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... doing it . He must try whether his principles be certainly true , or not , and how far he may safely rely upon them . This , whether fewer have the heart or the skill to do , I E 2 OF THE UNDERSTANDING . 41 Indifferency, Examine,
... doing it . He must try whether his principles be certainly true , or not , and how far he may safely rely upon them . This , whether fewer have the heart or the skill to do , I E 2 OF THE UNDERSTANDING . 41 Indifferency, Examine,
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... certainly the farthest way about to knowl- edge . For he that will know , must by the connexion of the proofs see the truth , and the ground it stands on ; and therefore , if he has for haste skipped over what he should have examined ...
... certainly the farthest way about to knowl- edge . For he that will know , must by the connexion of the proofs see the truth , and the ground it stands on ; and therefore , if he has for haste skipped over what he should have examined ...
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... certainly very useful and necessary to form the mind ; but then it must be done in a different way , and to a different end . Not for talk and vanity to fill the head with shreds of all kinds , that he who is possessed of such a ...
... certainly very useful and necessary to form the mind ; but then it must be done in a different way , and to a different end . Not for talk and vanity to fill the head with shreds of all kinds , that he who is possessed of such a ...
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... certainly to him a mere empty sound without a meaning ; and he learns no more by all that is said of it , or attributed to it , than if it were affirmed only of that bare empty sound . They who would advance in knowledge , and not ...
... certainly to him a mere empty sound without a meaning ; and he learns no more by all that is said of it , or attributed to it , than if it were affirmed only of that bare empty sound . They who would advance in knowledge , and not ...
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... certainly the greater evil of the two , and deserves our ut- most care and endeavours to preserve the freedom of our better part . In this case our pains will not be lost ; striving and struggling will prevail , if we constantly , on ...
... certainly the greater evil of the two , and deserves our ut- most care and endeavours to preserve the freedom of our better part . In this case our pains will not be lost ; striving and struggling will prevail , if we constantly , on ...
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Page 7 - Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
Page 183 - Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business.
Page 19 - Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity is the blessmg of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearselike airs as carols ; .and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
Page 92 - Surely every medicine is an innovation, and he that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator ; and if time of course alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end...
Page 131 - I CANNOT call riches better than the baggage of virtue; the Roman word is better, "impedimenta;" for as the baggage is to an army, so is riches to virtue ; it cannot be spared nor left behind, but it hindereth the march; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory.
Page 6 - The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense; the last was the light of reason ; and his sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit.
Page 184 - Bowling is good for the stone and reins; shooting for the lungs and breast; gentle walking for the stomach; riding for the head; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again: if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen; for they are cymini sectores...
Page 184 - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others; but that would be only in the less important arguments and the meaner sort of books; else distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things.
Page 159 - There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.
Page 37 - There is in man's nature a secret inclination and motion towards love of others, which, if it be not spent upon some one or a few, doth naturally spread itself towards many; and maketh men become humane and charitable ; as it is seen sometimes in friars. Nuptial love maketh mankind ; friendly love perfecteth it ; but wanton love corrupteth and embaseth it.