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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
foreordain .
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Examples
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A democracy of checks and balances does not presuppose a polity of saints, but, rather, foreordains something of a symbiotic relationship between the elected and the electors who elect, and then doggedly watch them.
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We place the form of this predestination in the internal act itself of God, who foreordains to believers this union with Christ their Head, and a participation in his benefits.
The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 2 1560-1609 1956
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There was indeed to be a struggle between right and wrong, and a bitter struggle, too, but an All-Wise Providence rules over all, and disposes of events in an inscrutable order, and in the way He foreordains for His own glory.
Marguerite Verne Rebecca Agatha Armour
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He foreordains all His own deeds, but not the deeds of men.
The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election Robert Wallace
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God, -- that he foreordains whatsoever comes to pass, and that nothing man can do can change his appointments.
General History for Colleges and High Schools Philip Van Ness Myers
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All that God is himself to do He not merely foresees but foreordains.
The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election Robert Wallace
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It is quite clear from the Scriptures that God predestinates or foreordains.
The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election Robert Wallace
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Confession says that God ordained them, for He foreordains whatsoever comes to pass.
The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election Robert Wallace
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God foreknows all things, but foreordains only what He himself brings to pass.
The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election Robert Wallace
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Could we call a father a good father who foreordains that one-half of his offspring should be burned?
The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election Robert Wallace
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