An Essay on the Origin of Evil, Volume 2W. Thurlbourn & J. Woodyer, 1758 |
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Page 276
... Knowledge , Power and Happiness can never produce any thing in the main repugnant to Knowledge , Power and Happiness , i , c . to themselves . Τα fince the Divine Will is felf - active , and 276 Chap.V. Of Moral Evil .
... Knowledge , Power and Happiness can never produce any thing in the main repugnant to Knowledge , Power and Happiness , i , c . to themselves . Τα fince the Divine Will is felf - active , and 276 Chap.V. Of Moral Evil .
Page 277
... Knowledge exercifed voluntarily in congruity to the Rectitude of the Divine Nature , P. 79. in one fense of these Words , i . e . in conformity to his general intent of communicating Happiness ( and if that be all the meaning of ...
... Knowledge exercifed voluntarily in congruity to the Rectitude of the Divine Nature , P. 79. in one fense of these Words , i . e . in conformity to his general intent of communicating Happiness ( and if that be all the meaning of ...
Page 280
... Knowledge of God as fit to be done , and either he must also neceffarily have under his Eye , as it fufe them were at the fame Glance , all thofe things that are by one neceffarily connected with it , or confequent there- -upon to all ...
... Knowledge of God as fit to be done , and either he must also neceffarily have under his Eye , as it fufe them were at the fame Glance , all thofe things that are by one neceffarily connected with it , or confequent there- -upon to all ...
Page 283
... Knowledge ; thefe we call natural Evils ; but others happen from the abuse of Elections , when an un- due Choice occasions them , and in this cafe befides the Natu- ral Evil that arifes from them , there is likewife an Obligation on the ...
... Knowledge ; thefe we call natural Evils ; but others happen from the abuse of Elections , when an un- due Choice occasions them , and in this cafe befides the Natu- ral Evil that arifes from them , there is likewife an Obligation on the ...
Page 338
... Knowledge , and are the only much of things that immediately affect our Senfes . They in- the Nature trude upon us with an infinite Variety , and produce of think- many and various Senfations in us . But of intellec- ing Beings as of ma ...
... Knowledge , and are the only much of things that immediately affect our Senfes . They in- the Nature trude upon us with an infinite Variety , and produce of think- many and various Senfations in us . But of intellec- ing Beings as of ma ...
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Page 507 - And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Page 503 - And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
Page 522 - Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Page 517 - And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field: upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Page 487 - Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Page 484 - He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Page 503 - And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field', and every fowl of the air', and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them ' ; and whatsoever Adam called every living creature', that was the name thereof.
Page 487 - How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? "How shall I deliver thee, Israel? "How shall I make thee as Admah? How shall I set thee as Zeboim? "Mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
Page 395 - ... it is for us to gain habits of virtue in this life, if we would enjoy the pleasures of the next.
Page 498 - PREDESTINATION to Life is the everlasting purpose of God, whereby (before the foundations of the world were laid) he hath constantly decreed by his counsel secret to us, to deliver from curse and damnation those whom he hath chosen in Christ out of mankind, and to bring them by Christ to everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honour.