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... sorrow . Those that expect peace and safety , are to restrain their tongues with a bridle . It is good in a fever , much better in anger , to have the tongue kept clean and smooth . Anger may glance into the breast of a wise man , but ...
... sorrow . Those that expect peace and safety , are to restrain their tongues with a bridle . It is good in a fever , much better in anger , to have the tongue kept clean and smooth . Anger may glance into the breast of a wise man , but ...
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... sorrow . There is no greater instance of a weak and pusil- lanimous temper , than for a man to pass his whole life in opposition to his own sentiments , and not dare to be what he thinks he ought to be . Fear is implanted in us as a ...
... sorrow . There is no greater instance of a weak and pusil- lanimous temper , than for a man to pass his whole life in opposition to his own sentiments , and not dare to be what he thinks he ought to be . Fear is implanted in us as a ...
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... Sorrow , when it is excessive , takes away fervour from piety , vigour from action , health from the body , light from reason , and repose from the conscience , unless supported by the grace of God . The expectation of future happiness ...
... Sorrow , when it is excessive , takes away fervour from piety , vigour from action , health from the body , light from reason , and repose from the conscience , unless supported by the grace of God . The expectation of future happiness ...
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... heir of fear and eternal sorrow . - Jeremy Taylor . Human life hath not a surer friend , nor many times a greater enemy than hope . - Feltham . WISE man is a great monarch ; he hath an 54 MAXIMS OF THE WISE AND GOOD .
... heir of fear and eternal sorrow . - Jeremy Taylor . Human life hath not a surer friend , nor many times a greater enemy than hope . - Feltham . WISE man is a great monarch ; he hath an 54 MAXIMS OF THE WISE AND GOOD .
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... sorrow - " Does this man think that baldness is a - remedy for grief ? " He submits to be seen through a microscope who suffers himself to be caught in a passion . - Lavater . Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl ...
... sorrow - " Does this man think that baldness is a - remedy for grief ? " He submits to be seen through a microscope who suffers himself to be caught in a passion . - Lavater . Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl ...
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Sida 17 - The discretion of a man deferreth his anger ; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Sida 126 - I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
Sida 128 - Far, far away, like bells at evening pealing, The voice of Jesus sounds o'er land and sea, And laden souls by thousands meekly stealing, Kind Shepherd, turn their weary steps to Thee.
Sida 13 - Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs, as carols. And the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job, than the felicities of Solomon.
Sida 39 - Man could direct his ways by plain reason, and support his life by tasteless food; but God has given us wit, and flavour, and brightness, and laughter, and perfumes, to enliven the days of man's pilgrimage, and to " charm his pained steps over the burning marie.
Sida 1 - The end, then, of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith makes up the highest perfection.
Sida 261 - Get thee hence, Satan : for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve." Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, Angels came and ministered unto him.
Sida 131 - ... prayer is the peace of our spirit, the stillness of our thoughts, the evenness of recollection, the seat of meditation, the rest of our cares, and the calm of our tempest ; prayer is the issue of a quiet mind, of untroubled thoughts, it is the daughter of charity, and the sister of meekness ; and he that prays to God with an angry, that is, with a troubled and discomposed spirit, is like him...
Sida 130 - These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits and Are melted into air, into thin air: And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve And, like this unsubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind.