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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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self-determination.<br />

And in this, like many opponents <strong>of</strong> '<br />

Predestinarianism,' <strong>the</strong>y seem<br />

to have started from <strong>the</strong> principle, that it was<br />

impossible for God<br />

' ei<strong>the</strong>r to commit or to foresee [in <strong>the</strong> sense <strong>of</strong><br />

fore-ordaining]<br />

anything evil.' <strong>The</strong> mutual misunderst<strong>and</strong>ing here<br />

was that common<br />

in all such controversies. Although * Josephus<br />

writes as if, according • in jewMi<br />

to <strong>the</strong> Pharisees, <strong>the</strong> chief part in every good action<br />

depended upon ^"**'^^^<br />

&te [pre-ordination] ra<strong>the</strong>r than on man's doing,<br />

yet in ano<strong>the</strong>r<br />

place ^ he disclaims for <strong>the</strong>m <strong>the</strong> notion that <strong>the</strong>

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