 shall be deemed worthy of the attention of the public, the editor is well rewarded, in the pleasing consciousness of having contributed his aid to the. advancement of those noble purposes of its pious . author, who, * Sought to assert Eternal Providence,...  The Monthly review. New and improved ser - Seite 2541800Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Hugh Miller - 1871 - 484 Seiten
...precious boon more to the world, suited, conformably to the special demands of these latter times, to " assert Eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to man." There has been war among the intelligences of God's spiritual creation. Lucifer, son of the morning,... | |
 | Edward Maitland - 1871 - 524 Seiten
...as to suggest to him the greatest fear for her should am-thiug really serious happen. From seeking ' to assert eternal providence and justify the ways of God to man,' as manifested in the development of the spiritual and emotional iu humanity, his design gradually assumed... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1871 - 74 Seiten
...of Louis Napoleon is natural. It is hard to see how it could be otherwise, so long as we continue " to assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to man.*' Had he remained successful to the end, and died peacefully on the throne, his name would have been... | |
 | 1872 - 774 Seiten
...nobler mark was never aimed at by the winged words of any poet—save Milton himself, as he sang— To assert Eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to man. As each part of the " Idylls " is in perfect harmony with the other parts, echoing the same sentiment,... | |
 | William M. White - 1874 - 280 Seiten
...published, in 1764, his work entitled "Angelic Wisdom Concerning the Divine Providence." Its purpose is to " assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to man." In the first place, it is shown that the Divine Providence is the government of the Love and the Wisdom... | |
 | John Milton - 1874 - 228 Seiten
...Mariner, 164 : * Gramercy ! they for joy did grin.' 24. many there be that, &c. He wrote Paradise Lost to 'assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to man.' See esp. iii. 80-134. (Herodotus, ii. 48), a thing moved ay/vxw oiicrjv vfj&vaiv (Clemens Alexandrinus,... | |
 | George Rapall Noyes - 1874 - 356 Seiten
...advancement ; and that they lead in the end to higher good than would otherwise be obtained ; and thus to assert eternal providence, and justify the ways of God to man. And, while he enforces the duty of entire submission to God, he incidentally intimates that unfounded... | |
 | 1877 - 630 Seiten
...that matter, avows openly that ho has a thesis to maintain ; his object is, he tells us at the outset, to " assert Eternal Providence and justify the ways of God to man." " Paradise Lost," then, is two distinct things in one—an epic and a theodicy. Unfortunately, these... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1879 - 370 Seiten
...that matter, avows openly that he has a thesis to maintain ; his object is, he tells us at the outset, to 'assert Eternal Providence and justify the ways of God to man.' Paradise Lost, then, is two distinct things in one.—an epic and a theodicy. Unfortunately, these... | |
 | William White - 1879 - 268 Seiten
...published, in 1764, his work entitled "Angelic Wisdom Concerning the Divine Providence." Its purpose is to " assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to man." In the first place, it is shown that the Divine Providence is the government of the Love and the Wisdom... | |
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