The Philological and Biographical Works of Charles Butler, Esquire, of Lincoln's-Inn: Lives of Fenelon, Bossuet, Boudon, De Rancé, Kempis, Alban ButlerW. Clarke & Sons, 1817 |
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... disposition , than their gloomy devotion and im- moderate severity . His spiritual director , M. Tronson , was superiour of St. Sulpice . This circumstance attached Fenelon to the Sulpiciens , and his attachment 12 LIFE OF FENELON .
... disposition , than their gloomy devotion and im- moderate severity . His spiritual director , M. Tronson , was superiour of St. Sulpice . This circumstance attached Fenelon to the Sulpiciens , and his attachment 12 LIFE OF FENELON .
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... devotion , which is not drawn from the gospel , or which the church does not sanction . She should be accustomed to reject idle histories , and kept from devotions , indiscreetly introduced , and not authorized by the church . The ...
... devotion , which is not drawn from the gospel , or which the church does not sanction . She should be accustomed to reject idle histories , and kept from devotions , indiscreetly introduced , and not authorized by the church . The ...
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... devotion is above the natural powers of man ; and , as it would exclude prayer , an attempt to attain it , must seem a disobedience to the pre- cepts of him , who orders us to pray always , and framed for us a form of prayer . Yet , to ...
... devotion is above the natural powers of man ; and , as it would exclude prayer , an attempt to attain it , must seem a disobedience to the pre- cepts of him , who orders us to pray always , and framed for us a form of prayer . Yet , to ...
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... devotion . His object was to ascend to God alone , and to rest in silent adoration of his divine essence , without hope and without fear . - This gave the quietists a further title to their appellation . III . A constant spirit of ...
... devotion . His object was to ascend to God alone , and to rest in silent adoration of his divine essence , without hope and without fear . - This gave the quietists a further title to their appellation . III . A constant spirit of ...
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... devotion , like every other science , had its appropriate nomenclature , upon which its professors were agreed , and by which , therefore , their doctrines were to be tried and explained . Thus explained , they contended that their ...
... devotion , like every other science , had its appropriate nomenclature , upon which its professors were agreed , and by which , therefore , their doctrines were to be tried and explained . Thus explained , they contended that their ...
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