Section 11. All things are foreknown and foreordained by God; it is useless to murmur against or to discuss this great fact; and as the future is beyond our knowledge and control, it is wise to make the best of the present.
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Ecclesiastes 6:10-12
Ecclesiastes 6:10-12
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