Endless Punishment: Its Origin and Grounds Examined : with Other DiscoursesC. L. Stickney, 1845 - 252 pages |
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... was formerly predicated . A century or two ago the truth of the doctrine was demonstrable , as demon- stration then went . God , it was said , was an in- finite Sovereign , and his moral law was an infinite THE CONTRAST . 49.
... was formerly predicated . A century or two ago the truth of the doctrine was demonstrable , as demon- stration then went . God , it was said , was an in- finite Sovereign , and his moral law was an infinite THE CONTRAST . 49.
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Its Origin and Grounds Examined : with Other Discourses Thomas Jefferson Sawyer. finite Sovereign , and his moral law was an infinite law ; transgression was an infinite sin , and an infi- nite sin deserved an infinite or endless punish ...
Its Origin and Grounds Examined : with Other Discourses Thomas Jefferson Sawyer. finite Sovereign , and his moral law was an infinite law ; transgression was an infinite sin , and an infi- nite sin deserved an infinite or endless punish ...
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... finite benevolence and infinite misery could co- exist ; and he was surely a very wise or a very weak man who attempted its solution . But then it was thought justice demanded this punishment , and , therefore , it was at least just ...
... finite benevolence and infinite misery could co- exist ; and he was surely a very wise or a very weak man who attempted its solution . But then it was thought justice demanded this punishment , and , therefore , it was at least just ...
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... finite and curable . Whereas the true Bible doctrine on the subject of the origin and nature of primary evil allows no such supposition . Evil ex- isted from the beginning ! God was in no way con- cerned in its origin , either by decree ...
... finite and curable . Whereas the true Bible doctrine on the subject of the origin and nature of primary evil allows no such supposition . Evil ex- isted from the beginning ! God was in no way con- cerned in its origin , either by decree ...
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... finite evil ; and this is proved only by showing that evil existed from eternity . Believing this as we do , though we see enormous finite evil , and believe that evil will exist forever , we can truly say our God is perfectly good ...
... finite evil ; and this is proved only by showing that evil existed from eternity . Believing this as we do , though we see enormous finite evil , and believe that evil will exist forever , we can truly say our God is perfectly good ...
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Page 60 - When even at last the solemn hour shall come, And wing my mystic flight to future worlds, I cheerful will obey; there, with new powers, Will rising wonders sing. I cannot go Where universal love not smiles around, Sustaining all yon orbs, and all their suns; From seeming evil still educing good, And better thence again, and better still, In infinite progression.
Page 182 - Whosoever will be saved: before all things it is necessary that he hold the Catholic Faith. Which Faith, except every one do keep whole and undefiled: without doubt he shall perish everlastingly.
Page 60 - tis nought to me: Since God is ever present, ever felt, In the void waste as in the city full; And where He vital breathes there must be joy.
Page 171 - To be no more. Sad cure! for who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallowed up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated Night, Devoid of sense and motion?
Page 29 - And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man ; and he saw : and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
Page 148 - Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain. Beyond this flood a frozen continent Lies, dark and wild, beat with perpetual storms Of whirlwind and dire hail ; which on firm land Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile ; all else deep snow and ice...
Page 148 - Are brought; and feel by turns the bitter change Of fierce extremes, extremes by change more fierce, From beds of raging fire to starve in ice...
Page 61 - Kind words, remembered voices once so sweet, Smiles, radiant long ago, And features, the great soul's apparent seat. All shall come back; each tie Of pure affection shall be knit again; Alone shall Evil die, And Sorrow dwell a prisoner in thy reign.
Page 108 - God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty...
Page 208 - and actual, being a transgression of the righteous law of God, and contrary thereunto, doth, in its own nature, bring guilt upon the sinner, whereby he is bound over to the wrath of God and curse of the law, and so made subject to death, with all miseries spiritual, temporal, and eternal.