Self-knowledge: A Treatise, Shewing the Nature and Benefit of that Important Science, and the Way to Attain It. Intermixed with Various Reflections and Observations on Human NatureBonsal & Niles, 1801 - 164 pagina's |
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... divine and re- former , " That he who acquires his learning at the expence of his morals , is the worfe for his educati- on : " and we may add , That he who does not im- prove his temper , together with his understanding , is not much ...
... divine and re- former , " That he who acquires his learning at the expence of his morals , is the worfe for his educati- on : " and we may add , That he who does not im- prove his temper , together with his understanding , is not much ...
Pagina 3
... divine oracle ; and was fuppofed to have been given originally by Apollo himself . Of which neral opinion Cicero gives us this reafon ; " becaufe " it hath fuch a weight of fenfe and wisdom in it , as appears too great to be attributed ...
... divine oracle ; and was fuppofed to have been given originally by Apollo himself . Of which neral opinion Cicero gives us this reafon ; " becaufe " it hath fuch a weight of fenfe and wisdom in it , as appears too great to be attributed ...
Pagina 9
... divine nature of which every man as created in the image of God ) carries about him a kind of emblem , in the threefold diftinction of his own ; which , if he did not every mi- nute find it by experience to be a fact , would doubtless ...
... divine nature of which every man as created in the image of God ) carries about him a kind of emblem , in the threefold diftinction of his own ; which , if he did not every mi- nute find it by experience to be a fact , would doubtless ...
Pagina 17
... divine Mafter . The minif-- ters of earthly princes too often do this ; and it would be happy if all the minifters and ambaffadors , & 2- . V of the heavenly King were entirely clear of the Chap . 3 . 17 doth consist .
... divine Mafter . The minif-- ters of earthly princes too often do this ; and it would be happy if all the minifters and ambaffadors , & 2- . V of the heavenly King were entirely clear of the Chap . 3 . 17 doth consist .
Pagina 20
... divine , that " He that is a ftranger to himfelf , is a itranger to God , and to 66 every thing that may denominate him wife and " happy ( q ) . " * Job xxxiii . 13 . Heb . xii . 10 . Rom . xi . 33 . tI Pct . i . 6.- Ezra ix . 13 . ( q ) ...
... divine , that " He that is a ftranger to himfelf , is a itranger to God , and to 66 every thing that may denominate him wife and " happy ( q ) . " * Job xxxiii . 13 . Heb . xii . 10 . Rom . xi . 33 . tI Pct . i . 6.- Ezra ix . 13 . ( q ) ...
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Pagina 97 - 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.
Pagina 135 - ... upon us ; whether the actions they celebrate proceed from laudable and worthy motives ; and how far we are really possessed of the virtues which gain us applause among those with whom we converse.
Pagina 51 - Christ told them, that they knew not what manner of spirit they were of; Luke ix.
Pagina 52 - These are the inlets of prejudice, the unguarded avenues of the mind, by which a thousand errors and secret faults find admission, without being observed or taken notice of.
Pagina 69 - Banish all malignant and revengeful thoughts. A spirit of revenge is the very spirit of the devil; than which nothing makes a man more like him, and nothing can be more opposite to the temper which Christianity was designed to promote. If your revenge be not satisfied, it will give you torment now; if it be, it will give you greater hereafter. None is a greater self-tormentor, than a malicious and revengeful man, who turns the poison of his own temper in upon himself. The Christian precept in this...
Pagina 76 - 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.
Pagina 80 - ... displacency in reference to the objects of the mind. And this, in the kind of it, is as common to men as human nature; but as much diversified in individuals, as men's other inclinations are, that are most fixed, and least apt to admit of change.
Pagina 80 - One sort do more savour prayer by a foreknown form ; another, that which hath more of surprise, by a grateful variety of unexpected expressions. And it can neither be universally said, it is a better judgment, or more grace, that determines men the one way or the other; but somewhat in the temper of their minds, distinct from both, which I know not how better to express, than by mental taste, the acts whereof (as the objects are suitable or unsuitable) are relishing or disrelishing, liking or disliking:...
Pagina 75 - But, if he frequently and delightfully exercise his mind in divine contemplations, it will not only be a good mark of his sincerity, but will habitually dispose it for the reception of the best and most useful thoughts, and fit it for the noblest entertainments.
Pagina 134 - ... 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 particular, that by the reproaches which it casts upon us we see the worst side of ourselves, and open our eyes to several blemishes and defects in our lives and conversations which we should not have observed without the help of such ill-natured monitors.