1695 Baptist Catechism · 1695

Q10. What are the Decrees of God?

The Decrees of God are, his Eternal Purpose according to the Counsel of his Will, whereby, for his own Glory, he hath foreordained whatsoever comes to pass.
Answer · 1695 Baptist Catechism

Scripture proofs

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    Ephesians 1:4

    According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

    Ephesians 1:11

    In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

    Romans 9:22-23

    What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,

Proof texts as given in the original; verse text from the King James Version.