XXXII. WE do believe that God from all Eternity, according unto the most wise and holy Counsel of his own Will,1 freely and unchangeably decreed and ordained, for the manifestation of his own Glory, some Angels, and some of the lost Sons and Daughters of Adam, 2unto eternal Life; and that their number is so certain and definite, that it cannot be either increased or diminished: and that others are left or passed by under a Decree of Preterition.3 And that those of Mankind that are predestinated and fore-ordained, are particularly and personally designed unto eternal Life:4 and these God, according to his eternal and immutable Purpose, and good pleasure of his Will,5 did choose in Christ (the Head of this Election) unto everlasting Glory,6 of his mere free Grace, without any foreseen Faith ⟨p. 33⟩or Obedience and Perseverance therein, or any thing in the Creature as a Condition or Cause moving him thereunto; and all this only to the Praise of his own glorious Grace.
XXXII. WE do believe that God from all Eternity, according unto the most wise and holy Counsel of his own Will,1 freely and unchangeably decreed and ordained, for the manifestation of his own Glory, some Angels, and some of the lost Sons and Daughters of Adam, 2unto eternal Life; and that their number is so certain and definite, that it cannot be either increased or diminished: and that others are left or passed by under a Decree of Preterition.3 And that those of Mankind that are predestinated and fore-ordained, are particularly and personally design'd unto eternal Life:4 and these God, according to his eternal and immutable Purpose, and good pleasure of his Will,5 did chuse in Christ (the Head of this Election) unto everlasting Glory,6 of his meer free Grace, without any foreseen Faith ⟨p. 33⟩or Obedience and Perseverance therein, or any thing in the Creature as a Condition or Cause moving him thereunto; and all this only to the Praise of his own glorious Grace.
- 1Rom. 8.29, 30, 31.
- 2Acts 13.48.
- 3Rom. 9.11.
- 41 Thess. 4.4, 5.
- 5Eph. 1.3, 4, 11.
- 6• Thess. 2.13.