A Careful and Strict Inquiry Into the Modern Prevailing Notions of that Freedom of Will: Which is Supposed to be Essential to Moral Agency, Virtue and Vice, Reward and Punishment, Praise and Blame |
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Page vii
... Some of them went far beyond the Arminians : and I would by on means charge Arminians in general with all the corrupt doctrine , which these maintain- ed . Thus , for inftance , it would be very injurious , if I fhould rank Arminian ...
... Some of them went far beyond the Arminians : and I would by on means charge Arminians in general with all the corrupt doctrine , which these maintain- ed . Thus , for inftance , it would be very injurious , if I fhould rank Arminian ...
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... some colour for putting in a claim ; that if the reader be disposed to pass his cenfure on what I have written , I may be fully and patiently heard , and well attended to , before I am condemned . However , this is what I would hum- bly ...
... some colour for putting in a claim ; that if the reader be disposed to pass his cenfure on what I have written , I may be fully and patiently heard , and well attended to , before I am condemned . However , this is what I would hum- bly ...
Page xiv
... Some further Objections against the moral Ne- ceffity of God's Volitions , confidered , 310 SECT . IX . Concerning that Objection against the Doctrine which has been maintained , that it makes God the Author of Sin , 327 SECT . X ...
... Some further Objections against the moral Ne- ceffity of God's Volitions , confidered , 310 SECT . IX . Concerning that Objection against the Doctrine which has been maintained , that it makes God the Author of Sin , 327 SECT . X ...
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... some use , and will tend to the greater clearness in the following dif- course , to say a few things concerning it . And therefore I obferve , that the Will ( without any metaphysical refining ) is plainly , That by which the mind ...
... some use , and will tend to the greater clearness in the following dif- course , to say a few things concerning it . And therefore I obferve , that the Will ( without any metaphysical refining ) is plainly , That by which the mind ...
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... some confidera- tion , defire to use perfuafions , and at the fame time may defire they may not prevail ; but yet nobody will fay , that Defire runs counter to Defire ; or that this proves that Defire is perfectly a diftin & t thing ...
... some confidera- tion , defire to use perfuafions , and at the fame time may defire they may not prevail ; but yet nobody will fay , that Defire runs counter to Defire ; or that this proves that Defire is perfectly a diftin & t thing ...
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abfolute abfurd act of choice actions againſt agreeable alfo alſo anſwer antecedent arife Arminians becauſe cafe caufe cauſe choofing chooſe Chrift circumftances Command confequence confideration confidered confifts connexion contingence contrary defign defire demonftrated determined difpofing difpofition diftinction doctrine effect Endeavours event evil exerciſe exiftence exiſtence faid fame thing felf-determining fenfe fhall fhould fignify fincere firft firſt fome fomething foul free act ftate ftill ftrength ftrong fubject fuch thing fufficient fuppofe fuppofition fure God's himſelf impoffible inclination inconfiftent Indifference infinite influence inftance itſelf lefs liberty manifeft metaphyfical mind moft moral agents moral neceffity moſt Motive muft muſt nature neceffarily neceffary notion obferved object occafion oppofition otherwife pafs paſs perfons pleaſure poffible pofitive praiſe prefent promiſes puniſhment purpoſe reafon refpect ſay ſcheme Sect ſenſe ſome ſpeaks ſtate ſuch ſuppoſe thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe tion underſtanding univerfal uſe virtue virtuous volition whatſoever wherein Whitby