The Works of President Edwards ...Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1808 - Congregational churches |
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... determining between the two is a voluntary determining ; but that is the same thing as making a choice . So that whatever names we call the act of the Will by , choos- ing , refusing , approving , disapproving , liking , disliking , em ...
... determining between the two is a voluntary determining ; but that is the same thing as making a choice . So that whatever names we call the act of the Will by , choos- ing , refusing , approving , disapproving , liking , disliking , em ...
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... Determination of the WILL . BY determining the Will , if the phrase be used with any meaning , must be intended , causing that the act of the Will or choice should be thus , and not otherwise : And the Will is said to be determined ...
... Determination of the WILL . BY determining the Will , if the phrase be used with any meaning , must be intended , causing that the act of the Will or choice should be thus , and not otherwise : And the Will is said to be determined ...
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... determined by the strongest motive . Things that exist in the view of the mind have their strength , tendency or advantage to move or excite its Will , from many things appertaining to the nature and circum- stances of the thing viewed ...
... determined by the strongest motive . Things that exist in the view of the mind have their strength , tendency or advantage to move or excite its Will , from many things appertaining to the nature and circum- stances of the thing viewed ...
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... determined by that which appears most agreeable , than that the preference or choice itself is ; but that the act of volition itself is al ways determined by that in or about the mind's view of the object , which causes it to appear ...
... determined by that which appears most agreeable , than that the preference or choice itself is ; but that the act of volition itself is al ways determined by that in or about the mind's view of the object , which causes it to appear ...
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... determined in opposition to it . The things which I have said , may , I hope , serve in some measure , to illustrate and confirm the position I laid down in the beginning of this section , viz . That the Will is always determined by the ...
... determined in opposition to it . The things which I have said , may , I hope , serve in some measure , to illustrate and confirm the position I laid down in the beginning of this section , viz . That the Will is always determined by the ...
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