The Works of President Edwards ...Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1808 - Congregational churches |
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... absurdity .... I confess , it is an evasion of my own invent- ing , and I do not know but I should wrong the ... absurd to say , that a power of choosing determines one thing rather than another , without choosing any thing . But ...
... absurdity .... I confess , it is an evasion of my own invent- ing , and I do not know but I should wrong the ... absurd to say , that a power of choosing determines one thing rather than another , without choosing any thing . But ...
Page 55
... His works . I do suppose there is a great absurdity in the nature of things simply considered , in supposing that there should be no God , or in denying Be- ing in general , and supposing an eternal , absolute FREEDOM OF THE WILL : 55.
... His works . I do suppose there is a great absurdity in the nature of things simply considered , in supposing that there should be no God , or in denying Be- ing in general , and supposing an eternal , absolute FREEDOM OF THE WILL : 55.
Page 56
... absurd and contradictory ; as we see that twice two is four ; and as we see that a circle has no angles . If we had ... absurdity of supposing such Being not to be ; should immedi- ately see there is no room for the question , whether it ...
... absurd and contradictory ; as we see that twice two is four ; and as we see that a circle has no angles . If we had ... absurdity of supposing such Being not to be ; should immedi- ately see there is no room for the question , whether it ...
Page 57
... absurd ; for it would be an attempt to prove a prior ground or cause of existence of a first cause ; or , that there ... absurdity of denying this axiom is abundantly demonstrated by Our author . W. VOL . V. H 1 prove any thing else ...
... absurd ; for it would be an attempt to prove a prior ground or cause of existence of a first cause ; or , that there ... absurdity of denying this axiom is abundantly demonstrated by Our author . W. VOL . V. H 1 prove any thing else ...
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... absurdity nor difficulty in supposing one thing to start out of nonexistence into being , of itself without a Cause ; then there is no absurdity nor dif- ficulty in supposing the same of millions of millions . For nothing , or no ...
... absurdity nor difficulty in supposing one thing to start out of nonexistence into being , of itself without a Cause ; then there is no absurdity nor dif- ficulty in supposing the same of millions of millions . For nothing , or no ...
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