The Works of the Rev. Isaac Watts D.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 81813 |
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... practice . By acting without thought or reason , we dishonour the God that made us reasonable creatures , we often become injurious to our neighbours , kindred or friends , and we bring sin and misery upon ourselves : For we are ...
... practice . By acting without thought or reason , we dishonour the God that made us reasonable creatures , we often become injurious to our neighbours , kindred or friends , and we bring sin and misery upon ourselves : For we are ...
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... practice of a celebrated painter , nulla dies sine linea ; let no day pass without one line at least ; and it was a sacred rule among the Pythagoreans , that they should every evening thrice run over the actions and affairs of the day ...
... practice of a celebrated painter , nulla dies sine linea ; let no day pass without one line at least ; and it was a sacred rule among the Pythagoreans , that they should every evening thrice run over the actions and affairs of the day ...
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... practice of what this heathen wri- ter teaches . X. Maintain a constant watch at all times against a dogmatical spirit : fix not your assent to any proposition in a firm and unalterable manner , till you have some firm and unal- terable ...
... practice of what this heathen wri- ter teaches . X. Maintain a constant watch at all times against a dogmatical spirit : fix not your assent to any proposition in a firm and unalterable manner , till you have some firm and unal- terable ...
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... practice is allowed , it will insensibly warp the judgment to pronounce little things great , and tempt you to lay a great weight upon them . In short this temper will incline you to pass an unjust value on almost every thing that ...
... practice is allowed , it will insensibly warp the judgment to pronounce little things great , and tempt you to lay a great weight upon them . In short this temper will incline you to pass an unjust value on almost every thing that ...
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Isaac Watts. Jo- habit we indulge in practice , it will insensibly obtain a power over our understanding , and betray us into many errors . cander is ready with his jest to answer every thing that he ars ; he reads books in the same ...
Isaac Watts. Jo- habit we indulge in practice , it will insensibly obtain a power over our understanding , and betray us into many errors . cander is ready with his jest to answer every thing that he ars ; he reads books in the same ...
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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.