Sermons on Education: On Reflection, on the Greatness of God in the Works of Nature and in the Government of the World, on Charity, and on Various Other Topics;Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806 - Education |
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... and becoming what , according to the defigns of thy wisdom and benignity , we ought to be and to become . Teach VOL . I. B us us rather to recognife the dignity of our nature , SERMON On the Formation of the Minds of Children.
... and becoming what , according to the defigns of thy wisdom and benignity , we ought to be and to become . Teach VOL . I. B us us rather to recognife the dignity of our nature , SERMON On the Formation of the Minds of Children.
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... teacher . The attentive hearer , with whom useful instruction is of more account than fleeting amusement , will eafily obviate the former of these objections ; and the latter is founded altogether on a prejudice , to which we shall pay ...
... teacher . The attentive hearer , with whom useful instruction is of more account than fleeting amusement , will eafily obviate the former of these objections ; and the latter is founded altogether on a prejudice , to which we shall pay ...
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... teach them alfo how to` avoid all circuitous paths and mazes and to pursue their object without deviation . Their understanding must not only be exercised in general , and stored with various kinds of knowledge ; but it must like- wife ...
... teach them alfo how to` avoid all circuitous paths and mazes and to pursue their object without deviation . Their understanding must not only be exercised in general , and stored with various kinds of knowledge ; but it must like- wife ...
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... teach them by their own experience to mark the obstruc- tions which impede it in its operations , and the ad- vantages which affift it in its process . But I perceive my discourse , by thus infifting on generals , to be growing abftrufe ...
... teach them by their own experience to mark the obstruc- tions which impede it in its operations , and the ad- vantages which affift it in its process . But I perceive my discourse , by thus infifting on generals , to be growing abftrufe ...
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... teach them to apprehend juftly . The im- preffion which outward objects make upon us by means of the fenfes , and the ideas that thence arise in our mind , are the materials as it were which our mind works up , and on which at length is ...
... teach them to apprehend juftly . The im- preffion which outward objects make upon us by means of the fenfes , and the ideas that thence arise in our mind , are the materials as it were which our mind works up , and on which at length is ...
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Page viii - THE heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
Page 424 - Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Page 506 - But I fay unto you, Love your enemies, blefs them that curfe you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which defpitefully ufe you, and perfecute you...
Page vi - I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
Page 363 - And he charged them that they should tell no man : but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it; 37 And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well : he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
Page x - For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour ; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Page 322 - For as the heavens are higher than the earth, fo are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Page 345 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with a span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance...
Page 352 - ... shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?
Page 496 - That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven ; for he maketh his fun to rife on the evil and on the good, and fendeth rain on the juft, and on the unjuft.