§ 1. The Nature of the Divine Decrees 535
The Glory of God the Fmal Cause of his Decrees. — Decrees re- ducible to One Purpose. — The Decrees of God are Immutable. — They are Free. — They are certainly Efficacious. — They relate to all Events. — Free Acts are foreordained .... 543
$ 2. Objections to the Doctrine of Divine Decrees 545
1. Foreordination inconsistent with Free Agency. — 2. Foreordi- nation of Sin inconsistent with Holiness. — 3. The Doctrine of Decrees destroys all Motives to Exertion. — 4. It is Fatalism . 548