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.

From Time Magazine Archive

But how can these words prove universal foreordination?

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

But if foreknowledge involves foreordination, then by the laws of logic He has foreordained sin.

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

All the conflicting opinions and acts in the fiercest controversy that ever raged, this theory traces up to the Divine foreordination.

From The Calvinistic Doctrine of Predestination Examined and Refuted by Hodgson, F. (Francis)