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Some Fruits of Solitude / More Fruits of Solitude: William Penn: 9781434496072: spitfirephoto.com: Books

Some oppose honor to submission; but it can be no honor to maintain, what it is dishonorable to do. How many marriages have been abandoned that could instead now be much more fruitful through perseverance and willing work? Death is but crossing the world, as friends do the seas; they live in one another still. The tail wagged the dog. I If Penn had written nothing else he would still be important to me, because of this quote. For that which is the religion of their learning, and not of their judgment, is the religion of another, and not theirs. Site Editor's Comment: Having been through many sects seeking the true way, having had many heated discussions over religious beliefs in the past, I have seen a truth. Believe no report against another person unless it comes from good authority; and don't report what may hurt another, unless it might become a greater hurt to others to conceal it.

Some Fruits of Solitude

For the more internal our worship, the more adequate to the nature of God; the more silent, the more suitable to the language of a Spirit. Strong liquors are good at some times, and in small proportions; being better for medicine than food, for cordials than common use. If you are clean and warm, it is sufficient; for more only robs the poor, and pleases the covetous nature. Men will make less of what they won't imitate. It is only just that those who reign by their princes, should suffer for their princes; for it is a safe and necessary maxim, not to shift heads in government, while the ministers that should answer for them are still in place. Patience and diligence, like faith, remove mountains.

Some Fruits of Solitude / More Fruits of Solitude: William Penn: 9781434496072: spitfirephoto.com: Books

I hope you have been following the discussion in the separate post below of what constitutes Harry Potter canon. It is great prudence both to limit and use prosperity. This is an , anything else is speculation. The one being fair and consistent in judgment, and the other not to meddle at all. Wherefore we say that whatever Christ then did, both living and dying, was of great benefit to the salvation of all who have believed and now do, and who hereafter shall believe in Him. On the creative benefits of solitude with God. The lack of due consideration is the cause of all the unhappiness man brings upon himself.

Some Fruits of Solitude and Maxims by William Penn

Nor do they know the world of which it was made, and out of which it is fed; which would be so much to our benefit, as well as to our pleasure, to know. On occasions of others' misfortunes, some show their malice, and are cleverly critical. It is great wisdom to proportion our esteem to the nature of the thing. To sum up what they say upon the nature and virtue of it, as contents of that which follows, they declare that this principle is, first, divine; secondly, universal; thirdly, efficacious; in that it gives man, first, the knowledge of God and of himself, and therein a sight of his duty and disobedience to it. For without faith we cannot please God, nor can we fear what we do not believe. It is a coal from God's altar that must kindle our fire; and without fire, true fire, there is no acceptable sacrifice.

Some Fruits of Solitude

Those who do not find Him on earth are unlikely to find Him in space. This work is miscellaneous in the subjects of it, and by no means artificial in the composure. Finally, if man is the key or epitome of the world, as philosophers tell us, we have only to understand ourselves well to be educated in the creation. But what is misused is lost. Let nothing be lost, said our savior.

More fruits of solitude : being the second part of reflections and maxims relating to the conduct of human life. (eBook, 1735) [spitfirephoto.com]

We have one subject, The Peverell Brothers, to work with and three members have finished their own projects. Passion is a sort of fever in the mind, which always leaves us weaker than it found us. This does not add to the cost of your order, but provides a referral fee to this ministry. It is no sin to be tempted. Others are so weak, they sink or burst under the weight of their office, though they can lightly run away with the salary of it. But these joys and pleasures are not detailed - for God wants us to come to him in love of truth, in love for our unseen creator, in a desire to please him - not to obtain a specified, visible reward.

More Fruits of Solitude

And those also would result in their more judgment, and less trouble and time. Penn had been a courtier in James' court, performing as the sole lobbyist of influence for the Quakers, including securing the freedom of 1300 Quakers from prison, some of whom had been in prison for 12-15 years. Be not be deceived at the first appearances of things, but give yourself time for consideration to be in the right. Sometimes these days are for an unrelated group who gather for a single day together. Never marry except for love; but see that you love what is lovely. To be dextrous in danger is a virtue; but to court danger to show your evasive skills, is weakness.

Some Fruits of Solitude and Maxims by William Penn

It is to this principle of Light, Life, and Grace, that this People refer all: for they say it is the great Agent in Religion; that, without which, there is no Conviction, so no Conversion, or Regeneration; and consequently no entering into the Kingdom of God. If you desire to be happy and at peace in your family, above all things observe discipline. Nothing does reason more right, than the coolness of those who offer it, for truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders, than from the arguments of its opposers. Rex and Tyrannus are very different characters. A month or so after I finished Deathly Hallows I ran across a Harvard Classics edition containing both Fruits of Solitude and the A Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin in a used book store, and snatched it up. In fine, he that is drunk is not a Man: Because he is so long void of Reason, that distinguishes a Man from a Beast.