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title: 'An Essay on the Probation of Fallen Men: Or, the Scheme of Salvation, Founded in Sovereignty'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'James Patriot Wilson, Sr.'
date: 1827-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Providence'
- 'Sin'
- 'Predestination'
scriptures:
- 'Acts 4'
- 'Romans 5'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/wilson-1827-an-essay-on-the-probation-of-fallen-men-or-the-scheme-of-salvation-founded-in-sovereignty
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# An Essay on the Probation of Fallen Men: Or, the Scheme of Salvation, Founded in Sovereignty

An 1827 essay asserting that God's sovereign plan and justice ground human probation and the scheme of salvation. It affirms universal depravity, election, and redemption contemplated before creation (Acts 4; Romans 5).

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