A Treatise on Self KnowledgeT. Tegg, 1821 - 242 pàgines |
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Pàgina vi
... honour it does to those you are pleased to admit into that number . But even this , sir , your penetration will soon discover to proceed from the same vanity I be- fore suspected myself to be guilty of . And the world will judge , that ...
... honour it does to those you are pleased to admit into that number . But even this , sir , your penetration will soon discover to proceed from the same vanity I be- fore suspected myself to be guilty of . And the world will judge , that ...
Pàgina vii
... honour to my own , and at once oppress your modesty , and expose my vanity , I shall put an end to it , without so much as attempting to describe a character , which I shall , however , always aim to imitate . But that you may continue ...
... honour to my own , and at once oppress your modesty , and expose my vanity , I shall put an end to it , without so much as attempting to describe a character , which I shall , however , always aim to imitate . But that you may continue ...
Pàgina 20
... honour ; which he stands in no need of from us . For his power is independent , and his glory immutable ; and he is infinitely able , of himself , to support the dignity of his universal govern- ment . But it is the most natural duty we ...
... honour ; which he stands in no need of from us . For his power is independent , and his glory immutable ; and he is infinitely able , of himself , to support the dignity of his universal govern- ment . But it is the most natural duty we ...
Pàgina 21
... honour him , is to render him and his ways honourable in the eyes and esteem of others . And , as this is the most na- tural duty that creatures owe to their Creator , so , it is a tribute he requires of every one of them , in ...
... honour him , is to render him and his ways honourable in the eyes and esteem of others . And , as this is the most na- tural duty that creatures owe to their Creator , so , it is a tribute he requires of every one of them , in ...
Pàgina 22
... honour ; if they do not seek their own interest more than that of their divine Master . The minis- ters of earthly princes too often do this ; and it would be happy if all the ministers and ambas- sadors of the heavenly King were ...
... honour ; if they do not seek their own interest more than that of their divine Master . The minis- ters of earthly princes too often do this ; and it would be happy if all the ministers and ambas- sadors of the heavenly King were ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 83 - But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him; for the Lord seeth not as man seeth ; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
Pàgina 87 - Woe to him that 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!
Pàgina 30 - As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Pàgina 6 - For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
Pàgina 23 - But now, O Lord, thou art our father ; We are the clay, and thou our potter; And we all are the work of thy hand.
Pàgina 172 - DISTRUST, and darkness of a future state, Make poor mankind so fearful of their fate. Death, in itself, is nothing ; but we fear, To be we know not what, we know not where.
Pàgina 144 - Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
Pàgina 100 - Anger may steal into the heart " of a wise man, but it rests only in the bosom "of fools.
Pàgina 112 - I shall conclude with this one observation more; that it is a very dangerous thing to think, as too many are apt to do, that it is a matter of indifference what thoughts they entertain in their hearts, since the reason of things concurs with the testimony of the holy Scripture to assure us, ' That the allowed thought of foolishness is sin.
Pàgina xii - The highest learning is to be wise, and the greatest wisdom is to be good;" as Marcus Antoninus somewhere observes.