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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Página 13
... commit them to paper at the time . Though these opportu- nities may not seem to promise the comple- tion of any considerable undertaking , yet it is a fact , that all his moral and religious works are the production of these scattered ...
... commit them to paper at the time . Though these opportu- nities may not seem to promise the comple- tion of any considerable undertaking , yet it is a fact , that all his moral and religious works are the production of these scattered ...
Página 62
... committed , they may , and by a superior must , be reproved : but let it be done without reproaches or bit- terness , otherwise it loseth its due end and use ; and , instead of reforming the offence , exasperates the offender , and ...
... committed , they may , and by a superior must , be reproved : but let it be done without reproaches or bit- terness , otherwise it loseth its due end and use ; and , instead of reforming the offence , exasperates the offender , and ...
Página 101
... committed ; and , on the other side , what opinion you had in your sickness touching piety towards God , hearing of his Word , calling upon his Name , redeem- ing of time , modesty , temperance : whether those actions of your life past ...
... committed ; and , on the other side , what opinion you had in your sickness touching piety towards God , hearing of his Word , calling upon his Name , redeem- ing of time , modesty , temperance : whether those actions of your life past ...
Página 127
... committed to every person under a Trust , or charge , to employ the same in ways , and to ends , and in proportion , suit- able to the talents thus committed to them , and to the measure and quality of them . The Ends of this deputing ...
... committed to every person under a Trust , or charge , to employ the same in ways , and to ends , and in proportion , suit- able to the talents thus committed to them , and to the measure and quality of them . The Ends of this deputing ...
Página 128
... perfect will . To the due execution of this trust commit- ted to the children of men , and for their encouragement in it , he hath annexed a Re- * Eccles . i . 8 . ward by his promise , and the free appointment of 128 THE GREAT AUDIT .
... perfect will . To the due execution of this trust commit- ted to the children of men , and for their encouragement in it , he hath annexed a Re- * Eccles . i . 8 . ward by his promise , and the free appointment of 128 THE GREAT AUDIT .
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advantage advice affliction Almighty amiss Anabaptists Antinomians avoid better Bishop Burnet blessing body careful charity 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 FLEET STREET 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-day lusts means ment mercy mind 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 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 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 - 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 28 - Let him that will, ascend the tottering seat Of courtly grandeur, and become as great As are his mounting wishes : as for me, Let sweet repose and rest my portion be ; Give me some mean, obscure recess, a sphere Out of the road of business, or the fear Of falling lower ; where I sweetly may Myself and dear retirement still enjoy : Let not my life or name be known unto The grandees of the time...
Página 23 - Not to be solicitous what men will say or think, so long as I keep myself exactly according to the rule of justice. 13. If in criminals it be a measuring cast, to incline to mercy and acquittal.
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 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 70 - I have found by a strict and diligent observation that a due observance of the duty of this day hath ever had joined to it a blessing upon the rest of my time, and the week that hath been so begun hath been blessed and prosperous to me...