| American literature - 1787 - 430 pages
...prudence. THE end of learning is, to know God, and out of that knowledge, to love him, and to imitate him, as we may the neareft, by pofleffing our fouls of true virtue. CICERO fays, " Vicious habits are fo great a ftain to human nature, and fo odious in themfelves, that... | |
| David Irving - English language - 1803 - 266 pages
...end of learning is to repair the ruin of our firft pa>. rents, by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the neareft by poffeffing our fouls of true virtue ; which being united to the heavenly grace of faith, makes up the... | |
| Hannah Adams - Apologetics - 1804 - 398 pages
...The end of learning is to repair the ruins of our firft parents, by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may be the neareft by poffeffing our fouls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace «f... | |
| Henry Kett - Literature - 1805 - 422 pages
...The end oflearning is to repair the ruins of our first parents, by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the .nearest, by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith,... | |
| Henry Kett - Books and reading - 1805 - 432 pages
...end of learning' is to repair the ruins of our first parents, by regaining' to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like bim, as we may the nearest, by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united to' the heavenly... | |
| John Milton, Charles Symmons - Poets, English - 1806 - 436 pages
...then of learning is to repair the ruins of_our firft parents by regaining to know God aright,..and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him,...him, as we may the neareft by pofleffing our fouls of tine virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith, makes up the higheft perfection. But... | |
| John Milton, Charles Symmons - Poets, English - 1806 - 440 pages
...end then of learning is to repair the rains of our firft parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the neareft by poffeffing our fouls of tree .virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith, makes up the... | |
| John Milton, Charles Symmons - Poets, English - 1806 - 446 pages
...end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our firft parents by regaining to know God aright, and out •of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the neareft by poffefling our fouls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith, makes up the... | |
| Henry Kett - Books and reading - 1806 - 600 pages
...The end of learning is to repair the ruins of our firft parents, by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearcft, by pofleffing our fouls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith,... | |
| John Milton - 1809 - 534 pages
...end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith,... | |
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