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If any man doth ascribe of salvation, even the very least, to the free will of man, he knoweth nothing of grace, and he hath not learnt Jesus Christ aright.
Martin Luther

"...we allow that man has choice and that it is self-determined, so that if he does anything evil, it should be imputed to him and to his own voluntary choosing. We do away with coercion and force, because this contradicts the nature of the will and cannot coexist with it. We deny that choice is free, because through man's innate wickedness it is of necessity driven to what is evil and cannot seek anything but evil. And from this it is possible to deduce what a great difference there is between necessity and coercion. For we do not say that man is dragged unwillingly into sinning, but that because his will is corrupt he is held captive under the yoke of sin and therefore of necessity will in an evil way. For where there is bondage, there is necessity. But it makes a great difference whether the bondage is voluntary or coerced. We locate the necessity to sin precisely in corruption of the will, from which follows that it is self-determined.
John Calvin from Bondage and Liberation of the Will, pg. 69-70

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Eleven (11) Reasons to Reject Libertarian Free Will by John Hendryx - A critique of "Why I am not a Calvinist" by Jerry Walls and Joseph Dongellicon
Free Grace or Free Will John Hendryx Responds to Visitor Struggling with Free Will Vs. Free Graceicon
Do God's Commands Imply the Ability to Obey? Quotes from Martin Luthericon
Adam's Fall and Free-Will R. L. Dabneyicon
Man’s Free Will or Impotency and the Punishment Due Upon Sin Wilhelmus à Brakelicon
The Canons of the Council of Orange (529 AD) Council of Orangeicon
Inability - Fallen Human Beings are Both Free and Enslaved J.I. Packericon
Man's Will - Free Yet Bound Walter Chantryicon
Martin Luther Quotes on the Bondage of the Will Martin Luthericon
Free Will - A Slave Charles Spurgeonicon
God's Will, Man's Will and Free Will Ernest Reisinger (book)icon
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Freedom of
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Bondage of the
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Bondage and Liberation of the Will
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