A Treatise on Self-knowledgeB. Reynolds, 1818 - 266 pàgines |
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Pàgina 6
... Examine yourselves ; prove " your own selves ; know you not your- " selves ? Let a man examine himself . 1 Cor . xi . 28. Our Saviour upbraids his disciples with their self - ignorance , in not " knowing what manner of spirits they were ...
... Examine yourselves ; prove " your own selves ; know you not your- " selves ? Let a man examine himself . 1 Cor . xi . 28. Our Saviour upbraids his disciples with their self - ignorance , in not " knowing what manner of spirits they were ...
Pàgina 7
... Examine me , O Lord , " and prove me ; try my reins and my " heart . " Psal . xxvi . 2. " Let us search and " try our ways . " Lam . iii . 4 . " Recollect , 66 recollect yourselves , O nation not desired . " Zeph . ii . 1. And all this ...
... Examine me , O Lord , " and prove me ; try my reins and my " heart . " Psal . xxvi . 2. " Let us search and " try our ways . " Lam . iii . 4 . " Recollect , 66 recollect yourselves , O nation not desired . " Zeph . ii . 1. And all this ...
Pàgina 58
... examine this point thoroughly . And if you have never yet done it , make a pause when you have read this chapter , and do it now . Consider in what company you are most apt to lose the possession and go- vernment of yourself ; on what ...
... examine this point thoroughly . And if you have never yet done it , make a pause when you have read this chapter , and do it now . Consider in what company you are most apt to lose the possession and go- vernment of yourself ; on what ...
Pàgina 65
... examine , then , is , How come we by these attachments ? whence are we so fond of those particular notions ? did we come fairly by them ? or , were they imposed upon us , and dictated to our easy belief , before we F were able to judge ...
... examine , then , is , How come we by these attachments ? whence are we so fond of those particular notions ? did we come fairly by them ? or , were they imposed upon us , and dictated to our easy belief , before we F were able to judge ...
Pàgina 66
... examined , and brought to the touchstone of sound sense , solid reason , and plain scrip- ture . If they will not bear this , after hard rubbing , they must be discarded as no ge- nuine principles of truth , but only counter- feits of ...
... examined , and brought to the touchstone of sound sense , solid reason , and plain scrip- ture . If they will not bear this , after hard rubbing , they must be discarded as no ge- nuine principles of truth , but only counter- feits of ...
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Pàgina 159 - that is in thine own eye ? Or how wilt " thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out " the mote out of thine eye, and behold a " beam is in thine own eye ? Thou
Pàgina 94 - According to the prophet's -words, " Woe to him who coveteth " an evil covetousness to his house, that he " may set his nest on high; that he may " be delivered from the power of evil. Thou " hast consulted shame to thine house, by " cutting off many people ; and hast sinned " against thy soul.
Pàgina 26 - O Lord, thou art our father: we are the " clay, and thou our potter ; and we all are " the work of thine hands." And, in a more special sense, we are his children by adoption. Gal. iii. 26.
Pàgina 89 - judgment of them ; and they may appear very different in our own eye, and in the eye of the world, from what they do in the eye of God. " For " the Lord seeth not as man seeth : for man " looketh on the outward appearance, but " the Lord looketh on the heart." 1 Sam. xvi. 7. And hence it is, that " that which " is highly esteemed among men,
Pàgina 26 - attend, if we would attain the true knowledge of ourselves. We are his children by creation; in which respect he is truly our father. Isa. Ixiv. 8. " But now, " O Lord, thou art our father: we are the " clay, and thou our potter ; and we all are " the work of thine hands." And, in a more special sense, we are his children by adoption.
Pàgina 223 - them from us; or soften them by " their representations, after such a manner " that we think them too trivial to be taken " notice of. An adversary, on the contrary, " makes a stricter search into us, discovers " every flaw and imperfection in our
Pàgina 4 - man to know himself, is the hardest thing " in the world," It was afterwards adopted by Chylon, the Lacedemonian ; and is one of those three precepts which Pliny affirms to have been consecrated at Delphos in golden letters. It was afterwards greatly admired, and frequently used by others, till
Pàgina 224 - some ground for what it advances. " A friend exaggerates a man's virtues; an " enemy inflames his crimes. A wise man " should give a just attention to both of ". them, so far as it may tend to
Pàgina 7 - try me, and know my thoughts." Psal. cxxxix. 23. " Examine me, O Lord, " and prove me; try my reins and my " heart.
Pàgina 224 - of the one, and the diminution of " the other. Plutarch has written an essay " on the benefits which a man may receive " from his enemies; and among the good " fruits of enmity, mentions this in