The Works of President Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life ...G. & C. & H. Carvill, 1830 |
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... Indifferent 62 VII . Of Liberty of Indifference VIII . Of Liberty without Necessity 68 77 IX . Will connected with Understanding 80 x . Acts connected with Motives 86 XI . God foreknows our Volitions 98 114 127 XII . Foreknowledge ...
... Indifferent 62 VII . Of Liberty of Indifference VIII . Of Liberty without Necessity 68 77 IX . Will connected with Understanding 80 x . Acts connected with Motives 86 XI . God foreknows our Volitions 98 114 127 XII . Foreknowledge ...
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... indifference , with respect to the direct object of the volition . So that in every act , or going forth of the Will , there is some preponderation of the mind , one way rather than another ; and the soul had rather have or do one thing ...
... indifference , with respect to the direct object of the volition . So that in every act , or going forth of the Will , there is some preponderation of the mind , one way rather than another ; and the soul had rather have or do one thing ...
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... indifferent , and neither agreeable nor disagreeable . But if it tends to draw the inclination , and move the Will , it must be under the notion of that which suits the mind . And therefore that must have the greatest tendency to ...
... indifferent , and neither agreeable nor disagreeable . But if it tends to draw the inclination , and move the Will , it must be under the notion of that which suits the mind . And therefore that must have the greatest tendency to ...
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... indifferent , in the View of the Mind . A great argument for self - determining power , is the sup posed experience we universally have of an ability to deter- mine our Wills , in cases wherein no prevailing motive is presented the Will ...
... indifferent , in the View of the Mind . A great argument for self - determining power , is the sup posed experience we universally have of an ability to deter- mine our Wills , in cases wherein no prevailing motive is presented the Will ...
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... indifferent ; which is the very same thing as to say , the mind has a preference , at the same time that it has no preference . What is meant cannot be , that the mind is indifferent before it comes to have a choice , or until it has a ...
... indifferent ; which is the very same thing as to say , the mind has a preference , at the same time that it has no preference . What is meant cannot be , that the mind is indifferent before it comes to have a choice , or until it has a ...
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Page 462 - And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Page 442 - I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth-lehemite. And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
Page 435 - And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
Page 475 - In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation : in whom also, after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise...
Page 560 - The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Page 463 - As it is written, there is none righteous, no not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit ; the poison of asps is under their lips: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.
Page 137 - Thus saith God, the Lord, he that created the heavens and stretched them out: he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it: he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein...
Page 505 - For until the law sin was in the world : but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of Him that was to come.
Page 137 - A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench : he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
Page 149 - And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient...