Thoughts on Religion & Other Subjects [with Pious Reflections for Every Day in the Month & Prayers by Fénelon.].1846 - 283 pages |
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... Weakness of Man , 118 XXVI . The Misery of Man , 124 XXVII . Thoughts upon Miracles , 135 XXVIII . Christian Thoughts , 145 XXIX . Moral Thoughts , 165 XXX . Thoughts on Death , 178 XXXI . Miscellaneous Thoughts , 189 Prayers , 204 ...
... Weakness of Man , 118 XXVI . The Misery of Man , 124 XXVII . Thoughts upon Miracles , 135 XXVIII . Christian Thoughts , 145 XXIX . Moral Thoughts , 165 XXX . Thoughts on Death , 178 XXXI . Miscellaneous Thoughts , 189 Prayers , 204 ...
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... weakness , ob- scurity , and wretchedness . And from all this I con- clude , that I ought , therefore , to pass all the days of my life , without considering what is hereafter to befal me ; and that I have nothing to do , but to follow ...
... weakness , ob- scurity , and wretchedness . And from all this I con- clude , that I ought , therefore , to pass all the days of my life , without considering what is hereafter to befal me ; and that I have nothing to do , but to follow ...
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... weakness of soul , as not to apprehend the misery of man , while living " without God in the world : " nothing is a surer token of extreme baseness of spirit , than not to hope for the reality of eternal promises : no man is so great a ...
... weakness of soul , as not to apprehend the misery of man , while living " without God in the world : " nothing is a surer token of extreme baseness of spirit , than not to hope for the reality of eternal promises : no man is so great a ...
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... weakness and wretchedness , he is blind beyond dispute . And if any one who knows himself to labour under these defects , at the same time desires not to be rescued from them , what can we say of a man who has thus abandoned his reason ...
... weakness and wretchedness , he is blind beyond dispute . And if any one who knows himself to labour under these defects , at the same time desires not to be rescued from them , what can we say of a man who has thus abandoned his reason ...
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... weakness and ignorance , that they are of themselves utterly incapable of coming to God , and that , unless he is pleased mercifully to come to them , it is impossible they should maintain any communication with him . And they hear our ...
... weakness and ignorance , that they are of themselves utterly incapable of coming to God , and that , unless he is pleased mercifully to come to them , it is impossible they should maintain any communication with him . And they hear our ...
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