Small Books on Great Subjects, Volume 2Lea and Blanchard, 1846 - Philosophy |
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Page 41
... soon be tempted to go beyond it ; and as justice is not likely to consort long with covetousness , so wise self - government is not acquired by intemperance . And indeed those sorts of food are the most fit which can be used as they are ...
... soon be tempted to go beyond it ; and as justice is not likely to consort long with covetousness , so wise self - government is not acquired by intemperance . And indeed those sorts of food are the most fit which can be used as they are ...
Page 43
... soon the fermenting liquor of youth overflows the bounds of modesty . It is needful then to endeavor to restrain the undue appe- tites of young men by taking from them the incite- ments of Bacchus , and rather administering antidotes ...
... soon the fermenting liquor of youth overflows the bounds of modesty . It is needful then to endeavor to restrain the undue appe- tites of young men by taking from them the incite- ments of Bacchus , and rather administering antidotes ...
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... soon dries up - so it may be conceived of this . And here the parable of the sower is useful to us : for there is one spiritual husbandman for the human field , who from the foundation of the world sows good seed in it , and who waters ...
... soon dries up - so it may be conceived of this . And here the parable of the sower is useful to us : for there is one spiritual husbandman for the human field , who from the foundation of the world sows good seed in it , and who waters ...
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... soon guide us to more : how indeed should those not receive it who are both able and willing to learn ? and he who has before acquired wisdom , will , through this knowledge , * become wiser ; for it is not the drossy ore of reason that ...
... soon guide us to more : how indeed should those not receive it who are both able and willing to learn ? and he who has before acquired wisdom , will , through this knowledge , * become wiser ; for it is not the drossy ore of reason that ...
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... soon that the cubit and the ephah grew to be so much shorter and less in the hands of the people , that the differ- ence came at last to be acknowledged and registered : -so unwilling are men to keep up to the full mea- sure ordained by ...
... soon that the cubit and the ephah grew to be so much shorter and less in the hands of the people , that the differ- ence came at last to be acknowledged and registered : -so unwilling are men to keep up to the full mea- sure ordained by ...
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Page 11 - Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
Page 9 - One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it.
Page 9 - Who art thou that judgest another man's servant ? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up : for God is able to make him stand.
Page 21 - Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. For one believeth that he may eat all things ; another, who is weak, eateth herbs. Let not him that eateth, despise him that eateth not ; and let not him which eateth not, judge him that eateth; for God hath received him.
Page 6 - But the greatest error of all the rest is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or furthest end of knowledge. For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction; and most times for lucre and profession...
Page 32 - ALMIGHTY God, unto whom all hearts be open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid; Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy Name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Page 7 - ... sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction; and most times for lucre and profession; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men...
Page 62 - For he saith to Moses; I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
Page 79 - ... and he is divided. And the unmarried woman, and the virgin thinketh on the things of the Lord, that she may be holy in body and in spirit. But she that is married thinketh on the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
Page 28 - By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, that ye love one another.