Thoughts on Religion & Other Subjects [with Pious Reflections for Every Day in the Month & Prayers by Fénelon.].1846 - 283 pages |
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Page 9
... assurance , and a voice that testifies the contentment of his heart ? Is this a thing to be spoken of with pleasantry ? or ought it not rather to be lamented with the deepest anxiety , as the most melancholy reflection that can strike ...
... assurance , and a voice that testifies the contentment of his heart ? Is this a thing to be spoken of with pleasantry ? or ought it not rather to be lamented with the deepest anxiety , as the most melancholy reflection that can strike ...
Page 13
... assurances , as well of his power , as of his incli- nation to save them ; for immediately after the first creation , Adam was the witness and depositary of the promise concerning a Saviour to be born of the seed of the woman ; and ...
... assurances , as well of his power , as of his incli- nation to save them ; for immediately after the first creation , Adam was the witness and depositary of the promise concerning a Saviour to be born of the seed of the woman ; and ...
Page 32
... conceptions of his essence . For your conviction , I shall not call in the testimony of faith , which gives us so certain an assurance ; nor Jor even make use of the ordinary proofs , because 32 THOUGHTS ON RELIGION .
... conceptions of his essence . For your conviction , I shall not call in the testimony of faith , which gives us so certain an assurance ; nor Jor even make use of the ordinary proofs , because 32 THOUGHTS ON RELIGION .
Page 53
... assurance that they understood the law not according to the letter . Our religion , in like manner , is true and divine in the Gospels , in the preaching of the Apostles , and in the traditions of the church ; but it appears utterly ...
... assurance that they understood the law not according to the letter . Our religion , in like manner , is true and divine in the Gospels , in the preaching of the Apostles , and in the traditions of the church ; but it appears utterly ...
Page 65
... assurance that his prayer was heard ; and that after the seventy weeks , the people should obtain deliverance from their iniquity , that trans- gressions should then have an end , and the Redeemer , " the most Holy , " should " bring in ...
... assurance that his prayer was heard ; and that after the seventy weeks , the people should obtain deliverance from their iniquity , that trans- gressions should then have an end , and the Redeemer , " the most Holy , " should " bring in ...
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