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... WISDOM , AND GOODNESS . Considerations on the mode of conducting the Argument , I. The Universe , as far as open to our inspection , presents phenomena corresponding to the known results of active power , wisdom , and goodness — when an ...
... WISDOM , AND GOODNESS . Considerations on the mode of conducting the Argument , I. The Universe , as far as open to our inspection , presents phenomena corresponding to the known results of active power , wisdom , and goodness — when an ...
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... WISDOM AND GOODNESS OF THE DEITY , AND THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE FROM CONSIDERATIONS INDEPENDENT OF WRITTEN REVELATION , AND IN THE SECOND PLACE FROM THE REVELATION OF THE LORD JESUS ; AND FROM THE WHOLE TO POINT OUT THE INFERENCES MOST ...
... WISDOM AND GOODNESS OF THE DEITY , AND THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE FROM CONSIDERATIONS INDEPENDENT OF WRITTEN REVELATION , AND IN THE SECOND PLACE FROM THE REVELATION OF THE LORD JESUS ; AND FROM THE WHOLE TO POINT OUT THE INFERENCES MOST ...
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... wisdom , power , and goodness in the various departments of nature , Besides these , we have demonstrations in a variety of forms by masters whose talents and force of reasoning seem to bid 2 IMPORTANCE OF THE SUBJECT . Importance of ...
... wisdom , power , and goodness in the various departments of nature , Besides these , we have demonstrations in a variety of forms by masters whose talents and force of reasoning seem to bid 2 IMPORTANCE OF THE SUBJECT . Importance of ...
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... wisdom and equity with which the universe must be governed . But if there be a God , it is also probable , he may have given to that world the government of which is most perplexed , some rerelation of his plan , for the purpose of ...
... wisdom and equity with which the universe must be governed . But if there be a God , it is also probable , he may have given to that world the government of which is most perplexed , some rerelation of his plan , for the purpose of ...
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... wisdom , power , and goodness . A fifth Section is added on the place which the very existence of books , claiming the high character of a divine revelation , may hold in the argument , Part II . - Is devoted to the solution of ...
... wisdom , power , and goodness . A fifth Section is added on the place which the very existence of books , claiming the high character of a divine revelation , may hold in the argument , Part II . - Is devoted to the solution of ...
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Page 376 - And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation ; and not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.
Page 376 - Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: in burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
Page 127 - Canst thou bind the sweet influences of the Pleiades, Or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? Or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Page 364 - For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son ; that all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father.
Page 363 - Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven ; which things the angels desire to look into.
Page 461 - The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament showeth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, And night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, Where their voice is not heard.
Page 416 - It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, That thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Page 229 - Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes ; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
Page 256 - Or, perhaps, divine goodness, with which, if I mistake not, we make very free in our speculations, may not be a bare single disposition to produce happiness ; but a disposition to make the good, the faithful, the honest man, happy.
Page 262 - Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.