This swift revolution of the heavens, being ruled by eternal law, Motion to accident often fall into disorder and quickly collide, The assembling and the separate flight of the stars above are notĭue to the workings of chance that while bodies which owe their
Of the world does not endure without some one to guard it, and that
Present purpose it is unnecessary to show that this mighty structure The task is not difficult, - I shall be pleading the cause of the Objection while the main question is left untouched, I shall do so That a part be severed from the whole, and that I refute a single This would be more fittingly answered in a coherent workĭesigned to prove that a Providence does preside over the universe,Īnd that God concerns himself with us. Providence rules the world, it still happens that many evils befall I haveĪllowed Greek passages to stand as the scanner read them, inĬontents: ON PROVIDENCE+ | ON FIRMNESS+ | ON ANGER+ | ON MERCY+ Literary interest to a general reader have been included. Only notes of historical, philosophical, or A slashįollowed by a small letter or a number indicates a footnote at theīottom of the page. Parentheses indicate how many times the item appears.
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