The Counsels of a Father, in Four Letters of Sir Matthew Hale to His Children. To which is Added, The Practical Life of a True Christian ... With a New Memoir of the Author's Life ... Second EditionTaylor and Hessey, 1817 - 207 pàgines |
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Pàgina 3
... mind of the child , that the conduct of a parent must be no longer his example . Had his father lived , Matthew Hale would have had , in addition to a good edu- cation , the advantage of an admirable model } for imitation . To the want ...
... mind of the child , that the conduct of a parent must be no longer his example . Had his father lived , Matthew Hale would have had , in addition to a good edu- cation , the advantage of an admirable model } for imitation . To the want ...
Pàgina 4
... mind was not only unset- tled , but in danger of being quite corrupted . Of this he was soon after sensible ; and so ... minds , then the indul- gence is pernicious , and they should avoid it altogether . There is a redeeming spirit ...
... mind was not only unset- tled , but in danger of being quite corrupted . Of this he was soon after sensible ; and so ... minds , then the indul- gence is pernicious , and they should avoid it altogether . There is a redeeming spirit ...
Pàgina 5
... , for thirty - six years together , he never failed attending divine service on that day . To a mind so susceptible of admonition , and desirous of improvement , opportunities are never wanting . Events , as trifling as the 5.
... , for thirty - six years together , he never failed attending divine service on that day . To a mind so susceptible of admonition , and desirous of improvement , opportunities are never wanting . Events , as trifling as the 5.
Pàgina 10
... mind but his heart was occu- pied . He delighted in that most profitable part of it , contemplation- " to commune with his own heart , and in his chamber , and be still ; " and at these times he would en- deavour to conceive such ...
... mind but his heart was occu- pied . He delighted in that most profitable part of it , contemplation- " to commune with his own heart , and in his chamber , and be still ; " and at these times he would en- deavour to conceive such ...
Pàgina 11
... mind . With the works of the Almighty before his eyes , and an in- clination to make the most of the sentiments they suggested , he emancipated his under- standing from the chains of prejudice and passion ; he got above that short ...
... mind . With the works of the Almighty before his eyes , and an in- clination to make the most of the sentiments they suggested , he emancipated his under- standing from the chains of prejudice and passion ; he got above that short ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 83 - ... then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord ; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father : for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Pàgina 168 - Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me; and the sea saith, It is not with me.
Pàgina 83 - If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, From doing thy pleasure on my holy day ; And call the sabbath a delight, The holy of the Lord, honourable; And shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, Nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord...
Pàgina 28 - Let him that will, ascend the tottering seat Of courtly grandeur, and become as great As are his mounting wishes : as for me, Let sweet repose and rest my portion be ; Give me some mean, obscure recess, a sphere Out of the road of business, or the fear Of falling lower ; where I sweetly may Myself and dear retirement still enjoy : Let not my life or name be known unto The grandees of the time...
Pàgina 23 - Not to be solicitous what men will say or think, so long as I keep myself exactly according to the rule of justice. 13. If in criminals it be a measuring cast, to incline to mercy and acquittal.
Pàgina 50 - If any person, that you do not very well know to be a person of truth, sobriety and weight, relate strange stories, be not too ready or easy to believe them, nor report them after him. And yet, unless he be one of your familiar acquaintance, be not too forward to contradict him ; or, if the necessity of the occasion...
Pàgina 107 - Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
Pàgina 70 - I have found by a strict and diligent observation that a due observance of the duty of this day hath ever had joined to it a blessing upon the rest of my time, and the week that hath been so begun hath been blessed and prosperous to me...