The Works of President Edwards ...Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1808 - Congregational churches |
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Page 82
... give itself one degree of preponderation from a perfect equili brium ; and so much power as the scale has to give itself an overbalance from a perfect equipoise , so much selfmoving * selfpreponderating power it has , and no more . So ...
... give itself one degree of preponderation from a perfect equili brium ; and so much power as the scale has to give itself an overbalance from a perfect equipoise , so much selfmoving * selfpreponderating power it has , and no more . So ...
Page 83
... give it a de- nomination , or any part of it , any more than if it had ceased to be twenty years before the action began . The moment that Liberty ceases to be , it ceases to be a qualification of any thing . If light and darkness ...
... give it a de- nomination , or any part of it , any more than if it had ceased to be twenty years before the action began . The moment that Liberty ceases to be , it ceases to be a qualification of any thing . If light and darkness ...
Page 84
... give a certain turn to the balance , which has hitherto been even ; and that this act the Will exerts in a state of Liberty , or while the Will yet remains in equilibri- um , and perfect master of itself .... I say , if any one chooses ...
... give a certain turn to the balance , which has hitherto been even ; and that this act the Will exerts in a state of Liberty , or while the Will yet remains in equilibri- um , and perfect master of itself .... I say , if any one chooses ...
Page 107
... gives it any preference ; but on the contrary , the other Motive that stands in competition with it , in all these respects , has most belonging to it , that is inviting and moving , and has most of a tendency to choice and pref- erence ...
... gives it any preference ; but on the contrary , the other Motive that stands in competition with it , in all these respects , has most belonging to it , that is inviting and moving , and has most of a tendency to choice and pref- erence ...
Page 108
... gives to that Motive , which is weaker , as it stands in the pre- vious view of the mind ; the immediate antecedent is the view the mind has of the two rival Motives conjunctly ; in which previous view of the mind , all the ...
... gives to that Motive , which is weaker , as it stands in the pre- vious view of the mind ; the immediate antecedent is the view the mind has of the two rival Motives conjunctly ; in which previous view of the mind , all the ...
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