The Works of President Edwards ...Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1808 - Congregational churches |
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Page 38
... true , that it is easy for a man to do the thing if he will , but the very willing is the doing ; when once he has willed , the thing is performed ; and nothing else remains to be done . Therefore , in these things to ascribe a ...
... true , that it is easy for a man to do the thing if he will , but the very willing is the doing ; when once he has willed , the thing is performed ; and nothing else remains to be done . Therefore , in these things to ascribe a ...
Page 49
... true , if the soul determines its own volitions , it must be active in so doing , and the determination itself must be an act ; yet there is no need of supposing this act to be prior to the volition deter- mined ; but the Will or soul ...
... true , if the soul determines its own volitions , it must be active in so doing , and the determination itself must be an act ; yet there is no need of supposing this act to be prior to the volition deter- mined ; but the Will or soul ...
Page 54
... true ; whether it has any positive influence or not . And in an agreeableness to this , I sometimes use the word effect for the consequence of anothe er thing , which is perhaps rather an occasion than a Cause , most properly speaking ...
... true ; whether it has any positive influence or not . And in an agreeableness to this , I sometimes use the word effect for the consequence of anothe er thing , which is perhaps rather an occasion than a Cause , most properly speaking ...
Page 63
... true , the substance of the soul before it acts , and before there is any difference in that respect , may be in a different state and circumstance ; but those whom I oppose , will not allow the different circum- stances of the soul to ...
... true , the substance of the soul before it acts , and before there is any difference in that respect , may be in a different state and circumstance ; but those whom I oppose , will not allow the different circum- stances of the soul to ...
Page 65
... true , they are alto- gether impertinent , and cannot help the cause of Arminian liberty ; and how ( this being the state of the case ) Arminian writers are obliged to talk inconsistently . WHAT was last observed in the preceding ...
... true , they are alto- gether impertinent , and cannot help the cause of Arminian liberty ; and how ( this being the state of the case ) Arminian writers are obliged to talk inconsistently . WHAT was last observed in the preceding ...
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