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Page 16
... God ? - It must be so , or it never will be learned at all . This assertion is quite distinct from a * 1 Samuel , iii . 18 . † John , xix . 11 . maintenance of the doctrine of passive obedience . It is 16 SELF - WILL .
... God ? - It must be so , or it never will be learned at all . This assertion is quite distinct from a * 1 Samuel , iii . 18 . † John , xix . 11 . maintenance of the doctrine of passive obedience . It is 16 SELF - WILL .
Page 37
... never likely even to perceive the duty afterwards ; while the established indul- gence of self - will becomes as fatal to their success and their character when rulers , as it was fatal to their happiness when depen- dents . Even ...
... never likely even to perceive the duty afterwards ; while the established indul- gence of self - will becomes as fatal to their success and their character when rulers , as it was fatal to their happiness when depen- dents . Even ...
Page 38
... , without which it is never exercised safely either for ourselves or for our neighbour . " He who governs himself , governs also even when he must obey others . " 39 SECOND DAY . PRIDE . " Every one that 38 SELF - WILL .
... , without which it is never exercised safely either for ourselves or for our neighbour . " He who governs himself , governs also even when he must obey others . " 39 SECOND DAY . PRIDE . " Every one that 38 SELF - WILL .
Page 39
... 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 it E 2.
... 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 it E 2.
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Sydney Warburton. forms . Never will it allow us to view it in its real nature ; not only as a wicked thing , but as a mean thing . Humility alone is never guilty of meanness ; humility alone maintains unvarying self - respect . If the ...
Sydney Warburton. forms . Never will it allow us to view it in its real nature ; not only as a wicked thing , but as a mean thing . Humility alone is never guilty of meanness ; humility alone maintains unvarying self - respect . If the ...
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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.