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VII . Concluding Remarks on the Excellency of Religious Knowledge , and on the best way of obtaining it .. 527 The References are made to the second edition of the “ Refutation , ” the Author having never scen the first .
VII . Concluding Remarks on the Excellency of Religious Knowledge , and on the best way of obtaining it .. 527 The References are made to the second edition of the “ Refutation , ” the Author having never scen the first .
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... makes it act in the choice of its object ; but that object is never chosen as evil , otherwise the possession of such a faculty would not be a blessing but a curse , and therefore unworthy of a beneficent Creator to confer upon us .
... makes it act in the choice of its object ; but that object is never chosen as evil , otherwise the possession of such a faculty would not be a blessing but a curse , and therefore unworthy of a beneficent Creator to confer upon us .
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A worthy object presented where the principle is bad , will never generate a virtuous choice ; and a worthy principle where the object is unworthy , is equally barren and ineffectual . - If it be said that an unworthy object may be ...
A worthy object presented where the principle is bad , will never generate a virtuous choice ; and a worthy principle where the object is unworthy , is equally barren and ineffectual . - If it be said that an unworthy object may be ...
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It never disapproves of gospel truth fairly presented to it ; but , on the contrary , receives and lives upon it . It is possible , indeed , that a person possessed of a holy principle may be embarrassed , with respect to some very ...
It never disapproves of gospel truth fairly presented to it ; but , on the contrary , receives and lives upon it . It is possible , indeed , that a person possessed of a holy principle may be embarrassed , with respect to some very ...
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... and that ' the Spirit was never communicated to those who refused to believe . ' * § 11. In the passage now quoted there are several objectionable particulars , especially if it be intended to weigh against Calvinism .
... and that ' the Spirit was never communicated to those who refused to believe . ' * § 11. In the passage now quoted there are several objectionable particulars , especially if it be intended to weigh against Calvinism .
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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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