The Arminian Magazine: Consisting of Extracts and Original Treatises on Universal Redemption, Volume 8J. Fry & Company in Queen-Street: and sold at the Foundery, near Upper-Moor-Fields, and by the booksellers in town and country, 1785 |
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... divine benefi- . cence . Goodness , that extends its bounties to innumerable ranks of creatures , and diffuses happiness through the various regions of the universe , except that which is fet apart for the dreadful , but falutary ...
... divine benefi- . cence . Goodness , that extends its bounties to innumerable ranks of creatures , and diffuses happiness through the various regions of the universe , except that which is fet apart for the dreadful , but falutary ...
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... divine Wisdom , but a modification of divine Love ? Divine love planning the beft adapted fchemes for communicating itself in the most advantageous manner , fo as to promote the good of the collective system of creatures by the ...
... divine Wisdom , but a modification of divine Love ? Divine love planning the beft adapted fchemes for communicating itself in the most advantageous manner , fo as to promote the good of the collective system of creatures by the ...
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... divine love would otherwise be incapable of giving full scope to its kind propensions in a manner ho- nourable to itself and conducive to the public good . In fhort , divine wisdom appears to be nothing elfe but the fa- gacity of love ...
... divine love would otherwise be incapable of giving full scope to its kind propensions in a manner ho- nourable to itself and conducive to the public good . In fhort , divine wisdom appears to be nothing elfe but the fa- gacity of love ...
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... divine infinity . Think then , how to be found of him in peace at his coming ; without spot , unreproveable , by conforming to all that was in him . Set yourself to drink of Chrift's cup . Crucify , and oppose nature in every thing ...
... divine infinity . Think then , how to be found of him in peace at his coming ; without spot , unreproveable , by conforming to all that was in him . Set yourself to drink of Chrift's cup . Crucify , and oppose nature in every thing ...
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... three years paft , I have not found fo much of that joy as I used to have ; yet an awful fenfe of the divine presence refts continually on me . O , how does it abase my foul foul before God ! And I feel fuch a defire 58 LETTERS .
... three years paft , I have not found fo much of that joy as I used to have ; yet an awful fenfe of the divine presence refts continually on me . O , how does it abase my foul foul before God ! And I feel fuch a defire 58 LETTERS .
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Page 528 - Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and passing from one thought to another : Surely, said I, man is but a shadow and life a dream.
Page 531 - Some were looking up towards the heavens in a thoughtful posture, and in the midst of a speculation stumbled and fell out of sight. Multitudes were very busy in the pursuit of bubbles that glittered in their eyes and danced before them, but often when they thought themselves within the reach of them their footing failed and down they sunk.
Page 528 - I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand. As I looked upon him he applied it to his lips, and began to play upon it. The sound of it was...
Page 531 - ... on trap-doors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been thus forced upon them. 'The Genius seeing me indulge myself on this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it. Take thine eyes off the bridge...
Page 487 - Can he delight in the production of such abortive intelligences, such short-lived reasonable beings? Would he give us talents that are not to be exerted ? Capacities...
Page 12 - And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.
Page 529 - Cast thy eyes eastward, said he, and tell me what thou seest. I see, said I, a huge valley, and a prodigious tide of water rolling through it. The valley that thou seest...
Page 487 - He does not seem born to enjoy life, but to deliver it down to others. This is not surprising to consider in animals, which are formed for our use, and can finish their business in a short life. The silk-worm, after having spun her task, lays her eggs and dies.
Page 365 - FROM all that dwell below the skies, Let the Creator's praise arise ; Let the Redeemer's name be sung Through every land, by every tongue. Eternal are thy mercies, Lord, Eternal truth attends thy word ; Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more.
Page 488 - With what astonishment and veneration may we look into our own souls, where there are such hidden stores of virtue and knowledge, such inexhausted sources of perfection! We know not yet what we shall be, nor will it ever enter into the heart of man to conceive the glory that will be always in reserve for him. The soul, considered with its Creator, is like one of those mathematical...