The Works of President Edwards ...Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1808 - Congregational churches |
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Page 82
... truth ; that every free act is done in a state of freedom , and not after such a state . If an act of the Will be an act wherein the soul is free , it must be exerted in a state of free- dom , and in the time of freedom . It will not ...
... truth ; that every free act is done in a state of freedom , and not after such a state . If an act of the Will be an act wherein the soul is free , it must be exerted in a state of free- dom , and in the time of freedom . It will not ...
Page 93
... truth , the ideas and images in men's minds are the invisible powers that constant- ly govern them ; and to these they all pay universally a ready submission . ” But whether this be in a just consistence with themselves , and their own ...
... truth , the ideas and images in men's minds are the invisible powers that constant- ly govern them ; and to these they all pay universally a ready submission . ” But whether this be in a just consistence with themselves , and their own ...
Page 94
... truth . Again , what makes the Will choose , is something approved by the Under- standing ; and consequently ... truths proposed to us in the gos- pel ; that only can make us indisposed to attend to them , but cannot hinder our ...
... truth . Again , what makes the Will choose , is something approved by the Under- standing ; and consequently ... truths proposed to us in the gos- pel ; that only can make us indisposed to attend to them , but cannot hinder our ...
Page 97
... truth held forth to them by God , the difficulty is not at all avoided : Still the question returns , What determined the Will in those preceding evil acts ? It must , by Dr. Whitby's principles , still be the view of the Understanding ...
... truth held forth to them by God , the difficulty is not at all avoided : Still the question returns , What determined the Will in those preceding evil acts ? It must , by Dr. Whitby's principles , still be the view of the Understanding ...
Page 104
... truth .... ' So that the very same motive is both previous and conse- quent , both before and after , both the ground and fruit of the very same thing ! II . Agreeable to the forementioned inconsistent notion of the Will's first acting ...
... truth .... ' So that the very same motive is both previous and conse- quent , both before and after , both the ground and fruit of the very same thing ! II . Agreeable to the forementioned inconsistent notion of the Will's first acting ...
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