The Art of ContentmentJ. Burns, 1841 - 174 páginas |
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Página xx
... tion . How much benefit she conferred upon her own generation by a series of treatises so popular , and so well calculated to heal the distempers of the time , by setting forth an orderly , and peaceable , and prac- tical system of ...
... tion . How much benefit she conferred upon her own generation by a series of treatises so popular , and so well calculated to heal the distempers of the time , by setting forth an orderly , and peaceable , and prac- tical system of ...
Página xxii
... tion of the body , " — the time when we shall be so- lemnly manifested to be the sons of God . Nor , though contented , can we be satisfied until this time . Blessed already with the first - fruits , we are yet ear- nestly desiring to ...
... tion of the body , " — the time when we shall be so- lemnly manifested to be the sons of God . Nor , though contented , can we be satisfied until this time . Blessed already with the first - fruits , we are yet ear- nestly desiring to ...
Página xxv
... tion ? Can the flower of our strength , the noon - tide vigour of our day of life , the full perfection ( so far as perfection can here be reached ) of all our powers , whether of mind or body , can all these advantages suffice to fill ...
... tion ? Can the flower of our strength , the noon - tide vigour of our day of life , the full perfection ( so far as perfection can here be reached ) of all our powers , whether of mind or body , can all these advantages suffice to fill ...
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... tion . Contentment is a thing we all profess to aspire to , and therefore it cannot be thought an unfriendly office to endeavour to conduct men to it . How far the ensuing considerations may tend to that end , I must leave to the ...
... tion . Contentment is a thing we all profess to aspire to , and therefore it cannot be thought an unfriendly office to endeavour to conduct men to it . How far the ensuing considerations may tend to that end , I must leave to the ...
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... tion of contentment , which involves the patient bear- ing of all misadventures , and generous contempt of sensual illectives.4 This state of mind the Greeks express by calling it avтápкɛia , or self - sufficiency , which we know ...
... tion of contentment , which involves the patient bear- ing of all misadventures , and generous contempt of sensual illectives.4 This state of mind the Greeks express by calling it avтápкɛia , or self - sufficiency , which we know ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Página 106 - Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
Página 120 - Wherefore in all things it behoved Him to be made like unto His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to GOD, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. For in that He Himself hath suffered, being tempted, He is able to succour them that are tempted.
Página 21 - I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two bands.
Página 174 - Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be moved, and though the hills be carried into the midst of the sea.
Página 137 - Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep ; in journeyings often, in perils of •waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren...
Página 6 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labour of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall yield no meat ; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls : Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Página 137 - They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; (Of whom the world was -not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Página 106 - I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
Página 174 - Whom have I in heaven but thee : and there is none upon earth that I desire in comparison of thee ? My flesh and my heart faileth : but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Página 20 - Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.