{"number":27,"question":"What dost thou mean by the providence of God?","answer":"The almighty and everywhere present power of God; whereby, as it were by his hand, he upholds and governs heaven, earth, and all creatures; so that herbs and grass, rain and drought, fruitful and barren years, meat and drink, health and sickness, riches and poverty, yea, and all things come not by chance, but by his fatherly hand.","segments":[{"text":"The almighty and everywhere present power of God;","proofs":["Acts 17:25–28"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 17:25–28","osis":["Acts.17.25-Acts.17.28"]}],"note":null},{"text":"whereby, as it were by his hand, he upholds and governs heaven, earth, and all creatures;","proofs":["Hebrews 1:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 1:3","osis":["Heb.1.3"]}],"note":null},{"text":"so that herbs and grass, rain and drought,","proofs":["Jeremiah 5:24"],"refs":[{"printed":"Jeremiah 5:24","osis":["Jer.5.24"]}],"note":null},{"text":"fruitful and barren years,","proofs":["Acts 14:17"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 14:17","osis":["Acts.14.17"]}],"note":null},{"text":"meat and drink,","proofs":["John 9:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 9:3","osis":["John.9.3"]}],"note":null},{"text":"health and sickness,","proofs":["Proverbs 22:2","Job 1:21"],"refs":[{"printed":"Proverbs 22:2","osis":["Prov.22.2"]},{"printed":"Job 1:21","osis":["Job.1.21"]}],"note":null},{"text":"riches and poverty, yea, and all things come not by chance, but by his fatherly hand.","proofs":["Matthew 10:29–30","Ephesians 1:11"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 10:29–30","osis":["Matt.10.29-Matt.10.30"]},{"printed":"Ephesians 1:11","osis":["Eph.1.11"]}],"note":null}],"section":10,"relations":{"aoc1680":["26"],"apostles":["1"]},"diffs":[{"source":"aoc1680","type":"later","segments":[{"text":"and everywhere present","position":null},{"text":"he upholds","position":null},{"text":"s","position":5},{"text":"earth,","position":null},{"text":"all","position":1},{"text":"herbs and grass,","position":null},{"text":"barren years,","position":null},{"text":"yea, and","position":null},{"text":"hand.","position":null}]}],"page":null,"leaf":null}