The Library of the Old English Prose Writers ...: Felltham's ResolvesHilliard, 1832 |
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Σελίδα viii
... Inconvenience of Neglecting Prayer 201 Prayer most needful in the Morning 205 Of Humility 210 Of the Soul Of Ostentation Of Opinion Of Assimilation 215 219 223 226 Of Religion and Morality 230 Of Faith and Good Works viii CONTENTS .
... Inconvenience of Neglecting Prayer 201 Prayer most needful in the Morning 205 Of Humility 210 Of the Soul Of Ostentation Of Opinion Of Assimilation 215 219 223 226 Of Religion and Morality 230 Of Faith and Good Works viii CONTENTS .
Σελίδα ix
Of Religion and Morality 230 Of Faith and Good Works 239 The Virtuous Man is a Wonder 244 The Danger of once Admitting a Sin 249 Of Neglect 252 A Christian's Threefold Condition 255 Of Idle Books • Of Reading Authors 259 266 Of Losses ...
Of Religion and Morality 230 Of Faith and Good Works 239 The Virtuous Man is a Wonder 244 The Danger of once Admitting a Sin 249 Of Neglect 252 A Christian's Threefold Condition 255 Of Idle Books • Of Reading Authors 259 266 Of Losses ...
Σελίδα 21
... But certainly those are best , which inflame zeal , incite to courage , or induce to gravity . One is for religion ; so the Jews : the other for war ; so the Grecians and Romans and the last for peace and morality . Thus OF MUSIC . 21.
... But certainly those are best , which inflame zeal , incite to courage , or induce to gravity . One is for religion ; so the Jews : the other for war ; so the Grecians and Romans and the last for peace and morality . Thus OF MUSIC . 21.
Σελίδα 22
Romans and the last for peace and morality . Thus Orpheus civilized the Satyrs and the bad rude men . It argues it of some excellency , that it is used only of the most aërial creatures ; loved and understood by man alone . The birds ...
Romans and the last for peace and morality . Thus Orpheus civilized the Satyrs and the bad rude men . It argues it of some excellency , that it is used only of the most aërial creatures ; loved and understood by man alone . The birds ...
Σελίδα 83
... subdues , And can new strength in fainting flesh infuse . ” When we find it seconded with the prevalent incitations of literature and sweet morality , how courageous , how comfortable , how tower- ing is OF THE EVIL IN MAN . 83.
... subdues , And can new strength in fainting flesh infuse . ” When we find it seconded with the prevalent incitations of literature and sweet morality , how courageous , how comfortable , how tower- ing is OF THE EVIL IN MAN . 83.
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Σελίδα 240 - Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
Σελίδα 206 - Though prayer should be the key of the day, and the lock of the night, yet I hold it more needful in the morning, than when our bodies do take their repose.
Σελίδα 18 - God as if he were nearer hand. I persuade no man to make it his whole life's business. We have bodies as well as souls. And even this world, while we are in it, ought somewhat to be cared for. As those states are likely to flourish, where execution follows sound advisements, so is man, when contemplation is seconded by action. Contemplation generates ; action propagates.
Σελίδα 240 - What shall we do that we may work the works of God?" He answered: "This is the work of God, that ye believe on Him Whom He hath sent.
Σελίδα 93 - Nulli se dicit mulier mea nubere malle quam mihi, non si se luppiter ipse petat. dicit; sed mulier cupido quod dicit amanti, in vento et rapida scribere oportet aqua.
Σελίδα xix - Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
Σελίδα 254 - With the religious and well-disposed, a- slight deviation from wisdom's laws will disturb the mind's fair peace. Macarius did penance for only killing a gnat in anger. Like the Jewish touch of things unclean, the least miscarriage requires purification. Man is like a watch ; if evening and morning he be not wound up with prayer •and circumspection, he is unprofitable and false ; or serves to mislead.
Σελίδα 253 - Our life is a warfare ; and we ought not, while passing through it, to sleep without a sentinel, or march without a scout. He who neglects either of these precautions, exposes himself to surprise, and to becoming a prey to the diligence and perseverance of his adversary.
Σελίδα 217 - Mihi quidem nunquam persuaderi potuit animos dum in corporibus essent mortalibus vivere, quum...
Σελίδα 67 - Surely that oration is most powerful where the tongue is eloquent, and speaks in a native decency, even in every limb. A good orator should pierce the ear, allure the eye, and invade the mind of his hearer. And this is Seneca's opinion : fit words are better than fine ones...