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Page 11
So whenever a man comes to that in which his desire terminates and rests, it
being something valued on its own account, then he comes to an ultimate end, let
the chain be longer or shorter; yea, if there be but one link or one step that he
takes ...
So whenever a man comes to that in which his desire terminates and rests, it
being something valued on its own account, then he comes to an ultimate end, let
the chain be longer or shorter; yea, if there be but one link or one step that he
takes ...
Page 12
One may not depend on another, and therefore both may be ultimate ends; but
yet the obtaining his beloved bride may be his chief end, and the benefit of the
optic glass, his inferior end. The former may be what he sets his heart vastly most
...
One may not depend on another, and therefore both may be ultimate ends; but
yet the obtaining his beloved bride may be his chief end, and the benefit of the
optic glass, his inferior end. The former may be what he sets his heart vastly most
...
Page 13
But yet a subordinate end may be valued more than some other ultimate end that
it is not subordinate to, but is independent of it, and does not belong to that series
, or chain of ends. Thus for instance : If a man goes a journey to receive a sum ...
But yet a subordinate end may be valued more than some other ultimate end that
it is not subordinate to, but is independent of it, and does not belong to that series
, or chain of ends. Thus for instance : If a man goes a journey to receive a sum ...
Page 17
Thus God may have ends of particular works of providence, which are ultimate
ends in a lower sense, which were not ultimate ends of the creation. So that here
we have two sorts of ultimate ends ; one of which may be called an original, and ...
Thus God may have ends of particular works of providence, which are ultimate
ends in a lower sense, which were not ultimate ends of the creation. So that here
we have two sorts of ultimate ends ; one of which may be called an original, and ...
Page 18
And therefore, Seventhly, If we use the phrase ultimate end in this highest sense,
then the same that is God's ultimate end in creating the world, if we suppose but
one such end, must be what he makes his ultimate aim in all his works, in every ...
And therefore, Seventhly, If we use the phrase ultimate end in this highest sense,
then the same that is God's ultimate end in creating the world, if we suppose but
one such end, must be what he makes his ultimate aim in all his works, in every ...
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| Title | The Works of President Edwards ... American culture series, Reel 495.6-496.1 Issue 14925 of Early American imprints Volume 6 of The Works of President Edwards, Jonathan Edwards |
| Author | Jonathan Edwards |
| Editor | Samuel Austin |
| Publisher | Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1809 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 15 May 2008 |
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