The Works of President Edwards ...Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1808 - Congregational churches |
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Page 42
... evil . And therefore the moral agency of the Supreme Being , who acts only in the capacity of a ruler towards his creatures , and never as a subject , differs in that respect from the moral Agen- cy of created intelligent beings . God's ...
... evil . And therefore the moral agency of the Supreme Being , who acts only in the capacity of a ruler towards his creatures , and never as a subject , differs in that respect from the moral Agen- cy of created intelligent beings . God's ...
Page 68
... evil ACCORDING TO HIS OWN FREE CHOICE . And from Eusebius these words : If fate be established , philosophy and piety are overthrown . All these , things depending upon the necessity introduced by the stars , and not upon meditation and ...
... evil ACCORDING TO HIS OWN FREE CHOICE . And from Eusebius these words : If fate be established , philosophy and piety are overthrown . All these , things depending upon the necessity introduced by the stars , and not upon meditation and ...
Page 94
... evil to be avoided ; or , in other words , that the determinations of the Will constantly and infallibly follow these two things in the Understanding : 1. The degree of good to be obtained , and evil to be avoided , proposed to the ...
... evil to be avoided ; or , in other words , that the determinations of the Will constantly and infallibly follow these two things in the Understanding : 1. The degree of good to be obtained , and evil to be avoided , proposed to the ...
Page 95
... evil that we should decline ; that only can render it the more difficult for us to believe it is the worst of evils ... evil threatened , when equally believed and reflected on , is suffi- cient to engage the Will to choose the good and ...
... evil that we should decline ; that only can render it the more difficult for us to believe it is the worst of evils ... evil threatened , when equally believed and reflected on , is suffi- cient to engage the Will to choose the good and ...
Page 96
... evil , and this be that alone which moves the Will , and it be a contradiction to suppose otherwise ; then it is necessarily so , the Will necessarily follows this light or view of the Understanding , and not only in some of its acts ...
... evil , and this be that alone which moves the Will , and it be a contradiction to suppose otherwise ; then it is necessarily so , the Will necessarily follows this light or view of the Understanding , and not only in some of its acts ...
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