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Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1859. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... LECTURE IX. Third leading proposition continued, viz.: God governs with rightful authority.--God is benevolent, because the present system may be the best possible.--Objection from the existence of moral evil.--There may be an Impossibility, in the nature of things, that it should be prevented. Assuming that a moral system may be the best, 1. It may be impossible to prevent all sin under a moral system.---2. If this is not true, it may be impossible under the beet moral system. In the last lecture, I commenced the argument in support of the benevolence of God by proposing to show, That the present system may be not only better than none, but the best possible to the Creator. In that lecture I considered the objection to the divine benevolence, derived from the existence of natural evil. I now propose to consider that which is derived from the existence and prevalence of moral evil. This is justly esteemed the principal objection. It is demanded, if natural evil is a necessary and useful consequence of moral evil, why did not God prevent moral evil? Why did he not adopt, as he might have done, a moral system, which should result in the perfect and endless holiness and happiness of his moral creation; at least one which should have prevented the present extensive prevalence of moral evil 1 Or, if this was impossible, then it may be demanded again, why adopt a moral system at all; or, if he could not adopt a moral system, nor any other which should be better than none, then why adopt any system of creation? This I think, is the objection derived from the existence and prevalence of moral evil in its full force. And it is obvious that it derives all its plausibility from the single assumption, that God, either by adopting a different system from the present, or none at ...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781154204940
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 162
  • Spine Width: 9 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1154204944
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 299 gr


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