The Works of President Edwards ...Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1808 - Congregational churches |
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... volition has always for its object the thing which appears most agreeable ; it must be carefully observed , to avoid confusion and needless objection , that I speak of the direct and immediate object of the act of volition ; and not ...
... volition has always for its object the thing which appears most agreeable ; it must be carefully observed , to avoid confusion and needless objection , that I speak of the direct and immediate object of the act of volition ; and not ...
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... volition spoken of is nextly conversant about . For the act of Will spoken of is concerning present drinking or forbearing to drink . If he wills to drink , then drinking is the proper ob- ject of the act of his Will ; and drinking , on ...
... volition spoken of is nextly conversant about . For the act of Will spoken of is concerning present drinking or forbearing to drink . If he wills to drink , then drinking is the proper ob- ject of the act of his Will ; and drinking , on ...
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Jonathan Edwards Samuel Austin. view of the objects of volition , which have influence in their appearing agreeable to the mind , would be a matter of no small difficulty , and might require a treatise by itself , and is not necessary to ...
Jonathan Edwards Samuel Austin. view of the objects of volition , which have influence in their appearing agreeable to the mind , would be a matter of no small difficulty , and might require a treatise by itself , and is not necessary to ...
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... volition . When of two kinds of future pleasure , which the mind considers of , and are presented for choice , both are supposed exactly equal by the judgment , and both equally certain , and all other things are equal , but only one of ...
... volition . When of two kinds of future pleasure , which the mind considers of , and are presented for choice , both are supposed exactly equal by the judgment , and both equally certain , and all other things are equal , but only one of ...
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... volition will be determined . I might further observe , the state of the mind that views a proposed object of choice , is another thing that contributes to the agreeableness or disagreeableness of that object ; the particular temper ...
... volition will be determined . I might further observe , the state of the mind that views a proposed object of choice , is another thing that contributes to the agreeableness or disagreeableness of that object ; the particular temper ...
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