The Works of President Edwards ...Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1808 - Congregational churches |
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... foregoing page says , " The word preferring seems best to express the act of volition ; " but adds , that " it does it not precisely ; for ( says he ) though a marf would prefer flying to walking , yet who can say he ever wills it ...
... foregoing page says , " The word preferring seems best to express the act of volition ; " but adds , that " it does it not precisely ; for ( says he ) though a marf would prefer flying to walking , yet who can say he ever wills it ...
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... foregoing , or not connected . Let the person come by his volition or choice how he will , yet , if he is able , and there is nothing in the way to hinder his pursuing and executing his will , the man is fully and perfectly free ...
... foregoing , or not connected . Let the person come by his volition or choice how he will , yet , if he is able , and there is nothing in the way to hinder his pursuing and executing his will , the man is fully and perfectly free ...
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... foregoing Rea- soning , considered . IF to evade the force of what has been observed , it should be said , that when the Arminians speak of the Will's deter- mining its own acts , they do not mean that the Will deter- mines its acts by ...
... foregoing Rea- soning , considered . IF to evade the force of what has been observed , it should be said , that when the Arminians speak of the Will's deter- mining its own acts , they do not mean that the Will deter- mines its acts by ...
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... foregoing free act . But if there be no act or exercise of the Will in determining its own acts , then no liberty is exercised in determining them . From whence it follows , that no liber- ty consists in the Will's power to determine ...
... foregoing free act . But if there be no act or exercise of the Will in determining its own acts , then no liberty is exercised in determining them . From whence it follows , that no liber- ty consists in the Will's power to determine ...
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... foregoing free act of Will ; which doth not consist with the free acts arising with- out any cause , and being so contingent , as not to be fixed by any thing foregoing . So that this evasion must be given up , as not at all relieving ...
... foregoing free act of Will ; which doth not consist with the free acts arising with- out any cause , and being so contingent , as not to be fixed by any thing foregoing . So that this evasion must be given up , as not at all relieving ...
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