The Works of President Edwards ...Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1808 - Congregational churches |
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... absurd . And therefore it must be true , in some sense , that the Will always is as the greatest apparent good is . For the right un- derstanding of this , two things must be well and distinctly observed . 1. It must be observed in what ...
... absurd . And therefore it must be true , in some sense , that the Will always is as the greatest apparent good is . For the right un- derstanding of this , two things must be well and distinctly observed . 1. It must be observed in what ...
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... absurdity , to suppose them not connected . Thus many things are necessary in their own nature . So the eternal existence of being generally considered , is necessary in itself : Because it would be in itself the greatest absurdity , to ...
... absurdity , to suppose them not connected . Thus many things are necessary in their own nature . So the eternal existence of being generally considered , is necessary in itself : Because it would be in itself the greatest absurdity , to ...
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... will itself ; which does not admit of the 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 34 FREEDOM OF THE WILL .
... will itself ; which does not admit of the 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 34 FREEDOM OF THE WILL .
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... absurd as it is to talk of two contrary motions , in the same moving body , at the same time . And therefore the very case supposed never admits of any trial whether an opposing or resisting will can overcome this Necessity . What has ...
... absurd as it is to talk of two contrary motions , in the same moving body , at the same time . And therefore the very case supposed never admits of any trial whether an opposing or resisting will can overcome this Necessity . What has ...
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... absurd , and a manifest inconsistence , to suppose that the will itself determines all the free acts of the Will ... absurdity . In all cases when we speak of the powers or prin- ciples of acting , as doing such things , we mean that the ...
... absurd , and a manifest inconsistence , to suppose that the will itself determines all the free acts of the Will ... absurdity . In all cases when we speak of the powers or prin- ciples of acting , as doing such things , we mean that the ...
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