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The Congregational Lecture, Twelfth Series (Classic Reprint): The Revealed Doctrine of Rewards and Punishments - Couverture souple

Richard Winter Hamilton

 
9781330183014: The Congregational Lecture, Twelfth Series (Classic Reprint): The Revealed Doctrine of Rewards and Punishments

Synopsis

This book explores the nature and condition of humankind, seeking to determine whether there is evidence for the existence of an eternal retribution for sin. The author employs a priori reasoning to argue that natural demonstration does not offer relief from this dilemma, and that Christianity, as a remedial system, proceeds on the assumption of a prior, independent, dilemma. The book maintains a calm steadiness amidst the boasts of an affected liberality and the concessions of a popular charity, contending that disbelief in truth is not unloving. The author endeavors to prove that nature brings no relief by suggesting any alternative; according to its decisions, moral agents are happy or miserable just as are the qualities of their agency. The difficulty may be only thrown back, but it now presses upon the impugners of the Scripture doctrine of future punishment. The book concludes that revelation follows up on nature, and that the two are not contradictory. The insights presented in this book offer a significant contribution to the ongoing discussion on the nature of sin and the possibility of eternal retribution.

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