Thoughts on Religion & Other Subjects [with Pious Reflections for Every Day in the Month & Prayers by Fénelon.].1846 - 283 pages |
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... heaven being certainly not de- signed for those who doubt whether they have an im- mortal part to enjoy it , such persons have nothing left , but the miserable chance of annihilation , or of hell . There is not any reflection which can ...
... heaven being certainly not de- signed for those who doubt whether they have an im- mortal part to enjoy it , such persons have nothing left , but the miserable chance of annihilation , or of hell . There is not any reflection which can ...
Page 10
... heaven . Let them therefore leave these impie- ties to those who are born with so unhappy a judgment , as to be capable of entertaining them in earnest . If they cannot be Christian men , let them , however , be men of honour , and let ...
... heaven . Let them therefore leave these impie- ties to those who are born with so unhappy a judgment , as to be capable of entertaining them in earnest . If they cannot be Christian men , let them , however , be men of honour , and let ...
Page 28
... of ourselves even what we ourselves are , we cannot otherwise be instructed in our own condition , than by the assistance and information of Heaven . CHAPTER V. THE SUBMISSION AND USE OF REASON . THE 28 THOUGHTS ON RELIGION .
... of ourselves even what we ourselves are , we cannot otherwise be instructed in our own condition , than by the assistance and information of Heaven . CHAPTER V. THE SUBMISSION AND USE OF REASON . THE 28 THOUGHTS ON RELIGION .
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... heaven , whose registers exceed , by many ages , the most ancient stories now on record . I discover a great and numerous race , who worship one God , and are governed by a law which they affirm themselves to have received from his hand ...
... heaven , whose registers exceed , by many ages , the most ancient stories now on record . I discover a great and numerous race , who worship one God , and are governed by a law which they affirm themselves to have received from his hand ...
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... heaven and earth to witness against them , as to the sufficiency of the warning which he had given them ; that , finally , God being incensed by their transgressions , should scatter them through all lands ; and , as they had " provoked ...
... heaven and earth to witness against them , as to the sufficiency of the warning which he had given them ; that , finally , God being incensed by their transgressions , should scatter them through all lands ; and , as they had " provoked ...
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