Extracts from the religious works of monsr. François Salignac de la Mothe Fénelon, tr. by miss Marshall |
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... perfect , and sufficient sacrifice , oblation , and satis- faction for the sins of the whole world , not of a single generation , but of all who should faithfully believe his mission , and receive his holy gospel , to the end of time ...
... perfect , and sufficient sacrifice , oblation , and satis- faction for the sins of the whole world , not of a single generation , but of all who should faithfully believe his mission , and receive his holy gospel , to the end of time ...
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... perfect Being , who cannot behold sin without abhorrence ? Where shall the wretched sons of mortality find hope , but in the mediation and all - sufficient merits of their Redeemer ? -Yes ; in Jesus Christ we may securely hope . There ...
... perfect Being , who cannot behold sin without abhorrence ? Where shall the wretched sons of mortality find hope , but in the mediation and all - sufficient merits of their Redeemer ? -Yes ; in Jesus Christ we may securely hope . There ...
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... perfect in our duty , we content ourselves with not falling into the com- mission of any heinous sins : but in not making constant use of our means of salvation to the utmost of our power , we are as faulty as those , who , perhaps for ...
... perfect in our duty , we content ourselves with not falling into the com- mission of any heinous sins : but in not making constant use of our means of salvation to the utmost of our power , we are as faulty as those , who , perhaps for ...
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... and mercy ; -that his works are as far above our compre- hension , as the heavens are above the earth ; —that the operation of his Will is as full and perfect in the least of the works of Nature , as in the greatest , -in 50.
... and mercy ; -that his works are as far above our compre- hension , as the heavens are above the earth ; —that the operation of his Will is as full and perfect in the least of the works of Nature , as in the greatest , -in 50.
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... perfect . " The presence of God with us , calms our minds , gives rest and peace to our spirits , during all the labours , trials , and sorrows of the day , and tranquil sleep to our bodies . When we have found God , we must endeavour ...
... perfect . " The presence of God with us , calms our minds , gives rest and peace to our spirits , during all the labours , trials , and sorrows of the day , and tranquil sleep to our bodies . When we have found God , we must endeavour ...
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Page 75 - O that men would therefore praise the LORD for His goodness : and declare the wonders that He doeth for the children of men...
Page 136 - For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time, are not worthy to be compared with the glory, which shall be revealed in us.
Page 53 - For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; or whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
Page 48 - Consider then seriously with yourself, in all appearance the time of your dissolution draweth near; your sins have laid fast hold upon you; you are soon to be removed from among men by a violent death; and you shall fade away suddenly like the grass, which in the morning is green and groweth up, but in the evening is cut down, dried up, and withered.
Page 90 - being cast into hell, where the worm dieth not, and where the fire is not quenched.
Page 16 - Father, who wouldest not the death of a sinner but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live...
Page 60 - Then it will appear, what was meant by the man that comes without the wedding garment; for that is the day spoken of, Matt. xxii. 13. wherein such an one shall be bound hand and foot, and cast into outer darkness, where shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Page 263 - So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies : he that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the Church: for we are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones.
Page 110 - Our light afflictions, which are but for a moment, are not worthy to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed in us," if we pass through them in submission to the will of God.
Page 129 - Rome ; and rejoicing that to them it was given, not only to believe in Christ, but also to suffer for his sake. This monument was erected by public subscription in the year of our Lord God 1841.