Q.7. What are the decrees of God?

A. The decrees of God are, his eternal purpose, according to the counsel of his will, whereby, for his own glory, he hath foreordained whatsoever comes to pass.[r]

[r] Eph. 1:4,11. Rom. 9:22,23.

We are here taught,

1. That God hath formed certain decrees or purposes.

2. That God’s purposes were formed in his mind from eternity.

3. That God’s decrees are exclusively the purposes or counsels of his own will.

4. That all things, which are agreeable to the purposes or counsels of God, have been predestinated or foreordained by him.

5. That God hath foreordained all things for his own glory.