 | John Foster - 1821 - 584 páginas
...in opposition to him of this enormous evil, why are we called upop to vex and exhaust our40(5 selves in a petty warfare against it? — why, any more than...predicament of willing something which he does not will, and making exertions which must infallibly prove abortive. We may question such an objector as.... | |
 | 1848 - 778 páginas
...that the chief hindrance to a more vigorous system of missionary effort on the part of Christians, " consists in a kind of religious fatalism, which would...predicament of willing something which He does not will, and making exertions which must infallibly prove abortive.'" This it will be observed, was Mr.... | |
 | 1848 - 792 páginas
...consists in a kind of religious fatalism, which would make the objection in some such terms as ihese; if that Being whose power is almighty, has willed...predicament of willing something which He does not will, and making exertions which must infallibly prove abortive.'" This it will be observed, was Mr.... | |
 | 1848 - 786 páginas
...ourselves in a petty warfare against it ? Why any more than to attempt the extinction of a volcano 1 If it were His will that it should be overthrown,...predicament of willing something which He does not will, and making exertions which must infallibly prove abortive."1 This it will be observed, was Mr.... | |
 | 1848 - 780 páginas
...? Why any more than to attempt the extinction of a volcano 1 If it were His will that it should fee overthrown, we should soon, without having quitted...predicament of willing something which He does not will, and making exertions which must infallibly prove abortive."1 This it will be observed, was Mr.... | |
 | John Foster, William Wallace Everts - 1849 - 344 páginas
...ourselves in a petty warfare against it 1 — why any more than to attempt the extinction of a volcano 1 If it were his will that it should be overthrown,...catastrophe ; and if such is not his will, then we should be plainly putting ourselves in the predicament of willing something which he does not will, and making... | |
 | Joseph Parrish Thompson - 1851 - 232 páginas
...which has been prosecuted on a wide scale, from right motives, and with indefatigable perseverance. Not that in all of them there have been such magnificent...predicament of willing something which He does not will, and making exertions which must infallibly prove abortive. We may question such an objector as... | |
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consists in a kind of religious fatalism, which would make the objection in some such terms as these; if that Being whose power is almighty, has willed to permit on earth the protracted existence, in opposition to Him, of this enormous evil, why are... 