Thoughts on Religion & Other Subjects [with Pious Reflections for Every Day in the Month & Prayers by Fénelon.].1846 - 283 pages |
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... Doctrines of Christianity , VIII . The Portrait of a Man , who has wearied him- 22 32 self with searching after God by his bare Reason , and who begins to read the Scripture , 37 IX . The Injustice and Corruption of Man , 43 X. The Jews ...
... Doctrines of Christianity , VIII . The Portrait of a Man , who has wearied him- 22 32 self with searching after God by his bare Reason , and who begins to read the Scripture , 37 IX . The Injustice and Corruption of Man , 43 X. The Jews ...
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... doctrines , as to afford them a manifest confirmation and support . If they would give their objections any strength , they ought to urge , that they have applied their utmost en- deavour , and have used all means of information , even ...
... doctrines , as to afford them a manifest confirmation and support . If they would give their objections any strength , they ought to urge , that they have applied their utmost en- deavour , and have used all means of information , even ...
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... doctrine . And yet without this incomprehensible mys- tery , we are , ourselves , incomprehensible to our own mind . The clue which knits together our whole fortune and condition , takes its turns , and plies in this amazing abyss ...
... doctrine . And yet without this incomprehensible mys- tery , we are , ourselves , incomprehensible to our own mind . The clue which knits together our whole fortune and condition , takes its turns , and plies in this amazing abyss ...
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... doctrine is so justly suited to the condition and to the temper of man as this , which makes him ac- quainted with his double capacity of receiving and for- feiting grace , as a fence against the double danger to which he is always ...
... doctrine is so justly suited to the condition and to the temper of man as this , which makes him ac- quainted with his double capacity of receiving and for- feiting grace , as a fence against the double danger to which he is always ...
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... DOCTRINES OF CHRISTIANITY . UNITY joined to infinity increases it not , any more than a foot measure added to an infinite space . What is finite , vanishes before that which is infinite , and becomes pure nothing . Thus our ...
... DOCTRINES OF CHRISTIANITY . UNITY joined to infinity increases it not , any more than a foot measure added to an infinite space . What is finite , vanishes before that which is infinite , and becomes pure nothing . Thus our ...
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