The Works of President Edwards ...Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1808 - Congregational churches |
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... 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 ? " But the instance he mentions does not prove that there is any thing else in ...
... 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 ? " But the instance he mentions does not prove that there is any thing else in ...
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... volition and preference ; or that a man's choosing , liking best , or be ing best pleased with a thing , are not the same with his will- ing that thing ; as they seem to be according to those general and more natural notions of men ...
... volition and preference ; or that a man's choosing , liking best , or be ing best pleased with a thing , are not the same with his will- ing that thing ; as they seem to be according to those general and more natural notions of men ...
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... Volition be precisely the same things or no ; yet , I trust it will be allowed by all , that in every act of Will there is an act of choice ; that in every volition there is a preference , or a prevailing inclina tion of the soul ...
... Volition be precisely the same things or no ; yet , I trust it will be allowed by all , that in every act of Will there is an act of choice ; that in every volition there is a preference , or a prevailing inclina tion of the soul ...
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... volition , whether that be one thing singly , or many things conjunctly . Many particular things may concur and unite their strength to induce the mind ; and , when it is so , all together are as it were one complex motive . And when I ...
... volition , whether that be one thing singly , or many things conjunctly . Many particular things may concur and unite their strength to induce the mind ; and , when it is so , all together are as it were one complex motive . And when I ...
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... volition or choice , is considered or viewed as good ; nor has it any tendency to invite or engage the election of the soul in any further degree than it appears such . For to say otherwise , would be to say , that things that appear ...
... volition or choice , is considered or viewed as good ; nor has it any tendency to invite or engage the election of the soul in any further degree than it appears such . For to say otherwise , would be to say , that things that appear ...
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