Calvinism a life-system - pagina 152

CALVINISM AND SCIENCE.

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by means of our Calvinistic belief in God's fore-ordination? If you want to understand this you have to go back from the entire cosmos,

secured

effectually

is

This

predestination to God's decree in general.

on the contrary,

a matter of choice;

Behef

predestination

in

nothing but the penetration

is

own

of God's decree into your prefer

of

will

means that we are not but

of words, confession,

and

personal

life; or, if

It

and the

this life

life

our expressions concerning the unity of

a deed of high courage, because of

suspicion

fore-ordination

tence and

it

high-mindedness.

It

But

if

else

you now

does God's

mean, than the certainty that the

course of

all

things,

i.

e.

is

brings you under

what

of God,

the decree

to

to

a proof of honesty, unmovable firmness

is

solidity in

proceed

It

wilHng to stand by our

are

regard both to

in

existence.

with a mere profession

satisfied

we

that

your own

to

God's Will, and the certainty of His operations.

the

you

the personal heroism to apply the sovereignty

it,

God's decreeing

come.

not

is

must be done.

it

exis-

of the entire cos-

mos, instead of being a plaything of caprice and chance,,

obeys law and order, and that there exists a firm

which

out

carries

Now

history.

upon

forces

its

do you

our

designs

not

mind the

both

in

agree with

will

nature and in

me, that this

indissoluble conception of

one all-comprehensive unity, and the acceptance of one principle

by which everything

is

governed.

upon us the recognition of something that and yet expressed in that which

hidden Yea,

it

forces

upon us the

It

forces

is

general,

is

special.

confession, that there

be stability and regularity ruHng over everything.

must

Thus

,

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