The Counsels of a Father, in Four Letters of Sir Matthew Hale to His Children. To which is Added, The Practical Life of a True Christian ... With a New Memoir of the Author's Life ... Second EditionTaylor and Hessey, 1817 - 207 pagina's |
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... , with the view of rendering them more complete . It is pleasing to see all those precepts which are enforced in the former part of the volume , embodied , and reduced to practice in this latter treatise , which , vii.
... , with the view of rendering them more complete . It is pleasing to see all those precepts which are enforced in the former part of the volume , embodied , and reduced to practice in this latter treatise , which , vii.
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Matthew Hale. reduced to practice in this latter treatise , which , as it contains a summary of the whole faith and duty of a Christian , has been ad- judged by many to be little more than a portrait of its estimable author . The ...
Matthew Hale. reduced to practice in this latter treatise , which , as it contains a summary of the whole faith and duty of a Christian , has been ad- judged by many to be little more than a portrait of its estimable author . The ...
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... practice of every virtue , and whose conduct is of universal application as a rule of life for others , scarcely any have a better claim to the rea- der's attention . B He was born on the first of November , 1609 THE LIFE ...
... practice of every virtue , and whose conduct is of universal application as a rule of life for others , scarcely any have a better claim to the rea- der's attention . B He was born on the first of November , 1609 THE LIFE ...
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... practices . Reclaimed from the error of his youth , by the reflections which these accidents pro- duced , and encouraged by the advice of the learned counsellor , Serjeant Glanvil , Mr. Hale commenced that vigorous course of study in ...
... practices . Reclaimed from the error of his youth , by the reflections which these accidents pro- duced , and encouraged by the advice of the learned counsellor , Serjeant Glanvil , Mr. Hale commenced that vigorous course of study in ...
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... practice ; and as a reason for such acquisitions , he used to say , that " no man could be absolutely a master in any profes- sion , without having some skill in other sciences . ' But , next to the study of the law , divinity engaged ...
... practice ; and as a reason for such acquisitions , he used to say , that " no man could be absolutely a master in any profes- sion , without having some skill in other sciences . ' But , next to the study of the law , divinity engaged ...
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Pagina 83 - ... then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord ; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father : for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Pagina 168 - Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me; and the sea saith, It is not with me.
Pagina 83 - If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, From doing thy pleasure on my holy day ; And call the sabbath a delight, The holy of the Lord, honourable; And shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, Nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord...
Pagina 28 - Let him that will, ascend the tottering seat Of courtly grandeur, and become as great As are his mounting wishes : as for me, Let sweet repose and rest my portion be ; Give me some mean, obscure recess, a sphere Out of the road of business, or the fear Of falling lower ; where I sweetly may Myself and dear retirement still enjoy : Let not my life or name be known unto The grandees of the time...
Pagina 23 - Not to be solicitous what men will say or think, so long as I keep myself exactly according to the rule of justice. 13. If in criminals it be a measuring cast, to incline to mercy and acquittal.
Pagina 50 - If any person, that you do not very well know to be a person of truth, sobriety and weight, relate strange stories, be not too ready or easy to believe them, nor report them after him. And yet, unless he be one of your familiar acquaintance, be not too forward to contradict him ; or, if the necessity of the occasion...
Pagina 107 - Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
Pagina 70 - I have found by a strict and diligent observation that a due observance of the duty of this day hath ever had joined to it a blessing upon the rest of my time, and the week that hath been so begun hath been blessed and prosperous to me...