The Works of President Edwards ...Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1808 - Congregational churches |
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Page 139
... future event , whose existence is con- tingent , without all Necessity , the future existence of that event is absolutely without evidence . If there be any evidence of it , it must be one of these two sorts , either selfevidence , or ...
... future event , whose existence is con- tingent , without all Necessity , the future existence of that event is absolutely without evidence . If there be any evidence of it , it must be one of these two sorts , either selfevidence , or ...
Page 146
... future existence . The subject is that possible 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 ...
... future existence . The subject is that possible 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 ...
Page 255
... future , and uses means in order to a future thing , even in his drawing up that conclusion , that he will seek nothing , and use no means in order to any thing in future ; he seeks his future ease , and the benefit and comfort of ...
... future , and uses means in order to a future thing , even in his drawing up that conclusion , that he will seek nothing , and use no means in order to any thing in future ; he seeks his future ease , and the benefit and comfort of ...
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