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# Matins Nocturn 2-3 readings for St. Francis Xavier (Dec 3). Sourced
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# directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/12-03.txt,
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# English/Sancti/12-03.txt. Nocturn 2: Lectio4-6 combined into one
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# reading. Nocturn 3: the Gospel citation (Mark 16:15-18) ends "Et
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# réliqua"/"And so on" with no full pericope given -- per the
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# bare-incipit convention, only the homily (Lectio7-9, St. Gregory
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# the Great) is authored, isGospel: false, no citation field.
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id: st-francis-xavier
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- nocturn: 2
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isGospel: false
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text:
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la: >-
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Francíscus, in Xavério diœcésis Pampelonénsis nobílibus
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paréntibus natus, Parísiis sancto Ignátio sese cómitem et
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discípulum junxit. Ipso magistro eo brevi devénit, ut in
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rerum divinárum contemplatióne defíxus, a terra aliquándo
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sublímis elevarétur: quod illi sacrificánti coram pópuli
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multitúdine aliquóties evénit. Has ánimi delícias magnis sui
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córporis cruciátibus merebátur. Nam interdícto sibi, non
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carnis solum et vini, sed panis quoque tritícei usu, vílibus
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cibis vesci sólitus, per bíduum subínde triduúmque omni
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prorsus aliménto abstínuit. Férreis in se flagéllis ita
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sǽviit, ut sæpe copióso cruóre difflúeret; somnum brevíssimum
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humi jacens carpébat.
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Vitæ austeritáte ac sanctitáte apostólico múneri jam
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matúrus, cum Joánnes tértius Lusitániæ rex áliquot nascéntis
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societátis viros a Paulo tértio pro Indiis postulásset,
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sancti Ignátii hortátu, ab eódem Pontífice ad tantum opus cum
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apostólici núntii potestáte delígitur. Eo appúlsus, íllico
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variárum géntium difficíllimis et váriis linguis divínitus
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instrúctus appáruit. Quin eum quandóque único idiómate ad
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divérsas gentes concionántem, unaquǽque sua lingua loquéntem
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audívit. Províncias innúmeras pédibus semper, et sæpe nudis,
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peragrávit. Fidem Japóniæ et sex áliis regiónibus invéxit.
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Multa centéna hóminum mília ad Christum in Indiis convértit;
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magnósque príncipes, regésque complúres sacro fonte expiávit.
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Et cum tam magna pro Deo ágeret, ea erat humilitáte, ut
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sancto Ignátio, tunc præpósito suo, flexis génibus scríberet.
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Hunc dilatándi Evangélii ardórem multitúdine et excelléntia
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miraculórum Dóminus roborávit. Cæco visum réddidit. Tantum
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marínæ aquæ signo crucis convértit in dulcem, quantum
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quingéntis vectóribus, qui siti adigebántur ad mortem, diu
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suffécit: qua in várias quoque regiónes asportáta, ægri
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plúrimi súbito curáti sunt. Plures mórtuos revocávit ad
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vitam, inter quos prídie sepúltum érui jussum e túmulo
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suscitávit, duósque álios, dum efferréntur, apprehénsa
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eórum manu, paréntibus e féretro vivos restituit Prophetíæ
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spíritu passim afflátus, plúrima et loco et témpore
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remotíssima enuntiávit. Demum in Sanciáno, Sinárum ínsula,
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die secúnda Decémbris, óbiit plenus méritis, laboribúsque
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conféctus. Demórtui cadáver viva calce per multos menses bis
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óbrutum, sed pénitus incorrúptum, odóre et sánguine manávit;
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et ubi Málacam delátum est, pestem sævíssimam conféstim
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exstínxit. Dénique ubíque terrárum novis maximísque fulgéntem
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miráculis Gregórius décimus quintus Sanctis adscrípsit. Pius
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autem décimus ipsum sodalitáti et óperi Propagándæ Fídei
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cæléstem patrónum elégit atque constítuit.
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en: >-
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Francis was of noble family, and was born in the castle of
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Xavier, in the diocese of Pampeluna, (in the year of our Lord
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1506.) He was a companion of St. Ignatius at Paris, and one
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of his earliest disciples. Under his teaching, he learnt to
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become so wrapt in the contemplation of divine things, that
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he was sometimes lifted in ecstasy off the ground, which
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happened to him several times when he was saying Mass in
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public before large congregations. He earned these
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refreshments of the soul by the sharpest punishment of the
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body. He gave up the use not only of meat and wine, but also
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of wheaten bread; he lived on the vilest food, and ate only
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once every two or three days. He used an iron scourge till
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his blood ran freely; he shortened the hours of his rest, and
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lay only on the ground.
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The hardness and holiness of his life had made him meet to be
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called to be an Apostle, and when John III, King of Portugal,
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asked Pope Paul III to send to the Indies some members of the
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then new Society of Jesus, the Pontiff, by the advice of St.
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Ignatius, sent Francis to enter on that vast field of labour
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with the powers of Apostolic Nuncio. He arrived (in India on
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the 6th day of May, in the year 1542.) When he began his
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work, it seemed as though God Himself taught him the many and
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difficult languages of the natives. It even happened that
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when he preached in one language to a mixed congregation of
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different nationalities, each one heard him in his own
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tongue wherein he was born. He travelled over countless
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districts, always walking, and often bare-footed. He
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introduced the faith into Japan, and six other countries. In
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India he turned many hundred thousands to Christ, and
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regenerated many chiefs and kings in the holy font. And
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notwithstanding that he was doing all these great things for
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God's service, so deep was his lowliness that when he wrote
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to St. Ignatius, the General of the Society, he did so on his
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knees.
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God was pleased to support his zeal for spreading the Gospel
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with many and great miracles. He gave sight to a blind man.
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On one occasion the supply of fresh water failed when he was
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at sea, and five hundred sailors were in danger of perishing
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by thirst, but the servant of God, by the sign of the Cross,
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turned salt water into fresh, and they used it for a
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considerable time. Some of this water was also carried into
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different countries, and a great number of sick persons were
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instantaneously cured by it. He called several dead men to
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life, among whom was one who had been buried the day before,
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and who was disinterred by command of the saint; and likewise
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two others who were being carried to the grave, and whom he
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took by the hand and restored living to their parents. He had
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the spirit of prophecy, and foretold many things, remote both
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in place and time. Utterly worn out with his labours, he died
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full of good works in the island of San-Chan in the Canton
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River, (upon the 2nd day of December, in the year of our Lord
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1552.) His body was buried in quick lime, and, being again
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taken up, was again buried in the same, but at the end of
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many months it was found entirely incorrupt, and sweet, and,
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when cut, blood flowed freely from it. From China it was
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carried to Malacca, and, as soon as it reached that place, a
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plague, which was raging there, ceased. At length, when he
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had become famous throughout the whole world for new and
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wonderful miracles, Gregory XV added his name to the list of
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the Saints.
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status: { la: verified, en: verified }
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- nocturn: 3
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isGospel: false
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source: "Pope St. Gregory the Great, Homily 29 on the Gospels (Mark 16:15-18)"
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text:
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la: >-
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Potest omnis creaturæ nómine omnis natio Géntium designari.
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Ante enim dictum fuerat: In viam Géntium ne abieritis; nunc
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autem dícitur: Prædicate omni creaturæ: ut scilicet prius a
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Judǽa Apostolórum repulsa prædicátio tunc nobis in adjutórium
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fieret, cum hanc illa ad damnatiónis suæ testimónium superba
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repulísset. Sed cum discipulos ad prædicándum Véritas mittit,
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quid aliud in mundo facit, nisi grana seminis spargit? Et
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pauca grana mittit in semine, ut multárum messium fruges
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recipiat ex nostra fide.
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Neque étenim in universo mundo tanta fidelium messis
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exsúrgeret, si de manu Dómini super rationalem terram illa
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electa grana prædicántium non venissent. Sequitur: Qui
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crediderit et baptizátus fúerit, salvus erit: qui vero non
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crediderit, condemnábitur. Fortasse unusquísque apud
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semetípsum dicat: Ego jam credidi, salvus ero. Verum dicit,
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si fidem opéribus tenet. Vera étenim fides est, quæ in hoc,
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quod verbis dicit, móribus non contradicit. Hinc est enim
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quod de quibusdam falsis fidelibus Paulus dicit: Qui
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confiténtur se nosse Deum, factis autem negant.
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Signa autem eos qui credituri sunt, hæc sequéntur: In nómine
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meo dæmónia ejícient, linguis loquéntur novis, serpéntes
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tollent: et si mortiferum quid biberint, non eis nocébit:
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super ægros manus impónent, et bene habébunt. Numquidnam,
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fratres mei, quia ista signa non fácitis, minime creditis?
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Sed hæc necessaria in exordio Ecclésiæ fuérunt. Ut enim ad
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fidem cresceret multitúdo credéntium, miraculis fuerat
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nutriénda: quia et nos, cum arbústa plantamus, tamdiu eis
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aquam infúndimus, quoúsque ea in terra jam coaluisse
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videámus: et si semel radícem fixerint, irrigátio cessabit.
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Hinc est enim quod Paulus dicit: Linguæ in signum sunt non
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fidelibus, sed infidelibus.
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en: >-
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By the words every creature we may understand every tribe of
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the Gentiles. Of aforetime it had been said, Go not into the
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way of the Gentiles, (Matth. x. 5,) but now, Preach the
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Gospel to every creature, that, since the Jews had proudly
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rejected the preaching of the Apostles, that might become our
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gain which was the seal of their condemnation. But when the
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Eternal Truth sendeth forth His disciples to preach, what
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doth He but scatter seed over the field of the world? He
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scattereth abroad a few grains for seed, that He may
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afterward reap an abundant harvest in our faith.
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The great harvest of faithful souls throughout the whole
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world would never have sprung up, if the hand of the Lord had
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not first scattered those chosen grains of preachers over the
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reasonable soil of men's minds. Then is written, He that
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believeth and is baptized shall be saved but he that
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believeth not, shall be damned. Now, perchance, thou sayest
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in thine heart I believe, and therefore I shall be saved.
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True, if to thy faith thou dost add works. He only hath a
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living faith whose life doth not give the lie to his
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profession. It is of this that Paul speaketh, where he saith
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of certain vain believers, They profess that they know God;
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but in works they deny Him. (Tit. i. 16.)
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And these signs shall follow them that believe In My name
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they shall cast out devils, they shall speak with new
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tongues, they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any
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deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on
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the sick, and they shall recover. My brethren, these signs do
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not follow us. Do we, then, not believe? Nay. The truth is,
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these things were needful when the Church was young. That she
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might grow by the increase of the faithful, she needed to be
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nourished with miracles. So we, when we plant a young tree,
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continually water and tend it, till we see that it hath taken
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firm root in the earth but when once it hath taken firm root,
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it can grow of itself. Hence Paul saith of tongues Tongues
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are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that
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believe not. ~(i Cor. xiv. 22.)
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status: { la: verified, en: verified }
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