...may have over me, there is one thing which he shall not do ; he shall not compel me to worship him. I will call no being good, who is not what I mean...to hell for not so calling him, to hell I will go." (" On Hamilton," pp. 123-4.) We have two preliminary remarks to make on this most impressive passage,...

...world, it was still more blessed to give Him to die for His enemies, and to compel me to worship him. I will call no being good who is not what I mean when...to hell for not so calling him, to hell I will go." Now it is plain that the principle on which Mr. M., like all other unbelievers, goes, is that of judging...

...Deity to whom the term is not applicable in any intelligible sense ; rather than do so, he says, " If such a Being can sentence me to hell for not so calling him, to hell I will go." The case is of course purely hypothetical, being intended as a reductio ad absurdum of the belief in...

...hesitate to recognize the same spirit in the vehement words of an illustrious modern philosopher ; " I will call no being good who is not what I mean when...and if such a being can sentence me to hell for not calling him, to hell I will go. " * For such words amount only to the strenuous assertion that wrong...

...as he meant when he applied the term to his fellow-men ; " And," he says, in these strong terms, " if such a Being can sentence me to hell for not so calling him, to hell I will go." The excitement and controversy are long since past, but the work remains, as the greatest criticism...

...conceiving' does not sanction them ; convince me of it and I will bear my fate as I may, . ... but I will call no being good, who is not what I mean when I apply that epithet to my fellow-creature.1 However, our immediate question is, not whether there exists a being possessing infinite...

...have over me, there in one thing which he shull not do, — he chalI not compel me to worship him. I will call no Being good who Is not what I mean when I apply that epithet to my fellow-ereatures ; and, if such a Being ean sentence me to boll for not м calling him, to hell I will...

...may have over me, there is one thing which he shall not do ; he shall not compel me to worship him. I will call no Being good who is not what I mean when I apply that term to my fellow creatures ; and if such a Being can send me to hell for not so calling him, to hell...

...may have over me, there is one thing which he shall not do; he shall not compel me to worship him. I will call no Being good who is not what I mean when I apply that term to my fellow creatures ; and if such a Being can send me to hell for not so calling him, to hell...

...who is not what I mean when I apply that term to my fellow creatures ; and if such a Being can send me to hell for not so calling him, to hell I will go" (Exam. Sir Wm. Hamilton, vol. i, p. 104). Goodness in God must be the same as goodness in man ! So...