that these decrees are as certain and definite as if they had been written down in a book. These men’s condemnation was said to be written about long ago to show that although they crept in unawares into the church, they were not unknown to God. They came to his notice before they infiltrated any church with their evil. It is also said that they were written down in God’s book for judgment: whose condemnation was written about long ago. The meaning of this section of the verse is that these people