foreknow

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Without this assumption it would be impossible in the Thomistic system to find in the absolute will of God an infallible medium by which He can foreknow future sins.

From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur

As one in nerves, and pulse, and spirits bad, Who of some frequent fever waits the blow, E'en so I felt—for how could I foreknow Such near end of the half-joys I have had?

From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Campbell, Thomas

“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

Guardian, Giver, and Guide; If she may not foreknow, forejudge and foresee, What safety has childhood beside?

From The Crux by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins

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