Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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... 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 ha- bitual tenor of the ...
... 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 ha- bitual tenor of the ...
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... thought you in the wrong , and probably said so , or implied it in look or manner . The annoyance this gave you was a part of your daily discipline : perhaps it made you unhappy for the rest of the day ; perhaps it will make you unhappy ...
... thought you in the wrong , and probably said so , or implied it in look or manner . The annoyance this gave you was a part of your daily discipline : perhaps it made you unhappy for the rest of the day ; perhaps it will make you unhappy ...
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... thoughts allowed or cherished that ought to have been instantly subdued . Above all , your sense of indwelling sin * should be so strengthened and deepened by the experience obtained from this day's discipline , that the free salvation ...
... thoughts allowed or cherished that ought to have been instantly subdued . Above all , your sense of indwelling sin * should be so strengthened and deepened by the experience obtained from this day's discipline , that the free salvation ...
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Sydney Warburton. probably cherished than by an uncertainty respecting the morality of thoughts and actions ; and I have observed few more certain causes of self - delusion , as to the sin of selfishness , than a confused appre- hension ...
Sydney Warburton. probably cherished than by an uncertainty respecting the morality of thoughts and actions ; and I have observed few more certain causes of self - delusion , as to the sin of selfishness , than a confused appre- hension ...
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... thought- lessness ( I only suppose want of thought , not deliberate injustice towards others ) , to the threatenings denounced against those who cause others to offend . * Genuine repentance can only be proved by an immediate alteration ...
... thought- lessness ( I only suppose want of thought , not deliberate injustice towards others ) , to the threatenings denounced against those who cause others to offend . * Genuine repentance can only be proved by an immediate alteration ...
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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.