“God, from all eternity, did, by the most wise and holy counsel of his own will, freely, and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass; yet so, as thereby neither is God the author of sin, nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures; nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established” (WFC, III.1)
Ang Diyos, mula sa walang hanggan, ay ginawa, sa pamamagitan ng kanyang pinakamaalam at banal na kalooban at itinakda ng malaya at hindi mababago ang lahat ng magaganap; ngunit, hindi ang Diyos ang may akda o pinagmulan ng kasalanan, o inialok man Niya ang kasamaan sa kalooban ng nilalang; o inalis ang kalayaan ng tao at ang mga pangalawang sanhi, kundi sa halip Kanya itong itinatag (WFC, III.1).