Thoughts on the Cause of Evil, Physical and Moral: In a Series of LettersJames Carpenter, 1810 - 174 páginas |
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... existence of evil was no doubt one of those unaccountable dispensations of an infinitely good Providence , that occasioned the elegant moralist to observe , that " The ways of heaven are dark and intricate , Puzzled with mazes , and ...
... existence of evil was no doubt one of those unaccountable dispensations of an infinitely good Providence , that occasioned the elegant moralist to observe , that " The ways of heaven are dark and intricate , Puzzled with mazes , and ...
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... existence without some purpose , or that purpose to have been other than the enjoyment of all the happiness of which their nature is capable . Was it , then , possible for man to haye continued in that state of happiness which , we are ...
... existence without some purpose , or that purpose to have been other than the enjoyment of all the happiness of which their nature is capable . Was it , then , possible for man to haye continued in that state of happiness which , we are ...
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... existence of liberty , I shall , from what has been said on this head , draw only this one inference - that hereby we are enabled to answer that ancient and great question , Πόθεν το κακον ; What is the cause and ori- gin of evil ? for ...
... existence of liberty , I shall , from what has been said on this head , draw only this one inference - that hereby we are enabled to answer that ancient and great question , Πόθεν το κακον ; What is the cause and ori- gin of evil ? for ...
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... existence itself ; ' tis plain the want of any certain faculty or perfection , in any kind of creature , which never be- longed to their nature , is no more an evil to them than their never having been cre- ated or D 2 35 " ...
... existence itself ; ' tis plain the want of any certain faculty or perfection , in any kind of creature , which never be- longed to their nature , is no more an evil to them than their never having been cre- ated or D 2 35 " ...
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... to me perfectly incomprehensible , Freedom of will can obviously exist only in the first cause of every thing , on which not only the existence , but the mode of ex F 2 istence , of every thing depends . Every man knows 67.
... to me perfectly incomprehensible , Freedom of will can obviously exist only in the first cause of every thing , on which not only the existence , but the mode of ex F 2 istence , of every thing depends . Every man knows 67.
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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.