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Ableness

Ableness \A"ble*ness\, n. Ability of body or mind; force; vigor. [Obs. or R.]

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ableness

n. 1 (context uncountable now rare English) ability of body or mind; power; force; vigor. (First attested from around 1350 to 1470.)(R:SOED5: page=5) 2 (context countable English) The state of being able.

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When, then, we say that that man (who, by the union of persons, is also God, the Son of God) could not avoid death, or the choice of death, after he was born of the virgin, we do not imply that there was in him any weakness with regard to preserving or choosing to preserve his life, but we refer to the unchange ableness of his purpose, by which he freely became man for this design, viz.