Extracts from the Religious Works of Monsr François Salignac de la Mothe Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambray: Tr. from the Original FrenchJ. Hatchard, 1809 - 291 pages |
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Page 20
... truly religious disposition shews itself in the performance of the duties and virtues which belong to our peculiar situations in the world . If we make it our constant endeavour to serve God to the utmost of our power , and to 20.
... truly religious disposition shews itself in the performance of the duties and virtues which belong to our peculiar situations in the world . If we make it our constant endeavour to serve God to the utmost of our power , and to 20.
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... imperfections and infirmities , which continually call for the inexhausti- ble goodness of God . 16. We are truly humble when we allow others to discover faults in us , which we are not willing to own to ourselves , and when 29.
... imperfections and infirmities , which continually call for the inexhausti- ble goodness of God . 16. We are truly humble when we allow others to discover faults in us , which we are not willing to own to ourselves , and when 29.
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... truly love God , we must abhor and detest ourselves ; and when we do so , our greatest faults and errors may be turned to our good , by thus making them the causes of our humility ; and we may , through faith and trust in our blessed ...
... truly love God , we must abhor and detest ourselves ; and when we do so , our greatest faults and errors may be turned to our good , by thus making them the causes of our humility ; and we may , through faith and trust in our blessed ...
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... truly his disciples , who are always ready to accompany their Lord " to prison and to death , " and this in defiance of the world , the flesh , and the devil . 23. The more humble and docile your soul becomes , and the more ...
... truly his disciples , who are always ready to accompany their Lord " to prison and to death , " and this in defiance of the world , the flesh , and the devil . 23. The more humble and docile your soul becomes , and the more ...
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... will pardon our involuntary wanderings , when we really and truly lament them , and en- deavour with all our heart to renew , from time to time , the desire of wholly resigning ourselves to God , of knowing him better , 42.
... will pardon our involuntary wanderings , when we really and truly lament them , and en- deavour with all our heart to renew , from time to time , the desire of wholly resigning ourselves to God , of knowing him better , 42.
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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 121 - My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Page 275 - Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
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 265 - ... 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 217 - And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee : then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided ? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
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 16 - Father, who wouldest not the death of a sinner but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live...
Page 90 - being cast into hell, where the worm dieth not, and where the fire is not quenched.