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Even for a good desire to be repulsed , involves incompatible ideas ; for all good
is from God , and therefore all good desires : but for an infinite good to ... Some
have used it to signify the positive idea of rejection , as an arbitrary act of will .
Even for a good desire to be repulsed , involves incompatible ideas ; for all good
is from God , and therefore all good desires : but for an infinite good to ... Some
have used it to signify the positive idea of rejection , as an arbitrary act of will .
Page 214
The idea of omnipotence is one thing , but the exertion of power is another . The
former , like intelligence , is an infinite perfection of the divine nature , and
therefore cannot be limited by will , any more than the divine existence . The idea
of ...
The idea of omnipotence is one thing , but the exertion of power is another . The
former , like intelligence , is an infinite perfection of the divine nature , and
therefore cannot be limited by will , any more than the divine existence . The idea
of ...
Page 218
That there is in every created being a negative principle which is itself no created
object , is necessarily implied in the negative ideas of limitation and dependence
. No proof is required to shew that a creature , however exalted , is limited in his ...
That there is in every created being a negative principle which is itself no created
object , is necessarily implied in the negative ideas of limitation and dependence
. No proof is required to shew that a creature , however exalted , is limited in his ...
Page 224
... the idea of freedom . The last term , in my conception , , is properly and
consistently expressive of a negative idea -- not a power , nor a faculty , but
exemption related to the will . But , as in 224 CH . 111 . MODERN CALVINISM
DEFENDED .
... the idea of freedom . The last term , in my conception , , is properly and
consistently expressive of a negative idea -- not a power , nor a faculty , but
exemption related to the will . But , as in 224 CH . 111 . MODERN CALVINISM
DEFENDED .
Page 485
It is more than probable , that this idea was affixed to several of the words and
phrases above quoted . Without doubt , however , this is a very common idea with
the advocates of a self - determining power . The word . Liberty ' and the epithet ...
It is more than probable , that this idea was affixed to several of the words and
phrases above quoted . Without doubt , however , this is a very common idea with
the advocates of a self - determining power . The word . Liberty ' and the epithet ...
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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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