One Hundred and Fifty Reasons for Believing in the Final Salvation of All Mankind (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1849 edition. Excerpt: ... the understanding of Infinite Love. Why are we pleased when we hear that God is Unchangeable? Because it brings to our view a Benevolence which will Never Vary. And why do we rejoice that He is Just? Because we hence learn that thEnergy of %, Love will Never Cease to maintam and defend every thing that is right, and to oppose every thing that is wrong."--Benevolence and Rectitude of the Supreme Being, p. 312. 11. God is the Owner and Proprietor of all men. "Behold, all souls are mine; and as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine." Ezek. 18: 4. God is too wise and good to give any to the devil, and He has too much power to have any forced out of his hands. As all men now belong to God they always will. 12. It is the will of God that' all shall be saved. "Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth." 1 Tim. 2: 4. Of course, as God is love, ' it must be his will that mankind should be saved. An infinitely good being could have no other will. And as he is infinite in knowledge he could not so will unless he knew all would be saved. He could not will that that should take place which he knew never would. 13. No power can defeat his will. "Thy will be done." Matt. 6: 10. "He doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, andimong the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?" Dan 4: 35. "He worketh all things after the counsel of his own will." Eph. 1: 11. The will of God, then, will be done. No power can defeat it. It is certainly a doctrine of revelation that our God will save all men. 14. God purposes the salvation of all men. "Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself, ...