The Works of President Edwards ...Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1808 - Congregational churches |
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Page 151
... doctrine of the Calvinists , as im- plying Hobbes doctrine of Necessity , or the stoical doctrine of fate , lie no more against the doctrine of Calvinists , than their own doctrine : And therefore it doth not become those di- vines , to ...
... doctrine of the Calvinists , as im- plying Hobbes doctrine of Necessity , or the stoical doctrine of fate , lie no more against the doctrine of Calvinists , than their own doctrine : And therefore it doth not become those di- vines , to ...
Page 259
... doctrine with us , as an argument against the truth of our doctrine ; yet , this very Dr. Whitby alleges the agreement of the Stoics with the Arminians , wherein he supposes they taught the same doc- trine with them , as an argument for ...
... doctrine with us , as an argument against the truth of our doctrine ; yet , this very Dr. Whitby alleges the agreement of the Stoics with the Arminians , wherein he supposes they taught the same doc- trine with them , as an argument for ...
Page 312
... doctrine of necessity saps the foundations of all religion and virtue , and tends to the greatest licentiousness of practice : This objection is built on the pretence , that our doctrine ren- ders vain all means and endeavors , in order ...
... doctrine of necessity saps the foundations of all religion and virtue , and tends to the greatest licentiousness of practice : This objection is built on the pretence , that our doctrine ren- ders vain all means and endeavors , in order ...
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