A Theodicy: Or, Vindication of the Divine Glory, as Manifested in the Constitution and Government of the Moral WorldNelson and Phillips, 1853 - 414 pagina's "How, under the government of an infinitely perfect Being, evil could have proceeded from a creature of his own, has ever been regarded as the great difficulty pertaining to the intellectual system of the universe. It has never ceased to puzzle and perplex the human mind. Indeed, so great and so obstinate has it seemed, that it is usually supposed to He beyond the reach of the human faculties. We shall, however, examine the grounds of this opinion, before we exchange the bright illusions of hope, if such indeed they be, for the gloomy forebodings of despair"--Introduction. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved). |
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Pagina 35
... says : " That dogma is falsely and maliciously charged upon us . For we do not , with the Stoics , imagine a necessity arising from a perpetual con- catenation and intricate series of causes contained in nature ; but we make God the ...
... says : " That dogma is falsely and maliciously charged upon us . For we do not , with the Stoics , imagine a necessity arising from a perpetual con- catenation and intricate series of causes contained in nature ; but we make God the ...
Pagina 38
... says Calvin , " by which , if he had chosen , he might have obtained eternal life . " * Thus , according to both Luther and Calvin , man was by the fall despoiled of the free- dom of the will . Though they allow a freedom from co ...
... says Calvin , " by which , if he had chosen , he might have obtained eternal life . " * Thus , according to both Luther and Calvin , man was by the fall despoiled of the free- dom of the will . Though they allow a freedom from co ...
Pagina 42
... says , that voluntary actions , that is , external actions proceeding from the will , are necessitated by the will . And as according to his postulate , the will or volition is also caused by other things of which it has no disposal ...
... says , that voluntary actions , that is , external actions proceeding from the will , are necessitated by the will . And as according to his postulate , the will or volition is also caused by other things of which it has no disposal ...
Pagina 43
... says he , " for liberty , as it signifies a power in man to do as he wills or pleases . " The doing here refers to ... says this is " a valuable liberty , " and he says truly ; for if one were thrown into prison , Chapter L ] 48 WITH THE ...
... says he , " for liberty , as it signifies a power in man to do as he wills or pleases . " The doing here refers to ... says this is " a valuable liberty , " and he says truly ; for if one were thrown into prison , Chapter L ] 48 WITH THE ...
Pagina 44
... says , that to call this exter- nal freedom from co - action or natural necessity a freedom of the will , is to decorate a most diminutive thing with a superb title ; but the philosopher of Malmsbury , and his ingenious dis- ciple ...
... says , that to call this exter- nal freedom from co - action or natural necessity a freedom of the will , is to decorate a most diminutive thing with a superb title ; but the philosopher of Malmsbury , and his ingenious dis- ciple ...
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Pagina 20 - To ask or search, I blame thee not ; for heaven Is as the book of God before thee set, Wherein to read his wondrous works...
Pagina 29 - Him were laid asleep, then straight arose a wicked race of deceivers, who, as that story goes of the Egyptian Typhon, i with his conspirators, how they dealt with the good Osiris, took the virgin Truth, hewed her lovely form into a thousand pieces, and scattered them to the four winds. From that time ever since, the sad friends of...
Pagina 113 - By nature free, not overruled by fate Inextricable, or strict necessity: Our voluntary service he requires, Not our necessitated; such with him Finds no acceptance, nor can find ; for how Can hearts, not free, be tried whether they serve Willing or no, who will but what the'y must By destiny, and can no other choose?
Pagina 30 - The light which we have gained, was given us, not to be ever staring on, but by it to discover onward things more remote from our knowledge.
Pagina 204 - For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell ; and, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
Pagina 132 - All he could have; I made him just and right, Sufficient to have stood, though free to fall. Such I created all the ethereal Powers And Spirits, both them who stood, and them who fail'd; Freely they stood who stood, and fell who fell.
Pagina 232 - But He, who knew what human hearts would prove, How slow to learn the dictates of his love, That, hard by nature and of stubborn will, A life of ease would make them harder still, In pity to the souls his grace design'd To rescue from the ruins of mankind, Call'd for a cloud to darken all their years, And said, ' Go spend them in the vale of tears.
Pagina 20 - Imports not, if thou reckon right; the rest From man or angel the great Architect Did wisely to conceal, and not divulge His secrets to be scanned by them who ought Rather admire; or if they list to try Conjecture, he his fabric of the Heavens Hath left to their disputes, perhaps to move His laughter at their quaint opinions wide...
Pagina 241 - How long, speaking to those who are passing through it, how long, ye simple ones, will ye love folly, and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge ? Turn ye at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you, I will make known my words unto you.
Pagina 298 - But endless punishment! hopeless misery, through a duration to which the enormous terms above imagined, will be absolutely nothing ! I acknowledge my inability (I would say it reverently) to admit this belief, together with a belief in the divine goodness — the belief that " God is love," that his tender mercies are over all his works.