Thoughts on Religion & Other Subjects [with Pious Reflections for Every Day in the Month & Prayers by Fénelon.].1846 - 283 pages |
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... seek him shall not fail of a sensible discovery of him , and yet that he has , at the same time , so far shad- ed and obscured these characters , as to render them im- perceptible to those who do not seek him with their whole heart ...
... seek him shall not fail of a sensible discovery of him , and yet that he has , at the same time , so far shad- ed and obscured these characters , as to render them im- perceptible to those who do not seek him with their whole heart ...
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... seek it elsewhere , and to examine to the bottom , whether the opinion proposed be such as we are wont to enter- tain by popular simplicity and credulity , or such as , though obscure in itself , yet is built on solid and immove- able ...
... seek it elsewhere , and to examine to the bottom , whether the opinion proposed be such as we are wont to enter- tain by popular simplicity and credulity , or such as , though obscure in itself , yet is built on solid and immove- able ...
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... seek God , demonstrates the truth of religion , but likewise the blindness of those who utterly forbear to seek him , and who pass their days under so horrible a neglect . There * ^ ~ ^ must needs be a strange turn and revolution in ...
... seek God , demonstrates the truth of religion , but likewise the blindness of those who utterly forbear to seek him , and who pass their days under so horrible a neglect . There * ^ ~ ^ must needs be a strange turn and revolution in ...
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... seek him with all their heart , because as yet they know . him not . If then there are persons who sincerely inquire after God , and who , being truly sensible of their misery , affectionately desire to be rescued from it , it is to ...
... seek him with all their heart , because as yet they know . him not . If then there are persons who sincerely inquire after God , and who , being truly sensible of their misery , affectionately desire to be rescued from it , it is to ...
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... seek from yourselves the remedy of your miseries . All your lights extend to no farther discovery than this , that you cannot from your own stores be supplied with happiness or truth . The philosophers , who promised all things , could ...
... seek from yourselves the remedy of your miseries . All your lights extend to no farther discovery than this , that you cannot from your own stores be supplied with happiness or truth . The philosophers , who promised all things , could ...
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