Sentence:  The predestinative force of a free agent's own will in certain absolute acts, determinations, or <WSD>elections</WSD>, and in respect of which acts it is one either with the divine or the devilish will; and if the former, the conclusions to be drawn from God's goodness, faithfulness, and spiritual presence; these supply grounds of argument of a very different character ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Any conscious choice.