Sermons, on a Number of Connected Subjects: In which an Attempt is Made to Explain the Leading Principles of Revealed Religion; to Show Their Consistency, Reasonableness and Importance; and to Guard Them Against Dangerous Misconstructions and False Inferences, and Against the Specious Objections of Unbelievers |
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Page 82
... free agent ! Nothing can be more palpa- bly absurd , than to think it a desirable power , and a great privilege , to be able to will and act without all motive or reason , and contrary to one's own inclina- tion . 3. What has been said ...
... free agent ! Nothing can be more palpa- bly absurd , than to think it a desirable power , and a great privilege , to be able to will and act without all motive or reason , and contrary to one's own inclina- tion . 3. What has been said ...
Page 98
... free agency . Actions which can and do take place , contrary to the inclination of the agent , are not his actions . He has no command over them ; and therefore can deserve no praise or blame for them . The necssity of acting according ...
... free agency . Actions which can and do take place , contrary to the inclination of the agent , are not his actions . He has no command over them ; and therefore can deserve no praise or blame for them . The necssity of acting according ...
Page 99
... free , or God cannot govern the world . Certainly the providen- tial government of God , over the hearts and ways of ... agent , and not according to undesigned consequences . When we act wickedly , and with a wicked mind , its being ...
... free , or God cannot govern the world . Certainly the providen- tial government of God , over the hearts and ways of ... agent , and not according to undesigned consequences . When we act wickedly , and with a wicked mind , its being ...
Page 140
... free from sin , which gave occasion for the caution in our text , I am not ... agent : Shall then show that it is a gross self - decep- tion , for any of ... agent : or , to answer the question , What is sin ? On this question we have ...
... free from sin , which gave occasion for the caution in our text , I am not ... agent : Shall then show that it is a gross self - decep- tion , for any of ... agent : or , to answer the question , What is sin ? On this question we have ...
Page 158
... free agent ; nor is it the regularity , con- stancy , or necessity , of the motions of inanimate bodies , that makes them not free . Were all the re- volving planets and comets at full liberty from all the laws of nature , they would not be ...
... free agent ; nor is it the regularity , con- stancy , or necessity , of the motions of inanimate bodies , that makes them not free . Were all the re- volving planets and comets at full liberty from all the laws of nature , they would not be ...
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