Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (first printing) · Chapter 5

Of Divine Providence

API: GET /api/v1/documents/lbcf1677/paragraphs/5.2

2. Although in relation to the foreknowledge and Decree of God, the first cause, all things come to pass immutably and infallibly; so that there is not any thing, befalls any^a by chance, or without his Providence; yet by the same Providence he ordereth them to fall out, according to the nature of second causes, either^b necessarily, freely, or contingently.^c

Proofs

Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.

aActs 2:23
bProverbs 16:33
cGenesis 8:22

Related texts

Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) 5.2
Savoy Declaration of Faith and Order (1658) 5.2
Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) 5.2

Side by side, with what differs marked: The 1689 and its first printing, 1677

Cite this

Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (first printing, 1677) 5.2, symbolics.dev/lbcf1677/5.2

Permalink: https://symbolics.dev/lbcf1677/5.2

See a mistake? Report it, with what the printing has.