The Christian Monitor, Volume 3Munroe and Francis, 1807 - Christian life |
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Page 20
... judge ourselves sin- cerely . Let us not vainly content ourselves with the common disorders of our lives , the vanity of our expenses , the folly of our diversions , the pride of our habits , the idleness of our lives , and the wasting ...
... judge ourselves sin- cerely . Let us not vainly content ourselves with the common disorders of our lives , the vanity of our expenses , the folly of our diversions , the pride of our habits , the idleness of our lives , and the wasting ...
Page 43
... were to be rewarded for their labours by the great judge of quick and dead , you might be receiv ed with a well done , good and faithful ser vant , enter thou into the joy of thy Lord . ' 6 But , as God has given you five talents , 43.
... were to be rewarded for their labours by the great judge of quick and dead , you might be receiv ed with a well done , good and faithful ser vant , enter thou into the joy of thy Lord . ' 6 But , as God has given you five talents , 43.
Page 104
... judge of your improvement in pi- ety . For so far as you renounce all selfish tem- pers , and motions of your own will , and seek for no other happiness , but in the thankful re- ception of every thing , which happens to you , 104.
... judge of your improvement in pi- ety . For so far as you renounce all selfish tem- pers , and motions of your own will , and seek for no other happiness , but in the thankful re- ception of every thing , which happens to you , 104.
Page 121
... judges of the virtue and merit of other people . + We are sure , that the virtue or merit of per- sons is not the reason of our being obliged to love them ; because we are commanded to pay the highest instances of love to our worst ene ...
... judges of the virtue and merit of other people . + We are sure , that the virtue or merit of per- sons is not the reason of our being obliged to love them ; because we are commanded to pay the highest instances of love to our worst ene ...
Page 183
... judge of the excellency of any knowledge , or the shameful- ness of any ignorance . * [ Knowledge itself would be no excellence , nor ignorance any reproach to us , but that we are rational creatures . But if this be true , then it ...
... judge of the excellency of any knowledge , or the shameful- ness of any ignorance . * [ Knowledge itself would be no excellence , nor ignorance any reproach to us , but that we are rational creatures . But if this be true , then it ...
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