Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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... unhappiness . Discipline be- comes necessary on account of past sin ; and it is principally on account of present sin , that discipline gives pain and irritates . It is hoped that the plan recommended in the following B 3 INTRODUCTION . 5.
... unhappiness . Discipline be- comes necessary on account of past sin ; and it is principally on account of present sin , that discipline gives pain and irritates . It is hoped that the plan recommended in the following B 3 INTRODUCTION . 5.
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... cherish that light into a perfect day , it may again be withdrawn , and you may be allowed to slumber on in darkness as before . * Psalm cxxxviii . 8 . † Phil . ii . 12 . That such fatal end may not be yours , give D 2 SELF - WILL . 27.
... cherish that light into a perfect day , it may again be withdrawn , and you may be allowed to slumber on in darkness as before . * Psalm cxxxviii . 8 . † Phil . ii . 12 . That such fatal end may not be yours , give D 2 SELF - WILL . 27.
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Sydney Warburton. That such fatal end may not be yours , give earnest heed to any revelations of your own character that may result from this day's discipline . Pursue suspicion to certainty . Try former as well as present instances in ...
Sydney Warburton. That such fatal end may not be yours , give earnest heed to any revelations of your own character that may result from this day's discipline . Pursue suspicion to certainty . Try former as well as present instances in ...
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... gives the sanction of the fifth command- ment to the authority of " spiritual pastors and masters , " as well as to those legal authorities which there are seldom any temptations to resist . But there are , not unfrequently ...
... gives the sanction of the fifth command- ment to the authority of " spiritual pastors and masters , " as well as to those legal authorities which there are seldom any temptations to resist . But there are , not unfrequently ...
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... give His children grace to see the evil thing , and to flee from it . But to see it ; there is the difficulty . Pride assumes , alternately , the most noble , the most dignified , the most engaging forms . Never will it allow us to view ...
... give His children grace to see the evil thing , and to flee from it . But to see it ; there is the difficulty . Pride assumes , alternately , the most noble , the most dignified , the most engaging forms . Never will it allow us to view ...
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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.
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| 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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