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... choice , and come to the fame determination . For instance , if I make any particular choice to - day , I should have done the fame yesterday , and shall do the fame to - morrow , provided there be no change in the state of my mind ...
... choice , and come to the fame determination . For instance , if I make any particular choice to - day , I should have done the fame yesterday , and shall do the fame to - morrow , provided there be no change in the state of my mind ...
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... choice : it is plain , that he would not do it neceffarily ; and must therefore be at all times in a state of liberty . For though a perfon were to repeat the fame action ever so often : yet if he does it voluntarily , he must be in re ...
... choice : it is plain , that he would not do it neceffarily ; and must therefore be at all times in a state of liberty . For though a perfon were to repeat the fame action ever so often : yet if he does it voluntarily , he must be in re ...
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... choice , or that motives in- fluence us in fome definite , and invariable manner : fo that every volition , or choice , is constantly re- gulated , and determined , by what precedes it . Permit me here to make a fhort paufe , and ...
... choice , or that motives in- fluence us in fome definite , and invariable manner : fo that every volition , or choice , is constantly re- gulated , and determined , by what precedes it . Permit me here to make a fhort paufe , and ...
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... think that we often introduce him with too little reverence , and determine about his purposes too boldly . And it feems to me in- explicable , that this all - wife Being should give to 1 to man a full power of choice , which you [ 9 ]
... think that we often introduce him with too little reverence , and determine about his purposes too boldly . And it feems to me in- explicable , that this all - wife Being should give to 1 to man a full power of choice , which you [ 9 ]
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Jacob Bryant. to man a full power of choice , which you al- low , that he did : and that he should at the fame time lay him under an irresistible influ- ence , and render the gift useless and abortive . W SECTION II ... choice, which you ...
Jacob Bryant. to man a full power of choice , which you al- low , that he did : and that he should at the fame time lay him under an irresistible influ- ence , and render the gift useless and abortive . W SECTION II ... choice, which you ...
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Page 11 - ... according to the established laws of nature no event could have been otherwise than it has been, is, or is to be, and therefore all things past, present, and to come are precisely what the Author of nature really intended them to be, and has made provision for.
Page 109 - And I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God; for they shall return unto Me with their whole heart.
Page 116 - I thank thee, (») O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou haft hid thefe things from the wife and prudent, and haft revealed them unto babes : even fo, 32 Father, for fo it feemed good in thy fight.
Page 112 - That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and...
Page 10 - ... and, confequently, that it is never determined without fome real or apparent caufe, foreign to itfelf, ie without fome motive of choice, or that motives influence us in fome definite and invariable manner ; fo that every volition, or choice, is conftantly regulated, and determined, by what precedes it.
Page 111 - He who hath begun a good work in you will perform it unto the Day of CHRIST JESUS.
Page 126 - ... that his own dispositions and actions are the necessary and sole means of his present and future happiness ; so that, in the most proper sense of the words, it depends entirely on himself, whether he be virtuous or vicious, happy or miserable. 3. The Calvinistic system entirely excludes the popular notion of free-will ; viz. the liberty or power of doing what we please, virtuous or -vicious, as belonging to every person, in every situation ; which is perfectly consistent -with the doctrine of...
Page 92 - Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil ; that put darknefs for light, and light for darknefs ; that put bitter for fweet, and fweet for bitter.
Page 27 - This theory may appear fpecious : but it feems to run counter to all experience : and the contrary, if I miftake not, is felf-evident. I fit at this inftant at my eafe, in a calm and difpaffionate ftate of mind ; as you are pleafed Sir, to recommend *. I perceive myfelf at full liberty : and know not of any external impulfe to determine me either in my thoughts or actions. I purpofe to move : but antecedently examine, whether I am under any bias, or neceffity : or directed by any foreign power.
Page 90 - But did not this writer know, what is known to all the world, that the motive, or intention, with which a thing is done, is the...