Even so, father: for so it pleased thee.

Why dost thou then strive against him? Because he giveth thee no accounts of all his doings?

In the beginning of a thing, I show the end thereof: and I tell before, things that are not yet come to pass. With one word is my device accomplished, and fulfilleth all my pleasure.

That same time rejoiced Jesus in the holy ghost, and said, "I confess unto thee father Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast opened them to the babes. Even so, father, for so pleased it thee.

So hath he mercy on whom he will. And whom he will, he maketh hard hearted.

O the deepness of the abundant wisdom and knowledge of God: how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out.

And hath opened unto us the mystery of his will according to his pleasure, and purposed

in whom we are made heirs, and were thereto predestinate according to the purpose of him which worketh all things after the purpose of his own will:

according to that eternal purpose, which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord,

which saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our deeds, but according to his own purpose and grace, which grace was given us through Christ Jesus before the world was,

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Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.

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So lieth it not then in a man's will, or cunning, but in the mercy of God.
For it pleased the father that in him should all fullness dwell,
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