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Publication
Philadelphia : Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1843. [originally published Philadelphia : Joseph Whetham, 1833]
Physical description
186 p.; 16 cm
Notes
This book may be accessed in digital format here : https://archive.org/details/divinepurposedis00matt
CONTENTS:
LETTER I. — Difference between truth and error always important.
LETTER II. — The influence of prejudice—answer to the question what are the decrees of God?
LETTER III. — God never acts without design—Providence, what—extends to the preservation of life—and to all inanimate matter.
LETTER IV. — Death, with all its causes, under the government of providence—the care of God extends to the whole universe.
LETTER V. — The divine purpose neither suspends, nor violates the free agency of man.
LETTER VI. — The divine purpose perfectly consistent with the free agency of man.
LETTER VII. — A method of ascertaining the extent of Divine Providence—Great events necessarily include all the less ones, of which they are made up.
LETTER VIII. — Events, similar to those contained in the prophecies and promises of God, are all included in His purpose.
LETTER IX. — The purposes of God not inconsistent with the moral agency of man.
LETTER X. — This consistency incomprehensible to us—but so are many other things which yet we believe.
LETTER XI. — Moral Government—Salvation by Grace.
LETTER XII. — The favours of God, bestowed according to His own design—Purpose, decree, intention, foreordination, &c.
LETTER XIII. — The number to be saved depends entirely on the will of God.
LETTER XIV. — The means of salvation suited to each individual, embraced in the divine purpose.
LETTER XV. — 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.
LETTER XVI. — Man is a Predestinarian—the Commander of an army—the Architect—the Farmer—elect, foreordain, &c.
LETTER XVII. — The final perseverance of Christians.
LETTER XVIII. — Same subject, continued.
LETTER XIX. — This doctrine gives such views of the character of God as are calculated to excite devotion—Conclusion.
CONTENTS:
LETTER I. — Difference between truth and error always important.
LETTER II. — The influence of prejudice—answer to the question what are the decrees of God?
LETTER III. — God never acts without design—Providence, what—extends to the preservation of life—and to all inanimate matter.
LETTER IV. — Death, with all its causes, under the government of providence—the care of God extends to the whole universe.
LETTER V. — The divine purpose neither suspends, nor violates the free agency of man.
LETTER VI. — The divine purpose perfectly consistent with the free agency of man.
LETTER VII. — A method of ascertaining the extent of Divine Providence—Great events necessarily include all the less ones, of which they are made up.
LETTER VIII. — Events, similar to those contained in the prophecies and promises of God, are all included in His purpose.
LETTER IX. — The purposes of God not inconsistent with the moral agency of man.
LETTER X. — This consistency incomprehensible to us—but so are many other things which yet we believe.
LETTER XI. — Moral Government—Salvation by Grace.
LETTER XII. — The favours of God, bestowed according to His own design—Purpose, decree, intention, foreordination, &c.
LETTER XIII. — The number to be saved depends entirely on the will of God.
LETTER XIV. — The means of salvation suited to each individual, embraced in the divine purpose.
LETTER XV. — 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.
LETTER XVI. — Man is a Predestinarian—the Commander of an army—the Architect—the Farmer—elect, foreordain, &c.
LETTER XVII. — The final perseverance of Christians.
LETTER XVIII. — Same subject, continued.
LETTER XIX. — This doctrine gives such views of the character of God as are calculated to excite devotion—Conclusion.