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... some more general defects and weak- neffes of the thinking power in us , leaving it to every man , who expects a more exact draught of them , to attend to the motions . of his own mind , and to follow the jaunt of his Thoughts after ...
... some more general defects and weak- neffes of the thinking power in us , leaving it to every man , who expects a more exact draught of them , to attend to the motions . of his own mind , and to follow the jaunt of his Thoughts after ...
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... some men , that they choose to refine upon them , commonly beyond usefulness , often beyond fenfe , affect fciences falfly fo called , and fpin cobweb notions out of their own brains , fit only to catch flies with . Thus has the infi ...
... some men , that they choose to refine upon them , commonly beyond usefulness , often beyond fenfe , affect fciences falfly fo called , and fpin cobweb notions out of their own brains , fit only to catch flies with . Thus has the infi ...
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... Some have working imaginations , never idle , but yet acting to no purpose . For it is not enough for a man to have this or that par- ticular end in his view , as opportunity pre- fents , and his occafions require : But he must must ...
... Some have working imaginations , never idle , but yet acting to no purpose . For it is not enough for a man to have this or that par- ticular end in his view , as opportunity pre- fents , and his occafions require : But he must must ...
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... some one determinate port of traffick : For otherwise , as the one fails uncertainly , and to very lit- tle purpose ; fo the other thinks and lives but from hand to mouth , as we say ; by breaks and by parcels , without any de- pendance ...
... some one determinate port of traffick : For otherwise , as the one fails uncertainly , and to very lit- tle purpose ; fo the other thinks and lives but from hand to mouth , as we say ; by breaks and by parcels , without any de- pendance ...
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... some restless birds , they no fooner light upon one object , than they presently take wing and fly off to another : By which means there happens many times fo quick a fucceffion , or rather , indeed , fuch a tumultuary jumble of ideas ...
... some restless birds , they no fooner light upon one object , than they presently take wing and fly off to another : By which means there happens many times fo quick a fucceffion , or rather , indeed , fuch a tumultuary jumble of ideas ...
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Page 101 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few.
Page 123 - Finally, brethren, whatfoever things are ' true, whatfoever things are honeft, whatfoever things ' are juft, whatfoever things are pure, whatfoever things ' are lovely, whatfoever things are of good report : If ' there be any virtue, and if there be any praife, think
Page 96 - If there be a willing mind, it is accepted according to what a man has, and not according to what he has not.
Page 136 - And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness: for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.
Page 124 - ... when we sit in the house, and when we walk by the way ; when we lie down, and when we rise up, — and when we are about our daily occupation.
Page 101 - But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am* a great King, saith the Lord of Hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
Page 53 - much " much goods laid up for many years ; take " thine eafe, eat, drink, and be merry.
Page 139 - ALMIGHTY God, unto whom all hearts be open, /~\. all defires known, and from whom no fecrets are hid ; Cleanfe the thoughts of our hearts by the infpiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love Thee, and worthily magnify thy holy Name ; through Chrift our Lord.
Page 68 - If any man love the world, the love of God is not in him.
Page 31 - For the wifdom of this world is foolifhnefs with God. For it is written : He taketh the wife in their own craftinefs. And again: The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wife, that they are vain.