Thoughts on Religion & Other Subjects [with Pious Reflections for Every Day in the Month & Prayers by Fénelon.].1846 - 283 pages |
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... Knowledge of God , except through Jesus Christ , XXI . The strange Contrarieties discoverable in Human Nature , with regard to Truth and Hap- piness , and many other things , XXII . The General Knowledge of Man , PAGE . 71 79 82 85 91 ...
... Knowledge of God , except through Jesus Christ , XXI . The strange Contrarieties discoverable in Human Nature , with regard to Truth and Hap- piness , and many other things , XXII . The General Knowledge of Man , PAGE . 71 79 82 85 91 ...
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... knowledge is , that I must shortly die ; but that which I am most ignorant of is this very death , which I feel myself unable to decline . " As I know not whence I came , so I know not whither I go ; only this I know , that at my ...
... knowledge is , that I must shortly die ; but that which I am most ignorant of is this very death , which I feel myself unable to decline . " As I know not whence I came , so I know not whither I go ; only this I know , that at my ...
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... knowledge of which is reciprocal and inseparable . It should also be able to discern the greatness and the meanness of human condition , together with the cause and reason of both . What religion , the Christian only excepted , could ...
... knowledge of which is reciprocal and inseparable . It should also be able to discern the greatness and the meanness of human condition , together with the cause and reason of both . What religion , the Christian only excepted , could ...
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... knowledge of both these principles , so is it equally agreeable to the mercy of God , that he should afford the means of such a knowledge . To perform this , is the office , and the very essence of Christianity , On this subject let men ...
... knowledge of both these principles , so is it equally agreeable to the mercy of God , that he should afford the means of such a knowledge . To perform this , is the office , and the very essence of Christianity , On this subject let men ...
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... knowledge . So manifest is it , that we once stood in a degree of perfec- tion , from which we are now unhappily fallen . • What then does this eagerness in coveting , and this impotence in acquiring , teach us ? but that man was ori ...
... knowledge . So manifest is it , that we once stood in a degree of perfec- tion , from which we are now unhappily fallen . • What then does this eagerness in coveting , and this impotence in acquiring , teach us ? but that man was ori ...
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