A Treatise on Self KnowledgeT. Tegg, 1821 - 242 pàgines |
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Pàgina 20
... 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 20 A TREATISE ON.
... 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 20 A TREATISE ON.
Pàgina 21
John Mason. ment . But it is the most natural duty we owe him , as creatures . For , to praise him , is only to show forth his praise ; to glorify him , to cele- brate his glory ; and to honour him , is to render him and his ways ...
John Mason. ment . But it is the most natural duty we owe him , as creatures . For , to praise him , is only to show forth his praise ; to glorify him , to cele- brate his glory ; and to honour him , is to render him and his ways ...
Pàgina 54
... If you have a due regard to the improve- ment of the one , and the preservation of the other , you will regret such a loss , and 54 A TREATISE ON The knowledge of our most dangerous temp- tations necessary to self-knowledge.
... If you have a due regard to the improve- ment of the one , and the preservation of the other , you will regret such a loss , and 54 A TREATISE ON The knowledge of our most dangerous temp- tations necessary to self-knowledge.
Pàgina 70
... ment and bad conduct , and , by degrees , wear off the prejudices which fancy has fixed in the mind , either for or against any particular action ; teach us to distinguish between things and their appearances ; strip them of those false ...
... ment and bad conduct , and , by degrees , wear off the prejudices which fancy has fixed in the mind , either for or against any particular action ; teach us to distinguish between things and their appearances ; strip them of those false ...
Pàgina 92
... ment , and the entertainment of the imagination : For instance , an acquaintance with plays , novels , games and modes , in which a man may be very critical and expert , and yet not a whit the wiser or more useful man . 3. Other kinds ...
... ment , and the entertainment of the imagination : For instance , an acquaintance with plays , novels , games and modes , in which a man may be very critical and expert , and yet not a whit the wiser or more useful man . 3. Other kinds ...
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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.