Thoughts on Religion & Other Subjects [with Pious Reflections for Every Day in the Month & Prayers by Fénelon.].1846 - 283 pages |
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Page 35
... humble , grateful , kind , and sincere . It is true , you cannot live in the possession of base and infamous pleasure , of fading glory , of empty delight . But is not there room to be supplied by more desirable enjoyments ? I tell you ...
... humble , grateful , kind , and sincere . It is true , you cannot live in the possession of base and infamous pleasure , of fading glory , of empty delight . But is not there room to be supplied by more desirable enjoyments ? I tell you ...
Page 47
... humble mind ; that bodily circumcision was unprofitable , but the circumcision of the heart necessary and important . # God having not thought fit wholly to disclose these truths to so unworthy a people , and yet designing to foretell ...
... humble mind ; that bodily circumcision was unprofitable , but the circumcision of the heart necessary and important . # God having not thought fit wholly to disclose these truths to so unworthy a people , and yet designing to foretell ...
Page 60
... in glory to exalt the humble : in a word , that Jesus Christ is to be God , as well as man . * It was our Lord's chief employment to inform men , that they were lovers of themselves : that they were 60 THOUGHTS ON RELIGION .
... in glory to exalt the humble : in a word , that Jesus Christ is to be God , as well as man . * It was our Lord's chief employment to inform men , that they were lovers of themselves : that they were 60 THOUGHTS ON RELIGION .
Page 61
... humble himself ; that there should be a circumcision of the heart ; a true fast , a true sacrifice , a true temple , a two - fold law , as well as a two - fold table of the law , a two - fold temple , a two- fold captivity . This was ...
... humble himself ; that there should be a circumcision of the heart ; a true fast , a true sacrifice , a true temple , a two - fold law , as well as a two - fold table of the law , a two - fold temple , a two- fold captivity . This was ...
Page 67
... humble , patient , pure before God , terrible to evil spirits , and without spot of sin . O ! with what illustrious pomp , with what transcendent magnificence , did he come at- tended , to such as beheld with the eyes of the heart , and ...
... humble , patient , pure before God , terrible to evil spirits , and without spot of sin . O ! with what illustrious pomp , with what transcendent magnificence , did he come at- tended , to such as beheld with the eyes of the heart , and ...
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