PLANETS, the uncertainty of their being inhabited. That some of the planets are such huge things, so vastly bigger than the globe of the earth, is no certain sign of their being inhabited. This planet we dwell upon may, nevertheless, be as it were elected to infinitely greater and more important purposes. Such an election there is with regard to the seed of plants and animals. Where there is one that is used for the purposes for which they are fitted, to produce a future plant or animal, vast multitudes are, as it were, thrown away in divine providence. Those seeds are as great a work of God, perhaps, as the bodies of Saturn or Jupiter, notwithstanding their vast bulk. - WJE 23:253
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Term Set B: inhabited election earth earth earth
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Scientific and Philosophical Writings
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Scientific and Philosophical Writings
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6:253
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Scientific and Philosophical Writings
WJEO
20:127
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The "Miscellanies," 833-1152
WJEO
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The "Miscellanies," 1153-1360
WJEO
23:704
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The "Miscellanies," 1153-1360
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Scientific and Philosophical Writings
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Typological Writings
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20:281
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The "Miscellanies," 833-1152
WJEO
23:253
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The "Miscellanies," 1153-1360
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