The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift...W. Durell & Company, 1812 |
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... commanded by an angel from Heaven to believe it is midnight at noon - day ; yet I could not believe him . So if I were directly told in Scripture that three are one , and one is three , I could not conceive or believe it in the natural ...
... commanded by an angel from Heaven to believe it is midnight at noon - day ; yet I could not believe him . So if I were directly told in Scripture that three are one , and one is three , I could not conceive or believe it in the natural ...
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... commanded to sacrifice his only son , and despaired of any other issue : and this was to him a great mystery . Our Saviour is perpetually preaching faith to his disciples , or reproaching them with the want of it ; and St. Paul ...
... commanded to sacrifice his only son , and despaired of any other issue : and this was to him a great mystery . Our Saviour is perpetually preaching faith to his disciples , or reproaching them with the want of it ; and St. Paul ...
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... commanded us by God to believe , appears evident and certain to us , although we do not see , nor can conceive it ; because by faith we entirely depend upon the truth and power of God . It is an old and true distinction , that things ...
... commanded us by God to believe , appears evident and certain to us , although we do not see , nor can conceive it ; because by faith we entirely depend upon the truth and power of God . It is an old and true distinction , that things ...
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... commanded to obey our governors , because disobedi- ence would breed seditions in the state . Thus servants are directed to obey their masters , children their pa- rents , and wives their husbands ; not from any respect of persons in ...
... commanded to obey our governors , because disobedi- ence would breed seditions in the state . Thus servants are directed to obey their masters , children their pa- rents , and wives their husbands ; not from any respect of persons in ...
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... commanded him to be obedient to the laws , and did moreover in a particular manner enjoin him to be dutiful to his parents ; after which , if he lays due weight upon those considera- tions , he will probably continue in his duty to the ...
... commanded him to be obedient to the laws , and did moreover in a particular manner enjoin him to be dutiful to his parents ; after which , if he lays due weight upon those considera- tions , he will probably continue in his duty to the ...
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Page 103 - But the wisdom that is from above, is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Page 51 - Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
Page 52 - And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
Page 2 - Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility : for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Page 133 - When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.
Page 20 - Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness ; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens...
Page 217 - She never had the least absence of mind in conversation, nor given to interruption, or appeared eager to put in her word, by waiting impatiently until another had done. She spoke in a most agreeable voice, in the plainest words, never hesitating, except out of modesty before new faces, where she was somewhat reserved ; nor, among her nearest friends, ever spoke much at a time. She was but little versed...
Page 4 - And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee : nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary...
Page 140 - ... learned or any man a lawyer. Kings are commonly said to have long hands ; I wish they had as long ears. Princes in their infancy, childhood, and youth are said to discover prodigious parts and wit, to speak things that surprise and astonish; strange so many hopeful princes and so many shameful kings. If they happen to die young, they would have been prodigies of wisdom and virtue ; if they live, they are often prodigies indeed, but of another sort.
Page 136 - The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.