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... PRAISE and DIS- PRAISE , & c . SECTION I. GOD's Moral Excellency necessary , yet virtuous and praiseworthy . HAVING considered the first thing that was proposed to be inquired into , relating to that freedom of Will which Arminians ...
... PRAISE and DIS- PRAISE , & c . SECTION I. GOD's Moral Excellency necessary , yet virtuous and praiseworthy . HAVING considered the first thing that was proposed to be inquired into , relating to that freedom of Will which Arminians ...
Page 158
... praise ; at the same time that they have owned God's perfec- tion to be necessary , and so in effect representing God as not deserving praise . Certainly , if their words have any mean- ing at all , by praise , they must mean the ...
... praise ; at the same time that they have owned God's perfec- tion to be necessary , and so in effect representing God as not deserving praise . Certainly , if their words have any mean- ing at all , by praise , they must mean the ...
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... praise ; and therefore , that the nearer the approach is to these , through previous propen- sity or difficulty , so praise and blame are proportionably di- minished . And if it were as much a dictate of common sense , that moral ...
... praise ; and therefore , that the nearer the approach is to these , through previous propen- sity or difficulty , so praise and blame are proportionably di- minished . And if it were as much a dictate of common sense , that moral ...
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