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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... whole of that which moves , excites or invites the mind to volition , whether that be one thing fingly , or many things conjunctly . Many particular things may concur and unite their ftrength to induce the mind ; and when it is fo , all ...
... whole of that which moves , excites or invites the mind to volition , whether that be one thing fingly , or many things conjunctly . Many particular things may concur and unite their ftrength to induce the mind ; and when it is fo , all ...
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... whole of it , is most agreeable to him . If he chooses or wills to drink it , and not to let it a- lone ; then this action , as it flands in the view of his mind , with all that belongs to its appearance there , is more agreeable and ...
... whole of it , is most agreeable to him . If he chooses or wills to drink it , and not to let it a- lone ; then this action , as it flands in the view of his mind , with all that belongs to its appearance there , is more agreeable and ...
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... whole of what at present appears to him , moft agreeable to speak , then he chooses to speak : if it fuits him beft to keep filence , then he chooses to keep filence . There is scarcely a plainer and more universal dictate of the fense ...
... whole of what at present appears to him , moft agreeable to speak , then he chooses to speak : if it fuits him beft to keep filence , then he chooses to keep filence . There is scarcely a plainer and more universal dictate of the fense ...
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... whole faculty of per- ception or apprehenfion , and not merely what is call- ed reafon or judgment . If by the dictate of the un- derstanding is meant what reafon declares to be best or moft for the perfon's happiness , taking in the whole ...
... whole faculty of per- ception or apprehenfion , and not merely what is call- ed reafon or judgment . If by the dictate of the un- derstanding is meant what reafon declares to be best or moft for the perfon's happiness , taking in the whole ...
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... whole train , directing and determining the reft ; or a free act of the Will , before the firft free act of the Will . elfe we must come at laft to an act of the Will , de- termining the consequent acts , wherein the Will is not self ...
... whole train , directing and determining the reft ; or a free act of the Will , before the firft free act of the Will . elfe we must come at laft to an act of the Will , de- termining the consequent acts , wherein the Will is not self ...
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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