Charity, in pronouncing in favour of Death-bed Penitents with Affurance, is indifcreet, and may ferve ill Purposes
Concealment of Sins in Confeffion is not only Sa- crilege but Folly
Converfion of an old Sinner, the ufual Steps and gradual Progrefs of it
requires a true Change of the Heart in its principal Love or Affection. 65, 80 Corporal Disorders render the Mind less fit for Prayer Corrupt Nature has the greatest Repugnancy to thofe Duties, concerning which we are to be judged
Culpable Ignorance is the Caufe of many hidden
Sins Cuftom or Example, a vain Plea before the Judgment Seat of Chrift
of this World conformed to, will prove
our Condemnation Damned Souls, how gladly they would embrace the Conditions even of the most rigorous Penance 231 Dead, their Sentiments of their past Lives Death and Judgment frequently remember'd, would prevent or check the Disorders of human Life
Death eternal of much more Importance than tem- poral
Death certain to every Perfon born into this World
―uncertain in its Time Death-bed Repentance dangerous and deceitful
Death-bed Penitents will have extraordinary M- tives to fear, but not the fame to love God 88 St. Auftin's Opinion of them 91 Debts, their Payment not to be deferred to the Time of Sickness or Death Devil labours to keep out the Thoughts of Death and Judgment from our Minds Difference between the Condition of a Soul in Bliss, and her State in this mortal Life Difpofitions of Mind which are necessary to qua- lify a Man to approach the facred Tribunal of Confeffion Diffipation of Mind a Cause of our Forgetfulness of God
Dying well depends on living well
Dying Perfons uncapable of reading or hearing to any great Edification Examination of our Lives is a neceffary Prepa- ration for an happy Death
of Confcience every Night is a Practice by no Means to be neglected 160 Example or Custom will be no Excufe at the Day of Judgment
Exceffive Fear as apt to impofe on the Judgment as Prefumption
Fear merely fervile, is infufficient of itself to de- ftroy the Love of Sin
infufficient to work a Change
of Judgment would reftrain Men from finful
leads on the Soul to the Love of God Fire of Hell, the principal Pain of Sense which the Damned fhall fuffer eternally
Fire of Hell confidered as the Inftrument of the
Divine Justice
Flattery very dangerous
'Gofpel is the Guide and Rule of Chriftians; by our Conformity to which we are to expect either Rewards or Punishments hereafter Gofpel Law binds the Thoughts and fecret Springs and Defires of the Heart
obliges us to Things from which our Nature is very averfe, and prohibitsThings to which it is moft ftrongly inclined 117 Good Confcience is the only infallible Security against being furprised by Death
Guilt of other Men's Sins, by whom and how it is contracted Habits of Sin in the Soul, compared to ill Habits in the Body
Heart is the only Seat of Repentance
Heaven has but two Gates, Innocence and Pe
the Nature of its Joys unknown to us
its Joys not borrowed from gross and earthly
-furpass all human Understanding 250 a fufficient Inducement to good Men
to defpife earthly Pleafures
Heedlefnefs or Want of Care brings on many hidden Sins; 1. Of Omiffion; 2. Of Thought; 3. Of the Tongue, &c.
Hell, probably in the very Centre or Body of the
Hell, its Oppofition to all the Pleasures of this Life
its Eternity its greatest Aggravation Hidden Sins, the various Caufes of them
Human Weakness confifts in receiving too eafily the Impreffions of fenfible Objects Hypocrify, fome Kinds of it shall be most severely. judged 113 Ideas we have of God in this Life weak and obfcure, but in the Life to come clear and perfect 279 Jerome, (St.) was always deeply feized with Terror
at the Thoughts of the future Judgment 95 Importance of the Caufe to be judged at the Great
Tribunal ibid. Incorruptableness of the Bodies of the Damned qualifies them to receive the most exceffive Violence of their Torments Infinite Juftice joined to infinite Knowledge excludes. all Hopes of a mild Sentence to the Wicked 146 does not derogate from infinite Mercy
Ignorance, wilful or affected, what it is Inordinate Love of the Creatures is contrary to a Chriftian Spirit, and will add to the natural Terrors of Death
48 Intereft in our Advocate and Mediator Jefus Chrift, must be made while we are in this IVorld 124
with the Saints, and particularly with the
Bleffed Virgin, must be made here
with the Poor, must be made while we are here, that they may plead for us in the Day of Judgment Joys or Sufferings of this Life are mixed 109 of the World to come are unmixed 103
Irregular Inclinations or fecret Paffions in the Soul occafion culpable Ignorance, and many hidden
Sins Judge before whom we are to appear is him- Self perfonally offended by our Sins Judgment-Day, the important Confequence of it
its Terrors fhould fill the Mind with
a holy Awfulness and Fear
Knowledge of our Judge is infinite Late Repentance is feldom a true one Laws ferve to a double Purpose, viz. to direct, and to punish; that is, to regulate our Duties, and convict the Offenders
Life or Death eternal are of much more impor- tant Concernment than temporal
Light of Glory necessary to fortify the Soul, and qualify her for the Beatifick Vifion
raifes the Soul above herself, and
renders her Godlike and Divine Love of God is necessary to effect the Converfion
-unchangeable, makes great Part of
the Happiness of Heaven Means ordinary of a Sinner's Converfion, are Prayer, Spiritual Reading, Confideration, and the Ufe of the Sacraments 64 Minuteft Circumftance of the longeft Life, with the most fecret Intentions and Motives of our Actions, will be strictly examined by our Judge
Neglect and Infincerity are the great Causes of wilful Ignorance 161, 162 Omiffion of Duties, and Unprofitableness under the Means of Grace and Mercies received, fhall
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