Rest from an inordinate desire of knowledge, for it is subject to much perplexity and delusion. Learned men are fond of the notice of the world, and desire to be accounted wise : but there are many things, the knowledge of which has no tendency to promote... Of the Imitation of Christ: In Three Books - الصفحة 31803 - عدد الصفحات: 177عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| 1805 - عدد الصفحات: 266
...perplexity and delusion. Learned men are fond of the notice of the world, and desire to be accounted wise : but there are many things, the knowledge of which has no tendency to promote the recovery of our first Divine Life ; and it is, surely, a proof of folly, to devote ourselves wholly to that, with which... | |
| 1864 - عدد الصفحات: 704
...perplexity and delusion. Learned men are fond of the notice of the world, and desire to be accounted wise : but there are many things the knowledge of which has no tendency to promote the recovery of our first divine life ; and it is surely proof of folly to devote ourselves wholly to that with which our... | |
| Franklin Samuel Bliss - 1868 - عدد الصفحات: 214
...not always wise." They are often fond of the notice of the world, and desire to be accounted wise. But there are many things the knowledge of which has no tendency to promote a true life ; and it is surely a proof of folly to devote ourselves wholly to that with which our supreme... | |
| 1909 - عدد الصفحات: 952
...perplexity and delusion. Learned men are fond of the notice of the world, and desire to be accounted wise ; but there are many things the knowledge of which has no tendency to promote the recovery of our first divine life; and it is surely a proof of folly to devote ourselves wholly to that with which... | |
| Fiona McKay - 1917 - عدد الصفحات: 472
...perplexity and delusion. Learned, we are fond of the notice of the world, and desire to be accounted wise : but there are many things, the knowledge of which has no tendency to promote the recovery of our first divine life ; and it is, surely, a proof of folly, to devote ourselves wholly to that, with which... | |
| 1859 - عدد الصفحات: 836
...perplexity and delusion. Learned men are fond of the notice of the world, and desire to be accounted wise : r's conduct that indicated the state of his mind? Father. Yes, there was. It appears that •whe first divine life ; and it is, surely, a proof of fully, to devote ourselves wholly to that, with which... | |
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