...offended us. He might have made everything we tasted bitter, everything we saw loathsome, everything we touched a sting, every smell a stench and every sound a discord." The countless evidences of his care prove beyond question that God wills and wishes the happiness of...

...or by placing us amidst objects so ill suited to our perceptions as to have continually offended us, instead of ministering to our refreshment and delight....every smell a stench, and every sound a discord." The world abounds with contrivances for man's comfort and delight, and every considerate mind perceives...

...or by placing us amidst objects so ill suited to our perceptions as to have continually offended us, instead of ministering to our refreshment and delight....we saw, loathsome ; every thing we touched, a sting ; everv smell, a stench ; and every sound, a discord. " If he had been indifferent about our happiness...

...misery, " He might have made everything we tasted, bitter ; everything we saw, loathsome ; everything we touched, a sting ; every smell, a stench ; and every sound, a discord : " while, if He had been indifferent about our happiness we must impute all enjoyment we have " to...

...or by placing us amidst objects so ill suited to our perceptions as to have continually offended us, instead of ministering to our refreshment and delight....had been indifferent about our happiness or misery, wo must impute to our good fortune (as all design by this supposition is excluded) both the capacity...

...by placing us amidst objects so ill-suited to our perceptions, as to have continually offended us, instead of ministering to our refreshment and delight. He might have made, for example, everything we tasted, bitter; everything we saw, loathsome; everything we touched, a sting; every smell,...

...by placing us amidst objects so ill suited to our perceptions, as to have continually offended us, instead of ministering to our refreshment and delight. He might have made, for example, everything we tasted bitter: everything we saw loathsome; everything we touched a sting; every smell...

...Philosophy, one could argue that if God 'had wished our misery, he might have made sure of his purpose ... He might have made, for example, every thing we tasted...every thing we touched a sting; every smell a stench.' This all seems very unsophisticated and would scarcely be worth repeating except as a prelude to what...

...by placing us amidst objects so ill suited to our perceptions, as to have continually offended us, instead of ministering to our refreshment and delight....sting; every smell a stench; and every sound a discord. and the supply of external objects fitted to produce it. Bnt either of these (and still more both of...

...or, by placing us among objects so ill suited to our perceptions as to have continually offended us, instead of ministering to our refreshment and delight. He might have made, for instance, every thing we tasted bitter, every thing we saw loathsome, every thing we touched a sting,...