 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...  The Anti-Jacobin Review and Magazine - Page 2521808Full view - About this book
 | Orlando Jay Smith - 1899 - 40 pages
...their number is so certain and definite that it cannot be either increased or diminished. ******* " 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... | |
 | 1907 - 550 pages
...moving him thereunto; and all to the praise of his glorious grace. Now listen to this: Sec. 7.—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... | |
 | John H. Leith - 1982 - 760 pages
...by Christ, effectually called, justified, adopted, sanctified, and saved, but the elect only. VII. 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... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1987 - 332 pages
...conditions, or causes moving Him thereunto, and all to the praise of His glorious grace. . . . No. 7 The rest of mankind God was pleased, according to the unsearchable counsel of His own will, whereby he extendeth, or with-holdeth mercy, as He pleaseth, for the glory of His sovereign... | |
 | Louis Berkhof - 2007 - 180 pages
...redeemed by Christ, effectually called, justified, adopted, sanctified, and saved, but the elect only. 7. 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... | |
 | Robert Tudur Jones, Kenneth Dix, Alan Ruston - 2006 - 448 pages
...Christ, effectually called, justified, adopted, sanctified, and saved, but the elect only. 168 VII. 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... | |
 | Jackie Leach Scully, Pink Dandelion - 2007 - 276 pages
...depend on any human action or merit. In keeping with Calvinism, the Confession makes it clear that '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... | |
 | Andreas Höfele - 2007 - 363 pages
...on God's foreknowledge of man's faith. And parallel to the election is the predestination to death. 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... | |
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