The Reformed Doctrine of Reprobation (3)

The relationship between reprobation and election is this: they are one, inseparable decree, not two, separable decrees. This is the clear teaching of the Canons of Dordt, although this is sometimes overlooked. In I, 6, the Canons state that the receiving and not receiving of faith proceeds from God's eternal decree (not "decrees," in the plural); according to this decree(not "these decrees"), He softens the hearts of the elect and leaves the non-elect to their own wickedness. The relationship...