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That there is an adequate cause of disobedience , as of every evil , has been
proved before ; but where shall we find an adequate cause of the other effects ? It
will be probably answered in Free Will . Freedom , as pertaining to the Will , it has
...
That there is an adequate cause of disobedience , as of every evil , has been
proved before ; but where shall we find an adequate cause of the other effects ? It
will be probably answered in Free Will . Freedom , as pertaining to the Will , it has
...
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that this cause which is found in every man , does not produce the same kind of
effects ? for it is an acknowledged axiom , That like causes produce like effects .
Ý 2. If it be said , That this axiom belongs only to physics , but not to morals , I
have ...
that this cause which is found in every man , does not produce the same kind of
effects ? for it is an acknowledged axiom , That like causes produce like effects .
Ý 2. If it be said , That this axiom belongs only to physics , but not to morals , I
have ...
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human will , as well as the divine , is the medium of active power , of which God is
the proper source , without whose voluntary energy , there is no conceivable
cause of its continuance . A self - determining human will , therefore , is a
complete ...
human will , as well as the divine , is the medium of active power , of which God is
the proper source , without whose voluntary energy , there is no conceivable
cause of its continuance . A self - determining human will , therefore , is a
complete ...
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If he pleases , we shall do well ; but if left to our own defectibility , and its negative
cause , he knows we will not do well ; though every thing which it becomes him
as a righteous governor to grant , should continue the same . The positive cause
...
If he pleases , we shall do well ; but if left to our own defectibility , and its negative
cause , he knows we will not do well ; though every thing which it becomes him
as a righteous governor to grant , should continue the same . The positive cause
...
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and in confounding free - will with the proper endowed with reason , and in this
respect like ' to God , being made free in his will , and having power over himself ,
is himself the cause • that sometimes he becomes wheat , and sometimes chaff ...
and in confounding free - will with the proper endowed with reason , and in this
respect like ' to God , being made free in his will , and having power over himself ,
is himself the cause • that sometimes he becomes wheat , and sometimes chaff ...
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| Title | A Defence of Modern Calvinism: Containing an Examination of the Bishop of Lincoln's Work, Entitled a Refutation of Calvinism |
| Author | Edward Williams |
| Publisher | J. Black, 1812 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 28 Apr 2015 |
| Length | 544 pages |
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