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Now , according to the same testimony , adult converts were required to believe
that Jesus is the Christ before they were baptized ; and the apostles
consequently baptized them as regenerated persons ; for , as believers , they
were born of ...
Now , according to the same testimony , adult converts were required to believe
that Jesus is the Christ before they were baptized ; and the apostles
consequently baptized them as regenerated persons ; for , as believers , they
were born of ...
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He may foreknow the defects of ignorance , moral weakness , and sinful neglect ,
which are no objects of his power , and consequently of his decree , though the
persons to whom these sinful defects are attached are the objects both of his ...
He may foreknow the defects of ignorance , moral weakness , and sinful neglect ,
which are no objects of his power , and consequently of his decree , though the
persons to whom these sinful defects are attached are the objects both of his ...
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cause , without whose enérgy ( and consequently purpose ) no positive effect can
possibly take place . Hence it follows , that whatever is positive in any human act
is from God , as its energetic cause , and is therefore good ; but whatever is ...
cause , without whose enérgy ( and consequently purpose ) no positive effect can
possibly take place . Hence it follows , that whatever is positive in any human act
is from God , as its energetic cause , and is therefore good ; but whatever is ...
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created universe is from the will and consequently the decree or purpose of God ;
because good effects can have no other adequate cause . 4. That no evil in the
universe is decreed by a Being of infinite goodness and benevolence ; because ...
created universe is from the will and consequently the decree or purpose of God ;
because good effects can have no other adequate cause . 4. That no evil in the
universe is decreed by a Being of infinite goodness and benevolence ; because ...
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God's infinite knowledge , and consequently his foreknowledge , sees all effects
in their adequate causes ; but how can the same thing be an adequate cause of
opposite effects ? To recur to the arbitrary nature of the human will , as the image
...
God's infinite knowledge , and consequently his foreknowledge , sees all effects
in their adequate causes ; but how can the same thing be an adequate cause of
opposite effects ? To recur to the arbitrary nature of the human will , as the image
...
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