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Absolute Predestination
"In whom we also have been chosen to an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of the One working all things according to the counsel of His will" (Ephesians 1:11)
Zanchius (1516-1590) created his age-enduring classic in response to the challenges of those who persisted in charging God with being the Author of sin because He says in the Scriptures that He predestinated all things that come to pass. His answer is irrefutable.
The first forty-two pages describes God as He is revealed in His holy Word. He is all-wise and all-powerful. He is perfect and unchangeable. He, being by Himself alone in eternity, determined to create a universe, and to people that universe with being of His own choice. He saw in His mind the entire course of events, and the persons who would act out these events, and having all things completely settled in His mind beforehand, He decreed all things that were to occur. The distinctions thus having been established in His own mind, He at one time, in one act of His will, predestinated all things "according to the counsel of His will."
The author then takes up the subject of predestination. The word means to 'deliberate beforehand with ones' self how one shall act; and in consequence of such deliberation to constitute, fore-ordain, and predetermine where and when, how and by whom anything shall be done, and to what end it shall be done. Who else but God is able to both conceive and order all the happenings in time and eternity?
This book is not only closely reasoned, but it is backed and proven by Scripture throughout. It is made abundantly clear that men may not absolve themselves of evil because of God=s eternal predestination of allthings. God leaves all men with a freedom to will, but in their total depravity all choose to will only what is evil in the eyes of God. For,
"God is not tempted by evils, and He tempts no one. But each one is tempted by his own lusts, having been drawn out and havin
Zanchius (1516-1590) created his age-enduring classic in response to the challenges of those who persisted in charging God with being the Author of sin because He says in the Scriptures that He predestinated all things that come to pass. His answer is irrefutable.
The first forty-two pages describes God as He is revealed in His holy Word. He is all-wise and all-powerful. He is perfect and unchangeable. He, being by Himself alone in eternity, determined to create a universe, and to people that universe with being of His own choice. He saw in His mind the entire course of events, and the persons who would act out these events, and having all things completely settled in His mind beforehand, He decreed all things that were to occur. The distinctions thus having been established in His own mind, He at one time, in one act of His will, predestinated all things "according to the counsel of His will."
The author then takes up the subject of predestination. The word means to 'deliberate beforehand with ones' self how one shall act; and in consequence of such deliberation to constitute, fore-ordain, and predetermine where and when, how and by whom anything shall be done, and to what end it shall be done. Who else but God is able to both conceive and order all the happenings in time and eternity?
This book is not only closely reasoned, but it is backed and proven by Scripture throughout. It is made abundantly clear that men may not absolve themselves of evil because of God=s eternal predestination of allthings. God leaves all men with a freedom to will, but in their total depravity all choose to will only what is evil in the eyes of God. For,
"God is not tempted by evils, and He tempts no one. But each one is tempted by his own lusts, having been drawn out and havin
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132 pages, Hardcover
First published February 1, 1982
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April 20, 2009
Excellent. Also read in July of 1989.
February 9, 2023
Based on the book’s content- This is a decent introduction to the standard reformed position on the doctrine of Predestination
based on the translation- this is a bad translation of Zanchi’s treatise
This rendition of Zanchi’s treatise was done by Anglican preacher Augustus Toplady in 1769. Toplady did a terrible job at translating this text, adding his own opinions and inserting anachronisms (Toplady had a famous dispute with John Welsey due to the translation of this treatise). At several points he criticizes the Arminians by name, however, Zanchi died about 14 years before the public disputes involving Jacob Arminius. If you are wanting a text for studying Zanchi or his works, don’t look here. If you want a text that details how the reformed have articulated predestination, this is a decent introduction
Content- 4/5. Translation 2/5.
based on the translation- this is a bad translation of Zanchi’s treatise
This rendition of Zanchi’s treatise was done by Anglican preacher Augustus Toplady in 1769. Toplady did a terrible job at translating this text, adding his own opinions and inserting anachronisms (Toplady had a famous dispute with John Welsey due to the translation of this treatise). At several points he criticizes the Arminians by name, however, Zanchi died about 14 years before the public disputes involving Jacob Arminius. If you are wanting a text for studying Zanchi or his works, don’t look here. If you want a text that details how the reformed have articulated predestination, this is a decent introduction
Content- 4/5. Translation 2/5.
November 18, 2021
A short read on God's absolute Sovereignty. Jerome gives an unapologetic presentation of what predestination means. God ordains how things will come to pass according to His will and doesn't change His mind.
If you're looking for a quick read with a solid presentation of double predestination, I'd recommend this book.
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If you're looking for a quick read with a solid presentation of double predestination, I'd recommend this book.
Consider checking out my blog:
https://laymansprogress.com
Or following me on Instagram:
@laymansprogress
September 18, 2016
This is a translation by Augustus Toplady of Jerome Zanchius' book. Provides an airtight case for the Christian doctrine of election and predestination. He points out that our very love for God ought to be even more intense when we understand that God loved us (and will continue to do so) not because of any love that He foresaw in us toward Him, but simply because He chose to love us and save us, undeserving as we were.
October 4, 2011
Excellent book.
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