...great author of Paradise Lost, — " Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of Providence, foreknowledge, will,...absolute ; And found no end, — in wandering mazes lost. Professor Thos. Brown, Playfair, and Chalmers, (only known for astronomy, mathematics, and eccentricity,...

...foreknowledge, will, and fate ; Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute ; 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 ; Yet with a pleasing...

...retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate ; Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute ; And found no end, in wandering mazes lost." The mist of uncertainty, nevertheless, still clings around these questions as much as ever. I choose...

...gender strife. Such are the topics which Milton represents the fallen angels as discussing — they " Reasoned high, Of providence, foreknowledge, will,...absolute ; And found no end in wandering mazes lost 2." The end of such discussions is too commonly to unsettle men's minds, and call forth the angry passions...

...reasoned high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge ahsolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost. Of good...much they argued then, Of happiness and final misery, Passion and apathy, and glory' and shame, Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy." III. But we would...

...who have gone before you, " And now apart sit on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate and reason high Of providence, foreknowledge, will and fate, Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And find no end in wandering mazes lost." Next to that of being called is the step of our being justified,...

...In thoughts more elevate, and reason 'd high Of providence , foreknowledge, will, and fate — Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute ; And found...they argued then, Of happiness, and final misery, Passion and apathy, and glory and shame ; Vain wisdom all, 'and false philosophy ! Yet, with a pleasing...

...thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate — 560 Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute ; And found...much they argued then Of happiness, and final misery, Passion and apathy, and glory and shame ; 565 Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy ! Yet, with a pleasing...

...retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fix'd , that stinks and stings; iVhose buzz the witty and the fair annoys. fet wit ne'er Passion anil apalhy, and glory and shame, Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy : Yet, with a pleasing...

...experience, by having gotten so often involved in painful, thorny speculations in hell. There they reasoned high Of providence, foreknowledge, will and...absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost. We hardly know whether it be easier or more common to speculate the heart out of one's religion, or...