 The 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...  English Grammar: Style, Rhetoric, and Poetry ; to which are Added ... - Page 62de Richard Hiley - 1846 - 271 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Robert Potts - 1855 - 588 pages
...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...the heavenly grace of faith, makes up the highest perfection.—John Milton. 21. Let every thing you see represent to your spirit the presence, the excellency,... | |
 | 1856 - 352 pages
...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...understanding cannot in this body found itself but upon sensible things, nor arrive so clearly to the knowledge of God and things invisible, as by orderly... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1856 - 768 pages
...repair the ruin of our first parents, by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls...of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly graces of'faith make up the highest perfection." Locke, the great John Locke, has spoken words of wisdom... | |
 | 1856 - 570 pages
...iLearntng. — end of Learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love him, and to imitate him, as we may the nearest, by possessing our souls of true Virtue. . — Bishop Earie. J^ PRETENDER to Learning is one that would make all others more fools than himself,... | |
 | Edward Thomson - 1856 - 426 pages
...imitate him, to be like him, as we may be the nearest by possessing ourselves of true virtue, which, united to the heavenly grace of faith, makes up the highest perfection." Many other illustrious authorities of modern times might be cited, but I pass to cite one or two ancient... | |
 | Andrew James Symington - 1857 - 374 pages
...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...grace of faith, makes up the highest perfection." "Every faculty," says Archbishop Whately, "and every study, however worthless they may be, when not... | |
 | 1856 - 368 pages
...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...grace of faith, makes up the highest perfection.' He descends by only two steps from this grand generality to Greek and Latin, the first step being '... | |
 | 1858 - 424 pages
...parents, by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, as we may the pearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which, being united to the heavenly graces of faith, make up the highest perfection." " Virtue," says John Locke, "is the hard and valuable... | |
 | Society for the Promotion of Collegiate and Theological Education - 1860 - 704 pages
...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...grace of faith, makes up the highest perfection." And it is also among our benefits, that, though our system of education is less definitely wrought... | |
 | Frederic Dan Huntington - 1860 - 548 pages
...learning to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to be like him, — as we may the nearest be by possessing our souls of true virtue, which, being...grace of faith, makes up the highest perfection." And how well he insists on this definite and living purpose of the scholar, when he speaks of " that... | |
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