Thoughts on Religion & Other Subjects [with Pious Reflections for Every Day in the Month & Prayers by Fénelon.].1846 - 283 pages |
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... hence induced to repose a greater de- gree of confidence in him hereafter ? or to depend on his comfort , his advice , or assistance , in the necessities of life ? Can he imagine us to take any great delight or complacency when he tells ...
... hence induced to repose a greater de- gree of confidence in him hereafter ? or to depend on his comfort , his advice , or assistance , in the necessities of life ? Can he imagine us to take any great delight or complacency when he tells ...
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... hence they would infer the falsehood of our religion ; because ( say they ) were it true , God would have manifested himself under its dispensation by so visible tokens , that it should have been impossible for any man not to know him ...
... hence they would infer the falsehood of our religion ; because ( say they ) were it true , God would have manifested himself under its dispensation by so visible tokens , that it should have been impossible for any man not to know him ...
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... Hence arose the various sects of the Stoics and Epicu- reans , of the Dogmatists and the Academics , & c . It is the Christian religion alone which has been able thoroughly to cure these opposite distempers ; not so as to drive the one ...
... Hence arose the various sects of the Stoics and Epicu- reans , of the Dogmatists and the Academics , & c . It is the Christian religion alone which has been able thoroughly to cure these opposite distempers ; not so as to drive the one ...
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... hence it comes to pass , that the instrument by which persuasion conveys itself to us , is not demonstration only , How few things do we see de- monstrated ! Rational proof and evidence acts immedi- ately on the mind ; but custom is the ...
... hence it comes to pass , that the instrument by which persuasion conveys itself to us , is not demonstration only , How few things do we see de- monstrated ! Rational proof and evidence acts immedi- ately on the mind ; but custom is the ...
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... 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 THOUGHTS ON RELIGION . 37.
... 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 THOUGHTS ON RELIGION . 37.
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