foreknow

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But men by natural inclination seek to foreknow future events; and this belongs to divination.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

And besides, he has a laboured argument to prove, that God could not foreknow the future volitions of moral agents, unless he views them as “necessarily connected with something else that is evident.” pp. 115-117.

From An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will by Bledsoe, Albert Taylor

Did he, like the old hero Njal, "gentle and generous," foreknow his end as he chose out this quiet, beautiful spot?

From Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road by Bates, Katharine Lee

“For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the first-born among many brethren.”

From The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity by Orr, Charles Ebert

For while still dreading your doom, you foreknow it.

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman