Thoughts on the Cause of Evil, Physical and Moral: In a Series of LettersJames Carpenter, 1810 - 174 páginas |
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... angels , because , without such intelligence , man may enjoy every happiness of which his nature is capable , and consequently every happiness which he can desire . For the same reason it cannot be an evil for any individual man to be ...
... angels , because , without such intelligence , man may enjoy every happiness of which his nature is capable , and consequently every happiness which he can desire . For the same reason it cannot be an evil for any individual man to be ...
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... angels or some other way , and that a certain number may be so provided and no more ; and when the number of the elect is full , then will follow the consummation of all things . But it is reasonable to permit God to choose the persons ...
... angels or some other way , and that a certain number may be so provided and no more ; and when the number of the elect is full , then will follow the consummation of all things . But it is reasonable to permit God to choose the persons ...
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... angels could conveniently dance on the point of a needle ? and , secondly , How many needle- fuls heaven could conveniently accommo- date ? These two questions being ascer- tained , all that would have remained neces- sary for his ...
... angels could conveniently dance on the point of a needle ? and , secondly , How many needle- fuls heaven could conveniently accommo- date ? These two questions being ascer- tained , all that would have remained neces- sary for his ...
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... angels , " or some other way , " deducted from the sum total of mankind , would give the precise number of human beings to be eternally damned for want of room in heaven . There would then only have remained for his lordship to tell us ...
... angels , " or some other way , " deducted from the sum total of mankind , would give the precise number of human beings to be eternally damned for want of room in heaven . There would then only have remained for his lordship to tell us ...
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... angelic quality of man's nature is sympathy with sorrow that does not immediately affect himself : without evil , this quality could not have been deve- loped , or , in other words , would never have existed . To evil , then , are owing ...
... angelic quality of man's nature is sympathy with sorrow that does not immediately affect himself : without evil , this quality could not have been deve- loped , or , in other words , would never have existed . To evil , then , are owing ...
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Página 26 - The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son : the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Página 87 - O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Página 167 - Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Página 167 - 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.
Página 146 - And Israel saw that great work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians; and the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord, and his servant Moses.
Página 145 - But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. 5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.
Página 144 - And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
Página 137 - O, woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made ; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou...
Página 25 - The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers; every man shall be put to dcath for his own sin.
Página 55 - Whatever it be that forms the manners of one generation, the next must imbibe a deeper tincture of the same dye; men being more susceptible of all impressions during infancy, and retaining these impressions as long as they remain in the world.