The Method of the Divine Government, Physical and Moral

James McCosh

Sutherland and Knox, 1852 - Providence and government of God - 512 pages

Contents

• BOOK FIRST: 1
• Object of the Treatise Investigation of the Providence of God: 15
• CHAPTER II: 26
• The Restraints and Penalties of Divine Providence: 37
• The Alienation of Man from God: 45
• Schism in the Human Soul: 56
• THE ACTUAL WORLD AND THE VIEW WHICH IT GIVES OF: 59
• Other General Phenomena fitted to throw Light on the Condi: 68
• BOOK SECOND: 77
• Adjustment of the Material Substances with their Properties: 88
• Special Adjustments required in order to produce General: 100
• nomena Conditions of the Operation of CausesReview: 108
• Connexion of God with his Works: 138
• Infinite Power and Wisdom required to Govern a World: 146
• CHAPTER II: 154
• Purposes served by the Complication and Fortuities of Nature: 164
• On a General and Particular Providence: 176
• ILLUSTRATIVE NOTE E Combes Constitution of Man: 183
• Practical Influence of the various Views which may be taken: 201
• Method of answering Prayer and furthering Spiritual Ends: 209
• CHAPTER III: 222
• Arrangements needful to the stability of the Social System: 229
• State of Society when the Aids to Virtue and the Restraints: 235
• Adaptation of this World to Man considered as a Fallen Being: 243
• Explanation of the Mysteries of Divine Providence furnished: 252
• CHAPTER I: 258
• Freedom and Responsibility compatible with the Causal Con: 264
• Distinctions to be attended to in Ethical Inquiry: 279
• Common Quality of Virtuous Action: 298
• Practical Rule to be followed in determining what is Good: 310
• General View of Mans Original Moral Constitution as illus: 316
• ACTUAL MORAL STATE OF: 320
• Influence of a Depraved Will upon the Moral Judgments: 326
• Judgment pronounced by the Conscience upon the Character: 338
• Farther Inquiry into the Virtuousness and more particularly: 346
• Theory of the Production of the Existing Moral State of Man: 358
• Restraints laid upon Man by the Consciencetheir Extent: 374
• General Review of Mans Existing Moral Nature: 392
• CHAPTER III: 400
• The same Subject The Affections: 406
• Influence exercised by these Principles in biassing the Con: 418
• Summary of the Argument from the Combined View of: 429
• Prevailing Defective Views of the Divine Character: 436
• Character of God as Revealed in Scripture: 442
• RESTORATION OF: 449
• What is needful in order to the Restoration of Man2: 460
• Same Subject continued Means of applying the Aid: 467
• The World to Come: 490
• Relation between Cause and Effect in the Physical World: 496
• Scheme of Intuitive Intellectual Principles considered Psychologically: 503

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Method of the Divine Government, Physical and Moral
• Author: James McCosh
• Edition: 3
• Publisher: Sutherland and Knox, 1852
• Original from: Harvard University
• Digitized: Jan 9, 2009
• Length: 512 pages