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The Arguments for Predestination and Necessity Contrasted With the Established Principles of Philosophical Inquiry, Two Act Sermons
Richard Hastings Graves
Paperback. General Books LLC 2009-12-18.
ISBN 9781150233654
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General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1829 Original Publisher: Hamilton, Adams Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: SERMON I. Romans i. 20. " For the invisible things of him from the creation of c the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things " that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead." THE Apostle here distinctly asserts, that it was within the power of the Heathen, to obtain some conception of the attributes of the Deity ; or in other words, some knowledge of natural Religion, from a due attention to the works of his creation. But it is not so much my intention, on the present occasion, to illustrate or defend this assertion ; as to adduce this text, as an exemplification of a well known maxim of philosophical reasoning; and thence to claim the Apostle's sanction, for its general adoption in theological investigations. , The maxim to which I allude, you will immediately perceive to be this; that in all analytical enquiries, we should commence with the things most known, and proceed from thence to others less known; and that we should always consider the conclusions thus obtained, as subject to modification and correction, either from the discovery of new phenomena, or a more complete induction of the old. Thus, in the case before us; the Apostle proposes the visible creation, in all its wonderful and harmonious variety, as furnishing a number of well known and intelligible facts; from the study of which, we might ascend to the knowledge of the eternal power and Godhead, of its mighty Author. Again; when a Revelation discloses to us, new displays of Divine power and wisdom ; we must conceive ourselves at liberty, to correct our former conclusions; wit
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