The Works of President Edwards ...Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1808 - Congregational churches |
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... common speech . Mr. Locke * says , " The Will is perfectly distinguished ! from Desire ; which in the very same action may have a quite contrary tendency from that which our Wills set us up- on . A man ( says he ) whom I cannot deny ...
... common speech . Mr. Locke * says , " The Will is perfectly distinguished ! from Desire ; which in the very same action may have a quite contrary tendency from that which our Wills set us up- on . A man ( says he ) whom I cannot deny ...
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... common speech , is a rela- tive term ; and relates to some supposed opposition made to the existence of the thing spoken of , which is overcome , or proves in vain to hinder or alter it . That is necessary , in the original and proper ...
... common speech , is a rela- tive term ; and relates to some supposed opposition made to the existence of the thing spoken of , which is overcome , or proves in vain to hinder or alter it . That is necessary , in the original and proper ...
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... common use of language , to apply and understand these phrases in this sense : We grow up with such a habit ; which by the daily use of these terms , in such a sense , from our childhood , becomes fixed and set- tled ; so that the idea ...
... common use of language , to apply and understand these phrases in this sense : We grow up with such a habit ; which by the daily use of these terms , in such a sense , from our childhood , becomes fixed and set- tled ; so that the idea ...
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... common speech . The reason is manifest ; namely , that in such cases we cannot use the words with reference to a supposable op- position , will or endeavor . And therefore if any man uses these terms in such cases , he either uses them ...
... common speech . The reason is manifest ; namely , that in such cases we cannot use the words with reference to a supposable op- position , will or endeavor . And therefore if any man uses these terms in such cases , he either uses them ...
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... common language , which was before ex- plained . What has been said to shew the meaning of the terms necessary and necessity , may be sufficient for the explaining of the opposite terms impossible and impossibility . For there is no ...
... common language , which was before ex- plained . What has been said to shew the meaning of the terms necessary and necessity , may be sufficient for the explaining of the opposite terms impossible and impossibility . For there is no ...
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