dness.
Chapter V. The Dispensation Of The Divine Favours Reconciled With The
Goodness Of God.
Section I. The unequal distribution of favours, which obtains in the
economy of natural providence, consistent with the goodness of God.
Section II. The Scripture doctrine of election consistent with the
impartiality of the divine goodness.
Section III. The Calvinistic scheme of election inconsistent with
the impartiality and glory of the divine goodness.
Section IV. The true ground and reason of election to eternal life
shows it to be consistent with the infinite goodness of God.
Conclusion. A Summary View Of The Principles And Advantages Of The
Foregoing System.
Chapter I. Summary Of The First Part Of The Foregoing System.
Section I. The scheme of necessity denies that man is the
responsible author of sin.
Section II. The scheme of necessity makes God the author of sin.
Section III. The scheme of necessity denies the reality of moral
distinctions.
Section IV. The moral world not constituted according to the scheme
of necessity.
Section V. The relation between the human agency and the divine.
Section VI. The existence of moral evil consistent with the infinite
purity of God.
Chapter II. Summary Of The Second Part Of The Foregoing System.
Section I. God desires the salvation of all men.
Section II. The sufferings of the innocent, and especially of
infants, consistent with the goodness of God.
Section III. The sufferings of Christ consistent with the divine
goodness.
Section IV. The eternity of future punishment consistent with the
goodness of God.
Section V. The true doctrine of election and predestination
consistent with the goodness of God.
Section VI. The question submitted.
Footnotes

Introduction.

OF THE POSSIBILITY OF A THEODICY.

How, under the government of an infinitely perfect Being, evil could have
proceeded from a creature of his own, has ever been regarded as the great
difficulty pertaining to the intellectual system of the universe. It has
never ceased to puzzle and perplex the human mind. Indeed, so great and so
obstinate has it seemed, that it is usually supposed to lie beyond the
reach of the human faculties. We shall, however, examine the grounds of
this opinion, before we exchan