...thoughts and reasonings high, which, with a philosophy falsely so called, bewildered our ancestors :— " Of Providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end in wondering mazes lost" All this is changed; the seduction by which men are now led...

...which, without one exception, happen to be metaphysical, must and will victoriously return upon us. " Of Providence, Foreknowledge, Will, and Fate, Fixed Fate, Free Will, Foreknowledge Absolute," ths ruiued angels of Milton (Par. Lost, b. ii.) converse, as of the highest themes which could occupy...

...discussion of them has given rise to endless controversies ; and that they jjrht have Reasoned high Of Providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate ; Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, Have found no end, in wandering mazes lost. (5.) It cannot be denied that one reason why the epistles...

...charms the sense,) Others apart sat, on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate — Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute ; 560 And found no end, in wandering mazes lost. Of good and evil much they argued then, Of happiness...

...even by theology, as " Others apart sat on a hill retired In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end in wandering mazes lost." Yet Christendom has neither censured nor defended this,...

...own family digging deep about the very foundations of religion. Dolson was studying those problems, " Of Providence, foreknowledge, will and fate — Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute," which every man who essays to be the religious guide of others should work out, at some time and in...

...song charms the sense, Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will and fate ; Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost. Book ii. Line 555. Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy....

...are agitatjng metaphysical subtleties, or discoursing of literary elegancies, — / " Reasoning high Of providence, foreknowledge, will and fate, — Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute ; " " Sporting with Amaryllis In the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair." You are a society...

...which, without one exception, happen to be metaphysical, must and will victoriously return upon us. • Of Providence, Foreknowledge, Will, and Fate, Fixed Fate, Free Will, Foreknowledge Absolute,' the ruined angels of Milton (Par. Lost, b. ii.) converse, as of the highest themes which could occupy...

...been like Milton's evil angels, who sought to beguile the pains of their remorse : " Reasoning high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lobt." Thus have they been ever beating against the walls of the...