The Religious Tradesman, Or Plain and Serious Hints of Advice for the Tradesman's Prudent and Pious Conduct: From His Entrance Into Business, to His Leaving it OffFrancis S. Wiggins, 1823 - 318 páginas |
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... passions , into an in- genious , especially into a religious , profession ; for though some of mean abilities have proved useful in church and state , yet as that seldom happens , so the divine goodness in making them successful , will ...
... passions , into an in- genious , especially into a religious , profession ; for though some of mean abilities have proved useful in church and state , yet as that seldom happens , so the divine goodness in making them successful , will ...
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... passions ? Fidelity is another amiable disposition , which should be ever cultivated . Be true and sincere in your words . Let lying and dissimulation be shunned with the greatest abhorrence , as a vice that is destructive to all ...
... passions ? Fidelity is another amiable disposition , which should be ever cultivated . Be true and sincere in your words . Let lying and dissimulation be shunned with the greatest abhorrence , as a vice that is destructive to all ...
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... passions to which we are most exposed 8. In a due consideration of the contingencies of trade . 9. In avoiding those meth- ods which have ruined others . 10. In disposing the common business of life in subserviency to the duties of ...
... passions to which we are most exposed 8. In a due consideration of the contingencies of trade . 9. In avoiding those meth- ods which have ruined others . 10. In disposing the common business of life in subserviency to the duties of ...
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... passion , not reason and judgment , being the guides of their actions . Others lose their op- portunities of advantage by an unsettled , dila- tory temper of mind , suspending their deter- minations , till the proper season of acting is ...
... passion , not reason and judgment , being the guides of their actions . Others lose their op- portunities of advantage by an unsettled , dila- tory temper of mind , suspending their deter- minations , till the proper season of acting is ...
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... passions to which our callings most expose us . The passions of the mind are nat- ural to us , and inseparable from us ; but the government of them , and subduing their exces- ses , is the business of wisdom and virtue . To be a servant ...
... passions to which our callings most expose us . The passions of the mind are nat- ural to us , and inseparable from us ; but the government of them , and subduing their exces- ses , is the business of wisdom and virtue . To be a servant ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 109 - Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thine hand to do it. Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will give; When thou hast it by thee.
Página 44 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind : for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Página 168 - Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him : fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Página 191 - For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
Página 83 - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep : so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Página 35 - TEACH me, my God and King, In all things thee to see, And what I do in any thing, To do it as for thee...
Página 56 - If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of Hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings : yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
Página 169 - But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil : which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Página 199 - It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it ? neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? but the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
Página 200 - And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees : therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire.