The Works of President Edwards ...Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1808 - Congregational churches |
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... agent , has some sort and degree of tendency or advantage to move or excite the Will , previous to the effect , or to the act of the Will excited . This previous tendency of the motive is what I call the strength of the mo tive . That ...
... agent , has some sort and degree of tendency or advantage to move or excite the Will , previous to the effect , or to the act of the Will excited . This previous tendency of the motive is what I call the strength of the mo tive . That ...
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... agent , which has the nature and influence of a motive to volition or choice , is considered or viewed as good ; nor has it any tendency to invite or engage the election of the soul in any further degree than it appears such . For to ...
... agent , which has the nature and influence of a motive to volition or choice , is considered or viewed as good ; nor has it any tendency to invite or engage the election of the soul in any further degree than it appears such . For to ...
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... Agent that has a will : The power of choosing itself , has not a power of choosing . That which has the power of volition or choice is the man or the soul , and not the power of volition itself . And he that has the Liberty of doing ...
... Agent that has a will : The power of choosing itself , has not a power of choosing . That which has the power of volition or choice is the man or the soul , and not the power of volition itself . And he that has the Liberty of doing ...
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... Agent . What it does is not faulty or sinful , or deserving of any punishment . The brute creatures are not moral Agents . The actions of some of them are very profitable and pleasant ; others are very hurtful ; yet , seeing they have ...
... Agent . What it does is not faulty or sinful , or deserving of any punishment . The brute creatures are not moral Agents . The actions of some of them are very profitable and pleasant ; others are very hurtful ; yet , seeing they have ...
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... Agent , the source of all moral ability and Agency , the fountain and rule of all virtue and moral good ; though by reason of his being supreme over all , it is not possible He should be under the influence of law or command , promises ...
... Agent , the source of all moral ability and Agency , the fountain and rule of all virtue and moral good ; though by reason of his being supreme over all , it is not possible He should be under the influence of law or command , promises ...
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