An Essay on the Origin of Evil, Volume 2By J. Stephens, for W. Thurlbourn, Cambridge, and sold by J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, and W. Innys, 1732 - Fall of man |
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Page 336
... exercising our Freedom is fometimes fufficient to ftay the importunity of all our Paffions and Inclinations : I ... exercise of its Liberty is a greater good to it than all other Confiderations , which is the very thing I plead for ...
... exercising our Freedom is fometimes fufficient to ftay the importunity of all our Paffions and Inclinations : I ... exercise of its Liberty is a greater good to it than all other Confiderations , which is the very thing I plead for ...
Page 381
... exercise his fa- culties by choofing always well , how comes it to pafs that God fuffers him to hurt himself and others unneceffarily by Evil Elections ? If it be faid that a Power of choofing either Side is contain❜d in the very ...
... exercise his fa- culties by choofing always well , how comes it to pafs that God fuffers him to hurt himself and others unneceffarily by Evil Elections ? If it be faid that a Power of choofing either Side is contain❜d in the very ...
Page 429
... Exercise of Liber- Mind . ty , and contain in them Acts of Election , tho ' per- haps imperfect ones ; and fuch is the Nature of all Powers , that they acquire Strength by trial and exercise , and every Act , tho ' imperfect , is a Step ...
... Exercise of Liber- Mind . ty , and contain in them Acts of Election , tho ' per- haps imperfect ones ; and fuch is the Nature of all Powers , that they acquire Strength by trial and exercise , and every Act , tho ' imperfect , is a Step ...
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