The Works of President Edwards ...Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1808 - Congregational churches |
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... laws , is not so sensible and obvious . And we observe that choice is as it were a new principle of motion and action , different from that established law and order of things which is most obvious , that is seen especially in corporeal ...
... laws , is not so sensible and obvious . And we observe that choice is as it were a new principle of motion and action , different from that established law and order of things which is most obvious , that is seen especially in corporeal ...
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... ruler , act- ing , in that capacity only , is not capable of being influenced by a moral law , and its sanctions of threatenings and promi- VOL . V. F ses , rewards and punishments , as the subject is FREEDOM OF THE WILL : 41.
... ruler , act- ing , in that capacity only , is not capable of being influenced by a moral law , and its sanctions of threatenings and promi- VOL . V. F ses , rewards and punishments , as the subject is FREEDOM OF THE WILL : 41.
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... law or 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 ...
... law or 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 ...
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... law should be put into men's inward parts , and written in their hearts ; and that God's people should be all righteous , & c . & c . A very great part of the prophecies of the Old Testament is taken up in such predictions as these ...
... law should be put into men's inward parts , and written in their hearts ; and that God's people should be all righteous , & c . & c . A very great part of the prophecies of the Old Testament is taken up in such predictions as these ...
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... laws of motion , and course of nature , wherein that is independent on the actions or works of mankind ; that is , as he might , like a very able mathematician and astronomer , with great exactness calculate the revolutions of the ...
... laws of motion , and course of nature , wherein that is independent on the actions or works of mankind ; that is , as he might , like a very able mathematician and astronomer , with great exactness calculate the revolutions of the ...
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