Excerpt from An Essay on Native Depravity This general principle is of special use in regard to a great variety of subjects, especially with regard to the one now under consideration. We are to make no inference from the moral perfection of God, which will interfere with our belief of man's depravity. We are utterly unable to determine, from our'hotions of the divine goodness, whether all or any human beings will be transgressors, or in what degree they will be depraved, or at what period of their existence, or in what ...
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Excerpt from An Essay on Native Depravity This general principle is of special use in regard to a great variety of subjects, especially with regard to the one now under consideration. We are to make no inference from the moral perfection of God, which will interfere with our belief of man's depravity. We are utterly unable to determine, from our'hotions of the divine goodness, whether all or any human beings will be transgressors, or in what degree they will be depraved, or at what period of their existence, or in what manner, their depravity will commence. Facts show, and the Scriptures show, that many things are consistent with the goodness of God, which, judging from our own reason, we should have thought wholly inconsistent. We are to remember this; and to come to the inquiry, what is the moral state of man? With a mind free from prepossession, ready to believe what is proved by proper evidence, and with a full perena sion that, whatever we find to be fact as to the exist ence, the degree, the commencement, or the. Conse gushees, of depravity in man, must be perfectly con sistent with the moral attributes of God. Accordingly, the consideration that God is infinitely benevolent, can have no more influence upon our inquiry respecting man's moral character and state, than respecting the natural faculties of his mind, or his bodily senses. The subject must be treated wholly as a matter of fact. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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