Rural Philosophy: Or, Reflections on Knowledge, Virtue, and Happiness : Chiefly in Reference to a Life of Retirement in the CountryA. Strahan, 1804 - 383 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة xx
... sion of its meaning , I would here remark , that , when taken generally , it is used to denote piety towards God , as well as benevolence towards men . In this sense it is found in some good writers ; and with the same exten- sive ...
... sion of its meaning , I would here remark , that , when taken generally , it is used to denote piety towards God , as well as benevolence towards men . In this sense it is found in some good writers ; and with the same exten- sive ...
الصفحة 51
... sion to vindicate any one circumstance of his character or conduct * : " and it was probably the same law which dictated to his panegyrist , Adam Smith , when he so- lemnly declared , that " both in the life- time , and since the death ...
... sion to vindicate any one circumstance of his character or conduct * : " and it was probably the same law which dictated to his panegyrist , Adam Smith , when he so- lemnly declared , that " both in the life- time , and since the death ...
الصفحة 72
... sion of sins , and this with a state of divine favour and reconciliation , it must com- * Luke , xiii . 3 . In proof of this latter connection , the two following passages may be thought sufficient . Blessed is he ( fays the Pfalmist ) ...
... sion of sins , and this with a state of divine favour and reconciliation , it must com- * Luke , xiii . 3 . In proof of this latter connection , the two following passages may be thought sufficient . Blessed is he ( fays the Pfalmist ) ...
الصفحة 106
... sion without the help of frequent and se- rious recollection . To a thoughtless young man , even the short period of the present life seems a kind of immortality ; he sees no bounds to his pursuits and his enjoy- ments ; one object ...
... sion without the help of frequent and se- rious recollection . To a thoughtless young man , even the short period of the present life seems a kind of immortality ; he sees no bounds to his pursuits and his enjoy- ments ; one object ...
الصفحة 149
... sion , and as there is no no moral idea which T is more easily conceived and admitted , it SL 3894g and ought to be a primary object of education to impress Ꮮ 8 SECT . II . ] The positive Means of Virtue considered . 149.
... sion , and as there is no no moral idea which T is more easily conceived and admitted , it SL 3894g and ought to be a primary object of education to impress Ꮮ 8 SECT . II . ] The positive Means of Virtue considered . 149.
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الصفحة 169 - For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.
الصفحة 336 - And I sought for a man among them that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it ; but I found none.
الصفحة 73 - And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation, to wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
الصفحة 190 - Thou fool ! that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die. And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain. But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
الصفحة 164 - For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
الصفحة 303 - To breathe th' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast. Oh speak the joy ! ye, whom the sudden tear Surprises often, while you look around, And nothing strikes your eye but sights of bliss, All various Nature pressing on the heart : An elegant sufficiency, content, Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books, Ease and alternate labour, useful life, Progressive virtue, and approving Heaven.
الصفحة 246 - The first night that I came hither I caught " so great a cold, with a defluxion of rheum, as " made me keep my chamber ten days. And, " two after, had such a bruise on my ribs with a " fall, that I am yet unable to move or turn my
الصفحة 168 - My good Child, know this, that thou art not able to do these things of thyself, nor to walk in the Commandments of God, and to serve him, without his special grace; which thou must learn at all times to call for by diligent prayer.
الصفحة 287 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty ! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair: thyself how wondrous then, Unspeakable ! who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
الصفحة 366 - I do confess, since I was of any understanding, my mind hath in effect been absent from that I have done; and in absence are many errors which I do willingly acknowledge; and amongst the rest this great one that led the rest; that knowing myself by inward calling to be fitter to hold a book than to play a part, I have led my life in civil causes; for which I was not very fit by nature, and more unfit by the preoccupation of my mind.