Thoughts on the Cause of Evil, Physical and Moral: In a Series of LettersJames Carpenter, 1810 - 174 pages |
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... question which now engages your attention , and which , as Dr. Johnson observes , " has baffled the whole force of human reason in every age ” — What is the cause of evil , physical and moral ? Accordingly , no memorials of the re ...
... question which now engages your attention , and which , as Dr. Johnson observes , " has baffled the whole force of human reason in every age ” — What is the cause of evil , physical and moral ? Accordingly , no memorials of the re ...
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... question . Antiquity has trans- mitted it to us unshorn of a single difficul- ty , and the present age seems determined so to bequeath it to posterity . Mankind appear , by common consent , to abandon it in despair ; and to have drawn ...
... question . Antiquity has trans- mitted it to us unshorn of a single difficul- ty , and the present age seems determined so to bequeath it to posterity . Mankind appear , by common consent , to abandon it in despair ; and to have drawn ...
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... in Re- velation fully to confirm a solution of all the difficulties of this question , that is at once simple , satisfactory , and discoverable by the light of nature . LETTER III . BEFORE I proceed , in compliance with 12.
... in Re- velation fully to confirm a solution of all the difficulties of this question , that is at once simple , satisfactory , and discoverable by the light of nature . LETTER III . BEFORE I proceed , in compliance with 12.
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... question is this : If we are the crea- tures of an infinitely good Creator , he must desire our perfect happiness : if he is infi- nitely powerful , he must be able to effect it . Why , then , are we in a state so very much the reverse ...
... question is this : If we are the crea- tures of an infinitely good Creator , he must desire our perfect happiness : if he is infi- nitely powerful , he must be able to effect it . Why , then , are we in a state so very much the reverse ...
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... question to be answered . Besides , were it demon- strated that virtue in this world is as happy as it deserves to be , or even as it possibly could be , the question would be as much unanswered as it is at present . Why are millions ...
... question to be answered . Besides , were it demon- strated that virtue in this world is as happy as it deserves to be , or even as it possibly could be , the question would be as much unanswered as it is at present . Why are millions ...
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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?
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 144 - And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.