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... evil for its object . I grant , that there are instan- ces in which apparent evil is discovered ; but I main- tain , that there is no case where that apparent evil is the ultimatum or end of the design , indicated by the contrivance ...
... evil for its object . I grant , that there are instan- ces in which apparent evil is discovered ; but I main- tain , that there is no case where that apparent evil is the ultimatum or end of the design , indicated by the contrivance ...
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... evil . Hence every link in the chain of con- trivance , clearly indicates that the plan was formed , not for any thing desirable in the incidental evil ; but in special reference to the ultimate good . Nor does the incidental evil ( if ...
... evil . Hence every link in the chain of con- trivance , clearly indicates that the plan was formed , not for any thing desirable in the incidental evil ; but in special reference to the ultimate good . Nor does the incidental evil ( if ...
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... evil of which he complains , without producing a greater . When any man will propose a method for watering the face of the earth , which shall be better adapted to the purpose , and liable to fewer objections , than the one God has ...
... evil of which he complains , without producing a greater . When any man will propose a method for watering the face of the earth , which shall be better adapted to the purpose , and liable to fewer objections , than the one God has ...
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... evil was real , and considerable , yet if the good were more abundant , the argument would bear strongly in favour of goodness , in that being who " drew the wondrous plan . " No man , I presume , will dispute , that the blessings ...
... evil was real , and considerable , yet if the good were more abundant , the argument would bear strongly in favour of goodness , in that being who " drew the wondrous plan . " No man , I presume , will dispute , that the blessings ...
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... evil of which men complain , is in no nameable case the evident product of design . That is , it is not produced for its own sake , but is the incidental production of means wisely adapted to some good and benevolent end ; and it is in ...
... evil of which men complain , is in no nameable case the evident product of design . That is , it is not produced for its own sake , but is the incidental production of means wisely adapted to some good and benevolent end ; and it is in ...
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Page 145 - And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead...
Page 250 - But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: Neither can they die any more : for they are equal unto the angels ; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
Page 100 - All Nature is but art, unknown to thee All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good: And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, Whatever is, is right.
Page 109 - From seeming evil still educing good, And better thence again, and better still, In infinite progression. But I lose Myself in Him, in light ineffable ! Come, then, expressive Silence, muse His praise.
Page 154 - Hope humbly then; with trembling pinions soar, Wait the great teacher Death, and God adore. What future bliss he gives not thee to know, But gives that hope to be thy blessing now. Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always to be blest. The soul, uneasy and confined, from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come.
Page 59 - The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Or ever the earth was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth ; When there were no fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth...
Page 249 - 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 133 - COMFORT ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, That her warfare is accomplished ; that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins.
Page 251 - Think not that I am come to send peace on earth; I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-inlaw against her mother-in-law. And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
Page 59 - ... then I was by him, as one brought up with him; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.