...Up. duttiinp on this head, we transcribe the following passage from {V^0*1'" that Confession: "Cod from all eternity did, by the most wise and holy counsel...of sin, nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures, nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established. Although...

...whatsoever. Its language is very different, indeed, from the words we have quoted from Mr. Evans. " God, from all eternity did, by the most wise and holy...of sin, nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures, nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established."...

...to otter is in perfect accordance with that creed. The section referred to, stands as follows — " God from all eternity did, by the most wise and holy...of sin ; nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures; nor is VOL. II.— Ch. Adv, the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but...

...whatsoever. Its language is very different, indeed, from the words we have quoted from Mr. Evans. " God, from all eternity did, by the most wise and holy...of sin, nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures, nor fa the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established."...

...standards of the Churches of the Reformation ; and that they not only maintain, in general, that " God from all eternity did, by the most wise and holy...freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass ;"* but, in particular, that he has in eternity made choice of the heirs of salvation. Let us look...

...the standards of the Churches of the Reformation; and that they not only maintain, in general, that " God from all eternity did, by the most wise and holy...freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass ;"* but, in particular, that he has in eternity made choice of the heirs of salvation. Let us look...

...453 general assembly of the Kirk of Scotland; as where they savin their third chapter, •• That God from all eternity did, by the most wise and holy...and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass'.* And that by the decree of God, for the manifestation of his glory, some men and angels are predestinated...

...mangling and altering ! In the confession, drawn up by those divines, they express the matter thus : God, from all eternity, did, by the most wise and holy counsel of bis own will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatever comes to pass. Yet so, as thereby neither is...

...Scotland thus, in a page formerly quoted," introduced the chapter entitled, " Of God's eternal Decree :" " God, from all eternity, did, by the most wise and...of sin, nor is violence offered to the will of the a 2_Cor. v. 10. n See vol. ip 286. creatures, nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken...

...Of God's eternal Decree." Sect. 1. " God, from all eternity, did, by the most wise and holy council of his own will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever...of sin, nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures, nor is the liberty and contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established."...