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Old 06-06-2008, 11:11 AM
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1. Does God have two wills?
I think that the text book answer is "yes"

Does God have two "decreetive" wills, no.

Doe God have two "preceptive" wills, no.

But...God has a "preceptive" will and a "decreetive" will...so yes, that is two wills.

The decreetive is God's eternal decrees, the preceptive is God's "precepts" or commands that he desires man to obey.
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