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The reconcilableness of God's prescience of the sins of men with the wisdom and…The reconcileableness of God's prescience of the sins of men with the wisdom and…
The reconcilableness of God's prescience of the sins of men with the wisdom and sincerity of his counsels, exhortations, and whatsoever other means he uses to prevent them / in a letter to the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq.The reconcileableness of God's prescience of the sins of men with the wisdom and sincerity of his counsels, exhortations, and whatsoever other means he uses to prevent them / in a letter to the Honorable Robert Boyle Esq.
London: printed for Brabazon Aylmer, 1677
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With how much more submiss, and humble veneration, ought the methods of the Divine Government to be beheld & adored, upon the certain assurance we have, that all things therein, are managed by that Wisdom, which could never in any thing ⟨p. 131⟩mistake its way. Whereas, there was never any continued administration of human Government, so accurate and exact, but that, after some tract of time, some or other errors might be reflected on therein.
With how much more submiss, and humble veneration, ought the methods of the Divine Government to be beheld & adored, upon the certain assurance we have, that all things therein, are managed by that VVisdom, which could never in any thing ⟨p. 131⟩mistake its way. VVhereas, there was never any continued administration of human Government, so accurate and exact, but that, after some tract of time, some or other errours might be reflected on therein.
Again, it may further be said, without presuming beyond due bounds, That tho infinite congruities must be supposed to lye open to the Divine Understanding, which are concealed from ours, yet that these two things in the general are very manifestly congruous to any sober attentive Mind, that directly concern, or may be applied to the case, under our present consideration, viz.
Again, it may further be said, without presuming beyond due bounds, That tho infinite congruities must be supposed to lye open to the Divine Understanding, which are concealed from ours, yet that these two things in the general are very manifestly congruous to any sober attentive Mind, that directly concern, or may be apply'd to the case, under our present consideration, viz.