The benevolence of the Deity, fairly and impartially considered. In three parts. The first explains the sense, in which we are to understand benevolence, as applicable to God. The second asserts, and proves, that this perfection, in the sense explained, is one of His essential attributes. The third endeavors to answer objections. ... / By Charles Chauncy, D.D. Senior Pastor of the First Church of Christ in Boston.

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The benevolence of the Deity, fairly and impartially considered. In three parts. The first explains the sense, in which we are to understand benevolence, as applicable to God. The second asserts, and proves, that this perfection, in the sense explained, is one of His essential attributes. The third endeavors to answer objections. ... / By Charles Chauncy, D.D. Senior Pastor of the First Church of Christ in Boston.

Author

Chauncy, Charles, 1705-1787.

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America: Massachusetts; Boston: :: Printed by Powars & Willis.,

MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]

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God -- Attributes.

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"The benevolence of the Deity, fairly and impartially considered. In three parts. The first explains the sense, in which we are to understand benevolence, as applicable to God. The second asserts, and proves, that this perfection, in the sense explained, is one of His essential attributes. The third endeavors to answer objections. ... / By Charles Chauncy, D.D. Senior Pastor of the First Church of Christ in Boston." In the digital collection Evans Early American Imprint Collection. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N14516.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• INTRODUCTION.
• PART I. Explaining Benevolence as attributed to the DEITY.
• PART II. Proving, that the Deity is supremely and perfectly benevolent, in the sense that goodness, as a moral quality, has been explained to belong to him.
• PART III. Answering the principal objections which have been urged against the benevolence of the Deity.