...description alone. If in all, o'r in any of ttrc&e respects, this new edition of the Physico T Theology ;shall be deemed worthy of the attention of the public,...who, • • Sought to assert Eternal Providence, Andjustify the ways of God to man!' to the height of this great argument, The life of Derham, prefixed...

...once acknowledging the failure of your original purpose, by virtually confessing that you were unable to " assert eternal Providence, and justify the ways of God to man ?" Surely, Milton, in these parts of your poem, your giant strength was stultified, your mind was manacled...

...or not, the very reverse of that which Milton proposes as the theme and purpose of his divine poem ; to . " assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to man.' This impious tendency, perhaps, is not so offensively prominent in his were H much finer in other respects...

...into which the moral state of mankind leads us; and, as far as we are enabled by that feeble help, to assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to man. But any such inquiry cannot fail to terminate in a feeling of just gratitude, that we, who have fallen...

...then, e¿dswell-.hap' pily¿¿Land some pèrt¿ons may object to it on that score, who wish always “to assert eternal Providence, and justify the ways of God - to man.” But in the first place, remember that it is a Greek tragedy, and what Milton says of Fate. A¿schylus...

...into which the moral state of mankind leads us; and, as far as we are enabled by that feeble help, to assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to man. But any such inquiry cannot fail to terminate in a feeling of just gratitude, that we, who have fallen...

...refining upon the human countenance also, enable him to reach " the height of his great argument; Or to assert Eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to man." He seems to have been convinced that the imitation of the forms of human nature alone, would not carry...

...feeling of a brother of old, openly to testify, " Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right !" To assert eternal providence, and justify the ways of God to man, is the employ of the new creation; " all his ways are right." His character unimpeachable in all he...

..."evil," and the ends for which it was permitted to exist! Arrogant man ! be satisfied ! we know enough to " Assert eternal providence And justify the ways of God to man." The scriptures declare, 4. The depravity of man to be inherent and universal. All are sinful, and "...

...principles proposed to if by the great Milton, in his Paradise Lost, namely, .eavour, as far as in him lay, to " assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to man." 'on, October, 1840. BIBLE STORIES. THE CREATION AND FALL OF MAN. Iti six days God created the universe—the...