A Treatise on Self KnowledgeT. Tegg, 1821 - 242 pàgines |
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Pàgina x
... present edition of this valuable work may be better suited to the taste and capacities of very young persons , for whom , chiefly , it appears to be designed , the quotations , here alluded to , are omit- ted . an esteem for them ...
... present edition of this valuable work may be better suited to the taste and capacities of very young persons , for whom , chiefly , it appears to be designed , the quotations , here alluded to , are omit- ted . an esteem for them ...
Pàgina 10
... present itself to thee ; and pa- tiently attend , whilst , by divine assistance , I en- deavour to lay open thine own heart to thee , and lead thee to the true knowledge of thyself , in the following chapters . CHAP . II . The several ...
... present itself to thee ; and pa- tiently attend , whilst , by divine assistance , I en- deavour to lay open thine own heart to thee , and lead thee to the true knowledge of thyself , in the following chapters . CHAP . II . The several ...
Pàgina 19
... present , as well as our future happiness . They are plainly and explicitly published ; easily un- derstood ; and in fair and legible characters writ in every man's heart , and the wisdom , rea- son , and necessity of them are readily ...
... present , as well as our future happiness . They are plainly and explicitly published ; easily un- derstood ; and in fair and legible characters writ in every man's heart , and the wisdom , rea- son , and necessity of them are readily ...
Pàgina 21
... present junc- ture . And how much truer is this with relation to God's government of the world , whose wisdom is far above our reach , and " whose ways are not as ours ? " Whatever , then , may be the present aspect and appearance of ...
... present junc- ture . And how much truer is this with relation to God's government of the world , whose wisdom is far above our reach , and " whose ways are not as ours ? " Whatever , then , may be the present aspect and appearance of ...
Pàgina 43
... - nius , but deals out her favours in the present state , with a parsimonious hand . Many a man , by this foible , hath weakened a well - established reputation . est men . CHAP . VI We must be well acquainted with our SELF - KNOWLEDGE .
... - nius , but deals out her favours in the present state , with a parsimonious hand . Many a man , by this foible , hath weakened a well - established reputation . est men . CHAP . VI We must be well acquainted with our SELF - KNOWLEDGE .
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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.