Knowing that I am not the one in control gives great encouragement. Knowing the One who
is in control is everything. -Alexander Michael

I infer that God’s decrees, and the necessity of event flowing thence, neither
destroy the true free-agency of men, nor render the commission of sin a jot less heinous.
They neither force the human will, nor extenuate the evil of human actions.
Predestination, foreknowledge, and providence, only secure the event, and render it
certainly future, in a way and manner (incomprehensibly indeed by us; but) perfectly
consistent with the nature of second causes.—Augustus Toplady

Let all men know how empty and worthless is the power of kings. For there is none
worthy of the name but God, whom heaven, earth and sea obey .—King Canute

There has been a wonderful alteration in my mind, in respect to the doctrine of
God’s sovereignty, from that day to this…God’s absolute sovereignty…is what
my mind seems to rest assured of, as much as of any thing that I see with my eyes…The
doctrine has very often appeared exceeding pleasant, bright and sweet.

Absolute sovereignty is what I love to ascribe to God…God’s sovereignty has ever
appeared to me, a great part of his glory. It has often been my delight to approach God,
and adore him as a sovereign God. JONATHAN EDWARDS, Personal Narrative

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Graham J Weeks

http://www.weeks-g.dircon.co.uk/ My
homepage of quotations

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