The Works of the Rev. Isaac Watts D.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 81813 |
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... spirit : fix not your assent to any proposition in a firm and unalterable manner , till you have some firm and unal- terable ground for it , and till you have arrived at some clear and sure evidence ; till you have turned the ...
... spirit : fix not your assent to any proposition in a firm and unalterable manner , till you have some firm and unal- terable ground for it , and till you have arrived at some clear and sure evidence ; till you have turned the ...
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... spirit of ridicule , as some witty men do on all occasions and subjects . This will as unhap- pily bias the judgment on the other side , and incline you to pass a low esteem on the most valuable objects . Whatsoever evil Jo- habit we ...
... spirit of ridicule , as some witty men do on all occasions and subjects . This will as unhap- pily bias the judgment on the other side , and incline you to pass a low esteem on the most valuable objects . Whatsoever evil Jo- habit we ...
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... Spirit . He can guard your understanding from every evil influence of error , and secure you from the danger of evil ... spirits , shall be not be supposed to have a most friendly influence towards the instruction and government of them ...
... Spirit . He can guard your understanding from every evil influence of error , and secure you from the danger of evil ... spirits , shall be not be supposed to have a most friendly influence towards the instruction and government of them ...
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... spirits , and reflect upon the inward motions of our own passions in some of the latest cecurrences in life ; we may acquaint ourselves , with the powers and properties , the tendencies and inclinations both of body and spirit , and ...
... spirits , and reflect upon the inward motions of our own passions in some of the latest cecurrences in life ; we may acquaint ourselves , with the powers and properties , the tendencies and inclinations both of body and spirit , and ...
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... spirit ; nothing that may expose him to the aver- sion or to the contempt of his scholars , or create a prejudice in their minds against him and his instructions : but , if possible , he should have so much of a natural candour and ...
... spirit ; nothing that may expose him to the aver- sion or to the contempt of his scholars , or create a prejudice in their minds against him and his instructions : but , if possible , he should have so much of a natural candour and ...
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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.