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All things are ordered by God, but His providence takes in our free agency, as well as His own sovereignty.

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Tryon Edwards
Age: 84 †
Born: 1809
Born: August 7
Died: 1894
Died: January 4
Theologian
Hartford
Connecticut
Things
Ordered
Sovereignty
Providence
Agency
Takes
Free
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