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Excerpt from Two Sermons Preached in the Church of S. Aloysius, Oxford
Reasonihavespeciailytakenitis, becausethe I'salmist in that Psalm speaks with such effusion of heart of theblessednasofknowinggod.. Hesays,0 Lord, thymercyisinheaven: andthytruthreacheth unto the clouds. It is the attribute of Almighty Godwhichoughtmbeoursdacqourmeditation, our In the Collect for to-day, (for the First Sunday after Pentecost, we begin by styling almightygod asfortimdo in ?'wum, the strength of those who hope in Thee. Where are we'without hope? We know here how miserable it is to be alone; I do not saythat many people cannot be, in a certain measure, happy in them selves, but it is unnatural; society of some kind is quite a necessity; you know that it is a punishment so severe, that I think I am right in saying, though it was once given in prison to culprits and criminals, it is now not so given. So it is with solitary con finement, it will turn a man mad. And only let us think what the state of our souls will be hereafter, it'we have nothing to go to, ifwe have no one to rely upon, iiwe have no oneto prayto; ifwe have withheld prayer in this life, and we really cannot it is a moral impossibility, from those dreadful sins we have indulged ih - we cannot pray, we cannot thinkoim; orifwe dqwehave formed our mind on such di?'erent ideas oftruth and'holiness, that we cannot love Him. You know bold men here say. Wewill gotohell ratherthan believethis; where.
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