This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 Excerpt: ...in theology follow the decision of this question respecting the will, one way or another. On the supposition of a self-determining power in the will, and so far as it is a true one, the Divine justice is freed from all substantial difficulty; for moral evil is brought instantly home to the individual, who is made ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 Excerpt: ...in theology follow the decision of this question respecting the will, one way or another. On the supposition of a self-determining power in the will, and so far as it is a true one, the Divine justice is freed from all substantial difficulty; for moral evil is brought instantly home to the individual, who is made responsible for it, and so justly subject to punishment. But deny this power, and suppose the will to be moved from without, and the Divine justice is immediately challenged, and we are involved in whatever difficulty accompanies the depravation of moral beings from a source external to themselves, and their punishment when their depravation has proceeded from such a source. I am speaking of the latter doctrine as held definitely or exclusively. It may be said, indeed, that the will which is thus mo1 ed from without is still will, the will of the individual, --Jiat it has all the properties which we can distinctly conceive of will; but these characteristics of will will not prevent the difficulties which arise from this theory of its motion or determination. And this perhaps is worth the consideration of those who not so much deny the selfdetermining power of the will, as set the question aside as 1 Note IV. 1 Essay, book 2. t. 21. s: J/ unimportant; as if the acknowledgment of will as a fact were the only thing of real importance. Of course, if this is so, it is impossible to be in the wrong on this subject; for nobody in his senses can deny the fact of the will. But the further question of its determination cannot be said to be unimportant, both in itself, and as involving these theological results. It makes a difference in what way we decide it. A distinguished writer of the present day, Archbishop Whately, adopts this line: 'Let, then, nece...
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