Dissertations on the Existence, Attributes, Providence, and Moral Government of God: And on the Duty, Character, Security, & Final Happiness, of His Righteous SubjectsMundell, Doig, & Stevenson, 1807 - 346 pages |
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Page 64
... misery.- In the present case then , the only question is , whether it is better to do good or to do evil : -Whether those actions are pre- ferable which lead to order and felicity , or - those which lead to disorder and infelicity ...
... misery.- In the present case then , the only question is , whether it is better to do good or to do evil : -Whether those actions are pre- ferable which lead to order and felicity , or - those which lead to disorder and infelicity ...
Page 65
... misery , and consequently be- tween the actions and characters which lead to the one and those which lead to the other , and if every reasonable being must immediately perceive this distinction , it follows , of course , that God who is ...
... misery , and consequently be- tween the actions and characters which lead to the one and those which lead to the other , and if every reasonable being must immediately perceive this distinction , it follows , of course , that God who is ...
Page 66
... misery to happiness , then how can ever God have such a preference ? Does it not rather appear from his very nature that he must be intensely desirous of promoting the latter , and equally averse to promoting the former ? —I can ...
... misery to happiness , then how can ever God have such a preference ? Does it not rather appear from his very nature that he must be intensely desirous of promoting the latter , and equally averse to promoting the former ? —I can ...
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... misery and ruin , he did not inflict the merited punish- ment ; but sent Jesus Christ into the world , to redeem us from all iniquity ; to bring us back to the knowledge and practice of our duty to destroy the power of death , and open ...
... misery and ruin , he did not inflict the merited punish- ment ; but sent Jesus Christ into the world , to redeem us from all iniquity ; to bring us back to the knowledge and practice of our duty to destroy the power of death , and open ...
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... misery , discase and death ? How can these exist under the go- vernment of a perfectly good God . * The question concerning the origin of evil , has , from the earliest times , called the attention of speculative men . Accordingly ...
... misery , discase and death ? How can these exist under the go- vernment of a perfectly good God . * The question concerning the origin of evil , has , from the earliest times , called the attention of speculative men . Accordingly ...
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Page 45 - He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered? Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: Which overturneth them in his anger. Which shaketh the earth out of her place, And the pillars thereof tremble.
Page 115 - For promotion cometh neither from the east, Nor from the west, nor from the south. But God is the judge: He putteth down one, and setteth up another.
Page 142 - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
Page 9 - These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Sou of God.
Page 45 - THE earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein. For he hath founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the floods.
Page 232 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who according to His abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead...
Page 146 - Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
Page xiii - Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off? Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him ? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth ? saith the Lord.
Page 190 - Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world ; they increase in riches. 13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency . 14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
Page 46 - I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation : and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing : and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?