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Originally Posted by armourbearer  Quote:
Originally Posted by Presbyterian Deacon Any thoughts on the concept of God being "permissively inactive"? | WCF 5:4, "The almighty power, unsearchable wisdom, and infinite goodness of God so far manifest themselves in His providence, that it extends itself even to the first fall, and all other sins of angels and men; and that not by a bare permission, but such as has joined with it a most wise and powerful bounding..." |
"...and otherwise
ordering and governing them, in a manifold dispensation,
to his own holy ends..."
Exactly. And thus my problem with Shedd's wording here. I have read with profit much from Shedd, but this idea of "permissive inactivity" really puzzles me. Am I just "straining at gnats here, or is Shedd really as "off" on this as I think he appears to be?