West, Samuel:

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ESSAYS ON LIBERTY AND NECESSITY; IN WHICH THE TRUE NATURE OF LIBERTY IS STATED AND DEFENDED; AND THE PRINCIPAL ARGUMENTS USED BY MR. EDWARDS, AND OTHERS, FOR NECESSITY, ARE CONSIDERED. IN TWO PARTS. ... The second edition of the first part, originally published in 1793, and the first edition of Part Second, issued together contemporaneously. The most important work by this eminent theologian and expert on ciphers. Of all the replies to Jonathan Edwards' Freedom of the Will, West's is considered the most cogent, arguing that divine prescience does not imply the necessity of future events, and that the existence of sin is justification of man's self- determination. This work, as well as West's other publications and sermons, helped widen the split between the Calvinists and Arminians.

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