This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 Excerpt: ... It presents him also as our gracious Father, strengthening our weaknesses, subduing our opposition, and turning our affections, and thoughts, and lives into the channel of love and obedience. These considerations awaken in my own mind an overwhelming interest, and leave the impression deeply fixed that God, in the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 Excerpt: ... It presents him also as our gracious Father, strengthening our weaknesses, subduing our opposition, and turning our affections, and thoughts, and lives into the channel of love and obedience. These considerations awaken in my own mind an overwhelming interest, and leave the impression deeply fixed that God, in the great provision which he made in the death of his Son, not only made it ample for the salvation of.our entire guilty race, but actually, or rather practically, looked in making it to the salvation of the race. 11. It will be said, however, that if God, in the sufferings and death of his Son, made an intentional provision for the salvation of all men, his intentions are, at least, partially thwarted, since all men are not saved. If it should be so said, let it be said. Does the objector understand the subject? Does he understand himself? In civil government are the intentions, the plans, the purposes of a ruler always fulfilled? Are not the most benevolent intentions often thwarted? If God dealt with men as he deals with matter, his intentions would never be thwarted. The sun, the planets, and the moon fulfill their respective appointments; they have done so from the beginning. They have never faltered, have never turned aside from their prescribed course. They never will falter or turn aside from this course until the strong hand of the Creator is laid upon them, and they are reduced to annihilation, or turned to chaos again. The government of matter is a government of force exercised upon a passive subject; but the government of mind is a government of motives directed to an active subject; it is a moral government. In such a government the will, the intention of the governor and the governed, may be in conflict. The government of God over men i...
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