Aids to ReflectionWilliam Pickering, 1839 - 315 pages |
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... known prin- ciples of the writer do not supersede the question , there will seldom be sufficient strength of character for good or for evil to afford much chance of its being either distinctly put or fairly answered . I shall proceed ...
... known prin- ciples of the writer do not supersede the question , there will seldom be sufficient strength of character for good or for evil to afford much chance of its being either distinctly put or fairly answered . I shall proceed ...
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... play . Thus in the double sense of the word , become . I have known persons so anxious to have their dress become them , as to convert it at length into come , and too often have become , the pandars 26 AIDS TO REFLECTION .
... play . Thus in the double sense of the word , become . I have known persons so anxious to have their dress become them , as to convert it at length into come , and too often have become , the pandars 26 AIDS TO REFLECTION .
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... known to be so , it would not have been classed as a vice . Thus what in an enfeebled and disordered mind is called prudence , is the voice of nature in a healthful state : as is proved by the known fact , that the prudential duties ...
... known to be so , it would not have been classed as a vice . Thus what in an enfeebled and disordered mind is called prudence , is the voice of nature in a healthful state : as is proved by the known fact , that the prudential duties ...
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... known and unknown , that sur- round him , as acting on the will , though , doubtless , with it likewise ? a process , which the co - instantane- ous yet reciprocal action of the air and the vital en- ergy of the lungs in breathing may ...
... known and unknown , that sur- round him , as acting on the will , though , doubtless , with it likewise ? a process , which the co - instantane- ous yet reciprocal action of the air and the vital en- ergy of the lungs in breathing may ...
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... known ; and the Scriptures furnish the clear and un- failing rules for directing the inquiry , and for draw- ing the conclusion . If any reflecting mind be surprised that the aids of the divine Spirit should be deeper than our consci ...
... known ; and the Scriptures furnish the clear and un- failing rules for directing the inquiry , and for draw- ing the conclusion . If any reflecting mind be surprised that the aids of the divine Spirit should be deeper than our consci ...
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Page 94 - For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? "And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Page 42 - He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Page 11 - LORD, with what care hast thou begirt us round ! Parents first season us : then schoolmasters Deliver us to laws ; they send us bound To rules of reason, holy messengers, Pulpits and Sundays, sorrow dogging sin, Afflictions sorted, anguish of all sizes, Fine nets and stratagems to catch us in, Bibles laid open, millions of surprises, Blessings beforehand, ties of gratefulness, The sound of glory ringing in our ears ; Without, our shame ; within, our consciences ; Angels and grace, eternal hopes and...
Page 71 - And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.
Page 312 - The hour is coming, in the which all that are in the grave shall hear his voice, and shall come forth : they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation...
Page 261 - Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not : behold, your GOD will come with vengeance, even GOD with a recompense ; He will come and save you.
Page 50 - I at all question but they will furnish plenty of noble matter for such whose converting imaginations dispose them to reduce all things into types ; who can make shadows, no thanks to the sun ; and then mould them into substances, no thanks to philosophy ; whose peculiar talent lies in fixing tropes and allegories to the letter, and refining what is literal into figure and mystery.
Page 76 - ... meanness of apparel, and in others, under either neat or rich attire, a very humble unaffected mind : using it upon some of the aforementioned engagements, or such like, and yet, the heart not at all upon it. Magnus...
Page 313 - ... he had pronounced a message of inestimable importance, and well worthy of that splendid apparatus of prophecy and miracles with which his mission was introduced and attested : a message in which the wisest of mankind would rejoice to find an answer to their doubts, and rest to their inquiries. It is idle to say that a future state had been discovered already. It had been discovered as the Copernican system was ; it was one guess amongst many.
Page 6 - like ours, where so many words are derived from other languages, there are few modes of instruction more useful or more amusing than that of accustoming young people to seek for the etymology or primary meaning of the words they use. There are cases in which more knowledge of more value may be conveyed by the history of a word than by the history of a campaign.