Illustrations of the Divine GovernmentB. B. Mussey, 1834 - 288 pages |
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... Ultimate Good , Part Second . INTRODUCTION . - Of the kind of evidence which is necessary to es- tablish the Doctrine of the Ultimate Purity and Happi- ness of all Mankind , . Of the evidence in favor of the Final Restoration of all ...
... Ultimate Good , Part Second . INTRODUCTION . - Of the kind of evidence which is necessary to es- tablish the Doctrine of the Ultimate Purity and Happi- ness of all Mankind , . Of the evidence in favor of the Final Restoration of all ...
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... ultimate result . That superintendence which extends its care to the least obvious circumstances , no less than to the most striking , is certainly more perfect than that which re- gards only such events as no intelligent being could ...
... ultimate result . That superintendence which extends its care to the least obvious circumstances , no less than to the most striking , is certainly more perfect than that which re- gards only such events as no intelligent being could ...
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... are conclusive , and that the doctrine founded upon them must be allowed to be established , if the principle 30 Of the Design of the Divine Government, and of the Proof, that Evil is the Means of producing Ultimate Good, ·
... are conclusive , and that the doctrine founded upon them must be allowed to be established , if the principle 30 Of the Design of the Divine Government, and of the Proof, that Evil is the Means of producing Ultimate Good, ·
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... ultimate good to the creature- that it is but the temporary name of a particular class of the dispensations of sovereign benficence - if , in a word , the foremost and favorite dogma of infidelity be conceded , that all things are as ...
... ultimate good to the creature- that it is but the temporary name of a particular class of the dispensations of sovereign benficence - if , in a word , the foremost and favorite dogma of infidelity be conceded , that all things are as ...
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... ultimate good . If good be the issue of the temporary prevalence of evil , there is no appearance in nature , and no event , and no series of events , in human life , which may not be consistent with perfect benevo- lence . If evil be ...
... ultimate good . If good be the issue of the temporary prevalence of evil , there is no appearance in nature , and no event , and no series of events , in human life , which may not be consistent with perfect benevo- lence . If evil be ...
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Page 185 - And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out : it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire : 48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Page 198 - The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb...
Page 178 - And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
Page 199 - For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
Page 260 - For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward them that fear Him. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us.
Page 261 - As I live, saith the Lord, 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?
Page 255 - Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him. For he knoweth our frame ; He remembereth that we are dust.
Page 185 - But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers...
Page 202 - Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
Page 201 - The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.