free will

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In his religious belief he first affiliated with the Free-Will Baptists.

From Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life by Herndon, William H.

To this same class of belief belongs the "Free-Will" of the anti-determinist.

From Determinism or Free-Will? by Cohen, Chapman

The moral postulate which is to reinstate "Free-Will," is that "What ought to be can be, and that bad acts cannot be fated, but that good ones must be possible in their place."

From Determinism or Free-Will? by Cohen, Chapman

The unfortunate thing is that the maintenance of "Free-Will" in the sphere of opinion serves to check the wholesome application of the opposite principle.

From Determinism or Free-Will? by Cohen, Chapman

But now the Racket is Free-Will, Which makes the Ball rebound, And noble Beauty is the Choice, And of each Game the Ground.

From The School of Recreation (1684 edition) Or, The Gentlemans Tutor, to those Most Ingenious Exercises of Hunting, Racing, Hawking, Riding, Cock-fighting, Fowling, Fishing by Howlett, Robert