Discourses concerning the being and natural perfections of God, Volume 2H. Whitridge, 1757 - God |
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... administration must be moral , or it must be fo conducted as in the whole to encourage virtue , which tends to promote the most universal happiness , and discountenances vice , which is naturally pro- ductive of mifery . In other words ...
... administration must be moral , or it must be fo conducted as in the whole to encourage virtue , which tends to promote the most universal happiness , and discountenances vice , which is naturally pro- ductive of mifery . In other words ...
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... administration , and are , in our way of think- ing , refer'd to distinct moral principles or per- fections in him , as beneficence , pity , long- fuffering , justice . The anfwer to all is , that fuch is his conduct , because thereby ...
... administration , and are , in our way of think- ing , refer'd to distinct moral principles or per- fections in him , as beneficence , pity , long- fuffering , justice . The anfwer to all is , that fuch is his conduct , because thereby ...
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... administration of providence , as it relates to us , and which ought very fen- fibly to affect our minds , consists in what I have already fhewn to be most directly prov'd from the law of our nature , confider'd as a divine conftitution ...
... administration of providence , as it relates to us , and which ought very fen- fibly to affect our minds , consists in what I have already fhewn to be most directly prov'd from the law of our nature , confider'd as a divine conftitution ...
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... administration . He can never mistake evil for good , or fail in di- ftinguishing the true limits of fit and unfit . There is no fuperior power to controul or re- ftrain him in doing what he thinks most rea- fonable to be done . He is ...
... administration . He can never mistake evil for good , or fail in di- ftinguishing the true limits of fit and unfit . There is no fuperior power to controul or re- ftrain him in doing what he thinks most rea- fonable to be done . He is ...
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... administration of providence is different . The gentle methods of mercy and loving kindness are always firft ufed to lead men to repentance . They never have reason to complain , that they are fur- prised with destroying vengeance , in ...
... administration of providence is different . The gentle methods of mercy and loving kindness are always firft ufed to lead men to repentance . They never have reason to complain , that they are fur- prised with destroying vengeance , in ...
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abfolute adminiſtration affections againſt anſwer appear arifes ariſes attributes becauſe benevolence beſt cafe caufe cauſe character cife comprehend confequently confider confideration confiftent conftitution courſe creatures defign defire Deity difcern difpofitions diſtinct divine effential enjoyment eſpecially eſtabliſhed eſteem evil exerciſe exiſtence faid fame feem felves fenfe fhall fhew fince fincere firſt fome ftate fubject fuch fufficient fuperior fuppofed fupreme fure goodneſs greateſt happineſs heart higheſt himſelf human imperfect infinite inftances intelligent intereſt intire itſelf juſt juſtice kind leaſt manifefted mankind meaſure mind moft moral agents moſt perfect muft muſt nature neceffarily neceffary nefs obferve objects occafion otherwiſe ourſelves paffions perfons pleaſe pleaſure poffible preſent preſervation principle puniſhment purpoſes purſue racter raiſed rational reaſon rectitude refpect religion repreſented righteous righteouſneſs ſcheme ſee ſeems ſenſe SERM ſhall ſhould ſome ſtate ſtill ſtrong ſuch ſuppoſed themſelves theſe things thoſe tion underſtanding univerfal uſeful utmoſt virtue whole wife wiſdom
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Page 408 - 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 374 - 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 346 - 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.