Ears of corn from various sheaves: thoughts for the closet, ed. by S. Lettis1851 |
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... better known by his " Lines on the Death of Sir John Moore , " than by his prose productions . The omissions are carefully marked . They have been made when the extract would have been too long , or when there was an allusion to matters ...
... better known by his " Lines on the Death of Sir John Moore , " than by his prose productions . The omissions are carefully marked . They have been made when the extract would have been too long , or when there was an allusion to matters ...
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... better itself by her secret thoughts . - Bishop Hall . If thou desirest compunction of heart , enter into thy closet , and shut out the tumult of the world , according to the advice of the Psalmist , ( iv . 4 ) " Commune with your own ...
... better itself by her secret thoughts . - Bishop Hall . If thou desirest compunction of heart , enter into thy closet , and shut out the tumult of the world , according to the advice of the Psalmist , ( iv . 4 ) " Commune with your own ...
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... better . That soul will doubtless be very wary in its walk which takes daily account of itself , and renders up that account unto God . It will not live by guess , but naturally examine each step beforehand , because it is resolved to ...
... better . That soul will doubtless be very wary in its walk which takes daily account of itself , and renders up that account unto God . It will not live by guess , but naturally examine each step beforehand , because it is resolved to ...
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... better of thyself ; but if it be virtue thou art praised for , remember it was God who wrought it in thee , and give Him the glory , never thinking any part of it belongs to thee if it be some indifferent action , then remember that it ...
... better of thyself ; but if it be virtue thou art praised for , remember it was God who wrought it in thee , and give Him the glory , never thinking any part of it belongs to thee if it be some indifferent action , then remember that it ...
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... better for anything that happens to thee from without . For although thou mayst by gifts bestowed upon thee be better than another , as one horse is better than another , yet as thou art a man , thou hast nothing to commend thee to ...
... better for anything that happens to thee from without . For although thou mayst by gifts bestowed upon thee be better than another , as one horse is better than another , yet as thou art a man , thou hast nothing to commend thee to ...
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Seite 120 - Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity is the blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction and the clearer revelation of God's favour.
Seite 120 - We see in needleworks and embroideries, it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground : judge, therefore, of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye. Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant where they are incensed or crushed : for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.
Seite 141 - It is as natural to die as to be born, and to a little infant perhaps the one is as painful as the other. He that dies in an earnest pursuit is like one that is wounded in hot blood, who for the time scarce feels the hurt' and therefore, a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the dolours of death. But above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is Nunc dimittis, when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations.
Seite 91 - Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy ; but in passing it over, he is superior ; for it is a prince's part to pardon : and Solomon, I am sure, saith, " It is the " glory of a man to pass by an offence.
Seite 140 - MEN fear death as children fear to go in the dark ; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other. Certainly, the contemplation of death, as the wages of sin and passage to another world is holy and religious; but the fear of it, as a 'tribute due unto nature, is wealc, Yet in religious meditations there is sometimes mixture of vanity and of superstition. You shall read in some of the friars...
Seite 65 - Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep. 26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
Seite 19 - For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards, singing as he rises, and hopes to get to heaven and climb above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descending more at every breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the...
Seite 82 - Alas ! alas ! Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once; And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy: how would you be, If He, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are ? O, think on that ; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Seite 23 - And I will place within them as a guide, My umpire Conscience ; whom if they will hear, Light after light, well us'd, they shall attain, And to the end, persisting, safe arrive.
Seite 18 - ... prayer is the peace of our spirit, the stillness of our thoughts, the evenness of recollection; the seat of meditation, the rest of our cares, and the calm of our tempest; prayer is the issue of a quiet mind, of untroubled thought*, it is the daughter of charity, and the sister of meekness...