Thoughts on Religion & Other Subjects [with Pious Reflections for Every Day in the Month & Prayers by Fénelon.].1846 - 283 pages |
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... pleased God to hide himself from some and to disclose himself to others , XIX . That the true Professors of Judaism and of Christianity have ever been of one and the same Religion , XX . That there can be no saving Knowledge of God ...
... pleased God to hide himself from some and to disclose himself to others , XIX . That the true Professors of Judaism and of Christianity have ever been of one and the same Religion , XX . That there can be no saving Knowledge of God ...
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... pleased expressly to promise , not only that he would accomplish this mercy , but that he would come himself into the world for its performance , foretell- ing by his prophets , the very time and manner of his coming . Yet , in the ...
... pleased expressly to promise , not only that he would accomplish this mercy , but that he would come himself into the world for its performance , foretell- ing by his prophets , the very time and manner of his coming . Yet , in the ...
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... pleased to raise up holy men , as Enoch , Lamech , and others , who , with a peculiar faith and patience , waited for the author of their deliverance . After this , when the wickedness of men was arrived at its pitch , we read of God's ...
... pleased to raise up holy men , as Enoch , Lamech , and others , who , with a peculiar faith and patience , waited for the author of their deliverance . After this , when the wickedness of men was arrived at its pitch , we read of God's ...
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... pleased to impart to him some ray of his essence , why should he not be able to know and to love his Divine benefactor , according to the measure in which this capability is vouchsafed ? There must there- fore , no doubt , be an ...
... pleased to impart to him some ray of his essence , why should he not be able to know and to love his Divine benefactor , according to the measure in which this capability is vouchsafed ? There must there- fore , no doubt , be an ...
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... pleased mercifully to come to them , it is impossible they should maintain any communication with him . And they hear our religion declaring , that God alone ought to be the object of our affection , and ourselves alone of our ...
... pleased mercifully to come to them , it is impossible they should maintain any communication with him . And they hear our religion declaring , that God alone ought to be the object of our affection , and ourselves alone of our ...
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