 | Jack Rogers - 1985 - 300 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 - 220 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 - 306 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 - 250 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... | |
 | Thomas P. Flint - 1998 - 284 pages
...Grove, 111.: InterVarsiry Press, 1994), P- 42- Note as well this earlier passage from the Confession: "God from all eternity did, by the most wise and holy...second causes taken away, but rather established" (ibid., p. 87). K Vatican Council I, Dei Filius; tr. in Catechism of the Catholic Church (Washington,... | |
 | Scott R. Burson, Jerry L. Walls - 2009 - 312 pages
...the thought-world, which in turn becomes a true first cause of an external result.2 FRANCIS SCHAEFFER God from all eternity, did, by the most wise and holy...contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established.3 God s Sovereignty and Human Significance Predestination, Divine Election and the Power... | |
 | Kenneth Talbot, Gary Crampton - 1999 - 150 pages
...There is no reason whatsoever that this cannot be the case. The Westminster Confession of Faith reads: God, from all eternity, did, by the most wise and...second causes taken away, but rather established. The almighty power, unsearchable wisdom, and infinite goodness of God so far manifest themselves in... | |
 | John Koessler - 1999 - 276 pages
...occurrence. Although his purpose comprehends all things, and is immutable, yet thereby "no violence is offered to the will of the creatures, nor is the liberty...contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established."10 The teaching of Scripture is unequivocal. God's knowledge is all encompassing and ultimately... | |
 | Christian Libery Press, Garry J. Moes - 1999 - 452 pages
...by Harry Van Dyke (Jordan Station, Ontario, Canada: Wedge Publishing Foundation, 1989), pp. x-xii, author of sin, nor is violence offered to the will...the creatures, nor is the liberty or contingency of the second causes taken away, but rather established. At the heart of Providence is the gift of Redemption... | |
 | William Cathcart - 2001 - 502 pages
...nor hath fellowship with any therein, nor is violence offered to the will of the creature, nor yet Is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established, in which appears his wisdom in disposing all things, and power and faithfulness in accomplishing his... | |
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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... 
