Date: 1667, 1710
"And there are very few that have any true Kindness for it, and thou knowest not the Worth of that Jewel, thy Soul; but here, here's a Friend, if thou wilt but leave it with him, he will take care of it, it shall not be marted away for nothing."
preview | full record— Janeway, James (1636?-1674)
Date: 1667, 1710
"If therefore thou hast any Love for thy poor Soul, if thou settest any Price upon that precious Thing within thee; in a word, if thou wouldst have thy Soul do well in another World, O strike in here, close with these Tenders, listen to the Counsel of him who offers you the best Advice in the Wor...
preview | full record— Janeway, James (1636?-1674)
Date: 1667, 1710
"Thus a Child of God, if he loose his Estate, his Liberty, and all his outward Injoyments, he counts all these but inconsiderable, as long as his Soul is safe, his great Treasure is out of their Reach."
preview | full record— Janeway, James (1636?-1674)
Date: 1667, 1710
"O be at leisure to look within, and get David's Candle and Lanthorn to go into those dark Corners of your Soul with it, and it may be you may see that within which may make your Heart to ake, and your Joints to quiver, and your Spirits to faint within you."
preview | full record— Janeway, James (1636?-1674)
Date: 1669
"Eloquence is a painting of thought; and thus those who, after having painted it, add something more, make a picture instead of a portrait."
preview | full record— Pascal, Blaise (1623-1662)
Date: 1670
"Having to his great Wit added the ballast of Learning"
preview | full record— Walton, Izaak (1593-1683)
Date: 1672, 1727
"The Obligation arises no otherwise from the Love of our Happiness, than the Truth of Propositions concerning the Existence of Things natural, and of their First Cause, which is thence discover'd, arises from the Credit given to the Testimony of our Senses."
preview | full record— Cumberland, Richard (1632-1718)
Date: 1672, 1701
"The Contemplation of the Object represents the matter to the mind, in the same manner as its outward appearance doth to the Eye."
preview | full record— Salmon, William (1644-1713)
Date: 1673
Modest "is indeed a vertu of a general influence; does not only ballast the mind with sober and humble thoughts of ones self, but also steers every part of the outward frame."
preview | full record— Allestree, Richard (1611/2-1681)
Date: 1673
" For tho the adulterations of art, can represent in the same Face beauty in one position, and deformity in another, yet nature is more sincere, and never meant a serene and clear forhead, should be the frontispiece to a cloudy tempestuous heart."
preview | full record— Allestree, Richard (1611/2-1681)