The Works of the Most Illustrious and Pious Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti: With a Short Account of His Life |
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Page xiii
... Vanity , but to profit by their and San- Converfation in order to the Con - Rufi- duct of our Life , as the Prince im- nus in prov'd it for that End . vita S. Joan . Thus the Prince of Conti being Egyp- advanc'd in Virtue by ...
... Vanity , but to profit by their and San- Converfation in order to the Con - Rufi- duct of our Life , as the Prince im- nus in prov'd it for that End . vita S. Joan . Thus the Prince of Conti being Egyp- advanc'd in Virtue by ...
Page xxii
... Vanity , is cruelly fnatch'd from us . For if Lay - men are ob- lig'd to give the Poor the Over- plus of their Annual Incomes , with how much greater Reafon ' fhould Ecclefiafticks do it , who ought to fet others an Example of a truly ...
... Vanity , is cruelly fnatch'd from us . For if Lay - men are ob- lig'd to give the Poor the Over- plus of their Annual Incomes , with how much greater Reafon ' fhould Ecclefiafticks do it , who ought to fet others an Example of a truly ...
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... Vanity , which vanish with it , and can never fe- cure themselves against Time , Misfor- tune , or Death . So that Humility is nothing but a fincere and reasonable Aquiefcence in the known Truth , a Ju- ftice which one renders himself ...
... Vanity , which vanish with it , and can never fe- cure themselves against Time , Misfor- tune , or Death . So that Humility is nothing but a fincere and reasonable Aquiefcence in the known Truth , a Ju- ftice which one renders himself ...
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... Vanity , but even all Superfluity , that I may pay them every Month ; remembring thefe Words of St. Bernard , The Poor and our Creditors cry after us , that which you expend belongs to us , from us you fnatch with Cruelty all that you ...
... Vanity , but even all Superfluity , that I may pay them every Month ; remembring thefe Words of St. Bernard , The Poor and our Creditors cry after us , that which you expend belongs to us , from us you fnatch with Cruelty all that you ...
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... Vanity , and Folly ; and not the Salt of Truth and of Wifdom ; which makes them fay with Job , that they cannot relish them , Who can eat of this Meat which has no Salt ? But if the Soul on the contrary aban- dons it felf to thefe falfe ...
... Vanity , and Folly ; and not the Salt of Truth and of Wifdom ; which makes them fay with Job , that they cannot relish them , Who can eat of this Meat which has no Salt ? But if the Soul on the contrary aban- dons it felf to thefe falfe ...
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Page vii - House and riches are the inheritance of fathers ; but a prudent wife is from, the Lord,
Page 8 - THEREFORE, O YE KINGS, AND UNDERSTAND; LEARN, YE that be judges of the ends of the earth. Give ear, ye that rule the people, and glory in the multitude of nations. For power is given you of the Lord, and sovereignty from the Highest, who shall try your works, and search out your counsels.
Page 11 - ... running in profound darkness after a phantom. They are like a man in a dream, who thinks that he is awake, and who imagines that the objects he sees are real. Thus deceived are they, who are called great in the world, wise in their generation, who are the victims of deceitful pleasures. It is only the children of God who walk in the light of pure truth. What awaits these men who are so full of their own vain and ambitious thoughts ? Often disgrace, always death, the judgment of God, and eternity....
Page 39 - ... yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement defire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge ! in all things ye have approved your felves to be clear in this matter.
Page 69 - eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor hath the heart of man conceived the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.