 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 united...  The Methodist Quarterly Review - Page 3661854Full view - About this book
 | Francis Blackburne - 1780 - 444 pages
...difnofe O' OJ A. of. TThc end then of learning is to repair the ruin of our firfl parents by regaining to know GOD aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, M 3 to to be like him, as we may the neereffby poffeffing our fouls of true vertue,... | |
 | Francis Blackburne - 1780 - 408 pages
...them to difpofe 6'f. The end then of learmng is to repair fhe ruin of our firft parents by regaining to know GOD aright, and' out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate- him, M to . to be like him, as we may the-neereflby poflefling our fouls of true vertue,... | |
 | 1787 - 430 pages
...virtues; and ought, like them, to be always attended with 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... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 342 pages
...them to difpofe of. The 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 pofleffing our fouls of true virtue, which... | |
 | John Feltham - 1799 - 146 pages
...a mass of accusations or caricatures. FROM THE RULE OF LIFE. I* THE 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. — Milton. II. Parents are commonly... | |
 | William Barrow - 1802 - 360 pages
...learning, in the opinion of Milton, is to repair the ruins ofourfoft parents, by regaining to know Got aright, and out of that knowledge to love him and to imitate him. The fpeculations or the difcoveries of reafon and philofophy become truly valuable, when they conduct... | |
 | David Irving - 1803 - 266 pages
...(Betioeen \ 608' and 1674.) The 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... | |
 | Hannah Adams - 1804 - 398 pages
...without confeffing * 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... | |
 | Henry Kett - 1805 - 432 pages
...Christian "principles*. * " The 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... | |
 | Henry Kett - 1806 - 600 pages
...principles'. Confider ' " 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... | |
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