 | Matthew Tindal - Christianity - 1730 - 470 pages
...to no End or Purpofe ; nor an AlLrgood Being any Thing but for their Good ; it unavoidably follows, nothing can be a Part of the Divine Law, but what tends to promote the common Intereft, , and mutual Happinefs of his rational Creatures ; and every Thing that does fo muft be a Part of it.... | |
 | Paul J. Olscamp - History - 1970 - 258 pages
...to no End or Purpose ; nor an All-good Being any Thing but for their Good ; it unavoidably follows, nothing can be a Part of the Divine Law, but what tends to promote the common Interest, and mutual Happiness of his rational Creatures ; and every Thing that does so must be a Part... | |
 | William Carl Placher - Religion - 1988 - 230 pages
...things to no end or purpose; nor an all-good Being any thing but for their good: It unavoidably follows, nothing can be a part of the divine Law, but what tends to promote the common Interest, and mutual Happiness of his rational Creatures; and every thing that does so, must be a part... | |
 | Alister E. McGrath - Religion - 1998 - 550 pages
...Tindal's Christianity as Old as the Creation. God's commands are given purely in order to benefit mankind: Nothing can be a Part of the Divine Law, but what tends to promote the common Interest, and mutual Happiness of his rational Creatures ... As God can require nothing of us, but... | |
 | Knud Haakonssen - Electronic reference sources - 2006 - 790 pages
...beyond their own good, which he has given them the rational means to attain. It unavoidably follows, nothing can be a part of the divine Law, but what tends to promote the common Interest, and mutual Happiness of his rational Creatures; and every thing that does so, must be a part... | |
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Purpose; nor an All-good Being any Thing but for their Good; it unavoidably follows, nothing can be a Part of the Divine Law, but what tends to promote the common Interest, and mutual Happiness of his rational Creatures; and every Thing that does so must... 