 | Kenneth Samuel Wuest - 1973 - 1046 pages
...spiritual life. The calling here and elsewhere spoken of by the apostle is the working, in men, of 'the everlasting purpose of God whereby before the foundations of the world were laid, He hath decreed by His counsel secret to us. to deliver from curse and damnation those whom He hath chosen... | |
 | John H. Leith - 1982 - 760 pages
...here, or deny the place of forgiveness to such as truly repent. XVII. Of Predestination and Election. Predestination to Life is the everlasting purpose...everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honour. Wherefore, they which be endued with so excellent a benefit of God, be called according to God's purpose... | |
 | 394 pages
...purpose of God, wherehy (hefore the foundations of the world were laid) he hath constantly decreed hy his counsel secret to us, to deliver from curse and...whom he hath chosen in Christ out of mankind, and to hring them hy Christ to everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honour. Wherefore, they which he... | |
 | Peter White - 2002 - 356 pages
...of Elizabeth, for example from Cartwright in 1572. 79 Article XVII: Of Predestination and Election. Predestination to life, is the everlasting purpose...world were laid) he hath constantly decreed by his own judgement [ 1563: 'counsel'] secret to us, to deliver from curse and damnation those whom he hath... | |
 | Thomas N. Corns - 1993 - 340 pages
...confession of faith, read, 'predestination to life is the ever-lasting purpose of God, whereby ... he hath constantly decreed by his counsel, secret...damnation those whom he hath chosen in Christ out of mankind'.2' Calvinist divines suggested, however, that the number of the elect was very few and that... | |
 | Darryl J. Gless - 1994 - 300 pages
...vols. (1897; Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1977), III, p. 497. Predestination is defined here as "the everlasting purpose of God, whereby (before the...to bring them by Christ to everlasting salvation." 10 See, eg, Theodore de Beza..4 briefe andpiththie [sicjsummeofthe Christian faith, trans. R[obert]... | |
 | David Cressy, Lori Anne Ferrell - 1996 - 228 pages
...here, or deny the place of forgiveness to such as truly repent. / 7 Of predestination and election Predestination to life is the everlasting purpose...everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honour. Wherefore, they which be endued with so excellent a benefit of God be called according to God's purpose... | |
 | Pascal Covici - 1997 - 252 pages
...a brief and simple exposition; then Bishop Burnet. [Article] XVII. Of Predestination and Election. PREDESTINATION to Life is the everlasting purpose...everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honour. Wherefore, they which be endued with so excellent a benefit of God, be called according to God's purpose... | |
 | Robert W. Prichard - 1997 - 240 pages
...article of Queen Elizabeth's Thirty-nine Articles. The first paragraph of Elizabeth's article declared: Predestination to Life is the everlasting purpose...everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honour. Wherefore, they which be endued with so excellent a benefit of God, be called according to God's purpose... | |
 | Paul F. M. Zahl - 1998 - 128 pages
...here, or deny the place of forgiveness to such as truly repent. XVII. Of Predestination and Election. Predestination to Life is the everlasting purpose...everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honour. Wherefore, they which be endued with so excellent a benefit of God, be called according to God's purpose... | |
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PREDESTINATION to Life is the everlasting purpose of God, whereby (before the foundations of the world were laid) he hath constantly decreed by his counsel secret to us, to deliver from curse and damnation those whom he hath chosen in Christ out of mankind,... 
