Showing posts with label Duties. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Duties. Show all posts

Richard Sibbes on Persisting in Duties

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 5:30 AM

“Our hearts of themselves are reluctant to give up their liberty, and are only with difficulty brought under the yoke of duty. The more spiritual the duty is, the more reluctance there is.  Corruption gains ground, for the most part, in every neglect. It is as in rowing against the tide, one stroke neglected will not be gained in three; and therefore it is good to keep our hearts close to duty, and not to listen to the excuses they are ready to frame. “
Richard Sibbes
(The Bruised Reed-pg 53)


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John Taylor on "Protecting Duties", "Bounties" and "Protections" on Agriculture

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , , | Posted On Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at 6:30 AM

"Monarchies and aristocracies, being founded in the principle of distributing wealth by law, can only subsist by frauds and deceptions to dupe ignorance into an opinion, that such distributions are intended for its benefit;  but in genuine republics, founded on the principle of leaving wealth to be distributed by merit and industry, these treacheries of government are treasons against nations."
John Taylor 
(Arator: Essay 8 on The Political State of Agriculture)


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