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For the foreknowledge (as in the larger signification it is taken for his providence) is God’s eternal decree, by which he determined to make the world, and all that is therein, and to make his glory manifest unto reasonable creatures, namely, unto men and Angels, by the government of the things which he had made.
But predestination chiefly is referred and restrained unto mankind, which God by predestination hath divided into two kinds of men, so that of his own sole and undeserved grace he hath chosen some from eternity, whom he would make his heirs in Christ, and bring to everlasting salvation: and hath appointed other some unto everlasting punishment and destruction, to the which also he brings them by his just judgment from their own deserts. Then the Apostle proceedeth unto the subordinate causes of salvation, and sheweth by what means and degrees, the elect on the one side come to eternal life, and the reprobate on the other side are brought to eternal torments …
For God by his foreknowledge foresaw all things from before all beginnings. Nothing is exempt from this foreknowledge of God, but all things, and every one thing is contained and comprehended in that.
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But predestination chiefly is referred and restrained unto mankind, which God by predestination hath divided into two kinds of men, so that of his own sole and undeserved grace he hath chosen some from eternity, whom he would make his heirs in Christ, and bring to everlasting salvation: and hath appointed other some unto everlasting punishment and destruction, to the which also he brings them by his just judgment from their own deserts. Then the Apostle proceedeth unto the subordinate causes of salvation, and sheweth by what means and degrees, the elect on the one side come to eternal life, and the reprobate on the other side are brought to eternal torments …
For God by his foreknowledge foresaw all things from before all beginnings. Nothing is exempt from this foreknowledge of God, but all things, and every one thing is contained and comprehended in that.
For the reference, see:
Herman Renecher on the distinction between foreknowledge and predestination
For the foreknowledge (as in the larger signification it is taken for his providence) is God’s eternal decree, by which he determined to make the world, and all that is therein, and to make h…
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