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“The general consent of all that sect is that God (by his foreknowledge, counsel, and wisdom) has no assured election, neither yet any certain reprobation, but that every man may elect or reprobate himself by his own free will, which he has (say they) to do good or evil ... [All these things are] forged by their own brains, and polished by the finest of their wits, when yet in very deed they are but the rotten heresies of ... Pelagius, long ago confuted by Augustine.”

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John Knox (1514 - November 24, 1572) was a significant figure in the Scottish Reformation, known as the 'Father of the Scottish Reformation'. He was a writer, theologian, and reformer whose works had a profound impact on the Scottish Reformation. more

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