The Works of the Rev. Isaac Watts D.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 8 |
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... mistakes : And if the candour of the reader will but allow what is defective in one place , to be supplied by additions from another , I hope there will be found a sufficient reconciliation of what might seem at first to be scarcely ...
... mistakes : And if the candour of the reader will but allow what is defective in one place , to be supplied by additions from another , I hope there will be found a sufficient reconciliation of what might seem at first to be scarcely ...
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... mistakes , and withhold him at other times from those pursuits which are like to be fruitless and disappointing . Let it be observed also , that in our age several of the ladies pursue science with success ; and others of them are ...
... mistakes , and withhold him at other times from those pursuits which are like to be fruitless and disappointing . Let it be observed also , that in our age several of the ladies pursue science with success ; and others of them are ...
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... mistakes in judgment may plunge us into much folly and guilt in 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 ...
... mistakes in judgment may plunge us into much folly and guilt in 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 ...
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... mistakes of hu- man nature in general , which arise from the very constitution of a soul united to an animal body , and subjected to many incon- veniences thereby . Consider the many additional weaknesses , mistakes and frailties which ...
... mistakes of hu- man nature in general , which arise from the very constitution of a soul united to an animal body , and subjected to many incon- veniences thereby . Consider the many additional weaknesses , mistakes and frailties which ...
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... mistake in this corrupt and feeble state . A dogmatical spirit has many inconveniences attending it : as , 1. It stops the ear against all further reasoning upon that subject , and shuts up the mind from all farther improvements of ...
... mistake in this corrupt and feeble state . A dogmatical spirit has many inconveniences attending it : as , 1. It stops the ear against all further reasoning upon that subject , and shuts up the mind from all farther improvements of ...
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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.