The will cannot indifferently choose something over something else at the same time it is indifferent [p. 64]. Rather there must be as Edwards would put it a preponderating inducement or a prevailing influence on the will.
In other words, what one considers the greater good causes one to act:
"So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, annd that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate." Genesis 3.6 ESV
"When I saw among the spoil a beautiful cloak from Shinar, and 200 shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels, then I coveted them and took them." Joshua 7.21 ESV
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