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Strona 14
... reason and the carnal mind prompt us to say , " If I am to be rich , all that I get I must keep . Holding , nursing , guarding all that comes into my hands , it must grow to be of some account at last . " Such a mode of calculating is ...
... reason and the carnal mind prompt us to say , " If I am to be rich , all that I get I must keep . Holding , nursing , guarding all that comes into my hands , it must grow to be of some account at last . " Such a mode of calculating is ...
Strona 33
... reason for going above rules ; but it is the worst in the world for staying below them , or without them . It is a law of love which binds a man to provide for the comfort of his family ; but surely that is no reason why he should ...
... reason for going above rules ; but it is the worst in the world for staying below them , or without them . It is a law of love which binds a man to provide for the comfort of his family ; but surely that is no reason why he should ...
Strona 35
... arbitrary proportion of our time or goods is taken , —a proportion for which reason has no more to say than for any other , -what is the effect upon the ia 25 + 36 IS IT OUR DUTY TO GIVE ALL ? mind c 2 CONTENT WITH TOO LOW A PROPORTION. ...
... arbitrary proportion of our time or goods is taken , —a proportion for which reason has no more to say than for any other , -what is the effect upon the ia 25 + 36 IS IT OUR DUTY TO GIVE ALL ? mind c 2 CONTENT WITH TOO LOW A PROPORTION. ...
Strona 36
... property is needful . Our objector replies , " Of course , what I meant was , all after our reason- able wants are supplied . We ought to give abso- lutely all the surplus , and not save any . " GIVING WHAT WE CAN SPARE . 37 In the lips.
... property is needful . Our objector replies , " Of course , what I meant was , all after our reason- able wants are supplied . We ought to give abso- lutely all the surplus , and not save any . " GIVING WHAT WE CAN SPARE . 37 In the lips.
Strona 37
... reason for some definite rule lies in this : That we have far better memories for our virtues , than for our obligations , -for the pounds we give away , than for those we receive , or spend upon ourselves . Even truly excellent persons ...
... reason for some definite rule lies in this : That we have far better memories for our virtues , than for our obligations , -for the pounds we give away , than for those we receive , or spend upon ourselves . Even truly excellent persons ...
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Strona 56 - Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Strona 4 - If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace ; then shall the Lord be my God : and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house : and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Strona 5 - Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: so shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
Strona 32 - And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth. But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
Strona 37 - Let him that stole steal no more : but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Strona 58 - Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the Last Days.
Strona 13 - And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
Strona 10 - There is that scattereth and yet increaseth ; there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Strona 12 - And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly ; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
Strona 4 - By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.