{"id":"5.5","chapter":5,"number":5,"text":"The most wise, righteous, and gracious God does oftentimes leave for a season his own children to manifold temptations, and the corruption of their own hearts, to chastise them for their former sins, or to discover unto them the hidden strength of corruption, and deceitfulness of their hearts, that they may be humbled; and, to raise them to a more close and constant dependence for their support upon himself, and to make them more watchful against all future occasions of sin, and for various other just and holy ends.","segments":[{"text":"The most wise, righteous, and gracious God does oftentimes leave for a season his own children to manifold temptations, and the corruption of their own hearts, to chastise them for their former sins, or to discover unto them the hidden strength of corruption, and deceitfulness of their hearts, that they may be humbled;","proofs":["2 Chronicles 32:25–26","2 Chronicles 32:31","2 Samuel 24:1"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Chronicles 32:25–26","osis":["2Chr.32.25-2Chr.32.26"]},{"printed":"2 Chronicles 32:31","osis":["2Chr.32.31"]},{"printed":"2 Samuel 24:1","osis":["2Sam.24.1"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and, to raise them to a more close and constant dependence for their support upon himself, and to make them more watchful against all future occasions of sin, and for various other just and holy ends.","proofs":["2 Corinthians 12:7–9","Psalm 73","Psalm 77:1–12","Mark 14:66–72","John 21:15–17"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Corinthians 12:7–9","osis":["2Cor.12.7-2Cor.12.9"]},{"printed":"Psalm 73","osis":["Ps.73"]},{"printed":"Psalm 77:1–12","osis":["Ps.77.1-Ps.77.12"]},{"printed":"Mark 14:66–72","osis":["Mark.14.66-Mark.14.72"]},{"printed":"John 21:15–17","osis":["John.21.15-John.21.17"]}],"note":null}],"relations":{"lbcf1689-modernized":["5.5"],"savoy1658-modernized":["5.5"],"wcf1646":["5.5"]},"diffs":[{"source":"lbcf1689-modernized","type":"later","segments":[{"text":"s","position":11},{"text":"various","position":null}]}],"page":null,"leaf":null}