A Series of Letters in Defence of Divine Revelation

That God originally designed death, is one idea; that he designed it for the good of mankind is another idea. In order to do you justice and to attach no other meaning to your communication than such as I conceive to be consistent with your real sentiments, I must suppose that you would not wish to fault the first of those ideas, as it is an item in your creed, that God foreordained whatsoever comes to pass; of course, you believe that God originally designed death.