God not the origin of evil, an additional sermon to a collection of mr. Collier's discourses1726 |
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... Principle . A fecond Design of tempting , is to`im- prove the Virtue of the Perfon tempted . ' Tis Labour and Oppofition , which per- fects Habits , and enlarges the Faculties of Body and Mind . For this puts Nature upon its Guard ...
... Principle . A fecond Design of tempting , is to`im- prove the Virtue of the Perfon tempted . ' Tis Labour and Oppofition , which per- fects Habits , and enlarges the Faculties of Body and Mind . For this puts Nature upon its Guard ...
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... Principle within him which can check the Motion , and deny the Importunity of his Senfes . In- deed , if God had interwoven any fatal Principle of Defection in our earthy Part ; had he thrown any Infection into our Blood , and tied up ...
... Principle within him which can check the Motion , and deny the Importunity of his Senfes . In- deed , if God had interwoven any fatal Principle of Defection in our earthy Part ; had he thrown any Infection into our Blood , and tied up ...
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... Principle in Men , that there's no contesting with it , we may put the Sceptick's Que- ftion in Ecclefiaftes , What Pre - eminence hath a Man above a Beaft ? To what Purpose ferve Reafon and Understanding , except it be a Privilege to ...
... Principle in Men , that there's no contesting with it , we may put the Sceptick's Que- ftion in Ecclefiaftes , What Pre - eminence hath a Man above a Beaft ? To what Purpose ferve Reafon and Understanding , except it be a Privilege to ...
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... Principles . Thus the in- temperate Perfon , when he has habituated himself to Excefs , and drown'd that Con ftitution he came into the World with , complains of the Difficulties of his own making ; as if the Measures of Sobriety were ...
... Principles . Thus the in- temperate Perfon , when he has habituated himself to Excefs , and drown'd that Con ftitution he came into the World with , complains of the Difficulties of his own making ; as if the Measures of Sobriety were ...
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... Principle , fuch univerfal Sinners would require a great many distinct and parti- cularly formed Bodies , to bear up against Contrariety , and make room for their Impieties to range in . 4. It may be anfwer'd that thofe Diffi- culties ...
... Principle , fuch univerfal Sinners would require a great many distinct and parti- cularly formed Bodies , to bear up against Contrariety , and make room for their Impieties to range in . 4. It may be anfwer'd that thofe Diffi- culties ...
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Affiſtance againſt almoſt anfwer'd anſwered Apoſtle tells aſham'd becauſe befides beſt Body Cafe capable of finning Caufe Cauſe cholerick Circumſtances Command concern'd Conftitution Converſation Danger defign'd Defire derſtanding Difcipline Duty elſewhere endleſs everlaſting Condition Excufe Excuſes faid to tempt fame Faults fcandalous fecure feem feldom felves fhould fince tis firſt fnaring fo uncreditable fome Sins fometimes ftance ftitution fubfift fuch Perfons fuffer fufficient fure God's greateſt himſelf Honour ill Company ill Cuſtom Inclinations irreſiſtible Juftice juſt Laws leaft leffen'd lefs Liberty Luft lyes maſter'd Maſters Meaſures Mind Miſcarriages miſcarry Miſtake moſt muſt be granted Neceffities of Nature need not queſtion never ſo Obfervance Occafion over-ruling Principle Paffions Perfon pretends Pleaſure Practice of thoſe Profpect Puniſhment Reaſon Refolution Senfe Soul ſtand Temper Temptation tempted with Evil thefe themſelves theſe Things thofe tis impoffible tis objected Tis plain Underſtanding uſe Vices Virtue vitious Weakneſs wicked
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Página 3 - JAMES i. 13, 14. Let no Man fay when he is tempted, I am tempted of God, for God cannot be tempted with Evil, neither tempteth he any Man., but every Man is tempted when he is drawn away of his own Lufi, and enticed.
Página 4 - Apostle expressly affirms, that God is far from placing us in an unavoidable state of Sin.