The will itself is not an agent that has a will: the power of choosing, itself, or choosing. To be free is the property of an agent who is possessed of powers and faculties. With these qualities are properties of persons and not the properties of properties. God’s actions in particular, which He exerts as a moral governor are morally good in the highest degree.
They are most perfectly holy and righteous; and we must conceive of Him as influence in the highest degree by which above all others is properly a moral inducement: the moral good which He sees in such things: and therefore He is the most proper sense
The moral agent, the source of all moral ability and Agency the fountain and rule of virtue and moral good. Though by reason of His being supreme overall, it is not possible that He should be under the influence of other law or command promises are threatenings, rewards or punishments councils or warnings.
(paraphrase, emphasis added)(Edwards, 2011, p. 21). from 1754 Original
Edwards, J. (2011). Freedom of the Will. Lexington, KY: Legacy Publications.
