Question 27

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What dost thou mean by the providence of God?

The almighty and everywhere present power of God;^a whereby, as it were by his hand, he upholds and governs heaven, earth, and all creatures;^b so that herbs and grass, rain and drought,^c fruitful and barren years,^d meat and drink,^e health and sickness,^f riches and poverty, yea, and all things come not by chance, but by his fatherly hand.^g

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Commentary

Jeremias Bastingius, A Catechisme of Christian Religion, with the Arguments and Use (1591), on this question
Zacharias Ursinus, The Summe of Christian Religion (1587), on this question
Zacharias Ursinus, The Summe of Christian Religion (1587), on Q. 27–28

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