A Treatise on Self KnowledgeT. Tegg, 1821 - 242 pàgines |
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Pàgina xi
... temptation of transcribing seve ral of them , which I thought pertinent to the matter in hand . But , after all , I am ashamed to see what an old - fashioned figure they make in the margin . However , if the reader thinks they will too ...
... temptation of transcribing seve ral of them , which I thought pertinent to the matter in hand . But , after all , I am ashamed to see what an old - fashioned figure they make in the margin . However , if the reader thinks they will too ...
Pàgina 34
... temptations , to treat them in an unbecoming manner . And as wisdom and self - knowledge will direct a man to be particu- larly careful , lest he neglect those duties he is most apt to forget ; so , as to the duties he owes to inferiors ...
... temptations , to treat them in an unbecoming manner . And as wisdom and self - knowledge will direct a man to be particu- larly careful , lest he neglect those duties he is most apt to forget ; so , as to the duties he owes to inferiors ...
Pàgina 44
... temptations and troubles . Every man hath a weak side . Every wise man knows where it is , and will be sure to keep a double guard there . There is some wisdom in concealing a weak ness . This cannot be done , till it be first known ...
... temptations and troubles . Every man hath a weak side . Every wise man knows where it is , and will be sure to keep a double guard there . There is some wisdom in concealing a weak ness . This cannot be done , till it be first known ...
Pàgina 49
... temptations which they find they have least power to resist , are usually and properly called their constitutional sins , their peculiar frailties ; and , in Scripture , their own iniquities , Psal . xviii . 23 ; and the sins which " do ...
... temptations which they find they have least power to resist , are usually and properly called their constitutional sins , their peculiar frailties ; and , in Scripture , their own iniquities , Psal . xviii . 23 ; and the sins which " do ...
Pàgina 54
John Mason. CHAP . VIII . The knowledge of our most dangerous temptations necessary to self - knowledge . VII . " A MAN , that rightly knows himself , is acquainted with his peculiar temptations ; and knows when , and in what ...
John Mason. CHAP . VIII . The knowledge of our most dangerous temptations necessary to self - knowledge . VII . " A MAN , that rightly knows himself , is acquainted with his peculiar temptations ; and knows when , and in what ...
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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.