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Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, was a significant member of the Habsburg family. During his reign, the political landscape of Europe underwent major changes. Born on February 24, 1500, and died on September 21, 1558, Charles V attempted to unify Europe but ultimately failed. more

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“God decreed to save and damn certain particular persons. This decree has its foundation in the foreknowledge of God, by which he knew from all eternity those individuals who would, through his preventing [going before] grace, believe, and, through his subsequent grace would persevere by which foreknowledge, he likewise knew those who would not believe and persevere.”

“In this state [man's fallen condition], the Free Will of man toward the True God is not only wounded, maimed, infirm, bent, and weakened; but it is also imprisoned, destroyed and lost. And its powers are not only debilitated and useless unless they be assisted by grace, but it has no powers whatever except such as are excited by Divine grace.”

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“And as the circumcised in the flesh, and not in the heart, have no part in God's good promises; even so they that be baptized in the flesh, and not in heart, have no part in Christ's blood.”