Introductio Ad Prudentiam: Or, Directions, Counsels, and Cautions, Tending to Prudent Management of Affairs in Common LifeW. Innys, 1731 - 217 Seiten |
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... Avoiding therefore all thefe , and whatfoever is not directly Sober and Serious , Ufeful and Pertinent , I intend bere to offer all fuch as pleafe to Perufe it , a plain Book , which is all and every part of it Book , and nothing but ...
... Avoiding therefore all thefe , and whatfoever is not directly Sober and Serious , Ufeful and Pertinent , I intend bere to offer all fuch as pleafe to Perufe it , a plain Book , which is all and every part of it Book , and nothing but ...
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... Avoid melancholy , as thou would'st an evil Spirit . 37 Remember , that Mirth and Mifchief are two things . 38 If thou haft Wit and Learning , get Wisdom and Modefty to it . 39 Permit not thy felf to think of what thou may'st not act ...
... Avoid melancholy , as thou would'st an evil Spirit . 37 Remember , that Mirth and Mifchief are two things . 38 If thou haft Wit and Learning , get Wisdom and Modefty to it . 39 Permit not thy felf to think of what thou may'st not act ...
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... pray to God . 88 Be more careful of thy Confcience ; than of thy Eftate . 89 Seek not to be Rich , but Happy . 90 Exafperate none , when thou canft poffibly avoid it . 91 Bear 91 Beware of thofe , who call themselves Friends . [ 4 ]
... pray to God . 88 Be more careful of thy Confcience ; than of thy Eftate . 89 Seek not to be Rich , but Happy . 90 Exafperate none , when thou canft poffibly avoid it . 91 Bear 91 Beware of thofe , who call themselves Friends . [ 4 ]
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... Avoid being Arbitrator between two of thy Friends . 154 Be not too much out - done in Courtesy . 155 Read much , but not many things . 156 In all Difputes take care to come off hand- fomly . 157 Never gratify , nor promise much in a ...
... Avoid being Arbitrator between two of thy Friends . 154 Be not too much out - done in Courtesy . 155 Read much , but not many things . 156 In all Difputes take care to come off hand- fomly . 157 Never gratify , nor promise much in a ...
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... Avoid Singularity ; it's inconfiftent with Ci- vil Society . 259 Love nothing fo violently , as to let the Lofs of it undo thee . 260 Excufe not thy Fault ; for that is commit- ting of it twice . 261 Put not thy Hand between Brethren ...
... Avoid Singularity ; it's inconfiftent with Ci- vil Society . 259 Love nothing fo violently , as to let the Lofs of it undo thee . 260 Excufe not thy Fault ; for that is commit- ting of it twice . 261 Put not thy Hand between Brethren ...
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Seite 237 - ... his reputation all at once, and ventured it at one throw : but if he be to continue in the world, and would have the advantage of...
Seite 235 - ... of which the crafty man is always in danger; and when he thinks he walks in the dark, all his pretences are so transparent that he that runs may read them...
Seite 234 - Particularly as to the affairs of this world, integrity hath many advantages over all the fine and artificial ways of dissimulation and deceit ; it is much the plainer and easier, much the safer and more secure way of dealing in the world : it has less of trouble and difficulty, of entanglement and perplexity, of danger and hazard in it...
Seite 235 - Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out; it is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.
Seite 233 - Besides, that it is many times as troublesome to make good the pretence of a good quality, as to have it ; and if a man have it not, it is ten to one but he is discovered to want it, and then all his pains and labour to seem to have it are lost.
Seite 234 - It is hard to personate and act a part long ; for where truth is not at the bottom, Nature will always be endeavouring to return, and will peep out and betray herself one time or other.
Seite 234 - ... way to our end, carrying us thither in a straight line, and will hold out and last longest. The arts of deceit and cunning...
Seite 235 - Whereas he that acts sincerely hath the easiest task in the world ; because he follows nature, and so is put to no trouble and care about his words and actions ; he needs not invent any pretences beforehand, nor make excuses afterwards, for anything he hath said or done. But insincerity is very troublesome to manage ; a hypocrite hath so many things to attend to, as make his life a very perplexed and intricate thing.
Seite 217 - The Christian Institutes; or, the Sincere Word of • God. Being a plain and impartial Account of the whole Faith and Duty of a Christian. Collected out of the Writings of the Old and New Testament: digested under proper Heads, and delivered in the Words of Scripture.
Seite 219 - Introductio ad Prudentiam; or, Directions, Counsels, and Cautions tending to prudent Management of Affairs in Common Life.