From the NID:
according to their [own] wills”
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Edwards (1)
31 Wherefore, he gave commandments unto men, they having
first transgressed the first commandments as to things which were temporal, and
becoming as gods, knowing good from evil, placing themselves in a state to act,
or being placed in a state to act according to
their wills and pleasures,
whether to do evil or to do good—
(Alma 12:31)
4 I ought not to harrow up in my desires the firm decree of
a just God, for I know that he granteth unto men according to their desire,
whether it be unto death or unto life; yea, I know that he allotteth unto men,
yea, decreeth unto them decrees which are unalterable, according to their wills, whether they be unto salvation or unto
destruction.
(Alma 29:4)
5 Condemning the righteous because of their righteousness;
letting the guilty and the wicked go unpunished because of their money; and
moreover to be held in office at the head of government, to rule and do according to their wills, that they might get
gain and glory of the world, and, moreover, that they might the more easily
commit adultery, and steal, and kill, and do according
to their own wills—
(Helaman 7:5)
1. Jonathan Edwards. Ethical Writings (WJE Online Vol....
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talk and in their actions. When men carry themselves so, all
who are about them, look upon themselves as injured by it, and very justly.
Some carry themselves very injuriously by the exercise of a very willful
spirit. Some are desperately set in their own way; they will, if possible, have
things according to their wills , and
never will alter or yield to others. They shut their eyes against light offered
by others, and will have no regard to anybody's inclinations but their own from
a willful spirit. They are very perverse and [unyielding] in their ways. Some
carry themselves very injuriously in the part they
1. Jonathan Edwards. Sermons and Discourses, 1730-1733...
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earthly happiness. The happiness of a kingdom or royal
state, for which 'tis so much admired by mankind, consists in these things,
viz. first, the honor of a kingdom; second, the wealth that kings possess; and
lastly, [the] government or the opportunity they have of having things done according to their own wills . Now, with respect to each of these, the
happiness of the saints is far greater than that of the kings and greatest
potentates in the world. (1) True Christians shall be advanced to honor far
above that of earthly kings. They will have a vastly higher dignity, as to what
in them is
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