home, 198.
Humility pleasing to God, 220,
Heaven, we must work and fight to gain, 199. Humility, the necessity of, 220.
Hell, 200.
Humility, the reward of, 220.
Hell a place of darkness and horror, 200.
Husband and wife, the mutual duties of—
Hell a place of suffering, 201.
ace, Marriage, 302.
Hell, eternity of, 705.
Hypocrisy, 224.
Hell, pain of, 706.
Hypocrisy In the service of God, 514.
Help, a prayer for God’s, 203.
Hypocrisy punished by God, 225.
Help and protect one another, we should, 201.
Help one another In doing good, we should, 202.
DLE words, 226.
Help, our need of God’s, 342.
Idleness, 226.
Helper, acknowledgment that God is our, 204. I Idolatry, 226.
Helper, God our, 203.
Idolatry, folly of, 227.
Helper in temptations, God our, 553.
Idolatry forbidden. 230.
Helplessness before God, man’s—ace, Power­ Idolatry, punishment of, 230.
lessness, 389.
Ignorance Inexcusable—aee, Blindness, wII.
Heresy and heretics, 204.
ful, 39.
Heresy and heretics, we must not listen Ignorance of the doctrine and law of God, ex­
to, 205.
cusable, 231.
Heresies prophesied in the Church, 205.
1 Images :
Hidden from God, we cannot be, 206.
1. Their use commanded by God. 709.
Holiness of God, the—sec, Sanctity, 499.
2. Used In Ills worship In the temple, 709.
Holy Ghost dwelling In us, the, 207.
Imitation of Christ—see, Example of
Holy Ghost, fruit of the, 207.
Christ. 130.
Holy Ghost, fulfilment of promise, 709.
Immortality of the soul, belief expressed in
Holy Ghost, gifts of the, 206.
the Old Testament in the:
Holy Ghost, Ills work In hearts of men, 209.
1. Indirectly declared, or Insinuated, 710.
Holy Ghost, Ills work In the w’orld and In
2. Clearly proclaimed, 710.
the Church, the, 207.
Immutability of God, 231.
Holy Ghost, sins against the, 207.
Impartiality, 231.
Holy Ghost, the :
Impartiality of God, 232.
1. His divinity. 707
Impatience, 232.
2. Proceeds from the Holy Ghost. 708.
Impenitence, 232.
3. Proceeds also from the Son. because Impenitence, punishment of, 233.
A. lie Is called the Spirit of the Son, 708 ; Impossible, God does not demand of us the—
B. Is sent by the Son, 708; C. Receives
ace, Commandments of God, 58.
from the Son, 708.
Impurity—ace, Unchastlty, 569.
4. The Holy Ghost promised to the Incarnation, the, 233.
Inclinations of man, evil, 234.
apostles, 708.
Home, how we should behave at, 209.
Incomprehensibility of God—ace, Under­
standing, God is above our, 572.
Honesty In our dealings with one another—
Incredulity, 235.
srr. Justice, 268.
Hope, 210.
Incredulity of His people, God rebukes the, 236.
Hope, God our, 212.
Incredulity, the punishment of. 236.
Hope, God our only, 213.
Indifference to our spiritual Interests, 237.
Indulgences :
Hope In God, 210.
Hope In God, exhortation to, 211.
1. The power given to the Church to grant
Hope in God rewarded by the Almighty, 212.
Indulgences. 711.
Hope In the mercy of God, 319, 320.
2. The use of this power, 711.
Industry—ace, Diligence, 113.
Hope of heaven, the, 198.
Infidels. 237.
Hope of the Redemption, the, 463.
Infidels, a prayer for—ace, Unbelievers, 569.
Hospitality, 213.
House of God in Old Law, the sanctity of, 216. I Infidels, punishment of, 238.

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Ingratitude of Hla people, the complaint of Justification :
God against the, 239.
I. Faith alone Is not sufficient for justifica­
Ingratitude to God, 239.
tion, 711.
Ingratitude to God, examples of,241.
II. The faith required for Justification li
Ingratitude to God, punishmentof, 242.
not mere confidence, but is belief In all
Ingratitude to God, sin Is, 523.
the truths revealed by God, 712.
Ingratitude to our fellowmen, 242.
1. Not mere confidence, 712.
Injure others, we must not, 243.
2. But Is belief, 712.
Injuries, forgiveness of, 158.
III. In Justification mortal sins are for­
Injustice, 243.
given, wiped out, not merely covered, 712.
Innocence, excellence of, 244.
1. Are blotted out, 712.
Innocence, exhortation to, 244.
2. Are taken away, 712.
Innocence, gift of God, 244.
3. Are washed away, 713.
Innocence, God’s love of, 244.
4. Justification means newness of heart, 713.
Innocence, profession of, 245.
IV. Justification is the Intrinsic Infusion of
Innocence, regret for lost, 245.
sanctifying grace in the soul ; not mere
Innocence, reward of, 244.
external imputation of Christ’s merits,713.
Instructing others In the way of God, 245.
V. The effects of Justification, 713.
Instruction, exhortation to receive, 246.
1. It makes us friends of God, 713.
Instruction, receiving, 246.
2. Children of God by adoption, and heirs
Intention, purity of, 246.
of heaven, 714.
Invitation to come to the Lord, an, 56.
3. Partakers of the Divine nature, 714.
4. Temples of the Holy Trinity, 714.
EALOUS, God is, 247.
Jealousy, 247.
IND words, 269.
Joseph, Saint, 248.
Kindness, 269.
Joy, exhortation to spiritual, 250.
King, acknowledgment that God Is our, 270.
Joy, God our, 250.
King, Christ our, 270.
Joy Is from God, all true, 250.
King, God our, 269.
Joy, spiritual, 249.
Kingdom of God In heaven, the, 270.
Judge, God a just, 251.
Kingdom of God on earth, the, 271.
Judge, God our, 251.
Kingdom of God within us, the, 272.
Judge one another, we must not, 252.
Knowledge, 272.
Judges should be just In their judgments, 252. Knowledge, littleness of man’s, 272.
Judges should be merciful In their judg­ Knowledge of God, the—sec. Wisdom of God, 616.
ments, 253.
Knows His own, God, 274.
Judgment after death, 259.
Judgment, certainty of the day of, 256.
abor, 274.
Judgment day, a time of justice, and not of
Labor, a law of God, 274.
mercy, 257.
Law of God, obedience and submission to ths
Judgment day, all things shall be disclosed
—sec, Commandments, keeping the, 58.
and judged on the, 258.
Law of God, the—see. Commandments, 57.
Judgment day Is a day of fear and of ter­ Law, Old and New—sec, Covenant, 84, 85.
ror, 256.
Lazy, the, 275.
Judgment, day of, 253.
Laziness, exhortation against, 276
Judgment day, we must prepare for, 259.
Laziness, the consequences of, 275,
Judgment, rash, 260.
Leader, God our, 276.
Judgments of God, 260.
Leading others into evil, 276.
Just, against bating or despising the, 266.
Legislators, unjust, 276.
Just, death of the, 102.
Liberty, false, or License, 277.
Just, God hears the prayers of the, 263.
Liberty, true, 277.
Just, God often afflicts the, 264.
Lies, 277.
Just, God’s special favor and Jove for
Lies displeasing to God, 278.
the. 262.
Lies, exhortation against, 279.
Just, happiness of the, 262.
Lies forbidden by God, 278.
Just hated and despised by the world and Lies, punishment of, 278.
the wicked, the, 265.
Life a pilgrimage on earth, this, 282.
Just men, examples of—see. Appendix, 847. Life a warfare, this—see. Heaven, we muit
Just, protected and assisted by Jod,
fight and work to gain, 199.
the. 262.
Life and death, God Is master of, 306.
Just, reward of the, 480.
Life, Christ our, 286.
Just. the. 260.
Life, emptiness of this, 279.
Justice In our dealings with one an­
Life, exhortation to do good In this, 283.
other, 268.
Life, God our, 285.
Justice In our dealings with one another, ex­ Life of a Christian, the, 284.
hortation to, 268.
Life of suffering, a, 282.
Justice of God, acknowledgment of the, 267. Life, shortness of this, 280.
Justice of God In punishing evil, the, 267.
Life, the spiritual, 542.
Justice of God In rewarding good, the, 266.
Life, the time for gaining merit, and working
Justice of God, the, 266.
for heaven. 282.
Justice of God, we cannot escape the, 105.
Life, uncertainty of this, 281.

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Life useless and void of good, a, 284.
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Life, we cannot be neutral in battle of, 343,
Light, a prayer for, 288.
Light, God our, 286.
Light of faith, the, 288.
Light of the world, Christ the, 286.
Light of the world. God the, 286.
Light, sinning against the—see, Blindness,
wilful, 89
Light to know our sins, a prayer for, 289.
Light, we are children of the, 287.
Light, we must walk In the, 287.
Listen to us, a prayer that God will, 410.
Listening to the voice of God, 289.
Little things, fidelity in, 289.
Littleness of man's knowledge, the, 272.
Live for God, we should, 290.
Living In us, Christ—see, Life, Christ
our, 286.
Living in us, God—see, Dwelling, 119.
Longsuffering of God, the—sec Patience, 369.
Look down upon us in pity, a prayer that
God will, 411.
Look to God in all our needs, we should, 290.
Lord’s day, keeping holy the, 290.
Love for God, 294.
Love for God, rewarded. 295.
Love for sinners, Christ's, 293.
Love for us, Christ's, 292.
Love for us, God's, 291.
Love God, exhortation to, 296.
Love of our enemies, the. 298.
Love of our neighbor commanded by God, 297.
Love of our neighbor, exhortation to the, 297.
Love of our neighbor, the, 296.
Lukewarmness, 298.

IFAJESTY of God, the, 299.
•IlL Malice of men, God is above reach of, 300.
Man, brotherhood of, 43.
Man, creation of—see, Creator, God our, 89.
Man, dignity of, 300.
Man, end of, 121.
Man, equality of, 301.
Man, evil Inclinations of, 234.
Man, origin of, 714.
Man's dependence upon God, 106.
Manliness, 301.
Marriage, 301.
Marriage, Indissolubility of—sec, Matri­
mony, 716.
Marriage, the mutual duties of husband and
wife In, 302.
Marriages, mixed. 302.
Martyrs, constancy of the, 304.
Mary, the Blessed Virgin, 575.
Mass, the Sacrifice of the :
1. Prefigured, 715.
2. Foretold, 715.
3. Instituted and celebrated by Christ, 715.
4. Attested, and alluded to, 715.
Master, Christ our. 306.
Master, God our, 305.
Master of all things. God Is. 306.
Master of life and death, God is. 306.
Masters to their servants, the duties of, 307.
Matrimony :
1. A sacrament in the New Law, 716.
2. Indissolubility of matrimony in the
New Law. 716.
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Meddling in the affairs of others, against, 308.
Mediator, Christ our, 308.
Meditation, 308.
Meditation, exhortation to practise, 300.
Meek, the, 310.
Meekness, exhortation to, 310.
Meekness of Christ, the, 311.
Meekness pleasing to God, 310.
Meekness rewarded by God, 310.
Mercy and favor to His own people, God’s
special, 314.
Mercy and favor to us. God’s special, 143.
Mercy of God, a prayer for the, 323.
Mercy of God, acknowledgment of the, 313.
Mercy of God, examples of the, 320.
Mercy of God, greatness of the, 313.
Mercy of God, hope In the, 319.
Mercy of God. our misery a claim to the, 328.
Mercy of God. our need of the, 319.
Mercy of God, our plea and our hope, the, 320.
Mercy of God, power and excellence of, 313.
Mercy of God, the, 311.
Mercy of God to repentant sinners, the, 316.
Mercy of God to the Just, the, 316.
Mercy of God to the unjust, the, 316.
Mercy of God to those in sorrow and dis­
tress, the. 318.
Mercy of God, waiting for the, 579.
Mercy of God. we should pray for the, 320.
Mercy to one another, exhortation to
I show, 324.
Mercy to one another, we should show, 324.
Mercy we show to others, God will reward
the, 325.
Meritorious, good works are, 625.
Merits, lost, 326.
Merits, now is time to acquire—see Life, 282.
Merits, we must strive to acquire, 325.
! Mildness, 326.
Mildness of Christ, the—see, Meekness, 311.
Miracles adduced by Christ as proofs of Bls
mission, 717.
Miracles, the possibility of. 717.
Mischief-maker, the, 326.
Mischief-maker, the punishment of the, 327.
Miserliness—see. Meanness, 307.
Misery, a claim to God’s mercy, our, 328.
i Misery, acknowledgment of man’s. 13.
Misfortunes of others, rejoicing at the, 471.
Moderation In eating and drinking—sec. Fru­
gality. 164.
Modesty. 328.
Motherhood, a duty and a blessing, 328.
Mortal sin. 735.
Mortification—see, Self-denial, 509.
Murder, 328.
Murder, the punishment of, 329.
Murmuring, 330.
Murmuring against God, 330.
Murmuring against God, punished. 330.
Mutability of created things, the, 331.
Mysteries of God are above our understand­
ing. 331.

AME, a prayer that God may be good to us
for the sake of His. 338.
Name, God is good to us for the sake of
His, 337.
Name of God. exhortation to praise the, 336.
Name of God, gratitude to the, 336.
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Name of God Is great, and good, and glori­
ous, the, 332.
Name of God Is holy, the, 333.
Name of God is our strength and shield, 334.
Name of God Is terrible, 334.
Name of God, praising the, 335.
Name of God. the, 332.
Name of God, we should fear the, 334.
Name of God, we should Invoke the, 335.
Name of God, we should love the, 334.
Name of God, we should trust in the, 334.
Name of Jesus, the, 338.
Name of Jesus, the power of the, 339.
Name of Jesus, we should pray in the, 339.
Name of Jesus, we should sanctify our actions,
by doing them In the, 339.
Name, the value of a good, 339.
Near to God, we should draw, 341.
Near to God, we should keep, 342.
Near to Ills people, God is, 340.
Near us, especially when needed most,God Is, 340.
Need of God, our, 342.
Need of God's grace, our, 175.
Need of God's help, our, 202.
Need of God's mercy, our, 319.
Needs, God knows our, 343.
Needs not our goods, God. 171.
Needs not our service, God. 515.
Needs, we should look to God In all our, 290.
Neglect of God’s grace—see, Grace, abuse
of, 178.
Neutral In the battle of life, we cannot
be, 343.
New Law Is the fulfilment and perfection of
the Old—see, Covenant, 85.
New spirit, prayer that God may give us, 344.
New spirit, we should put on a, 343.

Orphans, prohibition against doing wronr
to, 359.
Orphans, we should be especially kind to, 360.
Ostentation, 360.

ARDON for sins—see, Forgiveness, 155.
Parents, exhortation to honor and love, 361.
Parents, obedience to, 347.
Parents, punishment of failure to honor, 362.
Parents, respect and love for, 360.
Parents should always maintain their au*
thorlty, 364.
Parents to their children, punishment of fail­
ure In the duty of, 363.
Parents to their children, the duty of:
1. Teaching them, 362.
2. Correcting them, 362.
3. Watchfulness and care over them, 363.
4. Bringing them up In the fear of God.
and in obedience to Ills laws, 363.
Passion of Christ, prophecies of the, 796.
Passion of Christ, the, 364.
Pastors, we should support our, 366.
Path of rectitude, exhortation to walk In, 368.
Path of rectitude, the, 367.
Path to heaven Is narrow and bard, the, 368.
Path to hell Is broad and easy, the, 368.
Patience in dealing with others, 370.
Patience In dealing with others, exhortation
to, 370.
Patience in suffering, and in difficulties, 369.
Patience in suffering, exhortation to, 369.
Patience of Christ, the—see, Meekness, 311.
Patience of God in dealing with sinners, ex­
amples of the, 371.
Patience of God, the, 370.
Peace, a prayer for, 373.
Peace of the just, the, 373.
Peace, the gift of God, 372.
BEDIENCE of Christ, the, 349.
Obedience of the lower creation to God, 345, Peace with God, 374.
Peace with one another, 374.
Obedience to ecclesiastical superiors, 347.
Peace with one another, exhortation to
Obedience to God, 344.
Obedience to lay superiors, 348.
have, 374.
Penance, exhortation to do, 376.
Obedience to parents, 347.
Obedience to superiors, 347.
Penance, or atonement for sin, efficacy of, 375.
Penance, or atonement for sin, necessity of, 375.
Obstinacy—see, Self-will, 511.
Obstinacy In sin, 349.
Penance, or repentance:
Obstinacy in sin, exhortation against, 350.
1. Its true nature, 719.
Obstinacy In sin, punished, 350.
2. Its necessity, 720.
Occasions of sin, we must avoid the,351.
3. Its efficacy, 375.
Old age, 351.
Penance, the sacrament of :
Old age, respect for, 352.
1. Its institution, 719.
Old age, the dignity of, 352.
2. Its existence, 719.
Omission, sins of, 352.
People, God is near to His, 340.
Omnipotence of God, 353.
People, God's special mercy and favor to
Omnipotence of God, acknowledgment of, 354.
His, 314.
Omnipotence of God. manifestations of, 355. Perfection, 376.
Omnipresence of God, the, 356.
Perfection, we should strive after, 377.
Omniscience of God, the:
Perjury, 377.
1. God knows all things, 356.
Persecution for Christ’s sake, suffering, 377.
2. God sees all things, 357.
Persecution of the Church, 53.
Opportunities, regret for lost, 359.
Perseverance, a prayer for, 381.
Orderliness, or regularity, 359.
Perseverance, exhortation to, 380.
Orders, holy :
Perseverance In prayer, 401.
I. It is a sacrament, because:
Perseverance, necessity of, 379.
1. It confers grace, 718.
Perseverance, reward of, 379.
2. Instituted by Christ, 718.
Perseverance, the gift of God, 380.
II. Conferred by the apostles. 718.
Perversity of heart, 194.
III. The manner of conferring, 719.
Physician of our soul and body, God is, 381.
Original sin. 734.
Pleasures, the vanity of, 381.
Orphans. God Is protector and avenger of, 359. Politeness, 382.

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Foor, a prayer for the, 388.
Poor, against defrauding the, 385.
Poor are alwaya with ua, the, 383.
Poor are pleasing to God, the, 383.
Poor, despising the, 387,
Poor, God hears the cry and prayer of, 384.
Poor, God la helper and protector of, 383.
Poor, God is mindful of the, 383.
Poor, God provides for the, 385.
Poor, oppression of the, 385.
Poor, punishment of oppression of the, 385.
Poor, refusing aid to the, 387.
Poor, the, 382.
Poor, we should do Justice to the, 385.
Poor, we should help the—tee, Almsgiving, 23.
Pope, or chief pastor :
1. This superiority conferred on Peter, 720.
2. Some pre-eminence implied In Peter, 720.
Poverty, acknowledgment of our, 388.
Poverty of Christ, the, 388.
Power of God shown by His works—tee,
Greatness, 187.
Power of God, the—tee, Omnipotence, 353.
Power Is from God, all—see, Authority, 34.
Power is not shortened, God's, 389.
Powerlessness, acknowledgment of man's, 391.
Powerlessness before God, man's, 389.
Practical In our faith, exhortation to be, 394.
Practical in our faith, we must be, 392.
Praise God, exhortation to, 394.
Praise, God Is worthy of all, 396.
Praises of God, the, 396.
Praising God, 396.
Pray, exhortation to, 404.
Pray for one another, exhortation tc, 406.
Prayer, 398.
Prayer, exhortation to perseverance In, 402.
Prayer for a good death, a, 104.
Prayer for deliverance from sin, 528.
Prayer for faith, a, 137.
Prayer for forgiveness of sins, 157.
Prayer for God to give us a new spirit, 344.
Prayer for God's help, 203.
Prayer for God's protection, 449.
Prayer for guidance, 191.
Prayer for light, 288.
Prayer for light to know our sins, 289.
Prayer for peace, 373.
Prayer for perseverance, 381.
Prayer for strength, 545.
Prayer for temporal necessities. 552.
Prayer for the blessing of God, 37.
Prayer for the Church, 54.
Prayer for the coming of the Redeemer, 461.
Prayer for the faithful, 139.
Prayer for the grace of God, 182.
Prayer for the mercy of God, 323.
Prayer for the poor, 388.
Prayer for unbelievers, 569.
Prayer for wisdom, 614.
Prayer in temptation, 554.
Prayer of Christ for His priests. 443.
Prayer of conformity to the will of God, 604.
Prayer of gratitude to God, 184.
Prayer of humility, a, 224.
Prayer of one in sorrow and distress, a. 407.
Prayer of the humble, acceptable to God. 219.
Prayer, perseverance In, 401.
Prayer that God may be good to us, for the
sake of Ills name, 338.
Prayer that God may punish the proud, 428.

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Prayer that God may punish the wicked, 595.
Prayer that God may reward the Just, 487.
Prayer that God will listen to us, a, 410.
Prayer that God will look on us in pity, 411.
Prayer, the etflcacy of, 398.
Prayer, the proper kind of, 400.
Prayer, the wrong kind of, 401.
Prayer to avert the anger of God, 32.
Prayer to be saved. 503.
Prayer to God not to abandon us, 10.
Prayers, God hears our, 403.
Prayers of Christ, the, 407.
Prayers of the Just, God hears the, 404.
Prayers of wicked, not acceptable to God, 6 •I»
Praying for one another, 405.
Preaching, 412.
Predestination, against Calvlnistic :
1. God will not condemn the innocent and
the Just, 722.
2. God will not reject those who seek
Him, 722.
3. God wishes all to be saved, 722.
4. God rewards or punishes according to
our works, 722.
Presence of God in our midst, the, 413.
Presence of God, we should keep in the, 413.
Preserver, God our, 414.
Presuming on our wisdom or knowledge, 416.
Presuming upon God's mercy, against, 414.
Presuming upon our own Justice or merit, 417.
Presuming upon our own justice or merit, the
unreasonableness of, 417.
Presuming upon our own strength or re­
sources, 415.
Presuming upon our own strength or re­
sources, the unreasonableness of, 416.
Presuming upon our own wisdom or knowl­
edge, the unreasonableness of, 417.
Presumption, 414.
Pride. 418.
Pride, exhortation against. 424.
Pride, folly of spiritual. 422.
Pride, grievousness of the sin of, 424.
Pride Is rebellion against God, 423.
Pride is the source of all other sins, 424.
Pride of intellect, 420.
Pride of intellect, folly of, 421.
Pride of life, 419.
Pride of life, the folly of, 419.
Pride, punishment of, 425.
Pride, spiritual, 422.
Pride, the folly of, 419.
Priest, bad and unfaithful, 443.
Priest, Christ our High, 430.
Priest commanded by God, the sanctity of
the, 438.
Priest, exhortation to respect and reverence
for the, 442.
Priest, exhortation to sanctity of the, 439.
Priest, hdellty of the. 436.
Priest, humility of the. 437.
Priest is chosen by God. the, 431.
Priest, learning of the. 437.
Priest, motives for the zeal of the. 441.
Priest, prayer of Christ for the. 443.
Priest, punishment of bad and unfaith­
ful, 445.
Priest, respect and reverence for the, 442.
Priest, responsibility of the, 435.
Priest, reward of the good. 442.
Priest, sanctity of the, 438.

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Priest, self-denial of the, 439.
Priest, sobriety of the, 440.
Priest, the, 430.
Priest, work or duty of the :
1. To guide souls, 432.
2. To teach and preach, 433.
3. To rebuke, 434.
4. To watch over and guard souls, 434.
5. To feed souls, 434.
6. To comfort and to heal, 435.
7. To give good example. 435.
8. To pray and sacrifice for others, 435.
9. To praise God, 435.
Priest, zeal of the, 440.
Priesthood a great privilege, the, 429.
Priesthood, sacredness of the, 428.
Procrastination, 446.
Prodigality, 447.
Profanity—tee, Cursing, 95.
Promises, God fulfils Ills—sec, Fidelity of
God, 150.
Promptness in answering call of grace, 177.
Prophecies fulfilled In Christ, the, 660.
Protector, acknowledgment of God our, 448.
Protector, God our, 447.
Protection of God, a prayer for the, 449.
Proud destroyed by God, the, 426.
Proud humbled by God, the, 425.
Proud, prayer that God may punish the, 428.
Proud tormented by God, the, 425.
Providence of God caring for the brute crea­
tion, the, 452.
Providence of God caring for us, the, 450.
Providence of God, denying the, 453.
Providence of God In His dealings with men,
examples of the, 453.
Providence of God ordering the elements
and all things for the welfare of man,
the, 451.
Providence of God, the, 450.
Prudence, 454.
Prudence in conduct, 454.
Prudence in words. 455.
Prudence in words commended, 456.
Prudence in words, the necessity of, 456.
Prudence, value of, 454.
Punishment, acknowledgment that we de­
serve, 16.
Punishment for failure to honor one’s par­
ents, the, 862.
Punishment for forsaking God, the, 160.
Punishment for wilful blindness of heart, 40.
Punishment from God, blindness of heart,
is, 38.
Punishment of abuse of God’s grace, 179.
Punishment of adultery, the, 21.
Punishment of bad and unfaithful priest, 445.
Punishment of deceltfulness, the, 105.
Punishment of hypocrisy, the, 225.
Punishment of idolatry, the, 230.
Punishment of Impenitence, the, 233Punlshment of Incredulity, the, 235.
Punishment of infidels, the, 237.
Punishment of Ingratitude to God, the, 242.
Punishment of irreverence to House of
God. 216.
Punishment of lies, the, 278.
Punishment of murder, the, 329.
Punishment of murmuring against God, 330.
Punishment of obstinacy In sin, the, 350.

Punishment of oppression of the poor, 386.
Punishment of parents for failure In their
duty to their children, the. 363.
Punishment of pride, the, 425.
Punishment of refusal to serve God, the, 516.
Punishment of scandal, the, 504.
Punishment of sin, the, 529.
Punishment of the enemies of God, the, 124.
Punishment of the mischief-maker, the, 327.
Punishment of the proud, a prayer for, 428.
Punishment of the sinner, God takes His time
In the, 557.
Punishment of the wicked, the, 589.
Punishment of the wicked, the certainty of,594,
Punishment, temporal, often remains after
the guilt of sin has been forgiven. Shows
by examples:
1. Adam, 723.
2. Moses, 724.
3. Mary, the sister of Moses, 724.
4. David, 724.
Punishment or reward given by God accord­
ing to our deserts, 487.
Purgatory, 724.
Purity—see. Chastity, 47.
Purity of heart, 194.
Purity of intention, 246.
uarrels, 456.

Querulousness—tee, Murmuring, 330.
Q
Question God's doings, w e must
457.
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not,

EASON for our faith, we should be able te
give a, 458.
Rebellion against God, 458.
Rebellion against God, sin is, 522.
Rebuke the wicked, we should, 597.
Redeemer, a prayer for the coming of the—
see. Redeemer, longing for the, 461.
Redeemer, coming of the. 462.
Redeemer, figures of Christ, the, 460.
Redeemer, hope of the, 463.
Redeemer, longing of the world for the com­
ing of the. 461.
Redeemer, need of the, 462.
Redeemer, promise of the coming of the, 461.
Redeemer, the, 459.
Redeemer, the prophecies of the coming of a
—sec, Christ, the Redeemer, 662.
Redemption, acknowledgment of the, 463.
Redemption, gratitude for the, 463.
i Redemption, the fruit of the:
1. Freedom from sin and the devil, 466.
2. The forgiveness of sins, 467.
3. Peace and reconciliation with God, 467.
4. The light of faith, 468.
5. Justification, 468.
6. Adoption of children of God, 468.
7. All spiritual gifts and blessings, 468.
8. Everlasting life, 469.
9. The happiness of heaven, 469.
Redemption, the price of the :
1. The humiliation of Christ, 463.
2. Christ bearing our sins, 464.
3. The sorrows of Christ, 464.
4. The sufferings of Christ, 464.
5. The shedding of His blood, 465.
6. The sacrifice of His life, 465.
Refuge, God our, 469,
Regret for lost innocence, 245.

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Saints, God Is glorified tn His, 498.
Saints, happiness of the, 496.
Saints praise and give glory to God, the, 497.
Saints protected by God, the, 496.
Saints, the:
1. They are like to the angels, 730.
2. They know what passes among us, 730,
3. Their Intercession is to be invoked, as
the prayers of God's servants are of help
to us, 730.
4. Veneration of the saints, 732.
5. The communion of saints: I. With
those in heaven, 732. II. With those on
earth, 732. III. With those In purga­
tory, 732.
Salvation, God our, 498.
Salvation. Importance of, 498.
Salvation is from God, 499.
Salvation is from God, acknowledgment, 499.
Sanctity, exhortation to personal, 501.
Sanctity, God calls us to personal, 501.
Sanctity of Christ, the, 500.
Sanctity of God, acknowledgment of the, 500.
Sanctity of God, the, 499.
Sanctity of God’s House, the, 215.
Sanctity, personal, 501.
Saved, a prayer to be. 503.
Saved, or elect, the, 501.
Saved, the small number of the, 502.
Scandal, 504.
Scandal, the punishment of, 504.
Scoffer, the, 505.
Scriptures, the holy :
1. Our guide, 733.
2. Not the sole rule of faith, 733.
3. Inspired by God, 733.
4. Hard to understand, 733.
5. Not of private Interpretation, 734.
6. Not to be corrupted, 734.
Searcher of hearts, acknowledgment that God
is the, 507.
Searcher of hearts, God the, 505.
Seek after God. exhortation to, 508.
Seeking after God, 507.
Seeking after God. the reward of, 507.
Seeking God's doctrine aud truth, 509.
Seeking God's will and law, 509.
Self, distrust of. 117.
Seif, forgetfulness of, 155.
Self-control, 509.
Self-denial, 509.
Self-denial, exhortation to, 510.
Self-praise—see, Boasting, 41.
Self-sufficiency, 510.
Self-will, or obstinacy, 511.
Selfishness, 511.
Sensitiveness, 511.
Servants, the duty of—sec, Obedience to lay
superiors. 348.
Serve God by doing wrong, we cannot, 516.
Serve God, exhortation to, 516.
Serve God, punishment of refusal to, 516.
Service, God stands not in need of our, 515.
Service of God a duty of Justice, the, 512.
ABBATH, sanctity of—see, Lord’s day, 290. Service of God a privilege, the, 512.
Sacrament, the Blessed—ace, Eucharist, Service of God. earnestness in the, 513.
Service of God. folly of abandoning the, 515.
129.
Sacraments, the, 495.
Service of God. hypocrisy in the, 514.
Sacrifice that pleases God, the, 495.
Service of God should be willing service, 512.
Sadness. 495.
Service of God, sincerity in the, 513.
Saints are worthy of honor and reverence, 497. Service of God, the, 511.

Regret for lost opportunities, 359.
I
Regularity—see, Orderliness. 359.
Rejection of God's grace, the, 178.
Rejects no one that seeks Him, God, 470.
Rejoice In Lord, exhortation to—see, Joy. 249.
Rejoicing at the misfortune of others, 470.
Relapse Into sin, 471.
Relics, veneration for, 725.
I
Religiousness, 471.
Remembers all things, God, 472.
Remembrance of God, 472.
Remorse. 472.
Repentance, efficacy of, 475.
Repentance, false, 474.
Repentance, God calls us to, 474.
Repentance, now Is the time for, 475.
Repentance, the necessity of, 474.
Repentance, true, 473.
Reputation, value of a good—sec, Name, 339.
Resignation to God’s will, 604.
Resolutions, good, 476.
Respect for holy places—see, House of God,
215.
Respect for holy things, 476.
Respect for priests. 430.
Rest from the troubles and labor of this life,
the reward of serving God, 477.
Rest from troubles and labor of this life, 477.
Restitution. 478.
Resurrection of Christ, the :
1. Foretold by David, 725.
2. Foretold by Christ Himself, 725.
3. Narrated and declared, 726.
Resurrection of the dead, the, 728.
Return to God, exhortation to, 479.
Returning to God, 478.
Revenge, 479.
Revenge, exhortation against, 479.
Revenge, forbidden by God, 479.
Reward God gives to those who serve Him :
1. The certainty of the reward, 480.
2. The greatness of the reward, 481.
3. Reward even In this life, 481.
4. The blessing of God, 482.
5. They become His chosen people, 482.
6. Peace, security, and refreshment, 483.
7. The grace of God in this life, 483.
8. The happiness of the Just, 483.
9. Eternal life, 483.
10. Happiness and glory of heaven, 484.
11. Prayer that God may reward the Just, 487.
Reward, God our, 480.
Rewards or punishes us, according to our de­
serts, God. 487.
Rich, adulation and subservience to the, 489.
Rich. the. 488.
Riches, danger of, 489.
Riches, Ill-gotten—sec, Goods. 171.
Riches, love of, 492.
Riches, right use of, 493.
Riches, true, 493.
Riches, vanity of, 490.
Rulers, duty and responsibility of, 40a.

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Service we render God must be reasonable, 515.
Serving God, happiness of, 193.
Serving God, reward of, 480.
Shepherd, the Good, 517.
Sick, visiting the, 518.
Sickness, 518.
Sickness, conduct In, 519.
Silence of Christ, the, 519.
Silence, value of, 519.
Simony, 520.
Simplicity, 520.
Simplicity pleasing to God, 521.
Sin, 521.
Sin, a prayer for deliverance and preserva­
tion from, 528.
Sin, acknowledgment of having committed, 14.
Sin, avoiding, 528.
Sin, certainty of the punishment of, 528.
Sin, exhortation to turn away from, 527.
Sin, folly of, 524.
Sin, freedom from the slavery of, 526.
Sin, God Is not the author of, 734.
Sin, habit of, 191.
Sin, hatred of, 526.
Sin, hatred of God for, 525.
Sin is Ingratitude to God, 523.
Sin is rebellion against God, 522.
Sin, leading others into, 276.
Sin, malice of, 524.
Sin, mortal, 735.
Sin, obstinacy In, 349.
Sin, occasions of, 351.
Sin, original :
1. Probably referred to, 734.
2. Declared, 734.
3. Effects of original sin : I. Proneness to
evil, 735. II. Loss of heaven, 735.
Sin. punishment of :
1. In thia life, 529.
2. In the life to come, 531.
Sin, relapse Into, 471.
Sin separates us from God, 525.
Sin, slavery of, 525.
Sin, sorrow for, 527.
Sin, turning away from, 527.
Sin, venial, 735.
Sin, withdrawing others from, 528.
Sins, a prayer for light to know our, 289.
Sins against the Holy Ghost, 207.
Sins are known to God, our, 531.
Sins cannot hurt God, our—see, Malice of
men, 300.
Sins, forgiveness of, 155.
Sins of omission, 552.
Sins of others, accessory to the, 13.
Sins of the wicked turn against them, 532.
Sincerity, 533.
Sincerity in the service of God, 513.
Sinner, death of the, 101.
Sinner, tolly and blindness of the, 535.
Sinner Is an enemy to his own soul, the, 537.
Sinner Is God s enemy, the, 537.
Rlnner, the, 534.
Slander—see. Detraction, 110.
Slaves and slavery, 538.
Sloth—see, Laziness. 275.
Solicitude, vain, or worldly, 538.
Sophistry, 539.
Sorrow for sin. 527.
Sorrow Into joy, God turns our, 539.
Sorrowing and afflicted, we should comfort, 56.

I Sorrowing, the, 540.
Sorrows and afflictions are known to God
our, 539.
Sorrows and tribulations, God comforts ui la
our, 566.
Soul, the, 541.
Soul, value of the, 541.
Soul without God, wretchedness of a, 541.
Speaking to God, 542.
Speaking to us, God, 542.
Spirit, prayer that God may give us a new, 344.
Spirit, we should put on a new, 343.
Spiritual Interests, indifference to our, 237.
Spiritual life, the, 542.
Spiritual, or unseen, world, the, 543.
Spiritual things, man’s weakness In, 585.
Spiritual things, understanding of, 571.
Stealing, 543.
Straying away from God—see, Wandering, 580.
Strength, a prayer for, 545.
Strength, God gives us, 545.
Strength, God our, 544.
Strength Is from God, all, 544.
Strength is vain, reliance upon human, 546.
Strength, punishment of reliance upon hu*
man, 546.
Stubbornness—see, Self-will, 511.
Subjection to God of man’s will, 547.
Success In evil—see, Wicked, prosperity of
the, 595.
Suffering, a life of, 282.
Suffering, love of, 547.
Suffering, value of, 547.
Suicide, 548.
Sunday :
1. Called the Lord’s day, 736.
2. The first day of the week especially
mentioned, 736.
Superiors to subjects, the duty of—tee,
Masters, the duty of, 307.
Superstitious practices, 549.
Support our pastors, we should, 366.
Surety for another—see, Bond, 42.
Swearing, 549.
Swearing, false—see, Perjury, 377.
Sympathy for those In distress—see, Com*
fort the afflicted, 56.

ALE-BEARING—see, Mischief-maker, 326.
Teach us, a prayer to God to, 551.
Teacher, Christ our, 551.
Teacher, God our, 550.
Teaching others the way of God—see, In­
structing, 245.
Temperance—see, Frugality, 164.
Temple of God, the—see, House of God, 214.
Temporal loss is to be preferred to eternal
loss, 551.
Temporal necessities, a prayer for, 552.
Temporal punishment, 723,
Temptation, a prayer in. 554.
Temptation. God our help In, 553.
Temptations, 552.
Temptations, resisting—sec, Devil and his
temptations. 112.
Tempting God, 555.
Thankfulness to God—see, Gratitude, 183.
Thanksgiving to God, a prayer of—see,
Gratitude, 184.
Thoughts are known to God, our—see,
Searcher of hearts, 507.

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Thoughts, bad, 556.
Thoughts, good, 556,
Thoughtlessness, 556.
Time In His dealings with us, God takes His
own, 556.
Time In punishing sinner, God takes His, 557.
Tongue, bad use of the, 558.
Tongue, control of the, 560.
Tongue, danger and evil of a wicked and
foolish, 560.
Tongue, exhortation to control the, 560.
Tongue, necessity of control of the, 560,
Tongue, proper use of the, 559.
Tongue, the, 558.
Tradition, 736.
Trials and tribulations, 561.
Tribulations are for our advantage, 563.
Tribulations are only transitory, 565.
Tribulations are to be borne with patience
and resignation, 563.
Tribulations borne well rewarded by God, 564.
Tribulations come from hands of God, 562.
Tribulations, God comforts us in our, 566.
Tribulations, the value of—see, Suffering, 547.
Trinity, the Holy :
1. Obscurely implied in the Old Testa­
ment, 736.
2. Less obscurely, as to two Divine Per­
sons, 737.
3. Clearly revealed in New Testament, 737.
Trust in God—sec, Confidence, 71.
Truth and doctrine, seeking God’s, 509.
Truth, exhortation to love the, 567.
Truth, God loves the, 568.
Truth, love of the, 567.
Truth of God, the, 568.
Truth, resisting—sec, Blindness, wilful, 39.
Truth, the, 567.
Turn to God, exhortation to—see, Converted, 80.
Turning away from God, 569.
Turning away from sin, 527.

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Virgin Mary, the sorrows of the Blessed, 577.
Virgin Mary, virginity of the Blessed, 576.
Virginity :
1. Its observance possible, 738.
2. When vowed, to be kept, 738.
3. Its excellence, 738.
Vocation to the priesthood—see, Priest Is
chosen by God, the, 431.
Voice of God, listening to the, 289.
Vows are pleasing to God, 578.
Vows made by servants of God, 577.
Vows once made are to be fulfilled, 578.

AIT for God and His mercy, exhortation
to, 580.
Walting for God and His mercy. 579.
Waiting for God and His mercy, the reward
of, 580.
Wandering away from God, 580.
Warfare, this life is a, 282.
Watchfulness, 581.
Watchfulness, exhortation to, 581.
Watchfulness of God over us, the—see,
Providence, 450.
Water, holy. 582.
Water of eternal life, the, 582.
Ways of God are just, the, 583.
Ways of God are not as our ways, the, 584.
WTays of God are unsearchable, acknowledg­
ment that the, 585.
Ways of God are unsearchable, the, 584.
Ways of God, we must not question the, 457.
Weakness of man, acknowledgment of, 391.
Weakness of man—see, Powerlessness. 389.
Weakness of man In spiritual things, the, 585.
Wicked, blindness and folly of the—see,
Sinner, 535.
Wicked brought to nought by God, the de­
signs of the, 598.
Wicked, certainty of punishment of the, 594.
Wicked, death of the, 101.
Wicked despise the just, the, 265.
NBELIEF—see, Incredulity, 236.
Wicked, fruitless repentance of the—see,
Unbelievers—see, Infidels, 239.
Remorse, 472.
Unbelievers, a prayer for, 569.
Wicked, God takes His time in punishing. 557.
Uncbastlty, 569.
Wicked not acceptable to God, the offerings
Unchastity, exhortation against, 571.
of the. 599.
Unchastlty, punishment of, 570.
Wicked not acceptable to God, the prayers
Understanding, God is above our, 572.
of the, 600.
Understanding of spiritual things, 571.
Wicked, prayer that God may punish the, 595.
Union with God our happiness and our sal­ Wicked, punishment of the, 587.
vation, 572.
i
1. The punishment In this life, 589.
Unselfishness—see, Forgetfulness of self, 155.
2. Dread and disquiet. 590.
Unworthiness of God and His favors, 573.
3. Despair and remorse, 590.
Unworthiness of God and His favors, ac­
4. The wicked destroyed by God, 591.
knowledgment of our, 573.
5. Eternal punishment, 592.
Uselessness of opposition to God’s will, 605.
6. Exclusion from heaven, 592.
Usury, 573.
7. The sufferings of hell, 593.
Wicked, temporal prosperity of the. 595.
AIN Is reliance upon human strength, 546. Wicked, the, 586.
Vainglory, 573.
Wicked turn against them, sins of, 532.
Vanity, 574.
Wicked, vain is the hope of the, 598.
Vanity of the things of this life, 279.
Wicked, we must not approve or uphold. 597.
Vengeance—see, Revenge, 479.
Wicked, we must not follow’ example of, 131.
Venial sin, 735.
Wicked, we should rebuke the, 597.
Veracity of God, the—see, Truth of God, 568. Wretchedness of the world before the Re­
Victory over sin and death, the, 574.
demption, the—see, Corruption, 82.
Virgin Mary, excellence of the Blessed, 575. Widows, God. protector and avenger of, 600.
Virgin Mary our mother, the Blessed, 577.
Widows, warning against wronging, 601.
Virgin Mary, the Immaculate conception of Widows, we should be especially kind to, 601.
the Blessed, 576.
Wife is a blessing from God, a good, 602.

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Wife to husband, the duties of—see. Marriage,
the duties of. 802.
Will, bad—tee, Desires, evil, 107.
Will, God desires and accepts our good, 606.
Will of God. a prayer of conformity to, 604.
Will of God, conformity to the, 604.
Will of God, doing the, 602.
Will of God Is made known to us, the, 606.
Will of God, seeking the, 500.
Will of God, the reward for doing the, 603.
Will of God. uselessness of opposition to, 605.
Will, the—see. Free-will, 698.
Willingness and cheerfulness to do good, 606.
Willingness In serving God. 512.
Wine, abstinence from, 12.
Wisdom, a prayer for, 614.
Wisdom, desire and love of. 610.
Wisdom, excellence and value of. 608.
Wisdom, exhortation to love and seek, 611.
Wisdom, false, 615.
Wisdom given to the just, but refused to the
wicked, 614.
Wisdom Is from God, all, 612.
Wisdom of God, the, 616.
Wisdom of the world, the, 615.
Wisdom, power and efllcacy of. 609.
Wisdom, the gift of God, 613.
Wisdom, true, 607.
Withdraw from us for a while, God seems
to, 616.
Withdrawing others from sin, 521.
Without God, the wretchedness of a soul, 541.
Witness, false, 617.
Woman, a bold or forward, 618.
Woman, a good—see. Wife, 602.
Woman, a quarrelsome, 618.
Woman, a wicked, 617.
Women In church, the proper conduct of, 618.
Word of God, exhortation to receive the. 621.
Word of God Is true, the, 620.
Word of God Is just and good, the, 620.
Word of God, our comfort and strength, 620.
Word of God, our light and our guide, 620.
Word of God, our need of the, 620.
Word of God, power of the, 619.
Word of God, receiving the, 621.
Word of God, the, 619.

Words, evil and unkind, 621.
Words, Idle, 226.
Words, kind, 269.
Words of Christ on the Cross, the Seven,622
Work and fight to gain heaven, we must, 195.
Works are meritorious, good. 738.
Works are necessary for salvation, good, 740.
Works, exhortation to practise good, 026.
Works, God will render to every man, accord­
ing to his—see, Predestination, 722.
Works, good, 625.
Works of God are good, all the, 624.
Works of God are wonderful and great, 623.
Works of God are wonderful and great, ac
knowledgment that the, 623.
Works of God show forth ills greatness and
power, the, 185.
Works of God, the, 622.
Works of God, we should proclaim the, 624.
Works rewarded by God, good. 625.
World before Redemption, corruption of, 82.
World can never satisfy us, the, 628.
World despises the just, the, 260.
World, detachment from the, 109.
World, end of the. 121.
World is God’s enemy, the, 627.
World, the love of the—see, Worldllness.628.
World, vanity of the things of this, 574.
World, wisdom of the, 607.
World’s longing for the coming of the Re­
deemer. the, 461.
Worldliness. 628.
Worldly-minded, the, 629.
Wrath of God, the—see, Anger, 30.

OUNG, death of the, 103.
Young men. 629.
Young men, proper conduct for, 629.
Youth does not last long, 630.
Youth, thoughtlessness of. 630.
Youth, we should form good habits In, 630.

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EAL for the honor of God. 630.
Zeal, imprudent or wrong, 632.
Zeal In doing good, 630.
Zeal of Christ, the, 631.
Zeal of the priest, the, 430.

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INDEX
To Appendix
BOOKS mentioned In the Scriptures, that
are now lost :
1. Book of the wars of the Lord, 745.
2. Book of the just, 745.
3. Book of the parables and poems of
Solomon. 745.
4. Book of words of days of Solomon. 745.
5. Book of the words of days of the
kings of Israel, 745.
6. Book of the words of the days of the
kings of Juda. 7 15.
7. Book of Nathan the prophet, 745.
8. Book of Gad the seer, 745.
9. Books of Ahias the Sllonite, 745.

10. Book of Addo the seer, 746.
11. Book of Semelas the prophet. 746.
12. Book of the kings of Juda and Is­
rael, 746.
13. Book of the kings of Israel and
Juda. 746.
14. Book of kings, 746.
15. Book of the words of the kings of
Israel, 746.
16. Book of the words of Jehu, the son
of Banani, 746.
17. Book of the history of Ozlas, hy
Isaías, the son of Amos, the proptw. 746.
18. Book of the words of Bozal, 746.

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19. Book of the Medes and of the Per­
Deaf and dumb man, the cure of the, 769
sians, 716.
Death of Christ, miracles at the, 769.
20. Book of the days of the priesthood of
Demoniac child, the, 772.
John, 746.
Demoniac of Capharnaum, the, 773,
21. Book of the descriptions of Jeremías,
Demoniac, the dumb, 771.
the prophet, 746.
Demoniac, the blind and dumb, 771.
22. Book of the memoirs and commen­
Demoniacs of Gergesa, the, 770.
taries of Nehemlas, 747.
Dropsy, the man sick of the, 773.
23. Books (five) by Jason of Cyrene, 747.
Fig-tree, the withered, 773.
24. Former epistle of Paul to the Cor­
Fish, the first miraculous draught of, 774.
inthians. 747.
Fish, the second miraculous draught of, 774.
25. Epistle of Paul to the Laodlceans, 747.
Jalrus, the daughter of. raised to life, 774.
26. Prophecy of Enoch, 747.
Lazarus, the raising of, 776.
EXAMPLES of God's severity in punishing
Leper, cure of the, 776.
sin and rebellion, 747.
Lepers, cure of the ten, 777.
1. The rebel angels, 747.
Magdalen, the possessed, 777.
2. Adam and Eve, 748.
Malchus* ear. healing of, 777.
3. The flood, 748.
Money found in mouth of the fish, 777.
4. Sodom and Gomorrha, 748.
Multiplication of seven loaves and some
5. Lot’s wife, 749.
fish, 779.
6. Onan, 749.
Multiplication of the five loaves and two
7. Pharao and the Egyptians, 749.
fishes, the, 778.
8. The idolatrous Jews, 749.
Nazareth, Jesus escapes from His en­
9. Nadab and Ablu, 750.
emies at, 780.
10. The murmuring of the Jews, 750.
Palsy, the man sick of the. 780.
11. The rebellion of Core, 751.
Peter’s mother-in-law. cure of, 781.
12. The disobedience of Achan, 751.
Probatica, the infirm man at the pond
13. Hell, 752.
of, 782.
14. Saul, 752.
Resurrection of Christ, the, 782.
15. Oza, 753.
Ruler at Capharnaum, cure of son of, 784.
16. David, 753.
Tempest, the first stilling of the, 785.
17. Jerusalem and Juda, 753.
Tempest, the second stilling of the, 785.
18. Nabuchodonosor, 753.
Transfiguration of Christ, the. 786.
19. Antiochus, 753.
Water changed Into wine at Cana, 787.
20. Judas, 754.
Widow of Nain’s son raised to life, 788.
21. Ananias and Saphira, 754.
Withered hand, the man with the, 788.
22. Herod Agrippa, 755.
Woman, the Infirm, 789.
EXAMPLES of just men, 755.
Woman with the bloody flux, the. 789.
1. Henoch, 755.
2. Many miracles recorded only In gen­
2. Noe, 755.
eral :
3. Abraham. 755.
1. The miracles In Galilee, 790.
4. Isaac, 756.
2. The evening at Capharnaum, 790.
5. Jacob, 756.
3. In the towns and cities of Galilee, 79G.
6. Joseph, 757.
4. In the place of retirement, 790.
7. Moses, 757.
5. Miracles In Nazareth, 791.
8. Aaron, 758.
6. In the desert near the lake, 791.
9. Phinees, 759.
7. In the country of Genesareth, 792,
10. Josué, 759.
8. In the mountains near the Sea of
11. Caleb, 760.
Tiberias, 792.
12. Samuel, 760.
9. In the temple, 792.
13. David, 761.
10. Miracles related to John Baptist. 792.
14. Ellas, 761.
3. In order of time of occurrence, 793.
15. Eliseus, 762.
PARABLES of Christ, the, 813.
16. Josias, 762.
1. In alphabetical order:
17. Isaías, 762.
Cockle and the good seed, the, 813.
18. Jeremías, 762.
Debtor, the ungrateful. 814.
19. Daniel, 762.
Debtors, the forgiven, 814.
20. Tobias, 763.
Fig-tree, the barren. 814.
21. Job, 764.
Groat, the lost, 815.
22. John the Baptist, 764.
Husbandman, the ungrateful, 815.
MIRACLES of Christ, the, 765.
Judge and the widow, the, 816.
1. In alphabetical order:
Laborers In the vineyard, the, 816.
Leaven, the. 817.
Arrest of Christ, miracle at the, 766.
Marriage feast, the, 817.
Ascension of Christ Into heaven, 766.
Mustard seed, the, 817.
Blind man of Bethsalda, 767.
Net cast Into the sea. 818.
Blind men of Jericho, the two, 766.
Blind men. the two, 766.
Pearl of great price, the, 818.
Pharisee and the publican, the, 818.
Blind, the man born, 767.
Centurion’s servant, the cure of the, 768.
Pounds, the, 818.
Prodigal son, the, 819.
Daughter of the woman of Canaan, the
Rich man and Lazarus, 820.
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Rich man, the foolish, 820.
Samaritan, the good, 820.
Seed cast Into the earth, 821.
Servant», the good and the bad, 821.
Steward, the unjust, 824.
Supper, the great, 825.
Talents, the, 825.
Treasure hidden In a field, the, 825.
Virgins, the wise and the foolish, 820.
2. Short similitudes :
Blind leading the blind, 826.
Children of the Bridegroom, the, 826.
Children in the market place, 826.
Divided kingdom, the, 827.
Fig-tree blossoming, the, 827.
Friend begging at night, the, 827.
Gate, the broad and the narrow, 827.
House built on a rock, the, 828.
Householder, the, 828.
King about to make war, 828.
Mote and the beam, the, 828.
New wine In old bottles, 828.
Raw cloth on the old garment, the, 829.
Tower, building the, 829.
Vine, the true, 829.
Woman in labor, the, 829.
8. Lesaons of th» Parable*, 829, 830.

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preparation for, 795.
Jerusalem, the
4. Christ b lubt Hupper
for, 795.
PP ’ the Preparation
5. Christ, the passion of, 79«
6. Christ abandoned by the ann *1

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Christ denied
by’h Peter finn ‘
0 Christ,
the de.t
10. Christ, the resurrection ot so,801’
11. Christ, the ascension of, 804 '
12. rhUrCh' Il°ly Ghost Promised to 804
13. S?urc\h- thc Propagation of the’ 8û!
14. Church, the persecution of the 80fld
15. End of the world, the, 807 ’
16. ?®“t"?jJh®_C?nLer810_Q <* ¿he, 808.
17.
structlon of, 809.
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18. Jews, rejection of the, 810.
19. Jews, punishment of the, 811
20. Judgment, the day of, 811
21. Magdalen, the, 812.
22. Miracles in Church, prophecy of, 813
23. St Peter, 813.

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