Revelation examined with candour : or, A fair enquiry into the sense and use of the several revelations expressly declared, or sufficiently implied, to be given to mankind from the creation, as they are found in the Bible . Dissertation XI. Concerning the ends of divine wifdomanswered by the A VIN G, in the precedent difler-tation, fhewn you, what methodsof mercy and wifdom it pleafedGod to make ufe of, to keepmankind in a courfe of duty,and to deter them from difobedience, beforethe flood; and that, upon the failure of allthofe methods, there was an apparent necef-fity of a new rev
Revelation examined with candour : or, A fair enquiry into the sense and use of the several revelations expressly declared, or sufficiently implied, to be given to mankind from the creation, as they are found in the Bible . Dissertation XI. Concerning the ends of divine wifdomanswered by the A VIN G, in the precedent difler-tation, fhewn you, what methodsof mercy and wifdom it pleafedGod to make ufe of, to keepmankind in a courfe of duty,and to deter them from difobedience, beforethe flood; and that, upon the failure of allthofe methods, there was an apparent necef-fity of a new revelation at that time, ante-cedent to the deftru&ion of that degenerate/ace, in order to vindicate the juftice, andthe goodnefs of God in the government ofthe world; to let all fucceeding ge-nerations fee, that no means were left un-eiTayed for their amendment ; and that no-thing, but the laft neceffity, compelled theirMaker to proceed to extremities with hisN 4 creatures;; 184 Rev elation Examind, Sec. creatures: Having like wife ftiewn you howit was poffible, and by what means it wasprobable, that mankind became fo exceeding-ly corrupt before the flood \ and alio by whatmeans that calamity might be brought uponthe earth : 1 now proceed to enquire, whatends of the divine wifdom and goodnefs
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