“Then shall you see the true state of your souls”

—  Jean Baptiste Massillon

On the Last Day
Context: Then shall you see the true state of your souls: then shall their secret avenues, their hidden affections, their depraved appetites, be all laid open to your view: then shall their unlawful desires, their hatreds and animosities, their vitiated and impure intentions, their criminal projects, which were overlooked because they proved abortive, and all their other vices, be displayed before you.

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French Catholic bishop and famous preacher 1663–1742

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