Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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... proves the vigilant loving- kindness of our Covenant God with a more special distinctness than the heavier afflictions with which He , at times , sees it needful to visit us . The history of one day's petty trials , set before us , in ...
... proves the vigilant loving- kindness of our Covenant God with a more special distinctness than the heavier afflictions with which He , at times , sees it needful to visit us . The history of one day's petty trials , set before us , in ...
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... of life only brings out into more striking relief the fault of character which is so fatally supposed to be a virtue . " Only prove that such a claim is reasonable , " the self- willed with truth assert , " it will then be 12 SELF - WILL .
... of life only brings out into more striking relief the fault of character which is so fatally supposed to be a virtue . " Only prove that such a claim is reasonable , " the self- willed with truth assert , " it will then be 12 SELF - WILL .
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... proved perfectly reasonable , there is , in fact , no longer any sacrifice of self- will . Those whom I address I suppose to be rational and intelligent persons , well quali- fied by education and enlightenment to form a fair and ...
... proved perfectly reasonable , there is , in fact , no longer any sacrifice of self- will . Those whom I address I suppose to be rational and intelligent persons , well quali- fied by education and enlightenment to form a fair and ...
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... proved to have done , not good , but harm . The wound in the mind is shown to have been not healed , but merely scarred over , ready to give pain again whenever there is an op- portunity . The sin is there still , and therefore PRIDE . 43.
... proved to have done , not good , but harm . The wound in the mind is shown to have been not healed , but merely scarred over , ready to give pain again whenever there is an op- portunity . The sin is there still , and therefore PRIDE . 43.
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... proved purpose , and you may have seen those plans rejected and laid aside , with- out any motive but caprice , while others , apparently inferior , were with equal ca- price adopted . Have you borne this with patience and cheerfulness ...
... proved purpose , and you may have seen those plans rejected and laid aside , with- out any motive but caprice , while others , apparently inferior , were with equal ca- price adopted . Have you borne this with patience and cheerfulness ...
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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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