A Treatise on Self KnowledgeT. Tegg, 1821 - 242 pàgines |
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Pàgina 2
... objects , or pursued in an improper manner , it degenerates into a vain and criminal curiosity . A fatal instance of this in our first parents we have upon sacred record , the unhappy effects of which are but too visible in all . Self ...
... objects , or pursued in an improper manner , it degenerates into a vain and criminal curiosity . A fatal instance of this in our first parents we have upon sacred record , the unhappy effects of which are but too visible in all . Self ...
Pàgina 3
... objects . The better the glasses , and the nearer -the scrutiny , the more wonders we explore ; and the more surprising discoveries we make of cer- tain properties , parts , or affections belonging to them , which were never before ...
... objects . The better the glasses , and the nearer -the scrutiny , the more wonders we explore ; and the more surprising discoveries we make of cer- tain properties , parts , or affections belonging to them , which were never before ...
Pàgina 16
... object shall strike thine eye , and where thy dear part- ner and companion , the body , cannot come nigh thee ; but where , without it , thou wilt be sensi- ble of the most noble satisfactions , or the most exquisite pains . Embarked in ...
... object shall strike thine eye , and where thy dear part- ner and companion , the body , cannot come nigh thee ; but where , without it , thou wilt be sensi- ble of the most noble satisfactions , or the most exquisite pains . Embarked in ...
Pàgina 22
... objects of derision , as some do , plainly shews a mind very dissolute and disaffected to God , and reli- gion itself ; and is to act a part very unbecoming the dutiful subiects of his kingdom .— ( Lastly , ) As good subjects , we are ...
... objects of derision , as some do , plainly shews a mind very dissolute and disaffected to God , and reli- gion itself ; and is to act a part very unbecoming the dutiful subiects of his kingdom .— ( Lastly , ) As good subjects , we are ...
Pàgina 52
... as snow . Exod . iv . 6 . And to find out our most beloved sin , let us consider what are those worldly objects or amusements which give us the highest delight ; this , it is probable , will lead us directly 52 A TREATISE ON.
... as snow . Exod . iv . 6 . And to find out our most beloved sin , let us consider what are those worldly objects or amusements which give us the highest delight ; this , it is probable , will lead us directly 52 A TREATISE ON.
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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.