Asa Burton

Asa Burton (August 25, 1752 – May 1, 1836) was an American minister and theologian.

He was licensed to preach in August or September of that year and was ordained as a minister on January 19, 1779.

[5] In 1824 he published a book called Essays on Some of the First Principles of Metaphysics, Ethics, and Theology.

[7] Burton's emphasis on taste gave him and other tasters a way to deny that sinful behavior was caused by God.

This offered an alternative to the determinism of exercisers such as Emmons, who held that each of the soul's acts was caused by divine agency.