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He upholdeth all things by the word of his power,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"He upholdeth all things by the word of his power,","proofs":["Hebrews 1:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 1:3","osis":["Heb.1.3"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Does it extend to inanimate creatures?","answer":"Yes. He binds the sweet influences of the Pleiades, and looses the bands of Orion,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"He binds the sweet influences of the Pleiades, and looses the bands of Orion,","proofs":["Job 38:31"],"refs":[{"printed":"Job 38:31","osis":["Job.38.31"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And to the animal creation?","answer":"Yes. The stork knoweth her appointed times,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"The stork knoweth her appointed times,","proofs":["Jeremiah 8:7"],"refs":[{"printed":"Jeremiah 8:7","osis":["Jer.8.7"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Does it order all events relative to particular persons?","answer":"Yes. Man’s days are determined, the number of his months are with God,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Man’s days are determined, the number of his months are with God,","proofs":["Job 14:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"Job 14:5","osis":["Job.14.5"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And to kingdoms and societies of men?","answer":"Yes. He changeth the times and the seasons, he removeth kings and setteth up","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"He changeth the times and the seasons, he removeth kings and setteth up","proofs":["Daniel 2:21"],"refs":[{"printed":"Daniel 2:21","osis":["Dan.2.21"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Doth God exercise a special providence over some places?","answer":"Yes. Thus Canaan was a land that God cared for,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Thus Canaan was a land that God cared for,","proofs":["Deuteronomy 11:12"],"refs":[{"printed":"Deuteronomy 11:12","osis":["Deut.11.12"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And over some persons?","answer":"Yes. He is the Saviour of all men, but especially of them that believe,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"He is the Saviour of all men, but especially of them that believe,","proofs":["1 Timothy 4:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Timothy 4:10","osis":["1Tim.4.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is it a desirable thing to be interested in God’s special providence?","answer":"Yes. Remember me, O Lord, with the favour which thou bearest to thy- people,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Remember me, O Lord, with the favour which thou bearest to thy- people,","proofs":["Psalm 106:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 106:4","osis":["Ps.106.4"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Doth God’s providence extend to all actions?","answer":"Yes. A man’s heart deviseth his way, but God directeth his steps,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"A man’s heart deviseth his way, but God directeth his steps,","proofs":["Proverbs 16:9"],"refs":[{"printed":"Proverbs 16:9","osis":["Prov.16.9"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Doth it extend to all natural actions?","answer":"Yes. In him we live and move,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"In him we live and move,","proofs":["Acts 17:28"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 17:28","osis":["Acts.17.28"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And to all fortuitous actions?","answer":"Yes. Thus a certain man drew a bow at a venture and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Thus a certain man drew a bow at a venture and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness,","proofs":["1 Kings 22:34"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Kings 22:34","osis":["1Kgs.22.34"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And to all good actions?","answer":"Yes. The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord,","proofs":["Psalm 37:23"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 37:23","osis":["Ps.37.23"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And to evil actions?","answer":"Yes. It was not you that sent me hither, but God,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"It was not you that sent me hither, but God,","proofs":["Genesis 45:8"],"refs":[{"printed":"Genesis 45:8","osis":["Gen.45.8"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And can God bring good out of evil?","answer":"Yes. You thought evil against me, but God meant it unto good,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"You thought evil against me, but God meant it unto good,","proofs":["Genesis 50:20"],"refs":[{"printed":"Genesis 50:20","osis":["Gen.50.20"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Are God’s providences mysterious?","answer":"Yes. His judgments are a great deep,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"His judgments are a great deep,","proofs":["Psalm 36:6"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 36:6","osis":["Ps.36.6"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But are they harmonious?","answer":"Yes. They work together,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"They work together,","proofs":["Romans 8:28"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 8:28","osis":["Rom.8.28"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Is preservation an act of providence?","answer":"Yes. Which holdeth our soul in life,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Which holdeth our soul in life,","proofs":["Psalm 66:9"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 66:9","osis":["Ps.66.9"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Did God preserve us in our infant state?","answer":"Yes. Thou art my God from my mother’s belly,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Thou art my God from my mother’s belly,","proofs":["Psalm 22:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 22:10","osis":["Ps.22.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And will he preserve us in declining years?","answer":"Yes. To hoary hairs will I carry you,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"To hoary hairs will I carry you,","proofs":["Isaiah 46:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 46:4","osis":["Isa.46.4"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Doth he give us food?","answer":"Yes. He filleth our hearts with food and gladness,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"He filleth our hearts with food and gladness,","proofs":["Acts 14:17"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 14:17","osis":["Acts.14.17"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And rest?","answer":"Yes. He giveth his beloved sleep,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"He giveth his beloved sleep,","proofs":["Psalm 127:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 127:2","osis":["Ps.127.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Doth he preserve us from threatening dangers?","answer":"Yes. He keepeth all our bones,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"He keepeth all our bones,","proofs":["Psalm 34:20"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 34:20","osis":["Ps.34.20"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And endow us with wisdom for our several trades?","answer":"Yes. Bezaleel and Oholiab were filled with the spirit of God in all manner of workmanship,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Bezaleel and Oholiab were filled with the spirit of God in all manner of workmanship,","proofs":["Exodus 35:31"],"refs":[{"printed":"Exodus 35:31","osis":["Exod.35.31"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Does God’s care extend to the meanest creatures?","answer":"Yes. Not a sparrow shall fall to the ground without your Father,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Not a sparrow shall fall to the ground without your Father,","proofs":["Matthew 10:29"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 10:29","osis":["Matt.10.29"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Is government also an act of providence?","answer":"Yes. God ruleth by his power for ever,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"God ruleth by his power for ever,","proofs":["Psalm 66:7"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 66:7","osis":["Ps.66.7"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Doth God maintain the laws and ordinances of nature?","answer":"Yes. Thus we read of his covenant of the day, and his covenant of the night,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Thus we read of his covenant of the day, and his covenant of the night,","proofs":["Jeremiah 33:20"],"refs":[{"printed":"Jeremiah 33:20","osis":["Jer.33.20"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But doth he sometimes suspend and act contrary to them?","answer":"Yes. So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day,","proofs":["Joshua 10:13"],"refs":[{"printed":"Joshua 10:13","osis":["Josh.10.13"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Doth he uphold all creatures in their operations?","answer":"Yes. The eagle mounteth up at his command, and maketh her nest on high,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"The eagle mounteth up at his command, and maketh her nest on high,","proofs":["Job 39:27"],"refs":[{"printed":"Job 39:27","osis":["Job.39.27"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But can he also restrain those operations?","answer":"Yes. He shut the lion’s mouth,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"He shut the lion’s mouth,","proofs":["Daniel 6:22"],"refs":[{"printed":"Daniel 6:22","osis":["Dan.6.22"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Doth he exercise a peculiar government over the church?","answer":"Yes. God ruleth in Jacob,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"God ruleth in Jacob,","proofs":["Psalm 59:13"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 59:13","osis":["Ps.59.13"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Is God’s government supreme?","answer":"Yes. He is King of kings and Lord of lords,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"He is King of kings and Lord of lords,","proofs":["Revelation 19:16"],"refs":[{"printed":"Revelation 19:16","osis":["Rev.19.16"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Is it just and rightful?","answer":"Yes. Thine is the kingdom, O Lord,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Thine is the kingdom, O Lord,","proofs":["1 Chronicles 29:11"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Chronicles 29:11","osis":["1Chr.29.11"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is it most wise?","answer":"Yes. How unsearchable are his judgments,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"How unsearchable are his judgments,","proofs":["Romans 11:33"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 11:33","osis":["Rom.11.33"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is it holy?","answer":"Yes. The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works,","proofs":["Psalm 145:17"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 145:17","osis":["Ps.145.17"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is it absolute and arbitrary?","answer":"Yes. Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters,","proofs":["Job 33:13"],"refs":[{"printed":"Job 33:13","osis":["Job.33.13"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is it effectual and uncontrollable?","answer":"Yes. What his soul desireth that he doth,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"What his soul desireth that he doth,","proofs":["Job 23:13"],"refs":[{"printed":"Job 23:13","osis":["Job.23.13"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Is God’s providential government an argument for trust and confidence?","answer":"Yes. Commit thy way unto the Lord,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Commit thy way unto the Lord,","proofs":["Psalm 37:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 37:5","osis":["Ps.37.5"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And for silence and submission?","answer":"Yes. Be still, and know that I am God,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Be still, and know that I am God,","proofs":["Psalm 46:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 46:10","osis":["Ps.46.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And for praise and thanksgiving?","answer":"Yes. Allelujah, the Lord God omnipotent reigneth,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Allelujah, the Lord God omnipotent reigneth,","proofs":["Revelation 19:6"],"refs":[{"printed":"Revelation 19:6","osis":["Rev.19.6"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}],"text":null}