Dutch Reformed Theologian Wilhelmus à Brakel (1635-1711) wrote a chapter called Man’s Free Will or Impotency and the Punishment Due Upon Sin in his four-volume work The Christian's Reasonable Service (published in 1700) The title in Dutch is De Redelijke Godsdienst (which translates to 'Reasonable Religion'). It's in the first volume, second section (Anthropology: Doctrine of Man), 15th chapter. I'm very interested in the Free Will debate and I've been recommended this chapter as a Biblical perspective on the issue. From what I can tell, it is a defense of compatibilism from a Biblical perspective. The following series will consist of my thoughts on the chapter.
