[Introductory Observations].—[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]
[Classification of the Mental Faculties].—[Classification verified]
[Liberty and Necessity].—[Terms defined]—[Characteristics of the above Definitions]—[Motive defined]—[Liberty as opposed to Necessity, the Characteristic of the Will]—[Objections to Doctrine of Necessity]—[Doctrine of Liberty, direct Argument]—[Objection to 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]—[Necessity as held by Necessitarians]—[The term Certainty, as used by them]—[Doctrine of Ability, according to the Necessitarian Scheme]—[Sinful inclinations]—[Necessitarian 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]
[Extent and Limits of the Liberty of the Will].—[Strongest Motive—Reasoning in a Circle]
[Greatest apparent Good].—[Phrase defined]—[Its meaning according to Edwards]—[The Will not always as the Dictates of the Intelligence]—[Not always as the strongest desire]—[Nor as the Intelligence and Sensibility combined]—[Necessitarian Argument]—[Motives cause acts of the Will, in what sense]—[Particular Volitions, how accounted for]—[Facts wrongly accounted for]—[Choosing between Objects known to be equal, how treated by Necessitarians]—[Palpable Mistake]