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Side 20
... present , but both of them are somewhat purblind as to things that are to come . But , of the two , fashion imposes the heaviest burden , for she cheats her votaries of their time , their fortune , and their comforts , and she repays ...
... present , but both of them are somewhat purblind as to things that are to come . But , of the two , fashion imposes the heaviest burden , for she cheats her votaries of their time , their fortune , and their comforts , and she repays ...
Side 22
... present evils with patience , and wait for expected good with long - suffering , is equally the part of the Christian and the Hero . Those evils would break a proud man's heart that would not break a humble Christian's sleep . Rise from ...
... present evils with patience , and wait for expected good with long - suffering , is equally the part of the Christian and the Hero . Those evils would break a proud man's heart that would not break a humble Christian's sleep . Rise from ...
Side 33
Maxims. He is a madman , that , to avoid a present and less evil , runs blindfold into a greater ; and , for the grati- fying of a froward humour , makes himself a slave all the rest of his life . Let all men avoid rash speaking . They ...
Maxims. He is a madman , that , to avoid a present and less evil , runs blindfold into a greater ; and , for the grati- fying of a froward humour , makes himself a slave all the rest of his life . Let all men avoid rash speaking . They ...
Side 38
... present condition , which is not sufficient to ex- tinguish in us all the secret seeds of pride , and , on the contrary , to sink the soul into the lowest state of humility . Avarice and ambition are the two elements that enter into the ...
... present condition , which is not sufficient to ex- tinguish in us all the secret seeds of pride , and , on the contrary , to sink the soul into the lowest state of humility . Avarice and ambition are the two elements that enter into the ...
Side 64
... present mischief ; whilst you seek to prevent it , practise to bear it . He is a wise man that can avoid an evil ; he is a patient man that can endure it ; but he is a valiant man that can conquer it . If you would not be thought a fool ...
... present mischief ; whilst you seek to prevent it , practise to bear it . He is a wise man that can avoid an evil ; he is a patient man that can endure it ; but he is a valiant man that can conquer it . If you would not be thought a fool ...
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Side 17 - The discretion of a man deferreth his anger ; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Side 126 - I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
Side 128 - Far, far away, like bells at evening pealing, The voice of Jesus sounds o'er land and sea, And laden souls by thousands meekly stealing, Kind Shepherd, turn their weary steps to Thee.
Side 13 - Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs, as carols. And the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job, than the felicities of Solomon.
Side 39 - Man could direct his ways by plain reason, and support his life by tasteless food; but God has given us wit, and flavour, and brightness, and laughter, and perfumes, to enliven the days of man's pilgrimage, and to " charm his pained steps over the burning marie.
Side 1 - The end, then, of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith makes up the highest perfection.
Side 261 - Get thee hence, Satan : for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve." Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, Angels came and ministered unto him.
Side 131 - ... prayer is the peace of our spirit, the stillness of our thoughts, the evenness of recollection, the seat of meditation, the rest of our cares, and the calm of our tempest ; prayer is the issue of a quiet mind, of untroubled thoughts, it is the daughter of charity, and the sister of meekness ; and he that prays to God with an angry, that is, with a troubled and discomposed spirit, is like him...
Side 130 - These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits and Are melted into air, into thin air: And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve And, like this unsubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind.