...thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate ; k 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...

...of directing it to my favourite subjects Of providence, fore-knowledge, will, and fate. Fixed fate, free will, fore-knowledge absolute, And found no end in wandering mazes lost. This preposterous pursuit was, beyond doubt, injurious hoth to my natural powers, and to the progress...

...high Others apart sat, on a hill retired, Of Providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate; Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute; And found no end, in wandering mazes lost: 560 Of good and evil much they argued then, Of happiness; and final misery, Passion and apathy, and...

...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...and shame, Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy." The pointing of this long Period will shew sufficiently its construction, and the method of Punctuation;...

...and Epicurus (a) were the religion of the few great citizens who lived during this dreadful period. " Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy, Yet with a pleasing sorcery could charm Pain for awhile and anguish ; or excite Fallacious hope, or arm th' obdurate breast With stubborn patience,...

...on this ? Multitudes have " Reasoned high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute ; And found no end, in wandering mazes lost." Such, indeed, is the intrinsic abstruseness of theology, that, when large denominations profess to...

...this ? Multitudes have , " Reasoned high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute ; And found no end, in wandering mazes lost." Such, indeed, is the intrinsic abstruseness of theology, that, when large denominations profess to...

...on this ? Multitudes have " Reasoned high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute ; And found no end, in wandering mazes lost." Such, indeed, is the intrinsic abstruseness of theology, that, when large denominations profess to...

...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 latter groups are exquisitely conceived, and adapted to mitigate the " regions of horror, doleful...

..."infernal Peers" when "reasoning high "— " Of Providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate— Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute— And found no end in wandering mazes lost!" No! If it is admitted—and who can doubt it? —that a proper system of education, wise institutions,...