The Works of Isaac Watts Volume 1 of 9: Sermons【電子書籍】[ Isaac Watts ]

＜p＞IT was a custom among the ancient Romans, to preserve in wax, the figures of those among their ancestors, who were of noble birth; or had been more nobly advanced to the chair of honour by their personal merits. Sallust relates “that Scipio and other great then, by beholding these likenesses, found enkindled in their breasts, so ardent a thirst after virtue, as could not be extinguished, till, by the glory of their own actions, they had equalled the illustrious objects of their emulation. But it is the happiness of Christians to possess truer notions of virtue, and to be governed by infinitely higher views. We may, however, hence observe the force of example, which is peculiarly operative in those who sincerely love God. They no sooner reflect on the accounts given of such as have been eminent for their piety and zeal, than they become desirous of imbibing the same spirit.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The advantages to be derived from theological biography, are too various to be enumerated; and of such o．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る