Sermons for Sundays, festivals and fasts, contributed by bishops and other clergy of the Church, ed. by A. Watson, Volume 1

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Alexander Watson
1845

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Page 185 - And Simon answering said unto Him, Master, we have toiled all the night and have taken nothing : nevertheless, at Thy word I will let down the net.
Page 239 - Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth. Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind. If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.
Page 185 - And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes : and their net brake. And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink. When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, " Depart from me ; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
Page 196 - Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing. 4 But, when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore : but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus.
Page 197 - As soon then as they were come to land they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.
Page 319 - Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock ; and the rain descended, and the floods carne, and the winds blew and beat opon that house ; and it fell not : for it was founded upon a rock.
Page 8 - And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud ; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Page 53 - They shall not enter into my rest :) take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. But exhort one another daily, while it is called to-day ; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
Page 198 - Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind : * which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
Page 133 - And humbly we beseech thee to grant, that he, being dead unto sin, and living unto righteousness, and being buried with Christ in his death, may crucify the old man, and utterly abolish the whole body of sin...

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