The Works of President Edwards, Vol. 6 of 8

Download or read book The Works of President Edwards, Vol. 6 of 8 written by Jonathan Edwards and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-11 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Works of President Edwards, Vol. 6 of 8: Containing: I. Dissertation Concerning the End for Which God Created the World; II. Doctrine of Original Sin Defended; III. Observations Upon Particular Passages of Scripture; IV. Theological Questions An ultimate end is that which the agent seeks in what he does, for its own sake: That he has respect to, as what he loves, values and takes pleasure in on its own account, and not merely as a means ofa further end. As when a man loves the taste of some particular sort of fruit, and is at pains and cost to obtain it, for the sake of the pleasure of that taste, which he values upon its own account, as he loves his own pleasure and not merely for the sake of any other good, which he supposes his enjoying that pleasure will be the means of. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.