Self-knowledge: A Treatise; Shewing the Nature and Benefit of that Important Science, and the Way to Attain It. Intermixed with Various Reflections and Observations on Human Nature. By John Mason, A.M.William Sleater, 1767 - 243 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 6-10 מתוך 24
עמוד 55
... objects or amusements which give us the highest de- light ; this , it is probable , will lead us di- rectly to fome one of our darling iniquities , if it be a fin of commiffion : and what are thofe duties which we read or hear of from ...
... objects or amusements which give us the highest de- light ; this , it is probable , will lead us di- rectly to fome one of our darling iniquities , if it be a fin of commiffion : and what are thofe duties which we read or hear of from ...
עמוד 56
... objects ftrike , Hence different paffions more or less inflame , As ftrong or weak , the organs of the frame ; And hence one mafter - paffion in the breast , Like Aaron's ferpent , fwallows up the reft . Nature its mother , Habit is its ...
... objects ftrike , Hence different paffions more or less inflame , As ftrong or weak , the organs of the frame ; And hence one mafter - paffion in the breast , Like Aaron's ferpent , fwallows up the reft . Nature its mother , Habit is its ...
עמוד 65
... object of pity rather then refentment : had I such a disposition by nature , I should perhaps , with all my felf - improvement , find it a difficult thing to manage . And there- fore , tho ' I can never chufe fuch a one for an agreeable ...
... object of pity rather then refentment : had I such a disposition by nature , I should perhaps , with all my felf - improvement , find it a difficult thing to manage . And there- fore , tho ' I can never chufe fuch a one for an agreeable ...
עמוד 112
... object and its end ; the object of it being GOD , and the end of it eternal happiness . The great end of religion is to make us like GOD , and conduct us to the enjoyment of Him . And whatever hath not this plain tendency , and ...
... object and its end ; the object of it being GOD , and the end of it eternal happiness . The great end of religion is to make us like GOD , and conduct us to the enjoyment of Him . And whatever hath not this plain tendency , and ...
עמוד 120
... objects of the mind . And this , in the kind of it , is as common to men as human nature ; but as much diverfi- ' fied in individuals as men's other incli- nations are ( a ) . ' C " Now ( a ) See his humble requeft both to Conformists ...
... objects of the mind . And this , in the kind of it , is as common to men as human nature ; but as much diverfi- ' fied in individuals as men's other incli- nations are ( a ) . ' C " Now ( a ) See his humble requeft both to Conformists ...
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