The Works of President Edwards ...Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1808 - Congregational churches |
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... word , any more than if I explained the word must , by there being a necessity . The words must , can , and cannot , feed explication as much as the words necessary and impossi- ble ; excepting that the former are words that children ...
... word , any more than if I explained the word must , by there being a necessity . The words must , can , and cannot , feed explication as much as the words necessary and impossi- ble ; excepting that the former are words that children ...
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... words and phrases , as vul- garly used , are used and accepted in this manner . A thing is said to be necessary ... words used . Such ideas , and these words , are so united and associated , that they unavoidably go together ; one ...
... words and phrases , as vul- garly used , are used and accepted in this manner . A thing is said to be necessary ... words used . Such ideas , and these words , are so united and associated , that they unavoidably go together ; one ...
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... words with reference to a supposable op- position , will or endeavor . And therefore if any man uses these terms in such cases , he either uses them nonsensically , or in some new sense , diverse from their original and proper meaning ...
... words with reference to a supposable op- position , will or endeavor . And therefore if any man uses these terms in such cases , he either uses them nonsensically , or in some new sense , diverse from their original and proper meaning ...
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... words can , or can- not , need explanation as much as the word Necessity ; and the former may as well be explained by the latter , as the lat- ter by the former . Thus , if any one asked us what we mean , when we say , a thing cannot ...
... words can , or can- not , need explanation as much as the word Necessity ; and the former may as well be explained by the latter , as the lat- ter by the former . Thus , if any one asked us what we mean , when we say , a thing cannot ...
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... words unable and inability . It has been observed , that these terms , in their original and common use , have relation to will and endeavor , as supposable in the case , and as insuficient for the bringing to pass the thing willed and ...
... words unable and inability . It has been observed , that these terms , in their original and common use , have relation to will and endeavor , as supposable in the case , and as insuficient for the bringing to pass the thing willed and ...
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