The Decrees of God (part 3)
“Thirdly, they are free. ‘Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counselor hath taught him? With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding?’ (Isa. 40:13-14). God was alone when he made his decrees, and his determinations were influenced by no external cause. He was free to decree or not to decree, and to decree one thing and not another, This liberty we must ascribe to him who is supreme, independent, and sovereign in all his doings.” (p. 18 )
