An Enquiry Into the Rationale of Christianity1758 - 318 pages |
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... system ; and must there- fore conclude , that in an universe planned by perfect Wisdom , retribution is , because it ought to be , and in fact cannot but be an essential and fundamental part ; fince a multitude of detached , unconnected ...
... system ; and must there- fore conclude , that in an universe planned by perfect Wisdom , retribution is , because it ought to be , and in fact cannot but be an essential and fundamental part ; fince a multitude of detached , unconnected ...
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... system , or not . Now to suppose perfect Wisdom to choose the worse rather than the better method ; to reject the regular , and proceed upon the irregular , to form his work in a lefs perfect , when it ought to have been done in a more ...
... system , or not . Now to suppose perfect Wisdom to choose the worse rather than the better method ; to reject the regular , and proceed upon the irregular , to form his work in a lefs perfect , when it ought to have been done in a more ...
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... system . And it is impoffible for fuperior and inferior moral natures not to coincide in many , or in most particulars . : Were it conceivable , that the Divine moral government might have been otherwise than re- gular and fyftematic ...
... system . And it is impoffible for fuperior and inferior moral natures not to coincide in many , or in most particulars . : Were it conceivable , that the Divine moral government might have been otherwise than re- gular and fyftematic ...
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... system , more than one primary and fundamental law , and , confequently various modifications of the actual effects of fundamental laws . By which means it will come to pafs , that the ef- fect will not be according to the fimple and di ...
... system , more than one primary and fundamental law , and , confequently various modifications of the actual effects of fundamental laws . By which means it will come to pafs , that the ef- fect will not be according to the fimple and di ...
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... system , ex- clufive of created agency . It will therefore be readily granted , likewise , that , in every poffible ... systems , ( exclufive of interpofition by created agents ) is a matter of difpute . Many good reasoners have held ...
... system , ex- clufive of created agency . It will therefore be readily granted , likewise , that , in every poffible ... systems , ( exclufive of interpofition by created agents ) is a matter of difpute . Many good reasoners have held ...
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Page 175 - I am he that liveth and was dead : and behold, I am alive for evermore : and have the keys of hell and of death.
Page 132 - And the Lord God faid, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil ; and now left he put forth his hand and take alfo of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever...
Page 114 - For God created man to be immortal, and made him to be an image of his own eternity. Nevertheless through envy of the devil came death into the world: and they that do hold of his side do find it.
Page 171 - And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Page 114 - For God made not death: neither hath he pleasure in the destruction of the living. For he created all things, that they might have their being: and the generations of the world were healthful; and there is no poison of destruction in them, nor the kingdom of death upon the earth...
Page 171 - He that is not with me, is againft me: and he that gathereth not with me, fcattereth.
Page 169 - Chrift is rifen from the dead: and become the firft-fruits of them that flept. . For fince by man came death : by man came alfo the refurrection of the dead.
Page 172 - faw an angel come down from heaven, " having the key of the bottomlcfs pit, and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old ferpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound
Page 170 - Or elfe, how can one enter into a ftrong mans houfe, and fpoil his goods, except he firft bind the ftrong man ? and then he will fpoil his houfe.
Page 169 - As is the earthy, fuch are they that are earthy : and as is the heavenly, fuch are they alfo that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we mall alfo bear the image of the heavenly.