 | Philip Schaff - 1919
...ordain whatsoever comes to pass ; yet so as thereby neither is God the author of sin ; nnr is rialenre offered to the will of the creatures, nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken oiray, but rather established (Acts ii. 23 ; iv. 27, 28 ; xvii. 23, 24, comp. with 36 ; Matt. xvii.... | |
 | Philip Schaff - 1919
...thereby neither is God the author of sin ; nor is violence offered to the will of the cretitures, "or is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established (Acts ii. 23 ; ir. 27, 28 ; xvii. 23, 24, comp. with 36 ; Matt. xvii. 12 ; John xix. 11 ; Prov. xvi.... | |
 | 1883
...equally, is made conspicuous in the opening clause of the Chapter in which the doctrine is formulated. ' God from all eternity did, by the most wise and holy...second causes taken away, but rather established.' Over against these strong and guarded words, place the words we quoted above, 'A God wilfully choosing... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1904
...Vol. 200. — No. 400. 2 T Counsel of His own Will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever conies to pass, yet so as thereby neither is God the Author...Second Causes taken away, but rather established. 'Although God knows whatsoever may or can come to pass upon all supposed Conditions, yet hath He not... | |
 | James Leo Garrett, E. Glenn Hinson, James E. Tull - 1983 - 239 pages
...that God's eternal decree is such that no "violence [is] offered to the will of the Creature, nor yet is the liberty, or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established." The New Hampshire Confession (1833) affirmed that (art. 9) election is "perfectly consistent with the... | |
 | Elliott E. Johnson - 1999 - 336 pages
...fruitbearing. This fact was recognized in the balance stated in the Westminster Confession of Faith: God from all eternity did, by the most wise and holy...second causes taken away, but rather established." Within this broad theological role of providence, the Father uses the choice to abide and the teaching... | |
 | Jack Rogers - 1985 - 292 pages
...that the rule of God in the universe is such that no "violence is offered to the will of the creature, nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established." People have free will, according to the Westminster Confession. When speaking of God's providence,... | |
 | R. C. Sproul - 1994 - 213 pages
...class— finish the statement from the Westminster Confession. The whole statement reads as follows: God, from all eternity, did by the most wise and holy...second causes taken away, but rather established. Note that, while it affirms God's sovereignty over all things, the Confession also asserts that God... | |
 | Walter C. Kaiser, Moisés Silva - 1994 - 298 pages
...view of biblical inspiration, however, goes hand in hand with a Reformed understanding of history. The to pass; yet so as thereby neither is God the author...second causes taken away, but rather established" (my emphasis). This is hardly the place to provide a philosophical defense of the doctrine. Note, however,... | |
 | Tyron Inbody - 1997 - 233 pages
...III, article 1, after affirming divine omnipotence continues to assert, not to explain, the claim: "yet so as thereby neither is God the author of sin;...contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established."35 So offended are modern Reformed Christians by the monstrous implications of the doctrine... | |
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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... 
