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of God excludes all cause of defectibility , and consequently of evil effects ; and
the same absolute nature infallibly secures the goodness of all the effects it
produces . The very nature of God , as absolutely perfect , therefore , is
incompatible ...
of God excludes all cause of defectibility , and consequently of evil effects ; and
the same absolute nature infallibly secures the goodness of all the effects it
produces . The very nature of God , as absolutely perfect , therefore , is
incompatible ...
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Again , The Calvinists are charged with resembling the heresy of the Valentinians
, by maintaining , That some men are yood and others bad , by nature . The
following are two complete quotations brought for this purpose . dividing souls ...
Again , The Calvinists are charged with resembling the heresy of the Valentinians
, by maintaining , That some men are yood and others bad , by nature . The
following are two complete quotations brought for this purpose . dividing souls ...
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And this principle , which is only a relative defect , though not the will of the
creature , is yet a source of the manner of willing ; otherwise the volitions would
not be according to the nature of the agent , -a supposition to the last degree
absurd ...
And this principle , which is only a relative defect , though not the will of the
creature , is yet a source of the manner of willing ; otherwise the volitions would
not be according to the nature of the agent , -a supposition to the last degree
absurd ...
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we sometimes speak of two natures in the Christian , one corrupt and the other
holy . We maintain that every true or spiritual Christian has a depraved nature
from the first Adam , and a spiritual nature or principle from the second Adam .
we sometimes speak of two natures in the Christian , one corrupt and the other
holy . We maintain that every true or spiritual Christian has a depraved nature
from the first Adam , and a spiritual nature or principle from the second Adam .
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There can be no happiness but in harmony with his will , which is ever
conformable to the absolute rectitude of his nature . A voluntary harmony with his
will , is real virtue ; and the want of it , in moral agents , is real vice . A moral agent
who , in ...
There can be no happiness but in harmony with his will , which is ever
conformable to the absolute rectitude of his nature . A voluntary harmony with his
will , is real virtue ; and the want of it , in moral agents , is real vice . A moral agent
who , in ...
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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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