1. God, from all eternity, did, by the most wise and holy counsel of his own will, freely, and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass: yet so, as thereby neither is God the author of sin, nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures; nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established.
2. Although God knows whatsoever may or can come to pass upon all supposed conditions, yet hath he not decreed anything because he foresaw it as future, or as that which would come to pass upon such conditions.
3. By the decree of God, for the manifestation of his glory, some men and angels are predestinated unto everlasting life; and others foreordained to everlasting death.
For further study see:
- WSC 7: What are the decrees of God?
- WSC Q8: How doth God execute his decrees?
- WLC 12: What are the decrees of God?
- WLC 13: What has God especially decreed concerning angels and men?
- WLC 14: How does God execute his decrees?
