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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... necessarily connected with the influence of Motives : with partic ular observations of the great inconsistence of Mr. Chubb's assertions and reasonings about the Freedom of the Will . 48 XI . The evidence of God's certain Foreknowledge ...
... necessarily connected with the influence of Motives : with partic ular observations of the great inconsistence of Mr. Chubb's assertions and reasonings about the Freedom of the Will . 48 XI . The evidence of God's certain Foreknowledge ...
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... necessarily are , as to us , when they are , or will be , though we desire or endeavor the contrary , or try to prevent or remove their existence but such opposition of ours always either consists in , or implies , opposition of our ...
... necessarily are , as to us , when they are , or will be , though we desire or endeavor the contrary , or try to prevent or remove their existence but such opposition of ours always either consists in , or implies , opposition of our ...
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... necessarily be so ; as well as explain Necessity , by saying , it is that by which a thing cannot but be . And secondly , his definition is liable to the forementioned great inconvenience : the words cannot , or unable , are properly ...
... necessarily be so ; as well as explain Necessity , by saying , it is that by which a thing cannot but be . And secondly , his definition is liable to the forementioned great inconvenience : the words cannot , or unable , are properly ...
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... necessarily and unalterably true . The past event has fixed and decided the matter , as to its existence ; and has made it impossible but that existence should be truly predicated of it . Thus the existence of whatever is already come ...
... necessarily and unalterably true . The past event has fixed and decided the matter , as to its existence ; and has made it impossible but that existence should be truly predicated of it . Thus the existence of whatever is already come ...
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... necessarily , or will hereafter necessarily exist . And therefore this is the Necessity which especially belongs to controversies about the acts of the Will . It may be of some use in these controversies , further to observe concerning ...
... necessarily , or will hereafter necessarily exist . And therefore this is the Necessity which especially belongs to controversies about the acts of the Will . It may be of some use in these controversies , further to observe concerning ...
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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.