unequal distribution of favours, which obtains in the economy of natural. providence, consistent with the goodness of God.
The Scripture doctrine of election consistent with the impartiality of the. divine goodness.
A Summary View Of The Principles And Advantages. Of The Foregoing System.
Summary Of The First Part Of The Foregoing System.
The scheme of necessity denies that man is the responsible author of sin.
The scheme of necessity makes God the author of sin.
The scheme of necessity denies the reality of moral distinctions.
The moral world not constituted according to the scheme of necessity.
The relation between the human agency and the divine.
The existence of moral evil consistent with the infinite purity of God.
Summary Of The Second Part Of The Foregoing System.
God desires the salvation of all men.
The sufferings of the innocent, and especially of infants, consistent. with the goodness of God.
The sufferings of Christ consistent with the divine goodness.
The eternity of future punishment consistent with the goodness of. God.
The true doctrine of election and predestination consistent with the. goodness of God.
Part I.
The Existence Of Moral Evil, Or Sin, Consistent With The Holiness Of God.
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What Time this World's great Workmaister did cast,
To make all things such as we now behold,
It seems that he before his eyes had plast
A goodly patterne, to whose perfect mould
He fashion'd them as comely as he could,
That now so fair and seemly they appear,
As naught may be amended anywhere.
That wondrous patterne, wheresoe'er it be,
Whether in earth laid up in secret store,
Or else in heav'n, that no man may it see
With sinful eyes, for feare it to deflore,
Is perfect Beautie.—Spenser.
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Chapter I.
The Scheme Of Necessity Denies That Man Is Responsible For The Existence Of Sin.
Ye, who live,
Do so each cause refer to Heaven above,
E'en as its motion, of necessity,
Drew with it all that moves. If this were so,
Free choice in you were none; nor justice would
There