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In Chapter 9 - Of Free-Will:
I. God hath endued the will of man with that natural liberty, that it is neither forced, nor, by any absolute necessity of nature, determined to good, or evil. (Matt. 17:12, James 1:14, Deut. 30:19)
I believe I understand the totality of the teaching of WCF 9, but the phrasing in paragraph 1 of the phrase "any absolute necessity of nature" escapes me. What is the Confession speaking of here? What does "absolute necessity of nature mean". I am probably being dense. Is nature in this case distinct from the 4-states that the Confession goes on to list in paragraphs 2-5? What nature is this that it speaks of?
Thanks!
I. God hath endued the will of man with that natural liberty, that it is neither forced, nor, by any absolute necessity of nature, determined to good, or evil. (Matt. 17:12, James 1:14, Deut. 30:19)
I believe I understand the totality of the teaching of WCF 9, but the phrasing in paragraph 1 of the phrase "any absolute necessity of nature" escapes me. What is the Confession speaking of here? What does "absolute necessity of nature mean". I am probably being dense. Is nature in this case distinct from the 4-states that the Confession goes on to list in paragraphs 2-5? What nature is this that it speaks of?
Thanks!