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Theodicy: Essays On Divine Providence, Volume 1

Theodicy: Essays On Divine Providence, Volume 1 [you are here] Theodicy: Essays On Divine Providence, Volume 2 Volume 3 is in the Cornell Library at Internet Archive. CONTENTS OF VOLUME I. BOOK THE FIRST. On the Limits of Human Reason in its Judgments regarding Divine Providence. CHAP. PAGE I. The Study of the Ways of Providence comforts man under Temptation 1 II. God invites Man to the Study of the Ways of Providence by setting before him the Book of Nature and of Histoiy 6 III. He who believes in the Existence of God can have no valid reason for being disturbed in mind on account of the Difficulties presented by the Government of Providence. He loves, however, to ponder on those Difficulties that he may better know the Greatness of God 9 IV. The Difficulties presented by the Government of Divine Providence spring from two Sources, viz., I. the Infinite Wisdom directing that Government, and 2, the Comparative Ignorance of Man 15 V. Every Difficulty against the Government of Divine Providence, when solved, dispels Man's Ignorance ; when adored, it enhances his Virtue 20 VI. The Difficulties of explaining Divine Providence may be overcome in two ways, viz., by Faith and by Reason 22

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