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Definition of Nilling
1. nill [v] - See also: nill
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nilling
Literary usage of Nilling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the Most Reverend Father in God, John Bramhall, D.D., Sometime by John Bramhall (1844)
"Between positive willing, and nilling, there is a mean of abnegation, that is,
not to will. ... nilling."
2. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas ( Hobbes (1841)
"... faculty of nilling the same. If therefore the faculty .iom n?oa the of willing
be the cause he willeth anything what- ' soever, for the same reason the ..."
3. A Treatise Concerning Christian Prudence: Or the Principles of Practical by John Norris (1710)
"Evil, but as our willing of Evil is always with a mixture of nilling, tho' willing
may prevail, fo> our nilling of good has always a mixture of willing, ..."
4. Views in Theology by Lyman Beecher (1836)
"... is now become a servile will: for it serveth sin, not nilling, but willing:
for it is called a will, and not a nilling. Therefore, as touching evil or ..."
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