This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1849 Excerpt: ...will not forbid us then to touch Him, as He did faithful, loving Mary; for He has ascended to His and our Father; nay, in that His appearing in the Eucharistic Sacrifice, He will come and allow us, not to touch Him only, but to feed on Him, to receive Him into our souls as our guest, (O boundless mystery of grace!) and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1849 Excerpt: ...will not forbid us then to touch Him, as He did faithful, loving Mary; for He has ascended to His and our Father; nay, in that His appearing in the Eucharistic Sacrifice, He will come and allow us, not to touch Him only, but to feed on Him, to receive Him into our souls as our guest, (O boundless mystery of grace!) and to know the truth of His Passion and Death, in the unspeakable gift of His Resurrection and Ascension. SERMON V. THE BETRAYAL. Preached at S. Mary's, Bideford, on the Wednesday in Passion Week, March 31st, 1847. S. Matthew xxvi, 25. "Then Judas, which betrayed Him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto Him, Thou hast said." The awful scene in connexion with which these words are to be found, happened after eight o'clock on the Thursday evening, before Good Friday. The betrayal, which has marked out Wednesday, as we know, to be a day of sorrow and penitence only inferior to Friday, had taken place before, when this wretched traitor went to the Chief Priests, and covenanted to deliver Jesus unto them for thirty pieces of silver. It was then that Satan first entered into his heart to tempt him by means of his besetting sin, a wicked covetousness. Time enough between then and his final trial had been allowed him for sober consideration by his pitying Lord, who even now, knowing full well all that had happened, and was about to happen, allows him to be present to witness and to share in deep mysteries. It was about seven, on the Thursday evening, when Jesus celebrated His Last Supper with the twelve. They were all collected round Him, beside the table where the Paschal Lamb was placed. Their talk had been but now of things strange and wonderful which their Lord was gradually unfolding to them, thus graciously preparing them fo...
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