Illustrations of the Divine GovernmentSherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1822 - 456 pages |
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... painful : the feeling of pleasure excites desire ; that of pain aversion : will is the result of this state of the mind . Prove to the mind that an object is desirable , that is , that it will induce pleasure , and you immediately ...
... painful : the feeling of pleasure excites desire ; that of pain aversion : will is the result of this state of the mind . Prove to the mind that an object is desirable , that is , that it will induce pleasure , and you immediately ...
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... pain : these induce desire or aversion , and these volition , with as much certainty and steadiness as the law of gravitation produces the phenomena which are dependent upon it . * Volition being thus dependent on the circum- stances in ...
... pain : these induce desire or aversion , and these volition , with as much certainty and steadiness as the law of gravitation produces the phenomena which are dependent upon it . * Volition being thus dependent on the circum- stances in ...
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... pain for the past , any further than the past has reference to the future , is revenge , not punishment : were it perfectly certain that an evil volition which is past would be attended with no ill consequences in time to come , it 53.
... pain for the past , any further than the past has reference to the future , is revenge , not punishment : were it perfectly certain that an evil volition which is past would be attended with no ill consequences in time to come , it 53.
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... pain , it would be utterly incompa- tible with benevolence . Evil in his hands , therefore , can only be the instrument of good . Nothing can have induced him to permit its existence , but the perception that under his administration it ...
... pain , it would be utterly incompa- tible with benevolence . Evil in his hands , therefore , can only be the instrument of good . Nothing can have induced him to permit its existence , but the perception that under his administration it ...
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... pain , it must be the production of happiness ; for no other can be conceived . Either , therefore , the Deity is ... painful , is 65.
... pain , it must be the production of happiness ; for no other can be conceived . Either , therefore , the Deity is ... painful , is 65.
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Page 367 - Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die ? saith the Lord God : and not that he should return from his ways, and live ? But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live ? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
Page 318 - For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
Page 288 - And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
Page 313 - And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out : it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire : 48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Page 321 - The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.
Page 325 - Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him. But whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
Page 287 - The sinners in Zion are afraid; Fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire ? Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
Page 393 - Marvel not at this ; for the hour is coming, in which all that are in their graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth-; they that have done good to the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil to the resurrection of damnation,"
Page 316 - But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it ; The owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: And he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
Page 410 - Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more? Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore? Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies?