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To: OrthodoxPresbyterian
If God has elected unto salvation all those who die in infancy, is that Number Set not "some" of the whole Race of Mankind? Why, then, does it seem inconsistent to you that a Calvinist would believe as much?

Well. God takes some who die at age 90, some who die at age 50, some who die at age 25. It would seem, to me, inconsistent to say that, below some age, He takes "all."

But I can see your point.

Yes, Soothing Dave. Those who are Regenerated in the Womb are not counted as judicially "wicked" in God's eyes, and so are not the subjects of Psalm 58:3. However, as Regeneration happens only by the direct monergistic intervention of God, Psalm 58:3 remains an informative description of the normative state of fallen, unregenerate Man from Infancy on.

Fair enough. Have a good day.

SD

39 posted on 10/15/2004 8:24:58 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

You also.


41 posted on 10/15/2004 8:33:51 AM PDT by OrthodoxPresbyterian (We are Unworthy Servants; We have only done Our Duty)
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