A Religious Conference, in Four Dialogues, Between Lorenzo and Evander |
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... necessary in the system , in order that created beings should have a just view of God's character , then those who fall under its penalty are poor , unfortunate creatures , as they become miserable in order that others may be more happy ...
... necessary in the system , in order that created beings should have a just view of God's character , then those who fall under its penalty are poor , unfortunate creatures , as they become miserable in order that others may be more happy ...
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... necessary occasion for action , and we are still in the dark as to the efficient cause . Lorenzo . We must have a self - determining power , in order to be moral agents ; and , of course , we originate our own volitions , and be- come ...
... necessary occasion for action , and we are still in the dark as to the efficient cause . Lorenzo . We must have a self - determining power , in order to be moral agents ; and , of course , we originate our own volitions , and be- come ...
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... necessary our choice should regulate our determination ; if it did not , we should be as likely to determine one thing as another . f Evander . Choice being as much a volition as determination , it follows , agreeable to your ar guments ...
... necessary our choice should regulate our determination ; if it did not , we should be as likely to determine one thing as another . f Evander . Choice being as much a volition as determination , it follows , agreeable to your ar guments ...
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... necessary that God should act upon us , in order to make us act freely . When God makes us act freely in view of motives , then the act is our own , and not his . Human action cannot be made Divine action , nor Divine action , human ...
... necessary that God should act upon us , in order to make us act freely . When God makes us act freely in view of motives , then the act is our own , and not his . Human action cannot be made Divine action , nor Divine action , human ...
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... necessary for human action ; so that we choose , while God is the efficient cause of our choice , and act freely while we are acted upon . Lorenzo . If God always works in mankind to will and to do of his own good pleasure , what does ...
... necessary for human action ; so that we choose , while God is the efficient cause of our choice , and act freely while we are acted upon . Lorenzo . If God always works in mankind to will and to do of his own good pleasure , what does ...
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Page 64 - And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Page 103 - Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines : the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; The flock shall be cut off from the fold : and there shall be no herd in the stalls ; Yet I will rejoice in the Lord : I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page 45 - God: and I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good ; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
Page 90 - Strive to enter in at the strait gate : for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
Page 70 - When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us: and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are...
Page 124 - And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, that Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying, Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
Page 43 - For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, and have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, if they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
Page 123 - And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God...
Page 35 - Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament ; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Page 12 - As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.