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The Spirit of Discipline. Sermons Preached by Francis Paget

1906

L The first concerns tht thought which the title of the book was meant to indicate— the thought of the power which the grace of God confers on men to extend or strengthen by dutiful self-discipline the empire of the will." The tokens of that power are clear : the proof of its readiness and adequacy may fall within the elperielite I any man But it is proffered and it must be sought for the dis [...] In a volume of homilies of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries believed to be compiled from older documents of the eleventh century there is a homily "concerning eight vices and twelve abuses of this age." The fourth in the list is "Ira; " the fifth is "tristitia " that is " sorrow of this world ; when the man sorroweth altogether too much for the loss of his wealth which he bath lord too muc [...] Carlyle's note on the hundred and twenty-third line of the seventh canto of the " Inferno." The reference to St Thomas Aquinas in the " Shadow of Dante" led on to Cession ; and the Benedictine Commentary on Cession pointed to some others who had added more or less to the recognition of this " enemie to every estate of man " this deep and complex peril of men's strength and happiness. [...] 15 of sinful gloom antagonists to that joy which stands second in the bright :list of the effects of Caritas But the joy that comes of Caritas is twofold : there is the joy that is found in God the quiet exultationof the soul tnat knows His goodness and His love the joy of loving Him ; and there is also the joy which concerns one's neighbour's good the gladness of the soul that feels a brother [...] It violates he replies the commandment concerning the hallowing of the seventh day : for the moral import of that commandment is to bid us rest in the Lord; and gloominess concerning the good which is of God is contrary to that rest.2 (c) The different aspect of the sin of accidie in the Inferno " where it has plunged on into the very depths of sullenness and gloom and wrath and in the "Purgato
philosophy religion
Pages
364
Published in
United States
SARF Document ID
sarf.141921
Segment Pages Author Actions
Preface
i-xxxvi unknown view
Concerning Accidie
1-50 unknown view
I. The Sorrow of the World
51-68 unknown view
II. Leisure Thoughts
69-79 unknown view
III. The Hope of the Body
80-99 unknown view
IV. Freedom of Thought
100-110 unknown view
V. The Knowledge of God
111-119 unknown view
VI. Drudgery and Heroism
120-130 unknown view
VII. The Perils of the Vacant Heart
131-141 unknown view
VIII. The Disasters of Shallowness
142-151 unknown view
IX. Half-Heartedness
152-161 unknown view
X. The Image of the Lord
162-173 unknown view
XI. The Efficacy of the Old Testament Through Faith Which is in Christ
174-190 unknown view
XII. The Power of an Endless Life
191-200 unknown view
XIII. A New Heart
201-212 unknown view
XIV. The Contrasts of this World
213-222 unknown view
XV. Humility and Aspiration
223-233 unknown view
XVI. The Responsibility of Inheritance
234-243 unknown view
XVII. The Responsibility of Strength
244-261 unknown view
XVIII. Old and Young
262-278 unknown view
XIX. Sin and Law
279-292 unknown view
XX. The Light in the Darkness
293-302 unknown view
XXI. A Good Example
303-328 unknown view

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