The Works of President Edwards ...Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1808 - Congregational churches |
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... person's happiness , taking in the whole of his duration , it is not true , that the Will always follows the last dictate of the understanding . Such a dictate of reason is quite a different matter from things appearing now most ...
... person's happiness , taking in the whole of his duration , it is not true , that the Will always follows the last dictate of the understanding . Such a dictate of reason is quite a different matter from things appearing now most ...
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... person , thing , or time , when nothing that can be taken into consideration , in or about that person , thing , or time , al- ters the case at all , as to the certainty of that event , or the existence of that thing ; or can be of any ...
... person , thing , or time , when nothing that can be taken into consideration , in or about that person , thing , or time , al- ters the case at all , as to the certainty of that event , or the existence of that thing ; or can be of any ...
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... person is unable to will or choose such a thing , through a de- fect of motives , or prevalence of contrary motives , it is the same thing as his being unable through the want of an incli- nation , or the prevalence of a contrary ...
... person is unable to will or choose such a thing , through a de- fect of motives , or prevalence of contrary motives , it is the same thing as his being unable through the want of an incli- nation , or the prevalence of a contrary ...
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... persons or things ; or to choose a wicked life , and prefer it to a virtuous life . And on the other hand , a great degree of habitual wickedness may lay a man under an inability to love and choose holiness ; and render him utterly ...
... persons or things ; or to choose a wicked life , and prefer it to a virtuous life . And on the other hand , a great degree of habitual wickedness may lay a man under an inability to love and choose holiness ; and render him utterly ...
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... person is said to be unable , is supposable . It cannot be truly said , according to the ordina- ry use of language , that a malicious man , let him be ever so malicious , cannot hold his hand from striking , or that he is not able to ...
... person is said to be unable , is supposable . It cannot be truly said , according to the ordina- ry use of language , that a malicious man , let him be ever so malicious , cannot hold his hand from striking , or that he is not able to ...
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