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The blessedness of the righteous discoursed from Psal. 17, 15 /The blessednesse of the righteous discoursed from Psal. 17, 15 /
The blessedness of the righteous discoursed from Psal. 17, 15 / by John Howe ...The blessednesse of the righteous discoursed from Psal. 17, 15 / by John Howe ...
printed by Sarah Griffin for Samuel Thomson, 1668
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Hence is it made a piece of deformity, of likeness to God, by another, who tells his friend; It is an high and great thing which thou desirest: and even bordering upon a Deity, not to be moved.1
- 1Quod desideras aut•m, mag••m, summum […], Deoque vicinum, noah concuti. S•n. de tr•nquil. Animi.Quod desideras aut•m, mag••m, summum 〈…〉, Deoque vicinum, noa concuti. S•n. de tr•nquil. Animi.
Yea, so hath this Doctrine been insisted on by them, that, (while other Divine perfections have been less understood) it hath occasioned the Stoical assertion of fatality, to be introduced, on the one hand, and the epicurean negation of providence on the other; least any thing should be admitted that might seem repugnant to the tranquility of their Num•••.
Yea, so hath this Doctine been insisted on by them, that, (while other Divine perfections have been less understood) it hath occasioned the Stoical •ssertion of fatality, to be introduced, on the one hand, and the •picurian n•g•tion of providence on the other; least any thing should be admitted that might seem rep•gnant to the tranquility of their Num.