 | John Selden - Table-talk - 1689 - 196 pages
...nor 'tis not the drinking that is to be blamed, but the Excess. So in Pride. LV Idolatry T DOLATRY is in a Man's own thought, not -«- in the Opinion...the altar, why am I guilty of Idolatry ? because a stander-by thinks so ? I am sure I do not believe the Altar to be God ; and the God I worship may be... | |
 | John Selden - Table-talk - 1786 - 196 pages
...his dignity. In gluttony there must be earing, ia drunkennessthere must be drinking; it is not the eating, nor it is not the drinking that Is to be blamed, but the excess. So in pride. IDOLATRY. " I. IDOLATRY is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another. Put the case 1 bow to the Altar,... | |
 | John Selden - Early printed books - 1786 - 190 pages
...his dignity. In gluttony there must be eating, in drunkenness there must be drinking; it is nor the eating, nor it is not the drinking that is to be blamed, but the excess. So in pride. *%' IDOLATRY. I. IDOLATRY is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another. Put the case 1 bow to the Altar,... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 528 pages
...his dignity. In gluttons there mu;t be eating, in drunkenness there must be dunking ; it is not the eating, nor it is not the drinking, that is to be blamed, but the excess. So in pride. • Public Interest. All might go well in the commonwealth, if every one in the paihament would lay... | |
 | George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 970 pages
...his dignity. In gluttons there mu?t be eating, in drunkenness there must be dunking; it is not the eating, nor it is not the drinking, that is to be blamed, but the excess. So in pride. Public Interest. All might go well in the commonwealth, if every one in the parliament would lay down... | |
 | John Selden - Religion and state - 1818 - 678 pages
...his dignity. In gluttons there must be eating, in drunkenness there must be drinking; it is not the eating, nor it is not the drinking that is to be blamed,...the altar, why am I guilty of idolatry, because a slander by thinks so ? I am sure I do not believe the altar to be God, and the God I worship may be... | |
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - English essays - 1819 - 378 pages
...his dignity. In gluttony there must be eating ; in drunkenness there must be drinking ; it is not the eating, nor it is not the drinking that is to be blamed,...man's own thought, not in the opinion of another. Pat case, I bow to the altar, why atn I guilty of idolatry, because a stander by thinks so ? I am sure... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 328 pages
...his dignity. In gluttony there must be eating ; in drunkenness there must be drinking ; it is not the eating, nor it is not the drinking that is to be blamed,...the altar, why am I guilty of idolatry, because a slander by thinks so ? I am sure I do not believe the altar to be God, and the God I worship may be... | |
 | John Selden - 1821 - 170 pages
...bis dignity. In gluttony there must be eating ; in drunkenness there must be drinking ; it is not the eating, nor it is not the drinking that is to be blamed,...opinion of another. Put case, I bow to the altar, why am 1 guilty of idolatry, because a slander by thinks so ? I am sure I do not believe the altar to be God,... | |
 | English literature - 1831 - 368 pages
...gluttony there must be eating, in drunkenness there must be drinking : 't is not the eating, nor 't is not the drinking that is to be blamed, but the...the altar, why am I guilty of idolatry ? Because a stander-by thinks so ? I am sure I do not believe the altar to be God ; and the God I worship may be... | |
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Nay, if a man hath too mean an opinion of himself, it will render him unserviceable both to God and man. 3. Pride may be allowed to this or that degree, else a man cannot keep up his dignity. In... 
