A discourse concerning the divine providence - William Sherlock - Google Könyvek

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18 6 1907

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Concerning God's Permiffion,

The Difference between God's Government of

all Events, and Neceffity and Fate,

That the Exercife of a particular Providence,

confifts in the Government of all Events, 80

Oncerning the Sovereignty of

Chap. 4. C. Providence,

Concerning God's Abfolute Power,

That true Abfolute Power can do no wrong,

explained at large,

The Unfearchable Wisdom of Providence, 98

Infinite Wisdom can do no wrong,

That the Wisdom of Providence must be as

unaccountable, as the Wisdom of the Crea-

That the wife Government of the World, re-

quires fecret and hidden Methods of Pro-

That we are ignorant of a great many Things,

without the Knowledge of which, it is im-

poffible to understand the Reasons of Provi-

In what Cafes the Unfearchable Wisdom of

God is a Reasonable Anfwer to the Diffi-

culties of Providence,

Chap. 5. THE Juftice and Righteousness

That the Justice of Providence does not con-

fift in hindring all Acts of Injuflice and

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God may do that very jufly, which Men can-

not do without great Injustice, Pag. 159

What the Nature and Exercife of God's Fu-

What Acts of Justice the prefent Government

of this World requires,

The Account the Scripture gives us of God's

Fuftice and Righteousness,

HE Holinefs of Providence,

What the Holiness of Government requires, ib.

What the Holiness of God's Providence does

not require of him,

God is not the Cause and Author of Sin, 200

The Divine Prefcience does not deftroy the Li-

berty of Human Actions,

God decrees no Men's Sins,

Some Texts of Scripture confidered, which

feem to make God the Author of Sin,_210

Concerning God's hardening Pharaoh's Heart,

Some other Texts confidered, which feem to

charge God with the Sins of Men,

HE Goodness of Providence,

Mistakes concerning the Nature of God's

The Difference between Abfolute Goodness and

Fustice, and the Goodness and fuftice of

That God exercifes all Acts of Goodness,which

a State of Trial and Difcipline will admit, 252

Another Miftake concerning the Nature of

Good and Evil; and what Good and Evil

is in a State of Difcipline, Pag. 258

Another Miftake about the Nature of Govern-

ment; and what Goodness is required in the

Government of the World,

Two Objections against the Goodness of Provi-

dence answered. 1. From the many Mife-

ries which are in the World,

A Second Objection is, God's partial and un-

equal Care of bis Creatures,

Chap. 8. THE Wisdom of Providence,

The Wisdom of Providence confidered in fome

great Events recorded in Scripture, 309

The Deftruction of the World by Noah's Flood,

Concerning the Confufion of Languages, and

the Difperfion of Mankind over all the

God's chufing Abraham and his Pofterity, for

bis Peculiar People,

Concerning the Removal of Jacob and his Fa-

mily into Egypt,

The Oppreffion of Ifrael in Egypt, 344

The Miracles wrought by Mofes in Egypt, 346

God's delivering the Law from Mount Sinai,

All that came out of Egypt, excepting Jofhua

and Caleb, died in the Wilderness, 357

The frequent Relapfes of Ifrael into Idolatry,

Concerning the Captivities and Difperfions of

Ifrael, efpecially their Captivity in Babylon,

In what Senfe Chrift came in the Fulness of

TheDeftruction of Jerufalem by the Romans,377

The Wisdom of Providence in fome more com-

mon and ordinary Events,

That God rewards or punishes Men in their

God's punishing Sin with Sin,

God's disappointing both our Hopes and Fears,

God's deferring the Deliverance of good Men,

and the Punishment of the Wicked, to the

utmoft Extremity,

Concerning fudden Changes and Revolutions,

The wife Mixture of Mercy and Judgment,395

HE Duties we owe to Provi-

A particular Acknowledgment of Providence

400

Submiffion to the Providential Will of God, 399

Concerning Submiffion to God under Afflictions
and Sufferings,

Submiffion to the Will of God with respect to

our feveral States and Conditions of Life,407

Concerning Hope and Truft in the Divine Pro-

Concerning the Duties of Prayer and Thanks-

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