 The much greater part of those who come to be ordained are ignorant to a degree not to be apprehended by those who are not obliged to know it. The easiest part of knowledge is that to which they are the greatest strangers; I mean the plainest...  A discourse of the pastoral care - Page xxvde Gilbert Burnet (bp. of Salisbury.) - 1736Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Several Hands - 1768 - 612 pages
...day : — " The much greater part of thofe who come to be ordained, fays he, are ignorant to a decree not to be apprehended by thofe who are not obliged to know it. The eafielt part of knowledge is that to which they are the greateft ftrangers, I mean the plained parts... | |
 | David Bogue, James Bennett - 1808 - 492 pages
...page 25, 26. " Our Ember weeks are the burthen and grief of my life. The much greater part of those who come to be ordained are ignorant to a degree, not to be apprehended by those who are not obliged to know it. The easiest part of knowledge is that to which they are tTie... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - 1790 - 620 pages
...decease, lie says, " Our Ember-weeks are the burden and grief of my life. The much greater part of those who come to be ordained are ignorant to a degree not to be apprehended by those who are not obliged to know it. The easiest part of knowledge is that to which they are the greatest... | |
 | Thomas Jackson - 1839 - 256 pages
...the clergy. " Our Ember- weeks are the burden and grief of my life. The much greater part of those who come to be ordained are ignorant to a degree not to be apprehended by those who are not obliged to know it. The easiest part of knowledge is that to which they are the greatest... | |
 | Richard Graves - 1840 - 468 pages
..." Our Ember Weeks," says he, " are the burthen and grief of my life. The much greater part of those who come to be ordained are ignorant to a degree not to be apprehended by those who are not obliged to know it. The easiest part of knowledge is that to which they are the greatest... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet (bp. of Salisbury.) - 1840 - 268 pages
...mean the clergy. Our ember weeks are the burden and grief of my life. The much greater part of those who come to be ordained are ignorant to a degree not to be apprehended by those who are not obliged to know it. The easiest part of knowledge is that to which they are the greatest... | |
 | William Ewart Gladstone - 1840 - 592 pages
...paradoxes on the other, which are called science." Bishop BurnetJ says : " The much greater part of those who come to be ordained are ignorant to a degree not to be apprehended by those who are not obliged to know it. The easiest * Sir Henry Moncrieffs Life of Erskine, p. 55, 175.... | |
 | 1840 - 844 pages
...mean the clergy. " Our ember weeks are the burden and grief of my life. The much greater part of those who come to be ordained are ignorant to a degree not to be apprehended by those who are not obliged to know it. The easiest part of knowledge is that to which they are the greatest... | |
 | William Ewart Gladstone - 1840 - 590 pages
...paradoxes on the other, which are called science." Bishop Burnet J says : " The much greater part of those who come to be ordained are ignorant to a degree not to be apprehended by those who are not obliged to know it. The easiest * Sir Henry MoncriefFs Life of Erskine, p. 55, 175.... | |
 | Samuel Palmer - 1844 - 108 pages
...head : " Our Ember Weeks (says he) are the grief and burden of my life. The much greater part of those who come to be ordained are ignorant to a degree not to be apprehended by those who are not obliged to know it, &c." Burnett's Past. Care, New Preface, p. 5. See also the Confessional,... | |
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