"God's decree, in as much as it concerneth man, is called predestination: which is the decree of God by the which he hath ordained all men to a certain and everlasting estate, that is either to salvation or condemnation, for his own glory. (1 Thessalonians 5:9) 'For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ.' (Romans 9:13) 'As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.' (Romans 9:22, 23) 'What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory.'
The means of accomplishing God's predestination are twofold:
The Creation and the fall." - William Perkins, A Golden Chain
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