Thoughts on Religion & Other Subjects [with Pious Reflections for Every Day in the Month & Prayers by Fénelon.].1846 - 283 pages |
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... manner ; and I dare assert that none ever did . We know very well , how men , under this indifferency of spirit , behave themselves in the case : they suppose themselves to have made the mightiest effort towards the instruction of their ...
... manner ; and I dare assert that none ever did . We know very well , how men , under this indifferency of spirit , behave themselves in the case : they suppose themselves to have made the mightiest effort towards the instruction of their ...
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... manner of his coming . Yet , in the meanwhile , to confirm the hope of his elect through all ages , he continually afforded them the pledges of types and figures , and never left them without assurances , as well of his power , as of ...
... manner of his coming . Yet , in the meanwhile , to confirm the hope of his elect through all ages , he continually afforded them the pledges of types and figures , and never left them without assurances , as well of his power , as of ...
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... manner , did they understand what conversion means : they imagine , that nothing else is requisite to this work , but the bare ' acknowledgment of God ; and that his adoration and service consists only in the paying him certain verbal ...
... manner , did they understand what conversion means : they imagine , that nothing else is requisite to this work , but the bare ' acknowledgment of God ; and that his adoration and service consists only in the paying him certain verbal ...
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... manner you ought to reason in the present case , and to which side you ought to incline , in deciding this question of the highest consequence , about the ex- istence of God . You allege , then , that we are incapable of knowing whether ...
... manner you ought to reason in the present case , and to which side you ought to incline , in deciding this question of the highest consequence , about the ex- istence of God . You allege , then , that we are incapable of knowing whether ...
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... manners and of belief in different countries and periods , I find in one little corner of the world , a peculiar people , separated from all the nations under heaven , whose registers exceed , by many ages , the most ancient stories now ...
... manners and of belief in different countries and periods , I find in one little corner of the world , a peculiar people , separated from all the nations under heaven , whose registers exceed , by many ages , the most ancient stories now ...
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