Religious CharacteristicsWilliam Blackwood, 1827 - 303 páginas |
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... To be constant- ly engaged in the accounts of his business , in- stead of inducing the insensibility of custom , only brings his affairs nearer to his heart , and : sharpens his cares about new gain , in relation to INTRODUCTION . 17.
... To be constant- ly engaged in the accounts of his business , in- stead of inducing the insensibility of custom , only brings his affairs nearer to his heart , and : sharpens his cares about new gain , in relation to INTRODUCTION . 17.
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... engaged in each : The PAST , wherein man was happy in being like to God ; — wherein he became miserable by offending God , and despoiling himself of that similitude ; — wherein , and over all , God had provided a way of restoration for ...
... engaged in each : The PAST , wherein man was happy in being like to God ; — wherein he became miserable by offending God , and despoiling himself of that similitude ; — wherein , and over all , God had provided a way of restoration for ...
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... engaged , we grow to this , that we care for nothing beyond the concen- tration of our existence into the present in time and happiness . - This is one great part of our nature . There is another , almost con- trary , but much weaker ...
... engaged , we grow to this , that we care for nothing beyond the concen- tration of our existence into the present in time and happiness . - This is one great part of our nature . There is another , almost con- trary , but much weaker ...
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... engaged men ; not because he would respect his own spirit and conscience , alive , in sympathy , with the feelings of that age . He feels not that life is a strange dream ; nor deeply in his con- scious spirit , that man is a portion of ...
... engaged men ; not because he would respect his own spirit and conscience , alive , in sympathy , with the feelings of that age . He feels not that life is a strange dream ; nor deeply in his con- scious spirit , that man is a portion of ...
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... of human nature , he finds an excuse in the very cause of the sin , instead of endeavouring to overstep its control . He can tell how his thoughts are ne- cessarily engaged . But what shame and ingra- titude ! 38 WORLDLY - MINDEDNESS .
... of human nature , he finds an excuse in the very cause of the sin , instead of endeavouring to overstep its control . He can tell how his thoughts are ne- cessarily engaged . But what shame and ingra- titude ! 38 WORLDLY - MINDEDNESS .
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Página 77 - Eve; heaven is for thee too high To know what passes there; be lowly wise: Think only what concerns thee, and thy being; Dream not of other worlds; what creatures there Live in what state, condition, or degree; Contented that thus far hath been reveal'd Not of earth only, but of hig-hest heaven.
Página 15 - Which men call Earth, and, with low-thoughted care, Confined and pester'd in this .pinfold here, Strive to keep up a frail and feverish being, Unmindful of the crown that Virtue gives, After this mortal change, to her true servants Amongst the enthroned gods on sainted seats.
Página 117 - He who loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how shall he love God whom he hath not seen ? You, Mr.
Página 199 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble minds) To scorn delights, and live laborious days...
Página 79 - ... of wise and pithy saws which, to the number of between four and five thousand, were collected from all ancient literature by the industry of Erasmus in his great folio of Adages. As we turn over these pages of old time, we almost feel that those are right who tell us that everything has been said ; that the thing that has been is the thing that shall be, and that there is no new thing under the sun.
Página 257 - The last great age, foretold by sacred rhymes, Renews its finished course : Saturnian times Roll round again ; and mighty years, begun From their first orb, in radiant circles run.
Página 210 - And, seeing ignorance is the curse of God, Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven, Unless you be possess'd with devilish spirits, You cannot but forbear to murder me.
Página 97 - ... obey him in public and in private. This great virtue is the first trait in the moral character of St. Paul ; and it is absolutely necessary to the Christian character in general, since it is that parent of all virtues, to which God has given the promise of the present life, and of that which is to come.