A Careful And Strict Inquiry Into the Modern Prevailing Notions of Freedom of Th
A Careful And Strict Inquiry Into the Modern Prevailing Notions of Freedom of Th
Jonathan Edwards
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If there be an approach to a moral necef- fity in a man's exertion of good a6ls of Will, they being the exercife of a ftrong propenfity to good, and a very powerful love to virtue ; it is fo far from being the di6late of common Senfe, that he is lefs virtuous, and the lefs to be efteemed, loved and praifed; that it is agreeable to the natural Notions of all mankind, that he is fo much the better man, worthy of greater refpeft, and higher commendation. And the ftronger the inclination is, and th...e nearer it approaches to neceffity in that refpetl; ; or to im- poffibility of negle6ling the virtuous a6l, or of doing a vicious one ; (fill the more virtuous, and worthy of higher commendation. And, on the other hand, if af man exerts evil a6ls of mind; as, for inftance, 28o Neceffary Virtue, &c. Part IV. a6ls of pride or malice from a rooted and ftrong hab- it, or principle of haughtinefs and malicioufnefs, and a violent propenfity of heart to fuch a6ls ; accord- ing to the natural fenfe of men, he is fo far from being the lefs hateful and blameable on that account, that he is fo much the more worthy to he detelled and condemned, by all that obferve him.
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