Predestination

“If these nations were denied the gospel, because God foreknew they would reject it, then they are condemned for a thing they never did, but which God merely foresaw they would do.”

“He hath predestinated us to enjoying himself, even God, his being all in all: this depends not on the fall.”

“But all the scope is this, to shew the stability of it, to shew that God’s choosing of men is stable, and firm, and unalterable; therefore it is called predestination according to purpose.”

“We were elected to be holy, and predestinated to adoption, according to the good pleasure of his will, c.”

“No foreseen actions of the elect cause them to be elect or provide the grounds of their election.”

“Thus, it is certain that nothing can cause a change in God‟s decrees.”

“According to that decree He actually adopts the elect—each at his own time.”

“The third point is that there is an actual election made in time, being indeed a fruit of God’s decree and answerable unto it.”

“When we speak of the election of a member of Parliament, do we mean that he first chose himself, then the people chose him because he had chosen himself?”

“The decrees of God 65 being conformable to his nature and essence, they require eternity and immutability as their inseparable properties.”