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... providence of God without meeting with inexplicable difficul- ties . We may find fufficient reason for acquiefcing in the darkness which involves these great fubjects , but we must never expect to see them fet in a perfectly clear light ...
... providence of God without meeting with inexplicable difficul- ties . We may find fufficient reason for acquiefcing in the darkness which involves these great fubjects , but we must never expect to see them fet in a perfectly clear light ...
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... providence , in many nations , which never enjoyed the light of revelation , it does not follow that nature did not contain and teach thofe leffons , and that men had not the means of learning them , provided they A 2 they had made the ...
... providence , in many nations , which never enjoyed the light of revelation , it does not follow that nature did not contain and teach thofe leffons , and that men had not the means of learning them , provided they A 2 they had made the ...
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... providence ; whereas virtue and integrity is generally rewarded with peace of mind , the approbation of our fellow creatures , and a reasonable share of fecurity and fuccefs . Could we see all the caufes of the rife and fall of empires ...
... providence ; whereas virtue and integrity is generally rewarded with peace of mind , the approbation of our fellow creatures , and a reasonable share of fecurity and fuccefs . Could we see all the caufes of the rife and fall of empires ...
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... providence with respect to them ; so as not to doubt ( though we should not have been informed of it by revelation ) that the Lord God ruleth in the kingdoms of men , giving them to whomsoever he pleafes , and promoting his own wife and ...
... providence with respect to them ; so as not to doubt ( though we should not have been informed of it by revelation ) that the Lord God ruleth in the kingdoms of men , giving them to whomsoever he pleafes , and promoting his own wife and ...
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... providence must neceffarily extend to all his works ; and we may conclude that he conftantly attends to every individual of his creatures , and out of every evil that befalls any of them produces good to themselves or others . We cannot ...
... providence must neceffarily extend to all his works ; and we may conclude that he conftantly attends to every individual of his creatures , and out of every evil that befalls any of them produces good to themselves or others . We cannot ...
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