A Series of Lectures on the Doctrine of Universal Benevolence: Delivered in the Universalist Church in Lombard Street, Philadelphia in Autumn of 1818author, 1824 - 232 pages |
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... appear to be self - evi- dent , and grow out of the very nature of the Deity . Of course they need no proof . For the mind assents to them as soon as they are stated : for it seems a moral impossibility that one of them should be false ...
... appear to be self - evi- dent , and grow out of the very nature of the Deity . Of course they need no proof . For the mind assents to them as soon as they are stated : for it seems a moral impossibility that one of them should be false ...
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... appear when we consider the immutability of justice . How is justice satisfied ? or how could it have been satisfied , with that which it did not re- quire ? or how could it give up what it did require , and yet be satisfied ? . All ...
... appear when we consider the immutability of justice . How is justice satisfied ? or how could it have been satisfied , with that which it did not re- quire ? or how could it give up what it did require , and yet be satisfied ? . All ...
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... appear . If this moral relation be not dissolved , then the reign of sin and satan is altogether unjust , unrighte- ous , and unlawful . The question now is , whether God will ever sanction this reign , and settle the ad- versary of ...
... appear . If this moral relation be not dissolved , then the reign of sin and satan is altogether unjust , unrighte- ous , and unlawful . The question now is , whether God will ever sanction this reign , and settle the ad- versary of ...
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... appears to me ( 0 may the thought be forgiven , if it be an error ) that both God and myself would be objects of pity ... appear , which , according to our understanding , would be inconsistent with in- finite and divine love . " Can a ...
... appears to me ( 0 may the thought be forgiven , if it be an error ) that both God and myself would be objects of pity ... appear , which , according to our understanding , would be inconsistent with in- finite and divine love . " Can a ...
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... appears to me to be the most reasonable conclusion ; and there- fore , were we left to draw conclusions only from what we know of the divine nature , this appears to be the only conclusion which ought to be admitted . But we are not ...
... appears to me to be the most reasonable conclusion ; and there- fore , were we left to draw conclusions only from what we know of the divine nature , this appears to be the only conclusion which ought to be admitted . But we are not ...
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Page 35 - 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 190 - And in this mountain shall the LORD of Hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
Page 190 - So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting ? O grave, where is thy victory ? The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law ; but thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 177 - Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound : that as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 68 - And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil : and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever...
Page 191 - 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 139 - Neither pray I for these alone but for them also which shall believe on me through their word, that they all may be one,— as thou Father art in me and I in thee that they also may be one in us : that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them, that they may be one even as we are one.
Page 190 - He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 96 - Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. 50 And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.
Page 88 - Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life: thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field: in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken : for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.