Thoughts on Religion & Other Subjects [with Pious Reflections for Every Day in the Month & Prayers by Fénelon.].1846 - 283 pages |
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... passions . You are willing to be brought to faith , but you know not the way : you would be cured of your infidelity , and you desire to be informed of the proper remedies : learn them from those who were once in your condition , but ...
... passions . You are willing to be brought to faith , but you know not the way : you would be cured of your infidelity , and you desire to be informed of the proper remedies : learn them from those who were once in your condition , but ...
Page 45
... passions . He might enjoy some sort of re- pose , were he only swayed by reason without passion ; or only by passion without reason . But , since he is ac- tuated by both , he must live in continual disquiet , not being able to maintain ...
... passions . He might enjoy some sort of re- pose , were he only swayed by reason without passion ; or only by passion without reason . But , since he is ac- tuated by both , he must live in continual disquiet , not being able to maintain ...
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... passions : that God delighted not in temples made with hands , but in a pure and humble mind ; that bodily circumcision was unprofitable , but the circumcision of the heart necessary and important . # God having not thought fit wholly ...
... passions : that God delighted not in temples made with hands , but in a pure and humble mind ; that bodily circumcision was unprofitable , but the circumcision of the heart necessary and important . # God having not thought fit wholly ...
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... passions , and carnal men the Babylonians ; so that this term was ob- scure only with respect to the wicked . And it is on this account that Isaiah says , signa legem in discipulis meis , seal the law among my disciples ; and that he ...
... passions , and carnal men the Babylonians ; so that this term was ob- scure only with respect to the wicked . And it is on this account that Isaiah says , signa legem in discipulis meis , seal the law among my disciples ; and that he ...
Page 54
... passions and desires ; which in some were merely pagan , in others altogether Christian . * The Messias , according to the carnal Jews , was to come like a mighty temporal prince . According to car- nal Christians , he is come to ...
... passions and desires ; which in some were merely pagan , in others altogether Christian . * The Messias , according to the carnal Jews , was to come like a mighty temporal prince . According to car- nal Christians , he is come to ...
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