...rather any theme on which mortal man is so often and so sadly perplexed as on this ? Multitudes have " Reasoned high Of providence, foreknowledge, will,...fate, Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute ; And found no end, in wandering mazes lost." Such, indeed, is the intrinsic abstruseness of theology,...

...for contemplation to one band of the spirits fallen from heaven, who, in their place of punishment, " apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate,...fate, Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost." All science proceeds from one generalization to another,...

...for contemplation to one band of the spirits fallen from heaven, who, in their place of punishment, " apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate,...fate, Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost." All science proceeds from one generalization to another,...

...to John, or John possessing pride, in phrases of the same form as when * Others apart (other devils) sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and...high Of Providence, Foreknowledge, Will, and Fate, Fixed-fate, Free-will, Foreknowledge-absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost : Of Good...

...their leader on his sad and fatal errand to this world, some of his compeers " sat on a hill retired, and reasoned high of Providence, foreknowledge, will,...fate, fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute," — we can hardly conceive of Moloch joining the band. The topics were too abstruse and too theoretical...

...providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate ; Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute ; 560 Ana found no end, in wandering mazes lost. Of good and...evil much they argued then. Of happiness and final miser}', Passion and apathy, and glory and shame ; Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy ! 565 Yet,...

...foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fix'd fate, free-will, foreknowledge absolute, 560 And found no end, in wand'ring mazes lost. Of good and evil much they argued then,...Of happiness and final misery, Passion and apathy, glory and shame, Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy : 565 547. Sing, £r- •' Their music is employed...

...not such a spirit bring with it its punishment ? We darken "counsel by words without knowledge.' * Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high, Of providence, fore-knowledge, will, and fata, First fate, free will, fore-knowledge...

...human speculatists on duty and morals, do we not encounter on the threshold those terrible problems of "Providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate — Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute," problems that have tasked the unaided understanding of man ever since he began to think and to reason...

...which are related to have been found baffling in another sphere — where more potent intelligences 1 reasoned high Of providence, foreknowledge, will,...fate; Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute ; (Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy !) And found no end, in wandering mazes lost." Let us contrast...