Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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... danger of such temptations being yielded to or unnoticed . The nature of " the daily cross , " of the discipline of life , would then be more correctly understood ; and the grateful sense of God's loving- kindness , manifested in the ...
... danger of such temptations being yielded to or unnoticed . The nature of " the daily cross , " of the discipline of life , would then be more correctly understood ; and the grateful sense of God's loving- kindness , manifested in the ...
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... features of such characters as are morally and mentally inferior , but consequently they are easily subdued by fear and over- come by superior cunning : the self - will which is really dangerous , grows stronger in the prospect SELF-WILL.
... features of such characters as are morally and mentally inferior , but consequently they are easily subdued by fear and over- come by superior cunning : the self - will which is really dangerous , grows stronger in the prospect SELF-WILL.
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... dangerous in its temptations , because its likeness and its neighbourhood to good make these temptations more insidious . They disguise themselves in the aspect of firmness , independence , con- sistency , and under this too common delu ...
... dangerous in its temptations , because its likeness and its neighbourhood to good make these temptations more insidious . They disguise themselves in the aspect of firmness , independence , con- sistency , and under this too common delu ...
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... danger of indulging such thoughts is not only that they cherish self - will , by placing yourself always in the right , the imagined aggressor always in the wrong ; but still further , without break- ing out into open disobedience , the ...
... danger of indulging such thoughts is not only that they cherish self - will , by placing yourself always in the right , the imagined aggressor always in the wrong ; but still further , without break- ing out into open disobedience , the ...
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... dangerous , of all sins . By it angels fell , by it our first parents fell . Where lies the strength by which our fallen nature can resist the temptation the sinless nature did not resist ? Only in the consciousness of our weakness , of ...
... dangerous , of all sins . By it angels fell , by it our first parents fell . Where lies the strength by which our fallen nature can resist the temptation the sinless nature did not resist ? Only in the consciousness of our weakness , of ...
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Page 129 - Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
Page 57 - Let nothing be done through strife or vain-glory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends |
| Author | Sydney Warburton |
| Edition | 2 |
| Published | 1850 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 21 Sep 2006 |
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