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... endeavour to hopet all things ; he would recollect how often he had won- dered at himself for having taken up prejudices against those whom he afterwards regarded , not only as rea- sonable and worthy , but in the end , even as pleasing ...
... endeavour to hopet all things ; he would recollect how often he had won- dered at himself for having taken up prejudices against those whom he afterwards regarded , not only as rea- sonable and worthy , but in the end , even as pleasing ...
Page 33
... endeavour to confer such benefits on the object of his prejudice as opportunities may allow . Our Lord tells us , we must do good to those that hate us ; it would be productive of kindness to do good to those we hate . There is no ...
... endeavour to confer such benefits on the object of his prejudice as opportunities may allow . Our Lord tells us , we must do good to those that hate us ; it would be productive of kindness to do good to those we hate . There is no ...
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... endeavour , in the first place , to give a description of it . Secondly to expose the Fallacies under which it shelters itself . Thirdly to describe the mischiefs attending it . And fourthly to propose some remedies . 3. In the first ...
... endeavour , in the first place , to give a description of it . Secondly to expose the Fallacies under which it shelters itself . Thirdly to describe the mischiefs attending it . And fourthly to propose some remedies . 3. In the first ...
Page 38
... endeavour to detect some of the fallacies under which misanthropy is apt to shelter itself . To deny the man - hater some love of virtue would be neither candid nor just ; but it may be truly said , that he presumes himself to be more ...
... endeavour to detect some of the fallacies under which misanthropy is apt to shelter itself . To deny the man - hater some love of virtue would be neither candid nor just ; but it may be truly said , that he presumes himself to be more ...
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... endeavour to rectify our notions ; to apply ourselves to understand the works of the Creation ; to aim at acquiring a relish for the more excellent works of art ; to associate with the more worthy part of mankind ; and to cultivate the ...
... endeavour to rectify our notions ; to apply ourselves to understand the works of the Creation ; to aim at acquiring a relish for the more excellent works of art ; to associate with the more worthy part of mankind ; and to cultivate the ...
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Page 202 - Moreover, if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone : if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
Page 186 - If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee.
Page 133 - And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing : and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
Page 153 - And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. So likewise shall My heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
Page 80 - And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud; for he is a god: either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or, peradventure, he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Page 200 - And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
Page 137 - Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry ; and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword ; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
Page 143 - Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
Page 39 - Moses' seat : all therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do ; but do not ye after their works : for they say, and do not.
Page 88 - And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat : for hitherto ye were not able to bear it. Neither yet now are ye able.