Materials for Thinking, Volumen1E. Wilson, 1820 |
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... evil spoken of ; it endeavours to make virtue more amiable , and to soften the deformity of vice ; it pardons the errors of youth , and pities the vanity of beauty ; and wherever it is possible to extenuate the faults and failings 7 ...
... evil spoken of ; it endeavours to make virtue more amiable , and to soften the deformity of vice ; it pardons the errors of youth , and pities the vanity of beauty ; and wherever it is possible to extenuate the faults and failings 7 ...
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... evil in different pro- portions , and therefore to expect praise unal- loyed , for the whole or any part of our con- duct , is narrow minded and unmanly ; for so long as men continue to have different habits and pursuits , they will ...
... evil in different pro- portions , and therefore to expect praise unal- loyed , for the whole or any part of our con- duct , is narrow minded and unmanly ; for so long as men continue to have different habits and pursuits , they will ...
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... evil reports , even of his enemies , for as he will always be desirous to act from a knowledge of the truth and the actual state of things , he will never hastily give credit to what may be false , for any thing he knows to the contrary ...
... evil reports , even of his enemies , for as he will always be desirous to act from a knowledge of the truth and the actual state of things , he will never hastily give credit to what may be false , for any thing he knows to the contrary ...
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... evil propensities ; he will remember that alms- giving is not the whole of charity , but that the more estimable parts are moderation and forbearance . A liberal man will always be ready to receive advice , when well intended , and ...
... evil propensities ; he will remember that alms- giving is not the whole of charity , but that the more estimable parts are moderation and forbearance . A liberal man will always be ready to receive advice , when well intended , and ...
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... evil by the introduction of an opposite good , for evil can never be wholly eradicated from the system . To acquire senti- ments of liberality , is not the work of a day , nor a month , but of years ; they are generally the fruit of ...
... evil by the introduction of an opposite good , for evil can never be wholly eradicated from the system . To acquire senti- ments of liberality , is not the work of a day , nor a month , but of years ; they are generally the fruit of ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 347 - And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years...
Página 359 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace ; then shall the Lord be my God : and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house : and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Página 110 - And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest. And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard ; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger : I am the Lord your God.
Página 397 - My Godfathers and Godmothers, in my Baptism, wherein I was made a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven.
Página 167 - For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us : for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you ; neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day that we might not be chargeable to any of you ; not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
Página 352 - When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like a froward child, that must be played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is over.
Página 168 - For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. Now them that are such we command and exhort, by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
Página 165 - Take no thought for your life, take no thought what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, or wherewithal ye shall be clothed...
Página 398 - To love, honour, and succour my father and mother: To honour and obey the King, and all that are put in authority under him: To submit myself to all my governors, teachers, spiritual pastors, and masters: To order myself lowly and reverently to all my betters...
Página 167 - If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?