The Works of President Edwards ...Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1808 |
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... man would prefer flying to walking , yet who can say he ever wills it ? " But the instance he mentions does not prove ... man's walk- ing , or any other external action ; which is not being remov- ed from one place to another ; on the ...
... man would prefer flying to walking , yet who can say he ever wills it ? " But the instance he mentions does not prove ... man's walk- ing , or any other external action ; which is not being remov- ed from one place to another ; on the ...
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... man to do thus or thus ; and a man's doing as he wills , and doing as he pleases , are the same thing in common speech , Mr. Locke * says , " The Will is perfectly distinguished ⚫ from Desire ; which in the very same action may have a ...
... man to do thus or thus ; and a man's doing as he wills , and doing as he pleases , are the same thing in common speech , Mr. Locke * says , " The Will is perfectly distinguished ⚫ from Desire ; which in the very same action may have a ...
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... man's desiring to be eased of pain , & c . But not to dwell any longer on this , whether Desire and Will , and whether Preference and Volition be precisely the same things or no ; yet , I trust it will be allowed by all , that in every ...
... man's desiring to be eased of pain , & c . But not to dwell any longer on this , whether Desire and Will , and whether Preference and Volition be precisely the same things or no ; yet , I trust it will be allowed by all , that in every ...
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... man's own actions , then those ac- tions which appear most agreeable to him he wills . If it be now most agreeable ... man- kind , than that , when men act voluntarily , and do what they please , then they do what suits them best , or ...
... man's own actions , then those ac- tions which appear most agreeable to him he wills . If it be now most agreeable ... man- kind , than that , when men act voluntarily , and do what they please , then they do what suits them best , or ...
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... man's liberty only in a power of doing what he will , as that wherein they plainly agree with Mr. Hobbes . And yet he himself mentions the very same notion of liberty , as the dictate of the sense and common reason of mankind , and a ...
... man's liberty only in a power of doing what he will , as that wherein they plainly agree with Mr. Hobbes . And yet he himself mentions the very same notion of liberty , as the dictate of the sense and common reason of mankind , and a ...
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Page 398 - Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
Page 504 - But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning, who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.
Page 376 - Nay, but O man, who art thou that repliest against God ? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus...
Page 494 - And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
Page 503 - Christ was confirmed in you, so that ye come behind in no gift ; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ;) who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 352 - Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
Page 456 - And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob : for this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes : but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers
Page 334 - For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
Page 385 - And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
Page 443 - We know that whosoever is born of God, sinneth not ; but he that is begotten of God, keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.