A careful and strict enquiry into the modern prevailing notions of that freedom of will, which is supposed to be essential to moral agency1831 |
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Page xxvi
... follow in the track of all who had gone before him . To this ancient evil we must again advert . But , besides the improper mixture of abstract reasoning with documentary proof , the attentive reader of Edwards will detect a confusion ...
... follow in the track of all who had gone before him . To this ancient evil we must again advert . But , besides the improper mixture of abstract reasoning with documentary proof , the attentive reader of Edwards will detect a confusion ...
Page xxvii
... follows , that if an inquiry , the ultimate facts of which relate to the agency and moral condition of man , be conducted in the method that is proper to pure abstractions , and if , as often as the argu- ment demands it , new materials ...
... follows , that if an inquiry , the ultimate facts of which relate to the agency and moral condition of man , be conducted in the method that is proper to pure abstractions , and if , as often as the argu- ment demands it , new materials ...
Page liii
... follow from this description of the heaven - descended canon of religious truth , that the harmony of the various portions will never come within the range of the methods of human science ; for human science is drawn from one system ...
... follow from this description of the heaven - descended canon of religious truth , that the harmony of the various portions will never come within the range of the methods of human science ; for human science is drawn from one system ...
Page lvi
... follow , that meta- physical reasoning , how rigid and exact soever , is not to be looked to as the means of adjusting Biblical controversies . That it may seem for a while to do so , is granted ; but the specious conciliation will ...
... follow , that meta- physical reasoning , how rigid and exact soever , is not to be looked to as the means of adjusting Biblical controversies . That it may seem for a while to do so , is granted ; but the specious conciliation will ...
Page lxiii
... follows hence ( when the philosophy of hu- man nature is treated , as it ought , physically , not abstractedly ) that that anxious and prudish nicety of language * which belongs to meta- physical discussions , will be discarded with ...
... follows hence ( when the philosophy of hu- man nature is treated , as it ought , physically , not abstractedly ) that that anxious and prudish nicety of language * which belongs to meta- physical discussions , will be discarded with ...
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Page 201 - For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. And blessed is she that believed; for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
Page 211 - For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
Page 415 - God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and base things of the world, and things which are despised hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: that no flesh should glory in his presence.
Page 211 - 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 210 - And they sung a new song, saying, "Thou art worthy to take the book and to open the seals thereof; for thou wast slain and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred and tongue and people and nation; and hast made us unto our God kings and priests; and we shall reign on the earth.
Page 349 - Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
Page 197 - And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: and the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD...
Page 211 - He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: By his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; For he shall bear their iniquities.
Page 211 - Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness : therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Page 150 - His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.