Sermons on Education: On Reflection, on the Greatness of God in the Works of Nature and in the Government of the World, on Charity, and on Various Other Topics;Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806 |
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... true from the falfe , and in these investi- gations and judgments of constantly following the fafeft rules , and taking the shortest way . This , however , is not fo well effected by inftructing them in these rules of thinking , or by ...
... true from the falfe , and in these investi- gations and judgments of constantly following the fafeft rules , and taking the shortest way . This , however , is not fo well effected by inftructing them in these rules of thinking , or by ...
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... as chance or luck directs , imagine they understand them , and yet even in advanced age have either annexed no meaning at all to them , or one very different from the the true . Words are figns of the riches of 14 ON THE FORMATION OF.
... as chance or luck directs , imagine they understand them , and yet even in advanced age have either annexed no meaning at all to them , or one very different from the the true . Words are figns of the riches of 14 ON THE FORMATION OF.
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... true . Words are figns of the riches of our mind ; but these riches are imaginary , and those figns are like counterfeit coin , when we are not ac- quainted with their meaning . To these precepts , the obfervance of which will be of ...
... true . Words are figns of the riches of our mind ; but these riches are imaginary , and those figns are like counterfeit coin , when we are not ac- quainted with their meaning . To these precepts , the obfervance of which will be of ...
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... true wisdom , which is of far greater value than all the other fciences together , and which can never be obtained too foon , as it is effential to the proper conduct of life . Teach therefore your children to obferve the great ...
... true wisdom , which is of far greater value than all the other fciences together , and which can never be obtained too foon , as it is effential to the proper conduct of life . Teach therefore your children to obferve the great ...
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... true merit alone , under whatever form , in whatever dress and station it appears , and your doctrine , fup ported on your example , will infallibly produce the faireft fruits . Another rule , arifing from the foregoing , is : Guard ...
... true merit alone , under whatever form , in whatever dress and station it appears , and your doctrine , fup ported on your example , will infallibly produce the faireft fruits . Another rule , arifing from the foregoing , is : Guard ...
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Page viii - THE heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
Page 424 - Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Page 506 - But I fay unto you, Love your enemies, blefs them that curfe you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which defpitefully ufe you, and perfecute you...
Page vi - I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
Page 363 - And he charged them that they should tell no man : but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it; 37 And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well : he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
Page x - For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour ; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Page 322 - For as the heavens are higher than the earth, fo are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Page 345 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with a span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance...
Page 352 - ... shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?
Page 496 - That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven ; for he maketh his fun to rife on the evil and on the good, and fendeth rain on the juft, and on the unjuft.