By that its.ill-deservings are to be measured, — not by the narrowness of the limits, either of time or place, within which the good providence of God hath confined its power of doing mischief. If, on any ground, it were safe to indulge a hope that... Works - Page 243edited by - 1847Full view - About this book
| 1810 - 708 pages
...different from hii own. " If," fays he," it were, on any ground, fafe to indulge a hope that the fuffering of the wicked may have an end, it would be upon the...examples of learning and piety which our own times have feen, — that the aftual endurance of punifhment in the next life will produce effects to which the... | |
| English literature - 1810 - 700 pages
...different from hi< Own. " If," ftys he," it were, on any ground, fafe to indulge a hope that the fuffering of the wicked may have an end, it would be upon the...examples of learning and piety which our own times have feen, — that the actual endurance of punithment in the next life will produce effefts to which the... | |
| Samuel Horsley - Sermons, English - 1811 - 460 pages
...ground, it were safe to indulge a hope thai the suffering of the wicked mny hnve an end. it woulrl be Upon the principle adopted by the great Origen,...in the next life will produce effects to which the appreliension of it in this had been insufficient, and end, after a long course of ages, in the reformation... | |
| Samuel Horsley - Sermons - 1811 - 472 pages
...of time or place, within which the good providence of God hath confined its power of doing mischief. If, on any ground, it were safe to indulge a hope that the suffering of the \virked may have an end, it would be upon the principle adopted by the great Origen, and by other eminent... | |
| Samuel Horsley - Sermons, English - 1812 - 340 pages
...of time or place, within which the good providence of God hath confined its power of doing mischief. If, on any ground, it were safe to indulge a hope...produce effects to which the apprehension of it in this bad been insufficient; and end, after a long course of ages, in the reformation of the worst characters.... | |
| Samuel Stanhope Smith - Natural theology - 1815 - 568 pages
...assistances of future hopes and fears, had been unable to effect. The great and learned Origen believed that the actual endurance of punishment in the next life, will produce moral effects to which the apprehensions of it only in the present state, had been insufficient, and... | |
| Samuel Horsley (bp. of St. Asaph.) - 1816 - 354 pages
...time or place, within which the good providence of God hath confined its power of doing mischief. • If, on any ground, it were safe to indulge a hope...Origen, and by other eminent examples of learning and s VJ piety which our own times have seen, — that the actual endurance of punishment in the- next... | |
| Robert Adam - Religions - 1823 - 530 pages
...punishment ; but they contend that it will be corrective in its nature, and limited in its duration. That the actual endurance of punishment in the next...of it in this had been insufficient, and end, after an indefinite period, in the reformation of the worst characters. They maintain that the scheme of... | |
| Samuel Horsley - Bible - 1827 - 596 pages
...of time or place, within which the good providence of God hath confined its power of doing mischief. If, on any ground, it were safe to indulge a hope...examples of learning and piety which our own times have seen,—that the actual endurance of pu•"* nishment in the next life will produce effects to which... | |
| Charles Henry Wharton, George Washington Doane - 1834 - 444 pages
...of time or place, within which the good providence of God has confined its power of doing mischief. If, on any ground, it were safe to indulge a hope, that the sufferings of the wicked may have an end, it would be upon the principle adopted by some few of the... | |
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