The Pulpit Orator, Vol. 2

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Excerpt from The Pulpit Orator, Vol. 2: Containing Seven Elaborate Skeleton Sermons Or, Homiletic, Dogmatical, Liturgical, Symbolical, and Moral Sketches, for Every Sunday of the Year, Also Elaborate Skeleton Sermons for the Chief Festivals and Other OccasionsThe lesson for this day, the sixth Sunday after Epiphany, is taken from the first Epistle of St. Paul to the Thessalonians. Thessalonica was not only the capital, but also one of the most renowned and opulent cities of Macedonia. Its inhabitants were composed of Greeks, Romans, Jews, and Pagans. St. Paul preached the gospel in this city with great success. But the nu believing Jews, envying his success, raised such a commotion against him that he was obliged to quit the city. He then went to the very cradle Of art and science and preached in the Areo pagus of Athens. Hearing that his converts in Thessalonica had been undergoing a severe persecution ever since his departure.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.