The Works of President Edwards ...Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1808 - Congregational churches |
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... tion for speech ) to improve the benefit of language , in the prop er use and design of names , given to things which they have of- ten occasion to speak of , or signify their minds about ; which is to enable them to express their ideas ...
... tion for speech ) to improve the benefit of language , in the prop er use and design of names , given to things which they have of- ten occasion to speak of , or signify their minds about ; which is to enable them to express their ideas ...
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... tion ; and all the freedom the Will exercises in the case , is in an increase of inclination , which it gives itself ... tion already , by an antecedent bias ; for instance , gravitation towards the centre of the earth ; and has one ...
... tion ; and all the freedom the Will exercises in the case , is in an increase of inclination , which it gives itself ... tion already , by an antecedent bias ; for instance , gravitation towards the centre of the earth ; and has one ...
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... tion ; but , nevertheless , if I assert , that the same thing may , at the same time , in different respects and relations , be both cause and effect , this will not prove that I confound the terms . The soul may be both active and ...
... tion ; but , nevertheless , if I assert , that the same thing may , at the same time , in different respects and relations , be both cause and effect , this will not prove that I confound the terms . The soul may be both active and ...
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