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Thomas Goodwin’s Christological Supralapsarianism: Election which Goodwin argued was one of the most debated words in the bible sets the tone of predestination of Gods people. Specifically the order of how God decreed whose would be his people and whom would not, elect, or reprobates. The Christological part is due to predestination being transient so before Christ we are still in a fallen state.

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Thomas Goodwin and Johannes Maccovius on justification from eternity:
Fighting the antinomian view of eternal justification for the elect before the foundation of the world, Goodwin and Maccovius become advocates together even while in disagreement. Their main focus of agreement was that justification is transient, although Maccovius believed in justification from the mother promise for all in Genesis

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William Perkins on Predestination: “His decree determines what shall be done… For there is nothing higher than his will.” The main argument in predestination was between supralapsarianism and infralapsarianism. God does decree all before the foundation of the world which does not make him the author of sin, and this was Perkins argument for Supralapsarianism.