The Works of the Rev. Isaac Watts D.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 81813 |
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... judge , and to reason right about the things of religion . It is in vain for any to say , we have no leisure or time for it . The daily intervals of time , and vacancies from necessary labour , together with the one day in seven in the ...
... judge , and to reason right about the things of religion . It is in vain for any to say , we have no leisure or time for it . The daily intervals of time , and vacancies from necessary labour , together with the one day in seven in the ...
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... judge for every part of our irregular and mistaken conduct , where he hath given us sufficient advantages to guard against those mistakes . It is the design of Logic to give this improvement to the mind , and to teach us the right use ...
... judge for every part of our irregular and mistaken conduct , where he hath given us sufficient advantages to guard against those mistakes . It is the design of Logic to give this improvement to the mind , and to teach us the right use ...
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... judge aright concerning persons , times and things . This will awaken you with lively vigour to address yourselves to the work of improving your reasoning powers , and seizing every opportunity and advantage for that end . II . Consider ...
... judge aright concerning persons , times and things . This will awaken you with lively vigour to address yourselves to the work of improving your reasoning powers , and seizing every opportunity and advantage for that end . II . Consider ...
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... judge of things by the first glimpse , or a short and superficial view of them ; for this will fill the mind with errors and prejudices , and give it a wrong turn and ill habit of thinking , and make much work for retraction . Subito is ...
... judge of things by the first glimpse , or a short and superficial view of them ; for this will fill the mind with errors and prejudices , and give it a wrong turn and ill habit of thinking , and make much work for retraction . Subito is ...
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... judge , than to judge falsely ; and it is wiser to withhold our assent till we see complete evidence ; but if we have too sud- denly given our assent , as the wisest man does sometimes , if we have professed what we find afterwards to ...
... judge , than to judge falsely ; and it is wiser to withhold our assent till we see complete evidence ; but if we have too sud- denly given our assent , as the wisest man does sometimes , if we have professed what we find afterwards to ...
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Page 7 - DEEPLY possess your mind with the vast importance of a good judgment, and the rich and inestimable advantage of right reasoning. Review the instances of your own misconduct in life; think seriously with yourselves how many follies and sorrows you had escaped, and how much guilt and misery you...
Page 143 - Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona; for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father who is in heaven.
Page 106 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Page 94 - If the mind apply itself at first to easier subjects and things near akin to what is already known, and then advance to the more remote and knotty parts of knowledge by slow degrees, it will be able in this manner to cope with great difficulties, and prevail over them with amazing and happy success.
Page 65 - He that answereth a matter before he heareth it it is folly and shame unto him.
Page 21 - ... maturity. 4. It is another advantage of reading, that we may review what we have read ; we may consult the page again and again, and meditate on it at successive seasons, in our serenest and retired hours, having the book always at hand...
Page 31 - General observations drawn from particulars are the jewels of knowledge, comprehending great store in a little room ; but they are therefore to be made with the greater care and caution, lest, if we take counterfeit for true, our loss and shame be the greater when our stock comes to a severe scrutiny.