The Works of President Edwards ...Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1808 - Congregational churches |
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Page 42
... command , promises or threatenings , re- wards or punishments , counsels or warnings . The essential qualities of a moral Agent are in God , in the greatest possi- ble perfection ; such as understanding , to perceive the differ- ence ...
... command , promises or threatenings , re- wards or punishments , counsels or warnings . The essential qualities of a moral Agent are in God , in the greatest possi- ble perfection ; such as understanding , to perceive the differ- ence ...
Page 43
... command or counsel , praise or blame , promises or threatenings , rewards or punishments ; or whether that which has been described , as the thing meant by Liberty in common speech , be not suffi- cient , and the only Liberty which ...
... command or counsel , praise or blame , promises or threatenings , rewards or punishments ; or whether that which has been described , as the thing meant by Liberty in common speech , be not suffi- cient , and the only Liberty which ...
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... commands , it commands by an act of the Will . And if it has itself under its command , and determines itself in its own actions , it doubtless does it the same way that it determines other things which are under its command . So that ...
... commands , it commands by an act of the Will . And if it has itself under its command , and determines itself in its own actions , it doubtless does it the same way that it determines other things which are under its command . So that ...
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... command , as to cause itself to prefer and not to prefer at the same time , or to choose con- trary to its own present choice . Therefore , if there be the least degree of antecedent pre- ponderation of the Will , it must be perfectly ...
... command , as to cause itself to prefer and not to prefer at the same time , or to choose con- trary to its own present choice . Therefore , if there be the least degree of antecedent pre- ponderation of the Will , it must be perfectly ...
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... command the attention of the mind to it . Nothing can be more weak and inconsiderate than such a reply as this . For that preceding act of the Will , in deter- mining to attend and consider , still is an act of the Will ( it is so to be ...
... command the attention of the mind to it . Nothing can be more weak and inconsiderate than such a reply as this . For that preceding act of the Will , in deter- mining to attend and consider , still is an act of the Will ( it is so to be ...
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