to become man in order that this covenant might be made a reality. In the beginning it was the resolve (Beschluss) of the Holy Spirit that the unity of God, of Father and Son should not be disturbed or rent by this covenant with man, but that it should be made the more glorious, the deity of God, the divinity of His love and freedom, being confirmed and demonstrated by this offering of the Father and the self-offering of the Son. This choice was in the beginning. As the subject and object of this
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