II. The legitimate consequences of this system.
III. An examination of the arguments against a self-determining will.
IV. The doctrine of the will determined by an appeal to consciousness.
V. This doctrine viewed in connexion with moral agency and responsibility.
VI. This doctrine viewed in connexion with the truths and precepts of the Bible.
The first three complete the review of Edwards, and make up the present volume. Another volume is in the course of preparation.
[I.]
A STATEMENT OF EDWARDS’S SYSTEM.
Edwards’s System, or, in other words, his Philosophy of the Will, is contained in part I. of his “Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will.” This part comprises five sections, which I shall give with their titles in his own order. My object is to arrive at truth. I shall therefore use my best endeavours to make this statement with the utmost clearness and fairness. In this part of my work, my chief anxiety is to have Edwards perfectly understood. My quotations are made from the edition published by S. Converse, New-York, 1829.
“Sec. I.—Concerning the Nature of the Will.”