The Works of President Edwards ...Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1809 - Congregational churches |
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... end for which an agent or efficient exerts any act and performs any work , and the ultimate end . These two phrases are not al- ways precisely of the same signification : And though the chief end be always an ultimate end , yet every ...
... end for which an agent or efficient exerts any act and performs any work , and the ultimate end . These two phrases are not al- ways precisely of the same signification : And though the chief end be always an ultimate end , yet every ...
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... ends are subordinate ends , not only as they are sub- ordinated to an ultimate end , but also to another end that is itself but a subordinate end : Yea , there may be a succession or chain of many subordinate ends , one dependent on ...
... ends are subordinate ends , not only as they are sub- ordinated to an ultimate end , but also to another end that is itself but a subordinate end : Yea , there may be a succession or chain of many subordinate ends , one dependent on ...
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... end which an agent has in view , may be both his immediate and his ultimate end ; his next and his last end . That end which is sought for the sake of itself , △ and not for the sake of a further end , is an ultimate end ; it is ultimate ...
... end which an agent has in view , may be both his immediate and his ultimate end ; his next and his last end . That end which is sought for the sake of itself , △ and not for the sake of a further end , is an ultimate end ; it is ultimate ...
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... ultimate end is not always the chief end , because some subordinate ends may be more valued and sought after than some ultimate ends . Thus for instance , a man may aim at these two things in his going a ... end , 42 END IN CREATION .
... ultimate end is not always the chief end , because some subordinate ends may be more valued and sought after than some ultimate ends . Thus for instance , a man may aim at these two things in his going a ... end , 42 END IN CREATION .
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... end , or for the sake of the ultimate end , that it is in order to . But yet a subordinate end may be valued more than some other ultimate end that it is not subordinate to , but is independent of it , and does not be- long to that ...
... end , or for the sake of the ultimate end , that it is in order to . But yet a subordinate end may be valued more than some other ultimate end that it is not subordinate to , but is independent of it , and does not be- long to that ...
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