John Miley
1813–1895
Drew Seminary theologian who gave the fullest nineteenth-century American statement of Arminian systematic theology.
In his own words
There is such a providence of God, in the maintenance of the orderly processes of nature, which from its uniformity we call his natural providence. But such a providence, because it is personal, may, in given instances and for sufficient reasons, so vary its agency as to prevent the results of its uniform operation, or attain results which otherwise would not be reached. Such interpositions we call a supernatural providence. The real distinction, however, is one of order, not of agency. In both the agency is supernatural, and equally in both, as in distinction from mere physical forces, but in the one it operates with uniformity, and in the other with occasional and varying interpositions. 4. Illustrations of the Natural and the Supernatural.—We shall directly point out the difficulty of distinguishing between the natural and the supernatural modes of providence, as events usually arise in the history of the world. We turn therefore for illustrations to sacred history. If any object to such instances, they may be regarded simply as suppositions. They will in this view equally answer for illustration.
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What we hold of him
Systematic Theology Vol 2
Classic
Systematic Theology Vol 1
Classic
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