Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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... weak- nesses . The self - will that is commonly found in union with moral energy and intellectual superiority is , however , only the more dangerous in its temptations , because its likeness and its neighbourhood to good make these ...
... weak- nesses . The self - will that is commonly found in union with moral energy and intellectual superiority is , however , only the more dangerous in its temptations , because its likeness and its neighbourhood to good make these ...
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... weak and still in the early dawn of their being , intervals at least of thorough peaceful resignation must be their result . When we know that " It is the Lord , " it is comparatively easy to add , " let Him * 1 Peter , iv . 12 . do as ...
... weak and still in the early dawn of their being , intervals at least of thorough peaceful resignation must be their result . When we know that " It is the Lord , " it is comparatively easy to add , " let Him * 1 Peter , iv . 12 . do as ...
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... weak characters , has probably been strengthened by habitual , though unconscious indulgence . If this investigation is carried on with candour and honesty , you will probably find that the pain and irritation you experience was really ...
... weak characters , has probably been strengthened by habitual , though unconscious indulgence . If this investigation is carried on with candour and honesty , you will probably find that the pain and irritation you experience was really ...
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... weakness , of our helplessness ; only in the confidence that God , who denounces pride as " an abomi- nation , " will give His children grace to see the evil thing , and to flee from it . But to see it ; there is the difficulty . Pride ...
... weakness , of our helplessness ; only in the confidence that God , who denounces pride as " an abomi- nation , " will give His children grace to see the evil thing , and to flee from it . But to see it ; there is the difficulty . Pride ...
Page 41
... weakness or a meanness , for then it would lose its power to tempt . It is not , therefore , to what you know to have been wrong in your conduct during the day that you are to look for the ex- hibition of this subtle sin . No ; -it was ...
... weakness or a meanness , for then it would lose its power to tempt . It is not , therefore , to what you know to have been wrong in your conduct during the day that you are to look for the ex- hibition of this subtle sin . No ; -it was ...
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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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