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Page xii - Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Page 319 - For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face : now I know in part ; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
Page 322 - And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee : for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christis sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Page 39 - ... love and a knapsack, but I cannot think riches the only thing that ought to be considered in matrimony : however this will prove Lord Nassau's love, if he does not persist in his addresses to her now. I have not seen the Missons 1 or Moodys a great while, not having been abroad these twelve days. " Epicurus declares it his opinion, that wisdom among all the ingredients of happiness, has not a nobler, a richer, or a more delightful one than friendship.
Page 322 - Oriyen, who is called Adamantius, together with his nefarious, execrable, and abominable doctrine ; and to every one who believes it, or in any manner presumes at all to defend it at any time : in Christ Jesus, our Lord, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 51 - ... Prologue. Cervantes addresses himself to the DESOCUPADO LECTOR, which I have rendered INDOLENT READER, on the following excellent authority : — " Do you know, said I, what Hieronymus Rhodius has allotted for the summum bonum ? I know, says Torquatus, he resolves it into nihil dolere, mere indolence. Can you imagine a greater blessing, said he, than to be free from all manner of pain and trouble ? For the present, suppose it, said I, will it follow that pleasure and indolence are one and the...
Page 80 - honor," when he affirms, " Honestum, or honorable, ingenuous, commendable principle, is that which challenges our esteem and best affections upon the merit of its own intrinsic worth and excellence, exclusively of any profit or compensation." Again he adds: " Whatever upon the score of its own excellency and rectitude becomes the subject of praise, lays no claim to the word honestum [honorable] by virtue of any certificate from a multitude, but because, although no mortal had known anything of it,...
Page 76 - ... distinguished from crimes, and are treated accordingly. Young men who cannot keep the peace and submit to the wholesome regulations of a New England college, must be fit candidates for an insane asylum or the penitentiary. Cicero gives us the right notion of " honor," when he affirms, " Honestum, or honorable, ingenuous, commendable principle, is that which challenges our esteem and best affections upon the merit of its own intrinsic worth and excellence, exclusively of any profit or compensation.