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... , and to have uneasiness removed . So that here is included what Mr. LOCKE supposes determines Will . For when he speaks of " uneasiness , " as determining the Will , he must be understood as supposing 20 PART I. FREEDOM OF THE WILL .
... , and to have uneasiness removed . So that here is included what Mr. LOCKE supposes determines Will . For when he speaks of " uneasiness , " as determining the Will , he must be understood as supposing 20 PART I. FREEDOM OF THE WILL .
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... supposition excludes and denies any such thing : for the case supposed is that of being willing , and choosing . 5. It appears from what has been said , that these terms necessary , impossible , & c . are often used by philosophers and ...
... supposition excludes and denies any such thing : for the case supposed is that of being willing , and choosing . 5. It appears from what has been said , that these terms necessary , impossible , & c . are often used by philosophers and ...
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... supposition of a will to oppose and resist it . For it is absurd , to suppose the same individual will to oppose itself , in its present act ; or the present choice to be opposite to , and resisting present choice : as absurd as it is ...
... supposition of a will to oppose and resist it . For it is absurd , to suppose the same individual will to oppose itself , in its present act ; or the present choice to be opposite to , and resisting present choice : as absurd as it is ...
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... supposition it can have none before it , to direct or determine it , being the first in the train . But if that first volition is not determined by any preceding act of the Will , then that act is not determined by the Will , and so is ...
... supposition it can have none before it , to direct or determine it , being the first in the train . But if that first volition is not determined by any preceding act of the Will , then that act is not determined by the Will , and so is ...
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... supposing this act to be prior to the volition determined ; but the will or soul determines the act of the will in willing ; it determines its own volition , in the very act of volition ; it directs and limits the act of the will ...
... supposing this act to be prior to the volition determined ; but the will or soul determines the act of the will in willing ; it determines its own volition , in the very act of volition ; it directs and limits the act of the will ...
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WORKS OF PRESIDENT EDWARDS W/A Jonathan 1703-1758 Edwards,Sereno Edwards 1786-1850 Dwight,David 1718-1747 Brainerd No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 392 - The days of our years are threescore years and ten; And if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, Yet is their strength labour and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Page 436 - But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.
Page 554 - The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Page 289 - For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
Page 458 - And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Page 147 - Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong ; because he hath poured out his soul unto death : and he was numbered with the transgressors ; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Page 137 - I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles...
Page 137 - Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship. because of the Lord, that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.
Page 438 - I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth-lehemite. And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
Page 459 - As it is written, there is none righteous, no not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit ; the poison of asps is under their lips: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.