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 páginas |
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... senses . Of the sublime mysteries of our religion he loved to reason , not rashly or with presumption , but according to that in- tellectual scale by which God has permitted us to estimate things so far above mortal reach : and he had ...
... senses . Of the sublime mysteries of our religion he loved to reason , not rashly or with presumption , but according to that in- tellectual scale by which God has permitted us to estimate things so far above mortal reach : and he had ...
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... sense , if he failed to extract something va- luable out of every man's discourse . This caused Mr. Richard Baxter , the great theo- logian , to say of him , " I never more per- ceived in any man , how much great know- ledge and wisdom ...
... sense , if he failed to extract something va- luable out of every man's discourse . This caused Mr. Richard Baxter , the great theo- logian , to say of him , " I never more per- ceived in any man , how much great know- ledge and wisdom ...
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... sense of the awful responsi- bility of his office , yet accompanied with a certain compassionate and encouraging de- meanour , which left them nothing to fear from the influence of private feeling . The terrors of the law were ...
... sense of the awful responsi- bility of his office , yet accompanied with a certain compassionate and encouraging de- meanour , which left them nothing to fear from the influence of private feeling . The terrors of the law were ...
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... sense of your mind which you intend to utter ; think upon the expressions you intend to use , that they be sig- nificant , pertinent , and inoffensive : and whereas it is the ordinary course of inconsiderate per- sons , to speak their ...
... sense of your mind which you intend to utter ; think upon the expressions you intend to use , that they be sig- nificant , pertinent , and inoffensive : and whereas it is the ordinary course of inconsiderate per- sons , to speak their ...
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... sense , judgment , temper , and relations of others , which may be a great light and help to you in ordering your speech ; and you will better know the inclination of the company , and speak with more advantage and accepta- tion , and ...
... sense , judgment , temper , and relations of others , which may be a great light and help to you in ordering your speech ; and you will better know the inclination of the company , and speak with more advantage and accepta- tion , and ...
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advantage advice affliction Almighty amiss Anabaptists Antinomians avoid better Bishop Burnet blessing body careful children of men Christ Christian command concerning conscience corrupt counsel danger death deliverance delivered Deut disease doth duty elocution embased eminent employ employment esteemed eternal everlasting evil faithful father give given glory grace hath heart heaven honour humble inconsiderate intemperance JANE TAYLOR justice kind knew knowledge labour Lincoln's Inn live looked Lord Lord's Prayer Lord's-day lusts means ment mercy mind miscarriages morocco nature necessity neglect ness never obedience observation ONGAR passion person practice prayers prudence putrefaction quired reason religion remember reputation reverence Richard Baxter Sabbath sermon serve sickness sidered sins Sir Matthew Hale soul speak speech talents thankfulness thee things thou hast thought thy creatures thy Majesty thy name thy providence tion truth tural unto wherein wisdom wise words yourselves
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 24 - Not to be solicitous what men will say or think, so long as I keep myself exactly according to the rules of justice. " XIII. If in criminals it be a measuring cast, to incline to mercy and acquittal.
Página 206 - THE STUDENT'S JOURNAL. Arranged, Printed, and Ruled for receiving an Account of every Day's Employment for the space of One Year. With an Index and Appendix.
Página 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...
Página 205 - We are happy to announce another publication of this judicious and useful writer, particularly as we think that the present •will be found among the most valuable of Mrs Taylor's productions The...
Página 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?
Página 206 - LETTERS from an ELDER to a YOUNGER BROTHER, on the CONDUCT to be pursued in LIFE. By W. HUSSEY. Third Edition, in 2 vols.
Página 206 - ... and Ruled for receiving an account of every day's employment for the space of one year. With an Index and Appendix. Cheaper Edition. Post 8vo, strongly half-bound, Bs. 6d. The Student's Journal. Formed on the plan of the "Private Diary.