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... Eternity and Immutability of God CHAPTER V. - On the Power and Dominion of God CHAPTER VI . - The Wisdom of God CHAPTER VII . - The Truth and Faithfulness of God CHAPTER VIII . - On the Goodness of God · • CHAPTER IX . - The same ...
... Eternity and Immutability of God CHAPTER V. - On the Power and Dominion of God CHAPTER VI . - The Wisdom of God CHAPTER VII . - The Truth and Faithfulness of God CHAPTER VIII . - On the Goodness of God · • CHAPTER IX . - The same ...
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... eternity , is in the best state of mind for judging with candour and justness on those interesting but intricate subjects that offer themselves to our in- quiry in the pursuit of knowledge ; while that sceptical and impious turn of mind ...
... eternity , is in the best state of mind for judging with candour and justness on those interesting but intricate subjects that offer themselves to our in- quiry in the pursuit of knowledge ; while that sceptical and impious turn of mind ...
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... eternity without recognising his existence , or doing homage to his perfections . Scrip- ture and experience warrant us in affirming that the reason is to be found in the state of his heart - in the wish that there may be no God - in ...
... eternity without recognising his existence , or doing homage to his perfections . Scrip- ture and experience warrant us in affirming that the reason is to be found in the state of his heart - in the wish that there may be no God - in ...
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... eternity , and infinity , must , in his nature , be simple and incorruptible . He cannot have the attributes either of figure , or parts , or motion , or divisibility , or any of the properties of matter , since these convey the notion ...
... eternity , and infinity , must , in his nature , be simple and incorruptible . He cannot have the attributes either of figure , or parts , or motion , or divisibility , or any of the properties of matter , since these convey the notion ...
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... eternity , it is ob- vious that nothing can ever be added unto God , and that he can never possibly sustain any diminution of his perfection and blessedness . He is in His su- preme perfection essentially one and indivisible . The ...
... eternity , it is ob- vious that nothing can ever be added unto God , and that he can never possibly sustain any diminution of his perfection and blessedness . He is in His su- preme perfection essentially one and indivisible . The ...
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