A Discourse On The Rise And Fall Of Papacy Wherein The Revolution In France And The Abject State Of The French King Is Distinctly Pointed Out Delivered At London In The Year M Dcc1 By Robert Fleming

Author : Robert Fleming
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ISBN 13 : 9781332784080
Total Pages : 136 pages
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Download or read book The Rise and Fall of Papacy (Classic Reprint) written by Robert Fleming and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-27 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Rise and Fall of Papacy Thus having plodded through the whole round of literature and scholastic theology, With a reference to its highest and most legitimate application having weighed its worth, and ascertained its tendencies and having, above all, imbibed that spirit of love and charity which he was so desirous to cultivate, he finally returned with redoubled affection to that source of light and wisdom in which alone the inquiring soul can be at rest, and the most capacious intellect be filled to overflowing. His language on this subject is full of interest and meaning: But when I had taken all this pains, and run round in this mental survey of learning, I began not only to tire and grow uneasy, but disrelish, and in some sort nauseate, all human writings. I found that there was no end in reading as well as in writing books, and that much study was a weariness to the esh - nay, that vanity and vexation of spirit were themselves entailed upon this, as well as upon all other things that the children of Adam busied themselves about. I resolved, there fore, to betake myself for the future to the study of the Sacred Volume alone, as my main business, and to make no other use of other books than as they might become subservient to me in the understanding and improvement of the same. For I may say truly, with David, that I easily see the end of all human perfection, but that the law of God was exceeding broad, as appearing still greater and greater the more it was searched into and understood. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."