whole life long and for all eternity I will never forget this clemency of Thine. In all circumstances, at all times, in adversity as well as in prosperity, this thought shall impel me to remain faithful to Thee, to fulfil Thy holy will zealously, to further Thy honor and glory whenever I have the opportunity, until, as I hope and desire, I shall see and praise Thee, my Saviour, in everlasting joys. Amen.
Another introduction to the same sermon for the second Sunday of Advent.
Text.
Mortui resurgunt.—Matt. xi. 5.
“The dead rise again.”
Introduction.
The raising of the dead was well enough in the days when Our Lord was still on earth as a mortal Man, when at the prayers of sorrowing friends and relations He caused the dead to come to life. But how will it be on the last day, when the terrible trumpet shall sound forth the command: “Arise, ye dead, and come to judgment!” Sinners, what will be your feelings, when, having risen from your graves, you will hear the awful sentence by which God shall banish you from His sight for all eternity: “Depart from Me, you cursed,”[1] as we have considered on the last occasion? But still more awful will be the other part of that final sentence: whereto shall you be condemned? etc. Continues as above.
FORTIETH SERMON.
ON THE THOUGHTS OF THE REPROBATE IN HELL.
Subject.
The reprobate shall think in hell during all eternity: first, I might have gained eternal happiness, and have not wished to do so; secondly, now I should wish to be happy, and shall never have the means of becoming so for all eternity.—Preached on the first Sunday in Lent.
- ↑ Discedite a me maledicti.—Matt. xxv. 41.
