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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.

— Jean Baptiste Massillon

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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?

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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.

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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.

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