It is not on the basis of human works, whether performed or foreseen, that God decrees to elect some based on unmerited grace and pass by (preterition) others based on proximate sinful works.
Protestant reformer
Writings on predestination and election
c. 1550s
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"The elect alone receive through regeneration [grace]. For I stay not to consider the extravagance of those who say that grace is offered equally and promiscuously to all."
Controversial"God's providence extends to all things, even to the least of them."
Strange & Unusual"We are not our own; we are God's."
Strange & Unusual"The reprobate are not able to believe, because God does not give them the gift of faith."
Shocking"It is not in vain that he banishes all those human affections which soften our hearts; that he commands paternal love and all the benevolent feelings between brothers, relations, and friends to cease;…"
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