The Works of President Edwards ..., Volume 5Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1803 |
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... soul either chooses or refuses ; I am content with it : Though I think that it is enough to say , it is that by which the soul chooses : For in every act of Will whatsoever , the mind chooses one thing rather than another ; it chooses ...
... soul either chooses or refuses ; I am content with it : Though I think that it is enough to say , it is that by which the soul chooses : For in every act of Will whatsoever , the mind chooses one thing rather than another ; it chooses ...
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... soul to act voluntarily , is evermore to act electively . Mr. Locke * says , " The Will signifies nothing but a pow ... soul being united to a body in proper state , that the soul preferring or choosing such an immediate exertion or ...
... soul to act voluntarily , is evermore to act electively . Mr. Locke * says , " The Will signifies nothing but a pow ... soul being united to a body in proper state , that the soul preferring or choosing such an immediate exertion or ...
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... soul , whereby the soul , at that instant , is out of a state of perfect indifference , with respect to the direct ob- ject of the volition . So that in every act , or going forth of the Will , there is some preponderation of the mind ...
... soul , whereby the soul , at that instant , is out of a state of perfect indifference , with respect to the direct ob- ject of the volition . So that in every act , or going forth of the Will , there is some preponderation of the mind ...
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... soul in any further degree than it appears such . For to say otherwise , would be to say , that things that appear have a tendency by the appearance they make , to engage the mind to elect them , some other way than by their appearing ...
... soul in any further degree than it appears such . For to say otherwise , would be to say , that things that appear have a tendency by the appearance they make , to engage the mind to elect them , some other way than by their appearing ...
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... soul or voluntary action . I suppose , that Necessity which is called natural , in dis- tinction from moral necessity , is so called , because mere na- ture , as the word is vulgarly used , is concerned , without any thing of choice ...
... soul or voluntary action . I suppose , that Necessity which is called natural , in dis- tinction from moral necessity , is so called , because mere na- ture , as the word is vulgarly used , is concerned , without any thing of choice ...
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Page 386 - For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
Page 152 - Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
Page 356 - Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with : but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.
Page 343 - All things are delivered unto me of my Father, and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
Page 356 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ : according as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love...
Page 406 - And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob : for this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
Page 416 - That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him : 18 the eyes of your understanding being enlightened ; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints...
Page 343 - But he answered one of them and said, 'Friend, I do thee no wrong. Didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
Page 416 - But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood...
Page 456 - But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning, who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.