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 6
... wise and understanding heart , to profit by the first hint that offers . But the most awful lessons are too frequently neglected . In company with some students , Mr. Hale was one day dining and making merry , when , from excessive ...
... wise and understanding heart , to profit by the first hint that offers . But the most awful lessons are too frequently neglected . In company with some students , Mr. Hale was one day dining and making merry , when , from excessive ...
Pàgina 18
... wise man , he observed to one who condoled with him on the occasion , that " these are the sad effects of living long : such must look to see many sad and unac- ceptable things . " Soon after he was called to the bar , the civil wars ...
... wise man , he observed to one who condoled with him on the occasion , that " these are the sad effects of living long : such must look to see many sad and unac- ceptable things . " Soon after he was called to the bar , the civil wars ...
Pàgina 39
... wise or truly happy without it , and the love of it ; no , not in this life , much less in that which is to come . First . Therefore every morning and every evening , upon your knees , humbly commend yourselves to the Almighty God in ...
... wise or truly happy without it , and the love of it ; no , not in this life , much less in that which is to come . First . Therefore every morning and every evening , upon your knees , humbly commend yourselves to the Almighty God in ...
Pàgina 40
... wise to eternal life , and furnish you with directions and principles , to guide and order your life safely and pru- dently . Thirdly . Conclude every evening with read- ing some part of the Scripture , and Prayer in your Family ...
... wise to eternal life , and furnish you with directions and principles , to guide and order your life safely and pru- dently . Thirdly . Conclude every evening with read- ing some part of the Scripture , and Prayer in your Family ...
Pàgina 46
... wise God see it fit ) than thus to improve it : for affliction is a messenger , and the rod hath a voice ; and that is , to require mankind to be the more patient , and the more humble , and the more to acknow- ledge Almighty God in all ...
... wise God see it fit ) than thus to improve it : for affliction is a messenger , and the rod hath a voice ; and that is , to require mankind to be the more patient , and the more humble , and the more to acknow- ledge Almighty God in all ...
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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...