foreknow

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God kept us both in so great a dependence on His orders, that He did not let us foreknow them; but the divine moment of His providence determined everything.

From The Autobiography of Madame Guyon by Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte

“Whom He did foreknow He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son.”

From Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois by Cavins, Elmer W.

In short, if one can foreknow what a comparison will reveal, telepathy before the comparison is unproven.

From The Leader by Dongen, H. R. van

See also Rom. viii, 29, “For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son,” and “whom he did predestinate —he called—justified—and sanctified.”

From Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. by Fisk, Wilbur

Question at times She made, yet seemed the answer to foreknow.

From Legends of the Saxon Saints by De Vere, Aubrey