Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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... claim over our obedience . As long as we only obey their wishes while they are perfectly agree- able to our own tastes and inclinations , and perfectly approve themselves to our own judgment , there is really no exercise of the spirit ...
... claim over our obedience . As long as we only obey their wishes while they are perfectly agree- able to our own tastes and inclinations , and perfectly approve themselves to our own judgment , there is really no exercise of the spirit ...
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... claim of authority in some manner 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 ...
... claim of authority in some manner 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 ...
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... claim to your obedience , and ask yourself , as before God , ( where the same question will one day be asked you ) whether it is not your own self - will , rather than the injustice of others , that caused the pain you suffered ; -nay ...
... claim to your obedience , and ask yourself , as before God , ( where the same question will one day be asked you ) whether it is not your own self - will , rather than the injustice of others , that caused the pain you suffered ; -nay ...
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... claims to your compliance . It is far from my purpose to recommend to you as a matter of principle , the sacrifice of your own reasonable wishes or interests , to the injustice or the caprice of others . Even in point of expediency ...
... claims to your compliance . It is far from my purpose to recommend to you as a matter of principle , the sacrifice of your own reasonable wishes or interests , to the injustice or the caprice of others . Even in point of expediency ...
Page 53
... claims in a right spirit , that much of the difficulty of daily life consists . Some of this day's discipline may be the enforce- ment of what may appear to you an unreasonable claim , in a haughty tone and in an overbearing manner . If ...
... claims in a right spirit , that much of the difficulty of daily life consists . Some of this day's discipline may be the enforce- ment of what may appear to you an unreasonable claim , in a haughty tone and in an overbearing manner . If ...
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Discipline, by the Author of Letters to My Unknown Friends Sydney Warburton No preview available - 2016 |
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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.