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being of infinite worth , admitted of no increase or diminution ; on what principle
can we say , that the atoning merits admitted of any ? Is it conceivable , that by a
supposed increase or diminution of objects ultimately saved , his incarnation ...
being of infinite worth , admitted of no increase or diminution ; on what principle
can we say , that the atoning merits admitted of any ? Is it conceivable , that by a
supposed increase or diminution of objects ultimately saved , his incarnation ...
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This last quotation appears to me very singularand very objectionable -- as
containing the most exceptionable part of Hypercalvinism ! That must be a very
anomalous and strange kind of right which is not consistent with infinite justice . If
men ...
This last quotation appears to me very singularand very objectionable -- as
containing the most exceptionable part of Hypercalvinism ! That must be a very
anomalous and strange kind of right which is not consistent with infinite justice . If
men ...
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Is he not infinite intelligence itself ? Some indeed have strangely fancied , that
though he might foreknow foreknow every event before it takes place , if he
pleased ; yet that he does not choose to know it . But is not his knowledge of all
things ...
Is he not infinite intelligence itself ? Some indeed have strangely fancied , that
though he might foreknow foreknow every event before it takes place , if he
pleased ; yet that he does not choose to know it . But is not his knowledge of all
things ...
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The former , like intelligence , is an infinite perfection of the divine nature , and
therefore cannot be limited by will , any more than the divine existence . The idea
of power exerted ad extra , stands related to a limited object ; and as the idea of a
...
The former , like intelligence , is an infinite perfection of the divine nature , and
therefore cannot be limited by will , any more than the divine existence . The idea
of power exerted ad extra , stands related to a limited object ; and as the idea of a
...
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infinite worth , or else of no worth at all , to answer the demands of law and justice
. What is of infinite value cannot be in itself restricted ; and therefore its aspect ,
when revealed and proposed to men , must necessarily be indefinite .
infinite worth , or else of no worth at all , to answer the demands of law and justice
. What is of infinite value cannot be in itself restricted ; and therefore its aspect ,
when revealed and proposed to men , must necessarily be indefinite .
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| Title | A Defence of Modern Calvinism: Containing an Examination of the Bishop of Lincoln's Work, Entitled a Refutation of Calvinism |
| Author | Edward Williams |
| Publisher | J. Black, 1812 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 28 Apr 2015 |
| Length | 544 pages |
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