Isaiah 45:11
Douay-Rheims
Thus saith the Lord the Holy One of Israel, his maker: Ask me of things to come, concerning my children, and concerning the work of my hands give ye charge to me.
Augustine of Hippo
How do we think, except as in the way that the prophet also foretells of God, that he has done the things that are going to be? For he does not say, "Who will do the things that are going to be, but "who did the things that are going to be." Therefore, [God] both did them and is going to do them. For neither have they been done if he did not do them, nor are they going to be done if he will not do them. Therefore, [God] did them by predestining them; he is going to do them by working.
Source details
A.D. 430 · on Isa 45:11 (TRACTATES ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 68:1.2)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.