A Brighter Day Begins with His Word.

Hodge, Charles, 1797–1878 • SECTION 23

THE DECREES OF GOD.

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§ 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

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