Discourses concerning the being and natural perfections of God, Volume 2H. Whitridge, 1757 - God |
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... universal happiness , and discountenances vice , which is naturally pro- ductive of misery . In other words , the su- preme Being is righteous in all his ways , and holy in all his works . But in whatsoever man- ner we endeavour to ...
... universal happiness , and discountenances vice , which is naturally pro- ductive of misery . In other words , the su- preme Being is righteous in all his ways , and holy in all his works . But in whatsoever man- ner we endeavour to ...
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... universal benevolence , or a difpo- fition to promote the good of the whole ? No an- swer can be given , but that so our nature is constituted , and so is the will of its author . From this idea of our own moral frame , if our thoughts ...
... universal benevolence , or a difpo- fition to promote the good of the whole ? No an- swer can be given , but that so our nature is constituted , and so is the will of its author . From this idea of our own moral frame , if our thoughts ...
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... universal happiness Subordinated to ? No answer can be given . Here then we must rest ; and there seems to be no error in conceiving that the greatest good , or most universal happiness , is the ulti- mate end of the Deity , and pure ...
... universal happiness Subordinated to ? No answer can be given . Here then we must rest ; and there seems to be no error in conceiving that the greatest good , or most universal happiness , is the ulti- mate end of the Deity , and pure ...
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... universal and most ac- curate inspection of that Being who is per- fectly free from the leaft moral defect , must be regarded by the mind which believes and seriously attends to it , as a powerful motive to the avoiding of all evil ...
... universal and most ac- curate inspection of that Being who is per- fectly free from the leaft moral defect , must be regarded by the mind which believes and seriously attends to it , as a powerful motive to the avoiding of all evil ...
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... universal impar- tial rectitude as governor of the world ; opini- ons which represent him as ruling over man- kind in an arbitrary way , partial to fome , di- stinguishing them by his favour , and appointing them to happiness , without ...
... universal impar- tial rectitude as governor of the world ; opini- ons which represent him as ruling over man- kind in an arbitrary way , partial to fome , di- stinguishing them by his favour , and appointing them to happiness , without ...
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Page 406 - And this is the confidence that we have in him, that if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us ; and if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
Page 372 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 241 - My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Page 3 - him from the creation of the world are clearly feen, " being underftood by the things that are made, even " his eternal power and godhead...
Page 241 - LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
Page 238 - Lo, these are parts of his ways; but how little a portion is heard of him?
Page 207 - But he that knew not. and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required; and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
Page 102 - See now that I, even I, am he, And there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: Neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
Page 344 - God hath taken care of all our good, and if godliness be profitable to all things and hath the promise of the life that now is, and that which is to come...
Page 172 - Thou fhalt love the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy foul, and with all thy mind ; this is the firft and great commandment : and the fecond is like unto it, Thou fhalt love thy neighbour as thyfelf ; on thefe two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.