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... of which I may be permitted to say , -as it was not written by myself -that a more admirable composition , both in matter and style I never met with B obscure ; the people like their prophets to foam and PREFACE . xvii.
... of which I may be permitted to say , -as it was not written by myself -that a more admirable composition , both in matter and style I never met with B obscure ; the people like their prophets to foam and PREFACE . xvii.
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... never read , or perhaps even heard of them . But his Essays retain their popularity , as relating chiefly to the concerns of every - day life , and which , as he himself ex- presses it , come home to men's business and bosoms . ' ( ' In ...
... never read , or perhaps even heard of them . But his Essays retain their popularity , as relating chiefly to the concerns of every - day life , and which , as he himself ex- presses it , come home to men's business and bosoms . ' ( ' In ...
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... never bring them- selves to say anything positively false , yet need to be warned against the falsehood of ... never to countenance any erroneous opinion , however seemingly beneficial in its re- sults - never to connive at any salutary ...
... never bring them- selves to say anything positively false , yet need to be warned against the falsehood of ... never to countenance any erroneous opinion , however seemingly beneficial in its re- sults - never to connive at any salutary ...
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... never aimed at , and what never was actually the state of things , from the time that the christian religion extended beyond the city of Jerusalem . The Church is undoubtedly one , and so is the human race one ; but not as a society or ...
... never aimed at , and what never was actually the state of things , from the time that the christian religion extended beyond the city of Jerusalem . The Church is undoubtedly one , and so is the human race one ; but not as a society or ...
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... never- theless , these Churches do apply a test , and very often a much more stringent , elaborate , and minute test than our Liturgy and Articles . In such communities , the candidate pastor of a congregation is not , to be sure ...
... never- theless , these Churches do apply a test , and very often a much more stringent , elaborate , and minute test than our Liturgy and Articles . In such communities , the candidate pastor of a congregation is not , to be sure ...
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Page 169 - It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such an Opinion as is unworthy of him : for the one is unbelief, the other is contumely : and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. Plutarch saith well to that purpose :
Page 472 - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned.
Page 283 - Pythagoras is dark, but true, " cor ne edito," — " eat not the heart." Certainly, if a man would give it a hard phrase, those that want friends to open themselves unto, are cannibals of their own hearts: but one thing is most admirable, wherewith I will conclude this first fruit of friendship, which is, that this communicating of a man's self to his friend works two contrary effects, for it redoubleth joys, and cutteth griefs in...
Page 13 - ... the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature.
Page 104 - Men in great place are thrice servants ; servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business ; so as they have no freedom, neither in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times.
Page 36 - For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
Page 286 - A man hath a body, and that body is confined to a place; but where friendship is, all offices of life are as it were granted to him and his deputy. For he may exercise them by his friend.
Page 345 - Discretion of speech is more than eloquence ; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal, is more than to speak in good words or in good order.
Page 550 - Patience and gravity of hearing is an essential part of justice; and an overspeaking judge is no well tuned cymbal. It is no grace to a judge first to find that which he might have heard in due time from the bar ; or to show quickness of conceit in cutting off evidence or counsel too short, or to prevent information by questions, though pertinent.
Page 86 - Unmarried men are best friends, best masters, best servants, but not always best subjects; for they are light to run away: and almost all fugitives are of that condition. A single life doth well with churchmen: for charity will hardly water the ground, where it must first fill a pool.