J. Edwards
Cited as J. Edwards. — 14 quotations
Deny
To some men, it is more agreeable to deny a vicious inclination, than to gratify it.
Determine
The character of the soul is determined by the character of its God.
Diverse
The word . . . is used in a sense very diverse from its original import.
Follow
It is most agreeable to some men to follow their reason; and to others to follow their appetites.
Moral
A moral agent is a being capable of those actions that have a moral quality, and which can properly be denominated good or evil in a moral sense.
Motive
By motive, I mean the whole of that which moves, excites, or invites the mind to volition, whether that be one thing singly, or many things conjunctively.
Passiveness
To be an effect implies passiveness, or the being subject to the power and action of its cause.
Permitter
A permitter, or not a hinderer, of sin.
Please
A man doing as he wills, and doing as he pleases, are the same things in common speech.
Prescience
God's certain prescience of the volitions of moral agents.
Scheme
Arguments . . . sufficient to support and demonstrate a whole scheme of moral philosophy.
Solemnity
These promises were often made with great solemnity and confirmed with an oath.
Support
To urge such arguments, as though they were sufficient to support and demonstrate a whole scheme of moral philosophy.
Will
The will is plainly that by which the mind chooses anything.