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... or in some direction that wounded your haughty spirit , and that the action or con- duct thus unpleasantly enforced upon you , would have approved itself to your judg- D ment , perhaps your taste and inclinations , had the SELF - WILL . 25.
... or in some direction that wounded your haughty spirit , and that the action or con- duct thus unpleasantly enforced upon you , would have approved itself to your judg- D ment , perhaps your taste and inclinations , had the SELF - WILL . 25.
Page 32
... wounded , crossed . It may be from the merest trifles the pain you suffer will arise , for trifles certainly " make the sum " of social " life ; " you should therefore be especially on the watch for these trifles , which are to show to ...
... wounded , crossed . It may be from the merest trifles the pain you suffer will arise , for trifles certainly " make the sum " of social " life ; " you should therefore be especially on the watch for these trifles , which are to show to ...
Page 45
... your having wilfully , or even uncon- sciously , excited their ill - humour . The main point is , have you been able to listen with a meek and lowly heart ? and instead of feeling pain , -the pain of wounded sin , PRIDE . 45.
... your having wilfully , or even uncon- sciously , excited their ill - humour . The main point is , have you been able to listen with a meek and lowly heart ? and instead of feeling pain , -the pain of wounded sin , PRIDE . 45.
Page 46
... wounded . Pride is sensitive , meanly sensitive . Again , you may have formed plans for the carrying out of some generally ap- proved purpose , and you may have seen those plans rejected and laid aside , with- out any motive but caprice ...
... wounded . Pride is sensitive , meanly sensitive . Again , you may have formed plans for the carrying out of some generally ap- proved purpose , and you may have seen those plans rejected and laid aside , with- out any motive but caprice ...
Page 48
... wounded at the view taken of your conduct by others , and your daily discipline will then make you doubly unhappy , as you cannot but feel anger towards those who , you fancy , have unfairly exaggerated your fault . • Again 48 PRIDE .
... wounded at the view taken of your conduct by others , and your daily discipline will then make you doubly unhappy , as you cannot but feel anger towards those who , you fancy , have unfairly exaggerated your fault . • Again 48 PRIDE .
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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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