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d. 1742 France
Jean Baptiste Massillon (24 June 1663 – 28 September 1742) was a French Catholic bishop and famous preacher, who served as Bishop of Clermont from 1717 until his death.
Also known as: Jean-Baptiste Massillon, Massillon, Jean Baptiste
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Time is short, your obligations are infinite. Are your houses regulated, your children instructed, the afflicted relieved, the poor visited, the work of piety accomplished?
Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
Man, during his abode in this world, knows not his own heart.
God should be the object of all our desires, the end of all our actions, the principle of all our affections, and the governing power of our whole souls.
Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
Thus, my beloved friends, shall the revolutions and kingdoms of this world be brought to a conclusion for ever.
On this day the eternal lot of the whole world shall be decided.
What a consolation will it be to the just, to have the secrets of their hearts finally revealed!
The sinner is oftentimes raised to honours and dignities, whilst the just man is obliged to tread the lowly paths of subjection and submission to his orders. On this great day, these evils shall be fully rectified.
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