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... human nature in general , which arise from the very constitution of a soul united to an animal body , and sub- jected to many inconveniences thereby . Consider the many additional weaknesses , mistakes , and frailties , which are de ...
... human nature in general , which arise from the very constitution of a soul united to an animal body , and sub- jected to many inconveniences thereby . Consider the many additional weaknesses , mistakes , and frailties , which are de ...
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... human nature is always liable to mistake in this corrupt and feeble state . A dogmatical spirit has many inconve- niences attending it : as ,. 1. It stops the ear against all further reasoning upon that . subject , and shuts up the mind ...
... human nature is always liable to mistake in this corrupt and feeble state . A dogmatical spirit has many inconve- niences attending it : as ,. 1. It stops the ear against all further reasoning upon that . subject , and shuts up the mind ...
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... human fire and indignation . A dogmatist in religion is not a great way off from a bigot , and is in high danger of growing up to be a bloody perse- cutor . XI . THOUGH Caution and slow assent will guard you against frequent mistakes ...
... human fire and indignation . A dogmatist in religion is not a great way off from a bigot , and is in high danger of growing up to be a bloody perse- cutor . XI . THOUGH Caution and slow assent will guard you against frequent mistakes ...
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... human life , whether they are sensible or intellec- tual , whether relating to persons or things , to ourselves or others . It is this that furnishes us , even from our infancy , a rich variety of ideas and propositions , words and with ...
... human life , whether they are sensible or intellec- tual , whether relating to persons or things , to ourselves or others . It is this that furnishes us , even from our infancy , a rich variety of ideas and propositions , words and with ...
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... human nature , both in the powers and in the frailties of it . II . THE next way of improving the mind is by reading , and the advantages of it are such as these . 1. By reading we acquaint ourselves in a very extensive manner " with ...
... human nature , both in the powers and in the frailties of it . II . THE next way of improving the mind is by reading , and the advantages of it are such as these . 1. By reading we acquaint ourselves in a very extensive manner " with ...
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Page 422 - Hail, wedded love, mysterious law, true source Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise, of all things common else. By thee adulterous lust was driven from men Among the bestial herds to range : by thee Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities . Of father, son, and brother, first were known.
Page 435 - Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Page 92 - What shall we say then ? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound ? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein...
Page 439 - And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us, in the likeness of men.
Page 51 - General observations drawn from particulars are the jewels of knowledge, comprehending great store in a little room ; but they are therefore to be made with the greater care and caution, lest, if we take counterfeit for true, our loss and shame be the greater when our stock comes to a severe scrutiny.
Page 438 - But when Christ, who is their life, shall appear, they also shall appear with him in glory.
Page 190 - The situation of the several parts of the earth are better learned by one day's conversing with a map or a sea-chart, than by merely reading the description of their situation a hundred times over in books of geography.
Page 33 - Yes, if you cry out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding, if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures; then you will understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
Page 260 - Get a distinct and comprehensive knowledge of the subject which you treat of ; survey it on all sides, and make yourself perfect master of it ; then you will have all the sentiments that relate to it in your view, and under your command, and your tongue will very easily clothe those ideas with words which your mind has first made so familiar and easy to itself. Scribendi recte sapere est et principium etfons, Verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur.
Page 155 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.