Nay, more, this process of self-inspection may go on indefinitely, and the man grow more and more thoughtful, and obtain an everlastingly augmenting knowledge of what he is and what he does, so that it shall seem to him that he is penetrating so deeply into those dim and shadowy regions of consciousness where the external life takes its very first start, and then he may be sure that God understands the thought that is afar off, and deep down, and that at this lowest range and plane in his experience he besets him behind and before.II. 19 III. Does the Contemplative Life consist solely in the Contemplation of God, or in the Consideration, To Dominicus, Bishop. That of welcoming the Divine searching (vers. The daily prayer in the closet, the endeavour to keep the attention fixed when praying with others, either in our regular services or in family worship. v. 14), the earth was cursed, Hades was opened, Paradise shut, Heaven offended, man, lastly, corrupted and brutalised (cf. This is a plea that every reconciled soul may urge. (4)In the dark as well as the light.3. The poet multiplies expressions to indicate how complete is God's knowledge of him. Do the Moral Virtues pertain to the Contemplative Life? God often perfects that which truly concerns us by taking us away from that which never ought to concern us. We cannot live long with men without catching something of their manner, of their mode of thought, of their character, of their government of themselves. David praises God for the truth of his word4. In my trouble I will call upon the Lord, and complain unto my God; so shall He hear my voice out of His holy temple, and my complaint shall come before Him; it shall enter even into His ears.--Ps. The simple question, then, which meets us is, Wilt thou know thyself here, and now, that thou mayest accept and feel God's pity; or wilt thou keep within the screen, and not know thyself until beyond the grave, and then feel God's judicial wrath? He learnt his theology, as we shall see, from Eastern authorities, and was not content to carry on and develop the traditional teaching of the West; and the disciple St. Now, in this condition of things, God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him might not perish, but have everlasting life. 1, 2. That of siding with Him against evil (vers. His omnipotence (vers. The Coming Andrew MurrayThe Ministry of IntercessionForasmuch as Each Man is a Part of the Human Race1. He has suffered thus, partly from a certain obscurity in his style of writing, partly from the difficulty of the thoughts which he attempted to convey. He sees the whole of everything at the same time. The right state of mind plainly is to have the thought of God's presence so perpetually at hand that it shall always start before us whenever it is wanted. If you look at it, you will see that there is in its bowels a full description of a true Christian. He must be prepared for the Kingdom that has been prepared for him, Some Letters of Saint Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, The ruler should always be chief in action, that by his living he may point out the way of life to those that are put under him, and that the flock, which follows the voice and manners of the shepherd, may learn how to walk better through example than through words. G. T. Shedd, D. D.)God's presenceArchbishop Temple. S. Augustine, Of the City of God, xix. This is the communion with Him, and with Christ, which unquestionably helps the struggling, the penitent, the praying, more than anything else. We cannot live long with men without catching something of their manner, of their mode of thought, of their character, of their government of themselves. The thought will flash across us that God sees us. 1, 2. But yet there is another, not less powerful than any, which deserves special mention. Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage [1454] . When I healed people, Christ did that through me. Don't forsake the works of your own hands. David praises God for the truth of his word4. "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven." "Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Thou wilt revive me: Thy right hand shall save me."--PS. If God makes your son His son also, what do you lose or what does he himself lose? The former are made and fulfilled by its glorious Originator; the latter are enjoined and obligatory on man. Though the transgressor is ignorant of much of his sin, because, at the time of its commission, he sins blindly as well as wilfully, and unreflectingly as well as freely; and though the transgressor has forgotten much of that small amount of sin, of which he was conscious, and by which he was pained, at the time of its perpetration; though, on the side of man, the powers of self-inspection and memory have accomplished so little towards this preservation of man's sin, yet God knows it all, and remembers it all. Then is the moment to choose whether or not we will live in the presence of God; then when the finger of conscience is pointing to Him and saying, "He is looking at you. He then that has no care to keep peace refuses to bear the fruit of the Spirit. OURSELVES. The word, "me," in the text, cannot be appropriated by any man, unless he, in some respects, resembles the character of David, who penned this psalm. The worst has been seen, and that too by the holiest of beings, and yet eternal glory is offered to us! Those who live much in a court acquire courtly manners. 18 " Ep., cxxx. III. He will revive us."--HOS. the regular habit of reading the Bible at a fixed time, the occasional reminders of ourselves that God is looking on, these are our chief means of learning to remember His presence. (1)He knows our actions, ways, words, thoughts. Rom. His omnipotence (vers. The daily prayer in the closet, the endeavour to keep the attention fixed when praying with others, either in our regular services or in family worship. Before the Searcher of hearts all mankind must appeal to mere and sovereign mercy. Differently to be admonished are those that are at variance and those that are at peace. 1. I will ask you three questions suggested by the words themselves, and according to your answer to these three questions, shall be Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 5: 1859Question of the Contemplative LifeI. 19 III. But we dont seem to see changes in that problem or issue because most times for the situations we find ourselves in, it is not just God we need to talk to. lxxxv. Thomas AquinasOn Prayer and The Contemplative LifeEpistle Xlvii. 18 " Ep., cxxx. For those that are at variance are to be admonished to know most certainly that, in whatever virtues they may abound, they can by no means become spiritual if they neglect becoming united to their neighbours by concord. That of adoring and constantly thoughtful reverence (vers. That act whereby another being knows my secret thoughts and inmost feelings is most certainly inexplicable.I. 8). The duties of that Covenant are God's law; and the demands of the law are all made John CunninghamThe Ordinance of CovenantingIntroduction. cxxxviii. He compasseth man's path, and his lying down, and is acquainted with all his ways. by | Jun 29, 2022 | sullivan county arrests october 2020 | san diego mission bay restaurants | Jun 29, 2022 | sullivan county arrests october 2020 | san diego mission bay restaurants Those who live much in refined and educated society acquire refinement insensibly. GOD ACCURATELY AND EXHAUSTIVELY KNOWS ALL THAT MAN MIGHT, BUT DOES NOT, KNOW OF HIMSELF. Don't forsake the works of your own hands. He learnt his theology, as we shall see, from Eastern authorities, and was not content to carry on and develop the traditional teaching of the West; and the disciple St. David wasnt saying how I wish the Lord will perfect that which concerns me like how you could say how I wish theres no work tomorrow, how I wish theres no school tomorrow, how I wish I could speak French, or how I wish someone will just write a cheque of 5million in my name. A wish doesnt necessarily have anything to do with God nor is a wish based on faith in God, because it isnt usually directed to God or addressed to God. The right state of mind plainly is to have the thought of God's presence so perpetually at hand that it shall always start before us whenever it is wanted. Its words are as simple and unaffected as human words can be, for it is the genius John Edgar McFadyenIntroduction to the Old Testament. 15. If that Being has gone down into these depths of human depravity, and seen it with a more abhorring glance than could ever shoot from a finite eye, and yet has returned with a cordial offer to forgive it all, and a hearty proffer to cleanse it all away, then we can lift up the eye in adoration and in hope. That of adoring and constantly thoughtful reverence (vers. Now, in this condition of things, God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him might not perish, but have everlasting life. ", 2. God has made us so. Those who live much in refined and educated society acquire refinement insensibly. 1, 2. The Coming Andrew MurrayThe Ministry of IntercessionForasmuch as Each Man is a Part of the Human Race1. --The Life and Writings of St. Hilary of Poitiers. He then that has no care to keep peace refuses to bear the fruit of the Spirit. His mercy and His grace are the grand springs of all the happiness and blessings we possess, and of all the hopes that inspire the heart and animate the soul. And some will pass through great affliction and some will experience a great many wants. In short, to live with God is to be perpetually rising above the world; to live without Him is to be perpetually sinking into it, and with it, and below it. GOD.1. (Isa. Further, what strong guarantees I have thus to believe I The honor of the Divine Name is pledged to keep those who trust in him; the atonement of the Lord Jesus - for will be not ' with him also freely give us all things'? That of welcoming the Divine searching (vers. v. 14), the earth was cursed, Hades was opened, Paradise shut, Heaven offended, man, lastly, corrupted and brutalised (cf. (Admonition 23.) S. Thomas, On the Beatific Vision, I., xii. Wherefore a Few Witnesses, which the Lord Deigns to Suggest to My Mind32. Although he had averred so strongly his aversion to the wicked, he prays that this may be no mere outward separation. We have received with the utmost gratification the letters of your Fraternity, which have reached us somewhat late by the hands of Donatus and Quodvultdeus, our most reverend brethren and fellow-bishops, and also Victor the deacon with Agilegius the notary. (Admonition 23.) 1, 2. For whereas man sinned, and is fallen, and by his fall all things are in confusion: death prevailed from Adam to Moses (cf. 15. And so, if we do not die shouting victory, we hope that we shall peacefully fall asleep, "for His mercy endureth for ever." 6. No, the first day of creation was a guarantee of the five which followed it and of the grand rest day which crowned the week. Letter Xliii a Consolatory Letter to the Parents of Geoffrey. Hilary of PoitiersThe Life and Writings of St. Hilary of Poitiers, PsalmsThe piety of the Old Testament Church is reflected with more clearness and variety in the Psalter than in any other book of the Old Testament. Its words are as simple and unaffected as human words can be, for it is the genius John Edgar McFadyenIntroduction to the Old TestamentLinksPsalm 138:8 NIVPsalm 138:8 NLTPsalm 138:8 ESVPsalm 138:8 NASBPsalm 138:8 KJVPsalm 138:8 Bible AppsPsalm 138:8 ParallelPsalm 138:8 Biblia ParalelaPsalm 138:8 Chinese BiblePsalm 138:8 French BiblePsalm 138:8 German BiblePsalm 138:8 CommentariesBible Hub, (1)Heaven. Like the air we breathe, like the light we see, it involves a mystery that no man has ever solved. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Now, in this condition of things, God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him might not perish, but have everlasting life. Nay, more, this process of self-inspection may go on indefinitely, and the man grow more and more thoughtful, and obtain an everlastingly augmenting knowledge of what he is and what he does, so that it shall seem to him that he is penetrating so deeply into those dim and shadowy regions of consciousness where the external life takes its very first start, and then he may be sure that God understands the thought that is afar off, and deep down, and that at this lowest range and plane in his experience he besets him behind and before.II. (Admonition 23.) For he who is required by the necessity of his position to speak the highest things is compelled by the same necessity to exhibit the highest things. Hear my prayer, O God; and hide not Thyself from my petition. Like the air we breathe, like the light we see, it involves a mystery that no man has ever solved. Those who live much in refined and educated society acquire refinement insensibly. ad probam IV. Thomas AquinasOn Prayer and The Contemplative Life, Epistle Xlvii. If that Being has gone down into these depths of human depravity, and seen it with a more abhorring glance than could ever shoot from a finite eye, and yet has returned with a cordial offer to forgive it all, and a hearty proffer to cleanse it all away, then we can lift up the eye in adoration and in hope. 1. But if that knowledge whereby man knows himself is mysterious, then certainly that whereby God knows him is far more so. God's mercy. [2105] And these without all controversy we take to be humble. There is, therefore, nothing wrong in our forgetting that we are in the presence of God any more than there is anything foolish in our forgetting that we need air to breathe or light to see by, or that if we fall we may hurt ourselves: just in the same way as we very often, and quite rightly, forget that we are in the company of men who will take notice of our faults. Being rich he becomes richer; being already high born, of still nobler lineage; being illustrious, he gains greater renown; and--what is more than all--once a sinner he is now a saint. We have received with the utmost gratification the letters of your Fraternity, which have reached us somewhat late by the hands of Donatus and Quodvultdeus, our most reverend brethren and fellow-bishops, and also Victor the deacon with Agilegius the notary. And it is not his way to leave off what he once begins. "Whatever concerns me," says he, "the Lord will perfect.". The thought will flash across us that God sees us. )PeopleDavid, PsalmistPlacesJerusalemTopicsAbandon, Accomplish, Age, Chief, Complete, Concerneth, Concerns, David, Endures, Endureth, Eternal, Everlasting, Fall, Forever, Forsake, Fulfil, Fulfill, Hands, Kindness, Love, Loving, Lovingkindness, Loving-kindness, Mercy, Musician, O, Perfect, Psalm, Purpose, Steadfast, WorksOutline1. The Israelites said to them, "If only we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots and ate our fill of bread; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger." lvii. 1, 2. 6 was given to actual disciples who knew God personally as their Heavenly Father. cxxxviii. 15. 10But the angel said . He then that has no care to keep peace refuses to bear the fruit of the Spirit. And here let us look upon the bright as well as the dark side of this subject. Ps. Its words are as simple and unaffected as human words can be, for it is the genius John Edgar McFadyenIntroduction to the Old TestamentLinksPsalm 138:8 NIVPsalm 138:8 NLTPsalm 138:8 ESVPsalm 138:8 NASBPsalm 138:8 KJVPsalm 138:8 Bible AppsPsalm 138:8 ParallelPsalm 138:8 Biblia ParalelaPsalm 138:8 Chinese BiblePsalm 138:8 French BiblePsalm 138:8 German BiblePsalm 138:8 CommentariesBible Hub, (3)Everywhere. S. Augustine, Of the City of God, xix. )PeopleDavid, PsalmistPlacesJerusalemTopicsAbandon, Accomplish, Age, Chief, Complete, Concerneth, Concerns, David, Endures, Endureth, Eternal, Everlasting, Fall, Forever, Forsake, Fulfil, Fulfill, Hands, Kindness, Love, Loving, Lovingkindness, Loving-kindness, Mercy, Musician, O, Perfect, Psalm, Purpose, Steadfast, WorksOutline1. 23, 24). Get a grip at this, thou troubled one, and by a personal faith say, "The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me." vi. Cultivate a loving affection for Him.(Homilist. This is the communion with Him, and with Christ, which unquestionably helps the struggling, the penitent, the praying, more than anything else. Our relation toward such a God should be 1. That of adoring and constantly thoughtful reverence (vers. He is a man like ourselves; but as we look on him, we note how bright his eye, how radiant his countenance, how calm yet how joyous his tone, how happy in his conviction he seems to be, as he keeps saying to himself, "The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me." God is patient with wrong and sin, because He sees the end from the beginning. Forasmuch as each man is a part of the human race, and human nature is something social, and hath for a great and natural good, the power also of friendship; on this account God willed to create all men out of one, in order that they might be held in their society not only by likeness of kind, but also by bond of kindred. If God makes your son His son also, what do you lose or what does he himself lose? It is perfectly plain from the elevated central point of view where we now stand, and in the focal light in which we now see, that no man can be justified before God upon the ground of personal character; for that character, when subjected to God's exhaustive scrutiny, withers and shrinks away. Wherefore a few witnesses, which the Lord deigns to suggest to my mind, I proceed to mention, from out the teaching of Christ concerning humility, such as perhaps may be enough for my purpose. Wherefore a few witnesses, which the Lord deigns to suggest to my mind, I proceed to mention, from out the teaching of Christ concerning humility, such as perhaps may be enough for my purpose. His meditations are continuous. 17, 18).2. You are anxiously asking Him, shall I persevere to the end? We cannot live long with men without catching something of their manner, of their mode of thought, of their character, of their government of themselves. vi. 18 " Ep., cxxx. St. Hilary of Poitiers is one of the greatest, yet least studied, of the Fathers of the Western Church. That of welcoming the Divine searching (vers. The thought will flash across us that God sees us. If that Being has gone down into these depths of human depravity, and seen it with a more abhorring glance than could ever shoot from a finite eye, and yet has returned with a cordial offer to forgive it all, and a hearty proffer to cleanse it all away, then we can lift up the eye in adoration and in hope. : While the Americans were blockading Cuba, several captains endeavoured to elude their vigilance by night, trusting that the darkness would conceal them as they passed between the American war-ships. His omnipotence (vers. GOD ACCURATELY AND EXHAUSTIVELY KNOWS ALL THAT MAN KNOWS OF HIMSELF. It is here proposed to show, that every incumbent duty ought, in suitable circumstances, to be engaged to in the exercise of Covenanting. It is here proposed to show, that every incumbent duty ought, in suitable circumstances, to be engaged to in the exercise of Covenanting. And when I wake up, you are still with me!" Chapter i. David praises God for the truth of his word4. THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION (vers. 9An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. God is everywhere; not only above all as transcendent, but also through all and in all as immanent in nature. A Consolatory Letter to the Parents of Geoffrey. S. Augustine, Of the Perfection of Human Righteousness, viii. Though the transgressor is ignorant of much of his sin, because, at the time of its commission, he sins blindly as well as wilfully, and unreflectingly as well as freely; and though the transgressor has forgotten much of that small amount of sin, of which he was conscious, and by which he was pained, at the time of its perpetration; though, on the side of man, the powers of self-inspection and memory have accomplished so little towards this preservation of man's sin, yet God knows it all, and remembers it all. 7 ad 3m II. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. So say many. Chapter i. S. Thomas, On the Beatific Vision, I., xii. GOD ACCURATELY AND EXHAUSTIVELY KNOWS ALL THAT MAN MIGHT, BUT DOES NOT, KNOW OF HIMSELF. Those who live much in refined and educated society acquire refinement insensibly. And here is a particular attribute, a particular perfection in God, singled out signalized. So that whenever we are on the point of doing or saying anything cowardly, or mean, or false, or impure, or proud, or conceited, or unkind, the remembrance that God is looking on shall instantly flash across us and help us to beat down our enemy. The simple question, then, which meets us is, Wilt thou know thyself here, and now, that thou mayest accept and feel God's pity; or wilt thou keep within the screen, and not know thyself until beyond the grave, and then feel God's judicial wrath? Its words are as simple and unaffected as human words can be, for it is the genius John Edgar McFadyenIntroduction to the Old TestamentLinksPsalm 138:8 NIVPsalm 138:8 NLTPsalm 138:8 ESVPsalm 138:8 NASBPsalm 138:8 KJVPsalm 138:8 Bible AppsPsalm 138:8 ParallelPsalm 138:8 Biblia ParalelaPsalm 138:8 Chinese BiblePsalm 138:8 French BiblePsalm 138:8 German BiblePsalm 138:8 CommentariesBible Hub, II. Wherefore a few witnesses, which the Lord deigns to suggest to my mind, I proceed to mention, from out the teaching of Christ concerning humility, such as perhaps may be enough for my purpose. 3. I am as certain of this as I am that I am alive; he has given me new tastes, dispositions, and desires; the sins I once loved I now hate, and the holiness which heretofore I had no care for I now long after; hence I am sure the Lord has begun his work in me. And this perpetual though not always conscious sense of God's presence would, no doubt, if we would let it have its perfect work, gradually act on our characters just as the presence of our fellow-men does. Being rich he becomes richer; being already high born, of still nobler lineage; being illustrious, he gains greater renown; and--what is more than all--once a sinner he is now a saint. The separate, personal thinking of God toward every one of us.(1)Innumerable.(2)Constant.II. Nor did God create these each by himself, and join them together as alien by birth: but He created the one St. v. 14), the earth was cursed, Hades was opened, Paradise shut, Heaven offended, man, lastly, corrupted and brutalised (cf. For that voice more readily penetrates the hearer's heart, which the speaker's life Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the GreatHow those that are at Variance and those that are at Peace are to be Admonished. Justice, in this reference, is out of the question. The Lord is nigh unto them that call upon Him; He also will hear their cry, and will help them.--Psalm cxlv. 1. That of adoring and constantly thoughtful reverence (vers. Nor did God create these each by himself, and join them together as alien by birth: but He created the one St. That of a prayerful seeking of the Divine guidance (ver. It is here proposed to show, that every incumbent duty ought, in suitable circumstances, to be engaged to in the exercise of Covenanting. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." (Matthew 6:9-13) (1)He knows our actions, ways, words, thoughts. But while all held their peace, the Son [441] said, AthanasiusSelect Works and Letters or AthanasiusCovenant Duties. 7 ad 3m II. And how it would bless us! The separate, personal thinking of God toward every one of us.(1)Innumerable.(2)Constant.II. Hilary of PoitiersThe Life and Writings of St. Hilary of PoitiersPsalmsThe piety of the Old Testament Church is reflected with more clearness and variety in the Psalter than in any other book of the Old Testament.
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