ESSAYS ON THE WISDOM OF GOD. BY THE REV. DANIEL TYERMAN. 8. A 335. ABS. PRINTED LONDON: OR THE AUTHOR, By R. Clay, Devonshire Street, Bishopsgate; AND SOLD BY BURTON & SMITH, 156, LEADENHALL STREET; NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT. PREFACE. THE human mind is constituted on active principles; a state of quiescence is not natural to it. Prompted by curiosity, or animated by a thirst for knowledge, it is ever anxious to extend its researches beyond the boundaries which it has attained, and to acquire new ideas. Such being the constitution of the human mind, the exertion of its powers to the utmost of their ability, in obtaining knowledge, is highly commendable. But as the happiness of man depends on the nature of his acquirements, and as the correctness of his morals will be in proportion to the accuracy of his principles, nothing can be more obvious than that it is of the utmost moment his attention should be directed to proper objects of contemplation; and that the operations of his mind should be under the control of an accurate judgment. An error here may lead to results beyond description calamitous. |