¶ In all its forms alike Calvinism makes God the sole arbiter of the destiny of His creatures. But in no form does it make Him the author of sin, or the condemner of man irrespective of his sin. In all forms alike man is made the author of his own sin, and sin is made the ground of his condemnation. God positively decrees grace, and thus produces all that is good. He only determines the permission of sin, and punishes it because He forbids and in every way morally discountenances it. He elects of