The Works of President Edwards ...Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1808 - Congregational churches |
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... evil dispositions often make an ill improvement of it . But yet , I humbly conceive , these objections are carried far beyond reason . The generality of mankind are disposed enough , and a great deal too much , to un- charitableness ...
... evil dispositions often make an ill improvement of it . But yet , I humbly conceive , these objections are carried far beyond reason . The generality of mankind are disposed enough , and a great deal too much , to un- charitableness ...
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... evil or disa- greeable ; nor , indeed , as indifferent , and neither agreeable nor disagreeable . But if it tends to draw the inclination , and move the Will , it must be under the notion of that which suits the mind . And therefore ...
... evil or disa- greeable ; nor , indeed , as indifferent , and neither agreeable nor disagreeable . But if it tends to draw the inclination , and move the Will , it must be under the notion of that which suits the mind . And therefore ...
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... evil , or of that which is disagreea- ble and uneasy . It is agreeable and pleasing to avoid what is disagreeable and displeasing , and to have uneasiness re- moved . So that here is included what Mr. Locke supposes determines the Will ...
... evil , or of that which is disagreea- ble and uneasy . It is agreeable and pleasing to avoid what is disagreeable and displeasing , and to have uneasiness re- moved . So that here is included what Mr. Locke supposes determines the Will ...
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... evil , is one thing that has great influence on their minds to excite choice or volition . When of two kinds of future pleasure , which the mind considers of , and are presented for choice , both are supposed exactly equal by the ...
... evil , is one thing that has great influence on their minds to excite choice or volition . When of two kinds of future pleasure , which the mind considers of , and are presented for choice , both are supposed exactly equal by the ...
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... evil in a moral sense , virtuous or vicious , com- mendable or faulty . To moral Agency belongs a moral fac- ulty , or sense of moral good and evil , or of such a thing as desert or worthiness , of praise or blame , reward or punish ...
... evil in a moral sense , virtuous or vicious , com- mendable or faulty . To moral Agency belongs a moral fac- ulty , or sense of moral good and evil , or of such a thing as desert or worthiness , of praise or blame , reward or punish ...
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