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A careful and strict enquiry into the modern prevailing notions of that freedom of…
A careful and strict enquiry into the modern prevailing notions of that freedom of will, which is supposed to be essential to moral agency, virtue and vice, reward and punishment, praise and blame. By Jonathan Edwards, A.M. Pastor of the church in Stockbridge. ; [One line from Romans]A careful and strict enquiry into the modern prevailing notions of that freedom of will, which is supposed to be essential to moral agency, vertue and vice, reward and punishment, praise and blame. By Jonathan Edwards, A.M. Pastor of the church in Stockbridge. ; [One line from Romans]
printed by S. Kneeland, 1754
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
PART IV. Wherein the chief Grounds of the Reasonings of Arminians, in Support and Defence of their Notions of Liberty, moral Agency, &c. and against the opposite Doctrine, are considered. SECT. I. The Essence of the Virtue and Vice of the Dispositions of the Heart, and Acts of the Will, lies not in their Cause, but their Nature. Pag. 192. SECT. II. The Falseness and Inconsistence of that metaphysical Notion of Action and Agency, which seems to be generally entertained by the Defenders of the forementioned Notions of Liberty, moral Agency, &c. Pag. 198. SECT. III. The Reasons why some think it contrary to common Sense, to suppose Things which are necessary, to be worthy of either Praise or Blame. Pag. 206. SECT. IV. It is agreeable to common Sense, and the natural Notions of Mankind, to suppose moral Necessity to be consistent with Praise and Blame, Reward and Punishment. Pag. 212. SECT. V. Concerning those Objections, That this Scheme of Necessity renders all Means and Endeavours for the avoiding of Sin, or the obtaining Virtue and Holiness, vain and to no Purpose; And that it makes Men no more than mere Machines, in Affairs of Morality and Religion. Pag. 220. SECT. VI. Concerning that Objection against the Doctrine which has been maintained, That it agrees with the Stoical Doctrine of Fate, and the Opinion of Mr. Hobbes. Pag. 227. SECT. VII. Concerning the Necessity of the divine Will. Pag. 230. ⟨image ?⟩SECT. VIII. Some further Objections against the moral Necessity of GOD'S Volitions, considered. Pag. 239. SECT. IX. Concerning that Objection against the Doctrine which has been maintained, That it makes GOD the Author of Sin. Pag. 252. SECT. X. Concerning Sin's first Entrance into the World. Pag. 268. SECT. XI. Of a supposed Inconsistence of these Principles with GOD'S moral Character. Pag. 270. SECT. XII. Of a supposed Tendency of these Principles to Atheism, and Licentiousness. Pag. 274. SECT. XIII. Concerning that Objection against the Reasoning by which the Calvinistic Doctrine is supported, That it is metaphysical and abstruse. Pag. 278.