Thomas Watson: Does God know evil?

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Quest. Here a question may be started, If there be such perfection in the knowledge of God, then he knows sin?

Resp. The Schools distinguish of a double knowledge in God. There is, 1. Scientia simplicis intelligentiae, a knowledge of pure intelligence, and thus he knows evil by a contrary good, as the light discovers the darkness. So we say, Rectum est index sui & obliqui, The straight rule shews the crooked. 2. There is a knowledge of approbation. Thus God doth not know sin; for he hates it, he punisheth it. Christ was made sin, yet he knew no sin; he did know it so as to hate it, not so as to act or approve it. ...

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