...sometimes Pelion upon Ossa, are not unlike those whom Milton describee — . • . I " Who reasoned high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate. Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost." Thus it is that the decisions of one age and one day differ...

...sometimes Pelion upon Ossa, are not unlike those whom Milton describes— • . : '* Who reasoned high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost. 1 ' Thus it is that the decisions of one age and one day differ...

...which, without oneexception, happen to be metaphysical, must and will victoriously return upon us. " Of Providence, Foreknowledge, Will, and Fate, Fixed Fate, Free Will, Foreknowledge Absolute," the ruined angels of Milton (Par. Lost, b. ii.) converse, as of the highest themes which could occupy...

...angels fallen," who, apart from their more active fellows, " sat on a hill retired," " and reasoned high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fixed fate, free will foreknowledge absolute. And found no end in wandering mazes lost. * * * * Vain wisdom all and false philosophy." These schools...

...charms the sense,) Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate ; Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute ; And found no end, in wandering mazes lost. Of good and evil much they argued then, 562 Of happiness and...

...nion was allowed by the church of Rome, must be reckoned those abstruse and inexplicable questions, Of Providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate. Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute : questions on which speculation too frequently ends in distraction and scepticism ; and discussion,...

...which, without one exception, happen to be metaphysical, must and will victoriously return upon us. " Of Providence, Foreknowledge, Will, and Fate, Fixed Fate, Free Will, Foreknowledge Absolute," the ruined angels of Milton (Par. Lost, b. ii.) converse, as of the highest themes which could occupy...

...rest, and long may it be ere he lies in its stillness. VOL. II.— 9 METAPHYSICS. ' and reasoned high Of Providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost. Of good and evil much they argued then, Of happiness and final...

...the discussion of them has given rise to endless controversies ; and that they who have Reasoned high Of Providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate ; Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, Have found no end, in wandering mazes lost. (5.) It cannot be denied that one reason why the epistles...

...needs to be noticed to be corrected. It would be much less easy to point out the numerous excellencies of the work before us than it has been to notice its...research proves, however, that it is only through indqlence, impatience, or some peculiar infirmity, that either devils or men can " find no end, in...