A Treatise on Self-knowledgeB. Reynolds, 1818 - 266 strán (strany) |
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... hath put me upon an endeavour , in this manner , to render it more familiar to the minds of Christians . Mr. Baxter , indeed , has a treatise profess- edly upon this subject , entitled , The Mis- chief of Self - Ignorance , and the ...
... hath put me upon an endeavour , in this manner , to render it more familiar to the minds of Christians . Mr. Baxter , indeed , has a treatise profess- edly upon this subject , entitled , The Mis- chief of Self - Ignorance , and the ...
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... hath handled it ( according to his manner ) in so lax and diffuse a way , introducing so many things into it that are foreign from it , omitting others that properly belong to it , and skimming over some with a too super- ficial notice ...
... hath handled it ( according to his manner ) in so lax and diffuse a way , introducing so many things into it that are foreign from it , omitting others that properly belong to it , and skimming over some with a too super- ficial notice ...
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... hath received in youth , it will naturally conclude that there is no necessity to regard , or , at least , to lay any stress upon those things , which were never inculcated upon it as things of importance then ; and so will grow up in a ...
... hath received in youth , it will naturally conclude that there is no necessity to regard , or , at least , to lay any stress upon those things , which were never inculcated upon it as things of importance then ; and so will grow up in a ...
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... opinion Cicero gives us this reason , " Because it hath such a weight of 66 sense and wisdom in it , as appears too 66 great to be attributed to any man . " And this opinion , of its coming originally from Apollo himself 4.
... opinion Cicero gives us this reason , " Because it hath such a weight of 66 sense and wisdom in it , as appears too 66 great to be attributed to any man . " And this opinion , of its coming originally from Apollo himself 4.
Strana 5
... hath been pleased to give us , as our guide to duty and happiness ; by which , 66 as in a glass , we may survey ourselves , " and know what manner of persons we are . ” This discovers ourselves to us , pierces into the inmost recesses ...
... hath been pleased to give us , as our guide to duty and happiness ; by which , 66 as in a glass , we may survey ourselves , " and know what manner of persons we are . ” This discovers ourselves to us , pierces into the inmost recesses ...
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Strana 159 - that is in thine own eye ? Or how wilt " thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out " the mote out of thine eye, and behold a " beam is in thine own eye ? Thou
Strana 94 - According to the prophet's -words, " Woe to him who 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. Thou " hast consulted shame to thine house, by " cutting off many people ; and hast sinned " against thy soul.
Strana 26 - O Lord, thou art our father: we are the " clay, and thou our potter ; and we all are " the work of thine hands." And, in a more special sense, we are his children by adoption. Gal. iii. 26.
Strana 89 - judgment of them ; and they may appear very different in our own eye, and in the eye of the world, from what they do in the eye of God. " For " the Lord seeth not as man seeth : for man " looketh on the outward appearance, but " the Lord looketh on the heart." 1 Sam. xvi. 7. And hence it is, that " that which " is highly esteemed among men,
Strana 26 - attend, if we would attain the true knowledge of ourselves. We are his children by creation; in which respect he is truly our father. Isa. Ixiv. 8. " But now, " O Lord, thou art our father: we are the " clay, and thou our potter ; and we all are " the work of thine hands." And, in a more special sense, we are his children by adoption.
Strana 223 - them from us; or soften them by " their representations, after such a manner " that we think them too trivial to be taken " notice of. An adversary, on the contrary, " makes a stricter search into us, discovers " every flaw and imperfection in our
Strana 4 - man to know himself, is the hardest thing " in the world," It was afterwards adopted by Chylon, the Lacedemonian ; and is one of those three precepts which Pliny affirms to have been consecrated at Delphos in golden letters. It was afterwards greatly admired, and frequently used by others, till
Strana 224 - some ground for what it advances. " A friend exaggerates a man's virtues; an " enemy inflames his crimes. A wise man " should give a just attention to both of ". them, so far as it may tend to
Strana 7 - try me, and know my thoughts." Psal. cxxxix. 23. " Examine me, O Lord, " and prove me; try my reins and my " heart.
Strana 224 - of the one, and the diminution of " the other. Plutarch has written an essay " on the benefits which a man may receive " from his enemies; and among the good " fruits of enmity, mentions this in