 | 1907 - 550 pages
...unsearchable counsel of his own will, whereby he extendeth or withholdeth mercy as he pleaseth, for the glory of his sovereign power over his creatures, to pass by, and to ordain them to dishonor and wrath for their sin, to the praise of his glorious justice. That is to say, that though... | |
 | John Wesley - Biography & Autobiography - 1964 - 532 pages
...glory, without any foresight of faith or good works. The rest of mankind God was pleased, for the glory of his sovereign power over his creatures, to pass by and to ordain them to dishonour and wrath. No less express are Mr. Calvin's words, in his Christian Institutions (chap, xxi, 1): t All men are... | |
 | John H. Leith - Religion - 1982 - 760 pages
...unsearchable counsel of his own will, whereby he extendeth or withholdeth mercy as he pleaseth, for the glory of his sovereign power over his creatures, to pass by, and to ordain them to dishonor and wrath for their sin, to the praise of his glorious justice. VIII. The doctrine of this... | |
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The rest of mankind God was pleased, according to the unsearchable counsel of his own will, (whereby he extendeth or withholdeth mercy, as he pleaseth, for the glory of his sovereign power over his creatures,) to pass by, and to ordain them to dishonour... 
