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Subsections
Reformed Freedom of Choice vs. Determinism
How Predestination Consists with Free Choice
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Order of Contents
Articles 6
Historical 2
Latin 1
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Articles
Anthology of the Post-Reformation
van Asselt, Willem J. – Reformed Thought on Freedom: the Concept of Free Choice in Early Modern Reformed Theology Buy (2010) 243 pp.
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1500’s
Beza, Theodore & Anthony Faius – pt. 2, ch. 16, ‘Free-Will’ in Propositions & Principles of Divinity Propounded & Disputed… (Edinburgh, 1591)
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1600’s
Walaeus, Anthony – 17. ‘On Free Choice’ in Synopsis of a Purer Theology: Latin Text & English Translation Buy (1625; Brill, 2016), vol. 1, pp. 406-32
Maccovius, Johannes – ch. 9, ‘On Free Choice’ in Scholastic Discourse: Johannes Maccovius (1588-1644) on Theological & Philosophical Distinctions & Rules (1644; Apeldoorn: Instituut voor Reformatieonderzoek, 2009), pp. 177-81
Maccovius (1588–1644) was a reformed, supralapsarian Polish theologian.
van Mastricht, Peter – bk. 3, ch. 9, section 6, ‘In the Rational Soul is Intellect, Will & Free Choice’ in Theoretical Practical Theology (RHB), vol. 3
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1700’s
à Brakel, Wilhelmus – ch. 15, ‘Man‟s Free Will or Impotency & the Punishment Due Upon Sin’ in The Christian’s Reasonable Service, vols. 1 ed. Joel Beeke, trans. Bartel Elshout Buy (1700; RHB, 1992/1999), pp. 407-27
a Brakel (1635-1711) was a contemporary of Voet and Witsius and a major representative of the Dutch Further Reformation.
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1800’s
Duncan, John ‘Rabbi’ – ‘The Nature of Free-Will’ in Colloquia Peripatetica, pp. 93-95
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Historical
On the Post-Reformation
Hampton, Stephen – 1. ‘Free Choice’ in ‘Sin, Grace & Free Choice in Post-Reformation Reformed Theology’ in Lehner, Muller & Roeber, The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern Theology, 1600-1800 (Oxford, 2016), pp. 229-31
Yoo, Jeongmo – John Edwards (1637-1716) on Human Free Choice & Divine Necessity Pre Buy (2013) 234 pp.
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On Jonathan Edwards
Articles
Muller, Richard
‘Jonathan Edwards & the Absence of Free Choice: A Parting of Ways in the Reformed Tradition’ (2011) 20 pp. This is the article form of his audio lecture.
Here is Paul Helm’s published rejoinder. You may need to set up a free account to read it.
‘Jonathan Edwards & Francis Turretin on Necessity, Contingency & Freedom of Will. In Response to Paul Helm’ (2014) 19 pp.
Here is Paul Helm’s surrejoinder. Muller dominates the exchanges.
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Audio Lecture
Muller, Richard – “Jonathan Edwards & the Absence of Free Choice: A Parting of Ways in the Reformed Tradition” 71 min., Sept. 29th, 2010, at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, being the Inaugural Lecture for the Jonathan Edwards Center. This lecture is in article form above.
“Jonathan Edwards is often regarded as an epitome of Calvinism for his teaching on the freedom of will, though he was, in his own time and for a century after his death, a much-debated thinker whose views polarized Reformed circles.
This lecture will concentrate on Edwards’s reception in Britain, which has received little attention despite its significance in the Reformed tradition. Concentrating on two historical contexts, Dr. Muller will consider the mixed reception of Edwards’ thought, note differences between Edwards and the older Reformed orthodoxy, and point to a parting of the ways in the Reformed tradition that took place largely in the eighteenth century.”
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Latin
1600’s
Alsted, Henry – ch. 13, ‘Free Choice’ in Distinctions through Universal Theology, taken out of the Canon of the Sacred Letters & Classical Theologians (Frankfurt: 1626), pp. 59-62
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