 | 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... | |
 | Harry W. Eberts - Religion - 1994 - 132 pages
...to the praise of his glorious grace. . . . The rest of mankind, God . . . [ordained] ... to dishonor and wrath for their sin, to the praise of his glorious justice" (6.014, .016, .018, .020). This awesome prolegomena is a preparation for the remainder of the confession.... | |
 | Eric Voegelin - History - 1995 - 348 pages
...inscrutable 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...wrath for their sin, to the praise of his glorious justice."7 The dogma of predestination in this strict form may well have introduced difficulties in... | |
 | Max Weber - Business & Economics - 2001 - 354 pages
...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. Chapter 10 1of Effectual Callingt,... | |
 | Donald K. McKim - Religion - 2003 - 148 pages
...alone" are "elected" to salvation, while from others God has withheld mercy, choosing to pass them by, and "to ordain them to dishonour and wrath for their sin" (BC 6.020). Thus there are the elect and the nonelect. The elect are chosen by God's grace for salvation;... | |
 | Louis Berkhof - Religion - 2007 - 180 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...their sin, to the praise of His glorious justice. Creation A. Creation in General The discussion of the decrees naturally leads on to the consideration... | |
 | Gerald Lewis Bray - England - 2004 - 682 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.81 08. The doctrine of this... | |
 | Dr W Gary Crampton, W. Gary Crampton - Religion - 2004 - 174 pages
...unsearchable counsel of His own will, whereby He extends or withholds mercy as He pleases, 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, The Purpose of Creation As... | |
 | Jackie Leach Scully, Pink Dandelion - Philosophy - 2007 - 276 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 dishonour and wrath for his sin' (The Confession of Faith, 1969, p. 9). Such people have no hope of salvation. They may be... | |
 | Robert Tudur Jones, Kenneth Dix, Alan Ruston - Religion - 2006 - 448 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... 
