The Works of President Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life ...G. & C. & H. Carvill, 1830 - Congregational churches |
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... perfect definition of the Will , to say , that it is that by which the soul either chooses or refuses ; I am content with it : though I think it enough to say , It is that by which the soul chooses : for in every act of Will what ...
... perfect definition of the Will , to say , that it is that by which the soul either chooses or refuses ; I am content with it : though I think it enough to say , It is that by which the soul chooses : for in every act of Will what ...
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... perfect 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 ...
... perfect 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 ...
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... perfect insignificance , or in some new sense , diverse from their common use ; which is with reference , as has been observed , to supposable opposition , unwillingness and resistance ; whereas , here , the very supposition excludes ...
... perfect insignificance , or in some new sense , diverse from their common use ; which is with reference , as has been observed , to supposable opposition , unwillingness and resistance ; whereas , here , the very supposition excludes ...
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... perfect connection in and of themselves ; because it may imply a contradiction , or gross absurdity , to suppose them not connected . Thus many things are necessary in their own nature . So the eternal existence of being generally ...
... perfect connection in and of themselves ; because it may imply a contradiction , or gross absurdity , to suppose them not connected . Thus many things are necessary in their own nature . So the eternal existence of being generally ...
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... perfect connection between moral causes and effects ; so this only is what I call by the name of moral Necessity . 2. When I use this distinction of moral and natural Ne- cessity , I would not be understood to suppose , that if any ...
... perfect connection between moral causes and effects ; so this only is what I call by the name of moral Necessity . 2. When I use this distinction of moral and natural Ne- cessity , I would not be understood to suppose , that if any ...
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Page 440 - But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.
Page 146 - And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne, and the beasts and the elders, and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing.
Page 315 - For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Page 450 - For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
Page 558 - 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 473 - 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 289 - 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 503 - 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 433 - 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 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.