The Works of President Edwards ...Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1808 - Congregational churches |
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... proper state , that the soul preferring or choosing such an immediate exertion or alteration of the body , such an altera- * Human Understanding . Edit , 7. vol . i , p . 197 . tion instantaneously follows . There is nothing else in the ...
... proper state , that the soul preferring or choosing such an immediate exertion or alteration of the body , such an altera- * Human Understanding . Edit , 7. vol . i , p . 197 . tion instantaneously follows . There is nothing else in the ...
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... proper objects of the several acts of the Will , it will not appear by this , and such like instances , that there is any difference between volition and preference ; or that a man's choosing , liking best , or be ing best pleased with ...
... proper objects of the several acts of the Will , it will not appear by this , and such like instances , that there is any difference between volition and preference ; or that a man's choosing , liking best , or be ing best pleased with ...
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... proper and im → mediate objects , about which his present volition is conver- sant , and between which his choice now decides , are his own acts , in drinking the liquor , or letting it alone ; and this will certainly be done according ...
... proper and im → mediate objects , about which his present volition is conver- sant , and between which his choice now decides , are his own acts , in drinking the liquor , or letting it alone ; and this will certainly be done according ...
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... proper objects that the act of volition spoken of is nextly conversant about . For the act of Will spoken of is concerning present drinking or forbearing to drink . If he wills to drink , then drinking is the proper ob- ject of the act ...
... proper objects that the act of volition spoken of is nextly conversant about . For the act of Will spoken of is concerning present drinking or forbearing to drink . If he wills to drink , then drinking is the proper ob- ject of the act ...
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... proper sense of the word , which is , or will be , notwithstanding all supposable opposition . To say , that a thing is necessary , is the same thing as to say , that it is im- possible it should not be : But the word impossible is mani ...
... proper sense of the word , which is , or will be , notwithstanding all supposable opposition . To say , that a thing is necessary , is the same thing as to say , that it is im- possible it should not be : But the word impossible is mani ...
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