Thoughts on Religion & Other Subjects [with Pious Reflections for Every Day in the Month & Prayers by Fénelon.].1846 - 283 pages |
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... perfect view , and of possessing him without covering or veil , the ar- gument would bear some colour , when men should allege that none of the things about them do indeed afford this pretended evidence , and this degree of light . But ...
... perfect view , and of possessing him without covering or veil , the ar- gument would bear some colour , when men should allege that none of the things about them do indeed afford this pretended evidence , and this degree of light . But ...
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... perfect sincerity , and with an unfeigned desire of knowing the truth , I despair not of their satisfaction , or of their being convinced by so many proofs of our divine religion , as they will here find laid together . CHAPTER II ...
... perfect sincerity , and with an unfeigned desire of knowing the truth , I despair not of their satisfaction , or of their being convinced by so many proofs of our divine religion , as they will here find laid together . CHAPTER II ...
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... perfect ; I replenished him with light and understanding ; I communicated to him my wonders and my glory . Then it was that the eye of man beheld the majesty of God . He did not then la- bour under this darkness which blinds him , under ...
... perfect ; I replenished him with light and understanding ; I communicated to him my wonders and my glory . Then it was that the eye of man beheld the majesty of God . He did not then la- bour under this darkness which blinds him , under ...
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... perfect virtue : some looking on nature as inde- fectible , others as irrecoverable , they must of necessity fall either into vanity or idleness , the two great sources of all vice . For they could not but either abandon themselves ...
... perfect virtue : some looking on nature as inde- fectible , others as irrecoverable , they must of necessity fall either into vanity or idleness , the two great sources of all vice . For they could not but either abandon themselves ...
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... perfect that has obtained amongst men , and the only one which was able to endure without change or interruption in a state , as Philo the Jew has demonstrated on many occasions , and Josephus , most admirably , in his discourse against ...
... perfect that has obtained amongst men , and the only one which was able to endure without change or interruption in a state , as Philo the Jew has demonstrated on many occasions , and Josephus , most admirably , in his discourse against ...
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