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... feelings of too many professing Christians ; though they natu- rally shrink from defining them even to their own consciousness . It is surely be- cause there is no perception of the neces- sity of having the will thoroughly subdued as a ...
... feelings of too many professing Christians ; though they natu- rally shrink from defining them even to their own consciousness . It is surely be- cause there is no perception of the neces- sity of having the will thoroughly subdued as a ...
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... feelings of self- will may be strengthened rather than otherwise by such acts of self - sacrifice , as they will assuredly be most likely to be performed by those whose strong cha- racters have a predominance of self - will . But let ...
... feelings of self- will may be strengthened rather than otherwise by such acts of self - sacrifice , as they will assuredly be most likely to be performed by those whose strong cha- racters have a predominance of self - will . But let ...
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... feelings of self - will which , in the ill - regulated mind , blaze up at any approach to a direct assertion of authority . By feelings such as these , how much may be unnecessarily added to the weight and bitterness of the daily cross ...
... feelings of self - will which , in the ill - regulated mind , blaze up at any approach to a direct assertion of authority . By feelings such as these , how much may be unnecessarily added to the weight and bitterness of the daily cross ...
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Sydney Warburton. authority to the total disregard of your feelings ! After all , this is probably a fancy ; you may , indeed , be certain that it is , to a considerable degree , a fancy , and that your judgment and condemnation are ...
Sydney Warburton. authority to the total disregard of your feelings ! After all , this is probably a fancy ; you may , indeed , be certain that it is , to a considerable degree , a fancy , and that your judgment and condemnation are ...
Page 45
... lessened by your having wilfully , or even uncon- sciously , excited their ill - humour . The main point is , have you been able to listen with a meek and lowly heart ? and instead of feeling pain , -the pain of wounded sin , PRIDE . 45.
... lessened by your having wilfully , or even uncon- sciously , excited their ill - humour . The main point is , have you been able to listen with a meek and lowly heart ? and instead of feeling pain , -the pain of wounded sin , PRIDE . 45.
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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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