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Page 51
... answered , according to the Arminian notion of freedom , that the Will influences , orders and determines itself thus to act . And if it does , I say , it must be by some antecedent act . To say , it is caused , influenced and ...
... answered , according to the Arminian notion of freedom , that the Will influences , orders and determines itself thus to act . And if it does , I say , it must be by some antecedent act . To say , it is caused , influenced and ...
Page 52
... answer is , the soul ex- erts such an act , and that is the cause of it . And so , by this , the exertion must be prior in the order of nature to itself , and distinct from itself . 3. If the meaning be , that the soul's exertion of ...
... answer is , the soul ex- erts such an act , and that is the cause of it . And so , by this , the exertion must be prior in the order of nature to itself , and distinct from itself . 3. If the meaning be , that the soul's exertion of ...
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... answer to that objection against his doc- trine of a selfdetermining power in the will , ( p . 68 , 69. ) “ That nothing is , or comes to pass , without a sufficient reason why it is , and why it is in this manner rather than another ...
... answer to that objection against his doc- trine of a selfdetermining power in the will , ( p . 68 , 69. ) “ That nothing is , or comes to pass , without a sufficient reason why it is , and why it is in this manner rather than another ...
Page 62
... answered , that the soul uses its activity thus , rather than otherwise , because it has ac tivity , would such an answer satisfy a rational man ? Would it not rather be looked upon as a very impertinent one ? 3. An active being can ...
... answered , that the soul uses its activity thus , rather than otherwise , because it has ac tivity , would such an answer satisfy a rational man ? Would it not rather be looked upon as a very impertinent one ? 3. An active being can ...
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... answer must be made in infinitum : In order to support their opinion , there must be no beginning , but free acts of Will must have been chosen by foregoing free acts of Will in the soul of every man , without beginning ; and so before ...
... answer must be made in infinitum : In order to support their opinion , there must be no beginning , but free acts of Will must have been chosen by foregoing free acts of Will in the soul of every man , without beginning ; and so before ...
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