foreknow

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"For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate."

From Ingersoll in Canada A Reply to Wendling, Archbishop Lynch, Bystander; and Others by Pringle, Allen

Without this assumption it would be impossible in the Thomistic system to find in the absolute will of God an infallible medium by which He can foreknow future sins.

From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur

My spirits faint, while I these ills foreknow, And find myself the sad occasion too.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 by Scott, Walter, Sir

Question at times She made, yet seemed the answer to foreknow.

From Legends of the Saxon Saints by De Vere, Aubrey

Hath he chosen us because he did foreknow that we would be holy, and without blame, as men think?

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh