De Moor VIII:13: The Material Cause of Creation, Part 1b
This Truth is to be held, α. not only or exclusively against all Ancient Philosophers that, if they do not quite think the Matter,...
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Dr. Dilday
- Nov 2
- 15 min
De Moor VIII:13: The Material Cause of Creation, Part 1a
But when we contemplate Creation more passively, it indicates an Apt Production of Things, flowing from that Command of Will; so that the...
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Dr. Dilday
- Oct 21
- 6 min
De Moor VIII:12: The Formal Cause of Creation, Part 3
Creation is also an Act of God so Free, that it was not necessary that God will to create: and so here obtains, not only the Liberty of...
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Dr. Dilday
- Oct 13
- 6 min
De Moor VIII:11: The Formal Cause of Creation, Part 2
In working the Creature passes from Idleness to Labor, from Potency to Act, and then returns again from labor to rest, because the...
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Dr. Dilday
- Oct 3
- 9 min
De Moor VIII:10: The Formal Cause of Creation, Part 1
Moreover, the Creation considered Actively indicates; α. Not natural Generation, whereby through communication of Essence is produced...
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Dr. Dilday
- Sep 23
- 4 min
De Moor VIII:9: The Efficient Cause of Creation, Part 4
The Act of Creation is common to the Trinity: we have already produced passages proving this, and have vindicated it at length, Chapter...
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Dr. Dilday
- Sep 15
- 8 min
De Moor VIII:8: The Efficient Cause of Creation, Part 3
Indeed, the Power of Creation, because Omnipotent, is Incommunicable; for the divine Omnipotence is indivisible and incommunicable. Not...
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Dr. Dilday
- Sep 6
- 5 min
De Moor VIII:7: The Efficient Cause of Creation, Part 2
Indeed, this work of Creation ought to be claimed for God Alone, on account of the clear passages asserting it, Nehemiah 9:6; Job 9:8;...
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Dr. Dilday
- Aug 23
- 15 min
De Moor VIII:6: The Efficient Cause of Creation, Part 1
Thus before all things we attribute this Work to God as Author; who, 1. Himself testifies or causes to testify to this concerning...
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Dr. Dilday
- Jul 26
- 1 min
De Moor VIII:5: The Definition of Creation
It is defined; etc.[1] A similar definition of Creation, which is then admirably explained, is related in ’t Examen van ’t Ontwerp van...
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Dr. Dilday
- Jul 17
- 15 min
De Moor VIII:4: The Truth of Creation
The Truth of Creation is taught generally, 1. not only by Scripture, in many Passages to be cited in this Chapter, especially in Genesis...
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Dr. Dilday
- Jun 28
- 9 min
De Moor VIII:3: The Term, "Creation": Part 2
The term Creation is sometimes extended actively to Men; and then it denotes, either simply to make, or to do with care: thus PLAUTUS[1]...
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Dr. Dilday
- Jun 14
- 8 min
De Moor VIII:2: The Term, "Creation": Part 1
Perhaps CREATION was so called from the Hebrew קָרָא/qara, to call. In his Compendio our AUTHOR makes mention of various other...
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Dr. Dilday
- May 31
- 1 min
De Moor VIII:1: From the Internal to the External Works of God
After the Internal, Immanent, Eternal Acts of God now follow the External, Transient, Temporal Works of God, which posit an effect...
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Dr. Dilday
- May 29
- 4 min
De Moor VIII: Outline of the Doctrine of Creation
Chapter VIII treats of the CREATION, I. To the treatment of which our AUTHOR approaches by a suitable Transition, § 1. II. It is...
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Dr. Dilday
- Jun 14, 2022
- 7 min
De Moor: Dedicatory Epistle for Volume 2
To the Most Serene and Lofty PRINCE WILLIAM V of Orange-Nassau, Hereditary Governor of the Dutch Federation, and the Military’s Supreme...
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Dr. Dilday
- May 1, 2019
- 3 min
Reading Difficult Books: A Personal Reminiscence (by Dr. Steven Dilday)
Shortly after my conversion to Christ, I became a regular listener to the radio broadcast of Dr. R.C. Sproul. Through Dr. Sproul I was...
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Dr. Dilday
- Feb 2, 2018
- 4 min
Outline of the Entire System of Doctrine
A TREATMENT OF REVEALED CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY HERE FOLLOWS: I. A Nominal treatment, Chapter I, § 1-6, II. A Real treatment, in which you may...
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Dr. Dilday
- Feb 2, 2018
- 22 min
De Moor's Preface to the Reader
Greetings. When in the latter part of Psalm 22 the Messiah joyfully gives a presentiment of the saving and super-abounding fruit, that,...
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Dr. Dilday
- Feb 2, 2018
- 5 min
Who Is De Moor?
Bernardinus de Moor was born on January 29, 1709. He studied at the great Dutch University of Leiden, which had been a center of Reformed...
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