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Asa Mahan. Doctrine of the Will
Doctrine of the Will
Table of Contents
DEDICATORY PREFACE
CHAPTER I
IMPORTANCE OF THE SUBJECT
TRUE AND FALSE METHODS OF INQUIRY
COMMON FAULT
PROPER METHOD OF REASONING FROM REVELATION TO THE SYSTEM OF MENTAL PHILOSOPHY THEREIN PRE-SUPPOSED
ERRORS OF METHOD
CHAPTER II
CLASSIFICATION VERIFIED
CHAPTER III
SEC. I. TERMS DEFINED
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ABOVE DEFINITIONS
MOTIVE DEFINED
SEC. II. LIBERTY, AS OPPOSED TO NECESSITY, THE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE WILL
OBJECTIONS TO THE DOCTRINE OF NECESSITY
DOCTRINE OF LIBERTY—DIRECT ARGUMENT
OBJECTION IN BAR OF AN APPEAL TO CONSCIOUSNESS
DOCTRINE OF LIBERTY ARGUED FROM THE EXISTENCE OF THE IDEA OF LIBERTY IN ALL MINDS
THE DOCTRINE OF LIBERTY, THE DOCTRINE OF THE BIBLE
SEC. 3. VIEWS OF NECESSITARIANS
NECESSITY AS HELD BY NECESSITARIANS
THE TERM, CERTAINTY, AS USED BY NECESSITARIANS
SINFUL INCLINATIONS
NECESSARIAN DOCTRINE OF LIBERTY
GROUND WHICH NECESSITARIANS ARE BOUND TO TAKE IN RESPECT TO THE DOCTRINE OF ABILITY
DOCTRINE OF NECESSITY, AS REGARDED BY NECESSITARIANS OF DIFFERENT SCHOOLS
CHAPTER IV
STRONGEST MOTIVE—REASONING IN A CIRCLE
CHAPTER V
SECTION I
PHRASE DEFINED
MEANING OF THIS PHRASE ACCORDING TO EDWARDS
THE WILL NOT ALWAYS AS THE DICTATES OF THE INTELLIGENCE
THE WILL NOT ALWAYS AS THE STRONGEST DESIRE
THE WILL NOT ALWAYS AS THE INTELLIGENCE AND SENSIBILITY COMBINED
SEC. II—MISCLLANEOUS TOPICS
NECESSITARIAN ARGUMENT
MOTIVES CAUSE ACTS OF WILL, IN WHAT SENSE
OBJECTION—PARTICULAR VOLITION, HOW ACCOUNTED FOR
FACTS LIKE THE ABOVE WRONGLY ACCOUNTED FOR
CHOOSING BETWEEN OBJECTS KNOWN TO BE EQUAL—HOW TREATED BY NECESSITARIANS
PALPABLE MISTAKE
CHAPTER VI
DANGER IN REASONING FROM THE MANNER IN WHICH WE FOREKNOW EVENTS TO THAT OF DIVINE PRESCIENCE
MISTAKE RESPECTING THE DIVINE PRESCIENCE
SINGULAR INCONSISTENCY OF NECESSITARIANS
NECESSITARIAN OBJECTION TO THE ABOVE ARGUMENT
CHAPTER VII
CONCLUSIONS FROM THE ABOVE
GODS PURPOSES CONSISTENT WITH THE LIBERTY OF CREATURES
SENSES IN WHICH GOD PURPOSED MORAL GOOD AND EVIL
DEATH OF THE INCORRIGIBLE PREORDAINED BUT NOT WILLED
GOD NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH OF THE INCORRIGIBLE
SIN A MYSTERY
CONCLUSION FROM THE ABOVE
CHAPTER VIII
SECTION I
SEC. II. DOGMAS IN THEOLOGY
MEN NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SIN OF THEIR PROGENITORS
CONSTITUTIONAL ILL-DESERT
PRESENT IMPOSSIBILITIES REQUIRED
CHAPTER IX
SINCERITY, AND NOT INTENSITY, THE TRUE STANDARD
CHAPTER X
OBJECTIONS
AN ACT OF WILL MAY RESULT FROM A VARIETY OF MOTIVES
LOVING WITH GREATER INTENSITY AT ONE TIME THAN ANOTHER
MOMENTARY REVOLUTIONS OF CHARACTER
CHAPTER XI
THOSE WHO ARE OR ARE NOT TRULY VIRTUOUS, HOW DISTINGUISHED
SELFISHNESS AND BENEVOLENCE
COMMON MISTAKE
DEFECTIVE FORMS OF VIRTUE
SEC. II. TEST OF CONFORMITY TO MORAL PRINCIPLE
COMMON MISTAKE
LOVE AS REQUIRED BY THE MORAL LAW
IDENTITY OF CHARACTER AMONG ALL BEINGS MORALLY VIRTUOUS
CHAPTER XII
SECTION I
ACTION OF THE WILL IN THE DIRECTION OF THE NATURAL PROPENSITIES.—EMOTION, DESIRE, AND WISH DEFINED
ANGER, PRIDE, AMBITION, &c
RELIGIOUS AFFECTIONS
SCRIPTURE TESTIMONY
REPENTANCE
LOVE
OF FAITH
SEC. II. GENERAL TOPICS SUGGESTED BY THE TRUTH ILLUSTRATED IN THE PRECEDING SECTION
CONVICTIONS, FEELINGS AND EXTERNAL ACTIONS—WHY REQUIRED, OR PROHIBITED
OUR RESPONSIBILITY IN RESPECT TO SUCH PHENOMENA
FEELINGS HOW CONTROLLED BY THE WILL
RELATION OF FAITH TO OTHER EXERCISES MORALLY RIGHT
CHAPTER XIII
MEN OFTEN VOLUNTARY IN THEIR OPINIONS
ERROR NOT FROM THE INTELLIGENCE, BUT THE WILL
PRIMARY FACULTIES CANNOT ERR
SO OF THE SECONDARY FACULTIES
ERROR, WHERE FOUND.—ASSUMPTION
PRE-JUDGMENTS
INTELLECT NOT DECEIVED IN PRE-JUDGMENTS
THE MIND HOW INFLUENCED BY PRE-JUDGMENTS
INFLUENCES WHICH INDUCE FALSE ASSUMPTIONS
CASES IN WHICH WE ARE APPARENTLY, THOUGH NOT REALLY, MISLED BY THE INTELLIGENCE
CHAPTER XIV
LIBERTY OF WILL AS OPPOSED TO MORAL SERVITUDE
MISTAKE OF GERMAN METAPHYSICIANS
MORAL SERVITUDE OF THE RACE
CHAPTER XV
COMMON IMPRESSION
SPIRIT OF DEPENDENCE DEFINED
DOCTRINE OF NECESSITY TENDS NOT TO INDUCE THE SPIRIT OF DEPENDENCE
GOD CONTROLS ALL INFLUENCES UNDER WHICH CREATURES DO ACT
DEPENDENCE ON ACCOUNT OF THE MORAL SERVITUDE OF THE WILL
CHAPTER XVI
ELEMENT OF WILL IN FORMATION OF CHARACTER
CHARACTER COMMONLY HOW ACCOUNTED FOR
THE VOLUNTARY ELEMENT TO BE TAKEN INTO THE ACCOUNT
AN EXAMPLE IN ILLUSTRATION
DIVERSITIES OF CHARACTER
CHAPTER XVII
OBJECTION. THE WILL HAS ITS LAWS
OBJECTION. GOD DETHRONED FROM HIS SUPREMACY, IF THE DOCTRINE OF LIBERTY IS TRUE
OBJECTION. GREAT AND GOOD MEN HAVE HELD THE DOCTRINE OF NECESSITY
LAST RESORT
WILLING, AND AIMING TO PERFORM IMPOSSIBILITIES
THOUGHT AT PARTING
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