Epistle LXIII.Epistle LXIII. Limenius, Bishop of Vercellae, having died, the see remained long vacant owing to domestic factions. St. Ambrose, therefo...
Lecture XII. Lecture XII. On the Words Incarnate, and Made Man. Isaiah VII 10-14.And the Lord spoke again unto Ahaz, saying, Ask thee a sign, &c.: and...
April, 782. A. D. 29. After the return of the Twelve to Him at Capernaum, Jesus prepares to go with them across the sea to find seclusion and rest. T...
Chapter 31This chapter is added to Solomon?s proverbs, some think because it is of the same author, supposing king Lemuel to be king Solomon; others o...
Chapter?7In this chapter the approaching ruin of the land of Israel is most particularly foretold in affecting expressions often repeated, that if pos...
SERMON XCIX. PREACHED AT LINCOLN'S INN. The second Sermon on Matthew xviii. 7. Woe unto the world, because of offences. We have seen in the firs...
Chapter?2In the close of the foregoing chapter we had an account of the first disciples whom Jesus called, Andrew and Peter, Philip and Nathanael. The...
SERMON XXI. PREPARATION TO MEET GOD. Amos iv. 12. Prepare to meet thy God. From these impressive and solemn words, I propose to give an answer to ...
Chapter?16At this chapter begins the story of David, one that makes as great a figure in the sacred story as almost any of the worthies of the Old Tes...
Book III.Book III. Chapter I. St. Ambrose now goes back to the address of Liberius when he gave the veil to Marcellina. Touching on the crowds pressin...
On the Sinful Woman.On the Sinful Woman.I. Hear and be comforted, beloved, how merciful is God. To the sinful woman He forgave her offences; yea, He u...
SERMON LXXVII. PREACHED AT ST. PAUL'S, MAY 21, 1626. 1 Corinthians Xv. 29. Else, what shall they do which are baptized for the dead? if the dead r...
Book II.Book II.Jerome answers the second, third, and fourth propositions of Jovinianus.I. (c. 1-4). That those who have become regenerate cannot be o...
Book VI.Book VI. Sec. I.-On Heresies. Who They Were that Ventured to Make Schisms, and Did Not Escape Punishment.I. Above all things, O bishop, avoid ...
Chapter?38In most disputes the strife is who shall have the last word. Job?s friends had, in this controversy, tamely yielded it to Job, and then he t...
CHAPTER 6 Mark 6:1-6 . CHRIST REJECTED AT NAZARETH. ( = Matthew 13:54-58 Luke 4:16-30 ). Mark 6:7-13 . MISSION OF THE TWELVE ...
Chapter?1This chapter gives us a more particular account of the beginning of Daniel?s life, his original and education, than we have of any other of t...
In my Travels, as I walked through many Regions and Countries, it was my chance to happen into that famous Continent of Universe; a very large and s...
In my Travels, as I walked through many Regions and Countries, it was my chance to happen into that famous Continent of Universe; a very large and s...
Book XXIBook XXI------------Argument-Of the end reserved for the city of the devil, namely, the eternal punishment of the damned; and of the arguments...