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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... reason for such acquisitions , he used to say , that " no man could be absolutely a master in any profes- sion , without having some skill in other sciences . ' But , next to the study of the law , divinity engaged his chief attention ...
... reason for such acquisitions , he used to say , that " no man could be absolutely a master in any profes- sion , without having some skill in other sciences . ' But , next to the study of the law , divinity engaged his chief attention ...
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... reason to be satisfied , yet this impression did not lead him to cut off all speculation concerning those higher mat- ters . He rather applied another kind of argument suitable to their nature , and by analogy obtained an insight beyond ...
... reason to be satisfied , yet this impression did not lead him to cut off all speculation concerning those higher mat- ters . He rather applied another kind of argument suitable to their nature , and by analogy obtained an insight beyond ...
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... reason . His son died under circumstances peculiarly distressing . To so kind - hearted a man , and so affectionate a father , this must have been a very severe affliction ; yet to all outward appearance he maintained his usual equa ...
... reason . His son died under circumstances peculiarly distressing . To so kind - hearted a man , and so affectionate a father , this must have been a very severe affliction ; yet to all outward appearance he maintained his usual equa ...
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... reason or end to de- ceive you ; that the best gift I can give you is good Counsel ; and the best counsel I can give you is that which relates to your greatest import and concernment ; namely , Religion . And therefore since I cannot at ...
... reason or end to de- ceive you ; that the best gift I can give you is good Counsel ; and the best counsel I can give you is that which relates to your greatest import and concernment ; namely , Religion . And therefore since I cannot at ...
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... very careful to moderate your Passions , especially of choler and anger : it inflames the blood , disorders the brain , and for the time , exterminates not only religion , but common reason : it puts the mind into con- ON RELIGION . 43.
... very careful to moderate your Passions , especially of choler and anger : it inflames the blood , disorders the brain , and for the time , exterminates not only religion , but common reason : it puts the mind into con- ON RELIGION . 43.
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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
Pasajes populares
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...