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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... habits or inclinations , in- consistent with Arminian notions of Liberty and moral Agency VII . Arminian notions of moral Agency inconsistent with all influence of Mo- tive and Inducement , in either virtuous or vicious actions PART IV ...
... habits or inclinations , in- consistent with Arminian notions of Liberty and moral Agency VII . Arminian notions of moral Agency inconsistent with all influence of Mo- tive and Inducement , in either virtuous or vicious actions PART IV ...
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... habit ; which by the daily use of these terms , in such a sense , from our childhood , becomes fixed and settled ; so that the idea of a relation to a supposed will , desire and endeavor Vol . II 2 of ours , is strongly connected with ...
... habit ; which by the daily use of these terms , in such a sense , from our childhood , becomes fixed and settled ; so that the idea of a relation to a supposed will , desire and endeavor Vol . II 2 of ours , is strongly connected with ...
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... habit- ual connection of ideas will deceive and confound us in our reasonings and discourses , wherein we pretend to use these terms in that manner , as terms of art 4. It follows from what has been observed , that when these terms ...
... habit- ual connection of ideas will deceive and confound us in our reasonings and discourses , wherein we pretend to use these terms in that manner , as terms of art 4. It follows from what has been observed , that when these terms ...
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... moral causes , such as habits and dispositions of the heart , and moral motives and inducements . Thus men placed in certain circumstances FREEDOM OF THE WILL . 13 Of the distinction of natural and moral Necessity, and Inability.
... moral causes , such as habits and dispositions of the heart , and moral motives and inducements . Thus men placed in certain circumstances FREEDOM OF THE WILL . 13 Of the distinction of natural and moral Necessity, and Inability.
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... habit or motive is so strong , that the act of the Will infallibly follows , this is not owing to the nature of things . But these are the names that these two kinds of Necessity have usually been called by ; and they must be ...
... habit or motive is so strong , that the act of the Will infallibly follows , this is not owing to the nature of things . But these are the names that these two kinds of Necessity have usually been called by ; and they must be ...
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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.