 | William Alexander - Law - 1841 - 636 pages
...CHAP. in. OF GODS ETERNALL DECREE. 1. GOD from all eternity did, by the most wise and holy -councill of his own will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever...second causes taken away, but rather established. 2 ALTHOUGH God knows whatsoever may or can come to pass upon all supposed conditions, yet hath he not... | |
 | England - 1841 - 510 pages
...one. The first proposition is this ; " God, from all eternity, did, by the most wise and holy council of His own will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever...second causes taken away, but rather established." That God has the power to fix the destiny of all created things, is not to be denied. But viewing His... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1858 - 690 pages
...words arp made to conceal our meaning." The Confession of Faith of the Church of Scotland says : " God from all eternity did, by the most wise and holy...counsel of his own will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatever comes to pass. Yet so as thereby neither is God the author of sin, nor is violence offered... | |
 | John Warner Barber - Mormon Church - 1841 - 590 pages
...unity of the godhead there be three persons,' say they, ' of one substance, power and eternity.' ' God from all eternity did, by the most wise and holy counsel ot his will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever conies to pass. By the decree of God, for the... | |
 | Jean François Salvard, Peter Hall - Creeds - 1842 - 710 pages
...Holy Ghost eternally proceeding from the Father and the Son. Chapter 3. Of God's Eternal Decree. (1.) God from all eternity did, by the most wise and holy...second causes taken away, but rather established. (2.) Although God knows whatsoever may or can come to pass upon all supposed conditions, yet hath he... | |
 | Samuel Miller - Presbyterian Church - 1842 - 308 pages
...entered into his plan from all eternity; " yet so," as our Confession of Faith declares, " as that thereby neither is God the author of sin, nor is violence...second causes taken away, but rather established." In short, the sum of our belief, in reference to this great economy, may be expressed in one sentence,—... | |
 | James Napier Bailey - English literature - 1842 - 270 pages
...Let. II. p. 21. -l- In the " Westminster Confession of Faith, "we find the following passage : — " God, from all eternity did, by the most wise and holy counsel of his own will, frcely and unchangeably ordain every thing that comes to pass ; yet so, as thereby ncither is God the... | |
 | General Association of Connecticut - Cambridge Synod - 1843 - 370 pages
...our communion with God, and comfortable dependence upon him. CHAP. III. OF GOD'S ETERNAL DECREES. I. GOD from all Eternity did by the most wise and holy...freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass ; a yet so as thereby neither is God the author of sin, b nor is violence offered to the will of the... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1910
...appellees, adhered to the Westminster Confession of Faith, which among other things declared, that: "God from all eternity did by the most wise and holy...and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass. * • « "By the decree of God, for the manifestation of His glory, some men and angels are predestinated... | |
 | John H. Leith - Religion - 1982 - 760 pages
...Holy Ghost eternally proceeding from the Father and the Son. CHAPTER III. Of God's Eternal Decree. I. God from all eternity did, by the most wise and holy...second causes taken away, but rather established. II. Although God knows whatsoever may or can come to pass upon all supposed conditions, yet hath he... | |
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GOD from all eternity did, by the most wise and holy counsel of his own will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass : yet so, as thereby neither is God the author of sin, nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures, nor is the... 
