The Foreknowledge of God, and Cognate Themes in Theology and Philosophy
Cincinnati: Walden & Stowe, 1882. 8vo. Blind stamped brown cloth cover. Spine stamped in gold. 464 pp. including indices. A little rubbing at top and bottom of spine. A few tiny white specks on front cover. Small piece missing from bottom corner of back endpaper. Previous owner's name in pencil on free front endpaper. Overall, a tight, clean very good copy.
Table of Contents: Preliminary Observations; Prophecy Compared with Miracle; The Human Will Acts Under Two Laws; The Four Kingdoms of God; The Application of These Principles; The Case of Hazael Considered; The Case of Judas Iscariot Considered; God's Estimate of Probabilities; Fatalistic Tendencies; Where is the Necessity for Absolute Foreknowledge?; Principles Admitted by all Schools of Theology; Calvinistic Views of Foreknowledge; Foreknowledge Incomprehensible; Views of Others; Imperfect Views of Omniscience; The Infinite, the Absolute, and the Unconditioned in Relation to the Divine Foreknowledge; Introduction of Moral Evil into the Universe; Foreknowledge Annihilates the Distinction between Freedom and the Law of Cause and Effect; All Things Will Be as They Will Be; "The Rights of Creature and Creator Germane to the Subject," Foreknowledge Makes God Inconsistent; Foreknowledge Would Detract from Divine Benevolence; Foreknowledge Would Prevent Proper States of Feeling in the Infinite Mind; Divine Foreknowledge is Inconsistent with the Intellectual Perfections of God; Belief in Divine Foreknowledge Depresses the Energies of the Soul; The Denial of Absolute Foreknowledge Tenable; Concluding Observations; Index; Index of Scripture Passages;.
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