...over-rul'd Their will , dispos'd by absolute deeree Or high foreknowledge; they themselves deereed Their own revolt, not I ; if I foreknew , Foreknowledge...had no influence on their fault , Which had no less prov'd certain unforeknown. So without least impulse or shadow of fate, . Or aught by me immutably...

...fault, Which had no less prov'd certain unforeknown. So without least impulse or shadow of fate, i20 Or aught by me immutably foreseen, They trespass, authors to themselves in all, Both what they j udge and what they choose; for so I form'd them free, and free they must remain, Till they enthrall...

...their making, or their fate, As if predestination overruled Their will, disposed by absolute decree Or high foreknowledge : they themselves decreed Their...unforeknown. So without least impulse or shadow of fate, Or aught by me immutably foreseen, They trespass, authors to themselves in all Both what they judge,...

...therefore, as to right belonged So were created, . . . So without least impulse or shadow of fate, Or aught by me immutably foreseen, They trespass,...all Both what they judge and what they choose; for so I formed them free: and free they must remain, Till they enthrall themselves. I else must change...

...over-rul'd Thir will, dispos'd by absolute Decree Or high foreknowledge; they themselves decreed Thir own revolt, not I: if I foreknew, Foreknowledge had no influence on their fault, Which had no less prov'd certain unforeknown. So without least impulse or shadow of Fate, Or by me immutablie foreseen,...

...chooses death. As God says of Adam and Eve in Paradise Lost, So without least impulse or shadow of Fate, Or aught by me immutably foreseen, They trespass,...in all Both what they judge and what they choose. (3.120-23) In Samson Agonistes, though providence fulfills God's prophecy, the play is a tragedy because...

...expressed essentially the same thought in his Paradise Lost, in a passage in which God said: (346) If I foreknew. Foreknowledge had no influence on their...fault Which had no less proved certain unforeknown. of reconciling God's foreknowledge with human freedom. Hartshorne wrote, in l956: (347) If the events...

...their fault, Which had no less prov'd certain unforeknown. So without least impulse or shadow of Fate, Or aught by me immutably foreseen, They trespass,...all Both what they judge and what they choose; for so I form'd them free, and free they must remain, Till they enthrall themselves: I else must change...

...and how their disobedience resulted from free will even though he knew how they would decide: . . . They themselves decreed Their own revolt, not I. If...fault Which had no less proved certain unforeknown. Peirce saw nothing wrong in this medieval way of harmonizing free will with divine foreknowledge, even...

...over-rul'd Thir will, dispos'd by absolute Decree Or high foreknowledge: they themselves decreed Thir own revolt, not I: if I foreknew, Foreknowledge had no influence on their fault, Which had no less prov'd certain unforeknown. The second stage is predestination. Like contemporary Anglicans, Milton...