Thoughts on Religion & Other Subjects [with Pious Reflections for Every Day in the Month & Prayers by Fénelon.].1846 - 283 pages |
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... comfort , his advice , or assistance , in the necessities of life ? Can he imagine us to take any great delight or complacency when he tells us , that he doubts whether our very soul be anything more than a little wind and smoke ? nay ...
... comfort , his advice , or assistance , in the necessities of life ? Can he imagine us to take any great delight or complacency when he tells us , that he doubts whether our very soul be anything more than a little wind and smoke ? nay ...
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... comfort to those whom it condemns , it so wisely tempers hope and fear , in regard to this double capacity of sin and of grace , which is com- mon to all mankind , that it abaseth infinitely more THOUGHTS ON RELIGION . 25 25.
... comfort to those whom it condemns , it so wisely tempers hope and fear , in regard to this double capacity of sin and of grace , which is com- mon to all mankind , that it abaseth infinitely more THOUGHTS ON RELIGION . 25 25.
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... comfort , abandoned to himself , and , as it were , strayed into this corner of the universe , neither apprehending by whose means he came hither , nor what is the end of his coming , nor what 3 will befal him at his departure hence ; I ...
... comfort , abandoned to himself , and , as it were , strayed into this corner of the universe , neither apprehending by whose means he came hither , nor what is the end of his coming , nor what 3 will befal him at his departure hence ; I ...
Page 70
... comfort ; whether amongst the good things which he so bountiful- ly gives us to enjoy , or amongst the evil things which he shall please to bring on us , for our soul's health , and which by his own example , he has taught us to sustain ...
... comfort ; whether amongst the good things which he so bountiful- ly gives us to enjoy , or amongst the evil things which he shall please to bring on us , for our soul's health , and which by his own example , he has taught us to sustain ...
Page 81
... comfort , or hopes ; the sceptre being now for ever departed from them . To be detained in an enemy's country with an assur- ance of being delivered after seventy years , can scarce be looked on as a state of captivity , in respect of a ...
... comfort , or hopes ; the sceptre being now for ever departed from them . To be detained in an enemy's country with an assur- ance of being delivered after seventy years , can scarce be looked on as a state of captivity , in respect of a ...
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