Select Sermons Author:Hosea Ballou Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: SERMON III. RICH MAN AND LAZARUS DELIVERED AT THE SECOND USIVERS4 LIST MEETING HOUSE 111 BOSTON. ST. LUKE xvi. 19—31. There was a certain rich man, ... more »which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day. And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crnmbs that fell from the rich man's t;iblo : moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.—And it came to pass that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's busom : the rich man also died, and was buried ; and in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar ofl', and Laz-.rtii in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on- me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue ; for I am tormented in this flame. But Abraham said,Son, remember that thou in thy life-time receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things ; but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. And, beside alfthis, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed : so that they which would pass from hence to vou cannot : neither can they pass to us that would come from thence. Then he said, I pray thee, therefore, father, that thou wouldst send him to my father's house, for I have five brethren ; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. Abraham saith unto him, they have Moses and the prophets ; let them hear them. And he said, nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dend, they will repent. And he said unto him, if they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead." That the letter of this passage is familiar to the. mind of the hearer, no doubt ...« less