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Post by tbxi on Dec 16, 2006 18:18:53 GMT -5
Here you may find Jonathan Edwards' famous work, the Freedom of the Will. www.ccel.org/ccel/edwards/will.htmlAgain, to download this as a PDF it is necessary to sign up, but the signup is trivial; no strings attached.
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Post by Jesse Morrell on Dec 18, 2006 17:39:51 GMT -5
I think Edwards get's away from the concept of the will being "free" when he talks about the will being so influenced, that it's ultimately forced. So the will's choice is caused rather then the will's choice being the cause.
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Post by Jules on Feb 1, 2007 22:26:21 GMT -5
Luther's Bondage of the Will is by far the best work in defense of man's inability to seek God or know Him when he is unregenerate (written against Erasmus' Freedom of the Will) and goes into length about the presuppostions of free will, as well as the proper definition, great (but heavy) stuff....
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Post by tbxi on Feb 1, 2007 22:28:18 GMT -5
Luther's Bondage of the Will is by far the best work in defense of man's inability to seek God or know Him when he is unregenerate (written against Erasmus' Freedom of the Will) and goes into length about the presuppostions of free will, as well as the proper definition, great (but heavy) stuff.... I have the book. It is not public domain, unfortunately. I have read the first 60 pages or so. I should pick that back up tonight... Erasmus was the Roman Catholic fellow - apparently a famous 'humanist' (I think that meant something else) - who created the TR manuscripts, I think, and translated part of Revelation out of the Latin Vulgate into koine greek since he was missing it... Luther's style therein is caustic, but it is a good read. It is somewhat difficult and slow, too - written in the 1500's, after all...
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