{"id":"5.4","chapter":5,"number":4,"text":"The Almighty Power, unsearchable Wisdom, and infinite Goodness of God, so far manifest themselves in his Providence, that his determinate Counsel extends itself even to the first Fall, and all other sinful Actions both of Angels and Men; (and that not by a bare permission) which also he most wisely and powerfully bounds, and otherwise orders, and governs, in a manifold dispensation to his most holy Ends: Yet so, as the sinfulness of their Acts proceeds only from the Creatures, and not from God; who being most holy and righteous, neither is nor can be, the Author or Approver of Sin.","segments":[{"text":"The Almighty Power, unsearchable Wisdom, and infinite Goodness of God, so far manifest themselves in his Providence, that his determinate Counsel extends itself even to the first Fall, and all other sinful Actions both of Angels and Men; (and that not by a bare permission) which also he most wisely and powerfully","proofs":["Romans 11:32–34","2 Samuel 24:1","1 Chronicles 21:1"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 11:32–34","osis":["Rom.11.32-Rom.11.34"]},{"printed":"2 Samuel 24:1","osis":["2Sam.24.1"]},{"printed":"1 Chronicles 21:1","osis":["1Chr.21.1"]}],"note":null},{"text":"bounds, and otherwise orders, and governs, in a manifold dispensation to his most holy","proofs":["2 Kings 19:28","Psalm 76:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Kings 19:28","osis":["2Kgs.19.28"]},{"printed":"Psalm 76:10","osis":["Ps.76.10"]}],"note":null},{"text":"Ends: Yet so, as the sinfulness of their Acts proceeds only from the Creatures, and not from God; who being most holy and righteous, neither is nor can be, the Author or","proofs":["Genesis 50:20","Isaiah 10:6–7, 12"],"refs":[{"printed":"Genesis 50:20","osis":["Gen.50.20"]},{"printed":"Isaiah 10:6–7, 12","osis":["Isa.10.6-Isa.10.7","Isa.10.12"]}],"note":null},{"text":"Approver of Sin.","proofs":["Psalm 50:21","1 John 2:16"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 50:21","osis":["Ps.50.21"]},{"printed":"1 John 2:16","osis":["1John.2.16"]}],"note":null}],"relations":{"lbcf1689":["5.4"],"savoy1658-modernized":["5.4"],"wcf1646-modernized":["5.4"]},"diffs":[{"source":"wcf1646-modernized","type":"earlier","segments":[{"text":"his determinate Counsel","position":null},{"text":"sinful Actions both","position":null},{"text":"which also he","position":null},{"text":"ly","position":1},{"text":"powerfully bounds,","position":null},{"text":"orders,","position":null},{"text":"governs,","position":null},{"text":"most","position":2},{"text":"of their Acts","position":null},{"text":"s","position":39}]},{"source":"savoy1658-modernized","type":"earlier","segments":[{"text":"sinful Actions both","position":null},{"text":"of their Acts","position":null},{"text":"s","position":39}]}],"page":null,"leaf":null}