Ps. The bank would not desire such a man who has no confidence in them. vi. From the just we learn justice; from the charitable we catch an infection of charity; from the generous we receive the instinct of generosity. In my trouble I will call upon the Lord, and complain unto my God; so shall He hear my voice out of His holy temple, and my complaint shall come before Him; it shall enter even into His ears.--Ps. iii. And how, through us, others would be blessed! God has made us so. "Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Thou wilt revive me: Thy right hand shall save me."--PS. Chapter i. 19-22).3. Does the Contemplative Life consist solely in the Contemplation of God, or in the Consideration St. A Consolatory Letter to the Parents of Geoffrey. Its words are as simple and unaffected as human words can be, for it is the genius John Edgar McFadyenIntroduction to the Old TestamentLinksPsalm 138:8 NIVPsalm 138:8 NLTPsalm 138:8 ESVPsalm 138:8 NASBPsalm 138:8 KJVPsalm 138:8 Bible AppsPsalm 138:8 ParallelPsalm 138:8 Biblia ParalelaPsalm 138:8 Chinese BiblePsalm 138:8 French BiblePsalm 138:8 German BiblePsalm 138:8 CommentariesBible Hub, (2)Unseen world.(3)Everywhere. Those who are always hearing pure and high principles set forth as the guides of life learn to value and to know them even faster than they can learn to live by them. The ruler should always be chief in action, that by his living he may point out the way of life to those that are put under him, and that the flock, which follows the voice and manners of the shepherd, may learn how to walk better through example than through words. Then is the moment to choose whether or not we will live in the presence of God; then when the finger of conscience is pointing to Him and saying, "He is looking at you. 1. Said Milton, speaking of his travels abroad when a young man: "I again take God to witness that in all places where so many things are considered lawful, I lived sound and untouched from all profligacy and vice, having this thought perpetually with me, that though I might escape the eyes of men, I certainly could not the eyes of God."4. October 27th, 2022 The LORD will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy, O LORD, endures forever; Do not forsake the works of Your Hands. We see that mercy has provided for the ruined life to be restored and built up again according to the plan of the great Architect. Ps. 231 and 1506: "Faith in Perfection", and, "Choice Comfort for a Young Believer." Verse 8. The simple question, then, which meets us is, Wilt thou know thyself here, and now, that thou mayest accept and feel God's pity; or wilt thou keep within the screen, and not know thyself until beyond the grave, and then feel God's judicial wrath? 15. Do the Moral Virtues pertain to the Contemplative Life? S. Thomas, On the Beatific Vision, I., xii. ad probam IV. I like that thought, don't you? God has made us so. OURSELVES. Cultivate a loving affection for Him.(Homilist. He learnt his theology, as we shall see, from Eastern authorities, and was not content to carry on and develop the traditional teaching of the West; and the disciple St. 1. stream | download | podcast | enjoy . St. Hilary of Poitiers is one of the greatest, yet least studied, of the Fathers of the Western Church. He compasseth man's path, and his lying down, and is acquainted with all his ways. "God will perfect everything that concerns you." ( Psalm 138:8, NKJV) I have heard my wife use King David's phrase many times in her public prayers. For that voice more readily penetrates the hearer's heart, which the speaker's life Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the GreatHow those that are at Variance and those that are at Peace are to be Admonished. III. Our relation toward such a God should be 1. And this perpetual though not always conscious sense of God's presence would, no doubt, if we would let it have its perfect work, gradually act on our characters just as the presence of our fellow-men does. He prophesies that the kings of the earth shall praise God7. Were man to scale the azure vault overhead, it would only confront him with the Divine personality; were he to sound unimaginable depths in the other direction, the result would be the same. To reveal the supreme interest of human life. Its words are as simple and unaffected as human words can be, for it is the genius, The Saints' Final Perseverance Secured by the Mercy of God, The saints' final perseverance secured by the mercy of God, David praises God for the truth of his word, He prophesies that the kings of the earth shall praise God. In short, to live with God is to be perpetually rising above the world; to live without Him is to be perpetually sinking into it, and with it, and below it. He will revive us."--HOS. vi. To him God's thoughts, i.e. That of welcoming the Divine searching (vers. 1. But yet there is another, not less powerful than any, which deserves special mention. )God all-seeing:In the mythology of the heathen, Momus, the god of fault-finding, is represented as blaming Vulcan, because in the human form, which he had made of clay, he had not placed a window in the breast, by which whatever was done or thought there might easily be brought to light. The Coming Andrew MurrayThe Ministry of IntercessionForasmuch as Each Man is a Part of the Human Race1. It is not his own strength or good resolves, but that ever-enduring mercy which fortifies him against all the risks and perils which he knows beset him; and he will abide in that mercy through continual prayer and trust. The ruler should always be chief in action, that by his living he may point out the way of life to those that are put under him, and that the flock, which follows the voice and manners of the shepherd, may learn how to walk better through example than through words. 18, 19. He compasseth man's path, and his lying down, and is acquainted with all his ways. "Forsake not the work of Thine own hands." If that Being has gone down into these depths of human depravity, and seen it with a more abhorring glance than could ever shoot from a finite eye, and yet has returned with a cordial offer to forgive it all, and a hearty proffer to cleanse it all away, then we can lift up the eye in adoration and in hope. S. Augustine, Of the Perfection of Human Righteousness, viii. That of welcoming the Divine searching (vers. : The fact that God is always present and knows every minute trifle in our lives, and that His unerring judgment will assuredly take count of every detail of our character and our conduct, neither exaggerating nor omitting, but applying absolute justice; this truth is one of those which lose force from their very universality. The Lord Will Perfect All That Concerns Me Is a Declaration of Faith. 2. Perfect all that concerns me O Lord (Psalm 138:8) O Lord, let Your hand of perfection straighten every crooked path before me. His omnipotence (vers. 1. Do the Moral Virtues pertain to the Contemplative Life? The brilliant searchlight sweeping the broad ocean and revealing even the smallest craft on its surface is but a faint type of the Eternal Light from which no sinner can hide his sin. The duties of that Covenant are God's law; and the demands of the law are all made, St. Hilary of Poitiers is one of the greatest, yet least studied, of the Fathers of the Western Church. Chapter i. OURSELVES. The faith of that Centurion He on this account chiefly praised, and said St. 3. To Dominicus, Bishop. For that voice more readily penetrates the hearer's heart, which the speaker's life Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the GreatHow those that are at Variance and those that are at Peace are to be Admonished. Hear my prayer, O God; and hide not Thyself from my petition. Therefore the first natural bond of human society is man and wife. There is, therefore, nothing wrong in our forgetting that we are in the presence of God any more than there is anything foolish in our forgetting that we need air to breathe or light to see by, or that if we fall we may hurt ourselves: just in the same way as we very often, and quite rightly, forget that we are in the company of men who will take notice of our faults. GOD ACCURATELY AND EXHAUSTIVELY KNOWS ALL THAT MAN MIGHT, BUT DOES NOT, KNOW OF HIMSELF. The Lord is nigh unto them that call upon Him; He also will hear their cry, and will help them.--Psalm cxlv. There is, therefore, nothing wrong in our forgetting that we are in the presence of God any more than there is anything foolish in our forgetting that we need air to breathe or light to see by, or that if we fall we may hurt ourselves: just in the same way as we very often, and quite rightly, forget that we are in the company of men who will take notice of our faults. What is it? 7 ad 3m II. The worst has been seen, and that too by the holiest of beings, and yet eternal glory is offered to us! There is no reason to mourn a son as lost who is a religious, still less to fear for his delicacy of constitution. 15. It constitutes the response of the Church to the divine demands of prophecy, and, in a less degree, of law; or, rather, it expresses those emotions and aspirations of the universal heart which lie deeper than any formal demand. Those who live much in a court acquire courtly manners. Hilary of PoitiersThe Life and Writings of St. Hilary of PoitiersPsalmsThe piety of the Old Testament Church is reflected with more clearness and variety in the Psalter than in any other book of the Old Testament. God has made us so. xlix. (Isa. so his questioner asks again; and the psalmist is at no loss for reply. You seem quite sure and very happy about it; but what do you mean?" Welcome: Take a Survey. The brilliant searchlight sweeping the broad ocean and revealing even the smallest craft on its surface is but a faint type of the Eternal Light from which no sinner can hide his sin. Conclusion . Like the air we breathe, like the light we see, it involves a mystery that no man has ever solved. v. 14), the earth was cursed, Hades was opened, Paradise shut, Heaven offended, man, lastly, corrupted and brutalised (cf. Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage [1454] . This is the communion with Him, and with Christ, which unquestionably helps the struggling, the penitent, the praying, more than anything else. Like the air we breathe, like the light we see, it involves a mystery that no man has ever solved. To Dominicus, Bishop. The Lord's invitation to follow him is individual and personal, and it is compelling. S. Augustine, Of the Perfection of Human Righteousness, viii. He learnt his theology, as we shall see, from Eastern authorities, and was not content to carry on and develop the traditional teaching of the West; and the disciple St. AugustineOf Holy Virginity. Now do all of you who are just beginning life put yourselves and all your circumstances into God's hand and there leave them. 1. And lest the presence of God should be too much for us, Christ has taken human nature on Him, and has provided that He will be always with us as long as the world shall last. 6 was given to actual disciples who knew God personally as their Heavenly Father. vi. Though the transgressor is ignorant of much of his sin, because, at the time of its commission, he sins blindly as well as wilfully, and unreflectingly as well as freely; and though the transgressor has forgotten much of that small amount of sin, of which he was conscious, and by which he was pained, at the time of its perpetration; though, on the side of man, the powers of self-inspection and memory have accomplished so little towards this preservation of man's sin, yet God knows it all, and remembers it all. ad probam IV. For if God's exhaustive knowledge of the human heart waken dread in one of its aspects, it starts infinite hope in another. The writer of Psalm 51. says if but the Lord will restore to him the joy of his salvation, and uphold him with his free spirit, "then will I teach transgressors," etc. He will revive us."--HOS. For whereas man sinned, and is fallen, and by his fall all things are in confusion: death prevailed from Adam to Moses (cf. Though the transgressor is ignorant of much of his sin, because, at the time of its commission, he sins blindly as well as wilfully, and unreflectingly as well as freely; and though the transgressor has forgotten much of that small amount of sin, of which he was conscious, and by which he was pained, at the time of its perpetration; though, on the side of man, the powers of self-inspection and memory have accomplished so little towards this preservation of man's sin, yet God knows it all, and remembers it all. Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage [1454] . And this perpetual though not always conscious sense of God's presence would, no doubt, if we would let it have its perfect work, gradually act on our characters just as the presence of our fellow-men does. 1. Self-consciousness has been the problem of the philosophic mind in all ages; and the mystery is not yet unravelled. ad probam IV. That of welcoming the Divine searching (vers. He sees the whole of everything at the same time. )PeopleDavid, PsalmistPlacesJerusalemTopicsAbandon, Accomplish, Age, Chief, Complete, Concerneth, Concerns, David, Endures, Endureth, Eternal, Everlasting, Fall, Forever, Forsake, Fulfil, Fulfill, Hands, Kindness, Love, Loving, Lovingkindness, Loving-kindness, Mercy, Musician, O, Perfect, Psalm, Purpose, Steadfast, WorksOutline1. 17, 18). vi. Join me as we discover more below: There is no reason to mourn a son as lost who is a religious, still less to fear for his delicacy of constitution. The Lord is nigh unto them that call upon Him; He also will hear their cry, and will help them.--Psalm cxlv. 12), while the devil was exulting against us;--then God, in His loving-kindness, not willing man made in His own image to perish, said, Whom shall I send, and who will go?' God is patient with wrong and sin, because He sees the end from the beginning. AugustineOf Holy Virginity. : The fact that God is always present and knows every minute trifle in our lives, and that His unerring judgment will assuredly take count of every detail of our character and our conduct, neither exaggerating nor omitting, but applying absolute justice; this truth is one of those which lose force from their very universality. Chapter i. Does the Contemplative Life comprise many Acts? Being rich he becomes richer; being already high born, of still nobler lineage; being illustrious, he gains greater renown; and--what is more than all--once a sinner he is now a saint. Our hearts will put us in mind of God's eye being upon us every now and then involuntarily. He prophesies that the kings of the earth shall praise God7. The proposals of that Covenant include its promises and its duties. And here let us look upon the bright as well as the dark side of this subject. He will revive us."--HOS. AugustineOf Holy Virginity. Hence Paul Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the GreatSense in Which, and End for which all Things were Delivered to the Incarnate Son. You can speak to your womb and effect the promises of God concerning your womb through the spoken Word. The former are made and fulfilled by its glorious Originator; the latter are enjoined and obligatory on man. III. The duties of that Covenant are God's law; and the demands of the law are all made John CunninghamThe Ordinance of CovenantingIntroduction. Said Milton, speaking of his travels abroad when a young man: "I again take God to witness that in all places where so many things are considered lawful, I lived sound and untouched from all profligacy and vice, having this thought perpetually with me, that though I might escape the eyes of men, I certainly could not the eyes of God."4. The right state of mind plainly is to have the thought of God's presence so perpetually at hand that it shall always start before us whenever it is wanted. His discourse, the first which He delivered to His disciples at greater length, began from this. AugustineOn the Good of Marriage, Prayer Out of the Deep. The daily prayer in the closet, the endeavour to keep the attention fixed when praying with others, either in our regular services or in family worship. Differently to be admonished are those that are at variance and those that are at peace. For it is written, But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace (Gal. THE BASIS OF HIS CONFIDENCE. And in Christ we have the plan of God's redeeming mercy made known to us as it was not to prophet and psalmist of old. That of welcoming the Divine searching (vers. (Admonition 23.) (Weekly Pulpit. The self-knowledge, remember, must come in the one way or the other. Hilary of PoitiersThe Life and Writings of St. Hilary of PoitiersPsalmsThe piety of the Old Testament Church is reflected with more clearness and variety in the Psalter than in any other book of the Old Testament. 19-22).3. Do the Moral Virtues pertain to the Contemplative Life? The Lord is nigh unto them that call upon Him; He also will hear their cry, and will help them.--Psalm cxlv. Then is the moment to choose whether or not we will live in the presence of God; then when the finger of conscience is pointing to Him and saying, "He is looking at you. The law and covenant of God are co-extensive; and what is enjoined in the one is confirmed in the other. Those who live much in refined and educated society acquire refinement insensibly. The brilliant searchlight sweeping the broad ocean and revealing even the smallest craft on its surface is but a faint type of the Eternal Light from which no sinner can hide his sin. Ted's Bio; Fact Sheet; Hoja Informativa Del Ted Fund; Ted Fund Board 2021-22; 2021 Ted Fund Donors; Ted Fund Donors Over the Years. And this will generally be just when we are tempted to do wrong, or perhaps just when we are actually beginning to do it: some secret sin of which no one knows or dreams perhaps, some self-indulgence, which we dare not deny that God condemns. But, and if the religion you have received is the work of God, then be certain that He who began the work will perfect it. If God makes your son His son also, what do you lose or what does he himself lose? Rom. Said Milton, speaking of his travels abroad when a young man: "I again take God to witness that in all places where so many things are considered lawful, I lived sound and untouched from all profligacy and vice, having this thought perpetually with me, that though I might escape the eyes of men, I certainly could not the eyes of God."4. From the just we learn justice; from the charitable we catch an infection of charity; from the generous we receive the instinct of generosity. He cannot comprehend it, which is not strange, for how is the finite to comprehend the infinite? The duties of that Covenant are God's law; and the demands of the law are all made John CunninghamThe Ordinance of CovenantingIntroduction. (4)In the dark as well as the light.3. Our relation toward such a God should be 1. So that whenever we are on the point of doing or saying anything cowardly, or mean, or false, or impure, or proud, or conceited, or unkind, the remembrance that God is looking on shall instantly flash across us and help us to beat down our enemy. In a declaration of faith you are speaking to yourself which was what David was doing in this verse. For whereas man sinned, and is fallen, and by his fall all things are in confusion: death prevailed from Adam to Moses (cf. So, too, by living in the presence of God and, as it were, in the courts of heaven, we shall assuredly learn something of a heavenly tone, and shake off some of that coarse worldliness, that deeply ingrained selfishness, that silly pride and conceit which now spoils our very best service. He is in (1)Heaven. For if God's exhaustive knowledge of the human heart waken dread in one of its aspects, it starts infinite hope in another. 7 ad 3m II. And this will generally be just when we are tempted to do wrong, or perhaps just when we are actually beginning to do it: some secret sin of which no one knows or dreams perhaps, some self-indulgence, which we dare not deny that God condemns. Justice, in this reference, is out of the question. And this will generally be just when we are tempted to do wrong, or perhaps just when we are actually beginning to do it: some secret sin of which no one knows or dreams perhaps, some self-indulgence, which we dare not deny that God condemns. "I dwell with him that is of a humble and contrite heart, to revive the heart of the contrite ones."--ISA. In short, to live with God is to be perpetually rising above the world; to live without Him is to be perpetually sinking into it, and with it, and below it. And this will generally be just when we are tempted to do wrong, or perhaps just when we are actually beginning to do it: some secret sin of which no one knows or dreams perhaps, some self-indulgence, which we dare not deny that God condemns. "The Lord will perfect that which concerns me: Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever: forsake not the works of Your own hands." Psalm 138:8. Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage [1454] . Nor did God create these each by himself, and join them together as alien by birth: but He created the one St. --The Life and Writings of St. Hilary of Poitiers. 2. G. T. Shedd, D. D.: One of the most remark. Home; About. lvii. Is the Contemplative Life wholly confined to the Intellect, or does the Will enter into it? In the opening, I must remark that this is not the heritage of all mankind. "I dwell with him that is of a humble and contrite heart, to revive the heart of the contrite ones."--ISA. His omnipresence. Being rich he becomes richer; being already high born, of still nobler lineage; being illustrious, he gains greater renown; and--what is more than all--once a sinner he is now a saint. These included visiting the second longest beach in the world called 1, 2. 27 of 37 9/29/2016 ( THU) ID 919161452389 RADIO BROADCAST Blog -This . That act whereby another being knows my secret thoughts and inmost feelings is most certainly inexplicable.I. G. T. Shedd, D. D.: One of the most remark. In the day when I cried Charles KingsleyOut of the DeepWherefore a Few Witnesses, which the Lord Deigns to Suggest to My Mind32. So, too, by living in the presence of God and, as it were, in the courts of heaven, we shall assuredly learn something of a heavenly tone, and shake off some of that coarse worldliness, that deeply ingrained selfishness, that silly pride and conceit which now spoils our very best service. 18, 19. If that Being has gone down into these depths of human depravity, and seen it with a more abhorring glance than could ever shoot from a finite eye, and yet has returned with a cordial offer to forgive it all, and a hearty proffer to cleanse it all away, then we can lift up the eye in adoration and in hope. 1, 2. Take heed unto me and hear me; how I mourn in my prayer and am vexed.--Psalm iv. 23, 24). So that whenever we are on the point of doing or saying anything cowardly, or mean, or false, or impure, or proud, or conceited, or unkind, the remembrance that God is looking on shall instantly flash across us and help us to beat down our enemy. [2105] And these without all controversy we take to be humble. Our hearts will put us in mind of God's eye being upon us every now and then involuntarily. G. T. Shedd, D. D.)God's presenceArchbishop Temple. )PeopleDavid, PsalmistPlacesJerusalemTopicsAbandon, Accomplish, Age, Chief, Complete, Concerneth, Concerns, David, Endures, Endureth, Eternal, Everlasting, Fall, Forever, Forsake, Fulfil, Fulfill, Hands, Kindness, Love, Loving, Lovingkindness, Loving-kindness, Mercy, Musician, O, Perfect, Psalm, Purpose, Steadfast, WorksOutline1. )God all-seeing:In the mythology of the heathen, Momus, the god of fault-finding, is represented as blaming Vulcan, because in the human form, which he had made of clay, he had not placed a window in the breast, by which whatever was done or thought there might easily be brought to light. That of welcoming the Divine searching (vers. The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your love, O LORD, endures foreverdo not abandon the works of your hands. When I healed people, Christ did that through me. We have received with the utmost gratification the letters of your Fraternity, which have reached us somewhat late by the hands of Donatus and Quodvultdeus, our most reverend brethren and fellow-bishops, and also Victor the deacon with Agilegius the notary. iii. That exquisite pleasure in sin, which comes from its fancied concealment, is utter folly. OURSELVES. the various events and vicissitudes of life, even before one of them existed. He is in (1)Heaven. AugustineOn the Good of MarriagePrayer Out of the Deep. 7. We do not agree with Momus, neither are we of his mind who desired to have a window in his breast that all men might see his heart. The proposals of that Covenant include its promises and its duties. PHILIPPIANS 1:6 being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. But yet there is another, not less powerful than any, which deserves special mention. Is the Contemplative Life wholly confined to the Intellect, or does the Will enter into it? When I preached or taught or wrote letters, that was Jesus at work in me. Letter Xliii a Consolatory Letter to the Parents of Geoffrey. He must be prepared for the Kingdom that has been prepared for him Saint Bernard of ClairvauxSome Letters of Saint Bernard, Abbot of ClairvauxThat the Ruler Should be Always Chief in Action. The ruler should always be chief in action, that by his living he may point out the way of life to those that are put under him, and that the flock, which follows the voice and manners of the shepherd, may learn how to walk better through example than through words. able characteristics of a rational being is the power of self-inspection. 13-16).4. 15. Understand the meaning of Psalms 138:8 using all available Bible versions and commentary. 23, 24). From the just we learn justice; from the charitable we catch an infection of charity; from the generous we receive the instinct of generosity. Therefore the first natural bond of human society is man and wife. Being rich he becomes richer; being already high born, of still nobler lineage; being illustrious, he gains greater renown; and--what is more than all--once a sinner he is now a saint. Those who live much in refined and educated society acquire refinement insensibly. Those who are always hearing pure and high principles set forth as the guides of life learn to value and to know them even faster than they can learn to live by them. But while all held their peace, the Son [441] said, AthanasiusSelect Works and Letters or AthanasiusCovenant Duties. II. Differently to be admonished are those that are at variance and those that are at peace. Its words are as simple and unaffected as human words can be, for it is the genius John Edgar McFadyenIntroduction to the Old TestamentLinksPsalm 138:8 NIVPsalm 138:8 NLTPsalm 138:8 ESVPsalm 138:8 NASBPsalm 138:8 KJVPsalm 138:8 Bible AppsPsalm 138:8 ParallelPsalm 138:8 Biblia ParalelaPsalm 138:8 Chinese BiblePsalm 138:8 French BiblePsalm 138:8 German BiblePsalm 138:8 CommentariesBible Hub. "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven." "Come, and let us return to the Lord: for He hath torn, and He will heal us. What encouragement the sinner has to seek God, seeing He is a God of such mercy. )God all-seeing:In the mythology of the heathen, Momus, the god of fault-finding, is represented as blaming Vulcan, because in the human form, which he had made of clay, he had not placed a window in the breast, by which whatever was done or thought there might easily be brought to light. If that Being has gone down into these depths of human depravity, and seen it with a more abhorring glance than could ever shoot from a finite eye, and yet has returned with a cordial offer to forgive it all, and a hearty proffer to cleanse it all away, then we can lift up the eye in adoration and in hope. Then is the moment to choose whether or not we will live in the presence of God; then when the finger of conscience is pointing to Him and saying, "He is looking at you. 8). 11 Teach me Your way, O Lord, And lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies. Whence the original plan, stupendous beyond conception, more minute than the most powerful microscope can reveal, which must have preceded the first act of creation? ", 2. v. 14), the earth was cursed, Hades was opened, Paradise shut, Heaven offended, man, lastly, corrupted and brutalised (cf. Hence Paul Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the GreatSense in Which, and End for which all Things were Delivered to the Incarnate Son. III. 19 III. Like the air we breathe, like the light we see, it involves a mystery that no man has ever solved. lvii. He may be an uncommonly thoughtful person, and little of what is done within his soul may escape his notice; nay, we will make the extreme supposition that he arrests every thought as it rises, and looks at it; that he analyzes every sentiment as it swells his heart; that he scrutinizes every purpose as it determines his will; even if he should have such a thorough and profound self-knowledge as this, God knows him equally profoundly and equally thoroughly. Hoyt, D. D.)God's knowledge of manW. "(Archbishop Temple. Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage [1454] . Before the Searcher of hearts all mankind must appeal to mere and sovereign mercy. "This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit. His discourse, the first which He delivered to His disciples at greater length, began from this.