An Essay on the Origin of Evil, Volume 2W. Thurlbourn & J. Woodyer, 1758 - Fall of man |
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... Deity by Analogy and Proportion , as we do our Virtues and Paffions , because we have no better way of conceiving the Principles of his acting : which method nevertheless will run us into many Difficulties and Mistakes . But of this I ...
... Deity by Analogy and Proportion , as we do our Virtues and Paffions , because we have no better way of conceiving the Principles of his acting : which method nevertheless will run us into many Difficulties and Mistakes . But of this I ...
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... Deity , we derive the Reason of their being fo from the Confideration of their agreeableness or oppofition to his Will : and we derive the Knowledge of that will from nothing but the Manifestation God has made of it , either determine ...
... Deity , we derive the Reason of their being fo from the Confideration of their agreeableness or oppofition to his Will : and we derive the Knowledge of that will from nothing but the Manifestation God has made of it , either determine ...
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... Deity , for he will have a com- Work placency in his own Choice . And from hence it will be fufficiently appears of how great Importance it is , free . that all the Goodness of the Creatures should de- pend on the Divine Election , and ...
... Deity , for he will have a com- Work placency in his own Choice . And from hence it will be fufficiently appears of how great Importance it is , free . that all the Goodness of the Creatures should de- pend on the Divine Election , and ...
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... Deity and their Ex- ⚫ercise on outward Objects . But if God had no other reason for the creation of any thing beside his own Goodness , he was perfectly free and naturally indifferent , to create or not create that thing ; and if he ...
... Deity and their Ex- ⚫ercise on outward Objects . But if God had no other reason for the creation of any thing beside his own Goodness , he was perfectly free and naturally indifferent , to create or not create that thing ; and if he ...
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... Deity are therefore immediate consequences , or rather the genuine Exercise , of his natural ones . And thus , I think , it may be shewn how all the actions of the Deity muft certainly be Good , Wife , & c . without recur- ring to any ...
... Deity are therefore immediate consequences , or rather the genuine Exercise , of his natural ones . And thus , I think , it may be shewn how all the actions of the Deity muft certainly be Good , Wife , & c . without recur- ring to any ...
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Page 507 - And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Page 503 - And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
Page 522 - Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Page 517 - And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field: upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Page 487 - Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Page 484 - He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Page 503 - And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field', and every fowl of the air', and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them ' ; and whatsoever Adam called every living creature', that was the name thereof.
Page 487 - How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? "How shall I deliver thee, Israel? "How shall I make thee as Admah? How shall I set thee as Zeboim? "Mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
Page 395 - ... it is for us to gain habits of virtue in this life, if we would enjoy the pleasures of the next.
Page 498 - PREDESTINATION to Life is the everlasting purpose of God, whereby (before the foundations of the world were laid) he hath constantly decreed by his counsel secret to us, to deliver from curse and damnation those whom he hath chosen in Christ out of mankind, and to bring them by Christ to everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honour.