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Side 40
... rich miser is the Tantalus in the fable . He sits gaping over his money , and dares no more touch it than he dares commit sacrilege . Ambition is to the mind what the cap is to the fal- con ; it blinds us first , and then compels us to ...
... rich miser is the Tantalus in the fable . He sits gaping over his money , and dares no more touch it than he dares commit sacrilege . Ambition is to the mind what the cap is to the fal- con ; it blinds us first , and then compels us to ...
Side 50
... too much fear ; where one despairs , there are thou- sands that presume . A good conscience seats the mind on a rich throne. HOPE , FEAR , ANXIETY , AND DISTRUST . GOVERNMENT OF THE PASSIONS . HOPE, FEAR, ANXIETY, AND DISTRUST.
... too much fear ; where one despairs , there are thou- sands that presume . A good conscience seats the mind on a rich throne. HOPE , FEAR , ANXIETY , AND DISTRUST . GOVERNMENT OF THE PASSIONS . HOPE, FEAR, ANXIETY, AND DISTRUST.
Side 51
Maxims. A good conscience seats the mind on a rich throne of lasting quiet , but horror waits upon a guilty soul . He that grieves for the loss of casual comforts shall never want occasion of sorrow . There is no greater instance of a ...
Maxims. A good conscience seats the mind on a rich throne of lasting quiet , but horror waits upon a guilty soul . He that grieves for the loss of casual comforts shall never want occasion of sorrow . There is no greater instance of a ...
Side 75
... rich by being poor in desires . I account no man richer or greater than myself , except he be more virtuous . The rich man lives happily so long as he uses his riches temperately ; and the poor man , who patiently endureth his wants , is ...
... rich by being poor in desires . I account no man richer or greater than myself , except he be more virtuous . The rich man lives happily so long as he uses his riches temperately ; and the poor man , who patiently endureth his wants , is ...
Side 80
... rich with it , the rich man is poor without it . Contentment consisteth not in adding more fuel , but in taking away some fire ; not in multiplying of wealth , but in subtracting men's desires . Worldly riches , like nuts , tear many ...
... rich with it , the rich man is poor without it . Contentment consisteth not in adding more fuel , but in taking away some fire ; not in multiplying of wealth , but in subtracting men's desires . Worldly riches , like nuts , tear many ...
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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.