Lord’s Day 10Questions 27–28
Reformed Church in America English, 1879
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1879 Reformed Church in America Q&A text with inline proof references. Source: Wikisource scan transcription.
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What dost thou mean by the Providence of God?
The almighty, and every where present power of God (Acts 17;28); whereby, as it were, by his hand, he upholds and governs heaven, earth, and all creatures (Heb. 1;3); so that herbs and grass, rain and drought, fruitful and barren years, meat and drink, health and sickness, riches and poverty, yea all things (Acts 14;17), come not by chance, but by his fatherly hand (Matt. 10;29, 30).
What advantage is it to us to know that God has created, and by his providence doth still uphold all things?
That we may be patient in adversity (Job 1;21); thankful in prosperity (1 Thess. 5;18); and that in all things which may hereafter befall us, we place our firm trust in our faithful God and Father, that nothing shall separate us from his love (Rom. 8;38, 39); since all creatures are so in his hand, that without his will they cannot so much as move (Acts 17;28).