Natural, Moral, Fitness

No. 118

'Tis acknowledged, that if the motive that determines the will of God, in the choice of the objects of his favors, be any moral quality in the object, recommending that object to his benevolence above others, his choosing that object is not so great a manifestation of the freeness and sovereignty of his grace, as if it were otherwise. But there is no necessity of supposing this, in order to our supposing that he has some wise end in view, in determining to bestow his favors on one person rather than another. We are to distinguish between the merit of the object of God's favor, or a moral qualification of the object attracting that favor and recommending to it, and the natural fitness of such a determination of the act of God's goodness, to answer some wise design of his own, some end in the view of God's omniscience. 'Tis God's own act, that is the proper and immediate object of his volition. - WJE 1:394

TERMS & REFERENCES

Term Set A: fit fitness fitness fitness fitness

Term Set B: natural moral moral moral moral

Max Distance Between Terms = 6

Reference List A/B

WJEO 1:293 - Freedom of the Will
WJEO 2:230 - Religious Affections
WJEO 2:254 - Religious Affections
WJEO 5:113 - Apocalyptic Writings
WJEO 8:656 - Ethical Writings
WJEO 12:416 - Ecclesiastical Writings
WJEO 12:417 - Ecclesiastical Writings
WJEO 16:389 - Letters and Personal Writings
WJEO 16:467 - Letters and Personal Writings
WJEO 16:511 - Letters and Personal Writings
WJEO 18:187 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 18:544 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 19:159 - Sermons and Discourses, 1734-1738
WJEO 19:160 - Sermons and Discourses, 1734-1738
WJEO 19:519 - Sermons and Discourses, 1734-1738
WJEO 19:534 - Sermons and Discourses, 1734-1738
WJEO 19:804 - Sermons and Discourses, 1734-1738
WJEO 20:119 - The "Miscellanies," 833-1152
WJEO 20:432 - The "Miscellanies," 833-1152
WJEO 20:451 - The "Miscellanies," 833-1152
WJEO 20:479 - The "Miscellanies," 833-1152
WJEO 20:483 - The "Miscellanies," 833-1152
WJEO 21:368 - Writings on the Trinity, Grace, and Faith
WJEO 21:370 - Writings on the Trinity, Grace, and Faith
WJEO 21:410 - Writings on the Trinity, Grace, and Faith
WJEO 22:164 - Sermons and Discourses, 1739-1742
WJEO 23:321 - The "Miscellanies," 1153-1360
WJEO 25:370 - Sermons and Discourses, 1743-1758
WJEO 25:378 - Sermons and Discourses, 1743-1758

Reference List B/A

WJEO 1:358 - Freedom of the Will
WJEO 1:394 - Freedom of the Will
WJEO 1:396 - Freedom of the Will
WJEO 3:396 - Original Sin
WJEO 8:422 - Ethical Writings
WJEO 8:472 - Ethical Writings
WJEO 12:307 - Ecclesiastical Writings
WJEO 12:331 - Ecclesiastical Writings
WJEO 12:347 - Ecclesiastical Writings
WJEO 14:271 - Sermons and Discourses, 1723-1729
WJEO 15:521 - Notes on Scripture
WJEO 18:187 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 18:188 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 18:222 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 18:223 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 18:243 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 18:250 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 18:341 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 18:345 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 18:346 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 18:443 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 18:539 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 18:543 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 18:544 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 19:159 - Sermons and Discourses, 1734-1738
WJEO 19:160 - Sermons and Discourses, 1734-1738
WJEO 19:210 - Sermons and Discourses, 1734-1738
WJEO 19:211 - Sermons and Discourses, 1734-1738
WJEO 19:217 - Sermons and Discourses, 1734-1738
WJEO 19:221 - Sermons and Discourses, 1734-1738
WJEO 19:238 - Sermons and Discourses, 1734-1738
WJEO 19:534 - Sermons and Discourses, 1734-1738
WJEO 20:119 - The "Miscellanies," 833-1152
WJEO 20:382 - The "Miscellanies," 833-1152
WJEO 20:389 - The "Miscellanies," 833-1152
WJEO 20:431 - The "Miscellanies," 833-1152
WJEO 20:451 - The "Miscellanies," 833-1152
WJEO 20:453 - The "Miscellanies," 833-1152
WJEO 20:481 - The "Miscellanies," 833-1152
WJEO 21:339 - Writings on the Trinity, Grace, and Faith
WJEO 21:340 - Writings on the Trinity, Grace, and Faith
WJEO 21:354 - Writings on the Trinity, Grace, and Faith
WJEO 21:360 - Writings on the Trinity, Grace, and Faith
WJEO 21:366 - Writings on the Trinity, Grace, and Faith
WJEO 21:367 - Writings on the Trinity, Grace, and Faith
WJEO 21:368 - Writings on the Trinity, Grace, and Faith
WJEO 21:370 - Writings on the Trinity, Grace, and Faith
WJEO 21:408 - Writings on the Trinity, Grace, and Faith
WJEO 21:410 - Writings on the Trinity, Grace, and Faith
WJEO 23:196 - The "Miscellanies," 1153-1360
WJEO 23:225 - The "Miscellanies," 1153-1360
WJEO 23:381 - The "Miscellanies," 1153-1360
WJEO 24:287 - The "Blank Bible"
WJEO 24:455 - The "Blank Bible"
WJEO 25:370 - Sermons and Discourses, 1743-1758

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