Philadelphia Confession of Faith · Chapter 5

Of Divine Providence

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1. God the good Creator of all things, in his infinite Power and Wisdom, doth uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all Creatures, and Things, from the greatest even to the^a least, by his most wise and holy Providence, to the end for which they were created, according unto his infallible Foreknowledge, and the free and immutable Counsel of his^b own Will; to the praise of the glory of his Wisdom, Power, Justice, infinite Goodness and Mercy.^c

Proofs

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

aHebrews 1:3; Job 38:11; Isaiah 46:10–11; Psalm 135:6
bMatthew 10:26, 30–31
cEphesians 1:11

Related texts

Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) 5.1

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