...y, the notion o r idea, equally clear, of the sense and terms in which alone we design to speak. Without these two notions, it seems morally impossi... ... and justice, so permitted and so disposed it with great deliberation, and with designs worthy of his greatness, in order by that evil visitation, t... ...es of scripture, which speak of the future estate of the Jews, and of the great designs which God hath yet towards them, a point which is inseparable... ...of God, as also what her occupations in that wilderness are to be, and what the design of God in so extraordinary a dispensation. With respect to t... ...ople; and the Lord shall manifest these hidden things, and likewise his ends and designs: “Then shall the Lord show them these things.” And then Moun... ...age. In this m anner then preserving the proportion, and with the same ends and designs, God will the second time draw that same woman, composed of ... ...n his spouse, doth well apply to the present Catholic church, which the Apostle designates “the pillar and ground of the truth,” because therein onl... ...hat most certainly was, is, and shall be the will of God, and the intention and design of the Redeemer. Consequently that is the vocation, and oblig...