A Careful and Strict Inquiry Into Modern Prevailing Notions of that Freedom of the Will: Which is Supposed to be Essential to Moral Agency, Virtue and Vice, Reward and Punishment, Praise and Blame |
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... concerning the greatest good . And let us suppose as many acts of the Will , one preceding another , as we please , yet they are every one of them necessarily determined by a certain degree of light in the Understanding , con- cerning ...
... concerning the greatest good . And let us suppose as many acts of the Will , one preceding another , as we please , yet they are every one of them necessarily determined by a certain degree of light in the Understanding , con- cerning ...
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... cerning it , that there is no event , past , present , or to come , that God is ever uncertain of : he never is , never was , and never will be without infallible knowledge of it : he always sees the existence of it to be certain and ...
... cerning it , that there is no event , past , present , or to come , that God is ever uncertain of : he never is , never was , and never will be without infallible knowledge of it : he always sees the existence of it to be certain and ...
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... concerning the commanded act of the Will remains true , that the very want of it is a moral Inability to exert it ... cerning the Inability which attends a strong and settled habit , should be here remembered , viz , that fixed habit ...
... concerning the commanded act of the Will remains true , that the very want of it is a moral Inability to exert it ... cerning the Inability which attends a strong and settled habit , should be here remembered , viz , that fixed habit ...
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... concerning them . For all conjecture , in things of this nature , must depend on some dis- cerning or apprehension o ' these two things , previous disposition and motive , which , as has been observed , Arminian notions of moral agency ...
... concerning them . For all conjecture , in things of this nature , must depend on some dis- cerning or apprehension o ' these two things , previous disposition and motive , which , as has been observed , Arminian notions of moral agency ...
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... cerning this matter I have fully expressed my mind in the Inquiry . If the liberty which we have a natural sense of as necessary to desert , consists in the mind's self - determination , without being determined by previous inclination ...
... cerning this matter I have fully expressed my mind in the Inquiry . If the liberty which we have a natural sense of as necessary to desert , consists in the mind's self - determination , without being determined by previous inclination ...
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Page 85 - Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, To him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, Princes also shall worship, Because of the Lord that is faithful, And the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.
Page 84 - 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 64 - Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
Page 84 - He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
Page 68 - And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent : For he is not a man, that he should repent.
Page 91 - Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong ; because he hath poured out his soul unto death : and he was numbered with the transgressors ; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Page 64 - I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. " Surely," shall one say, " in the Lord have I righteousness and strength :" even to him shall men come ; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
Page 85 - For the Lord God will help me ; therefore shall I not be confounded : therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
Page 85 - Behold the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely ; and this is his name, whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Page 71 - And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end: I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.