Richard Cecil

English courtier and high sheriff of Rutland

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An authentic narrative of some remarkable and interesting particulars in the life of John Newton
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Remains of the Rev. Richard Cecil, M.A. ..
Remains and miscellanies
Hints to a soldier

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“Solitude shows us what should be; society shows us what we are.”
“It is much easier to settle a point than to act on it.”
“Every man will have his own criterion in forming his judgment of others. I depend very much on the effect of affliction. I consider how a man comes out of the furnace; gold will lie for a month in the furnace without losing a grain.”
“I cannot look around me without being struck with the analogy observable in the works of God. I find the Bible written in the style of His other books of Creation and Providence. The pen seems in the same hand. I see it, indeed, write at times mysteriously in each of these books; thus I know that mystery in the works of God is only another name for my ignorance. The moment, therefore, that I become humble, all becomes right.”
“The Old and New Testaments contain but one scheme of religion. Neither part of this scheme can be understood without the other.”
“The man who labors to please his neighbor for his good to edification has the mind that was in Christ. It is a sinner trying to help a sinner. Even a feeble, but kind and tender man, will effect more than a genius, who is rough and artificial.”