The Works of President Edwards ...Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1808 - Congregational churches |
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... pass , which is insufficient for the effect ; as the word unable is relative , and has relation to abil- ity or endeavor which is insufficient ; and as the word irresisti ble is relative , and has always reference to resistance which is ...
... pass , which is insufficient for the effect ; as the word unable is relative , and has relation to abil- ity or endeavor which is insufficient ; and as the word irresisti ble is relative , and has always reference to resistance which is ...
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... pass , and endeavor it ; or at least may be supposed to desire and seek it ; but all our desires and endeavors are , or would be vain . And that is said to be irresistible , which overcomes all our opposition , resistance , and ...
... pass , and endeavor it ; or at least may be supposed to desire and seek it ; but all our desires and endeavors are , or would be vain . And that is said to be irresistible , which overcomes all our opposition , resistance , and ...
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... pass ; and either now is , or has been ; and so has as it were made sure of existence . And therefore , the proposition which affirms present and past existence of it , may by this means be made certain , and necessarily and un ...
... pass ; and either now is , or has been ; and so has as it were made sure of existence . And therefore , the proposition which affirms present and past existence of it , may by this means be made certain , and necessarily and un ...
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... pass , or could come to pass necessarily ; and therefore the only way in which any effect or event , or any thing whatsoever that ever has had , or will have a beginning , has come into being necessarily , or will hereafter necessarily ...
... pass , or could come to pass necessarily ; and therefore the only way in which any effect or event , or any thing whatsoever that ever has had , or will have a beginning , has come into being necessarily , or will hereafter necessarily ...
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... pass the thing willed and endeavored . But as these terms are often used by philosophers and divines , especially writers on controversies about free will , they are used in a quite dif- ferent , and far more extensive sense , and are ...
... pass the thing willed and endeavored . But as these terms are often used by philosophers and divines , especially writers on controversies about free will , they are used in a quite dif- ferent , and far more extensive sense , and are ...
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