The Works of President Edwards ...Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1808 |
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... prove that there is a God , either from the Being of the world , and the creatures in it , or from the man ner of ... prove a prior ground or cause of existence of a first cause ; or , that there is some cause before the very first . The ...
... prove that there is a God , either from the Being of the world , and the creatures in it , or from the man ner of ... prove a prior ground or cause of existence of a first cause ; or , that there is some cause before the very first . The ...
Page 144
... prove the Necessity of the event foreknown , and yet not be the thing which causes the Necessity . If the Foreknowledge be absolute , this proves the event known to be necessary , or proves that it is impossi- ble but that the event ...
... prove the Necessity of the event foreknown , and yet not be the thing which causes the Necessity . If the Foreknowledge be absolute , this proves the event known to be necessary , or proves that it is impossi- ble but that the event ...
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... prove that there is such an impossibility , as much as if it were the cause . It is as strong arguing from the effect to the cause , as from the cause to the effect . It is enough , that an existence , which is infallibly foreknown ...
... prove that there is such an impossibility , as much as if it were the cause . It is as strong arguing from the effect to the cause , as from the cause to the effect . It is enough , that an existence , which is infallibly foreknown ...
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