The Works of President Edwards ...Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1808 - Congregational churches |
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... event is not dependent on its cause is absurd : It is , the same thing as to say , it is not its cause , nor the event the effect of it : For dependence on the influence of a cause is the very notion of an effect . If there be no such ...
... event is not dependent on its cause is absurd : It is , the same thing as to say , it is not its cause , nor the event the effect of it : For dependence on the influence of a cause is the very notion of an effect . If there be no such ...
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... event and decree should not agree together , than that the event and absolute Foreknowledge should disagree . The connexion between the event and Foreknowledge is absolutely perfect , by the supposition : Be- cause it is supposed , that ...
... event and decree should not agree together , than that the event and absolute Foreknowledge should disagree . The connexion between the event and Foreknowledge is absolutely perfect , by the supposition : Be- cause it is supposed , that ...
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... event ; the predicate is its future existing But if future existence be firmly and indissolubly connected with that event , then the future existence of that event is necessa- ry . If God certainly knows the future existence of an event ...
... event ; the predicate is its future existing But if future existence be firmly and indissolubly connected with that event , then the future existence of that event is necessa- ry . If God certainly knows the future existence of an event ...
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