Thoughts on Religion & Other Subjects [with Pious Reflections for Every Day in the Month & Prayers by Fénelon.].1846 - 283 pages |
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... cause , with so forlorn , so despicable companions ? And thus it is evident , that they who wear no more than the outward mask of these principles , are the most unhappy counterfeits in the world ; inasmuch as they are THOUGHTS ON ...
... cause , with so forlorn , so despicable companions ? And thus it is evident , that they who wear no more than the outward mask of these principles , are the most unhappy counterfeits in the world ; inasmuch as they are THOUGHTS ON ...
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... cause and reason of both . What religion , the Christian only excepted , could ever pretend to be thus knowing . Other religions , as those of the heathens , are more popular , as consisting only in external appearance ; but then they ...
... cause and reason of both . What religion , the Christian only excepted , could ever pretend to be thus knowing . Other religions , as those of the heathens , are more popular , as consisting only in external appearance ; but then they ...
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... us . If there be but one principle or efficient cause , one author of all things , and himself the end of all things ; the true religion must teach us to make him alone the object of our worship and our love . 18 THOUGHTS ON RELIGION .
... us . If there be but one principle or efficient cause , one author of all things , and himself the end of all things ; the true religion must teach us to make him alone the object of our worship and our love . 18 THOUGHTS ON RELIGION .
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... cause of that enmity and opposition which we bear to God , and to our own happiness . It ought to teach us the remedies of this infirmity , and the means of obtaining them . Let men compare all the religions of the world in these ...
... cause of that enmity and opposition which we bear to God , and to our own happiness . It ought to teach us the remedies of this infirmity , and the means of obtaining them . Let men compare all the religions of the world in these ...
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... causing a general revolt amongst the creatures that were his subjects , I made them his ene- mies . Man himself is now become like unto the beasts , and removed to such a distance from me , as scarce to retain some scattered rays and ...
... causing a general revolt amongst the creatures that were his subjects , I made them his ene- mies . Man himself is now become like unto the beasts , and removed to such a distance from me , as scarce to retain some scattered rays and ...
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