Reflections on the Works of God; and on His Providence in the Regions of Nature, and in the Government of the Universe PDF
By:Christoph Christian Sturm
Published on 2013-09 by Theclassics.Us
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1824 edition. Excerpt: ... STURM'S REFLECTIONS. MARCH 1. INVITATION TO THE CONTEMPLATION OF THE WORKS OF GOD. O you, my brethren! who adore with me the Lord of heaven and earth, come and consider his works, behold the wonders which he performs, confess and adore his love. Of all the knowledge you can possess, this is the most important, the most agreeable, the most easy to be acquired. You could easily do without many of those sciences which cost you so much labour and pains; but the knowledge of God and his works is absolutely indispensable, if you wish to fulfil the ends of your creation, and thereby secure your happiness both for time and for eternity. You do well to seek an acquaintance with him, such as he is revealed to us by his divine word; but you will never embrace this revelation with an entire conviction of heart, if you do not behold in him the creator of every thing which exists, of every thing that is grand, beautiful, and wonderful--if you do not look upon him as your father and benefactor. This is the best preparation for under standing the holy gospel: from thence our blessed Saviour, when instructing his disciples in the truths of his blessed religion, drew his most sublime lessons of wisdom; he employed both physical and moral objects as subjects to conduct his auditors to the meditation of things celestial and spiritual. The study of the book of nature is indeed a noble occupation, and worthy of immortal man: in it we may peruse the immense greatness of God, and our own littleness; the magnificence of his bounties, and the obligations they impose. It is, indeed, disgraceful to man to be as inattentive and insensible to the wonders which surround him as are the brute creation. If we are endowed with reason, it is that we may make use of it to...
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