foreordination

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The son of a Congregational minister who believed in predestination and foreordination, he himself began with an intention of entering the ministry; but, after two years' preparation, turned to the law and politics.

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Now, if our consciousness is only a dream, which this doctrine of foreordination makes it out to be, what are we all, in such a case, but mere simulacra, ghosts, shadows?

From The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election by Wallace, Robert

In the third place, we object to universal foreordination because it destroys all moral distinctions.

From The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election by Wallace, Robert

It may be used first in the general sense of foreordination.

From The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election by Wallace, Robert

The judgment day, therefore, and foreordination of all things cannot stand in the same category.

From The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election by Wallace, Robert