<![CDATA[Freedom of the Will by Jonathan Edwards]]> http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards en-us © 2026 LoyalBooks.com Loyal Books clean Loyal Books feeds@loyalbooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/image/ui/default-feed.jpg <![CDATA[Freedom of the Will by Jonathan Edwards]]> http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards 43,200 <![CDATA[Preface]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_00_edwards_128kb.mp3 Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 14:38 <![CDATA[I.I - Concerning the nature of the will]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_01_edwards_128kb.mp3 Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 11:45 <![CDATA[I.II - Concerning the determination of the Will]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_02_edwards_128kb.mp3 Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 26:40 <![CDATA[I.III - Concerning the meaning of the terms Necessity, Impossibility, Inability, etc.; and of Contingence]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_03_edwards_128kb.mp3 Tue, 30 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 21:10 <![CDATA[I.IV - Of the distinction of natural and moral necessity and inability]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_04_edwards_128kb.mp3 Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 19:50 <![CDATA[I.V - Concerning the notion of liberty, and of moral agency]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_05_edwards_128kb.mp3 Sun, 28 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 09:52 <![CDATA[II.I - Showing the manifest inconsistence of the Arminian notion of liberty of will, consisting in the will's self-determining power]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_06_edwards_128kb.mp3 Sat, 27 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 10:46 <![CDATA[II.II - Several supposed ways of evading the foregoing reasoning considered]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_07_edwards_128kb.mp3 Fri, 26 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 13:49 <![CDATA[II.III - Whether any event whatsoever, and volition in particular, can come to pass without a cause of its existence]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_08_edwards_128kb.mp3 Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 16:36 <![CDATA[II.IV - Whether volition can arise without a cause, through the activity of the nature of the soul]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_09_edwards_128kb.mp3 Wed, 24 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 11:30 <![CDATA[II.V - Showing, that if the things asserted in these evasions should be supposed to be true, they are altogether impertinent, and can't help the cause of Arminian liberty; and how (this being the state of the case) Arminian writers are obliged to talk inconsistently]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_10_edwards_128kb.mp3 Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 10:44 <![CDATA[II.VI - Concerning the will's determining in things which are perfectly indifferent, in the view of the mind]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_11_edwards_128kb.mp3 Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 19:43 <![CDATA[II.VII - Concerning the notion of liberty of will consisting in indifference]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_12_edwards_128kb.mp3 Sun, 21 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 25:23 <![CDATA[II.VIII - Concerning the supposed liberty of the will, as opposite to all necessity]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_13_edwards_128kb.mp3 Sat, 20 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 09:23 <![CDATA[II.IX - Of the connection of the acts of the will with the dictates of the understanding]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_14_edwards_128kb.mp3 Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 19:03 <![CDATA[II.X - Volition necessarily connected with the influence of motives; with particular observations on the great inconsistence of Mr. Chubb's assertions and reasonings, about the freedom of the will]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_15_edwards_128kb.mp3 Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 34:51 <![CDATA[II.XI - The evidence of God's certain foreknowledge of the volitions of moral agents]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_16_edwards_128kb.mp3 Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 51:00 <![CDATA[II.XII - God's certain foreknowledge of the future volitions of moral agents, inconsistent with such a contingence of those volitions, as is without all necessity]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_17_edwards_128kb.mp3 Tue, 16 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 37:10 <![CDATA[II.XIII - Whether we suppose the volitions of moral agents to be connected with anything antecedent, or not, yet they must be necessary in such a sense as to overthrow Arminian liberty]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_18_edwards_128kb.mp3 Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 08:59 <![CDATA[III.I - God's moral excellency necessary, yet virtuous and praiseworthy]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_19_edwards_128kb.mp3 Sun, 14 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 09:37 <![CDATA[III.II - The acts of the will of the human soul of Jesus Christ necessarily holy, yet truly virtuous, praiseworthy, rewardable, etc.]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_20_edwards_128kb.mp3 Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 35:58 <![CDATA[III.III - The case of such as are given up of god to sin, and of fallen man in general, proves moral necessity and inability to be consistent with blameworthiness]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_21_edwards_128kb.mp3 Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 18:12 <![CDATA[III.IV - Command, and obligation to obedience, consistent with moral inability to obey]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_22_edwards_128kb.mp3 Thu, 11 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 28:52 <![CDATA[III.V - That sincerity of desires and endeavors, which is supposed to excuse in the nonperformance of things in themselves good, particularly considered]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_23_edwards_128kb.mp3 Wed, 10 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 23:16 <![CDATA[III.VI - Liberty of indifference, not only not necessary to virtue, but utterly inconsistent with it; and all, either virtuous or vicious habits or inclinations, inconsistent with Arminian notions of liberty and moral agency]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_24_edwards_128kb.mp3 Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 23:32 <![CDATA[III.VII - Arminian notions of moral agency inconsistent with all influence of motive and inducement, in either virtuous or vicious actions]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_25_edwards_128kb.mp3 Mon, 08 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 17:44 <![CDATA[IV.I - The essence of the virtue and vice of dispositions of the heart, and acts of the will, lies not in their cause, but their nature]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_26_edwards_128kb.mp3 Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 18:43 <![CDATA[IV.II - The falseness and inconsistence of that metaphysical notion of action, and agency, which seems to be generally entertained by the defenders of the arminian doctrine concerning liberty, moral agency, etc.]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_27_edwards_128kb.mp3 Sat, 06 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 23:17 <![CDATA[The reasons why some think it contrary to common Sense, to suppose those things which are necessary to be worthy of either Praise or Blame.]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_28_edwards_128kb.mp3 Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 15:29 <![CDATA[IV.IV - It is agreeable to common sense, and the natural notions of mankind, to suppose moral necessity to be consistent with praise and blame, reward and punishment]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_29_edwards_128kb.mp3 Thu, 04 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 23:00 <![CDATA[IV.V - Concerning those objections, that this scheme of necessity renders all means and endeavors for the avoiding of sin, or the obtaining virtue and holiness, vain, and to no purpose; and that it makes men no more than mere machines in affairs of morality and religion]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_30_edwards_128kb.mp3 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 17:56 <![CDATA[IV.VI - Concerning that objection against the doctrine which has been maintained, that it agrees with the stoical doctrine of fate, and the opinions of Mr. Hobbes]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_31_edwards_128kb.mp3 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 08:14 <![CDATA[IV.VII - Concerning the necessity of the divine will]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_32_edwards_128kb.mp3 Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 20:48 <![CDATA[IV.VIII - Some further objections against the moral necessity of god's volitions considered]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_33_edwards_128kb.mp3 Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 30:29 <![CDATA[IV.IX - Concerning that objection against the doctrine which has been maintained, that it makes god the author of sin]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_34_edwards_128kb.mp3 Sat, 29 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 34:49 <![CDATA[IV.X - Concerning sin's first entrance into the world]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_35_edwards_128kb.mp3 Fri, 28 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 05:41 <![CDATA[IV.XI - Of a supposed inconsistence of these principles, with God's moral character]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_36_edwards_128kb.mp3 Thu, 27 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 12:29 <![CDATA[IV.XII - Of a supposed tendency of these principles to atheism and licentiousness]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_37_edwards_128kb.mp3 Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 08:21 <![CDATA[IV.XIII - Concerning that objection against the reasoning, by which the Calvinistic doctrine is supported, that it is metaphysical and abstruse]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_38_edwards_128kb.mp3 Tue, 25 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 13:19 <![CDATA[Conclusion]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_39_edwards_128kb.mp3 Mon, 24 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 23:23 <![CDATA[Appendix]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-freedom-of-the-will-by-jonathan-edwards https://www.archive.org/download/freedomofthewill_2001_librivox/freedomofthewill_40_edwards_128kb.mp3 Sun, 23 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 26:39