predestinate

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I have recently learned that I am But a creature that moves In predestinate grooves.

From Time Magazine Archive

"It's said there's ane predestinate To be his mortal foe, But that man is yet unborn, And lang may it be so."

From The Scottish Fairy Book by Grierson, Elizabeth Wilson

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

Moreover, whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.”

From A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory by Bledsoe, Albert Taylor

“For whom he foreknew, them he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son.”

From The Calvinistic Doctrine of Predestination Examined and Refuted by Hodgson, F. (Francis)