A Compendium of the Systems of Divine Truth

re determined never to oelieve in divine revelation ; but to rely on their own wisdom and goodness for the hope of final happiness ! As certainly as there is a Savior, and they continue to reject him, they must perish forever. How fervently should christians pray for unbelievers! " Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." Amen. ESSAY III. The perfections of God. In the last essay, proof has been offered, of the divine inspiration of the holy scriptures. We may now proceed, by the light of scripture and reason, to an illustration and proof of The Perfections Of God. " As for God, his way is perfect." Equally perfect is his nature. To exhibit a clear illustration and proof of the divine perfections ; a distinction will be made between those which are called natural, and those which are called moral perfections. The natural perfections of God, consist in his eternity, immutability, omnipotence, omniscience, omnipresence, invisibility and independence. Of all the moral perfections of God, holiness or goodness is the sum and substance. But his goodness consists in justice, lnercy, spiritual wisdom, truth, and faithfulness. In the arrangement which has been made of the natural perfections of God, the first to be considered, is his eternity. And that he is, in the strictest sense, eternal, absolutely without beginning or end, or any limitation.is evident from this consideration, that if it ever was the case, that he had no existence, it was imposs...