Thoughts on Religion & Other Subjects [with Pious Reflections for Every Day in the Month & Prayers by Fénelon.].1846 - 283 pages |
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... Faith without reasoning , . 29 30- VII . That there is more Advantage in believing than in disbelieving the Doctrines of Christianity , VIII . The Portrait of a Man , who has wearied him- 22 32 self with searching after God by his bare ...
... Faith without reasoning , . 29 30- VII . That there is more Advantage in believing than in disbelieving the Doctrines of Christianity , VIII . The Portrait of a Man , who has wearied him- 22 32 self with searching after God by his bare ...
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... faith . When this is done , they declare to all the world , that they have consulted books and men without success . I shall be excused , if I refrain not from telling such men , what I have often told them , that this neglect of theirs ...
... faith . When this is done , they declare to all the world , that they have consulted books and men without success . I shall be excused , if I refrain not from telling such men , what I have often told them , that this neglect of theirs ...
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... faith is to establish these two princi- ples , the corruption of nature , and the redemption by Jesus Christ . And these opposers , if they are of no use towards demonstrating the truth of the redemption , by the sanctity of their lives ...
... faith is to establish these two princi- ples , the corruption of nature , and the redemption by Jesus Christ . And these opposers , if they are of no use towards demonstrating the truth of the redemption , by the sanctity of their lives ...
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... faith than we now enjoy , and we ourselves , on the other side , fall into the depths of their present blindness and misery ; we ought to do for them what we desire should be done to us in their case , to intreat them that they would ...
... faith than we now enjoy , and we ourselves , on the other side , fall into the depths of their present blindness and misery ; we ought to do for them what we desire should be done to us in their case , to intreat them that they would ...
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... faith and patience , waited for the author of their deliverance . After this , when the wickedness of men was arrived at its pitch , we read of God's sending Noah on a special commission , and of his rescuing him from the common ...
... faith and patience , waited for the author of their deliverance . After this , when the wickedness of men was arrived at its pitch , we read of God's sending Noah on a special commission , and of his rescuing him from the common ...
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