The divine purpose : displayed in the works of providence and grace in a series of letters to an inquiring friend /
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| Author / Creator: | Matthews, John, 1772-1848. |
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| Imprint: | Philadelphia : Presbyterian Board of Publication, ©1843. |
| Description: | 186 pages ; 16 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13174770 |
Table of Contents:
- Difference between truth and error always important
- The influence of prejudice, answer to the question what are the decrees of God?
- God never acts without design, Providence, what, extends to the preservation of life-and to all inanimate matter
- Death, with all its causes, under the government of providence, the care of God extends to the whole universe
- The divine purpose neither suspends, nor violates the free agency of man
- The divine purpose perfectly consistent with the free agency of man
- A method of ascertaining the extent of divine providence, great events necessarily include all the less ones, of which they are made up
- Events, similar to those contained in the prophecies and promises of God, are all include in his purpose
- The purposes of God not inconsistent with the moral agency of man
- This consistency incomprehensible to us, but so are many other things which yet we believe
- Moral government, salvation by grace
- The favours of God, bestowed according to his own design-purpose, decree, intention, foreordination, &c.
- The number to be saved depends entirely on the will of God
- The means of salvation suited to each individual, embraced in the divine purpose
- The providence of God subservient to the designs of mercy-great events made up of smaller, our duty and interest to meditate on all his works
- Man is a predestinarian, the commander of an army, the architect-the farmer-elect, foreordain, &c.
- The final perseverance of Christians
- Same subject, continued
- This doctrine gives such views of the character of God as are calculated to excite devotion. Conclusion.