A Treatise Concerning Christian Prudence: Or, the Principles of Practical Wisdom, Fitted to Use of Human Life, and Designed for the Better Regulation of itSamuel Manship, 1710 - 399 pages |
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Page 67
... said to be a Practical Knowledge , my meaning is not that ' tis only a knowledge of Practical things , as if ' twere the Object only that made the distinction . For there may be a Noti- onal Knowledge of fuch things as in themfelves are ...
... said to be a Practical Knowledge , my meaning is not that ' tis only a knowledge of Practical things , as if ' twere the Object only that made the distinction . For there may be a Noti- onal Knowledge of fuch things as in themfelves are ...
Page 68
... said of Prudence ( not to infift upon what remains for the compleating its Notion ) appears to be too large and general a definition of it , as making it Practical only , as a Science is faid to be Pra- & tical , because it treats of ...
... said of Prudence ( not to infift upon what remains for the compleating its Notion ) appears to be too large and general a definition of it , as making it Practical only , as a Science is faid to be Pra- & tical , because it treats of ...
Page 83
... said for all this to have a Habit of Prudence in the fame fense as we are faid to have a Habit of Tempe- rance . For the Habit of Temperance is fuppo- fed to be the very Vertue of Temperance ; and when we fay a Man has the Habit of ...
... said for all this to have a Habit of Prudence in the fame fense as we are faid to have a Habit of Tempe- rance . For the Habit of Temperance is fuppo- fed to be the very Vertue of Temperance ; and when we fay a Man has the Habit of ...
Page 294
... said to govern him felf , namely , as that means the right ordering and management of his Perfonal Self , his Body 7 2 and and his Soul , and the Powers and Faculties of 294 A Treatise of Chriftian Prudence . CHAP VII Some Practical ...
... said to govern him felf , namely , as that means the right ordering and management of his Perfonal Self , his Body 7 2 and and his Soul , and the Powers and Faculties of 294 A Treatise of Chriftian Prudence . CHAP VII Some Practical ...
Page 373
... said to have endured the Cross , and defpised the Shame for the Joy that was fet before him , Heb . 12. 2. ' Twas this that carried him through his Sufferings , and made him more than Conqueror in them all . Let us fet the fame Joy ...
... said to have endured the Cross , and defpised the Shame for the Joy that was fet before him , Heb . 12. 2. ' Twas this that carried him through his Sufferings , and made him more than Conqueror in them all . Let us fet the fame Joy ...
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Page 53 - Her ways. are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
Page 39 - The condition of man, after the fall of Adam, is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith, and calling upon God : wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will.
Page 355 - Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Page 351 - For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
Page 355 - Doth not wisdom cry, And understanding put forth her voice? In the top of high places by the way, Where the paths meet, she standeth; Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, At the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud: " Unto you, O men, I call; And my voice is to the sons of men.
Page 53 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Page 237 - Brethren, I count not myfelf to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting thofe things which are behind, and reaching forth unto thofe things which are before, v. 14. I prefs towards the mark, for the prize of the high calling of God in Chrift Jefus.
Page 44 - But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand ; there is none greater in this house than I ; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife : how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God...
Page 355 - called, and ye refufed, I have ftretched out my hand, " and no man regarded : but ye have fet at nought all my " counfel, and would none of my reproof: I allo will " laugh at your calamity, I will mock when your fear " cometh. When your fear cometh as defolation, and " your deftru&ion cometh as a whirlwind ; when diftrefs *