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Page 379
THE EXAMPLE OF CHRIST . PHILIPPIANS , II . 2 . Let this mind be in you , which
was also in Christ Jesus . Man is better taught by example than by pre cept . He
learns more by seeing another act , than by being told how to act himself . Hence
...
THE EXAMPLE OF CHRIST . PHILIPPIANS , II . 2 . Let this mind be in you , which
was also in Christ Jesus . Man is better taught by example than by pre cept . He
learns more by seeing another act , than by being told how to act himself . Hence
...
Page 396
Such an example was EMINENTLY SUITABLE in this , as well as in other
respects , to us in our state of infirmity and conflict . We all feel the advantage of a
pattern for our direction . But where was a suitable one to be found ? Amongst
men ...
Such an example was EMINENTLY SUITABLE in this , as well as in other
respects , to us in our state of infirmity and conflict . We all feel the advantage of a
pattern for our direction . But where was a suitable one to be found ? Amongst
men ...
Page 397
This is an example brought down as near to us as possible , and exactly suited to
our frailty and weakness . We behold in it the image of God , and can
contemplate the divine character as the sun through a glass , which softens ,
without really ...
This is an example brought down as near to us as possible , and exactly suited to
our frailty and weakness . We behold in it the image of God , and can
contemplate the divine character as the sun through a glass , which softens ,
without really ...
Page 398
Our Lord is an example of suffering virtue . He exhibits what is most wanted , the
milder and more lovely and retired and patient graces . + Our Saviour , further , is
our most suitable example , as he was both a public and domestic teacher , and ...
Our Lord is an example of suffering virtue . He exhibits what is most wanted , the
milder and more lovely and retired and patient graces . + Our Saviour , further , is
our most suitable example , as he was both a public and domestic teacher , and ...
Page 400
Let each irreligious person , then , compare his heart and life with the example of
the Son of God . Let him pray for the illumination of the Holy Ghost , to show him
both himself and his Saviour . Let him thus learn his fall , his condemnation , and
...
Let each irreligious person , then , compare his heart and life with the example of
the Son of God . Let him pray for the illumination of the Holy Ghost , to show him
both himself and his Saviour . Let him thus learn his fall , his condemnation , and
...
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