A Guide for Passing Advent Holily, Tr. and Adapted to the Use of the English Church [Ed. by E.B. Pusey]. - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1847. Excerpt: ... wouldest obtain the grace of thy Lord, thou must begin by humbling thyself, for the measure of grace is that of humility, and God, Who "resisteth the proud, giveth grace to the humble." "Hail, thou that art full of grace, the Lord is with thee," said the Angel: "He' Who is before thee, to-day is with thee, and shortly shall be of thee; the one in eternity, the other in time. O boundless Loving-kindness! O the gracious goodness of God! It sufficed not to point out the joy, without mention of the Author of that joy, in the Virgin-Birth. The words, ' the Lord is with thee,' show plainly the presence of the Lord Himself, wholly Incarnate in her, yet going not forth from His own glory. 'Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.' Joy, thou instrument of joy." Yea, indeed, how blessed to possess not only grace, but the fulness of grace! Remember, however, that Mary was not as yet the Mother of God, she was not so until a little while after these words, for the Holy Ghost vouchsafed to 3 await her consent, ere working within her chaste womb that From S. Andr. Cret. p. 2. 3 Attendait. There is often, in writers of the Roman communion, a mode of speaking on this " awaiting of the consent" of St. Mary, which gives us a sort of shock, as though they were intent on magnifying the creature, whose consent was awaited, rather than the unutterable condescension of the Creator, Who vouchsafed to make His dispensations of mercy wait on the conformity of the will of His creature with His own. Yet so that it be kept prominently in mind, that all is of God's grace, and overwhelming condescension, it is, of course, an acknowledged truth, that God, in all His designs towards man, does make them depend upon the concurrence of the will of His creature, to whom He has first give...

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